CBSE Class 8 Social Science, Chapter 5: Universal Franchise and India’s Electoral System
NCERT Exploring Society: India and Beyond Part 1, pages 117–138. 14 topics, about 8 days of study at 20 to 30 minutes a day.
Topics in this chapter, with textbook pages
- Introductionpages 117–118
- Universal Adult Franchisepages 118–120
- Bridging Barriers, Enabling Participation: Ensuring Universal Franchisepages 120–123
- Election for class representative — Grade 8, Suryodaya Schoolpages 123–125
- The Role of the Election Commission of India (ECI)page 126
- Election Commission of India — A brief introductionpages 126–127
- Managing the electoral processpages 128–130
- Model Code of Conduct (MCC)pages 130–132
- Understanding Elections in India — A Very Brief Overviewpage 132
- Election to the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assembliespages 132–134
- Election to the Rajya Sabhapages 134–135
- Election of the President of Indiapage 136
- Election of the Vice President of Indiapage 137
- Challenges and The Road Aheadpage 137
Teach this chapter at home
- A day-by-day plan with the exact textbook pages for each day.
- A step-by-step script for each day, so you know what to say and ask, written from the NCERT chapter.
- A quiz at the end and a written task you can check with a photo of the notebook.
Textbook pages follow the 2026-27 NCERT print and can differ by a page or two in older prints. Adhian Gurus is not affiliated with NCERT or CBSE.