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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Sample paper, session 2023-24 · 5 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science sample paper 2023-24: question 32(B)

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2023-24, section D, question 32(B), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q32(B) · 5 marks · Long answerPolitical Parties

Evaluate the differences between the national and regional parties and assess the requirements for a regional party to become a national party.

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2023-24.

Hints

Open one hint at a time and try again before the next.

Hint 1

Compare the area in which each type of party works.

Hint 2

Recall the vote percentage needed in how many states.

Hint 3

How many Lok Sabha seats are also needed?

Step-by-step solution

Each step shows the marks it earns, as an examiner would award them. Checked by an independent re-solve from the question paper.

  1. National parties are active across the country and focus on national issues. Regional parties operate in one state or region and raise that region's issues and demands.

    1 mark

  2. National parties give priority to national over regional problems, while regional parties' operations are confined to their states.

    1 mark

  3. Examples: BJP, Congress, BSP are national; DMK, Telugu Desam are regional.

    1 mark

  4. To become a national party, a party must win at least 6% of votes in Lok Sabha or Assembly elections in four states.

    1 mark

  5. It must also win at least four Lok Sabha seats (the alternative route is 2% of Lok Sabha seats from three states).

    1 mark

Answer: National parties work country-wide on national issues; regional parties are state-limited. To become national, a party needs 6% votes in four states plus four Lok Sabha seats.

Where the marks are

  • Difference in area and scope of issues (1 mark)
  • Priority of issues and area of operation (1 mark)
  • Examples (1 mark)
  • 6% votes in four states (1 mark)
  • Four Lok Sabha seats (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Political Parties, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paperSample paper 2023-24: every question, by section.

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