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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Sample paper, session 2024-25 · 5 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science sample paper 2024-25: question 32(B)

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2024-25, 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

"Political parties today face several challenges that impact their democratic functioning." Justify this statement.

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2024-25.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Think of how parties run inside, and who becomes a leader.

Hint 2

What role do money and muscle play in elections?

Hint 3

Do parties offer voters real alternatives?

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. Lack of internal democracy: power is concentrated in one or a few leaders. Parties do not keep membership registers, hold meetings or conduct regular internal elections. Ordinary members get little information and cannot influence decisions.

    1 mark

  2. Dynastic succession: since procedures are not open, an ordinary worker finds it hard to rise. Leaders favour their own family members, and top posts are often held by one family.

    1 mark

  3. Money and muscle power: parties focus on winning elections and nominate candidates who have or can raise money. Rich donors and companies influence party policies.

    1 mark

  4. Lack of meaningful choice: ideological differences among parties have declined, as between Britain's Labour and Conservative parties, which differ only in details.

    1 mark

  5. Leaders too are hardly different, and they keep shifting from one party to another. So these challenges affect democratic functioning.

    1 mark

Answer: Challenges: no internal democracy, dynastic succession, money and muscle power, lack of meaningful choice, and leaders shifting parties.

Where the marks are

  • Lack of internal democracy (1 mark)
  • Dynastic succession (1 mark)
  • Money and muscle power (1 mark)
  • No meaningful choice, with example (1 mark)
  • Leaders shifting parties or a concluding link (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: Political Parties (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
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 2024-25: every question, by section.

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