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Analyse the role of… (Social Science 2024 32/1/1 Q27)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2024, set 32/1/1 · 3 marks · Short answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2024: question 27

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 32/1/1, section C, question 27, for 3 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q27 · 3 marks · Short answerPolitical Parties

Analyse the role of political parties in a democracy.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2024 board paper, set 32/1/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Think about what parties do before, during and after an election.

Hint 2

What do parties do when they do not win?

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. Parties contest elections and, by winning, they form the government and exercise political power.

    1 mark

  2. They put forward different policies and programmes from which voters choose, and they play a decisive role in making laws for the country.

    1 mark

  3. Parties that lose act as the opposition by criticising the government. They shape public opinion and give people access to government machinery and welfare schemes.

    1 mark

Answer: Political parties contest elections and form government, offer policies, make laws, act as opposition, shape public opinion and link people to welfare schemes.

Where the marks are

  • Contest elections and form the government (1 mark)
  • Present policies and make laws (1 mark)
  • Opposition role, shaping opinion or access to schemes (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 paper2024 board paper, set 32/1/1: every question, by section.

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