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Explain any three… (Class 10 Social Science 2024, Q27)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2024, set 32/2/1 · 3 marks · Short answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2024: question 27

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 32/2/1, 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

Explain any three responsibilities carried out by the political parties in a democracy.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2024 board paper, set 32/2/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Think of what a party does before, during and after an election.

Hint 2

What does the losing side do in a democracy?

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. Political parties contest elections. They put up candidates and place different policies and programmes before voters, who choose among them.

    1 mark

  2. Parties play a decisive role in making laws for the country, and the party or alliance with a majority forms and runs the government.

    1 mark

  3. The parties that lose play the role of opposition, criticising the government. Parties also shape public opinion and give people access to welfare schemes. They recruit and train leaders.

    1 mark

Answer: Parties contest elections, make laws and form the government, act as opposition and shape public opinion.

Where the marks are

  • Contest elections and offer policies (1 mark)
  • Make laws and form and run the government (1 mark)
  • Opposition, shaping opinion or other valid role (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 32/2/1: every question, by section.

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