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Democracy accommodates… (Class 10 Social Science 2024, Q32b)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2024, set 32/2/1 · 5 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2024: question 32(b)

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

Democracy accommodates social diversities. Analyse.

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

Recall the Belgium example from the Power Sharing chapter.

Hint 2

Think about how majority and minority work together.

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. Accommodating social diversity lets citizens live peacefully and harmoniously. For example, Belgium successfully negotiated differences among its ethnic groups.

    1 mark

  2. Democracies develop procedures to manage competition among social groups.

    1 mark

  3. They are better able to evolve mechanisms to handle and negotiate social differences, divisions and conflicts.

    1 mark

  4. The majority works with the minority so that government represents the general view. Majority rule must not become rule by a religious, racial or linguistic majority.

    1 mark

  5. Every citizen gets a chance to be in the majority at some time, so no group is permanently excluded.

    1 mark

Answer: Democracy accommodates diversity through negotiation, procedures, and inclusive majority rule, as in Belgium.

Where the marks are

  • Peaceful coexistence; Belgium example (1 mark)
  • Procedures for competition among groups (1 mark)
  • Mechanisms to negotiate conflicts (1 mark)
  • Majority works with minority; not communal majority (1 mark)
  • Everyone can be in the majority at some time (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: Power-sharing (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Power-sharing, 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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