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

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

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2024: question 27

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 32/3/1, 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

Describe any three functions of the Political Parties.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2024 board paper, set 32/3/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

Think about what parties do during and after elections.

Hint 2

What do parties do when they lose?

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 form and run governments. The party that wins a majority governs, and the others act as the opposition.

    1 mark

  2. Parties put forward policies and programmes from which voters choose, and they play a decisive role in making laws.

    1 mark

  3. Parties shape public opinion by raising issues, and they give people access to government machinery and welfare schemes.

    1 mark

Answer: Functions: contesting elections and forming government; policies and law-making; opposition; shaping opinion; access to welfare schemes (any three).

Where the marks are

  • First function described (1 mark)
  • Second function described (1 mark)
  • Third function described (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 32/3/1: every question, by section.

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