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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2024, set 32/4/1 · 3 marks · Short answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2024: question 27

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 32/4/1, 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 shaping public opinion.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2024 board paper, set 32/4/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

How do parties reach people?

Hint 2

Think of issues, members and movements.

Step-by-step solution

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  1. Parties raise and highlight issues, and they put forward different policies for public debate.

    1 mark

  2. Parties have lakhs of members and activists across the country, and many pressure groups are extensions of parties.

    1 mark

  3. Parties launch movements to solve people's problems, so opinions in society crystallise along the lines parties take.

    1 mark

Answer: Parties shape opinion by raising issues, through their wide network and through movements.

Where the marks are

  • Raise issues (1 mark)
  • Network of members and pressure groups (1 mark)
  • Movements and crystallising opinion (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 paper2024 board paper, set 32/4/1: every question, by section.

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