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Analyse the importance… (Class 10 Social Science 2024, Q32a)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2024, set 32/4/1 · 5 marks · Long answer

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

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 32/4/1, section D, question 32(a), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q32(a) · 5 marks · Long answerOutcomes of Democracy

Analyse the importance of democracy in accommodation of social diversity.

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

Think of how democracy handles competing groups.

Hint 2

Recall the Belgium example.

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. Democracy is expected to produce harmonious social life, because it gives all groups a legal way to voice demands.

    1 mark

  2. Democracies develop procedures to conduct competition between groups. This reduces the chance of tensions becoming violent.

    1 mark

  3. Belgium successfully negotiated differences among its ethnic communities through power sharing.

    1 mark

  4. No society can resolve conflicts completely, but democracy teaches respect for differences and ways to negotiate harmony. The majority works with the minority.

    1 mark

  5. Handling differences, divisions and conflicts is a definite advantage of democratic regimes.

    1 mark

Answer: Democracy accommodates diversity through peaceful procedures, power sharing and respect for differences.

Where the marks are

  • Harmonious social life (1 mark)
  • Procedures reduce violence (1 mark)
  • Belgium example (1 mark)
  • Respect and negotiation, majority with minority (1 mark)
  • Advantage of democracy (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Outcomes of Democracy, 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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