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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Sample paper, session 2025-26 · 5 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science sample paper 2025-26: question 27(A)

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2025-26, section C, question 27(A), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q27(A) · 5 marks · Long answerPolitical Parties

'Political parties play a significant role in the effective working of a democracy.' Explain.

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2025-26.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Think of what parties do before, during and after elections.

Hint 2

Include the role of losing parties.

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: elections are fought mainly among candidates put up by parties; in India top leaders choose candidates.

    1 mark

  2. They put forward policies and programmes, grouping similar opinions to give direction to government policy.

    1 mark

  3. They play a decisive role in making laws, which are debated and passed in the legislature.

    1 mark

  4. Parties losing elections act as opposition, criticising the government's failures and wrong policies. The ruling party forms and runs the government.

    1 mark

  5. They shape public opinion by raising issues, and give people access to government machinery and welfare schemes, as it is easier to approach a local party leader than an officer.

    1 mark

Answer: Parties contest elections, offer policies, make laws, act as opposition, shape opinion and link people to government.

Where the marks are

  • Any five functions each explained (1 mark each)

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 paperSample paper 2025-26: every question, by section.

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