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Analyse how… (Class 10 Social Science SQP 2025-26, Q27B)

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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(B)

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

Q27(B) · 5 marks · Long answerPolitical Parties

Analyse how the issue of leadership succession poses a challenge to political parties in India.

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

Ask whether ordinary workers can rise easily in a party.

Hint 2

What happens when posts pass within one family?

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. Most parties lack open, transparent procedures, so an ordinary worker has very few ways to rise to the top.

    1 mark

  2. Those who become leaders have an unfair advantage and favour people close to them, even family members.

    1 mark

  3. Many Indian parties show dynastic succession, with top posts always held by members of one family, which is unfair to other members and bad for democracy.

    1 mark

  4. People without adequate experience or popular support thus come to occupy positions of power.

    1 mark

  5. Personal loyalty to the leader becomes more important than loyalty to party principles and policies, a trend seen even in older democracies.

    1 mark

Answer: Lack of internal democracy leads to dynastic succession, favouritism, inexperienced leaders and personal loyalty over principles.

Where the marks are

  • No transparent procedures (1 mark)
  • Leaders favour relatives (1 mark)
  • Dynastic succession (1 mark)
  • Inexperienced leaders in power (1 mark)
  • Personal loyalty over principles (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 paperSample paper 2025-26: every question, by section.

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