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Describe three major… (Class 10 Social Science 2025, Q28b)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2025, set 32/2/1 · 3 marks · Short answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2025: question 28(b)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 32/2/1, section C, question 28(b), for 3 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q28(b) · 3 marks · Short answerPolitical Parties

Describe three major challenges faced by the political parties in India.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2025 board paper, set 32/2/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

Think about how parties run internally.

Hint 2

Who holds top posts in many parties?

Hint 3

What influences elections besides ideas?

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. Lack of internal democracy: parties often keep no membership registers, hold no organisational meetings and seldom hold internal elections.

    1 mark

  2. Dynastic succession and non-transparent working: top positions are often controlled by one family.

    1 mark

  3. Growing role of money and muscle power, especially at elections, and parties often do not offer voters a meaningful choice.

    1 mark

Answer: Lack of internal democracy, dynastic control, and money and muscle power.

Where the marks are

  • Lack of internal democracy (1 mark)
  • Dynastic control and lack of transparency (1 mark)
  • Money and muscle power or lack of meaningful choice (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 paper2025 board paper, set 32/2/1: every question, by section.

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