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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2025, set 32/2/1 · 5 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2025: question 32(b)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 32/2/1, section D, question 32(b), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

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

Analyse the role of democracy in reducing inequality and poverty.

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

Hints

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

Hint 1

Think of one person, one vote.

Hint 2

What special provisions help weaker sections?

Hint 3

Which schemes target poverty?

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 strengthens the claims of disadvantaged and discriminated groups for equal status and opportunity.

    1 mark

  2. It is based on political equality, with every individual having equal weight in electing representatives.

    1 mark

  3. It discourages discrimination on the basis of economic status, language, religion and so on.

    1 mark

  4. Democratic governments make special provisions such as reservation in educational institutions and government jobs for weaker sections.

    1 mark

  5. They put forward poverty-eradication schemes and employment-generation programmes, although economic inequalities still exist in democracies.

    1 mark

Answer: Democracy reduces inequality and poverty through political equality, non-discrimination, reservations and welfare schemes, though some inequality persists.

Where the marks are

  • Strengthens claims of disadvantaged groups (1 mark)
  • Political equality (1 mark)
  • Discourages discrimination (1 mark)
  • Special provisions such as reservation (1 mark)
  • Poverty and employment schemes; inequalities still remain (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 paper2025 board paper, set 32/2/1: every question, by section.

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