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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2025, set 32/6/1 · 4 marks · Case-based

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2025: question 36

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 32/6/1, section E, question 36, for 4 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q36 · 4 marks · Case-basedCompetency-basedPolitical Parties

Read the following source and answer the questions that follow:

The Need for Political Parties

As we have seen, large societies need representative democracy. As societies became large and complex, they also needed some agency to gather different views on various issues and to present these to the government. They needed some ways, to bring various representatives together so that a responsible government could be formed. They needed a mechanism to support or restrain the government, make policies, justify or oppose them. Political parties fulfil these needs that every representative government has. We can say that parties are a necessary condition for a democracy.

  1. (36.1)

    Explain the meaning of 'representative democracy'.

    1 mark
  2. (36.2)

    How do political parties shape public opinion?

    1 mark
  3. (36.3)

    Why are political parties considered a necessary condition for a democracy? Explain.

    2 marks

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2025 board paper, set 32/6/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Why can't everyone rule directly in a large society?

Hint 2

Think of issues, campaigns and movements.

Hint 3

What roles do parties play in government and opposition?

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. (36.1) Representative democracy is a system in which citizens choose their representatives to rule on their behalf. It is also called indirect democracy.

    1 mark

  2. (36.2) Parties raise and highlight issues and launch movements on people's problems, and opinion in society often forms along the lines parties take.

    1 mark

  3. (36.3) Large, complex societies need a mechanism to gather views and present them to the government, and to bring representatives together to form a responsible government.

    1 mark

  4. (36.3) Parties support or restrain the government, make policies, and justify or oppose them, so they are pillars and a necessary condition for democracy.

    1 mark

Answer: (36.1) People elect representatives to govern for them; (36.2) by raising issues and launching movements; (36.3) they gather views, form governments, and support or check them.

Where the marks are

  • Meaning of representative democracy (1 mark)
  • How parties shape opinion (1 mark)
  • Gathering views and forming a responsible government (1 mark)
  • Supporting or restraining government, making policies (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 32/6/1: every question, by section.

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