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The focus on… (Class 10 Social Science SQP 2026-27, Q26)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Sample paper, session 2026-27 · 3 marks · Short answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science sample paper 2026-27: question 26

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2026-27, section C, question 26, for 3 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q26 · 3 marks · Short answerGender, Religion and Caste

The focus on caste in politics can sometimes give an impression that elections are all about caste and nothing else. However, that is far from true. Analyze this statement by giving three valid arguments.

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2026-27.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Can a candidate win with one caste's votes alone?

Hint 2

Do all members of a caste vote the same way?

Hint 3

What do frequent defeats of sitting governments show?

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. No parliamentary constituency has a clear majority of one caste. Every candidate and party must win the trust of more than one caste or community.

    1 mark

  2. No party wins all the votes of a caste. A 'vote bank' only means a large share of that caste votes for the party. Parties may field candidates of the same caste, so some voters have several candidates of their caste and others have none.

    1 mark

  3. The ruling party and sitting MPs or MLAs often lose elections. This could not happen if castes were frozen in their preferences, so other factors such as performance also matter.

    1 mark

Answer: Elections are not only about caste because no caste is a majority, castes do not vote as one block, and ruling parties often lose.

Where the marks are

  • No single caste majority in constituencies (1 mark)
  • No block voting, vote bank only partial (1 mark)
  • Ruling parties frequently lose (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Gender, Religion and Caste, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paperSample paper 2026-27: every question, by section.

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