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"Political parties… (Class 10 Social Science 2026, Q26)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2026, set 32/1/1 · 3 marks · Short answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2026: question 26

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2026, paper 32/1/1, section C, question 26, for 3 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q26 · 3 marks · Short answerPolitical Parties

"Political parties perform a series of functions in the democracy." Explain the statement with examples.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2026 board paper, set 32/1/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Think of what parties do before, during and after elections.

Hint 2

What does a losing party do?

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. Parties contest elections and put forward different policies and programmes. Voters choose among these, for example the manifestos of the Congress and the BJP.

    1 mark

  2. Parties play a decisive role in making laws, and they recruit and train leaders who become ministers to run the government.

    1 mark

  3. Parties that lose act as the opposition: they criticise government failures and mobilise public opinion. Parties also raise issues and help people reach welfare schemes.

    1 mark

Answer: Parties contest elections, make policies and laws, form government, act as opposition and raise issues.

Where the marks are

  • Elections and policies, with an example (1 mark)
  • Law-making and forming government (1 mark)
  • Opposition and raising issues (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 paper2026 board paper, set 32/1/1: every question, by section.

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