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Describe the main… (Class 10 Social Science 2026, Q26a)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2026, set 32/3/1 · 5 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2026: question 26(a)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2026, paper 32/3/1, section C, question 26(a), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q26(a) · 5 marks · Long answerPolitical Parties

Describe the main functions of political parties.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2026 board paper, set 32/3/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Start with what parties do at election time.

Hint 2

What happens in the legislature and government?

Hint 3

How do they connect people with government schemes?

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, putting up candidates for the people to choose from.

    1 mark

  2. They put forward different policies and programmes, and voters choose from them.

    1 mark

  3. They play a decisive role in making laws for the country.

    1 mark

  4. They form and run governments, and parties that lose play the role of opposition.

    1 mark

  5. They shape public opinion, and they provide people access to government machinery and welfare schemes.

    1 mark

Answer: Parties contest elections, offer policies, make laws, form governments or act as opposition, shape opinion and link people to welfare schemes.

Where the marks are

  • Contest elections (1 mark)
  • Policies and programmes (1 mark)
  • Law making (1 mark)
  • Form government / opposition (1 mark)
  • Shape public opinion, access to schemes (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 32/3/1: every question, by section.

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