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Examine the role of… (Class 10 Social Science 2026, Q27a)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2026, set 32/4/1 · 5 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2026: question 27(a)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2026, paper 32/4/1, section C, question 27(a), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q27(a) · 5 marks · Long answerPolitical Parties

Examine the role of political parties in a democracy.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2026 board paper, set 32/4/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Start with elections: who contests them?

Hint 2

What do winning and losing parties do?

Hint 3

What do parties do between elections for the public?

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. Most candidates are put up by parties, and voters choose among their different policies and programmes.

    1 mark

  2. Parties reduce many opinions into a few basic positions and play a decisive role in making laws.

    1 mark

  3. Parties form and run governments, and big policy decisions are taken by the political executive drawn from them.

    1 mark

  4. Parties that lose play the opposition role by voicing different views and criticising government failures and wrong policies.

    1 mark

  5. Parties shape public opinion and launch movements on people's problems. They also give citizens access to government machinery and welfare schemes.

    1 mark

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

Where the marks are

  • Contesting elections and offering policies (1 mark)
  • Law making and reducing opinions to basic positions (1 mark)
  • Forming and running government (1 mark)
  • Opposition role (1 mark)
  • Shaping opinion and giving 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 32/4/1: every question, by section.

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