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Political Parties Assignments Class 10 Social Science

ONE MARK QUESTIONS

Question. What is meant by ‘Political Party’ ?
Ans : A political party is a group of people come together to contest elections to hold power in the government.

Question. What is the guiding philosophy of Bharatiya Janata Party?
Ans : a. Cultural nationalism
b. India’s ancient culture and values

Question. Why do political parties involve partisanship?
Ans : Because the parties are a part of the society and thus they involve partisanship.

Question. Name any two regional parties of West Bengal.
Ans : Two regional parties of West Bengal are:
a. Marxist Forward Bloc
b. Trinamool Congress

Question. Why did India adopt multi-party system?
Ans : India adopted multi-party system because:
a. India is a large country and has social and geographical diverges.
b. It is easy to absorb different social and geographical diversities in a multi-party systems.

Question. In Which one of the following states does ‘Shiv Sena’ exist as a regional party.
(a) Gujarat
(b) Karnataka
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Ans. (c) Maharashtra

Question. The political party which believes in Marxism Leninism is …….
(a) Nationalist congress party
(b) Communist party of India
(c) DMK
(d) Bahujan Samaj Party
Ans. (b) Communist party of India

Question. ___ and ___ are examples of two-party system.
Ans. USA and UK

Question. ____ is the mother party of Bhartiya Janta party.
Ans. Bhartiya Jan Sangha

Question. ‘State parties’ are commonly referred to as ___ .
Ans. Regional parties

Question. National parties have representation in less than four states ___ . True or False
Ans. False

Question. Parties like Samaj Wadi Party and Rashtriya Janta Dal have national level political organisation with units in several states ___ . True or False
Ans. True

Question. Assertion : In recent years the Indian parliament has become more and more diverse.
Reason : The number and strength of state parties has increased.
Options:
(a) If both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation.
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true.
Ans. (a) If both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Question. Assertion : Anti defection law has helped bring down defection.
Reason : The law says that if any MLA or MP changes parties, he or she will lose the seat in the legislature.
Options:
(a) If both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation.
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true.
Ans. (a) If both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Question. Rewrite the following sentence
Multi party system appears messy but it leads to political stability.
Ans. Multi party system appears messy but it leads to political stability.

THREE MARKS QUESTIONS

Question. How ‘do money and muscle power play an important role in elections? Explain.
Ans : Money and muscle power play an important role in elections because:
a. Role of money and muscle power in parties especially during elections is growing.
b. Parties tend to nominate those candidates who have or can raise lots of money.
c. Rich people and companies who give funds to the parties tend to have influence on the policies and decisions of the party.
d. In some cases, parties support criminals who can win election.
e. Democrats all over the world are worried over the increasing role of rich people and big companies in democratic politics.

Question. Describe any three main features of Two-Party system.
Ans : Main features of two-party system:
a. Power usually changes between two parties, several other parties may exist.
b. In such system, people get clear choice,
c. The party that wins majority forms the government and the other sits in opposition.
d. Strong opposition is good for democracy.
e. Prompt decisions are taken and implemented. f. More development and less corruption.

Question. What is meant by ‘defection’ in democracy? Explain.
Ans : a. Detection in politics means moving of a person from one party to another party for some personal benefit. It means changing party allegiance from the party on which a person got elected to a different part
b. It happens when a legislature, after having been elected from a particular party leaves it and joins in other party.
c. The Constitution was amended to prevent elected MLA’s and MP’s from changing parties. Now the law says that if any MLA and MP changes parties, he or she will lose seat in the legislature.
d. The new law has brought defection down and has made dissent even more difficult.

Question. Which three challenges do you feel are being faced by political parties in India ? Give your Opinion.
Ans : The three challenges faced by political parties in India are:
a. Lack of internal democracy.
b. Challenge of dynastic succession.
c. Growing role of money and muscle power.
d. Often parties do not seem to offer a meaningful choice to the voters.

Question. Name the national political party which espouses secularism and welfare of weaker sections and minorities. Mention any four features of that party.
Ans : The national political party which espouses secularism and welfare of weaker sections and minorities is the Indian National Congress.
Four features of this party are listed below:
a. Founded in 1885.
b. Dominated Indian politics, both at the national and state levels, for several decades after India’s independence.
c. Ruling party at the centre till 1977 and then from 1980 to 1989. After 1989, its support declined.
d. A centrist party (neither rightist nor leftist) in its ideological orientation.

Question. What is a multi-party system? Why has India adopted a multi-party system? Explain.
Ans : Multi-party system: If several parties compete for power and more than two parties have a reasonable chance of coming to power either on their own strength or in alliance with others, we call it a multiparty system.
India adopted a Multi-party system because:
a. There is social and geographical diversity in India.
b. India is such a large country which is not easily absorbed by two or three parties.
c. The system allows a variety of interests and opinions to enjoy political representation.

Question. How can common man help to improve political Parties?
Ans. Some Suggesstion are as:
• By promoting Public Participation.
• By pressuring on Political parties.
• Candidate with criminal background should be defeated in Elections.
• Candidate with clean image should be promoted by Public.

Question. “Serious efforts were made by the legal organizations to reform political parties in India.” Support the statement.
Ans : Efforts made by the legal organizations to reform political parties in India:
a. To check defection, the Constitution was amended to prevent elected MLA’s and MPs from changing parties.
b. The Supreme Court passed an order to reduce the influence of money and criminal, by making it mandatory to produce an affidavit giving details of property and criminal cases pending.
c. The Election Commission passed an order making it necessary for political parties to hold their organizational election and file their income tax returns.

Question. State the conditions as laid down by the Election Commission to recognize a ‘state party1 and ‘national party’.
Ans : The difference between a state and a national party can be identified as follows:
a. In a state party, the party members aim to highlight the regional interests. On the other hand, a national party gives due importance to national interests.
b. A state party can contest in elections only in a particular state, whereas a national party can contest in elections all across the country.
c. Example: BJP and Congress are national parties, whereas Akali Dal and Trinamool Congress are state level parties.

Question. Analyse the three components of a political party.
or
Describe the three components of a political party.
Ans : Three components of a political party are:
a. Leaders
b. Active members
c. Followers

FIVE MARKS QUESTIONS

Question. Describe any five major functions of political parties.
Ans : Functions of political parties:
a. Parties contest elections.
b. They put forward policies and programmes.
c. Parties play a decisive role in making laws.
d. Parties form and run government.
e. Defeated parties in the election play its role of opposition to the parties in power.
f. Parties shape public opinion.
g. Parties provide people access to government machinery and welfare schemes.

Question. “Political parties are a necessary condition for a democracy.” Analyse the statement with examples.
or
Why can’t modern democracies exist without the political parties? Explain any four reasons.
Ans : “Political parties are a necessary condition for a democracy” because:
1. Without political parties, democracies cannot exist.
2. If we do not have political parties; in such a situation every candidate in elections will be independent.
3. No one will be able to make any promises to the people about any major policy changes.
4. The government may be formed but its utility will remain uncertain.
5. Elected representatives will be accountable to their constituency for what they do in their locality.
6. But no one will be responsible for how the country will run. .
7. The role of opposition party in a democracy necessitates the existence of political parties.
8. As societies become large and complex they also need some agencies to gather different views on various issues and to present these to the government, that’s why political parties are needed.

Question. What is meant by a political party? Describe the three components of a political party.
Ans : Political Party is a group of people who came together to contest elections and hold power in the government.
Three components of a political party are:
a. The leaders
b. The active members
c. The followers

Question. Explain any four problem areas in the working of political parties.
Ans : a. Lack of internal democracy: The first challenge is lack of internal democracy within parties. Concentration of power in one or few leaders at the top.
b. Dynastic succession: Favour people close to them or even their family members. In many parties, the top positions are always controlled by members of one family.
c. Money and muscle power: The third challenge is about growing role of money and muscle power in parties, especially during elections.
d. Meaningful choice: The fourth challenge is that very often parties do not seem to offer a meaningful choice to the voters.

Question. “All over the world, people express their dissatisfaction with the failure of political parties to perform their functions well.” Analyse the statement with arguments.
Ans : Popular dissatisfaction and criticism has focused on four areas in the working of political parties. Political parties need to face and overcome these challenges in order to remain effective instruments of democracy.
a. Lack of internal democracy within parties.
b. Dynastic succession.
c. Growing role of money and muscle power in parties.
d. There is not a meaningful choice to the voter.

Question. “Lack of internal democracy within parties is the major challenge to political parties all over the world.” Analyse the statement.
Ans : There are various reasons for lack of democracy within the political parties in India:
a. Concentration of power in one or few leaders at the top.
b. Details of membership are not registered in the parties.
c. No organizational meetings.
d. No internal elections for membership within the party.
e. Top leaders have unanimous power of decision making.

Question. Explain two functions each of the ruling party as well of the opposition parties.
Ans : Functions of the ruling parties:
a. They play a major role in making laws for the country.
b. They form the government and run the country.
c. They recruit leaders, train them and then make ministers to run the government.
Functions of the opposition parties:
a. They oppose the government by voicing different views.
b. They criticise government for its failure and wrong policies.
c. They mobilise opposition to the government.

Question. How do political parties help in shaping public opinion? Explain.
Ans : Role of political parties in shaping public opinion as:
a. They raise and highlight issues.
b. They form pressure groups as an extension.
c. They launch movement for the resolution of problems faced by the people.
d. They have lakhs of members and activists.

Question. What is meant by national parties? State the criteria for recognizing a party as National and State party.
Ans : Democracies that follow a federal system all over the world tend to have two kinds of political parties— Parties that are present in only one of the federal units and parties that are present in several or all units of the federation. Those parties which are countrywide parties are called national parties.
National and State Parties:
a. A party that secures at least six percent of the total votes in an election to the Legislative Assembly of a state and wins at least two seats is recognized as a state party.
b. A party that secures at least six percent of the total votes in Lok Sabha elections or Assembly elections in four states and wins at least four seats in the Lok Sabha is recognized as a national party.