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Social Science · 2026 · 5 marks
CBSE 2026 · Region 4 · Set 2 · Q27
"Political parties are one of the most visible institutions in a democracy." Examine the statement."There are many challenges before the political parties." Examine the statement.
"Political parties are one of the most visible institutions in a democracy." Examine the statement.
"There are many challenges before the political parties." Examine the statement.
Marking-scheme solution
(i) For ordinary citizens, democracy is equal to political parties.
(ii) Even less educated citizens, who may not know anything about our Constitution or about the nature of our government know something about the political parties.
(iii) Political parties put forward policies and programmes for the society with a view to promote collective good.
(iv) They persuade people to believe that their policies are better than others.
(v) Political parties reflect fundamental political divisions in a society.
(vi) Political parties contest elections.
(vii) The winning parties form the government.
(viii) They play a decisive role in making laws.
(ix) The parties that lose in elections play the role of opposition parties.
OR “There are many challenges before the political parties.” Examine the 27.(b) statement.
(i) There is lack of internal democracy in many parties.
(ii) There is a tendency in political parties towards the concentration of power in one or few leaders at the top.
(iii) Sometimes parties do not keep membership registers, do not hold organisational meetings and do not conduct internal elections regularly.
(iv) More than loyalty to party principles and policies, personal loyalty to the leader becomes more important.
(v) There is also a challenge of dynastic succession. So, there are very few ways for an ordinary worker to rise to the top in a party.
(vi) Those who happen to be the leaders are in a position of unfair advantage to favour people close to them or even their family members.
(vii) In many parties, the top positions are always controlled by members of one family.
(viii) There is growing role of money and muscle power in parties, especially during elections.
(ix) Very often parties do not seem to offer a meaningful choice to the voters.
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