Ryan International School, Ghaziabad Political Parties Class - 10
Ryan International School, Ghaziabad Political Parties Class - 10
Ryan International School, Ghaziabad Political Parties Class - 10
POLITICAL PARTIES
CLASS - 10
3. Suggest some reforms to strengthen parties so that they perform their functions well.
Ans: Suggestions to strengthen parties:
(i) There should be some laws to regulate the internal affairs of parties. They should follow their
constitution.
(ii) There should be state funding of elections.
(iii) It should be made mandatory for all political parties to reserve minimum seats for women.
(iv) The people should put pressure on political parties through petitions, publicity and
agitations.
4. What is a political party?
Ans: A political party is a group of people who come together to contest elections, and form and
run government by holding power in the government.
6. A group of people who come together to contest elections and hold power in the
government is called a….
Ans: Political party.
7. Match List I (organizations and struggles) with List II and select the correct answer
using the codes given below the lists:
List I List II
1. Congress Party A. National Democratic Alliance
2. Bharatiya Janta Party B. State Party
3. Communist Party of India (Marxist) C. United Progressive Alliance
4. Telugu Desam Party D. Left Front
1 2 3 4
(a) C A B D
(b) C D A B
(c) C A D B
(d) D C A B
Ans: (c) C A D B
8. Who among the following is the founder of the Bahujan Samaj Party?
A. Kanshi Ram
B. Sahu Maharaj
C. B. R. Ambedkar
D. Jotiba Phule
Ans: A. Kanshi Ram
9. What is the guiding philosophy of the Bharatiya Janta Party?
A. Bahujan Samaj
B. Revolutionary democracy
C. Integral humanism
D. Modernity
Ans: B. Revolutionary democracy
12. What is meant by Uni-party system and Multi-party system? Give an example.
Ans: Uni-party system:- There is only one political party in country. This party system is
followed in China.
Multi-party system:- There are three or more parties in the political sphere. Every party has the
capacity to win the elections and form the government. Sometimes, no party gets the majority
and they join together to form the government. The multi-party system is followed in India,
Denmark and France.
13. Discuss the various ways of classifying the political system and the political parties.
Ans: (i) On the basis of the number of parties:-
(a) Uni-party system
(b) Multi-party system
14. Describe one merit and one demerit of the Bi-party system.
Ans: Bi-party system has a stable and powerful government. But in this system, majority party
often becomes absolute and does not care for the opposition at all.
15. What is the general view of the people about the political parties?
Ans: Most people tend to be very critical of political parties. They tend to blame political parties
for all that is wrong with our democracy and our political life.
16. Why don’t parties give enough tickets to women? Is that also due to lack of internal
democracy?
Ans: Most of the Indian societies have patriarchal mentality. Men do not want to loose power if
the parties give tickets to women, steadily the power will go into women’s hands. The patriarchal
Indian society is not ready to accept it.
Yes, this is an example of lack of internal democracy.