CBSE Class 10 Social Science Political Parties Worksheet Set A

True/False

Question. Every party in the country need not register with the Election Commission of India. (True/False)
Answer : False

Question. Political parties in India are classified into three types. (True/False)
Answer : False

Question. Regional parties in recent times have actively participated in the formation of the government at the Centre. (True/False)
Answer : True

Question. Bharatiya Janata Party came into power at the centre in 2000. (True/False)
Answer : False

Question. Political parties have a significant role to play in nation building. (True/False)
Answer : True

Assertion and Reasoning Based Questions

Mark the option which is most suitable :
(a) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) If assertion is true and reason is false.
(d) If both assertion and reason are false.

Question. Assertion : Political parties reflect fundamental political divisions in a society.
Reason : Parties work to convince people why their policies are better than others and implement them by seeking popular support.
Answer : (a) Political parties agree on some policies they believe are for collective good and aim to convince people for support. For popular vote, political parties tend to please certain sections of the society and thus, bring in partisanship.

Question. Assertion : The multi-party system tends to be extremely messy and mostly leads to political instability.
Reason : Multi-party systems give rise to coalitions which can break at any moment over smallest difference of opinion.
Answer : (a) In a democracy like India, having a multi-party system leading to coalitions is very common. It can be so that one party who lends support to the Centre may not agree with them, thus breaking away and collapsing the government.

Question. Assertion : In a democracy, political parties are a must.
Reason : Without Political Parties there will be no elections.
Answer : (c) Despite the fact that Political Parties are needed in a democracy, a lack of them would not stop the election process. However, it would make it
impossible to choose any one government. In a democracy, political parties are a must as without them, any number of candidates can contest elections.

Question. Assertion : Large established parties are called recognised parties.
Reason : These parties have been given certain specialised symbols that people can rally behind. 
Answer : (a) Large established parties are recognised all over the country and in fact in the world too as they have been in power, made governments and have a presence in many places. They also have a clear ideology and a symbol that becomes synonymous to the party.

Question. Assertion : One party system is a democratic system.
Reason : It is because elections are held on a regular basis.
Answer : (d) In a democracy, at least two parties are required to contest elections to make it inclusive of all points of views.

Assertion and Reason based questions

In the questions given below there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read the statement and choose the correct option.
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.

Question. Assertion : In recent years the Indian parliament has become more and more diverse.
Reason : The number and strength of state parties has increased.
Answer. A

Question. Assertion : Ordinary members of politcial party cannot hope to rise higher as there are no internal elections.
Reason : The top leadership is often disconnected with the grass root workers.
Answer. B

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.
Answer. A

Give one word for the following statement :

Question. A group of people who come together to contest election and hold power in the government ___ .
Answer. Political parties

Rewrite the following sentence

Question. Multi party system appears messy but it leads to political stability.
Answer. Multi party system appears messy but it leads to political stability.

Source/Extract Based Questions

Read the source given below and answer the following questions.
In some countries, only one party is allowed to control and run the government. These are called one-party systems. In China, only the Communist Party is allowed to rule. Although, legally speaking, people are free to form political parties, it does not permit free competition for power. In some countries, power usually changes between two main parties. Several other parties may exists, contest elections and win a few seats in the national legislature.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 multi-party system.
Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option:

1. What is a government formed by several parties known as ?
(a) Alliance
(b) Uni-party system
(c) Group
(d) None of these
Answer : A

2. Political party system can be divided into _________
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) All of the above.
Answer : D

3. In which of the following countries only bi-party system exist?
(a) USA
(b) India
(c) China
(d) All of them
Answer : A

4. In which of the following countries multi-party system exist?
(a) India
(b) China
(c) South Korea
(d) Canada
Answer : A

Read the extract and answer the questions that follows :
In some countries, only one party is allowed to control and run the government. These are called one-party systems. In Class IX, we noted that in China, only the Communist Party is allowed to rule. Although, legally speaking, people are free to form political parties, it does not permit free competition for power. In some countries, power usually changes between two main parties. Several other parties may exists, contest elections and win a few seats in the national legislature. 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 multi-party system.

1 Why is one party system not a good democratic option ?
Answer : One-party system cannot be a good option because this is not a democratic option. Any democratic system must allow at least two parties to compete in elections and provide a fair chance for the competing parties to come to power.

2 Which parties have chance of winning the elections ? Give examples.
Answer : (i) Only two main parties have a serious chance of winning majority of seats to form government. Such a party is called two-party system.
(ii) The United States of America and the United Kingdom are examples of two-party system.

3 What is an alliance or a front ? Give an example.
Answer : (i) When several parties in a multi-party system join hands for the purpose of contesting elections and winning power, it is called an alliance or a front.
(ii) For example, in India there were three such major alliances in 2004 parliamentary elections— the National Democratic Alliance, the United Progressive Alliance and the Left Front.

Read the source given below and answer the following questions.
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. This is the case in India as well. There are some countrywide parties, which are called ‘national parties’. These parties have their units in various states. But by and large, all these units follow the same policies, programmes and strategy that is decided at the national level. Every party in the country has to register with the Election Commission.While the Commission treats all parties equally, it offers some special facilities to large and established parties. These parties are given a unique symbol – only the official candidates of that party can use that election symbol. Parties that get this privilege and some other special facilities are ‘recognised’ by the Election Commission for this purpose. That is why these parties are called, ‘recognised political parties’. The Election Commission has laid down detailed criteria of the proportion of votes and seats that a party must get in order to be a recognised party. A party that secures at least six per cent of the total votes in an election to the Legislative Assembly of a State and wins at least two seats is recognised as a State party. A party that secures at least six per cent 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.

Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option:

1. How many parties are classified as national party in India?
(a) 2
(b) 5
(c) 7
(d) 9
Answer : C

2. Which one of the following party is considerd as national party?
(a) Janata Dal
(b) Bahujan Samaj Party
(c) Samata Party
(d) All of the above
Answer : B

3. A party that secures at least six per cent of the total votes in an election to the Legislative Assembly of a State and wins at least two seats is recognised as a_________
(a) National Party
(b) State Party
(c) Local Party
(d) All of them
Answer : B

4. A party has to secure at least _________ seats in the Lok Sabha ,to become a national party?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
Answer : C

Very Short Answer Type Questions

Question : A group of people who come together to contest elections and hold power in the government is called a _____ .
Answer : political party.