10th Class Social Science Solved Paper - Social Science-2015 Outside Delhi Set-I

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    What is meant by a political party? Describe the three components of a political party.

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    A political party is a group of people who come together to contest elections and hold power in the government. They agree on some policies and programmes for the society with a view to promote the collective good. There are different views on what is good for the society and people. Every political party wants to persuade people when their policies are better than other parties, and tries to win the support of people. A political party has three components: the leaders the active members and the followers.
    (i) The leaders: Every Political party has some prominent leaders who formulate policies, and programmes for the party and choose candidates for contesting elections. Those who contest elections and win, they perform the administrative job.
    (ii) The active members: They are involved in different committees of the party and participate directly in their activity. They are the ones, who climb a ladder from being the follower and become the assistant of the leaders to gain knowledge about the politics.
    (iii) The followers: They believe in the party?s ideology and support the party by casting their votes in favour of the party at the time of election. They are simply the ardent followers of the leaders and work under the able guidance of the active members.


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