Very Short Answer -Class-10-Civics- Chapter 4 political parties

Q1. 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.

Q2. What is the requirement laid down by the Election Commission for a political party to be recognized as a ’State Party’?

Ans : 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.

Q3. Describe the three components of a political party.

Ans : Three components of a political party are:

a. Leaders

b. Active members

c. Followers

Q4. What is meant by a ‘national political party’? State the conditions required to be a national political party.

Ans : National political party have units in the various states, they follow the same policies, programmes and strategy that is decided at the national level. Conditions required:

a. A party that secures at least 6% of the total votes in general elections of Lok Sabha or assembly elections in four states.

b. Wins at least 4 seats in Lok Sabha.

Q5. Describe about the ideology and organization of Bahujan Samaj Party.

Ans : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) was formed in 1984 under the leadership of Kanshi Ram. Its main aim is that it seeks to represent and secure power for the Bahujan Samaj which includes the dalits and adivasis, OBCs and religious minorities.

Q6. Name any six ‘regional political parties’ of the four southern states of India’ 

Ans : Tamil Nadu—AIADMK (All India Anna Dravida  Munnetra Kazhagam), DMK

Andhra Pradesh—Telugu Desam,

Kerala—Congress (Joseph)

Puducherry—AINRC (All India N. R. Congress)

Q7. Name the ‘regional political parties’ that are predominant in Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Odisha respectively with their symbols.

Ans : Jharkhand—JMM—Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

Maharashtra—INC—Indian National Congress

Odisha—BJD—Biju Janata Dal.