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Political Parties
People can put pressure on political parties through petitions, publicity and agitations. Ordinary citizens, pressure groups and movements and media can play and important role on this. If political parties feel that they would lose public support by not taking up reforms, they would become more serious about reforms. Political parties can improve if those want this join political parties. The quality of democracy depends on the degree of public participaton.
It is difficult to reform politics if ordinary citizens do not take part in it and simply criticise it from outside. The problem of bad politics can be solved by more and better politics.
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What is the guiding philosophy of the Bharatiya Janta Party?
Match List-I (organisations and struggles) with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
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List-I |
List-II |
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1. Congress Party |
A. National Democratic Alliance |
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2. Bharatiya Janta Party |
B. State Party |
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3. Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
C. United Progressive Alliance |
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4. Telugu Desam Party |
D. Left Front |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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(a) |
C |
A |
B |
D |
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(b) |
C |
D |
A |
B |
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(c) |
C |
A |
D |
B |
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(d) |
D |
C |
A |
B |
Consider the following statements on parties:
A. Political parties do not enjoy much trust among the people.
B. Parties are often rocked by scandals involving top party leaders.
C. Parties are not necessary to run governments.
Which of the statements given above are correct ?
Partisan means
Multi-party system advocates
A. The political parties which govern the country
B. The government is formed by various parties coming together
C. Does not permit free competition for power
D. This system allows a variety of interests and opinions to enjoy political representation
Which one of the following is not a characteristic feature of a political party?
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