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Political Science: Political Parties and Popular Struggles PYQs (previous year questions) for CBSE Class 10: Political Science: Political Parties and Popular Struggles (Social Science) had 25 questions across the 40 official CBSE Class 10 papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 10 of them. Asked in 10 of 10 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Functions of Political Parties, Role of Political Parties, Party Systems.
Year-wise question count
Asked in 10 of 10 years.
Most-asked concepts
Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.
| Concept | Questions | Papers | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Functions of Political Parties | 4 | 4 | 2026, 2023, 2020, 2018 |
| Party Systems | 3 | 3 | 2024, 2022, 2016 |
| Role of Political Parties | 3 | 3 | 2025, 2024, 2016 |
| Pressure Groups | 5 | 2 | 2017, 2016 |
| Popular Struggles | 2 | 2 | 2017, 2016 |
| Recognition of Parties | 2 | 2 | 2022, 2019 |
| Challenges to Parties | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Components of a Party | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Elections and Participation | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Movements and Parties | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| National and State Parties | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Regional Parties | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
How to practise Political Science: Political Parties and Popular Struggles PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s Political Science: Political Parties and Popular Struggles questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
- Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
- Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.
Questions by year
Each line gives the question number and paper, type, concept, our one-line summary, with a link to the official PDF.
CBSE Class 102026
CBSE Class 102025
CBSE Class 102024
CBSE Class 102023
CBSE Class 102022
CBSE Class 102020
- Q.31 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Long answer · Functions of Political Parties: Five functions of a political party PDF
CBSE Class 102019
- Q.14 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Short answer · Recognition of Parties: Criteria for regional and national party recognition PDF
CBSE Class 102018
- Q.23 (Social Science (32/1)) · Long answer · Functions of Political Parties: Five functions of political parties in a democracy PDF
CBSE Class 102017
- Q.3 (Social Science (32/1)) · Very short answer · Pressure Groups: One difference between a pressure group and a political party PDF
- Q.5 (Social Science (32/1)) · Very short answer · Movements and Parties: Name an Indian political party that grew out of a movement PDF
- Q.15 (Social Science (32/1)) · Short answer · Popular Struggles: Role of popular struggles in developing democracy PDF
- Q.16 (Social Science (32/1)) · Short answer · Pressure Groups: How pressure groups and movements strengthen democracy PDF
CBSE Class 102016
- Q.3 (Social Science (32/1)) · Very short answer · Pressure Groups: One difference between pressure groups and political parties PDF
- Q.4 (Social Science (32/1)) · Very short answer · Party Systems: Why India adopted a multi-party system PDF
- Q.5 (Social Science (32/1)) · Very short answer · Pressure Groups: Name two sectional interest groups PDF
- Q.15 (Social Science (32/1)) · Short answer · Regional Parties: Meaning of regional party and conditions for its recognition PDF
- Q.16 (Social Science (32/1)) · Short answer · Pressure Groups: Public interest pressure groups and how they function PDF
- Q.17 (Social Science (32/1)) · Short answer · Challenges to Parties: Three challenges faced by political parties in India PDF
- Q.25 (Social Science (32/1)) · Long answer · Popular Struggles: Describe the popular struggle in Bolivia PDF
- Q.26 (Social Science (32/1)) · Long answer · Role of Political Parties: Why political parties are necessary for democracy PDF
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FAQ
How many Political Science: Political Parties and Popular Struggles questions come in CBSE Class 10?
In the official papers we tagged: 2 in 2026, 2 in 2025, 2 in 2024, 2 in 2023, 2 in 2022, 1 in 2020, 1 in 2019, 1 in 2018, 4 in 2017 and 8 in 2016. That is 25 questions in all, about 8% of Social Science.
Which Political Science: Political Parties and Popular Struggles topics repeat in CBSE Class 10?
Asked in the most papers: Functions of Political Parties, Role of Political Parties, Party Systems. The concept table lists every one with its count.
Are these official CBSE Class 10 questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official CBSE Class 10 paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.