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Detailed, Step-by-Step\u00a0NCERT Solutions for Class 12 Political Science<\/a> Chapter 11 Era of One Party Dominance Questions and Answers were solved by Expert Teachers as per NCERT (CBSE) Book guidelines covering each topic in chapter to ensure complete preparation.<\/p>\n

Era of One Party Dominance NCERT Solutions for Class 12 Political Science Chapter 11<\/h2>\n

Era of One Party Dominance Questions and Answers <\/span>Class 12 Political Science Chapter 11<\/h3>\n

Question 1.
\nChoose the correct option to fill in the blanks :
\n(a) The first general election in 1952 involved simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and ……………………….. (The President of India\/State Assemblies\/Rajya Sabha\/The Prime Minister)
\n(b) The party that won the second longest number of Lok Sabha seats in the first elections was the ……………………….. (Praja Socialist Party\/Bharatiya Jana Sangh\/ Communist Party of India\/Bharatiya Janata Party)
\n(c) One of the guiding principles of the ideology of the Swatantra Party was ……………………….. (Working class interests\/Protection of Primery states\/ economy free from state control\/Autonomy of state within the Union.)
\nAnswer:
\n(a) State Assemblies
\n(b) Communist Party of India
\n(c) economy free from state control.<\/p>\n

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Question 2.
\nMatch the following leaders listed in list A with the parties in list B. (Imp.)
\nList A – List B
\n(a) S.A. Dange – (i) Bharatiya Jan Sangh
\n(b) Shyama Prasad – (ii) Swatantra Party Mukherjee
\n(c) Minoo Masani – (iii) Praja Social Party
\n(d) Ashoka Mehta – (iv) Communist Party of India
\nAnswer:
\n(a) – (iv)
\n(b) – (i)
\n(c) – (ii)
\n(d) – (iii)<\/p>\n

Question 3.
\nFour statements regarding one-party dominance are given below. Mark each of them as true or false.
\n(a) One party dominance is rooted in the absence of strong alternative political parties.
\n(b) One party dominance occurs because of weak public opinion.
\n(c) One party dominance is linked to the nation\u2019s colonial past.
\n(d) One party dominance reflects the absence of democratic ideals in a country.
\nAnswer:
\n(a) True
\n(b) True
\n(c) False
\n(d) True.<\/p>\n

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Question 4.
\nIf Bharatiya Jana Sangh or the Communist Party of India had formed the government after the first election in which respects would the policies of the government have been different ? Specify three differences each for both the parties.
\nAnswer:
\nThe first general election was held in 1952. If Bharatiya Jana Sangh or the Communist Party of India had formed the government at the centre, the policies of the government would have been different as follow :<\/p>\n

1. Bharatiya Jana Sangh was against the English and this party would have replaced English with Hindi as the official language of India. But Communist Party of India would have preferred English as the official language of India because, Communist Party was popular in West Bengal, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh.<\/p>\n

2. The Jana Sangh party was not in favour of giving any concessions to religious and cultural minorities. But Communist Party was in favour of socialism.<\/p>\n

3. The Jana Sangh was in favour of developing nuclear weapon because for the security of the country nuclear weapons were essentials. But the Communist Party of India was not in favour nuclear weapons and atomic tests.<\/p>\n

Question 5.
\nIn what sense was the Congress an ideological coalition ? Mention the various ideological currents present within the Congress.
\nAnswer:
\nIdeologically, the Congress took root and came to political power not as a party but as a movement for independence and reform. The Congress party was established in 1885 by Higher middle class from English speaking persons. But with both Non-cooperation movement and Civil disobedience movement the social base of the Congress party widened.<\/p>\n

All types of people with diverse interests became the members of the Congress party. Peasants and landlords, Industrialists and workers, urban elite and village, capitalists and poor, upper caste and lower castes persons etc. all were within the Congress. Congress party was in fact, an ideological coalitions. Rajni Kothari has rightly pointed out that \u201cThe Congress represents all shades of opinion, all major interest groups in the society and indeed all other parties as well.<\/p>\n

The Congress represented India\u2019s diversity in terms of classes and castes, religions and languages and various interests. Maximum opposition political parties are the dissenting elites of the Congress party, who shared two common social and intellectual background as of the Congressmen.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Question 6.
\nDid the prevalence of a \u2018One party dominant system\u2019 affect adversely the democratic nature of Indian politics ?
\nAnswer:
\nIn India multi-party system exists. Several political parties participate in elections in India. But Indian National Congress dominated at the centre as well as the states before 1967. The prevalence of \u2018one party dominant system\u2019 has affected adversely the democratic nature of Indian politics.<\/p>\n

In fact, dominance of single party is opposed to democracy as other political parties cannot flourish. Due to lack of organised opposition, the Congress party never fulfilled the promises made to the people.<\/p>\n

Congress remained in power for a long period and hence no other party got a chance to rule. Its administration too has become virtually inefficient leading to widespread corruptions. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru himself accepted the fact that \u2018The Congress has developed into monolithic organisations making it virtually impossible for the growth of a sound party system in the country\u201d. According to R.A. Gopalaswami, \u201cThe party system which has emerged in our country is not only incompatiable with the particular democratic institutions we have adopted but constitutes a clear danger to the survival of democracy of India.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Question 7.
\nBring out three differences each between Socialist Parties and the Communist Party and between Bharatiya Jan Sangh and Swatantra Party.
\nAnswer:
\nDifferences between Socialist Parties and Communist Party:<\/p>\n