NCERT Solutions for Class 12 Political Science II Chapter 2 Era of One Party Dominance

Q.1: Ask the elders in your family and neighbourhood about their experience of participating in elections.
 Did anyone vote in the first or second general election? Who did they vote for and why?
 Is there someone who has used all the three methods of voting? Which one did they prefer?
 In which ways do they find the elections of those days different from the present ones?

Ans : DIY 

Q.2: Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks.
(a) The First General Elections in 1952 involved simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and ………………….(The President of India/ State Assemblies/ Rajya Sabha/ The Prime Minister)
(b) The party that won the second largest number of Lok Sabha seats in the first elections was the………………….(Praja Socialist Party/ Bharatiya Jana Sangh/ Communist Party of India/Bharatiya Janata Party)
(c) One of the guiding principles of the ideology of the Swatantra Party was………………….(Working class interests/ protection of Princely States / economy free from State control / Autonomy of States within the Union)

Ans : (a) State Assemblies 
(b) Communist Party of India 
(c) Economy free from state control. 

Q.3: Match the following leaders listed in List A with the parties in List B.

Ans : (a)-(iv)
(b)-(i) 
(c)-(ii) 
(d)-(iii) 

Q.4: Four statements regarding one- party dominance are given below. Mark each of them as true or false.
(a) One-party dominance is rooted in the absence of strong alternative political parties.
(b) One-party dominance occurs because of weak public opinion.
(c) One-party dominance is linked to the nation’s colonial past.
(d) One-party dominance reflects the absence of democratic ideals in a country.

Ans : (a) True 
(b) False 
(c) True 
(d) False 

Q.5: If 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.

Ans : 1. Bharatiya Jana Sangh: The policies of Bharatiya Jana Sangh were based on the principles as follows: 
(a) It replaced secular concept by the ideology of one country, one culture and one nation. 
(b) No cultural and educational rights as this party opposed the granting of concessions to religious and cultural minorities. 
(c) It focused on the unity of India and Pakistan under the concept of Akhand Bharat. 


2. Communist Party of India: Communist Party of India would have been different on the principles as follows: 
(a) It worked for proportional representation in the government. 
(b) This party followed communist ideology in various policies. 
(c) It emphasised on a control over electronic mass media by an autonomous body or corporation.