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14. Previous Years’ Questions
1. Discuss the role of Pressure Groups in Indian polity. Are they strengthening or hindering our democracy?
Answer:
Widening Political Participation
Promoting Education
Ensuring Competition and Debate
2. Compare pressure groups in India with those in the west. Approach:
Answer:
3. The capacity of a pressure group to promote its interests is contingent upon a number of internal and external factors. Discuss.
Answers:
Internal Factors Wealth
Size
Organisation and its leadership
External Factors Public support
Views of the Government
Opposition Groups
Source of funds
4. Pressure groups ensure that an individual's democratic rights are not confined just to the act of voting. Discuss.
Answer:
5. Compare and contrast pressure groups with political parties. Describe the different techniques through which pressure groups influence policies in India.
Answer:
Pressure Groups and Political Parties
6. Illustrate how pressure groups have emerged as a strong mechanism for making democracy participatory and responsive.
Answer:
Role of pressure groups in making Democracy Participative:
Role of Pressure groups in making Democracy Responsive:
7. Delineate the differences between pressure groups and interest groups. Citing examples, elaborate on the ways in which pressure groups influence government decisions and policy making in India.
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