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One-party dominance

One-party dominance is a Polity concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 2 past MPSC questions (2019). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

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Post-independence Indian political history

Real questions that test this

काही वर्षांपूर्वी कांग्रेस नेतृत्व आणि विरोधी पक्षीय नेतृत्व यांच्यामध्ये मोठ्या प्रमाणावर एकमेकाप्रती सन्मान होता. स्वातंत्र्याच्या घोषणेनंतर आणि प्रथम सार्वत्रिक निवडणूकीनंतर शासन करणाऱ्या अंतरिम सरकारामध्ये डॉ. आंबेडकर आणि शामाप्रसाद मुखर्जी सारख्या विरोधी नेत्यांचा कॅबिनेट मध्ये समावेश होता. Read the following passage and answer the questions from 26 to 30: India is not the only country to have experienced the dominance of one party. If we look around the world, we find many other examples of one party dominance. But there is a crucial difference between these and the Indian experience. In the rest of the cases dominance of one party was ensured by compromising democracy. In some countries like China, Cuba and Syria, the constitution permits a single party to rule the country. Some others like Myanmar, Belarus, Egypt and Eritrea are effectively one party states due to legal and military measures. Until a few years ago, Mexico, South Korea and Taiwan were also effectively one party dominant states. What distinguished the dominance of the Congress Party in India from all these cases was it happened under democratic conditions. Many parties contested elections in conditions of free and fair elections and yet the Congress managed to win election after election. This was similar to the dominance that the African National Congress has enjoyed in South Africa after the end of apartheid. In the early years there was a lot of mutual respect between the leaders of the Congress and those of the opposition. The interim government that ruled the country after the declaration of Independence and first general election includes opposition leaders like Dr. Ambedkar and Shyamaprasad Mukherjee in the Cabinet.

काँग्रेस पक्षाच्या वर्चस्वाची कारणे कोणती आहेत ? What are the reasons for the dominance of Congress Party ?

(a)राष्ट्रीय चळवळीचे वारसदार / As inheritor of national movement

(b)सर्वसमावेशक स्वरूप / All inclusive nature

(c)उत्कृष्ट संघटीत पक्ष / Excellent organised party

(d)क्रांतीकारी नेतृत्व / Revolutionary Leadership

(e)पैसा आणि माध्यमे / Money and Media

1)फक्त अ, ब, क / Only a, b, c✓ Correct
2)फक्त क, ड, इ / Only c, d, e
3)फक्त अ, क, इ / Only a, c, e
4)फक्त ब, ड, इ / Only b, d, e

Congress dominance in early post-independence India was due to being the heir of the national movement, its all-inclusive nature, and a well-organized party machinery.

काही वर्षांपूर्वी कांग्रेस नेतृत्व आणि विरोधी पक्षीय नेतृत्व यांच्यामध्ये मोठ्या प्रमाणावर एकमेकाप्रती सन्मान होता. स्वातंत्र्याच्या घोषणेनंतर आणि प्रथम सार्वत्रिक निवडणूकीनंतर शासन करणाऱ्या अंतरिम सरकारामध्ये डॉ. आंबेडकर आणि शामाप्रसाद मुखर्जी सारख्या विरोधी नेत्यांचा कॅबिनेट मध्ये समावेश होता. Read the following passage and answer the questions from 26 to 30: India is not the only country to have experienced the dominance of one party. If we look around the world, we find many other examples of one party dominance. But there is a crucial difference between these and the Indian experience. In the rest of the cases dominance of one party was ensured by compromising democracy. In some countries like China, Cuba and Syria, the constitution permits a single party to rule the country. Some others like Myanmar, Belarus, Egypt and Eritrea are effectively one party states due to legal and military measures. Until a few years ago, Mexico, South Korea and Taiwan were also effectively one party dominant states. What distinguished the dominance of the Congress Party in India from all these cases was it happened under democratic conditions. Many parties contested elections in conditions of free and fair elections and yet the Congress managed to win election after election. This was similar to the dominance that the African National Congress has enjoyed in South Africa after the end of apartheid. In the early years there was a lot of mutual respect between the leaders of the Congress and those of the opposition. The interim government that ruled the country after the declaration of Independence and first general election includes opposition leaders like Dr. Ambedkar and Shyamaprasad Mukherjee in the Cabinet.

योग्य कथन/कथने ओळखा : Select the correct statement/statements :

(a)संविधानाद्वारे परवानगी प्राप्त एकल राजकीय पक्ष असणारे देश चीन आणि क्युबा आहेत. / Constitution permitted single political party countries are China and Cuba.

(b)लष्करी कारणांच्या आधारा पे एक पक्ष असणारे देश इजिप्त आणि इरिट्रिया आहेत. / On the basis of military reasons, the one party states are Egypt and Eritrea.

(c)लोकशाही वातावरणांमध्ये एक राजकीय पक्षीय वर्चस्व असणारे देश भारत आणि दक्षिण आफ्रिका आहेत. / Under democratic conditions, single dominated political party countries are India and South Africa.

1)फक्त अ, ब / Only a, b
2)फक्त अ, क / Only a, c
3)फक्त ब, क / Only b, c
4)वरील सर्व / All of the above✓ Correct

All the statements regarding single-party systems based on constitution (China, Cuba), military reasons (Egypt, Eritrea), and democratic dominance (India, South Africa) are correct.

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