NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Civics Chapter 5

Pressure groups influence Politics in the following ways:
They indirectly help the candidate.
To create the pressure on government they organized the strike and demonstration.
To get support and sympathy of public they organize various functions.

Pressure groups are organisations that attempt to influence government policies.

They promote collective goods as opposed to selective good. They support or help groups other than their own members.

Pressure groups are organisations that attempt to influence government policies. Example:
All India Teacher’s Association.
All India Student Union.
All India Trade Association.

The communists who believed in the ideology of Mao, the great leader of the Chinese Revolution were called Maoist.

The relationship between political parties and pressure groups can take different forms. (i) Pressure groups are often formed and led by politicians and political parties. Most trade unions and students’ organisations in India are either established by, or affiliated to one or the other major political party. (ii) Political parties sometimes grow out of movements. Parties like DMK and AIADMK were formed this way. (iii) Many a times, the issues raised by pressure or movement groups are taken up by political parties, leading to a change in the policies of the parties.

Pressure groups and movements exert influence on politics in a variety of ways. (i) They try to gain public support and sympathy for their cause by carrying out information campaigns, organising meetings, filing petitions, etc. (ii) By organising strikes and disruptions, they seek to make the government take note of their demands. (iii) They also influence decision-making by lobbying. (iv) The issues raised by them often influence the policies of political parties.

A pressure group is an organisation which attempts to influence government policies through protests and demonstrations. Pressure groups are formed when people with similar opinions get together for similar objectives. Examples of pressure groups are FEDECOR and BAMCEF.

The major difference between pressure groups and political parties is that unlike political parties, pressure groups do not aim to directly control or share political power.

Pressure groups are important in the functioning of a democratic government as they provide an opportunity for marginalised people to voice their opinions. In some cases, the government’s opinion might be biased by a small group of rich and powerful people. It is here that pressure groups step in and force the government to make policies which will benefit certain other sections of society as well.

Organisations that undertake activities to promote the interests of specific social sections such as workers, employees, teachers, and lawyers are called sectional interest groups.