Social Science (087) — AI-generated practice question

India has not converged to a two-party system because its social and geographical diversity is too vast to be absorbed by just two parties. India's multiparty system evolved due to its regional divisions, caste, religion, language, and historical political differences, which require representation through multiple parties.

As the textbook states, "party system is not something any country can choose — it evolves over a long time, depending on the nature of society, its social and regional divisions, its history of politics and its system of elections." The USA and UK have more socially homogeneous societies, allowing two parties to broadly represent public opinion. In India, regional parties (State parties) have grown stronger, and no single national party could win a Lok Sabha majority on its own until 2014, making coalition governments necessary.

Source: Chapter 4, "How many parties should we have?" and "State parties"

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• The key point examiners expect: party systems are not chosen but evolve from a country's specific social, regional, and historical context.
• Mention India's diversity (caste, religion, language, region) as the root cause — this directly answers "why."
• Quoting or closely paraphrasing the textbook line about party systems evolving naturally scores well.
• Don't write a general essay on political parties — stay focused on the comparison and the reason for multiparty evolution.