Subject: Political Science
Class XII
Time Allowed: 3 hours
Max. Marks: 80
General Instructions:
- All questions are compulsory
- Section A has 16 Objective Type Questions of 1 mark each.
- Section B has 2 passage-based questions 17 and 18 having Multiple Choice Questions of 1 mark each.
- Question numbers 19-22 carries 2 marks each. Answer to these questions should not exceed 40 words each.
- Question number 23-27 carries 4 marks each. Answer to these questions should not exceed 100 words each.
- Questions numbers 28-29 pertain to map and cartoon questions carrying 5 marks each to be answered accordingly.
- Question numbers 30-32 carries 6 marks each. Answer to these questions should not exceed 150 words each.
SECTION – A
1. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel faced key challenges of national integration in which of the following states?
(a) Hyderbad, Junagarh and Jammu
(b) Hyderabad, Junagarh and Kashmir
(c) Kashmir, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh
(d) Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad and Junagarh
2. Name the party which won 1970s election under Sheikh Mujib-ur-Rahman.
(a) Awami League
(b) Jatiya Party
(c) Bangladesh Nationalist Party
(d) Bangladesh People’s League
3. Arrange the following in chronological order.
(i) Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
(ii) Fall of the Berlin Wall
(iii) Disintegration of the Soviet Union
(iv) Russian Revolution
Choose the correct option
(a) iv, i, ii, iii
(b) i, ii, iii, iv
(c) iii, ii, iv, i
(d) ii, i, iii, iv
4. Name the countries which resisted Maastricht Treaty.
(a) Britain and France
(b) France and USA
(c) Germany and Britain
(d) Denmark and Sweden
5. Bangkok declaration is related to which of the following?
(a) SAARC
(b) BRICS
(C) EU
(d) ASEAN
6. Which among the following statements about the objectives for the establishment of the European Union is false?
(a) To provide a common foreign policy
(b) Creation of a single currency
(c) Establishment of a common market
(d) Cooperation on justice
7. Assertion (A): There are no differences among political parties about how to conduct external relations.
Reason (R): Indian politics is generally marked by a broad agreement among the parties on national integration, protection of international boundaries and on questions of national interest.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true
8. The political development after the 1990’s reveals the emergence of ________
(a) Congress dominance
(b) Coalition government
(c) Consolidation of BJP
(d) Emergence of regional politics
9. Identify the leader and the country that helped to reach the Tashkent Agreement between Indian and Pakistan.
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru, India
(b) Alexei Kosygin, USSR
(c) Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egypt
(d) Sukarno, Indonesia
10. UNICEF was founded on _________
(a) 11th May, 1946
(b) 11th December, 1946
(c) 11th April, 1947
(d) 11th June, 1947
11. The countries which used WTO to advance its own interest are _______
(a) USA
(b) European Union
(c) Japan
(d) All of these
12. In which year, the re-organisation of North-East was completed?
(a) 1962
(b) 1972
(c) 1982
(d) 1992
13. Secessionist demands on account of tribal identity arose in which of the following states?
(a) Jharkhand
(b) Nagaland/Mizoram
(c) Punjab
(d) Tamil Nadu
14. The period when nuclear test was conducted in India was a difficult period due to _________
(a) Domestic politics
(b) Economic Stagnation
(c) Epidemic
(d) All of the above
15. Consider the following statement(s) correct about the downfall of the Janata government.
(a) The Janata Party could not keep together due to the internal conflict.
(b) It had good leaders
(c) It lacked common programme
(d) Both (a) and (c)
OR
Which of the following statement is incorrect about Jayaprakash Narayan?
(a) He was the first leader in post-independence India who undertook a tirade against corruption.
(b) He advocated transformation of individual, society and state.
(c) His philosophy was based on the premise of Democratic Socialism and Chouburja Rajneeti.
(d) He defined total revolution as a combination of seven revolutions.
16. Health epidemics are spread through ________ across the continents.
(a) Migration
(b) Business and tourism
(c) Military operations
(d) All of the above
SECTION – B
17. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
The growing focus on environmental issues within the arena of global politics was firmly consolidated at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janerio, Brazil, in June 1992. This was also called the Earth Summit. The summit was attended by 170 states, thousands of NGO’s and many multinational corporations. Five years earlier, the 1987 Brundtland Report, our common Future, had warned that traditional patterns of economic growth were not sustainable in the long run, especially in view of the demands of the South for further industrial development.
What was obvious at the Rio Summit was that the rich developed countries of the First World, generally referred to as the ‘Global North’ were pursuing a different environmental agenda than the poor and developing countries of the Third World, called the ‘Global South’. Whereas, the Northern states were concerned with Ozone depletion and global warming, the Southern states were anxious to address the relationship between economic development and environmental management.
(i) Which of the following countries are known as Third World Countries?
(a) USA
(b) UK
(c) India and South Africa
(d) France
(ii) The environmental agenda of Global North is based on ___________
(a) Economic development
(b) Environmental management
(c) Ozone depletion and global warming
(d) Climate awareness
(iii) Global South adopted a different ideology to address the relationship between ________
(a) Industrial development and economic development
(b) Economic development and environmental management
(c) Global warming and climate change
(d) Ozone depletion and pollution
(iv) Agenda 21 is related with _________
(a) Earth Summit
(b) Kyoto Protocol
(c) Montreal Protocol
(d) UNFCCC
18. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
The Socialist Model followed in USSR. The leaders of the Communist Party of India and the leaders of Socialist Party like Nehru were deeply impressed by the Soviet model of development. The main reason to support this model was that the economic concerns of independent India would have to be different colonial government. The tasks of poverty alleviation, social and economic redistribution were regarded as the primary responsibility of the government.
(i) The Socialist Model is based upon the principles of _________
(a) Socialism
(b) Liberal economy
(c) State controlled economy
(d) Both (a) and (c)
(ii) Why developing country like India supported the Soviet Model of Development?
(a) Due to economic concerns of newly independent India
(b) Due to Soviet ideology of welfarism.
(c) Due to state intervention policies of Soviet Union
(d) Due to people’s pressure
(iii) Which of the following are considered as the primary responsibility of state?
(a) Poverty alleviation
(b) Social and economic redistribution
(c) Social security of people
(d) Both (a) and (b)
(iv) Why Indian leaders were impressed by the Soviet Model?
(a) Because it was favourable for the Indian Economy
(b) Because it will help the Indian Economy to grow at a faster pace.
(c) Because it will benefit the common people
(d) None of the above
SECTION – C
19. Explain any four objectives of Non-Aligned Movement.
20. How did the Congress Party succeed in maintaining its dominance till 1967?
21. Highlight any two constitutional issues between the Parliament and the Judiciary during the 1970’s
22. Why and how did the Mizo Movement for succession gain popular support?
OR
What does the special status to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 mean?
SECTION – D
23. Critically evaluate the impact of the changing role of the state in the developing countries in the light of globalisation.
24. What is meant by alliance building as a component of traditional security polity? What its advantages?
25. Describe briefly any four problems faced in the process of partition of India.
OR
Discuss the significance of linguistic states in Nation-building.
26. What do you mean by Arab Spring? Mention any four causes of Arab Spring.
OR
Why did the Soviet System become so weak and Soviet economy stagnated?
27. State the objectives of BRICS
SECTION – E
28. In the given political outline map of India, five states have been marked as (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E). Identify these states on the basis of the information given below and write their correct name in your answer book along with their respective serial number of the information used and the concerned alphabets as per the following format.
(i) A state where Chipko Movement was carried out.
(ii) A state that was carved out of Assam in 1972
(iii) A North-Eastern state that is suffering from separatist movement
(iv) A latest state of Indian Union.
(v) A state where an organisation of dalit panthers was formed.
29. Study the cartoon given below carefully and answer the questions that follow:
(i) How many stars are being seen in the cartoon?
(ii) When was the treaty of Maastricht signed? Write one of its achievements. Also, name the new currency of European Union.
(iii) Why does the cartoonist use the image of the ship Titanic to represent EU?
SECTION – F
30. Analyse the common problems of South Asian countries.
OR
State the factors that led to Pakistan’s failure in building a stable democracy.
31. Examine India’s relationship with the former Soviet Union during the Cold War.
OR
Discuss India-US relations in the Post-Cold War era.
32. Describe any three major events that led to the formal split in the Congress Party in 1969.
OR
What were the factors which led to the popularity of Indira Gandhi’s government in the early 1970’s?