Case-Based Questions

(Issued by CBSE in April-2021)

POLITICAL SCIENCE - XII
Q. 1. Study the cartoon carefully and give the answers (i) What are the different aspects of globalization?
to the question that follows: (ii) How is globalization impacted by diseases?
(iii) Why is Africa featured in the above picture?
(any 2 reasons)
(iv) Give an example of globalization has impacted
your life in the present.
Ans. (i) In 2000, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
identified four basic aspects of globalization:
trade and transactions, capital and investment
movements, migration and movement of
people, and the dissemination of knowledge.
(ii) However, globalization increases the risk of
spreading diseases, it also helps in finding
(i) What does this picture depict? effective and speedy cure for the diseases
(ii) How can we save democracy? with the collaboration of the medical facilities
(iii) What are the problems faced by the democratic and knowledge of many countries. The best
government? example can be the invention of Covid-19
(iv) Can military rule and democracy work together? vaccine.
Give reason.
(iii) Africa is featured in the picture given above
Ans. (i) This picture is depicting the situation where the because it is affected with the poverty the
democracy can go parallel with military rule. most as compared to the other countries of
(ii) Democracy can be saved by focusing more on the world and the diseases mentioned in the
people’s fundamental rights, with the strong picture have their epicenter in Africa.
opposition in the parliament as well as in
legislative assembly, and bringing awareness for (iv) Because of globalization, I am able to use
the democracy in people. internet and gather the information from any
(iii) Recently democratic government are corruption corner of the world.
and inefficiency, role of anti-social elements, Q. 3. Study the cartoon carefully and give the answers
growing economic and social inequalities,
to the question that follows:
casteism and communalism.
(iv) No, democracy and military rule cannot work
together. Because, military rule imposes such
restrictions wherein people’s fundamental rights
are curbed.
Q. 2. Study the cartoon carefully and give the answers
to the question that follows:

(i) Give a title for the above picture.

(ii) How USA shows its hegemony?
(iii) Name two allied countries each of these
superpowers.
(iv) What is the impact of above issue on the
world?

 Ans. (i) The appropriate title for the picture given association going. ASEAN also lacks strong
above can be “The contestation between the institutions to guarantee the success of the
Two Superpowers; US vs USSR”.
implementation of its collective decisions.
(ii) US shows its hegemony by dominating its
military, economy, and culture over the other (iv) Looking at the recent scenario, China and
nations of the world. USA seems to be creating problems for
(iii) Canada and France were two of the allies of AESAN. Recently, both the countries are not
US during the cold war era. Whereas, Albania enjoying good relations with each other.
and Romania were amongst the allies of
USSR. Q. 5. Study the cartoon carefully and give the answers
(iv) There were drastic consequences in terms of to the question that follows:
economics and politics of the world due to cold
war.
Q. 4. Study the cartoon carefully and give the answers
to the question that follows:

(i) What are the main causes of partition? (any 2)

(ii) On what basis was the two-nation theory
proposed?

(i) Which organization walks on a tight rope in (iii)

Name the two states which were undecided
the above picture? to be part of either of these countries, at the
time of partition.
(ii) Why is it difficult to maintain balance in the
(iv) Name the prominent political leader who
contemporary world?
opposed the partition?
(iii) Write any 2 challenges this organization is
Ans. (i) The first and the foremost cause of the
facing?
partition was two nation theory propounded
(iv) Name the countries that are causing instability by the Muslim League. Secondly, the
to the above organization and why? increasing communal frenzy between the
Ans. (i) AESAN (The Association of Southeast Asian two communities accelerated the process of
Nations) is walking on the tight rope. partition.
(ii) The two-nation theory in its simplest way
(ii) Amid the contestation of the egos of the means that cultural, political, religious,
powerful nations like China and USA, it economic and social dissimilarities between
becomes difficult to maintain the balance in the two major communities, Hindus and
Muslims of the Subcontinent.
the contemporary world. You never know
(iii) Travancore, Jammu and Kashmir and Hyderabad
when and where you may offend the interests wanted to be independent states.
of these nations. (iv) Mahatma Gandhi opposed the idea of
(iii) Few of the challenges long faced by ASEAN partition.
is the lack of a custodian that can keep the qq