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12 Political
Instructions:
i. All Questions Are Compulsory.
ii. Section A has 16 Objective Type Questions of 1 mark each.
iii. Section B has 2 passage –based questions 17 and 18 Questions of 4 mark each.
iv. Question numbers 19-22 carries 2 marks each. Answer to these questions should not exceed
40 words each.
v. Question numbers 23-27 carries 4 marks each. Answer to these questions should not exceed
100 words each.
vi. Question numbers 28-29 pertain to map and cartoon questions carrying 5 marks each to be
answered accordingly.
vii. Question numbers 30-32 carries 6 marks each. Answer to these questions should not exceed
300 words each.
SECTION-A
1. Which among the following statements about the Cold War is wrong?
a. It was a competition between the US and Soviet Union and their respective allies.
b. It was an ideological war between the superpowers.
c. It triggered off an arms race.
d. The US and USSR were engaged in direct wars.
आिसयान शैली-
a. आिसयान सद य क जीवन शैली को दशाता है।
b. आिसयान के सद य के बीच बातचीत का एक प जो अनौपचा रक और सहकारी है।
c. आिसयान सद य ारा र ा नीित।
d. वह सड़क जो आिसयान के सभी सद य को जोड़ती है।
6. Who among the following adopted an ‘open door’ policy?
a. China
b. EU
c. Japan
d. USA
a. चीन
b. यूरोपीय संघ
c. जापान
d. अमेरीका
7. Which among the following statements about South Asia is wrong?
a. All the countries in South Asia are democratic.
b. Bangladesh and India have signed an agreement on river-water sharing.
c. SAFTA was signed at the 12thSAARC Summit in South Asian politics.
d. The US and China play an influential role in South Asian politics.
िन िलिखत म से कौन सुर ा प रषद म थायी सद यता के िलए भारत के ताव को अिधक मह व देगा?
a. परमाणु मता
b. यह शु से ही संयु रा का सद य रहा है
c. यह एिशया म ि थत है।
d. भारत क बढ़ती आ थक शि और एक ि थर राजनीितक णाली।
9. Which among the following statements about the partition is incorrect?
a. Partition of India was the outcome of the “two-nation theory”.
b. Punjab and Bengal were the two provinces divided on the basis of religion.
c. East Pakistan and West Pakistan were not contiguous.
d. The scheme of Partition included a plan for the transfer of population across the border.
16. Find the odd one out in the context of proclamation of Emergency.
a. The call for ‘Total Revolution’.
b. The Railway Strike of 1974
c. The Naxalite Movement
d. The Allahabad High Court verdict
e. The findings of the Shah Commission Report
आपातकाल क उ ोषणा के संदभ म िवषम संदभ क पहचान करे -
a. 'कु ल ांित' का आ वान।
b. 1974 क रे लवे हड़ताल
c. न सली आंदोलन
d. इलाहाबाद हाईकोट का फै सला
e. शाह आयोग क रपोट के िन कष
SECTION-B
17. Study the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
The two superpowers were keen on expanding their spheres of influence in different parts of
the world. In a world sharply divided between the two alliance systems, a state was
supposed to remain tied to its protective superpower to limit the influence of the other
superpower and its allies. Most countries of Western Europe sided with the U.S. and those
of Eastern Europe joined the Soviet camp
a. Name the two superpowers.
b. Why did the allies want to remain tied with one of the superpowers?
c. Why did the superpowers want to bring other countries into their camps?
d. What were the reasons behind the conflict in both groups?
SECTION-C
19. What was the impact of the Emergency on newspapers and magazines?
अखबार और पि का पर आपातकाल का या भाव पड़ा?
20. State two objectives of NITI Aayog.
नीित आयोग के दो उ े य।
21. Mention the name of the Eastern alliance led by the Soviet Union.
a. To which organisation the above logo is concerned? When did this organisation
formally establish?
b. What is made in this logo or the emblem? When did India join it?
c. What is seen around the world map given in the emblem? What is being signified by
them?
d. Which is considered the most important organ among the principal organs of the
UN? How many members are there in it?
a. उपरो लोगो का संबंध कस संगठन से है? इस संगठन क औपचा रक प से थापना कब ई?
b. इस लोगो या तीक म या बनाया गया है? भारत इसम कब शािमल आ?
c. तीक म दए गए दुिनया के न शे के आसपास या देखा जाता है? उनके ारा या संकेत दया जा रहा
है?
d. संयु रा के मुख अंग म सबसे मह वपूण अंग कौन सा माना जाता है? इसम कतने सद य ह?
SECTION-F
30. The emerging economies of China and India have great potential to challenge the
unipolar world. Do you agree with the statement? Substantiate your arguments.
चीन और भारत क उभरती ई अथ व था म एक व ु ीय िव को चुनौती देने क ब त मता है। या आप
कथन से सहमत ह? अपनी दलील द।
31. Describe in detail the structure and functions of NITI Aayog.
नीित आयोग के संरचना और काय के बारे म िव तार से बताएं।
32. Describe any three points of consensus that emerged among most of the political
parties in India in spite of severe competition and conflicts.
गंभीर ित पधा और संघष के बावजूद भारत के अिधकांश राजनीितक दल के बीच आम सहमित के कसी भी
तीन बंद ु का वणन कर।