12th Political Science Series 3

INSTRUCTIONS:
I) All questions are compulsory.
II) Question numbers 1-12 are multiple choice questions of one mark each.
III) Question numbers 13-18 are of 2 marks each. Answers to these questions should not exceed 50
words each.
IV) Question numbers 19-23 are of 4 marks each. Answers to these questions should not exceed 100
words each.
V) Question numbers 24-26 are passage, cartoon and map-based questions. Answer accordingly.
VI) Question numbers 27-30 are of 6 marks each. Answers to these questions should not exceed 170
words.
VII) There is an internal choice in 6 marks questions.

SECTION – A (12 Marks)

1. The main reason for India’s partition is:
(a) Adamant attitude of Jinnah
(b) Communal riots and disorder
(c) Failure of the Interim Government
(d) All of these
2. What were the consequences of the Partition of India in 1947?
(a) Transfer of Population
(b) Refugees Problem
(c) Problem of Minorities
(d) All of these
3. Who was Faiz Ahmed Faiz?
(a) Poet
(b) Leader
(c) Musician
(d) Doctor
4. Two Nation Theory was given by whom?
(a) Muslim League
(b) Congress
(c) Bharatiya Jana Sangh
(d) British
5. When was NITI Aayog established?
(a) Janaury 2018
(b) Janaury 2015
(c) Janaury 2016
(d) Janaury 2017

6. During 1965-67 which state faced a near famine situation?

(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Bihar
(c) Manipur
(d) Tamil Nadu
7. Socialist model of development was related to
(a) USA
(b) Pakistan
(c) USSR
(d) Europe
8.  The Planning Commission in India was set up in:
(a) 1960
(b) 1953
(c) 1957
(d) 1950
9. “The foreign policy of a country is the outcome of her economic policy” these remarks were
made by:
(a) Indira Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Morarji Desai
(d) Charan Singh
10. Bandung Conference was held in the year:
(a) 1954
(b) 1955
(c) 1956
(d) 1957
11. Bangladesh emerged as an independent nation in:
(a) January 1972
(b) December 1971
(c) March 1971
(d) November 1971
12. The Architect of Non-alignment is:
(a) Pt. Nehru
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Y. B. Chavan
(d) Atal Behari Vajpayee
 SECTION – B (12 Marks)
13. Which four princely states of India initially resisted to join the Indian Union? 
14. What do you understand by ‘instrument of accession’? 
15. What was ‘Bombay Plan’? 
16. Who was PC Mahalanobis?
17. Which two objectives Jawaharlal Nehru wished to achieve through the strategy of non-
alignment? 
18. How did the Sino-Indian conflict affect the opposition? 

SECTION – C (20 Marks)

19. What was the approach of the Government of India towards the princely states immediately
after the partition of India in 1947?
20. Describe briefly any four problems faced in the process of partition of India.
21. Which two models of modern development were there before India on the eve of
independence? Which model did India decide to choose and why?
22. Explain any two merits and two demerits each of the Green Revolution.
23. Describe any two major objectives of Nehru’s foreign policy.
Section – D (12 Marks)
24. Read the paragraph given below carefully and answer the following questions.
We have a Muslim minority who are so large in numbers that they cannot, even if they want, go
anywhere else. That is a basic fact about which there can be no argument. Whatever the
provocation from Pakistan and whatever the indignities and horrors inflicted on non-Muslims
there, we have got to deal with this minority in a civilised manner. We must give them security
and the rights of citizens in a democratic state. If we fail to do so, we shall have a festering sore
which will eventually poison the whole body politic and probably destroy it. Jawaharlal Nehru,
Letter to Chief Minister, 15th October, 1947 :
(i) In spite of indignities and horrors inflicted on Non-Muslims by Pakistan, why Jawaharlal
Nehru wanted to deal with the Muslim minority in a civilised way?
(ii) Why this minority should be given the security and rights on the same footing as to all others
in a democratic system?

25. Study the cartoon given below carefully and answer the questions that follow:
 (i) Identify and name the person who is holding the balancing beam between the public sector
and the private sector.
(ii) Why has a big tilt towards the public sector been shown in the cartoon?

26. Read the paragraph given below carefully and answer the following questions.
Two developments strained this relationship. China annexed Tibet in 1950 and thus removed a
historical buffer between the two countries. Initially, the Government of India did not oppose this
openly. But as more information came in about the suppression of Tibetan culture, the Indian
Government grew uneasy. The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, sought and obtained
political asylum in India in 1959. China alleged that the Government of India was allowing anti-
China activities to take place within India. All India 2011
Read the above passage carefully and answer the following questions
(i) What is meant by historical buffer?
(ii) Why didn’t Government of India oppose the annexation of Tibet by China?

SECTION – E (24 Marks)

27. What were the main consideration for bringing princely states with Indian Union? Who played
the historic role in this task? 
OR
What were the major challenges of building democracy in India?
28. Explain the challenges that India faced at the time of her independence.
OR
Assess the outcomes of the early phase of planned development in India.
29. What were the early initiatives taken by the Planning Commission for building a new India?
OR
What was Bandung Conference? Describe its outcomes.
30. List any four ‘Directive Principles of State Policy’ given in the Constitution of India for the
promotion of international peace and security.
OR
Explain any four Directive Principles of State Policy related to the promotion of international
peace and security.