AHSEC| CLASS 12| POLITICAL SCIENCE| QUESTION PAPER - 2023| H.S. 2ND YEAR
2023
POLITICAL
SCIENCE
Full Marks:
100
Pass Marks:
30
Time: Three
hours
The figures
in the margin indicate full marks for the questions.
PART – A
(Contemporary World Politics)
1. Answer any six from the following questions: 1x6=6
(a) In the
Second World War, a member of the Axis Powers was the US/ Soviet Union/Germany.
(Choose the correct answer)
(b) How many
independent states emerged from the disintegration of the Soviet Union?
(c) In which
year 9/11 terrorist attack on the United States was carried out?
(d) In which
year was Bangladesh born as an independent country?
(e) In which country
was the Earth Summit held in 1992?
(f) Write the
full form of UNEP.
(g) Who is the
present Secretary General of U.N.O?
(h) When did
Cuban Missile crisis occur?
(i) Berlin Wall
was demolished in the year _______. (Fill in the blank)
(j) The collapse
of which country is known as the collapse of the “Second World”?
2. Answer any six questions from the following: 2x6=12
(a) Mention two
consequences of the end of the Cold War.
(b) Which were
the member countries of ASEAN when it was formed in 1967?
(c) What is the difference
between Deterrence and Defence?
(d) Mention any
two areas or regions of the world known as Global Commons.
(e) Mention two
causes of Globalisation.
(f) Mention two
economic consequences of Globalisation.
(g) Mention two
conceptions of Security.
(h) Mention two
areas of conflict between India and China.
(i) Write down
the names of the Permanent Member States of Security Council of U.N.O.
(j) Write two
constraints on American hegemony.
3. Answer any five from the following questions: 4x5=20
(a) Discuss how
the policy of non-alignment helped India during Cold War period.
(b) Briefly
discuss the factors that forced Gorbachev to initiate reforms in the Soviet
Union.
(c) Mention two
economic and two military influences of the European Union.
(d) Mention two
areas of co-operation and two areas of disagreement between India and
Bangladesh.
(e) Write a note
on the idea of global security.
(f) Write a note
on the anti-globalisation movement.
(g) What are the
grounds on which India supports the restructuring of U.N.O.? Discuss.
(h) Discuss in
brief the functions of the World Bank.
4. Answer any two questions from the following: 6x2-12
(a) Discuss U.S.
hegemony as the World Superpower.
(b) Discuss how
health epidemics are new threat to global security.
(c) Do you think
that India should be given permanent membership in the UN Security Council? Justify
your answer.
(d) Write a note
on the principal organs of the United Nations.
PART-B
(Politics in India
Since Independence)
5. Answer any six questions from the following: 1x6=6
(a) In which
state of India, for the first time in the world, a Communist Party government
came to power through democratic election?
(b) ________was
the chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly. (Fill in
the blank)
(c) Where was
the first Summit of NAM held?
(d) China
invaded India in 1960/1962/1964. (Choose the correct answer)
(e) Mention the
name of a prominent leader of the Narmada Bachao Movement.
(f) When was the
State Reorganisation Act passed?
(g) The Right to
Information Act came into force in 2005. (Write True or False)
(h) In which
year the Shah Commission of Inquiry was appointed?
(i) Who started “Total
Revolution”?
(j) Who was the
founder President of Bharatiya Jana Sangha?
6. Answer any six questions from the following: 2x6=12
(a) Mention two
challenges India faced immediately after independence.
(b) Mention two
consequences of the Partition of India.
(c) Who was the
official Congress candidate for the Presidential election in 1969? Who won the
election?
(d) What do you
mean by Defection?
(e) Mention two
consequences of the Mizoram Accord signed in 1986.
(f) Mention two
features of population movements in India.
(g) Write two
causes of origin of regionalism in India.
(h) Write any
two features of coalition government in India.
(i) Write two
consequences of 1977 Lok Sabha election.
(j) Mention two
consequences of National Emergency declared in 1975.
7. Answer any five from the following questions: 4x5=20
(a) Discuss
briefly the causes of the dominance of Congress Party in the politics of India
after independence.
(b) What were
the major objectives of Jawaharlal Nehru’s foreign policy?
(c) Write a
short note on the demands for autonomy in North-East India.
(d) Discuss the
factors that helped BJP to emerge as a dominant political party.
(e) Give
suggestions to curb communalism in India.
(f) Write a note
on India’s nuclear policy
(g) Mention two
positive and two negative consequences of the Green Revolution.
(h) Write any
four features of Indian party system.
8. Answer any two questions from the following: 6x2=12
(a) Discuss the
changing relations of India with Pakistan.
(b) Briefly
discuss about the controversies regarding emergency. Was the emergency necessary?
4+2=6
(c) Explain the reasons
for the emergence of the Coalition Polities in the Indian Democratic System.
(d) What do you
mean by planned development? Discuss the role of Planning Commission in the
development of India. 2+4=6
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