PRE BOARD II (2023-2024)

SUBJECT: POLITICAL SCIENCE (028) CLASS: XII MM: 80 TIME: 3 Hrs

Q1 How many voters were eligible to cast their votes during the first general elections? 1
a) 14 crores b) 16 crores c) 15 crores d) 17 crores
Q2 ________ Conference led to the establishment of the NAM. 1
a) Bangkok b) Bali c) Bandung d) Delhi
Q3 Which of the following statements are not correct? 1
i) Congress Party had inherited the legacy of the national movement.
ii) Congress won 364 of the 589 seats in the first Lok Sabha Elections.
iii) Maulana Abdul Kalam was the first education minister of free India
iv) The Communist Party of India won 18 seats in first Lok Sabha elections.
Choose the correct option:
a) i , ii b) ii, iv c) iii, iv d) i,iii
Q4 In 1991 elections , Congress was supported by : 1
a) AIADMK and regional parties b) BSP and other parties
c) National front and CPI d) Left and BJP
Q5 In the following question, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of 1
Reason (R). Choose the appropriate option:
Assertion (A): The aim of Indian Foreign Policy is to respect the sovereignty of all Nations
Reason (R): India follows the international peace and cooperation.
a. Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct, and the Reason is the correct explanation of
the Assertion.
b. Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct, but the Reason is not the correct
explanation of the Assertion.
c. The Assertion is incorrect, but the Reason is correct.
d. The Assertion is correct, but the Reason is incorrect.
Q6 How many seats were secured by the congress in the Lok Sabha elections held in 1989 1
a) 415 b) 310 c)197 d) 303
Q7 START stands for __________. 1
a) Strategic Ammunition Reduction Treaty b) Special Arms Reduction Treaty
c) Strategic Arms Regulation Treaty d) Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
Q8 Who announced the Open Door Policy in China? 1
a) Deng Xiaoping b) Xi Jinping
c) Mao d) Zhou Enlai
Q9 For how many years did the Communist Party rule the Soviet Union ? 1
a) 70 b) 40
c) 50 d) 30
Q1 The circle of 12 gold stars shown in the European Union Flag represent: 1
0 a) Freedom & Solidarity b) Solidarity and Harmony
c) Solidarity & Peace d) Solidarity and Social Relations
Q1 In the following question, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of 1
1 Reason (R). Choose the appropriate option:
Assertion (A):The international system is brutal arena in which there is no central authority
capable of controlling behaviour.
Reason (R): In world politics, each country has to be responsible for its security.
a. Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct, and the Reason is the correct explanation of
the Assertion.
b. Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct, but the Reason is not the correct
explanation of the Assertion.
c. The Assertion is incorrect, but the Reason is correct.
d. The Assertion is correct, but the Reason is incorrect.
Q1 What kind of Political Party system was in the USSR? 1
2 a) Coalition System b) Multi Party System
c) Two Party System d) One Party System
Q1 ‘The extent of the victory of the Congress was artificially boosted by our electoral system.’ 2
3 Justify.
Q1 Highlight the features of Shock Therapy. 2
4
Q1 What were the initiatives taken to ensure Rapid Industrialisation and state any one problem 2
5 faced in the process.
Q1 Discuss the role of WTO as an international organisation. 2
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Q1 What is Anandpur Sahib Resolution? 2
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Q1 ‘The collapse of the second world of the Soviet Union and the socialist systems in eastern 2
8 Europe had profound consequences for world politics.’ Elucidate any two
Q1 a)What does the Article 51 of the Indian Constitution lay down? 2+2
9 b) Discuss India’s nuclear policy

Q2 What is the spirit behind the idea of SAFTA? Was it successful? 4

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Q2 The leaders in the UN decided that the following steps should be taken to make the UN more 4
1 relevant in the changing context.’ Explain.
Q2 a) Discuss the Presidential Election of 1969. 2+2
2 b) Elaborate on the term Non-Congressism.
Q2 Highlight the agitations and the factors that led to the rise of the DMK party. 4
3
Q2 Read the passage given below carefully and answer the questions that follow: 4
4 They point out that it is likely to benefit only a small section of the population while
impoverishing those who were dependent on the government for jobs and welfare (education,
health, sanitation, etc.). They have emphasised the need to ensure
institutional safeguards or creating ‘social safety nets’ to minimise the negative effects of
globalisation on those who are economically weak. Many movements all over the world feel
that safety nets are insufficient or unworkable. They have called for a halt to forced economic
globalisation, for its results would lead to economic ruin for the weaker countries, especially for
the poor within these countries.
A) How do some economists describe economic globalisation?
a) Colonisation of the world b) Recolonisation of the world
c) Imperialism d) Geopolitics
B) What is the argument against Globalisation?
a) It enhances equality and freedom b) It benefits poor section of the society
c) It benefits only a small section of the society d) It makes the society inclusive
C) The two organisations that determine economic policies across the world are?
a) WTO and IMF b)ILO and WTO
c) UNICEF and World Bank d) IMF and WHO
D) The organisation which provides a global platform and brings together a wide coalition of
human rights activists, environmentalists labour etc. is
a) World Society Forum b) Whole Social Family
c) World Security Firm d) World Social Forum
Q2 Study the cartoon given below and answer the questions that follow.
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A) The concern about human security was 1
reflected in which report and which year?

B) Human security is a part of which type of 1

security and what does it broadly mean?

C) Elaborate any two components of India’s 2

security strategy

Q2 In the given outline political map of India, four states have been marked as (A), (B), (C), (D). 4
6 Identify these states on the basis of the information given below and write their correct names
in your answer book along with their respective serial number of the information used and the
concerned alphabets as per format that follows:

Sr. Number of the Alphabet Concerned Name of the State

information used
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
1.State to which the first Non –
Congress Prime Minister belonged.

2.State where Congress won only

one Seat in the 1977 elections.

3. State where Congress did not win

even a single seat in the 1977
elections.

4. State to which Jayaprakash

Narayan belonged.

Q2 Discuss the Military and Democracy in Pakistan. 6

7 OR
Explain Bangladesh’s struggle for independence.
Q2 a)What is Agenda 21 2+ 4
8 b) What are the elements of resource geopolitics?
OR
‘The forest, mineral and anti dam movements of the South, in Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Malaysia, 6
Indonesia, continental Africa and India are faced with enormous pressures.’ Explain.
Q2 Elaborate on Hyderabad’s accession to India. 6
9 OR
‘The acceptance of the principle of linguistic states did not mean, however, that all states
immediately became linguistic states.’ Highlight the creation of some states after facing
problems.
Q3 Enlist the factors that led to the demolition of the Babri Masjid and its consequences. 6
0 OR
‘The 1980s also saw the rise of political organisation of the Dalits.’ Elaborate.