Political Science Sample 2022-2023 Commerce (English Medium) Class 12 Question Paper Solution

The movement ‘Arab Spring’ that began in 2009 later turned into a ______

Social Movement

Religious Movement

Political Movement

Economic Movement

Name the Soviet leader who faced a coup in the year 1991.

Boris Yelstin

Mikhail Gorbachev

Leonid Brezhnev

Joseph Stalin

Select one of the most appropriate statements for the ‘ASEAN WAY’ - ______

Reflects the lifestyle of ASEAN members.

Is an informal and cooperative interaction among ASEAN members.

Is the defence policy followed by the ASEAN members.

Is the philosophical principle that connects all the ASEAN members.

Choose the correct set of countries that refused to adopt the Maastricht Treaty and European currency, the Euro.

Britain and France

Denmark and Sweden

US and USSR

Canada and Sweden

Assertion (A): Traditional Security accepts confidence building as a means of avoiding violence.

Reason (R): Confidence building is a process in which countries share ideas and information with their rivals.

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.

A is true but R is false.

A is false, but R is true.

Assertion (A): The real challenge to Indira Gandhi came not from the opposition but from within her own party.

Reason (R): She had to deal with the ‘Syndicate’, a group of powerful and influential leaders from within Congress.

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.

A is true but R is false.

A is false, but R is true.

Terrorism refers to ______

A bomb blast in a marketplace or train etc.

Systematic creation of the atmosphere of fear in society using brutal violence.

An external attack by any military group.

Violence is created by a group of people or an individual.

Which of the following statements about NITI Aayog are true?

1. NITI Aayog acts as a “think tank” of the Union Government.
2. NITI Aayog acts against terrorism.
3. NITI Aayog acts in the spirit of cooperative federalism.
4. NITI Aayog decides more roles for bigger states and smaller roles for smaller states.

Choose the correct option:

(i), (ii), and (iv)

(iii) and (iv)

(i), (iii), and (iv)

(i) and (iii)

Name the personality who drafted Second Five Year Plan.

K. C. Negoy

T.T. Krishnamachari

Smt. Durgabai Deshmukh

P. C. Mahalanobis

Arrange the following in chronological order -

1. Second General Elections.
2. V.V. Giri was elected as the President of India.
3. Fourth General Elections.
4. Congress(R)-CPI alliance won many seats in General Elections.

i), iii), ii), iv)

iii), ii), iv), i)

ii), iv), i), iii)

iv), iii), i), ii)

Name the judge of the Allahabad High Court who declared Mrs. Indira Gandhi’s election invalid ______

Om Prakash Trivedi

Jagmohan Lal Sinha

Narain Dutt Ojha

Kunj Bihari Srivastava

Find the odd one out in the context of the proclamation of Emergency.   

The call for 'Total Revolution'. 

The Railway Strike of 1974 

The Naxalite Movement 

The Allahabad High Court verdict 

Highlight any one feature of the multi-polar world as visualized by both Russia and India.

Name the countries included in South Asia and suggest one way to enhance peace and cooperation in this region.

Highlight any two issues that dominate the politics of North-East India.

While throwing some light on the Mandal Issue, give one reason for anti-Mandal protests in India.

Evaluate the balance of power as a significant component of traditional security policy.

How far did the Rajiv Gandhi-Longowal Accord succeed in bringing normalcy to Punjab?

‘Some of the most significant responses to the challenge of environmental degradation have come from the environmental movements’. Justify the statement with special reference to movements against the extraction of earth and against mega-dams.

Mention two areas each of cooperation and disagreement between India and Bangladesh.

Do you agree with the statement that the foreign policy of independent India has pursued the dream of a peaceful world”? Support your answer with three suitable arguments.

Analyze two reasons for the imposition of a national emergency in India on June 25, 1975.

”The Soviet Union became a great power after the Second World War. However, in no time, the Soviet system became bureaucratic and authoritarian making life difficult for its citizens.” Do you agree with the given statement? Give arguments to prove your answer.

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

1. Name the political leader who chaired the 11^th Conference of BRICS.
   1. Leonid Brezhnev
   2. Jair Bolsonaro
   3. Deodoro da Fonseca
   4. Jacob Zuma
2. Which of the following statements about BRICS is correct?
   
   1. BRICS was founded to promote the welfare of the people of South Asia and to improve their quality of life.
   2. BRICS countries respect mutual equality.
   3. BRICS was established to create a free Trade Agreement (FTA) for investment, labour and services.
   4. The headquarters of the BRICS are in Kathmandu (Nepal).
3. BRIC turned into BRICS after the inclusion of South Africa in its first meeting in the year ______.
   
   1. 2019
   2. 2009
   3. 2010
   4. 2011
4. BRICS was founded in 2006 in ______.
   
   1. Brazil
   2. India
   3. Russia
   4. China

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

1. The state where a coalition led by the CPI formed the government in the year 1957.
2. The state is related to leader Shyama Prasad Mukherjee.
3. The state is related to Karpuri Thakur, which implemented reservations for the backward class.
4. The state is related to K. Kamraj, who started the Mid Day Meal program for school students.

Study the given Cartoon and answer the questions that follow:

1. Border disputes between India and China erupted in 1960. Pandit Nehru was having talks with his counterpart ______ in China which proved futile.
   
   1. Mao Tsetung
   2. President Jinping
   3. Zhou Enlai
   4. Dalai Lama
2. Name the place in Indian territory which was occupied by China in the year 1962.
   1. Chagai hills
   2. Aksai Chin
   3. Balochistan
   4. Nagaland
3. ______ was the defence minister of India during the Indo-china war?
   
   1. Kailash Nath Katju
   2. V.K. Krishna Menon
   3. Baldev Singh
   4. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Name the agreement signed between India and China on April 29, 1954.
   
   1. Peace Agreement
   2. Panchsheel Agreement
   3. Standstill Agreement
   4. Tashkent Agreement

Give an analysis of the cultural and political consequences of globalization.

Analyze any three reasons for resistance to globalization.

In this changing world, a strengthened and revitalized UN is desirable. Highlight the necessary reforms for an empowered United Nations.

Analyze the composition of the United Nations Security Council. What according to your opinion is the major difference in the privileges given to its permanent and non-permanent members?

Enlist the main considerations for bringing the Princely States with the Indian Union. Name the leader who played a historic role in this direction. What was his contribution?

Discuss three reasons for setting up the States Reorganization Commission after India’s independence.

Coalition governments proved to be a boon for democracy in India. Support the statement with three relevant arguments.

Analyze three major developments towards the end of the 1980s that made a long-lasting impact on the politics of India.