CBSE Political Science Guess Paper Class XII 2010

TIME: 3.00 POLITICAL SCIENCE M.M. 100 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: 1. All questions are compulsory. 2. Question Nos. 1-10 are of 1 mark each. The answers to these questions should not exceed 20 words each. 3. Question Nos. 11-20 are of 2 marks each. The answers to these questions should not exceed 40 words each. 4. Question Nos. 21-30 are of 4 marks each. The answers to these questions should not exceed 100 words each. 5. Question Nos. 31-35 are of 6 marks each. The answers to these questions should not exceed 150 words each. 1. Fill in the blanks: Balance of power stands for a poise off in international politics between the two ________ powers and its ____________. 1 2. Which incident in contemporary world politics is responsible for the collapse of cold war? 3. How does Globalization reflect? 1 4. Where was the Earth Summit took place ? 1 5. What was the country and the year where and when the First Communist government set up in the world ? 1 6. What was the ideological base of USSR? 1 7. Who was the First Secretary General of UNO? 1 8. What was the Chipko Movement ? 1 9. What was the importance of secularism in Indian National Struggle? 1 10. On what basis the merer of Goa with Maharashtra was decided by the Government? 1 11. What are the threat to human security? 2 12. What are the Rights of Indigenous People? 2 13. What effects Globalization and how? 2 14.Name any four countries of South Asia. 2 15. Why should not India be a permanent member of the Security Council? 2 16. How are small states useful in super power alliance during cold war period? 2 17. How did Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel convince of the princely state for integration of the Indian Union? 2 18. Mention any two examples from international events where India took an independent stand. 2 19.What role the comment-‟Aya Ram Gaya Ram and Hai Ram‟ play in Indian politics? 2 20. Identify the two founding fathers of NAM from amongst the following: a) Yasser Arafat (b) Nelson Mandela (c) Dr. Sukarno d) Marshal Tito. 2 21. What are the four components of the traditional notion of security from external threats? Give one example of each. 4 22. Was the Congress split in 1969 avoidable? If the split had not taken place, how could it have influenced the course of events in the 1970s? 4 23. What according to you is the message of the following cartoon? 4 24.Discuss the reasons of environmental degradation. 4 25. What are the four components of the traditional notion of security from external threats? Give one example of each. 4 26. Mention the changes in world politics after the cold war period. 4 27. Identify the four princely states marked in the map given below as A, B, C and D. Mention the major problem faced in the integration of any one of these states into the Indian union. 28. „Non-alignment is neither an isolation nor neutrality.‟ Comment. 4 29. Why was Emergency declared in 1975? 4 30. Read the passage and answer the questions below: 4 Indian democracy was never so closed to a two party system as it was during the 1977 elections. However, the next few years saw a complete change. Soon after its defeat, the Indian National Congress split into two groups........The Janta party also went through major convulsions....... a] What made the party systemin India look like a two party system in 1977? (1) b] Many more than two parties existed in 1977, why then the author described this period as close to a two-party system? (1) c] What caused splits in Congress as well as Janta Party? (2) 31. Discuss the ways and means to control US hegemony? 6 OR Trace the effects of European Union towards a super national organization. Why could not it become so? 32. Discuss causes of Partition of India. 6 OR “Even after six decades of independence certain issues pertaining to national ` integration are yet to be resolved”. In the light of this statement, explain any three unresolved issues. 33. What is New Economic order ? How does it influence the developing economies? 6 OR Prove by giving examples how Globalization become influencial to India. 34. Suppose the Cold War had not taken place and there were several major powers at the end of the Second World War. How would that situation have affected India ‟s foreign policy? Identify any three aspects or regions and imagine the difference. OR Suppose the Soviet Union had not disintegrated and the world was still as bipolar as it was in mid-1980s. How would it have affected the developments in the last two decades? Identify any three regions or domains and the developments that may not have taken place in that kind of a world. 35. Due to what factors the Indira Gandhi government gained popularity in the early 1970‟s? 6 OR What are the reasons of failure of Janta Party Government in 1977? ____________________ Rajesh Kashyap kashyap_dav bsm@in.com