Sample Paper 02

POLITICAL SCIENCE (028)

Class XII Session 2023-24

Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80

General 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

1. Which of the following countries are not a part of Paris Agreement?

(a) Yemen
(b) Libya
(c) The United States of America
(d) Both (a) and (b)

2. Who introduced the economic and political reform policies of Perestroika (restructuring) and Glasnost (openness)?
(a) Boris Yeltsin (b) Mikhail Gorbachev
(c) Vladimir Lenin (d) Joseph Stalin

3. Choose the wrong statement.

(a) Mikhail Gorbachev became the General Secretary of the Communist Party.
(b) The Soviet Union spent hugely on technology and infrastructure.
(c) The Soviet Union never competed with the United States.
(d) The Soviet System was weakened after the invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.

4. The concept of Integral Humanism was initiated by ______.

(a) Ram Manohar Lohiya
(b) Deendayal Upadhyaya
(c) Jai Prakash Narayan
(d) None of the Above
5. In January 2007, the two countries that joined European Union were ______.
(a) Britain and Denmark
(b) Italy and France
(c) Finland and Sweden
(d) Bulgaria and Romania

6. Shock Therapy is a phenomenon associated with _______.

(a) Central Asian conflicts in Tajikistan and Azerbaijan
(b) New International Economic Order
(c) US plans to root out communism
(d) stabilising the Russian currency against the US dollar

7. The disintegration of Soviet Union was one of the most important events that altered the global geopolitics after the
Second World War. Consider the following statements in this regard and choose the correct one/(s).
1. A coup took place in 1991 that was encouraged by communist party hardliners.
2. Boris Yeltsin emerged as a national hero in opposing this coup.
3. In December 1991, under the leadership of Yeltsin, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus three major republics of the
USSR, declared that the Soviet Union was disbanded.
(a) 1 and 3
(b) Only 1
(c) 1 and 2
(d) 1, 2 and 3

8. Assertion (A) : NITI Aayog acts in the spirit of cooperative federalism.

Reason (R) : It ensures equal participation of all states in the country.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true, but R is false.
(d) A is false, but R is true.

9. 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.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true, but R is false.
(d) A is false, but R is true.

10. The Planning Commission become ineffective and irrelevant in the 21st century in terms of ______.
(a) its unability to handle new policies
(b) coping with present challenges of development
(c) being a think tank to the Union Government
(d) its unability to function in an effective manner

11. Who considered both capitalism and socialism equally irrelevant for Indian Society?
(a) Jayaprakash Narayan (b) Ram Manohar Lohiya
(c) Deendayal Upadhyaya (d) KM Kamraj

12. Arrange the following in chronological order.

1. Creation of Maharashtra and Gujarat
2. Creation of Andhra Pradesh
3. Creation of Meghalaya
4. Creation Codes of Nagaland
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4 (b) 2, 1, 4, 3
(c) 3, 2, 1, 4 (d) 4, 1, 2, 3

Section B

13. What is the moderate view of economic globalisation?

14. What are the cultural consequences of globalisation?

15. How did the US perceived India’s decision of leading the Non-Aligned movement?

16. What is a mixed economy?

17. Highlight any one major distinction between the Soviet economy and the capitalist economy.

18. What were Jaya Prakash’s view about ‘India’s Communitarian Socialism’.

Section C

19. What reasons did the Government give for declaring a National Emergency in 1975?

20. What is meant by alliance building as a component of traditional security policy? What are its advantages?
21. Mention some of the recent agreements between India and Pakistan. Can we be sure that the two countries are well
on their way to a friendly relationship?

22. Highlight some important features and functions of European Union ?

23. State the problem of Goa?

Section D

24. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
No region exists in a vacuum. It is influenced by outside powers and events no matter how much it may try to
insulate itself from non-regional powers. China and the US remain key players in South Asian politics. Sino-Indian
relations have improved significantly in the last ten years, but China’s strategic partnership with Pakistan remains
a major irritant. The demands of development and globalisation have brought the two Asian giants closer, and
their economic ties have multiplied rapidly since 1991. American involvement in South Asia has rapidly increased
after the Cold War. The US has had good relations with both India and Pakistan since the end of the Cold War and
increasingly works as a moderator in India-Pakistan relations. Economic reforms and liberal economic policies
in both countries have greatly increased the depth of American participation in the region. The large South Asian
diasporas in the US and the huge size of the population and markets of the region also give America an added stake
in the future of the regional security and peace.
(i) Which of these nations have a great influence in South Asian politics?
(a) The USA
(b) China
(c) South Africa
(d) Both (a) and (b)
(ii) Which of the following is a threat for India?
(a) Proximity between the USA and Pakistan
(b) Proximity between Pakistan and China
(c) Proximity between Sri Lanka and Pakistan
(d) None of the above
(iii) What kind of relationship has the US had with India and Pakistan since the end of the Cold War?
(a) The US has good relations with both nations
(b) The US unilaterally supports India
(c) The US unilaterally supports Pakistan
(d) None of the above
(iv) Why South Asian nations can be good partners for the USA?
(a) Liberalisation of the economy
(b) Large South Asian diaspora in the USA
(c) Economic reforms in the South Asian nations
(d) All of the above

25. 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 number of the information used and the concerned alphabets in the map as per the following format.
(i) The Princely State which resisted its merger with Union of India.
(ii) The state which was carved out of Punjab in 1966.
(iii) The state which was created in December 1952.
(iv) The 22nd State of the Indian Union.
Sr. no of the Information used Concerned alphabet Name of the State
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)

26. Study the given Cartoon and answer the questions that follow:

(i) To which of the following years does the given cartoon refer?
(a) 1965 (b)1963
(c) 1969
( d )
1967
 (ii) Name the person for whom the expression ‘Aya Ram, Gaya Ram’ was made.
(a) Gaya Lal (b) Ram Lal
(c) Gaya Ram (d) Ram Singh
(iii) To which of the following political parties did the above mentioned person originally belong?
(a) Bharatiya Kranti Dal (b) Congress
(c) United Front (d) Lok Dal
(iv) After the 1967 general election, the breakaway Congress MLAs played a significance role in installing non-
Congress governments in ______.
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Haryana
(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) All of these

Section E

27. How Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru shaped the foreign policy of India?


o
Does India’s foreign policy reflect her desire to be an important regional power? Argue your case with the Bangladesh
war of 1971 as an example.

28. Highlight any three positive and three negative features each of the Soviet system in the Soviet Union.


o
Analyse the factors responsible for the disintegration of the USSR with special reference to Perestroika and Glasnost.

29. Mention some important steps taken for the restoration of dominance of the Congress Party after the split in 1969.


o
Analyse any four factors that led the Congress Party to a spectacular win in 1971 elections.

30. “The regional parties have started playing an important role in the Indian politics.” Comment.


o
Trace the emergence of BJP as a significant force in post-Emergency politics.