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Sample Paper 5
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. Who is known for the original contribution to a Non-European Socialist Theory as a political leader?
(a) Jayaprakash Narayan (b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Deendayal Upadhyaya (d) Ram Manohar Lohiya

2. The First Gulf War revealed the______.

(a) use of smart bombs
(b) vast technological gap
(c) it shows the military capability of USA
(d) All of the above

3. How can we say that NITI Aayog acts in the spirit of Cooperative Federalism?
(a) As the states work maintaining their transparency level.
(b) As it ensures equal participation of all the states in the country.
(c) As it promotes the capability of states.
(d) None of the above

4. Name the party that dominates the political affairs of Maldives.

(a) Maldivian People’s Party (b) Maldivian Majority Party
(c) Maldivian Dictatorship Party (d) Maldivian Democratic Party

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5. In which year BRICS was founded?

(a) 2004
(b) 2006
(c) 2000
(d) 2002

6. The tenure of non-permanent members in the Security Council is______.

(a) three year
(b) one year
(c) four year
(d) two year

7. In which year ASEAN established the ASEAN community comprising of three pillars?
(a) 2001
(b) 2003
(c) 2004
(d) 2002

8. Which of the statements are TRUE about the impact of globalisation?

1. Globalisation has been uneven in its impact on states and societies.
2. Globalisation has had a uniform impact on all states and societies.
3. The impact of globalisation has been confined to the political sphere.
4. Globalisation inevitably results in cultural homogeneity.
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(a) 2 and 4
(b) 1 and 4
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1 and 3

9. The First Summit of NAM was held at ______in September, 1961.

(a) Paris
(b) Philippines
(c) Brazil
(d) Belgrade

10. Arrange the following in a chronologist order.

1. Second General Elections
2. VV Giri elected as the President of India
3. Fourth General Elections
4. Congress (R)-CPI alliance won more seats in general elections
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(a) 2, 4, 1, 3
(b) 4, 3, 1, 2
(c) 1, 3, 2, 4
(d) 3, 2, 4, 1

11. Assertion (A) Global atmosphere is warming up.

Reason (R) The depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer has resulted in an increase in ultraviolet
radiation reaching the Earth.
(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.

12. Assertion (A) On 1st January, 2015, NITI Aayog was constituted with the objective of providing the
necessary and technical advice to the Union Government regarding the policy making.
Reason (R) It was formed because the National Development Council (NDC) became ineffective and
irrelevant in today’s era.
(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.

Section - B

13. Mention any two measures to have good relations with Pakistan.

14. What prompted nationwide Satyagraha against Congress?

15. Identify any two outcomes of the Partition of India into India and Pakistan.

16. Differentiate between ‘one-party dominance’ and ‘one party system’.

17. What are the two models of development and which of the models were adopted by India?

18. What was the purpose of Operation Desert Storm’?

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Section-C

19. Analyse the consequences of the Chinese invasion of 1962 in hampering India’s image at home and
abroad.

20. What is UNICEF? Mention any four functions performed by it?

21. What are the major problems of ecological issues?

22. What is the difference between refugees and migrants?

23. Enlist any four features of the Congress Party.

Section-D

24. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
Globalisation does not always reduce state capacity. The primacy of the state continues to be unchallenged
basis of political community. The old jealousies and rivalries between countries have not ceased to
matter in world politics. The state continues to discharge its essential functions (law and order, national
security) and consciously withdraws from certain domains from which it wishes to. States continue to be
important. Indeed, in some respects state capacity has received a boost as a consequence of globalisation,
with enhanced technologies available at the disposal of the state to collect information about its citizens.
(i) Globalisation has given boost to the state capacity because______.
(a) state has become more market centric in approach which is beneficial for the people
(b) state has increased its welfare capacity through globalisation
(c) it has made available advance technology to state to rule its people better
(d) None of the above
(ii) The primacy of the state continues to be unchallenged basis of______.
(a) international interests
(b) security threats
(c) welfarism
(d) political community
(iii)How do enhanced technologies enable the state to rule better?
(a) State can keep surveillance on its people.
(b) State can generate welfare policies on the basis of data.
(c) The state can collect important information about its citizens.
(d) Both (a) and (c)
(iv) What are the essential functions of the state?
(a) To maintain the market economy.

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(b) To defend and secure the boundaries of the state to maintain national security.
(c) To provide justice and maintain law and order.
(d) Both (b) and (c)

25. In the give 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
with their respective serial number of the information used and the concerned alphabets as per format
that follows.
S.No. of the Information Used Alphabet Concerned Name of the States
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(i) The state to which Minister for Communications in the first ministry of free India belonged.
(ii) The state to which the former Prime Minister Morarji Desai was related.
(iii) The state to which S. Nijalingappa belonged.
(iv) The state related to former Congress President K. Kamraj.

26. Study the picture given below carefully and answer the following questions.

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(i) What does the picture depict?

(ii) Define Regionalism.
(iii) What does the arrows hitting the pigeon means?

Section-E

27. “Peace and Prosperity of countries lay in the establishment and strengthening of regional economic
organisations”. Critically analyse the statement.
O
What is Godhra riots? What were its outcomes?

28. How Bangladesh was formed as an independent nation?

O
What are the efforts which has been taken by India and Pakistan towards peace and cooperation between
both the nation?

29. Analyse the philosophy of Integral Humanism advocated by Pandit Deendayal Upadhayaya.
O
What was the major outcome of 1977 Lok Sabha elections? Explain.

30. Define the term Unipolarity. What were the outcomes of a unipolar world after 1991 that benefitted
USA?
O
What was the Gulf War of 1990?


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