Guru Harkrishan Public School
Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi – 26
PRE MOCK EXAMINATION (2014)
CLASS XII
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
Maximum marks : 100
General Instructions:
i.
All questions are compulsory.
ii.
Questions 1to 5 of one mark each. The answer to these questions should not exceed 20
words.
iii.
Questions 6 to 10 of two marks each. The answer to these questions should not exceed
40 words each.
iv.
Questions 11 to 16 of four marks each. The answer to these questions should not
exceed 100 words each.
v.
The questions 17 to 19 are passage/picture based. These questions are of 5 marks
each.
vi.
The questions 20 to 21 are map based. These questions too are of 5 marks each.
vii.
The questions 22 to 27 are of six marks each. The answer to these questions should not
exceed 150 words each.
Q.1. Give the full form of C.T.B.T.
Q.2. Whom would you identify with the following slogans
i.
Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan
ii.
Garibi Hatao.
Q.3. What is Plan Holiday?
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Q.4. What does ‘Seven Sisters’ mean in context to the North east region?
Q.5. What is Veto power?
Q.6. Mention any two factors that forced Gorbachev to initiate the reforms in U.S.S.R.?
Q.7. Give the significance of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution?
Q.8. What were the main provisions of the Anandpur Sahib Resolution?
Q.9. What is SAARC? Mention its two objectives?
1+1/2+1/2 =
Q.10. Name the Leaders who signed Shimla Agreement.
Q.11. Why did the supper powers have military alliance with smaller countries? Give four
reasons.
Q.12. What is known as “9/11”?
Q.13. Examine the concept of the external security in relation to the Traditional Notice of
security?
Q.14. What is Worldwide Interconnectedness? What are its components?
Q.15. What were the major thrust of our ‘first five year plan’?
Q.16. Discuss India’s role in Afro- Asian Unity during the Nehru’s Era.
Q.17. Read the passage carefully given below and answers the following questions that follow:
One of India’s major concerns has been the composition of the Security Council, which
has remained largely static while the UN General Assembly membership has expanded
considerably. India considers that this has harmed the representative character of the
Security Council. It also argues that an expanded Council, with more representation, will
enjoy greater support in the world community.
i.
Why India is worried about the composition of Security Council?
(1)
ii.
How will the extended structure of the Security Council benefits the humanity?
(2)
iii.
Mention any two criteria’s proposed for the extension of the security council.
(2)
Q.18. Read the passage carefully given below and answer the questions that follow:Once an emergency is proclaimed, the federal distribution of powers remains practically
suspended and all the powers are concentrated in the hands of the union government.
Secondly, the government also gets the power to curtail or restrict all or any of the
fundamental rights during the emergency. From the wording of the provisions of the
Constitution, it is clear that an emergency is seen as an extra-ordinary condition in
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which normal democratic politics cannot function. Therefore, special powers are graned
to the government.
i.
How is emergency viewed by the constitution?
(2)
ii.
What are the effects of the emergency on the Indian federal system and on fundamental
rights of the citizen?
(1 1/2 + 1 1/2 )
Q.19. Read the passage and answer the following questions:Hindutva literally means “Hinduness” and was defined by its originator, V. D. Savarkar,
as the basis of Indian (in his language also Hindu) nationhood. It basically meant that to be
members of the Indian nation, everyone must not only accept India as their ‘ fatherland’
(pitrubhu) but also as their holy land (punyabhu). Believers of ‘Hindutva’ argue that a strong
nation can be build only on the basis of a strong and united national culture. They also
believe that in the case of India the Hindu culture alone can provide this base.
i.
Who coined the word ‘Hindalva’. What does this word mean?
(2)
ii.
How can a strong nation be made as per above passage.
(3)
Q.20. Carefully study the below given below given cartoon answer the questions given below it:
i.
Name two organization to which the cartoon is concerned?
(1)
ii.
When was it established
(1)
iii.
Why does the cartoonist use the image of the ship Titanic to represent the organization
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(3)
Q21. Identify the four princely states marked in the map given below as A, B, C, D mention the
major problem in the integration of the state marked A into the Indian Union.
Q.22. Explain the nature and features of shock Therapy?
Or
NAM is still relevant in the present unipolar world after the end of the Cold War? Do you
agree? Support your answer with arguments.
Q.23. Analyse the three different interpretations of American Hegemony.
2+2+2 = 6
Or
Explain any three steps taken by Chinese leadership towards setting up market economy
in china
2+2+2 = 6
Q 24 Write any three positive and any three negative impacts of Globalisation ?
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Or
What is Kyoto Protocol? What is its significance ? Why were Chine and India exempted
from the requirement of Kyoto Protocol?
2+2+2 = 6
Q 25. Examine the three challenges which independent India faced for nation building.
Or
Explain how the General Elections of India were a landmark in the history of democracy
all over the World.
Q26. The Shah Commission was appointed in 1977 by the Janta Party government .Why was
it appointed and what were its findings?
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Or
What were the factors that led to the popularity of Indira Gandhi’s government in the
early of 1970?
Q 27. What was Chipko movement ? Describe the “Chipko Movement “ and its significance
as a Social Movement.
3+3
Or
Why was the Mandal Commission set up and what were its recommendations?
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3+3