Arts (English Medium) इयत्ता १२ - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for Political Science

NAM Was Considered a ‘Third Option’ by Third World Countries. How Did this Option Benefit Their Growth During the Peak of the Cold War? 

What was Shock Therapy? Was this the best way to make a transition from communism to capitalism?

Which among the following statements is wrong with regard to ‘Operation Iraqi Freedom’?

Give an example each of the three kinds of hegemony that are dealt with in the chapter. Do not cite examples that are in the chapter.

Name the principal players in the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka. How do you assess the prospects of the resolution of this conflict?

Match the principal organs and agencies of the UN with their functions:

Though the UN has failed in preventing wars and related miseries, nations prefer its continuation. What makes the UN an indispensable organisation?

What are the differences in the threats that people in the third world face and those living in the First World face?

Rapid environmental degradation is causing a serious threat to security. Do you agree with the statement? Substantiate your arguments.

Bring out two major differences between the challenge of nation building for eastern and western regions of the country at the time of Independence.

It is said that the nation is to large extent an “imagined community” held together by common beliefs, history, political aspirations and imaginations. Identify the features that make India a nation.

Read the following passage and answer the questions below :-

“In the history of nation-building only the Soviet experiment bears comparison with the Indian. There too, a sense of unity had to be forged between many diverse ethnic groups, religious, linguistic communities and social classes. The scale - geographic as well as demographic - was comparably massive. The raw material the state had to work with was equally unpropitious: a people divided by faith and driven by debt and disease.” —Ramachandra Guha

(a) List the commonalities that the author mentions between India and Soviet Union and give one example for each of these from India.

(b) The author does not talk about dissimilarities between the two experiments. Can you mention two dissimilarities?

(c) In retrospect which of these two experiments worked better and why?

In what sense was the Congress an ideological coalition? Mention the various ideological currents present within the Congress.

Read the following passage and answer the questions below :

" Patel, the organisational man of the congress, wanted to purge the congress of other political groups and sought to make of it a cohesive and disciplined political party . He ... sought to take the Congress away from its all-embracing character and turn it into a close-knit party of disciplined cadres . Being a 'realist' he looked more for discipline than for comprehension . while Gandhi took too romantic view of "carrying on the movement," Patel's idea of transforming the congress into strictly political party with a single ideology and tight discipline showed an equal  lack of understanding of the eclectic role that the congress, as a government, was to be called upon to perform in the decades to follow." - Rajni Kothari

(a) Why does the author think that Congress should not have been a cohesive and disciplined party?

(b) Give some examples of the eclectic role of the Congress party in the early years.

(c) Why does the author say that Gandhi’s view about Congress future was romantic?

Which of the following ideas did not form part of the early phase of India’s development policy ?

Match the following :

What were the major differences in the approach towards development at the time of Independence? Has the debate been resolved?

“Indian policy makers made a mistake by emphasising the role of state in the economy. India could have developed much better if private sector was allowed a free play right from the beginning”. Give arguments for or against this proposition.

Whom would you identify with the following slogan/phrase?
Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan

Whom would you identify with the following slogan/phrase?

Indira Hatao!