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

Depletion of the amount of ozone poses a real danger to:

The earth summit was held in:

The poor and developing countries of the third world are called as ____________.

The Earth Summit which was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil focused on:

After the death of Shastri, there was an intense competition between Indira Gandhi and ______

Prime Minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru passed away in ______ 

When Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru passed away, at that time Congress President was?

One of the most successful social movement of the eighties was ______.

The recommendations of the Mandal Commission were implemented in the year ______ 

Rajiv Gandhi joined active politics after:

The power to decide an election petition is vested in the ______ 

The president can advance money to meet unforeseen expenses, pending authorization by Parliament, from ______ 

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What led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union?

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A coup took place in 1991 that was encouraged by Communist Party hard-liners. The people had tasted freedom by then and did not want the old style rule of the Communist Party. 

Boris Yeltsin emerged as a national hero in opposing this coup. The Russian Republic, where Yeltsin won a popular election, began to shake off centralised control. 

Power began to shift from the Soviet centre to the republics, especially in the more Europeanised part of the Soviet Union, which saw themselves as sovereign states. The Central Asian republics did not ask for independence and wanted to remain with the Soviet Federation. 

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. 

The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was banned. Capitalism and democracy were adopted as the bases for the post-Soviet republics. 

The declaration on the disintegration of the USSR and the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) came as a surprise to the other republics, especially to the Central Asian ones. 

The exclusion of these republics was an issue that was quickly solved by making them founding members of the CIS. Russia was now accepted as the successor state of the Soviet Union. 

It inherited the Soviet seat in the UN Security Council. Russia accepted all the international treaties and commitments of the Soviet Union. It took over as the only nuclear state of the post-Soviet space and carried out some nuclear disarmament measures with the US. The old Soviet Union was thus dead and buried. 

Which were the three major republics of the USSR?

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Economist Jeffrey Sachs is widely associated with shock therapy. He developed a plan of shock therapy for post-communist Poland in 1990, for post-communist Russia in 1992, and several other countries, including Bolivia and Chile. 

Bolivia, in particular, in 1985, had success as a result of shock therapy in ending a period of hyperinflation.

Poland also initially seemed to benefit from shock therapy as inflation was controlled, but it saw a sharp rise in unemployment that peaked at 16.9%. 

Sachs did not like the term shock therapy, which he said was coined by the media and made the reform process sound more painful than it was.

In Russia, neo-liberal shock therapy did not produce favourable outcomes. Shock therapy was applied swiftly and in large scale, as opposed to how it was applied to other nations. 

Almost all of Russia’s industries were undervalued and sold to private individuals and companies, with most acquired by a few Russian oligarchs.

With limited government intervention, most industries disappeared. The Russian currency declined, causing high inflation and the erosion of most citizens’ savings. Unemployment increased drastically, and government subsidies were removed, further pushing Russian families into poverty.

Who developed the plan of the Shock therapy for the post-communist Poland?

South Asia stands for diversity in every sense and yet constitutes one geo-political space. Do you agree with the statement? Give two reasons for your answer.

Choose the correct set of countries that refused to adopt the Maastricht Treaty and European currency, the Euro.

”The Soviet Union became a great power after the Second World War. However, in no time, the Soviet system became bureaucratic and authoritarian making life difficult for its citizens.” Do you agree with the given statement? Give arguments to prove your answer.

Highlight any two factors that establish European Union as a Nation State.

Name any four countries that are included in South Asia.