Commerce (English Medium) Class 12 - CBSE Important Questions for Political Science

Name any four countries that are included in South Asia.

Planning Commission was set up by ______.

Highlight the speciality of India-Nepal relations. 

Highlight any three features of the First Five Year Plan.

Analyse any three major happenings in Bangladesh that show peoples’ support to democracy.

Assertion (A): During constitutional monarchy in 1990s, the political parties and the common people of Nepal wanted to have a more open and responsive system of government.

Reason (R): The King with the help of the army retained full control over the government and restricted the expansion of democracy in Nepal.

Which one of the following is not the objective of NITI Aayog?

Which one of the following statements about relations between India and Nepal is NOT correct? 

Suggest any two measures to improve the relations between India and Pakistan.

"The South Asian experience of democracy has expanded the global imagination of democracy.” Justify the statement. 

Explain any two reasons for the formation of the NITI Aayog in place of the Planning Commission by the Union Government.

Evaluate the relationship between India and Pakistan with the help of examples. 

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

1. In which year did India conduct series of nuclear tests?
   1. 1971
   2. 1985
   3. 1992
   4. 1998
2. Identify the treaty that India refused to sign.
   1. Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
   2. Shimla Agreement
   3. Panchsheel Agreement
   4. Indus waters treaty
3. In the beginning, India wanted to generate nuclear energy for ______.
   1. peaceful purpose
   2. making atomic bombs
   3. competing with the super powers
   4. ensuring its security
4. Under whose guidance did India initiate its nuclear programme?
   1. C.V. Raman
   2. Homi J. Bhabha
   3. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
   4. K. Kasturirangan

The main objective of United Nations is to ______.

Assertion (A): The United Nations is expected to cope better with the Unipollar World. 

Reason (R): After the disintegration of Soviet Union many new countries joined the United Nations.

Why did India not sign the nuclear treaties like NPT and CTBT ? Explain any two reasons.

In the given political outline map of India, four countries/states have been marked as A, B, C and D. Identify these on the basis of the information given below and write their correct names in your answer book along with their respective serial number of the information used and the concerned alphabet as per format that follows: 

1. The country with which India fought a battle in 1962.
2. The country with which India has a dispute.
3. The country which came into existence after the 1971 war.
4. The Indian state which shares its border with China.

Explain, any four criteria proposed for new permanent and non-permanent members of the UN Security Council. 

Explain any two functions of International Labour Organisation (ILO). 

Explain any four components of India’s security strategy.