Arts (English Medium) Class 12 - CBSE Question Bank Solutions

Who among the following introduced a policy of reservations for OBCs for the first time? 

In the given political outline 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 along with the respective serial number of the information used and the concerned alphabets given in the ‘map as per the format that follows:

1. The state which has been bifurcated in two Union Territories recently.
2. The state where Rajiv Gandhi-Longowal Accord was signed.
3. The state to which Laldenga belonged.
4. The state from where the Dravidian Movement started.

Assess the impact of three democratic upsurges in post-independent India.

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.

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

Analyse the India’s policy of Non-alignment.

Highlight any two reasons for the split in the Congress Party in 1969.

Evaluate Sardar Patel’s role in the integration of princely states with Indian Union.

Why is the emergency imposed in 1975 considered the most controversial episode in Indian politics? Highlight any three reasons. 

How are the three recommendations of the Mandal Commission an effort to solve the problems of the ‘Other Backward Classes’ (OBCs)? Analyse. 

Analyse any three factors that led to the rise of ‘Other Backward Classes’ (OBCs) in Indian Politics? 

Who among the following was the main leader of Dravid Movement?

The decade of ______ was the period of 'Second Democratic Upsurge' in India.

Study the given cartoon and answer the questions that follow:

1. Identify any two leaders shown in the cartoon who had won the 1977 elections.
2. Explain the term MISA.
3. Why was the Congress voted out of power?

After Independence, the first Lok Sabha elections had to be postponed twice and was finally held from ______.

Highlight any two features of Indo-Bhutan relationship.

State any one important objective of the United Nation.

What is the meant by ‘disarmament’?

Mention any two functions of the World Bank?

Highlight any two threats to a country’s security as per the traditional notion of security.