Commerce (English Medium) Class 12 - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for Political Science

Which of the following statement is wrong with regard to Parliamentary Committee? 

Who headed the coalition government of 1989?

Read the following passage and answer accordingly.

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. 

Who opposed the coup of 1991?

Explain ‘Miracle on the Han River’

Evaluate the role of SAARC in facilitating the economic cooperation in the South Asian region.

Explicate two features of a Coalition Government.

Highlight any two issues that dominate the politics of North-East India.

Analyze the composition of the United Nations Security Council. What according to your opinion is the major difference in the privileges given to its permanent and non-permanent members?

Study the given Cartoon and answer the questions that follow:

1. Border disputes between India and China erupted in 1960. Pandit Nehru was having talks with his counterpart ______ in China which proved futile.
   
   1. Mao Tsetung
   2. President Jinping
   3. Zhou Enlai
   4. Dalai Lama
2. Name the place in Indian territory which was occupied by China in the year 1962.
   1. Chagai hills
   2. Aksai Chin
   3. Balochistan
   4. Nagaland
3. ______ was the defence minister of India during the Indo-china war?
   
   1. Kailash Nath Katju
   2. V.K. Krishna Menon
   3. Baldev Singh
   4. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Name the agreement signed between India and China on April 29, 1954.
   
   1. Peace Agreement
   2. Panchsheel Agreement
   3. Standstill Agreement
   4. Tashkent Agreement

Explain the process of transition from monarchy to democracy in Nepal.

In the given outline political map of India, four states have been marked as A, B, C, and D. With the help of the information given below, identify them and write their correct names in your answer book along with the serial number of the information used and the related alphabet in the map as per the format given below:

1. The state to which Jai Prakash Narain belonged.
2. The State where the Indian National Congress won most of the Lok Sabha seats in the 1977 elections.
3. The State from where Raj Narain contested the Lok Sabha seat against Indira Gandhi in the 1977 election.
4. The State where Janata Party won all the Lok Sabha seats in the 1977 election.
   

   S. No. of the Information used	Related alphabet is given in the MAP.	Name of the State
   (i)	______	______
   (ii)	______	______
   (iii)	______	______
   (iv)	______	______

Explain the meaning of security and mention its two notions. 

Describe any four steps taken by Indira Gandhi to remove poverty.

On which basis does India claim permanent membership of the UN Security Council?

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.

'Bodo' community belongs to which state?

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

For how many years are the non-permanent members of UN Security Council elected? 

Analyse the role played by India to help the Tibetan refugees to settle down. 

“The 21^st century Japan is emerging as a new center of power.” Support the statement with any three arguments.