Goa Board Class 12 Question Paper 2025 Political Science

2025 II 20 0930 Seat No.

Time : 3 Hours POLITICAL SCIENCE
Subject Code

H 4 5 5 3
Total No. of Questions : 41 (Printed Pages : 10) Maximum Marks : 80

INSTRUCTIONS : (i) All questions are compulsory.

(ii) The question paper consists of 41 questions.

(iii) Question Nos. 1 to 20 are MCQs and carry 1 mark each.

(iv) Question Nos. 21 to 29 carry 2 marks each and should
be answered in 40 words each.

(v) Question Nos. 30 to 35 carry 3 marks each and should
be answered in 60 words each.

(vi) Question Nos. 36 to 41 carry 4 marks each and should
be answered in 100 words each.

(vii) There is no overall choice in the paper. However, internal
choice is provided in Question No. 35 of 3 marks and
Question Nos. 36 and 38 of 4 marks.

1. The leader of the Soviet Union who decided to convert Cuba into a Russian
base was .................. . 1

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Boris Yeltsin

• Leonid Brezhnev

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2. The Second World War ended in August 1945, when the United States of

America dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima

and ..................... . 1

• Kyoto

• Tokyo

• Nagasaki

• Yokohama

3. The first non-aligned summit was held in 1961 in ................... . 1

• Warsaw

• Brussel

• Dortmund

• Belgrade

4. Mikhail Gorbachev became General Secretary of the ................ . 1

• Conservative Party

• Capitalist Party

• Communist Party

• Democratic Party

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5. The leading hegemonic power in the world is .................... . 1

• France

• China

• United States of America

• India

6. In August 1990, Iraq invaded .................. . 1

• Iran

• Kuwait

• Afghanistan

• Syria

7. The US power lies in the overwhelming superiority of its ................... . 1

• Military power

• Economic power

• Agricultural power

• Health care

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8. ASEAN was established in 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines,

Singapore and .................... . 1

• Thailand

• Nepal

• Burma

• Sri Lanka

9. The ‘open door policy’ was announced in China by ................. . 1

• Mao Ze Dong

• Zhou Enlai

• Deng Xiaoping

• Li Xiannion

10. In 1987 the Government of India sent the Indian Peace Keeping Force

(IPKF) to ................... . 1

• Bangladesh

• Pakistan

• Sri Lanka

• Nepal

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11. The single largest contributor to the UN is ..................... . 1

• India

• Russia

• US

• France

12. Security implies freedom from .................... . 1

• Internal dispute

• Riots

• Internal crisis

• Threats

13. In 2002, India, China and developing countries were exempted from the

requirements of the .................. . 1

• Beijing Protocol

• Tokyo Protocol

• Kyoto Protocol

• Shanghai Protocol

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14. Greater economic flow among different countries of the world is

called ..................... . 1

• Political globalization

• Cultural globalization

• Economic globalization

• Social globalization

15. The first state of lndia to hold an election based on Universal Adult

Franchise was .................... . 1

• Mizoram

• Sikkim

• Assam

• Manipur

16. The Second Five Year Plan was drafted by a team of economists and

planners under the leadership of ................... . 1

• K. N. Raj

• Jawaharlal Nehru

• Rajendra Prasad

• P. C. Mahalanobis

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17. The most significant and successful of land reforms was the abolition of the

colonial system of ................. . 1

• Zamindari

• Mukhiyagiri

• Sahukari

• Kingship

18. The main architect of India’s foreign policy between 1947 and 1964

was ................... . 1

• Jawaharlal Nehru

• Sardar Patel

• V. Krishna Menon

• Dr Rajendra Prasad

19. In 1974 the leader of the students movement in Bihar was ................. . 1

• Raj Narain

• Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia

• Jayprakash Narayan

• Morarji Desai

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20. The Anti-Arrack movement was started in the Nellore district of ............... . 1

• Uttar Pradesh

• Uttarakhand

• Andhra Pradesh

• Karnataka

21. Why did the superpowers have military alliance with smaller countries ? 2

22. Explain the 9/11 attack. 2

23. Discuss the criteria to become a permanent member of the Security Council

of the United Nations. (any four) 2

24. Explain the role of the UN in a unipolar world. 2

25. Explain any two new sources of threats. 2

26. Discuss the environmental concerns in global politics. 2

27. Explain the dominance of the Indian National Congress in the first three

general elections in India. 2

28. Explain the electoral verdict of the fourth general elections of 1967. 2

29. Explain the demands of the Bhartiya Kissan Union. 2

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30. Explain the economic influence of the European union in the world. 3

31. Explain the causes of globalization. 3

32. Discuss the challenges faced by the Election Commission of India during the

first general elections held in 1952. 3

33. Explain the key areas of the First Five Year Plan. 3

34. How did the Presidential elections of 1969 lead to the formal split of the

Congress ? 3

35. Explain the factors which led to the movement against outsiders in

Assam. 3

Or

Explain the lessons that can be drawn from the regional aspirations in

India.

36. Analyse the causes of disintegration of the USSR. 4

Or

Analyze the consequences of shock therapy.

37. Examine the areas of conflict between India and Pakistan. 4

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38. Examine the difficulties faced during the process of the partition of

India. 4

Or

Examine the consequences of the partition of India in 1947.

39. Explain the impact of the Chinese invasion of 1962 on India. 4

40. Analyse the consequences of emergency in India. 4

41. Explain the political rise of Other Backward Classes. 4

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