UP Board Class 12th Model Paper 2023 Civics

INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATION : 2021-22
MODEL QUESTION PAPER
CLASS – XII
CIVICS

Time – 3 hours 15 minutes Max Marks – 100

Note – First 15 minutes are allotted for the candidates to read the question paper.

Instructions :
I. All questions are compulsory.
II. Question Nos. 1 to 10 are of Multiple Choice type.
III. Question Nos. 11 to 20 are Very Short Answer type. Their answers are to
be given in about 10 words (one sentence) each.
IV. Question Nos. 21 to 26 are of Short Answer- 1 type. Their answers are to
be given each in about 50 words.
V. Question Nos. 27 to 30 are of Short Answer- 2 type. Their answers are to
be given each in about 100 to 125 words.
VI. Question Nos. 31 to 32 are of Long Answer type. Their answers are to be
given each in about 250 words.
VII. Allotted marks of all the questions are given against them.

(Multiple Choice Questions)

Note: Four alternatives are given for each of the following ten questions. Choose
the correct alternative and write it in your answer-book.

1. Which country was not a member of Axis Nations? 1

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A. Germany

B. Italy

C. Britain

D. Japan

2. In which country are Hiroshima and Nagasaki located? 1

A. Great Britain

B. United Nations America
C. Italy

D. Japan

3. When was the Berlin Wall erected? 1

A. 1960

B. 1961
C. 1962

D. 1963

4. What is the Shock Therapy? 1

A. Healing by trauma

B. To hurt by healing

C. Promote privatization

D. oppose privatization

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5. Which organization was formed by the Bangkok Declaration? 1

A. European Economic Community

B. UNO

C. League of Nations

D. ASEAN

6. Where was Gandhiji assassinated? 1

A. Sabarmati
B. Champaran

C. Delhi

D. Ahmedabad

7. ‘Operation Flood’ was related to 1

A. Dairy Industry
B. Fishing Industry

C. Food Production

D. Poultry

8. What was the purpose of the ‘Bombay Plan’? 1

A. Political Development of India

B. Cultural Development of India

C. Economic Development of India

D. Exhaustive Development of India

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9. Who was the prime minister of India at the time of emergency 1
declaration in 1975 AD?

A. Jai Prakash Narayan

B. Indira Gandhi

C. Lal Bahadur Shashtri
D. Morarji Desai

10. ‘Chipko Movement’ was related to 1

A. Himachal Pradesh

B. Arunachal Pradesh

C. Jammu & Kashmir
D. Uttrakhand

Very Short Answer Type Questions
11. When did the Soviet Union disintegrated? 2

12. Name any two member countries of ASEAN. 1+1

13. Against which country did India fight over border dispute in 1962? 2

14. On which issue ‘Earth Summit’ was organized? 2

15. What is meant by ‘Common Property’? 2

16. From which state ‘Naxalite Movement’ was started? 2

17. Why Goa was made a federal state? 2

18. When was the first election to the Sikkim Legislative Assembly held? 2

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19. What is the meaning of the word ‘secular’? 2

20. What are mid-term elections? 2

(Short Answer Questions – 1)

21. When was the United Nations created? Name any two of its special 1+2+2
institutions and mention their functions?

22. Give two arguments as a citizen of India in favor of why India 2 +2
should have permanent membership in the United Nations
Organization.

23. Why was ASEAN created? Is it successful in fulfilling its objectives? 1+2+2
Explain your views in favor of it.

24. Give reasons for the dispute between industrial versus agricultural 2 +2
development during the second Five Year Plan.

25. What do we learn from the imposition of Emergency in 1975? 5
Explain.

26. Give reasons for any two regional aspirations at the time of 2 +2
independence in 1947.

(Short Answer Questions – 2)

27. Emerging economies of India and china have the Potential to 3+3
challenge the present unipolar system. Do you agree with it in the
current circumstances? Give arguments in support of your opinion.

28. Why have issues related to global environmental protection become 1 +1

the priority concern of different countries since the 1990? Mention +1 +1

any three reasons.

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29. What was Green Revolution? Mention its two positive and two 2+1+1+1+1
negative consequences.

30. What was Ayodhya dispute? How was it resolved? 3+3

(Long Answer Type Questions)

31. What is Cold War? By clarifying the meaning of the bipolar world 2+2+4
mention the scope of the Cold War.

OR

What is meant by the bipolar world? Mention any four reasons of its 2+1 +1

disintegration. +1 +1

32. Describe India’s foreign relations with the following countries :
4+4
(i) India - Pakistan
(ii) India - China
OR

What is meant by the policy of non-alignment? It is relevant for
India even in the present circumstances. clarify your opinion in this 2+3+3
favor.

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