AHSEC HS 2nd Year Question Paper 2023 Political Science

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2023

POLITICAL SCIENCE
Full Marks : 100
Pass Marks : 30

Time :Three hours

The figures in the nargin indicate full marks
for the questions.

PART-A (# - )
0. No. 1 carries 1 nark each (any six) 1x6 = 6
Q No. 2 carries 2 marks eacl1 (any six) 2x6 = 12
Q. No. 3 carries 4 narks each (any five) 4x5 = 20
Q. No. 4 carries 6 narks eac1 (any two) 6x2 = 12
Total = 50

PART-B (-4)
Q. No. 5carries 1 nark eacl1 (any six) 1x6 = 6
Q. No. 6 carries 2 narks each (any six) 2x6 = 12
Q. No. 7 carries 4 marks each (any five) 4x5 = 20

Q. No. 8 carries 6 narks each (any two) 6x2 = 12
Total = 50
Total (Part A & B): 50 +50 =100

Contd.

PART-A/$- UA
(Contenporary World Politics )

1. Answer any six from the following questions : 1x6=6

(a) In the Second World War, a member ofthe Axis Powers was the US/
Soviet Union/Germany. (Clhoose tle correct answer)

(0) How many independent states emerged from the disintegration of
the Soviet Union ?

(C). In which year 9/11 terrorist attack on the United States was carried
out ?

(d) In which year was Bangladesh born as an independent country?

(e) In which country was the Earth Summit held in 1992?

Write the full form of UNEP.

(e) Who is the present Secretary General of U.N.O?

) When did Cuban Missile crisis occur ?

(i) Berlin Wall was demolished in the year (Fill in tle blank)

() The collapse of which country is known as the collapse of the "Second
World"?

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2. Answer any six questions from the following : 2x6=12

(a) Mention tuo consequences of-the end of the Cold War.

(b) Which were thc member countries of ASEAN when it was formed in
1967?

(c) What is the difference between Deterrence and Defence ?

(d) Mention y tvo arcas or regions of the world known as Global
Commons.

(e) Mention tvo causes of Globalisation.

() Mention tuo economic consequences of Globalisation.

(g) Mention two conceptions of Security.

(1) Mention two areas of conflict between India and China.

(i) Write down the names of the Permanent Member States of Security
Council of U.N.O.

() Write tuo constraints on Annerican hegemony.

3. Answer any five from the following questions: 4x5=20

(u) Discuss how the policy of non-alignment helped India during Cold
War period.

(b) Briefly discuss the factors that forced Gorbachev to initiate reforms in
the Soviet Union.

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(c) Mention two economic and tvo military influence of the European
Union.

(d) Mention two areas of co-operation and two areas of disagreement
between India and Bangladesh.

(e) Write a note on the idea of global security.

( Write a note on the anti-globalisation movement.

(8) What are the grounds on which India supports the restructuring of
U.N.O.? Discuss.

(1) Discuss in brief the functions of the World Bank.

4. Answer.any two questions from the following : 6x2-12

(a) Discuss U.S. hegemony as the World Superpower.

(b) Discuss how health epidemics are new threat to global security.

(c) Do you think that Indiashould be given permanent membership in
the UN Security Council ? Justify your answer.

(d) Write a note on the principal organs of the United Nations.

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PART-B/-a
(Politics in India Since Independence )

1x6=6
5. Answer any six questions from the following :
(a) In which state of India, for the first time in the world, a Communist
Party government came to power through democratic election ?

(6) was the chairman of the Drafting Committee of the
Constituent Assembly. (Fill in the blank)

(c) Where was the first Summit of NAM held?

(d) China invaded India in 1960/1962/1964. (Clhoose the correct answer)

(e) Mention the namne of a prominent leader of the Narmada Bachao
Movement.

When was the State Reorganisation Act passed ?

(2) The Right to Information Act came into force in 2005.
(Write True or False)

(4) In which year the Shah Commission of Inquiry was appointed ?

() Who started "Total Revolution" ?

Whowas the founder President of Bharatiya Jana Sangha?

2x6=12
6. Answer any six questions from the following:

(a) Mention two challenges India faced immediately after independence.

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(b) Mention two consequences of the Partition of India.

(c) Whowas the official Congress candidate for the Presidential election
in 1969? Who won the election?

(a) What do you mean by Defection?

(e) Mention two consequences of the Mizoram Accord signed in 1986.

Mention tvo features of popular movements in India.

(g) Write tvo causes of origin of regionalism in India.

() Write aiy two features of coalition government in India.

i) Write tuvO consequences of 1977 Lok Sabha election.

() Mention two consequences of National Emergency declared in 1975.

7. Answer any five from the following questions : 4×5=20

(a) Discuss briefly thecauses of the dominance of Congress Party in the
politics of Indiaafter independence.

(b) What were the major objectives of Jawaharlal Nehru's foreign policy ?
Discuss briefly.

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(c) Write a short note on the demands for autonomy in North-East India.

(d) Discuss the factors that helped BJP to emerge as adominant political
party.

(e) Give suggestions to curb communalism in India.

() Write a note on India's nuclear policy.

(g) Mention tvo positive and tuo negative consequences of the Green
Revolution.

(1) Write any four features of Indian party system.

8. Answer any two questions from the following : 6x2=12

(a) Discuss the changing relations of India with Pakistan.

(b) Briefly discuss about the controversies regarding emergency. Was
the emergency necessary ? 4+2=6

(c) Explain the reasons for the emergence of the Coalition Polities in the
Indian Democratic System.

(d) What do you mean by planned development ? Discuss the role of
2+4=6
Planning Commission in the development of India.

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