MBSE HSSLC Sample Question Paper Political Science

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POLITICAL SCIENCE
SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER
Full Marks – 80
Time – 3 Hours

General Instructions :
(i) All questions are compulsory.
(ii) Marks allotted to each question are indicated against it.
(iii) Please write down the number of the question before attempting it.

1. Choose the correct answer : 4x1 = 4

(a) Which among the following statements does not reflect the objectives of NAM?
(i) Enabling newly decolonised countries to pursue independent policies
(ii) Not joining any military alliances
(iii) Following a policy of ‘neutrality’ on global issues
(iv) Focus on elimination of global economic inequalities

(b) WTO is serving as the successor to which of the following organisations?
(i) General Agreement on Trade and Tariff
(ii) General Arrangement on Trade and Tariff
(iii) World Health Organisation
(iv) UN Development Programme

(c) Find the odd one out in the context of proclamation of Emergency:
(i) The call for ‘Total Revolution’
(ii) The Railway Strike of 1974
(iii) The Naxalite Movement
(iv) The Allahabad High Court verdict
.
(d) Which among the following statements about the Partition is incorrect?
(i) Partition of India was the outcome of the “two-nation theory”
(ii) Punjab and Bengal were the two provinces divided on the basis of religion
(iii) East Pakistan and West Pakistan were not contiguous
(iv) The scheme of Partition included a plan for transfer of population across the border

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2. Fill in the blanks with the correct answer : 4x1 = 4
(a) …………….. party dominated the Soviet Union’s political system.
(Democrat / Communist / Republican / Socialist)
(b) ………….. plan influenced the establishment of the organisation for European Economic
Co-operation in 1948. (Marshall / Five year / Economic / Socialist)
(c) …………… is the present UN Secretary-General.
(Banki Moon / Antonio Guterres / Kofi Annan / George Bush)
(d) The party that won the second largest number of Lok Sabha seats in the first election was
the …………… (Praja Socialist Party/Bharatiya Jana Sangh/Communist Party of India/
Bharatiya Janata Party)

3. Write True or False against each of these statements : 4x1 = 4
(a) All security and peace related issues are dealt within the Security Council.
(b) Many opposition leaders were arrested during the emergency.
(c) Non-alignment allowed India to gain assistance both from USA and USSR.
(d) The Treaty of Peace and Friendship in 1971 was the result of India’s closeness to USA.

4. Match the following : 4x1 = 4
A B
(a) Operation Desert Storm (1) Preservation of international peace and security
(b) Security Council (2) Communist Party of India
(c) Mapping of boundaries on religious (3) First Gulf War
Grounds
(d) S.A. Dange (4) India and Pakistan

5. Why did the superpowers have military alliances with smaller countries ?
Give two reasons. 2

6. Write two constraints on American hegemony today. 2

7. Bring out two major differences between the challenge of nation building for eastern and
western regions of the country at the time of independence. 2

8. What was the task of the State Reorganisation Commission ? What was its salient
recommendation ? 2

9. Bring out two differences each between Socialist Party and the Communist Party and between
Bharatiya Jana Sangh and Swatantra Party. 2

10. Why did Anandpur Sahib Resolution become controversial ? 2

11. NAM was considered a third option by Third World countries. How did this option benefit
their growth during the peak of the Cold War ? 4

12. Write four objectives of establishing regional organisations. 4

13. As a citizen of India, how would you support India’s candidature for the permanent
membership of the Security Council ? Justify your proposal with four points. 4

14. How does political leadership of a nation affect its foreign policy ? Explain this with the help
of examples from India’s foreign policy. 4
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15. Write a paragraph on ‘India’s Nuclear policy’. 4

16. (a) The Cold War produced an arms race as well as arms control. What were the reasons for
both these developments ? 8
OR
(b) What was Shock Therapy ? Was this the best way to make a transition
from communism to capitalism ? 8

17. (a) “If big and resourceful states cannot resist the U.S. hegemony, it is unrealistic to expect
much smaller and weaker non-state actors to offer any resistance”.
Examine the proposition and give your opinion 8
OR
(b) How did the European countries resolve their post-second war problems ?
Briefly outline the attempts that led to the formation of the European Union. 8

18. (a) It is said that the nation is, to a large extent, an imagined community held together by
common beliefs, history, political aspirations and imaginations. Identify features that
make India a nation. 8
OR
(b) In what sense was the Congress an ideological coalition ? Mention various ideological
currents. 8

19. (a) The 1977 election, for the first time, saw the opposition coming into power at the centre.
What would you consider as the reasons for this development ? 8
OR
(b) What are the various positions on the issue of regional autonomy for Kashmir ? Which of
these do you think are justifiable ? Give reasons for your answer. 8

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