Goa Board Class 12 Question Paper 2024 Political Science

2024 III 11 0930 Seat No.

Time : 3 Hours POLITICAL SCIENCE
Subject Code

H 4 5 5 3
Total No. of Questions : 38 (Printed Pages : 7) Maximum Marks : 80

INSTRUCTIONS : (i) All questions are compulsory.

(ii) The question paper consists of 38 questions.

(iii) Q. Nos. 1 to 16 are MCQs and carry 1 mark each.

(iv) Q. Nos. 17 to 24 carry 2 marks each and should be

answered in 40 words each.

(v) Q. Nos. 25 to 32 carry 3 marks each and should be

answered in 60 words each.

(vi) Q. Nos. 33 to 38 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 Q. No. 32 of 3 marks

and Q. Nos. 33 and 35 of 4 marks.

1. During the Cold War Cuba was an ally of .......................... 1

• USA

• China

• Soviet Union

• France

2. In 1961, the first Non-aligned Summit was held at ........................ 1

• Berlin

• Belgrade

• Cairo

• Jakarta

3. In 1985, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
was .................... 1

• Nikita Khruschev

• Boris Yeltsin

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Mikhail Gorbachev

4. As a part of ‘Global War on Terror’ the USA launched an operation under
the code name ............................. 1

• Operation Infinite Reach

• Operation Enduring Freedom

• Operation Iraqi Freedom

• Operation Desert Storm

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

• Qatar

• Saudi Arabia

• Kuwait

• Oman

6. ASEAN was established in 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines,
Singapore and ............................... 1

• Burma

• Nepal

• Sri Lanka

• Thailand

7. The currency of the European Union is ......................... 1

• Pound Sterling

• Euro

• Danish Krone

• Lira

8. In 1987, the Government of India sent the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF)
to ............................... 1

• Bhutan

• Maldives

• Bangladesh

• Sri Lanka

9. The United Nations was established immediately after .................... 1

• First World War

• Second World War

• Gulf War

• Cold War

10. Poverty in the South has led to large scale .................. 1

• Privatisation

• Urbanisation

• Industrialisation

• Migration

11. The rich and developed countries of the first world are generally referred to
as ........................... 1

• Global West

• Global East

• Global North

• Global South

12. Technology is the important cause of ......................... 1

• Privatisation

• Globalisation

• Liberalism

• Colonialism

13. The first part of India to hold an election based on universal adult franchise
was ........................... 1

• Maharashtra

• Assam

• Manipur

• Karnataka

14. In India nuclear programme was initiated in late 1940’s under the

guidance of ..................................... 1

• Vikram Sarabhai

• Homi J. Bhabha

• C.V. Raman

• Satyendra Nath Bose

15. The leader of the student’s movement of 1974 in Bihar was ................. 1

• Morarji Desai

• Ram Manohar Lohia

• Jayprakash Narayan

• Raj Narain

16. Anti-Arrack movement was started in Nellore district of .................... 1

• Karnataka

• Tamil Nadu

• Kerala

• Andhra Pradesh

17. Discuss the criterias that have been proposed for the new permanent and

non-permanent members of the U.N. Security Council. 2

18. Explain the position of UN in a unipolar world. 2

19. Explain any two components of India’s security strategy. 2

20. Write a short note on Indigenous People of India. 2

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

first general election of 1952. 2

22. Explain the positive consequences of Green Revolution. 2

23. Explain the term ‘Defection’. 2

24. Write a short note on ‘Chipko Movement’. 2

25. Why did Super Powers needed an alliance with the smaller states ? 3

26. Explain US Hegemony as ‘Hard Power’. 3

27. Discuss the causes for the rise of Chinese economy. 3

28. Explain the economic consequences of globalisation. 3

29. Explain the various causes for the dominance of the Congress Party in the

first three general elections of 1952, 1957 and 1962 in India. 3

30. Discuss the key areas of First Five Year Plan in India. 3

31. Explain the electoral verdict of the fourth general election of 1967. 3

32. Discuss the main provisions of the Rajiv-Longoval Accord. 3

Or

Discuss the causes for the Assam Movement against outsiders.

33. Examine the causes of disintegration of USSR. 4

Or

Examine the consequences of Shock Therapy.

34. Analyse the areas of conflict between India and Pakistan. 4

35. Examine the consequences of partition of India in 1947. 4

Or

Examine the accession of Hyderabad to the Indian Union.

36. Analyse the impact of Chinese invasion of 1962 on India. 4

37. Explain the consequences of emergency of 1975 in India. 4

38. Discuss the political rise of ‘Other Backward Classes’ in India. 4