CBSE Board Paper Solution-2020

Class : XII Subject : Political Science Set : 1 Code No : 59/2/1 Time allowed : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 80 Marks

General Instructions

1. All questions are compulsory. This questions paper has 27 questions in all. There are five sections in question paper.
2. Section A contains Questions number 1 – 5 of one mark each. The answers to these questions should not exceed 20 words each.
3. Section B contains Questions number 6 – 10 of two marks each. The answers to these questions should not exceed 40 words each.
4. Section C contains Questions number 11 – 16 of four marks each. The answers to these questions should not exceed 100 words each.
5. Section D contains Questions number 17 – 21 of five marks each. The answers to these questions should not exceed 150 words each.
6. In Section D Question number 21 is a map- based question. Write its answer in your answer- book.

1. Section E contains Questions number 22 – 27

of six marks each. The answers to these questions should not exceed 150 words each.

Section A

1. During the First Gulf War, who was the President of Iraq?

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OR

Which was the first country in the South Asian region of liberalise its economy?

Answer:

Saddam Hussain was the President of Iraq during first Gulf war.

OR

Sri Lanka was the first country in South Asian region to liberalize its economy.

1. The Union of Soviet Socialist Repulics (USSR) came into being after the Socialist Revolution in Russian in

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1. 1914
2. 1917
3. 1939
4. 1991