Question Paper Outside Delhi 2017 set1 CBSE Class 12 Pol Science

General Instructions:

All questions are compulsory.

• Questions number 1 – 5 are of one mark each. The answers to these questions should not exceed 20 words each.
• Questions number 6 – 10 are of two marks each. The answers to these questions should not exceed 40 words each.
• Questions number 11 – 16 are of four marks each. The answers to these questions should not exceed 100 words each.
• Questions number 17 – 21 are of five marks each. The answers to these questions should not exceed 150 words each.

<math>\blacktriangle</math> Question number 21 is a map-based question. Write its answers in your answer-book.

• Questions number 22 – 27 are of six marks each. The answers to these questions should not exceed 150 words each.

1. Highlight any one feature of the multi-polar world as visualised by both Russia and India.

Ans. (i) Coexistence of several powers in the international system.

1. Collective Security and a collective response.
2. Negotiated settlements of international conflicts.
3. An independent foreign policy for all countries,
4. Decision making through bodies like the UN.

(any one)

2. What was the significance of 'Operation Iraqi Freedom'?

Ans. Operation Iraqi Freedom was launched by US to prevent Iraq from developing Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD).

1. Give a suitable example to show that globalisation need not always be positive. Ans. i) Some farmers committed suicide because their crops failed. They had bought very expensive seeds supplied by a multinational company (MNC).
2. An Indian company bought a major rival company based in Europe, despite protests by some of the current owners.

(iii)Many retail shopkeepers or small businessmen have lost their livelihood due to the economic power of the MNCs.

(iv)A film producer in Mumbai was accused of lifting the story of his film from another film made in Hollywood.

1. A militant group issued a statement threatening college girls who wear western clothes.

(any one example)

1. Why does development have different meanings for different sections of the people?

Ans. To an industrialist who is planning to set up a steel plant in a rural area, and at the same time to the Adivasi who lives in that region development means different because they lose their forest land.

1. Why is violence between two communities considered as a threat to democracy? Ans. Because violence disturbs not only the social and economic interdependence, but also it adversely affects the secular system. It also hampers the religious freedom of an individual.
2. In which way did the policy of Non-Alignment serve India's interests?

Ans. Non-aligned posture served India's interests in at least two ways:

1. Non-alignment allowed India to take international decisions and stances that served its interests rather than the interests of the superpowers and their allies.
2. India was often able to balance one superpower against the other. If India felt ignored or unduly pressurized by one superpower, it could tilt towards the other, neither alliance system could take India for granted.
3. Analyse the two political developments of 1940s that led to the decision for the creation of Pakistan.

Ans. Two political developments in 1940s:-