QUESTION PAPER
2023 BOARD EXAM
CBSE CLASS 12-HUMANITIES POLITICAL SCIENCE Board Paper 2023 — Set 2
2023
POLITICAL SCIENCE
CLASS 12-HUMANITIES
CBSE EXAMINATION PAPER-2023
POLITICAL SCIENCE
(Solved)
General Instructions :
Read the following instructions carefully and follow them :
- This question paper contains 38 questions. All questions are compulsory.
- This question paper is divided into 6 sections.
- Section A – questions number 1 to 1 are case based questions
- Section B – questions number 2 to 13 are multiple choice questions
- Section C – questions number 14 to 20 are very short answer
- Section D – questions number 21 to 26 are short answer
- Section E – questions number 27 to 31 are long answer type i
- Section F – questions number 32 to 38 are long answer type ii
- There is no overall choice given in the question paper. However, an internal choice has been provided in few questions.
- Use of calculator is NOT allowed.
Section A
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
India conducted a series of nuclear tests demonstrating its capacity to use nuclear energy for military purposes. After this, Pakistan also conducted tests. International Community imposed sanctions on both India and Pakistan which were subsequently waived. India opposed the international treaties aimed at non-proliferation.
(1) Identify the treaty that India refused to sign. (a) Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (b) Shimla Agreement (c) Panchsheel Agreement (d) Indus waters Treaty
(2) In which year did India conduct a series of nuclear tests? (a) 1971 (b) 1985 (c) 1992 (d) 1998
(3) Under whose guidance did India initiate its nuclear programme? (a) C.V. Raman (b) Homi J. Bhabha (c) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam (d) K. Kasturirangan
(4) In the beginning, India wanted to generate nuclear energy for (a) peaceful purpose. (b) making atomic bombs. (c) competing with the super powers. (d) ensuring its security.
Section B
Assertion (A) : In 1969 the Congress Party faced a split.
Reason (R) : Factional rivalry existed between the Congress Syndicate and Indira Gandhi.
Arrange the following in chronological order:
(i) Implementation of recommendations of Mandal Commission.
(ii) Appointment of Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister for the first time.
(iii) Signing of the Punjab Accord with Longowal.
(iv) Appointment of Rajiv Gandhi as Prime Minister. Choose the correct option.
Section C
Which country was not a part of the Soviet Union?
What was the code name of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq?
What is the main objective of the United Nations?
Which of the following is not a global common: Antarctica, Ocean floor, Outer space, or Forests?
Who advanced the Two Nation Theory?
Name any one programme launched after 2014 for women's progress.
Who among the following remained Prime Minister of India for less than a year?
Section D
Section E
Section F
Analyse any three happenings during Gorbachev’s period that led to the disintegration of the Soviet Union.
Analyse any three consequences of the disintegration of USSR.
Highlight any three features of the First Five Year Plan.
Highlight any three problems faced by Government of India immediately after independence related to the displaced population.
Assess any three effects of Emergency imposed in 1975 in strengthening the democracy in India.
Assess the impact of three democratic upsurges in post independent India.
Analyse any three major happenings in Bangladesh that show peoples’ support to democracy.
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