QUESTION PAPER
2024 BOARD EXAM
CBSE CLASS 12-HUMANITIES POLITICAL SCIENCE Board Paper 2024 — Set 3
2024
POLITICAL SCIENCE
CLASS 12-HUMANITIES
CBSE EXAMINATION PAPER-2024
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 3 are case based questions
- Section B – questions number 4 to 8 are very short answer
- Section C – questions number 9 to 17 are multiple choice questions
- Section D – questions number 18 to 23 are short answer
- Section E – questions number 24 to 30 are long answer type i
- Section F – questions number 31 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:
The 1980s also saw the rise of political organisations of the Dalits. In trade union of government employees. It took a strong position in favour of the SC, ST, OBC and minorities. It was out of this that the subsequent Dalit Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti and later the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) emerged.
(1) Choose the correct full form of BAMCEF : (A) Bahujan and Minority Communities Employees Federation (B) Bahujan and Minority Communities Employees Foundation (C) Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation (D) Backward and Minority Communities Employees Foundation
(2) In which year was the Bahujan Samaj Party formed ? (A) 1981 (B) 1984 (C) 1989 (D) 1991
(3) Who was the founder leader of Bahujan Samaj Party ? (A) B.R. Ambedkar (B) Mayawati (C) Mulayam Singh (D) Kanshi Ram
(4) In which State did the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) form its first government ? (A) Punjab (B) Haryana (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Rajasthan
In the given political outline map of India (on page 19), four States have been marked as A, B, C and D. Identify these States on the basis of the information given below and write their correct names in your answer-book along with the respective serial number of the information used and the concerned alphabets given in the map as per the following format:
(1) The State where the Congress party did not secure majority in 1967 elections.
[1 Marks]
(2) The State where Congress party did not secure majority in 1967 elections but formed the government with the support of other parties.
(3) The State related to Samajwadi leader, Ram Manohar Lohia.
(4) The State related to the former President of India, V.V. Giri.
(5) Which popular slogan was given by Lal Bahadur Shastri ?
(6) Which decade of Indian politics has been referred to as the 'dangerous decade'?
(7) Which candidate was supported by Indira Gandhi for the post of President in 1969 ?
(8) Which State is related to the phrase 'Aya Ram, Gaya Ram'?
(1) What did the Berlin Wall symbolise?
[1 Marks](2) Between which two countries was the Berlin Wall built?
[1 Marks](3) Highlight any two outcomes of breaking of the Berlin Wall.
[2 Marks](4) In which year did the Second World War end ?
(5) In which year was the Berlin Wall built ?
(6) In which year did the Soviet Union disintegrate ?
(7) Name the leader who became the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1985.
Section B
Section C
The 'SAARC' is a major __________________ initiative by South Asian States to evolve mutual cooperation.
Which region of India is referred to as the 'Seven Sisters'?
Who led the 'Peoples' March' to the Parliament in 1975?
Assertion (A) : The king, with the help of the army, retained full control over the government and restricted the expansion of democracy in Nepal.
Reason (R) : The king accepted the demand for a new democratic constitution in 2001, in the wake of a strong pro-democracy movement.
Assertion (A) : The first general elections in India had to be postponed twice and were finally held from October 1951 to February 1952.
Reason (R) : It was no longer possible to argue that democratic elections could not be held in conditions of poverty or lack of education.
Section D
In which year was 'NITI Aayog' constituted and which organisation did it replace?
Section E
"Regional aspirations and their accommodation are an integral part of Indian democratic politics." Support the statement with any two suitable arguments.
"India has supported the restructuring of the United Nations on several grounds." Support the statement.
"Reforming the United Nations means restructuring of the Security Council." Justify the statement.
Section F
In what ways has the principle of 'common but differentiated responsibilities helped in addressing and overcoming the differences between the 'Global North' and 'Global South' over environmental issues? Explain.
"Foreign policy of independent India has pursued the dream of a peaceful world." Support the statement with three suitable arguments.
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