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QUESTION PAPER

2024 BOARD EXAM

CBSE CLASS 12-HUMANITIES POLITICAL SCIENCE Board Paper 2024 — Set 4

2024

POLITICAL SCIENCE

CLASS 12-HUMANITIES

CBSE EXAMINATION PAPER-2024 POLITICAL SCIENCE

CBSE EXAMINATION PAPER-2024

POLITICAL SCIENCE

(Solved)

Time allowed : 3 hours

Maximum Marks : 62

General Instructions :

Read the following instructions carefully and follow them :

  1. This question paper contains 22 questions. All questions are compulsory.
  2. This question paper is divided into 3 sections.
  3. Section A – questions number 1 to 7 are multiple choice questions
  4. Section B – questions number 8 to 14 are very short answer
  5. Section C – questions number 15 to 22 are long answer type ii
  6. There is no overall choice given in the question paper. However, an internal choice has been provided in few questions.
  7. Use of calculator is NOT allowed.

Section A

Question 1. Which Central Asian Republic witnessed a civil war for ten years till 2001?
[1 Marks]
  • (A) Tajikistan
  • (B) Kazakhstan
  • (C) Uzbekistan
  • (D) Azerbaijan
Question 2. A process in which the countries share ideas and information with their rivals is called:
[1 Marks]
  • (A) Alliance Building
  • (B) Confidence Building
  • (C) Arms control
  • (D) Balance of Power
Question 3. For the first time the communist party came to power through democratic elections in which state of India?
[1 Marks]
  • (A) W. Bengal
  • (B) Tripura
  • (C) Manipur
  • (D) Kerala
Question 4. The first Chief Election Commissioner of India was:
[1 Marks]
  • (A) S.L. Shakdhar
  • (B) Sukumar Sen
  • (C) R.K. Trivedi
  • (D) K.V.K. Sundaram
Question 5. In which year did China annex Tibet?
[1 Marks]
  • (A) 1950
  • (B) 1960
  • (C) 1962
  • (D) 1954
Question 6. India made earnest effort for the early realization of freedom of Indonesia from the colonial regime of the:
[1 Marks]
  • (A) British
  • (B) French
  • (C) Dutch
  • (D) Portuguese
Question 7. ‘Karbis’ community belongs to which State of India?
[1 Marks]
  • (A) Manipur
  • (B) Assam
  • (C) Nagaland
  • (D) Arunachal Pradesh

Section B

Question 8.

Which region of India is referred to as the 'Seven Sisters'?

[1 Marks]
Question 9.

Who led the 'People’s March' to the Parliament in 1975?

[1 Marks]
Question 10.

Which two states witnessed student agitations against rising food prices in 1974?

[1 Marks]
Question 11.

Which two states witnessed student agitations against rising food prices in 1974?

[1 Marks]
Question 12.

Which political party secured the second most Lok Sabha seats in India's first general elections?

[1 Marks]
Question 13.

When were the first general elections in India finally held?

[1 Marks]
Question 14.

Which regional organization is associated with Southeast Asian nations?

[1 Marks]

Section C

Question 15.

Analyse any four factors that make the European Union an influential regional organisation of the world.

[6 Marks]
Question 16.

Analyse any four objectives of establishing the regional organisations.

[6 Marks]
Question 17.

Describe the composition of the United Nations Security Council and the suggested reforms to make it more relevant.

[6 Marks]
Question 18.

Describe any four changes that occurred in world politics after the end of Cold War.

[6 Marks]
Question 19.

Describe any four consequences of the partition of British India in 1947.

[6 Marks]
Question 20.

Describe any three problems that were faced during the process of partition of British India.

[6 Marks]
Question 21.

Explain any three important issues on which a consensus has émerged among most political parties of India.

[6 Marks]
Question 22.

Explain any three benefits of the coalition governments formed in India since 1989.

[6 Marks]

Paper Details

CBSE Board Exam 2024

Class

CLASS 12-HUMANITIES

Subject

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Year

2024

Set

Set 4

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