Shri Bhartiya Sanskriti Shiksha Sansthan

PRE BOARD EXAMINATION 2022-23

CLASS-XII SUBJECT- Polical Science
TIME – 3 HOUR M.M. -80
INSTRUCTIONS:
I) All questions are compulsory.
II) Question numbers 1-12 are multiple choice questions of one mark each.
III) Question numbers 13-18 are of 2 marks each. Answers to these questions should not exceed
50 words each.
IV) Question numbers 19-23 are of 4 marks each. Answers to these questions should not exceed
100 words each.
V) Question numbers 24-26 are passage, cartoon and map-based questions. Answer accordingly.
VI) Question numbers 27-30 are of 6 marks each. Answers to these questions should not exceed
170 words.
VII) There is an internal choice in 6 marks questions.
1. (Section –A)

Multiple choice Questions. (1×12=12)

In which city the first SAARC summit held?

(a)New Delhi (b)Colombo (c)Kathmandu (d)Dhaka

2. After the 1977 general elections,which government came into power?

(a)Socialist party (b)Janata party

(c)Congress (d)Bhartiya Jana Sangh

3. Which of the following Hindi writer returned his/her Padma Shree to protest
emergency?

(a)Fanishwarnath Renu (b) Amrita Pritam

(c)Shivarama Karanth (d)Gayatri Devi

4. Which of the following CWC stands for?

(a)Chemical weapons convention (b)Convention on weapon of chemical

(c)Carbon weapon convention (d)Convention on weapon for children

5. In the following questions a statement of assertion followed by a statement of reason

is given. Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.

(a)Assertion and reason both are correct statements and reason is correct
explanation for assertion.

(b) Assertion and reason both are correct statements but reason is not correct
explanation for assertion.
 (c) Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.

(d)Assertion is wrong statement but reason is correct statement.

Assertion: The foreign policy of a nation reflects the interplay of domestic and
external factors.

Reason: The noble ideas that inspired India’s struggle for freedom influenced the
making of its foreign policy.

6. In the following questions a statement of assertion followed by a statement of reason

is given. Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.

(a)Assertion and reason both are correct statements and reason is correct
explanation for assertion.

(b) Assertion and reason both are correct statements but reason is not correct
explanation for assertion.

(c) Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.

(d)Assertion is wrong statement but reason is correct statement.

Assertion: Humanitarian policies are implemented by the main organs and

specialized agencies spread across the globe.

Reason: The members of the General Assembly are automatically the members of all
the other principal organs and specialized agencies of the UN.

7. Who was the leader of the Dravidian Movement in Tamil Nadu?

(a)Karunanidhi (b)C.N. Annadurai

(c)E.V. Ramasami (d)M.G. Ramachandran

8. Who was the leader of the Naga National Council?

(a)Angame zapu Phizo (b)V.P. Singh

(c)Karunanidhi (d)Lal Denga

9. Which of the following is a component of a traditional security?

(a)Balance of Power (b)Alliance building

(c)Preventing war (d)All of these

10. SARS stands for:

(a)Special acute respiratory system (b)Severe acute republic system

(c)Severe acute respiratory syndrome (d)Severe acute respiratory system

11. Which of the following state Laldenga belong to?

(a)Arunachal Pradesh (b)Mizoram

(c)Manipur (d)Sikkim

12. The Indian leader who gave the slogan Garibi Hatao was:

(a)Jawaharlal Nehru (b)Lal Bahadur Shastri

(c)B.R. Ambedkar (d)Indira Gandhi

13. (Section-B)(6×2=12)

Very short answer type questions.

Explain any two common features relevant to the countries of South Asia.

14. Mention two merits of Green revolution?

15. What is Kyoto protocol?

16. Describe outcomes of the Nexalite Movement.

17. Mention any two functions of the World Bank.

18. State any two features of the European union that make it an influencial
organization?

19. (Section-C)(5×4=20)

Short answer type questions.

Differentiate between the traditional and non-traditional notions of security?

20. Highlight any four consequences of the partition of India in 1947.

21. What is meant by globalization? Explain any three cultural consequences of

globalization?

22. How was the Planning commission of India set up? Mention its scope of work?

23. How a five year plan is prepared? What is its advantage?

24. (Section-D)(3×4=12)

Read the text carefully and answer the questions:

Just before independence, it was announced by the British that with the end of their
rule over India, the paramountacy of the British crown over the Princely States
would be lapse. This meant that all these states, as many as 565 in all, would become
legally independent. The British government took the view that all these states were
free to join either India or Pakistan or remain independent if they so wished. This
decision was left not to be the people but to the princely rulers of these states. This
 was a very serious problem and could threaten the very existence of a United
India.The problem started very soon. First of all, the ruler of Travancore announced
that the state had decided on Independence. The Nizam of Hyderabad made a similar
announcement the next day. Rulers like the Nawab of Bhopal were averse to joining
the Constituent Assembly.

(i)How many princely states were there in India at the time of Independence?

(a)565 (b)436 (c) 665 (4)336

(ii)What was the ruler of Hyderabad was referred to as?

(a)Iron man (b) Nizam (c)Maharaja (d)Tipu

(iii)What were not the choices given to the princely states by the British?

(a)Free to remain independent (b)Free to join Pakistan

(c)Free to join India (d)All of these

(iv)Which of the following were the largest princely states of India?

(a)Manipur (b)Junagarh

(c)Hyderabad (d)kashmir

25. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:

The acceptance of the principal of the linguistic states did not mean, however that all
states immediately became linguistic states. There was an experiment of 'bilingual
'Bombay state, consisting of Gujarati and Marathi speaking people. After a popular
agitation, the states of Maharashtra and Gujrat were created in 1960. In Punjab also,
there were two linguistic group: Hindi speaking and Punjabi speaking. The Punjabi-
speaking people demanded a separate state. But it was not granted with other states
in 1956. Statehood for Punjab come ten years later, in 1966, when the territories of
today's Haryana and Himachal Pradesh were separated from the larger Punjab state.
Another major recognisation of states took place in the North east in 1972.
Meghalaya was carved out of Assam in 1972. Manipur and Tripura too emerged as
separate states in the same year. The states of Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh came
into being in 1987. Nagaland had become earlier in 1963.

(i)Name the original state from which Gujrat was carved out?

(a)Saurastra (b)Bombay (c)Rajputana (d)Junagarh

(ii)Which year the states of Meghalaya have been carved out from Assam?

(a)1990 (b)1982 (c)1987 (d)1972

(iii)When the Haryana and Punjab have been separated from Punjab?

(a)1966 (b)1978 (c)1956 (d)1960

 (iv)Which year state of Nagaland had come into being?

(a)1987 (b)1963 (c)1956 (d)1953

26. In the given outline map of India, 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, along with their respective serial numbers of the information used
and the concerned alphabets as per the following format:

(i)The state that resisted its merger with the Union of India.

(ii)The state which was carved out of Assam in 1972.

(iii)The state where the Sardar Sarovar dam is located.

(iv)The State formed in 1966.

27. (Section-E)(4×6)

Long answer type questions.

Describe any six factors responsible for the disintegration of USSR.

Or

Describe any three major political developments that took place in India after the
lifting of Emergency in 1977.
28. What was Soviet system? Assess any four features of Soviet System?

Or

Mention any steps taken for the restoration of dominance of the Congress Party after
the 1971 elections.

29. Explain the salient features of the coalition government.

Or

Examine the main factors responsible for the rise and fall of the Congress Party’s
dominance in India.

Or

Assess the positive and negative aspects of India’s relations with Bangladesh.

30. Describe India-Nepal relations.

Or

Analyse the common problems of South Asian countries.

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