You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes. This time is to be spent in reading
the question paper. The time given at the head of this paper is the time allowed for writing the
answers. Attempt seven questions in all. Part I is Compulsory. Answer two questions from
Section A and three questions from Section B of Part II.
Question 2
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h. State the two most important reasons for the establishment of the UNO.
i. What is Apartheid? Which country practiced Apartheid as a state imposed system and how?
j. What is NAM?
b. Three points of difference between the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Speaker of the
Vidhan Sabha. [3]
c. The important powers or duties of the State Legislature? Describe any two powers in detail.
[4]
Question 4
“The President of India is a titular head and bound by the Constitution of India to accept the
advice of the Council of Ministers.” In this context state:
c. The situation in which the President can declare a State of Emergency [3]
Question 5
b. What are the qualifications required to be appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court? [4]
Section B
Attempt any three questions
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Question 6
The Great Rising of 1857 was not the result of any one particular cause. In this context state the
role played by the following causes in leading to the Revolt:
Question 7
When the Indian youth saw that the constitutional means had little response from the British
Government, they took to terrorism. Thus were born revolutionaries
such as Savarkar, Prafulla Chaki and Khudi Ram. In this answer the
following questions:
c. Identify the national leader whose picture is given along side and
briefly state his contributions to the National Movement. [3]
Question 8
With the end of the Second World War, the British attitude towards India underwent a great
change. In this context, discuss the following:
a. Reasons for the change in attitude of the British towards India after 1945 [3]
b. Arrival of the Cabinet Mission Plan and its main provisions [3]
c. The reaction of the Congress and the Muslim League to the Cabinet Mission Plan [4]
Question 9
The strained relations which steadily developed between these two countries after the
war and made them stand forth as rivals and brought the world on the edge of a Third
World War is known as the Cold War. In this context, state the role played by the
following factors in causing the Cold War:
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Question 10
The UNO formed many Special Agencies for the economic and social development of the
backward countries. They are working in economic, social, cultural and scientific
spheres and are making efforts to make life peaceful and prosperous. In this context,
answer the following questions:
b. State how WHO helps different countries to reinforce their health system and
promote research. [3]
c. State how UNESCO promotes peace and security through education, science culture
and communication. [4]
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Answers:
Question 1
a. Through a government.
f. Rajya Sabha
g. a) India has single judicial hierarchy while USA has a double judicial set up b) in Usa
the provision for judicial review of laws are automatic while in India it is on the
request of a citizen or group of citizens that the Supreme Court takes up the task of
Judicial Review.
h. It means “to have a body”. By issuing this writ the Supreme Court can get the body of
any person released if it has been unlawfully captured by any person or group of
persons or the State. It is a great safeguard for personal freedom.
i. Board of Revenue
j. The first Lok Adalat was inaugurated in Delhi on 6th October 1985 by Justice P. N.
Bhagwati.
Question 2
a. First War of Independence. This was the first time in British dominated India that
there was a mass rebellion against the British. This was the inauguration of India’s
struggle for independence.
c. The period from 1885 to 1905 is known as the Moderate Phase because during this
period the affairs of the Cngress and the reins of the National Movement remained
in the hands of Moderate leaders such as Dadabhai Naoroji, Surendra Nath Banerjee,
Gopal Krishna Gokhale etc who concerned themselves with demands for reforms
and adopted constitutional and peaceful means to achieve their objectives.
d. The three leaders are: Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal.
They were known as extremists as they believed in a militant form of nationalism
and adopted revolutionary means to achieve their goal of Swaraj.
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e. According to the provisions of the Indian Independence Act, two independent
dominions namely India and Pakistan were set up. Pakistan comprised of Sindh,
Baluchistan, N.W.F.P, the West Punjab and East Bengal. Rest of the territories were
to be included in India.
f. The First World War was different from all the previous wars in many respects:
• It was fought on a worldwide scale and influenced all countries.
• New sophisticated methods of destruction and defence were used in it.
• It caused great disaster and sowed the seed for future discord.
g. The word Fascism has its roots in the Roman word Fascio which means “a bundle of
royal sticks”. Fascism means autocracy or dictatorship where the whole power of
the state is vested in one person only and it is obligatory for all the people to carry
out his orders.
Mussolini took recourse to Fascism in a bid to recuperate the economic crisis and
lawlessness faced by Italy in the wake of the atrocities committed by the
Communists.
h. The two most important reasons for the establishment of the UNO are:
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