Short Answer TypeIn the outline political map of India given above, five States have been marked as A, B, C, D and E. With the help of the information given below, identify them and write their correct names in your answer book along with the serial number of the information used and the related alphabet in the map.
(i) The State to which C. Rajagopalachari, the first Indian Governor-General of India, belonged.
(ii) The State where the first non-Congress Government was formed by E.M.S. Namboodiripad.
(iii) The State to which Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, the Union Minister for Food and Agriculture (1952-54) belonged.
(iv) The State which faced the most acute food crisis in 1965-67.
(v) The State which led the country to White Revolution through Dairy Cooperative Movement.
Long Answer TypeDescribe any six criteria for the new membership of Security Council as suggested after 1997.
What is meant by Security? Mention any four components of Indian security Strategy.
Describe any six factors responsible for the disintegration of U.S.S.R.
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What is meant by New International Economic Order? Mention any four reforms of the global trading system proposed by UNCTAD in 1972.
The factors responsible for Disintegration of U.S.S.R:
(i) Internal weaknesses of Soviet political and economic institutions.
(ii) Economic stagnation for many years led to severe consumer shortages.
(iii) Soviet Union became stagnant in an administrative and political sense as well.
(iv) The Communist Party that had ruled for 70 years was not accountable to the people.
(v) Ordinary people were alienated by slow and stifling administration and rampant corruption.
(vi) The inability of the system to correct mistakes it had made and the unwillingness to allow more openness in government and the centralisation of authority in vast land.
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The Non-aligned countries were categoried as the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) – and the challenge they faced was to be more developed. Economic development was also vital for the independence of the new countries. Without sustained development, a country could not be truly free and then be dependent on richer countries. The idea of a New International Economic Order (NIEO) originated with this realization.
Reforms of the global trading system proposed by UNCTAD in 1972.
(i) To give the LDC‟s control over their natural resources exploited by the developed Western countries.
(ii) To obtain access to Western markets so that the LDCs could sell their products and therefore, make trade more beneficial for the poorer countries.
(iii) To reduce the cost of technology from the Western countries, and
(iv) To provide the LDCs with a greater role in international economic institutions.
Explain globalisation. How has technology contributed in promoting Globalisation?
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Explain the meaning of ‘global commons’. How are environmental concerns becoming important in global politics?
Examine any three factors responsible for the US hegemony in the world politics.
Suppose you are an important leader of the Farmers‟ agitation. The government authorities ask you to present any three demands on behalf of the farmers. On priority basis, which three demands will you make? Support your demands with appropriate arguments.
Analyse any three lessons learnt from the emergency of 1975.
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Analyse any three major factors which led the popularity of Indira Gandhi’s government in the early 1970s.
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