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.
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.
The three factors responsible for the US hegemony in world Policitcs:
(i) The U.S. Hegemony as a Hard Power-
(a)American military dominance is both absolute and relative. In absolute terms, the US has military capabilities that can reach any point on the planet accurately, lethally and in real time, thereby crippling the adversary while its own forces are sheltered to the maximum extent possible from the dangers of war.
(b)The military dominance of the US is not just based on higher military spending, but on the qualitative gap, a technological chasm that no other power can at present conceivably span.
(ii) The US Hegemony as a structural power-
(a)The internet is the direct outcome of a US military research project that began in 1950.
(b)There is not a single sector of the world economy in which an American firm does not feature in the “top three” lists.
(iii) The U.S Hegemony as a soft power-
The predominance of the US in the world today is based not only on its military power and economic powers, but also on its cultural presence.
(a)All ideas of good life and personal success, most of the dreams of individuals and societies across the globe, are dreams churned out by practices prevailing in 21st century America.
(b)America is the most seductive, and in this sense the most powerful culture on earth.
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Positive Aspects of India’s relations with Bangladesh:
(i) Bangladesh is a part of India’s Look East Policy that wants to link up with Southeast Asia via Myanmar..
(ii) On disaster management and environmental issues the two states have been cooperating regularly.
(iii) Efforts are on to broaden the areas of cooperation further by identifying the common threats and being more sensitive to each other’s needs.
Negative Aspects of India’s relations with Bangladesh
(i) Illegal immigration from Bangladesh in the states of India.
(ii) Bangladesh’s refusal to allow Indian troops to move through its territory to northeastern India.
(iii) Its support for anti-Indian Islamic fundamentalist groups.
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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