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Q1.%20Who%20took%20over%20the%20administration%20of%20Pakistan%2C%20after%20it%20framed%20its%20first%20Constitution%3F

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Q2.%20%26nbsp%3BIdentify%20any%20one%20reason%20for%20the%20aspiration%20of%20democracy%20in%20South%20Asia.

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Q3.%20How%20can%20you%20say%20that%20Congress%20was%20a%20broad-based%20social%20coalition%20by%20the%20time%20of%20Independence%3F

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Q4.%20Select%20the%20correct%20political%20party%20which%20came%20to%20power%20at%20the%20Centre%20in%201977.

  1. Janata%20Party
  2. Bharatiya%20Jana%20Sangha
  3. Communist%20Party%20of%20India
  4. Indian%20National%20Congress

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Q5.%20Security%20is%20related%20to%20which%20type%20of%20threats%3F

%26nbsp%3BQ6.%20Give%20any%20one%20positive%20consequence%20of%20economic%20globalisation.

%26nbsp%3BQ7.%20%u201CThe%20Emergency%20and%20the%20period%20around%20it%20can%20be%20described%20as%20a%20period%20of%20constitutional%20crisis.%20Analyse%20the%20main%20reason%20behind%20this%20statement.

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Q8.%20Who%20among%20the%20following%20led%20the%20National%20Front%20Government%20in%201989%2C%20with%20the%20outside%20support%20of%20the%20Left%20Front%20and%20the%20BJP%3F

  1. %26nbsp%3B
  2. Chandrashekhar
  3. HD%20Deve%20Gowda
  4. IK%20Gujral
  5. VP%20singh

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Q9.%20Correct%20the%20following%20statement%20and%20rewrite%20it.

NATO%20came%20into%20existence%20in%20June%201949%20and%20it%20was%20an%20association%20of%2011%20states.%26nbsp%3B

Q10.%20Why%20are%20the%20large-scale%20migrants%20to%20the%20North-East%20seen%20as%20encroachers%3F

Q11.%20Which%20country%20among%20the%20following%20is%20not%20a%20member%20of%20SAARC%3F

  1. India
  2. Myanmar
  3. Bangladesh
  4. Nepal

Q12.%20Which%20was%20the%20first%20state%20created%20on%20the%20basis%20of%20language%20in%20free%20India%3F

Q13.%20Which%20one%20of%20the%20following%20coalitions%20formed%20the%20government%20at%20the%20Centre%20in%201989%3F%26nbsp%3B

  1. NDA
  2. United%20Front
  3. National%20Front
  4. UPA

Q14.%20Who%20gave%20the%20famous%20slogan%20%u2018Jai%20Jawaan%2C%20Jai%20Kisaan%u2019%3F

Q15.%20In%20which%20two%20ways%20is%20voting%20by%20EVM%20better%20than%20voting%20by%20ballot%20papers%3F

Q16.%20Which%20one%20of%20the%20following%20States%20is%20not%20a%20Baltic%20Republic%3F

  1. Estonia
  2. Ukraine
  3. Latvia
  4. Lithuania

Q17.%20Identify%20the%20following%20statement%20about%20the%20global%20commons%20as%20true%20or%20false%3A

The%20countries%20of%20the%20North%20are%20more%20concerned%20about%20the%20protection%20of%20the%20global%20commons%20than%20the%20countries%20of%20the%20South.%26nbsp%3B

Q18.%20Correct%20the%20following%20statement%20and%20rewrite%20it.

A%20full-scale%20war%20between%20India%20and%20Bangladesh%20broke%20out%20in%20November%201971.

Q19.%20Give%20any%20two%20examples%20of%20international%20events%20where%20India%20took%20an%20independent%20stand.

Q20.%20Write%20the%20full%20name%20of%20the%20political%20party%20called%20BKU.

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Q21.%20Mention%20any%20two%20recommendations%20suggested%20by%20the%20Mandal%20Commission.

Q22.%20Analyse%20the%20two%20obstacles%20that%20came%20in%20the%20way%20of%20abolition%20of%20privy%20purses%20in%201970.

Q23.%20What%20best%20can%20be%20done%20to%20maintain%20the%20balance%20of%20power%20as%20a%20component%20of%20traditional%20notion%20of%20external%20security%3F

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Q24.%20Explain%20any%20four%20consequences%20of%20the%20partition%20of%20India%20in%201947.

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Q25.%20Describe%20any%20four%20features%20of%20the%20Non-Aligned%20Movement.

Q26.%20Justify%20India%u2019s%20nuclear%20policy%20by%20giving%20any%20two%20suitable%20arguments.

Q27.%20Analyse%20any%20three%20constraints%20on%20American%20power.%20In%20your%20view%2C%20which%20constraint%20can%20get%20more%20important%20in%20the%20future%3F

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Q28.%20Cartoon%20Question

Q29.%20Read%20the%20passage%20given%20below%20carefully%20and%20answer%20the%20questions%20that%20follow%3A

It%20is%20not%20necessary%20that%20all%20planning%20always%20has%20to%20be%20centralised%3B%20nor%20is%20it%20that%20planning%20is%20about%20big%20industries%20and%20large%20projects.%20The%20%u2018Kerala%20Model%u2019%20is%20the%20name%20given%20to%20the%20path%20of%20planning%20and%20development%20charted%20by%20the%20State%20of%20Kerala.%20There%20has%20been%20a%20focus%20on%20this%20model%20on%20……………%20.%20Despite%20low%20per%20capita%20incomes%2C%20and%20a%20relatively%20weak%20industrial%20base%2C%20Kerala%20achieved%20nearly%20total%20literacy%2C%20long%20life%20expectancy%2C%20low%20infant%20and%20female%20mortality%2C%20low%20birth%20rates%20and%20high%20access%20to%20medical%20care.%26nbsp%3B

  1. What%20is%20meant%20by%20centralised%20planning%3F
  2. In%20which%20two%20ways%20is%20decentralisation%20better%20than%20centralisation%3F
  3. The%20%u2018Kerala%20model%u2019%20of%20planning%20and%20development%20focussed%20on%20which%20areas%3F%20Mention%20any%20two%20areas.

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Q30.%20%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3BRead%20the%20passage%20given%20below%20carefully%20and%20answer%20the%20questions%20that%20follow%3A

Reform%20and%20improvement%20are%20fundamental%20to%20serve%20the%20needs%20of%20a%20changing%20environment.%20The%20UN%20is%20no%20exception.%20In%20recent%20years%2C%20there%20have%20been%20demands%20for%20reforms%20of%20the%20world%20body.%20However%2C%20there%20is%20little%20clarity%20and%20consensus%20on%20the%20nature%20of%20reform.%20Two%20basic%20kinds%20on%20reforms%20face%20the%20UN%3A%20…………..%20.%20Almost%20everyone%20has%20agreed%20that%20both%20aspects%20of%20reform%20are%20necessary.%20What%20they%20cannot%20agree%20on%20is%20precisely%20what%20is%20to%20be%20done%2C%20and%20when%20it%20is%20to%20be%20done.%26nbsp%3B

  1. Highlight%20any%20one%20major%20change%20which%20occurred%20after%20the%20Cold%20War%20that%20has%20necessitated%20reforms%20of%20the%20UN.
  2. Which%20two%20basic%20kinds%20of%20reforms%20face%20the%20UN%3F
  3. Suggest%20any%20two%20measures%20for%20implementing%20any%20one%20of%20the%20basic%20reforms.

Q31.%20Map%20question

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Q32.%20Describe%20the%20role%20played%20by%20India%20in%20keeping%20the%20Non-Aligned%20Movement%20%28NAM%29%20alive%20and%20relevant.

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%26nbsp%3B%20%26nbsp%3B%20%26nbsp%3B%20%26nbsp%3B%20%26nbsp%3BDescribe%20any%20three%20areas%20of%20friendship%20and%20cooperation%20between%20India%20and%20Russia%20which%20make%20it%20an%20important%20aspect%20of%20India%u2019s%20foreign%20policy.

Q33.%20Explain%20any%20four%20environmental%20concerns%20that%20have%20become%20issues%20of%20global%20politics.

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Q34.%20%u201CMovements%20and%20protests%20strengthen%20democracy.%u201D%20Do%20you%20agree%20with%20this%20statement%3F%20Support%20your%20answer%20with%20any%20three%20suitable%20examples.%26nbsp%3B

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