CBSE Class 12 Political Science Question Paper 2008 (Set 59/1)

CBSE CLASS XII Questions

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  Read the passage given below carefully and answer the questions that follow : The South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) is a major regional initiative by the South Asian states to evolve co-operation through multilateral means. It began in 1985. Unfortunately due to persisting political differences, SAARC has not had much success. SAARC members signed the South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) in 2002 which promised the formation of a free trade zone for the whole of South Asia.
  

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• 2.

  In the given political outline map of India, four states have been marked as A, B, C and D. Identify these on the basis of the information given below and write their correct names in your answer book along with their respective serial number of the information used and the concerned alphabet as per format that follows :
  (i) The state related to student movement against inflation and corruption in 1974.
  (ii) The state related to the farmer’s leader Chaudhary Charan Singh.
  (iii) The state related to Congress leader Jag Jeevan Ram.
  (iv) The state where Congress could not win even a single Lok Sabha seat in 1977 elections.
  

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  In the given political outline map of India (on page 15), four States have been marked as and . Identify these States on the basis of the information given below and write their correct names in your answer-book along with the respective serial number of the information used and the concerned alphabets given in the map as per the following format :
  

  

  

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  In the given political outline map of India , four States have been marked as and . Identify these States on the basis of the information given below and write their correct names in your answer-book along with their respective serial number of the information used and the concerned alphabet given in the map as per the following format :
  

  

  

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• 5.

  Why could the reforms initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev not save the disintegration of Soviet Union? Explain any two reasons.
  

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  In the given political outline map of India four States have been marked as and . Identify these States on the basis of the information given below and write their correct names in your answer-book along with the respective serial number of the information used and the concerned alphabets given in the map as per the following format :