HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS EXAMPLARY QUESTIONS XII POLITICAL SCIENCE

Question 1 (1)
Match the following four leaders with their parties just before the Lok Sabha elections held in 1977

(a) Charan Singh                     (i) Congress for Democracy
(b) D. K. Barooah                  (ii) Bharatiya Lok dal
(c) Jagjivan Ram                     (iii) Congress (R)
(d) Morarji Desai                    (iv) Congress (O)

Question 2 (4)
What are the four components of the traditional notion of security from external threats? Give one example of each.

Question 3 (4)
Was the Congress split in 1969 avoidable? If the split had not taken place, how could it have influenced the course of events in the 1970s?

Question 4 (6)
Suppose the Cold War had not taken place and there were several major powers at the end of the Second World War. How would that situation have affected India’s foreign policy? Identify any three aspects or regions and imagine the difference. 

Question 5 (6)
Suppose the Soviet Union had not disintegrated and the world was still as bipolar as it was in mid-1980s. How would it have affected the developments in the last two decades? Identify any three regions or domains and the developments that may not have taken place in that kind of a world.

Question 6 (6)
‘In the midst of severe competition and many conflicts, a consensus appears to have emerged among most of the political parties”. In the light of the above statement highlight any three points of consensus.

Question 7 (6)
“Even after six decades of independence certain issues pertaining to national integration are yet to be resolved”. In the light of this statement, explain any three unresolved issues.