(Download) CBSE Class-12 Sample Paper 2020-21 :Political Science

Sample Question Paper 2020-2021

Class XII Subject: Political Science                                                          

Time: 3hrs                                                                                   MM: 80 MM

Instructions:

i.    All Questions are Compulsory.
ii.    Section A has 16 Objective Type Questions of 1 mark each.
iii.    Section B has 2 passage –based questions 17 and 18 having
Multiple Choice Questions of 1 mark each.
iv.    Question numbers 19-22 carries 2 marks each. Answer to these questions should not exceed 40 words each.
v.     Question numbers 23-27 carries 4 marks each. Answer to these questions should not exceed 100 words each.
vi.    Question numbers 28-29 pertain to map and cartoon questions carrying 5 marks each to be answered accordingly.
vii.    Question numbers 30-32 carries 6 marks each. Answer to these questions should not exceed 150words each.

Section – A

1. Which of these statements about the princely states is incorrect:                      1

a) Some of the princely states clearly wanted to become part of the Indian Union.

b) The Indian government was ready to give autonomy to some regions.

c) First of all, the ruler of Junagarh announced that the state had decided on Independence.

d) Princely states covered one third of the land area of the British Indian Empire.

2.                          acts as a think tank of the Union Government.                               1

a) NITI Aayog

b) Yojana Aayog

c) Election Commission of India

d) Ministry of External Affairs

3. Which set of the Countries belonged to the NATO Group?                                     1

a)  Poland, Britain, Romania

b)  USA, Czech Republic, France

c)  Britain, France, west Germany

d) Spain, France, East Germany

4. Globalisation leads to each culture becoming                                                      1

a) More Different

b) More Transparent

c) More Distinctive

d) More Different and Distinctive

5. Which factors contributed to Pakistan’s failure in building a stable democracy?                    1

a) Dominance of the Military

b) Dominance of the clergy

c) Dominance of the landowning aristocracy

d) All of the above

6. Arab Spring began with----                                                                                       1

a) Russian Revolution

b) Tunisian Revolution

c) Egyptian Revolution

d)Syrian Revolution

7. ‘Choose the wrong statement:                                                                                    1

a) Six- point proposal of Sheikh Mujibur Rehman for greater autonomy to East Pakistan.

b) India and Pakistan conduct nuclear tests in 1998.

c) SAFTA signed at the 7th SAARC Summit in Islamabad.

d) India and Bangladesh sign the Farakka Treaty for sharing of the Ganga waters in 1996.
 

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