SAMPLE PAPER
POLITICAL SCIENCE-2025-26
CLASS- XII
SECTION-A- (1 MARK EACH)
1. Fill in the blank
tried to impose the NPT of 1968 on the rest of the world.
2. Who considered both capitalism and socialism equally irrelevant for Indian Society?
a. Ram Manohar Lohia
b. Jayaprakash Narayan
c. Deendayal Upadhyay
d. Sardar Patel
3. Who considered both capitalism and socialism equally irrelevant for Indian Society
a. Ram Manohar Lohia
b. Jayaprakash Narayan
c. Deendayal Upadhyay
d. Sardar Patel
4. Which member of European Union is one the permanent members of the United Nations
Security Council?
a. Germany
b. France
c. Italy
d. Britain
5. Arrange the following in chronological order-
I) China ended its political and economic isolation
II) Communist revolution under the leadership of Mao Zedong.
III) Open door policy under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping
IV) Premier Zhou Enlai proposed the four modernizations
a. I, IV, III, II
b. II, I, III, IV
c. II, I, IV, III
d. III, IV, I, II
6. Assertion: UNICEF was established in 1946 by the United Nations General Assembly.
Reason: It collects worldwide emergency fund for children and helps in their development
work.
7. Match the followings:
(a) Confidence Building Measures (i) Giving up certain types of weapons
(b) Arms Control (ii) process of exchanging information on defense matters between nations on
a regular basis.
(c) Alliance (iii) A coalition of nations meant to deter or defend against military attack.
(d) Disarmament (iv) Regulates the acquisition or development of weapons.
a. (a) – (iv), (b) – (iii), (c) – (ii), (d) – (i)
b. (a) – (ii), (b) – (iv), (c) – (iii), (d) – (i)
c. (a) – (iv), (b) – (i), (c) – (ii), (d) – (iii)
d. (a) – (i), (b) – (iii), (c) – (ii), (d) – (iv)
8. Which one of the following leaders was not a part of Nehru’s first cabinet? (1)
a. Rajagopalachari
b. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
c. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
d. Mahatma Gandhi
9. _____________ensures that rivals do not go to war through misunderstanding or
misconception.
a. Alliance Building
b. Confidence Building
c. Balance of power
d. Arms Control
10. Name the founder President of ‘Congress Socialist Party’.
a. K.M. Munshi
b. Acharya Narendra Dev
c. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
d. Minoo Masani
11. Which one of the following Chinese leaders was accompanied by Dalai Lama during the
visit to India in 1956?
a. Hua Guofeng
b. Zhao Ziyang
c. Premier Zhou Enlai
d. Li Peng
12. Assertion (A) India supports an increase in the number of both permanent and non-
permanent members of UN Security Council.
Reason (R) India itself is not interested to be a permanent member of UN Security Council.
SECTION- B- (2 MM EACH)
13. Enumerate any two principles of Nehru’s Foreign Policy.
14. Differentiate between the Capitalist and socialist models of development within two points.
15. Highlight the two major ideological difference between Bhartiya Jan Sangh and Indian national
congress.
[Link] are the new economic policies of China since 1978.
17 Suggest any two major changes to improve the function of security council.
18 Before 1971 which two reasons were a source of resentment among the people of East Pakistan against
West Pakistan?
SECTION-C- 4 MARKS EACH
19. Analyze the components of India’s security strategy.
20. Though UN is an imperfect body but can the world survive without its presence?
21. ‘In spite of the conflict, Sri Lanka has registered considerable economic growth and recorded
high levels of human development’. Support the statement.
OR
Highlight any four hurdles in the path of building a stable democracy in Pakistan.
22. Why did India interfere in the affairs of East Pakistan?
23. In contemporary world India can be made as the permanent member of Security Council. Give
reasons in the support of this statement.
SECTION-D- 4 MARKS EACH
24. Study the cartoon carefully and answer the questions that follow- (2+2=4)
a. Which issue is being raised in this cartoon?
b. Do you think the issue being raised is taking India towards Prosperity?
Support your answer.
25. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: (2+1+2=5)
At the simplest level, globalization results in an erosion of state capacity, that is, the ability
of government to do what they do? All over the world, the old welfare
state is now giving way to a more minimalist state that perform certain core function such as
the maintenance of law and order and the security of its citizens. However, it withdraws
from many of its earlier welfare functions directed at economic and social well- being. In
place of the welfare state it is the market that becomes the prime determinant of economic
and social priorities.
1) What do the words “erosion of state capacity “implies? Explain with the
help of an example.
2) Why is the concept of welfare state giving way to a minimalist state?
3) How has market become the prime determinant of social priorities?
26. Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow:
The socialists believed in the ideology of democratic socialism which distinguishes them both
from the Congress as well as from the Communists. They criticized the congress for favoring
capitalists and landlords and for ignoring the workers and the peasants. But the socialists faced a
dilemma when in 1995, the Congress declared
its goal to be the socialists’ pattern of society. Thus, it became difficult for the socialists
to present themselves as an effective alternative to the Congress. Some of them, led by
Lohia, increased their distance from and criticism of the Congress party. Some others like
Asoka Mehta advocated cooperation with the congress.
a. Mention the ideology of Socialists
b. Why did it become difficult for socialists to present themselves as an
effective alternative to the congress?
27. In the given outline Political map of India. Locate them on the basis
of the information given below:
a. State related with social leader and thinker Ram Manohar Lohia
b. State apart from Andhra Pradesh
c. State related to the former president of India V.V. Giri.
d. The state in which India had done second nuclear test.
SECTION-E- 6 MARKS EACH
28. Why does ASEAN as an economic association?
OR
Distinguish between the internal and external notion of traditional security
29. ‘Reforming the UN means restructuring of the Security Council’. Justify this statement with
suitable arguments.
OR
What makes the UN an indispensable organization? What steps should be taken to make the UN
more relevant in the changing context?
30. India should leave its policy of non- alignment and align with the U.S. Do you agree with this
statement? Support your answer.
OR
Write about Pakistan’s changing relationship with India.
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