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Read the passage given below carefully and answer the following questions :

Things changed after independence and partition. Our leaders felt that carving out states on the basis of language might lead to disruption and disintegration. It was also felt that this would draw attention away from other social and economic challenges that the country faced. Therefore, the central leadership decided to postpone matters.......


(i) Highlight any one major change that took place in India due to independence and partition.


(ii) Mention two more reasons other than the ones mentioned in the passage, which were responsible for the postponement of carving out states.


(iii) Why was this postponement challenged by some local people and where ? Give any one example.


OR


Read the passage given below carefully and answer the following questions :


Most parts of the country voted in January 1952. It took six months for the campaigning, polling and counting to be completed. Elections were competitive — there were on an average more than four candidates for each seat. The level of participation was encouraging — more than half the eligible voters turned out to vote on the day of elections. When the results were declared, these were accepted as fair even by the losers. This experiment of Universal Adult Franchise proved the critics wrong.


(i) What is meant by Universal Adult Franchise ?


(ii) Explain any two reasons due to which it took about six months to complete the first general elections in 1952.


(iii) How did the elections held in 1952 in India prove that democracy could be practised anywhere in the world ?



(i) One major change which took place in India due to partition is- there was large scale emigration of population, who were mainly Muslim, to Pakistan.

(ii) Two reasons mentioned for responsible for the postponement of the carving out states:


> The fates of all the Princely States were not yet decided.
> The memory of partition was still afresh in the minds of people.
(iii) The postponement was challenged by the local people of Madras, who wanted a separate Telugu speaking state.


Vishalandhra Movement called for the formation of a separate state of Andhra Pradesh.
OR
(i) Universal Adult Franchise is the right given to all the adults above 18years of age to cast their votes to elect the representatives of the government.
(ii) Two reasons due to which it took six months to complete the first general election in 1952 are:


• It was postponed twice since 1951.


• It took a long time for campaigning and polling the votes.


(iii) After the 1952 general election results, even the losers accepted it as a fair election and the government was formed. It proved that democracy can be applied even in poor nations which also lacked education. Thus it proved the critics of democracy wrong and showed that democracy can be practised anywhere.


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Read the passage given below carefully and answer the following questions :

It meant the end of Cold War confrontations. The ideological dispute over whether the socialist system would beat the capitalist system was not an issue any more. Since this dispute had engaged the military of the two blocs, had triggered a massive arms race and accumulation of nuclear weapons ........, the end of confrontation demanded an end to this arms race and a possible new peace.


(i) Name the two alliances that were in confrontation during the Cold War.


(ii) Why did the arms race lead to a demand for peace ? Explain.


(iii) Why was accumulation of nuclear weapons considered as a great danger to the global environment ?


OR


Read the passage given below carefully and answer the following questions :


Non-alignment is also not neutrality. Neutrality refers principally to a policy of staying out of war. States practising neutrality are not required to help end a war. They do not get involved in wars and do not take any position on the appropriateness or morality of a war. Non-aligned states, including India, were actually involved in wars for various reasons.


(i) Define Non-alignment.


(ii) Differentiate between non-alignment and neutrality.


(iii) Inspite of being non-aligned states, why were some states involved in war ? Give any one reason.


 18

Read the passage given below carefully and answer the following questions :

The Indian security strategy is geared towards meeting security challenges within the country. Several militant groups, from time to time, have sought to break away from India. India has tried to preserve national unity by adopting a democratic political system.


(i) The militants of which two areas have sought to break away from India ?


(ii) In your opinion, how far is the demand of the militant groups to break away from India justified ? Explain.


(iii) In which two ways does the democratic political system help to bring unity in diversity in India ?


 20

Study the cartoon given below carefully and answer the following questions :


(i) Write the full form of SAARC.


(ii) What message is being given by the placement of seats in the cartoon with respect to India and Pakistan ?


(iii) Assess the success of SAARC in improving the relations among its member states.


 20 A

Note :The following questions are for the Visually Impaired Candidates only, in lieu of Question No. 20 :

(20.1) Write the full form of SAARC.


(20.2) Assess the relations between India and China after 1991.


(20.3) ‘‘Given the size and power of India, its neighbours are bound to be suspicious of India’s intentions.’’ Justify the statement with a suitable argument.