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Analyze the circumstances that you think were responsible for the declaration of Emergency in 1975.

The circumstances that you think were responsible for the declaration of Emergency in 1975 was:

1. The unrest among the public was rising.


2. The agitations in Bihar and Gujarat increased due to the rise in prices, corruption, and unemployment.


3. There was an anti-government call by Ramilla Maidau.


4. The Allahabad Court had given their judgment against Indira Gandhi.


5. She began to fear the loosing of Prime Ministership.


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Describe any four features of the ideology of the ‘‘Swatantra Party’’ founded in 1959.

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Describe the changes that took place in the ideology of the Communist Party of India from 1920 to the first general elections in India in 1952.


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Describe the role of the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, in formulating and implementing the foreign policy of India.

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Describe any four factors that influenced the foreign policy of India after independence.


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The passage is given below carefully and answer the following questions :

The old system of social welfare was systematically destroyed. The withdrawal of government subsidies pushed large sections of the people into poverty. The middle classes were pushed to the periphery of society..... Besides, privatization led to more disparities.


(i) What is meant by government subsidy?


(ii) How did the withdrawal of government subsidy lead the people into poverty?


(iii) Do you support or oppose the policy of privatization? Support your answer with any two suitable arguments.


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


The non-aligned countries were more than merely mediators during the Cold War. The challenge for most of the non-aligned countries — a majority of them were categorized as the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) — was to be more developed economically and to lift their people out of poverty. Economic development was also vital for the independence of the new countries. Without sustained development, a country could not be truly free.


(i) Name any two founder countries of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) during the Cold War period.


(ii) Suggest any two methods to lift the people of the Least Developed Countries out of poverty.


(iii) Explain the concept of ‘sustained development’.