Q20 of 29 Page 1

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


(a) Which country does this cartoon refer to?


(b) Evaluate any two changes in the economic policies of this country from ‘then’ to ‘now’.


(c) Assess any two outcomes of the latest changes that took place in this country.

(a) The cartoon refers to China.

China transformed its economic policy and introduced a new market economy. The new policies proved to be remarkable. Privatization in every sector developed the nations.


(b) Earlier the economy of China was based on the economic model, this led to the falling of industries. Then the policies took a major turn and China transformed its economic policy and introduced a new market economy. The new policies proved to be remarkable. Privatization in every sector developed the nations.


(b) The latest change :


1. The rise in agricultural production hence increases in personal savings.


2. Creation of Socio-Economic zones raised the foreign trade.


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

The Congress evolved from its origins in 1885 as a pressure group for the newly educated, professionals and commercial classes to a mass movement in the twentieth century. This laid the basis for its eventual transformation into a mass political party and its subsequent domination of the political system. Thus the Congress began as a party dominated by the English speaking, upper caste, upper middle class, and urban elite. But with every Civil Disobedience Movement, it launched, its social base widened.


(a) What is meant by a pressure group?


(b) Explain the reason for the Congress to be transformed into a rainbow-like social coalition by the time of Independence.


(c) What made the Congress into a mass political party in the twentieth century?

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

The Janata Party made the 1977 elections into a referendum on the Emergency. Its election campaign was focused on the non-democratic character of the Congress rule and on the various excesses that took place during this period. In the backdrop of arrests of thousands of persons and the censorship of the Press, the public opinion was against the Congress.


(a) What is meant by ‘referendum’?


(b) ‘‘Acts like arrests of thousands of persons and the censorship of the Press during the Emergency period were non-democratic.’’ Do you agree with the statement? Justify your answer with one suitable argument for/against each act.


(c) In spite of winning the 1977 elections with a thumping majority, why could the Janata Party remain in power only for a short period? Explain.

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(1) What is the full form of ASEAN?

(2) State the main objective of the ASEAN.


(3) What does the ‘ASEAN Way’ mean?

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In the given political outline map of India (on page 12), five States have been marked as and. Identify these States on the basis of the information given below and write their correct names in your answer-book along with the respective serial number of the information used and the concerned alphabet as per the following format :

































Sr. No. of the information used



Concerned Alphabet



Name of the State



(i)





(ii)





(iii)





(iv)





(v)





(i) The State where the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre took place.


(ii) The State where a Dairy Cooperative Movement under the name ‘Amul’ was launched.


(iii) The State which was benefitted by the ‘Green Revolution’.


(iv) The State which was created in 2000.


(v) The State which faced a near-famine situation during the 1960s.