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Note: The following questions are for the visually impaired students.

(a) The present world order is different from the cold war period. Justify


(b) Assess the implications of the US Hegemony economic terms on the world.

(a) During the cold war, the world was bipolar. There were two superpowers- US and USSR. The US had the ideology of capitalism and democracy, and the USSR had the ideology of communism and democracy. After the disintegration of USSR, The world shifted to a unipolar system. US hegemony was thus, established.

(b) The implications of the US Hegemony economic terms on the world are:


(i) Post the Second World War, the British naval army had collapsed. The US naval army had emerged to form hegemony.


(ii) The result of the US military research was the formation of the internet. This was a major step which succeeded. Most of the internet today is owned by the US.


(iii) The Us share in the world’s economy is 28%. It is basically present everywhere in some form or the other.


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Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

Article 370 gives greater autonomy to Jammu and Kashmir as compared to other states of India. The state has its own constitution. All provisions of the Indian constitution are not applicable to the state. Laws passed by the Parliament apply to J&K only if the state agrees. This special status has provoked two opposite reactions. There is a section of people outside J&K that believe that the special status of the state conferred by article 370 does not allow full integration of the state with India. This section feels that Article 370 should, therefore, be revoked and J&K should be like any other state in India.


a) The people of Kashmir have strongly resisted the question of repeal of article 370 from Indian


Constitution. Analyze any three reasons for the same.


(b) Suggest any two steps that can be taken to improve the situation in Kashmir.

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Interpret the given picture and answer the following questions:-


(a) The US hegemony is being constrained in the current scenario. Justify with two suitable examples.


(b) Assess the steps taken by India to deal with US hegemony in the current scenario.

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In the given political outline map of India, five states have been marked as (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E). Identify these states on the basis of the information given below and write their correct names in your answer book along with their respective serial number of the information used and the concerned alphabets as per the following format.


i) A state where Chipko movement was carried out.


ii) A state that was carved out of Assam in 1972.


iii) A Northeastern state that is suffering from separatist movement.


iv) The latest state of Indian Union.


v) A state where an organization of Dalit Panthers was formed.

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Note: The following question is for the visually impaired children in lieu of Q 21.

i) State which was the protectorate of India but became 22nd state of Indian Union.


ii) In which year Goa became a state of Indian Union.


iii) State where the Chipko Movement began.


iv) State where the operation Blue Star was launched.


v) A state associated with the formation of DK, DMK and AIADMK political parties.