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How did the methods of voting in free India go on changing from time to time till day? Explain the reasons also.

The changes that occurred in voting methods :

1. In 1952 first general election was held, through the ballot box. The boxes had names of the candidates and the voters would drop a paper into the desired box.


2. After the first two elections, the ballot paper would bear the name and symbol of the party and the voter would put a stamp against the candidate.


3. Since 1990, electronic voting machines have been inducted.


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Highlight any four negative consequences of globalization for the people of India.

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Explain the circumstances that led to the accession of Hyderabad to India.

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Analyze any four factors responsible for the downfall of the Janata Government in 1979.

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Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :

In the event of a nuclear war, both sides will be so badly harmed that it will be


impossible to declare one side or the other as the winner, even if one of them tries to


attack and disable the nuclear weapons of its rival, the other would still be left with


enough nuclear weapons to inflict unacceptable destruction. Both sides have the


capacity to retaliate against an attack and to cause so much destruction that neither


can afford to initiate war. Thus, the cold war – in spite of being an intense form of


rivalry between great powers – remained a ‘cold’ and not hot or shooting war. The


deterrence relationship prevents war but not the rivalry between powers.


(i) Why did intense rivalry between the superpowers remain a cold war only?


(ii) Why can’t a nuclear war between the two nuclear powers be decisive?


(iii) Explain the logic of ‘deterrence’.