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Note: The following questions are for visually impaired candidates only


in lieu of Q No. 21.


(i) why was Indian Peace Keeping Force sent to Sri Lanka and to what result?


(ii) Explain Indo - Pak problem of sharing of river waters.


(iii) who led the pro-democratic, largely non-violent, movement in Nepal?

(i) Indian Peace Keeping Force sent to established peace in Sri Lanka. The result was without success IPKF pooled out of Shri Lanka without attaining objective.


(ii) Many of our rivers originate from India and flow through Pakistan. Since 1947 both the countries (had fierce arguments over the sharing of water.


(iii) The Seven Party Alliance, the Maoists and social activists.


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Note: The following questions are for the visually impaired candidates only in lieu of Q No. 20:


(i) who was the Prime Minister of the government formed by the National Front in 1989?


(ii) How many seats did the Congress Party win in the Lok Sabha elections of 1984 and 1989 respectively?


(iii) what were the recommendations of the Mandal Commission?

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In the given outline map of South Asia, five countries have been marked as (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E). Identify them on the basis of the information given below and write their correct names in your answer book with their respective serial number of the information used and the alphabet concerned as per the following format:

Sr No. of the information used-Alphabet Concerned-Name of the Country


(a) The country has experienced civilian as well as military rule both.


(b) Democracy was restored in this country in 2006.


(c) This country is still a monarchy.


(d) The Parliament of this country voted unanimously to introduce multi-


party system in June 2005.


(e) This country is a part of India’s Look East Policy via Myanmar.

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How did the Soviet Union suddenly disintegrate ? Explain any six reasons.

OR


Why was the end of the Second World War considered to be the beginning of Cold War ? Explain.

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Resistance is the only option available to overcome the hegemony. Justify the statement by comparing it to other antihegemony strategies

OR


Assess the role of ASEAN as an economic association.