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


(i) Define ‘hegemony’.


(ii) Differentiate between the hegemony of hard power and hegemony of soft power.


(iii) Explain any two constraints on the American hegemony.

(i) Hegemony is the political or cultural dominance or authority over others. That is, the hegemony of the popular kids over other students means that they determine what is and is not cool.


(ii)



(iii) The two constraints on American Hegemony are:


1) Institutional architecture of the American State itself.


2) A system of division of power between the three branches of the government places significant brakes upon the unrestrained exercise of America’s military power by executive branch.


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

“India’s policy of non-alignment was neither negative nor passive. India was in favour of actively intervening in world affairs to soften Cold War rivalries. Nonalignment was not, as some suggest, a noble international cause, which had little to do with India’s real interests. In fact, a non-aligned posture served India’s interests in many ways. On the other hand, India’s policy of non-alignment was criticized also on a number of counts.”


i. Give any one example of a conflict between the Cold War rivals where India


Mediated to soften the warring factions.


ii. In which two ways did Non-alignment serve India’s interest?


iii. Highlight any two points of criticism against the India’s policy of nonalignment.

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Study the cartoon given below carefully and answer the questions that follow


a) The mighty soldier with a weapon represents which country?


b) What is the significance of the names of various countries written on his uniform?


c) What important message does the cartoon convey ?

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In the given outline political map of India, five states have been marked as A , B ,


C , D and E . All these states were created after 1956. Identify them with the help


of the information given below and write their correct names in your answer book


along with the serial number of the information used and the concerned alphabet


shown in the map as per the following table :



(i) The state came into existence in the year 1966.


(ii) The state was created in the year 1987.


(iii) The state was created in the year 1960.


(iv) The state came into being in the year 2000.


(v) The state was created in the year 1972.

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Note : The following questions are for the Visually Impaired Candidates only in lieu of Q. No. 21.


(i) When was the States Reorganisation Act passed ?


(ii) How many States and the Union Territories were created by the States Reorganisation Commission in 1956 ?


(iii) How many States and the Union Territories are there in India at present ?