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 ?

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.

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.

Analyse any four major developments in Indian politics after 1989.

OR

Examine the main provisions of the Rajiv Gandhi-Longowal Accord of 1985. How far was the Accord successful in bringing back normalcy in Punjab ? Explain.

“Among the post-Communist countries after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, India’s relations with Russia have been the strongest.” Support the statement with any three examples.

OR

How did the idea of a New International Economic Order (N.I.E.O) originate ? In

1972, which four reforms were proposed by UNCTAD to benefit the Least

Developed Countries’ (LDCs)?