Political Science: CUET Mock Test - 1 - CUET MCQ

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states, of which 28 are in Europe and the other 2 in North America. On 4th April, 1949.

The correct answer is Linguistic.

Key Points

• It submitted its report in September 1955 and broadly accepted language as the basis of the reorganization of states.
• However, it rejected the idea that language alone should determine state boundaries, emphasizing broader considerations. Its view was that the unity of India should be regarded as the primary consideration in any redrawing of the country’s political units.
• It identified four major factors that can be taken into account in any scheme of reorganization of states:
• Preservation and strengthening of the unity and security of the country.
• Linguistic and cultural homogeneity.
• Financial, economic and administrative considerations.

Additional Information

• The commission suggested abolishing the four-fold classification of states under the original Constitution and creating 16 states and 3 centrally administered territories. The Government of India accepted these recommendations with certain minor modifications.
• By the States Reorganization Act (1956) and the 7th Constitutional Amendment Act (1956), the distinction between Part-A and Part-B states was done away with and Part-C states were abolished.
• Some of them were merged with adjacent states, and others were designated as union territories. As a result, 14 states and 6 union territories were created on November 01, 1956.

Hence, according to the states reorganization commission, language should not be the only basis of the formation of a state.

The correct answer is Shyama Prasad Mukherjee.

Key Points

• Bhartiya Jana Sangh was founded in 1951 by Shyama Prasad Mukherjee.
• It emphasised on the idea of one country, one culture and one nation and believed that the country could become modern, progressive and strong on the basis of Indian culture and traditions.
• The party's lineage can be traced back to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Hindu Mahasabha before independence.
• It existed from 1951 till 1977.

Thus, we can say that the founder of Bhartiya Jana Sangh was Shyama Prasad Mukherjee.

The First Five Year Plan (1951–1956) was based on the Harrod-Domar model, a classical Keynesian model of economic growth used in development economics to explain an economy’s growth rate in terms of savings and capital productivity..

The correct answer is Option 4.

Key Points

• Verghese Kurien was an Indian engineer and entrepreneur who was regarded as the architect of India’s “ revolution,” which transformed the country from an importer of dairy products to the world’s largest milk producer through a system of farmer cooperatives.The cooperative’s chairman, Sri
• Tribhuvandas Patel, asked Kurien to help strengthen the organization. Kurien became manager of the cooperative (which later came to be called Amul and became one of the largest food producers in India).
• Ch. Charan Singh was an Indian politician who served briefly as prime minister (1979–80). Charan Singh opposed Jawaharlal Nehru on his socialist style economic reforms. in his opinion, cooperative farms would not succeed in India. Being a son of a farmer, Charan Singh advocated that the right of ownership was important to the farmer in remaining a cultivator.
• He wanted to preserve and stabilize a system of peasant proprietorship. Charan Singh's political career suffered due to his open criticism of Nehru's economic policy.
• His association with causes dear to farming communities in India caused his memorial in New Delhi to be named Kisan Ghat.
• When Famine hit Bihar in 1966-67, the government had “zoning” policies that prohibited the trade of food across states; this reduced the availability of food in Bihar dramatically.
• Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis was an Indian statistician who devised the Mahalanobis distance and was instrumental in formulating India’s strategy for industrialization in the Second Five-Year Plan (1956–61).
• He was also a member of the Planning Commission of India from 1955 to 1967. The Planning Commission’s Second Five-Year Plan encouraged the development of heavy industry in India and relied on Mahalanobis’s mathematical description of the Indian economy, which later became known as the Mahalanobis model.

The correct answer is 'Wheat Production'.

Key Points

• The Green Revolution, which started in the 1960s, significantly increased agricultural production in many parts of the world.
• It was most successful in increasing the production of staple crops, with a particular emphasis on wheat.
• Through the introduction of high-yielding varieties, along with improved irrigation, fertilization, and pest control methods, wheat production saw a significant rise.
• This was especially true in countries like India and Mexico, where the Green Revolution had a profound impact.

Additional Information

• Rice Production:
  • Although the Green Revolution also contributed to increased rice production, the most notable and immediate gains were seen in wheat.
  • Rice did benefit from similar improvements in cultivation techniques and high-yielding varieties, but the revolution is primarily known for its impact on wheat production.
• Oil Seeds Production:
  • The Green Revolution's focus was more on staple food crops like wheat and rice rather than on oil seeds.
  • While there were improvements in the production of various crops, the revolution is not particularly noted for its impact on oil seeds production.
• Lentils Production:
  • Similar to oil seeds, lentils (and other legumes) did see some benefit from the agricultural advancements of the Green Revolution.
  • However, these were not the primary focus, and the impact on lentils production was not as significant as it was on wheat.

The fall of the Berlin Wall

The correct answer is A. Mikhail Gorbachev introduced the reforms of Glasnost (openness) and Perestroika (restructuring) to democratize and restructure the Soviet system, as stated in the passage.

The correct answer is B. The immediate consequence of Gorbachev’s reforms, Glasnost and Perestroika, was increased nationalist movements and the collapse of central Soviet control, as these reforms weakened the Soviet Union’s centralized authority, leading to its disintegration.

The correct answer is B. The Soviet Union disintegrated in 1991, as noted in the passage, marking the end of the Cold War and the independence of its former republics.

The correct answer is B. The end of the Cold War, marked by the Soviet Union’s disintegration in 1991, resulted in the US emerging as the sole superpower, shifting global power dynamics as the bipolar structure collapsed.

The correct answer is A. The European Union (EU) and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) emerged as alternative centers of political and economic power after the Cold War, as stated in the passage.

The correct answer is B. The main impact of China’s economic rise, as highlighted in the passage, is that it has shifted global power dynamics, contributing to a challenge against the unipolar world system dominated by the US.

The correct answer is B. A key feature of the European Union (EU) is that it is a political and economic bloc, as indicated by its role in shaping a cooperative regional order in the passage.

The correct answer is B. Unlike the EU, which integrates member states into a political and economic bloc, ASEAN respects national sovereignty and avoids supranational structures, focusing on cooperative regional order as noted in the passage.

The correct answer is B. The passage mentions the rise of China, the European Union (EU), and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) as a challenge to the unipolar world system, as their growing influence limits America’s dominance.

The correct answer is:

D: February 1971

The fifth general election to the Lok Sabha was held in February–March 1971. This election was called early by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi after she split from the Congress (O) faction, leading to the formation of the Congress (R). Her party won a massive majority, securing 352 seats.

The correct answer is:

B) May 1967

Indira Gandhi got the Congress Working Committee (CWC) to adopt the Ten Point Programme in May 1967. This program was introduced after the 1967 general elections, where the Congress party faced significant losses, and it aimed to address socio-economic issues like poverty, inequality, and land reforms to regain public support.

The correct answer is:

D: Karpoori Thakur

Explanation:

Karpoori Thakur, the socialist leader and former Chief Minister of Bihar, strongly opposed the English language, viewing it as a tool of elitism that marginalized rural and backward classes. He advocated for Hindi and regional languages (like Bhojpuri/Maithili) in education and governance to ensure accessibility for the masses.

Jawaharlal Nehru became the Prime Minister after the first general elections.

C. Rajagopalachari was a senior leader of Congress and literary writer; and a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi. He was a member of Constituent Assembly and the first Indian to be the Governor General of India.   He was the founder of the Swatantra Party (1959).

The Constitution of India was adopted on the 26 November 1949 and it came into effect on the 26 January 1950.

The Palk Strait is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Mannar district of the Northern Province of the island nation of Sri Lanka.

The Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord was an accord signed in Colombo on 29 July, 1987, between Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayewardene. The accord was expected to resolve the Sri Lankan Civil War by enabling the thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka and the Provincial Councils Act of 1987. Under the terms of the agreement, Colombo agreed to a devolution of power to the provinces, the Sri Lankan troops were to be withdrawn to their barracks in the north and the Tamil rebels were to surrender their arms.

He demanded autonomy for eastern region. In the 1970 elections in the then Pakistan, the Awami League led by Sheikh Mujib won all the seats in East Pakistan and secured a majority in the proposed constituent Assembly for the whole of Pakistan.

Originally the term ‘smog’ meant a combination of smoke and fog but it is recently referred to a combination of fine particulate matter and ground level ozone.

The Constitution of India under Article 29 and 30 provides for protecting cultural and educational rights of minorities by ensuring that minorities may preserve their distinctive languages and establish and administer their own education institutions.

The areas that requires the common governance by the international community is referred to as global commons. It raises problems of managing the goods that belong to the whole community.

The correct answer is B. Cuba, due to its proximity to the United States, became a vital Cold War ally of the Soviet Union under Fidel Castro. The Soviet Union provided extensive diplomatic, financial, military, and political assistance to Cuba, as reflected in their strong economic and strategic relationship

The correct answer is C. The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis of 1962, was a 13-day confrontation (October 16–28, 1962) between the United States and the Soviet Union, triggered by the USSR placing nuclear missiles in Cuba.