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Political Science (028) 
Sample Question Paper (Term I) 
2021-2022 
CLASS: XII 
Time: 90 Minutes MM: 40 
 
General Instructions- 
1. The question paper has three sections as A, B & C. 
2. Section A has 24 questions, attempt any 20 questions. 
3. Section B has 24 questions, attempt any 20 questions. 
4. Section C has 12 questions, attempt any 10 questions. 
5. There is only one correct option for every question. Marks will not be awarded for 
marking more than one option. 
6. All questions carry equal marks. There is no negative marking. 
Section A 
Attempt any 20 questions. 
 
1. Newly independent countries got an option to stay away from any of the alliances, 
since the time  was created. 
 
a) NATO 
b) CENTO 
c) Warsaw Pact 
d) NAM 
 
2. The smaller states were important for super powers due to:- 
 
i. Vital resources 
ii. Territory 
iii. Economic support 
 
Identify the correct option. 
a) i & iii 
b) i & ii 
c) ii & iii 
d) i, ii & iii 
 
3. Who appoints the Vice-Chairperson of NITI Aayog? 
 
a) The Prime Minister 
b) The President 
c) The Chief Executive Officer 
d) The Finance Minister 
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Political Science (028) 
Sample Question Paper (Term I) 
2021-2022 
CLASS: XII 
Time: 90 Minutes MM: 40 
 
General Instructions- 
1. The question paper has three sections as A, B & C. 
2. Section A has 24 questions, attempt any 20 questions. 
3. Section B has 24 questions, attempt any 20 questions. 
4. Section C has 12 questions, attempt any 10 questions. 
5. There is only one correct option for every question. Marks will not be awarded for 
marking more than one option. 
6. All questions carry equal marks. There is no negative marking. 
Section A 
Attempt any 20 questions. 
 
1. Newly independent countries got an option to stay away from any of the alliances, 
since the time  was created. 
 
a) NATO 
b) CENTO 
c) Warsaw Pact 
d) NAM 
 
2. The smaller states were important for super powers due to:- 
 
i. Vital resources 
ii. Territory 
iii. Economic support 
 
Identify the correct option. 
a) i & iii 
b) i & ii 
c) ii & iii 
d) i, ii & iii 
 
3. Who appoints the Vice-Chairperson of NITI Aayog? 
 
a) The Prime Minister 
b) The President 
c) The Chief Executive Officer 
d) The Finance Minister 
4. Which among the following statements about Soviet System is not true:- 
 
a) The Soviet Union had complex communication. 
b) It had a complex machinery production system and transport sector that connected 
its remotest areas with efficiency. 
c) It had a domestic consumer industry that produced everything from pins to cars. 
d) Soviet Union disintegrated in 1992. 
 
5.   Policy has been adopted by NITI Aayog. 
 
a) Make in India 
b) Made in India 
c) Startup India 
d) Ayushman Bharat 
 
6. Who were the three leaders who floated the idea of NAM? 
 
a) Nehru, Tito, Nasser 
b) Nehru, Sukarno, Shah 
c) Nehru, Nkrumah, Shah 
d) Nehru, Shah, Tito 
 
7. Where did Pakistan conduct its nuclear tests? 
 
a) Patkai hills 
b) Chagai hills 
c) Naga hills 
d) Kargil hills 
 
8. Which was the biggest challenge before the newly independent India? 
 
a) National Integration 
b) Industrialisation 
c) Population 
d) Unemployment 
 
9. Which of these statements about Non-Aligned Movement is incorrect? 
 
a) Enabling newly decolonized countries to pursue independent policies 
b) Refusal to joining any military alliance 
c) Following a policy of neutrality on global issues 
d) Focus on elimination of global economic inequalities 
 
10. Arrange the following in the chronological order of their establishment: 
 
i) The World Trade Organisation 
ii) Amnesty International 
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Political Science (028) 
Sample Question Paper (Term I) 
2021-2022 
CLASS: XII 
Time: 90 Minutes MM: 40 
 
General Instructions- 
1. The question paper has three sections as A, B & C. 
2. Section A has 24 questions, attempt any 20 questions. 
3. Section B has 24 questions, attempt any 20 questions. 
4. Section C has 12 questions, attempt any 10 questions. 
5. There is only one correct option for every question. Marks will not be awarded for 
marking more than one option. 
6. All questions carry equal marks. There is no negative marking. 
Section A 
Attempt any 20 questions. 
 
1. Newly independent countries got an option to stay away from any of the alliances, 
since the time  was created. 
 
a) NATO 
b) CENTO 
c) Warsaw Pact 
d) NAM 
 
2. The smaller states were important for super powers due to:- 
 
i. Vital resources 
ii. Territory 
iii. Economic support 
 
Identify the correct option. 
a) i & iii 
b) i & ii 
c) ii & iii 
d) i, ii & iii 
 
3. Who appoints the Vice-Chairperson of NITI Aayog? 
 
a) The Prime Minister 
b) The President 
c) The Chief Executive Officer 
d) The Finance Minister 
4. Which among the following statements about Soviet System is not true:- 
 
a) The Soviet Union had complex communication. 
b) It had a complex machinery production system and transport sector that connected 
its remotest areas with efficiency. 
c) It had a domestic consumer industry that produced everything from pins to cars. 
d) Soviet Union disintegrated in 1992. 
 
5.   Policy has been adopted by NITI Aayog. 
 
a) Make in India 
b) Made in India 
c) Startup India 
d) Ayushman Bharat 
 
6. Who were the three leaders who floated the idea of NAM? 
 
a) Nehru, Tito, Nasser 
b) Nehru, Sukarno, Shah 
c) Nehru, Nkrumah, Shah 
d) Nehru, Shah, Tito 
 
7. Where did Pakistan conduct its nuclear tests? 
 
a) Patkai hills 
b) Chagai hills 
c) Naga hills 
d) Kargil hills 
 
8. Which was the biggest challenge before the newly independent India? 
 
a) National Integration 
b) Industrialisation 
c) Population 
d) Unemployment 
 
9. Which of these statements about Non-Aligned Movement is incorrect? 
 
a) Enabling newly decolonized countries to pursue independent policies 
b) Refusal to joining any military alliance 
c) Following a policy of neutrality on global issues 
d) Focus on elimination of global economic inequalities 
 
10. Arrange the following in the chronological order of their establishment: 
 
i) The World Trade Organisation 
ii) Amnesty International 
iii) League of Nations 
iv) World Bank 
 
a) iii, iv,i, ii 
b) iv, iii, ii, i 
c) ii, iii, iv, i 
d) i, ii,iii, iv 
 
11. Which from the following is concerned with the safe and peaceful use of nuclear 
technology under the UN System: 
 
a) UN International Safeguard Committee 
b) UN Security Council 
c) International Atomic Energy Agency 
d) Amnesty International 
 
12. India conducted its I and II nuclear tests at Pokhran in the year  and  . 
 
a) 1978, 1991 
b)  1971, 1992 
c) 1974, 1998 
d)  1974, 1996 
 
13. The Arab Spring did not transcend which of the following countries? 
 
a) Tunisia 
b) Libya 
c) Iran 
d) Yemen 
 
14. Which among the following is not an outcome of the disintegration of the USSR? 
 
a) End of the ideological war between the US and the USSR. 
b) Birth of CIS. 
c) Change in balance of power in the world order. 
d) Crisis in the Middle East. 
 
15. The three major objectives of Nehru's foreign policy were: 
 
i) To preserve the hard-earned sovereignty. 
ii) To protect territorial integrity. 
iii) To promote rapid economic development. 
iv) To establish a Capitalist System in India. 
 
Select the correct answer using the force given below: 
a) i, ii and iv only. 
b) ii, iii and iv only. 
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Political Science (028) 
Sample Question Paper (Term I) 
2021-2022 
CLASS: XII 
Time: 90 Minutes MM: 40 
 
General Instructions- 
1. The question paper has three sections as A, B & C. 
2. Section A has 24 questions, attempt any 20 questions. 
3. Section B has 24 questions, attempt any 20 questions. 
4. Section C has 12 questions, attempt any 10 questions. 
5. There is only one correct option for every question. Marks will not be awarded for 
marking more than one option. 
6. All questions carry equal marks. There is no negative marking. 
Section A 
Attempt any 20 questions. 
 
1. Newly independent countries got an option to stay away from any of the alliances, 
since the time  was created. 
 
a) NATO 
b) CENTO 
c) Warsaw Pact 
d) NAM 
 
2. The smaller states were important for super powers due to:- 
 
i. Vital resources 
ii. Territory 
iii. Economic support 
 
Identify the correct option. 
a) i & iii 
b) i & ii 
c) ii & iii 
d) i, ii & iii 
 
3. Who appoints the Vice-Chairperson of NITI Aayog? 
 
a) The Prime Minister 
b) The President 
c) The Chief Executive Officer 
d) The Finance Minister 
4. Which among the following statements about Soviet System is not true:- 
 
a) The Soviet Union had complex communication. 
b) It had a complex machinery production system and transport sector that connected 
its remotest areas with efficiency. 
c) It had a domestic consumer industry that produced everything from pins to cars. 
d) Soviet Union disintegrated in 1992. 
 
5.   Policy has been adopted by NITI Aayog. 
 
a) Make in India 
b) Made in India 
c) Startup India 
d) Ayushman Bharat 
 
6. Who were the three leaders who floated the idea of NAM? 
 
a) Nehru, Tito, Nasser 
b) Nehru, Sukarno, Shah 
c) Nehru, Nkrumah, Shah 
d) Nehru, Shah, Tito 
 
7. Where did Pakistan conduct its nuclear tests? 
 
a) Patkai hills 
b) Chagai hills 
c) Naga hills 
d) Kargil hills 
 
8. Which was the biggest challenge before the newly independent India? 
 
a) National Integration 
b) Industrialisation 
c) Population 
d) Unemployment 
 
9. Which of these statements about Non-Aligned Movement is incorrect? 
 
a) Enabling newly decolonized countries to pursue independent policies 
b) Refusal to joining any military alliance 
c) Following a policy of neutrality on global issues 
d) Focus on elimination of global economic inequalities 
 
10. Arrange the following in the chronological order of their establishment: 
 
i) The World Trade Organisation 
ii) Amnesty International 
iii) League of Nations 
iv) World Bank 
 
a) iii, iv,i, ii 
b) iv, iii, ii, i 
c) ii, iii, iv, i 
d) i, ii,iii, iv 
 
11. Which from the following is concerned with the safe and peaceful use of nuclear 
technology under the UN System: 
 
a) UN International Safeguard Committee 
b) UN Security Council 
c) International Atomic Energy Agency 
d) Amnesty International 
 
12. India conducted its I and II nuclear tests at Pokhran in the year  and  . 
 
a) 1978, 1991 
b)  1971, 1992 
c) 1974, 1998 
d)  1974, 1996 
 
13. The Arab Spring did not transcend which of the following countries? 
 
a) Tunisia 
b) Libya 
c) Iran 
d) Yemen 
 
14. Which among the following is not an outcome of the disintegration of the USSR? 
 
a) End of the ideological war between the US and the USSR. 
b) Birth of CIS. 
c) Change in balance of power in the world order. 
d) Crisis in the Middle East. 
 
15. The three major objectives of Nehru's foreign policy were: 
 
i) To preserve the hard-earned sovereignty. 
ii) To protect territorial integrity. 
iii) To promote rapid economic development. 
iv) To establish a Capitalist System in India. 
 
Select the correct answer using the force given below: 
a) i, ii and iv only. 
b) ii, iii and iv only. 
c) i, ii and iii only. 
d) ii, iii and iv only. 
 
16. Which of the following is not the disputed site between India and China? 
a) Doklam 
b) Galwan Valley 
c) Depsang Plains 
d) Lipulekh Pass 
 
17. The Nizam wanted an independent status for Hyderabad. He entered into what was 
called the standstill agreement with India in November 1947 for _ while negotiations 
with the Indian Government were going on. 
 
a) A year 
b) Three years 
c) Two years 
d) Six months 
 
18. “The foreign policy of a country is the outcome of her economic policy" these 
remarks were made by – 
 
a) Indira Gandhi 
b) Jawahar Lal Nehru 
c) Morarji Desai 
d) Charan Singh 
 
19. The high point of Cold War was – 
 
a) Cuban Missile Crisis. 
b) Atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 
c) Establishment of SEATO and CENTO. 
d) Establishment of NATO 
 
20. What is “Amnesty International”? 
 
a) Nuclear Safety Organisation 
b) Government organisation 
c) Non-Government organisation 
d) Human Development Organisation 
 
21. Choose the odd one out of the following statements. 
 
(a) States Reorganization Act-1956 
(b) Partition of India-1947 
(c) Number of Princely States-512 
(d) Independence of India-1947 
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Political Science (028) 
Sample Question Paper (Term I) 
2021-2022 
CLASS: XII 
Time: 90 Minutes MM: 40 
 
General Instructions- 
1. The question paper has three sections as A, B & C. 
2. Section A has 24 questions, attempt any 20 questions. 
3. Section B has 24 questions, attempt any 20 questions. 
4. Section C has 12 questions, attempt any 10 questions. 
5. There is only one correct option for every question. Marks will not be awarded for 
marking more than one option. 
6. All questions carry equal marks. There is no negative marking. 
Section A 
Attempt any 20 questions. 
 
1. Newly independent countries got an option to stay away from any of the alliances, 
since the time  was created. 
 
a) NATO 
b) CENTO 
c) Warsaw Pact 
d) NAM 
 
2. The smaller states were important for super powers due to:- 
 
i. Vital resources 
ii. Territory 
iii. Economic support 
 
Identify the correct option. 
a) i & iii 
b) i & ii 
c) ii & iii 
d) i, ii & iii 
 
3. Who appoints the Vice-Chairperson of NITI Aayog? 
 
a) The Prime Minister 
b) The President 
c) The Chief Executive Officer 
d) The Finance Minister 
4. Which among the following statements about Soviet System is not true:- 
 
a) The Soviet Union had complex communication. 
b) It had a complex machinery production system and transport sector that connected 
its remotest areas with efficiency. 
c) It had a domestic consumer industry that produced everything from pins to cars. 
d) Soviet Union disintegrated in 1992. 
 
5.   Policy has been adopted by NITI Aayog. 
 
a) Make in India 
b) Made in India 
c) Startup India 
d) Ayushman Bharat 
 
6. Who were the three leaders who floated the idea of NAM? 
 
a) Nehru, Tito, Nasser 
b) Nehru, Sukarno, Shah 
c) Nehru, Nkrumah, Shah 
d) Nehru, Shah, Tito 
 
7. Where did Pakistan conduct its nuclear tests? 
 
a) Patkai hills 
b) Chagai hills 
c) Naga hills 
d) Kargil hills 
 
8. Which was the biggest challenge before the newly independent India? 
 
a) National Integration 
b) Industrialisation 
c) Population 
d) Unemployment 
 
9. Which of these statements about Non-Aligned Movement is incorrect? 
 
a) Enabling newly decolonized countries to pursue independent policies 
b) Refusal to joining any military alliance 
c) Following a policy of neutrality on global issues 
d) Focus on elimination of global economic inequalities 
 
10. Arrange the following in the chronological order of their establishment: 
 
i) The World Trade Organisation 
ii) Amnesty International 
iii) League of Nations 
iv) World Bank 
 
a) iii, iv,i, ii 
b) iv, iii, ii, i 
c) ii, iii, iv, i 
d) i, ii,iii, iv 
 
11. Which from the following is concerned with the safe and peaceful use of nuclear 
technology under the UN System: 
 
a) UN International Safeguard Committee 
b) UN Security Council 
c) International Atomic Energy Agency 
d) Amnesty International 
 
12. India conducted its I and II nuclear tests at Pokhran in the year  and  . 
 
a) 1978, 1991 
b)  1971, 1992 
c) 1974, 1998 
d)  1974, 1996 
 
13. The Arab Spring did not transcend which of the following countries? 
 
a) Tunisia 
b) Libya 
c) Iran 
d) Yemen 
 
14. Which among the following is not an outcome of the disintegration of the USSR? 
 
a) End of the ideological war between the US and the USSR. 
b) Birth of CIS. 
c) Change in balance of power in the world order. 
d) Crisis in the Middle East. 
 
15. The three major objectives of Nehru's foreign policy were: 
 
i) To preserve the hard-earned sovereignty. 
ii) To protect territorial integrity. 
iii) To promote rapid economic development. 
iv) To establish a Capitalist System in India. 
 
Select the correct answer using the force given below: 
a) i, ii and iv only. 
b) ii, iii and iv only. 
c) i, ii and iii only. 
d) ii, iii and iv only. 
 
16. Which of the following is not the disputed site between India and China? 
a) Doklam 
b) Galwan Valley 
c) Depsang Plains 
d) Lipulekh Pass 
 
17. The Nizam wanted an independent status for Hyderabad. He entered into what was 
called the standstill agreement with India in November 1947 for _ while negotiations 
with the Indian Government were going on. 
 
a) A year 
b) Three years 
c) Two years 
d) Six months 
 
18. “The foreign policy of a country is the outcome of her economic policy" these 
remarks were made by – 
 
a) Indira Gandhi 
b) Jawahar Lal Nehru 
c) Morarji Desai 
d) Charan Singh 
 
19. The high point of Cold War was – 
 
a) Cuban Missile Crisis. 
b) Atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 
c) Establishment of SEATO and CENTO. 
d) Establishment of NATO 
 
20. What is “Amnesty International”? 
 
a) Nuclear Safety Organisation 
b) Government organisation 
c) Non-Government organisation 
d) Human Development Organisation 
 
21. Choose the odd one out of the following statements. 
 
(a) States Reorganization Act-1956 
(b) Partition of India-1947 
(c) Number of Princely States-512 
(d) Independence of India-1947 
22. What was the impact of the Indo-China Conflict on the opposition parties? 
 
i) The CPI, which was in favour of the Soviet Union, grew closer with the Congress. 
ii) The Communist Party of India broke up in 1963. 
iii) Alerted the leaders of India about the situation in the Northeast. 
iv) Nagaland was given state status. 
 
Select the correct answer using the force given below: 
a) i, ii and iii only. 
b) iii only. 
c) i and iii only. 
d) i only. 
 
23. The  Russian  Revolution  was  inspired by the ideals  of  as opposed to 
capitalism and the need for an  Society. 
 
a) Socialism, Egalitarian 
b) Communal, Religious 
c) Socialism, Religious 
d) Communal, Egalitarian 
 
24. Which one of the following statements is false.:- 
a) The Nizam of Hyderabad was keen to have an independent status for the state of 
Hyderabad. 
b) Jammu and Kashmir was ready to sign the Instrument of Accession. 
c) The issue of Junagarh was resolved after a plebiscite in the state. 
d) Travancore was not the first Indian State to merge into the Union of India. 
 
Section B 
 
Attempt any 20 Questions 
 
25. Why didn't war happen during the Cold War? 
 
a) Due to theory of Deterrence 
b) Due to NAM 
c) Due to Cuban Missile Crisis 
d) Active involvement of the UN 
 
26. Why did Russia become the successor of USSR? 
 
a) Russia led the formation of CIS 
b) It inherited the Soviet seat in the UN 
c) It was the largest republic 
d) Boris Yeltsin was more charismatic than Gorbachev