PYQ ENGLISH

PYQ PHYSICS

PYQ CHEMISTRY

PYQ BIOLOGY

PYQ POLITICAL SCIENCE

PYQ HISTORY

PYQ GEOGRAPHY

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

1. Identify any two aspects of India’s foreign policy that you would like to retain and two that you would like to change, if you were to become a decision maker. Give reasons to support your position.

   Easy View solution
2. “The conduct of foreign affairs is an outcome of a two-way interaction between domestic compulsions and prevailing international climate”. Take one example from India’s external relations in the 1960s to substantiate your answer.

   Easy View solution
3. Why did Nehru regard conduct of foreign relations as an essential indicator of independence? State any two reasons with examples to support your reading.

   Easy View solution
4. Match the following:
   https://padhaaiweb.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/gurucool-admin/Ch4_Q2_622c24298e/Ch4_Q2_622c24298e.png

   Easy View solution
5. Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ against each of these statements<br>
   (d) The treaty of Peace and Friendship in 1971 was the result of India’s closeness to USA.

   Easy View solution
6. Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ against each of these statements<br>
   (c) The cold war has affected the relationship between India and Pakistan.

   Easy View solution
7. Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ against each of these statements<br>
   (b) India’s relationship with her neighbours has been strained from the beginning.

   Easy View solution
8. Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ against each of these statements<br>
   (a) Non-alignment allowed India to gain assistance both from USA and USSR.

   Easy View solution
9. Read the following passage:
   “In the early years of Independence, two contradictory tendencies were already well advanced inside the Congress Party. On the one hand, the national party executive endorsed socialist principles of state ownership, regulation and control over key sectors of the economy in order to improve productivity and at the same time curb economic concentration. On the other hand, the national Congress government pursued liberal economic policies and incentives to private investment that was justified in terms of the sold criterion of achieving maximum increase in production”.
   —Francine Frankel
   (a) What is the contradiction that the author is talking about? What would be the political implications of a contradiction like this?
   (b) If the author is correct, why is it that the Congress was pursuing this policy? Was it related to the nature of the opposition parties?
   (c) Was there also a contradiction between the central leadership of the Congress party and its state level leaders?

   Medium View solution
10. “Indian policy makers made a mistake by emphasising the role of state in the economy. India could have developed much better if private sector was allowed a free play right from the beginning”. Give arguments for or against this proposition.

    Hard View solution