VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTION (1 MARK)
Q1.Who is the present Secretary General of the United Nations?
Answer: Antonio Guterres from Portugal (Appointed in 2017)
Q2.Name any two member states of the European Union who are permanent members of
the UN Security Council?
Answer: Britain and France
Q3.What is the main objective of the United Nations?
Answer: To prevent international conflict and to facilitate cooperation among states. It was
found with the objective that it would stop the conflicts between states escalating
into war and if war broke out, limit the extent of the hostilities.
Q4.Mention a few agencies of the United Nations?
Answer: IMF - International Monetary Fund
WHO - World Health Organization.
UNESCO - United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization.
ILO – International Labour Organisation
FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization
Political parties are an indispensable part of the present-day political system. In a modern representative democracy, a political party in one form or another is omnipresent in the political process. The phenomenon of a party is closely linked with the growth of the complexity of political systems in which the notion of political power has come to include the idea that the mass public must participate.
Q1: Name the states that are part of the South Asian region.
Answer: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives and Afghanistan. South Asia stands for diversity in every sense and yet constitutes one geopolitical space.
POLITICS IN INDIA SINCE INDEPENDENCE
Q1: What does "tryst with destiny" mean?
Answer: Tryst with destiny means to make a deal secretly with your destiny. The speech "Tryst with Destiny" was given by Jawaharlal Nehru on the eve of India's independence. Nehru's speech was a call to action for all Indians to unite and work together to achieve this dream. He reminded them of the sacrifices that had been made by previous generations in the struggle for freedom, and he urged them to continue fighting for a better future for their country.
Q1. The state was carved out of Madhya Pradesh.
Answer: Chhattisgarh
Q2. State which opposed the merger after independence.
Answer: Manipur
Q3. The first state of free India had a communist government.
Answer: Kerala
Q4. State to which Nizam belonged?
Answer: Hyderabad
Q1: Explain the emergence of the Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR).
Answer:
1. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) came into being after the socialist revolution in Russia in 1917.
2. The revolution was inspired by the ideals of socialism as opposed to capitalism and the need for an egalitarian society. The course gave rise to a new type of political economic system in Russia.
CONTEMPORARY WORLD POLITICS
IMPORTANT KEYWORDS
Egalitarian society -
It believes that all people are equally important and should have the same rights and opportunities in life.
Soviet System –
Soviet System was introduced after Russian revolution in 1917 based on the principles of egalitarian society and planned economy controlled by the state.
Q1: Which among the following statements about the Cold War is false?
(a) The US and USSR are currently engaged in hot war.
(b) Both US and USSR were keen on expanding their influence.
(c) Both superpowers were engaged in ideological conflict also
(d) The cold war threatened to divide the world into two alliances.
Q2: Who was the counterpart of US President John F. Kennedy at the time of Cuban Missile Crisis in USSR?
(a) Mikhail Gorbachev
(b) Fidel Castro
(c) Nikita Khrushchev
(d) Richard Nickson
