India’s External Relations — Political Science STD 12 Humanities — Question

State any four major steps taken by the Chinese leadership to end its political and economic isolation.

Highlight any two lessons which we have learnt from the National Emergency imposed during the 1970s.

Explain any three challenges that India faced at the- time of her independence.

'States have common but differentiated responsibilities towards environment.' Analyses the statement giving suitable Examples.

Assess the role of ASEAN as an economic association.

Highlight the four major difficulties faced by both India and Pakistan due to the process of partition in 1947.

Assess any six steps suggested since 2005 to make the United Nations more relevant in the changing context.

Mention the six principal organs of the United Nations and describe the functions of any two of them.

Study the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
The smaller states in the alliances used the link to the superpowers for their own purposes. They got the promise of protection, weapons and economic aid against their local rivals, mostly regional neighbours with whom they had rivalries. The alliance systems led by the two superpowers, therefore, threatened to divide the entire world into two camps. This division happened first in Europe. Most countries of Western Europe sided with the US and those of Eastern Europe joined the Soviet camp. That is why, these were also called the ‘western’ and the ‘eastern’ alliances.

1. Name one organisation each related to the ‘western’ and the ‘eastern’ alliances.
2. Why were the smaller states interested in joining the super alliances?
3. How did the ‘alliance system’ threaten to divide the world?

Describe any three steps taken by the Indian Government to check the environmental degradation.