Globalisation — Political Science STD 12 Humanities — Question

What are some of the commonalities and differences between Bangladesh and Pakistan in their democratic experiences?

Read the passage given below carefully and answer the following questions:
The ‘Cuban Missile Crisis’ was a high point of what came to be known as the Cold War. The Cold War referred to the competitions, the tensions and a series of confrontations between the United States of America and the Soviet Union, backed by their respective allies. Fortunately, however, it never escalated into a ‘hot war’.

1. Explain the meaning of ‘hot war’.
2. Why was the ‘Cuban Missile Crisis’ considered as the high point of the Cold War?
3. ‘‘Ideological conflict was also a cause of the Cold War.’’ How far do you agree with the statement?

Name any two founders of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). The first NAM summit was the culmination of which three factors?

Describe migration and health epidemics as the new sources of threat to the nontraditional notion of security.

Analyse India's changing relationship with post Communist Russia.

Do you agree with the argument that globalisation leads to cultural heterogeneity?

State any two main demands of the Narmada Bachao Aandolan.

Mention any six factors responsible for the defeat of the Congress Party in 1977 elections.

Describe any three areas of tension which are yet to be solved to retain unity in diversity in India.

Read the following very different statements made in August 1947 –“Today you have worn on your heads a crown of thorns. The seat of power is a nasty thing. You have to remain ever wakeful on that seat…. you have to be more humble and forbearing…now there will be no end to your being tested.” — M.K GANDHI
“…India will awake to a life of freedom….we step out from the old to the new…we end today a period of ill fortune and India discovers herself again. The achievement we celebrate today is but a step, an opening of opportunity…” — JAWAHARLAL NEHRU
Spell out the agenda of nation building that flows from these two statements. Which one appeals more to you and why?