Alternative Centres of Power — Political Science STD 12 Humanities — Question

Under which plan did U.S.A. extend financial support for reviving Europe's economy after the Second World War?

Correct and rewrite the statement given below:
Gaya Lal, an M.P. from the Haryana Legislature in 1967, changed his party twice in a fortnight.

What is the full form of "SEATO"?

How far are the visa policies of developed countries justified with respect to the movement of people?

Which student's group led the anti-foreigner movement in Assam?

How far is it correct to say that globalisation results in the erosion of State sovereignty?

Who represented Congress (O) and Congress (R) after the split of the Congress party?

Differentiate between ‘regionalism and separatism'.

Read the passage given below carefully and answer the questions that follow:
It is not necessary that all planning always has to be centralised; nor is it that planning is only about big industries and large projects. The 'Kerala Model’ is the name given to the path of planning and development charted by the State of Kerala. There has been a focus in this model on ........... Despite low per capita incomes, and a relatively weak industrial base, Kerala achieved nearly total literacy, long life expectancy, low infant and female mortality, low birth rates and high access to medical care.

1. What is meant by centralised planning?
2. In which two ways is decentralisation better than centralisation?
3. The ‘Kerala Model’ of planning and development focused on which areas? Mention any two areas.

When and by whom was the ‘tryst with destiny’ speech delivered?