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

What is meant by the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Mark correct or wrong against each of the following statements that describe the features of the military alliances formed by the superpowers.

1. Member countries of the alliance are to provide bases in their respective lands for the superpowers.
2. Member countries to support the superpower both in terms of ideology and military strategy.
3. When a nation attacks any member country, it is considered as an attack on all the member countries.
4. Superpowers assist all the member countries to develop their own nuclear weapons.

Mention any two demands of Bhartiya Kisan Union.

What is UNEP? Mention its any two main functions.

How was the reorganisation of North-East India completed and by when?

Why did the two super-powers try to control the smaller nations during the cold war?

Which four Princely states of India initially resisted to join the Indian Union?

What is meant by the Cuban Missile Crisis?

List any two problems faced by the Government of India after 1971-72.

Here are two opinions –
Bismay: “The merger with the Indian State was an extension of democracy to the people of the Princely States.”
Inderpreet: “I am not so sure, there was force being used. Democracy comes by creating consensus.”
What is your own opinion in the light of accession of Princely States and the responses of the people in these parts?