POLITICAL SCIENCE

AHSEC CLASS 11 - QUESTION PAPER 2019

• (a) When the first sitting of the Constituent Assembly for undivided India was held?
• (b) A Constitution is a fundamental identity of a people. (True or False)
• (c) Abolition of untouchability is a Right to Equality/Right to Freedom. (Choose the correct answer)
• (d) Mention a Right to Liberty and Personal Freedom.
• (e) Which article of the Indian Constitution deals with its Amendment Procedure?
• (f) In which case the Supreme Court advanced the theory of Basic Structure of the Constitution of India?

2. Mention two function of Constitution.            2

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4. Mention two causes why India adopted the ‘First Past the Post System’. 

5. How the size of Council of Ministers was limited by the 91st Amendment Act (2003)? 2

6. Mention any two powers exercised only by the Lok Sabha. 2

7. What is meant by the Original Jurisdiction of Supreme Court of India? 2

8. Explain why we need an independent Election Commission. 4

9. Explain the single integrated judicial system of the Indian Constitution. 4

11. Explain the election procedure for Panchayati Raj institutions as per the 73rd Amendment to Indian Constitution. 4

12. Write a short note on the Political Philosophy of Indian Constitution. 4

13. Discuss why Bureaucracy is considered as the permanent executive. 6

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Discuss the powers and functions of the Prime Minister of India. 6

14. Explain how Parliament makes laws. 6

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Discuss the functions of the Indian Parliament. 6

• (a) Which German philosopher linked Justice with dignity of human beings?
• (b) In the eighteenth century, the French revolutionaries used the slogan ‘Liberty, Equality and _______. (Fill in the blank)
• (c) A nation is to a great extent an ‘imagined’ community. (True or False)
• (d) Do nations have the right to self-determination?
• (e) In which year the USSR was disintegrated?
• (f) Give an example of Structural Violence.

16. Mention two necessities of Constraints. 2

17. Why individual rights are limitations on the state? Give two reasons. 2

18. Define Citizenship. 2

19. Mention two factors of a nation. 2

20. Mention two characters of a Secular State. 2

21. ‘Politics is an important and integral part of any society’. Discuss. 4

22. Write a note on John Rawls’ Theory of Justice. 4

23. Discuss about global citizenship. 4

24. Discuss the environmental cost of existing model of development. 4

25. Discuss the differences between the negative and positive conception of liberty. 6

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What are the three main dimensions of equality? Explain. 6

26. Discuss the relationship between Rights and Responsibilities. 6

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Discuss with suitable examples the political, economic and cultural rights. 6

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