POLITICAL SCIENCE
AHSEC CLASS 11 - QUESTION PAPER 2023
Full Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 30
Time: 3 Hours
PART – A: Indian Constitution at Work
1. Answer any six from the following: (1 × 6 = 6)
- (a) Who is the ex officio Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha?
- (b) Who is the Real Executive of India?
- (c) Mention one feature of the Fundamental Rights in India.
- (d) When was the Indian Constitution adopted?
- (e) The 42nd Amendment of the Indian Constitution was passed in the year _______.
- (f) In which case did the Supreme Court advance the theory of basic structure of the Constitution of India?
- (g) The Directive Principles of State Policy are justiciable. (True or False)
- (h) Who presides over a Joint Session of the Parliament?
- (i) Which Article of the Indian Constitution describes the amendment procedure?
- (j) Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly?
2. Answer any six from the following questions: (2 × 6 = 12)
- (a) Mention two means of ensuring independence of the judiciary in India.
- (b) Write two main points of the Objective Resolution.
- (c) Mention the name of the two States in India having bicameral legislature.
- (d) Mention two provisions that India borrowed from the US Constitution.
- (e) What do you mean by Preventive Detention?
- (f) Why is India called a Republic?
- (g) Write any two differences between the Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles of State Policy.
- (h) Mention two federal features of the Indian Constitution.
- (i) What do you mean by Universal Adult Franchise?
- (j) Mention two functions of the Municipal Board of Assam.
3. Answer any five from the following questions: (4 × 5 = 20)
- (a) Explain in brief the unitary characteristics of the Indian Constitution.
- (b) Explain the debate over the basic structure of the Indian Constitution.
- (c) Explain how the Parliament controls the executive.
- (d) What do you mean by political philosophy approach? Explain it in Indian context.
- (e) Explain how the Constitution is a means of democratic transformation.
- (f) Discuss the main sources of the Indian Constitution.
- (g) Discuss the role of the Governor during the President’s rule.
- (h) Discuss the powers and functions of the Lok Sabha.
4. Answer any two from the following questions: (6 × 2 = 12)
- (a) Discuss the powers and functions of the Supreme Court of India.
- (b) Discuss the Fundamental Rights enshrined in the Constitution of India.
- (c) Discuss the composition, power and functions of the Election Commission of India.
- (d) Discuss the lawmaking procedure in the Indian Parliament.
PART – B: Political Theory
5. Answer any six from the following questions: (1 × 6 = 6)
- (a) Who wrote the book, Republic?
- (b) Who put forward the concept of distributive justice?
- (c) Give an example of political rights.
- (d) Write a difference between negative and positive peace.
- (e) Mention a difference between Indian secularism and Western secularism.
- (f) In which year was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) adopted?
- (g) Write a feature of development.
- (h) Who first used the term ‘politics’?
- (i) Who wrote a book, Long Walk to Freedom?
- (j) Give an example of Human Rights.
6. Answer any six from the following questions: (2 × 6 = 12)
- (a) Mention two forms of structural violence.
- (b) Why do we need constraints in enjoying freedom?
- (c) Mention two components of nationalism.
- (d) What do you mean by global citizenship?
- (e) Mention two negative dimensions of development.
- (f) Mention two forms of equality.
- (g) What do you mean by social justice?
- (h) Mention two subject matters of political theory.
- (i) What do you mean by individual liberty?
- (j) What is meant by national right to self-determination?
7. Answer any five from the following questions: (4 × 5 = 20)
- (a) Explain the different challenges to peace in contemporary world.
- (b) Write a note on alternative concepts of development.
- (c) Write a note on non-violence.
- (d) Explain the concept of liberty as put forward by J. S. Mill.
- (e) Write the relationship between rights and duties.
- (f) Mention the differences between Political Science and History.
- (g) Explain John Rawls’ theory of justice.
- (h) Mention four differences between citizens and aliens.
8. Answer any two from the following questions: (6 × 2 = 12)
- (a) Define political theory. Discuss the utility of the study of political theory.
- (b) What is freedom? Explain the main dimensions of freedom.
- (c) What do you mean by secularism? Write a critical note on Indian secularism.
- (d) “Political liberty without economic equality is meaningless.” Explain.
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