The End of Bipolarity — Political Science STD 12 Humanities — Question

What is meant by the ASEAN way? Mention any two of its objectives.

Describe the security challenges faced by the newly independent countries of Asia and Africa after the Second World War.

Explain the 'Cuban Missile Crisis'.

List any four demands of the Narmada Bachao Andolan.

Study the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:The smaller States in the alliances used the link to the super powers for their own purposes. They got the promise of protection, weapons and economic aid against their local rivals, mostly regional neighbours with whom they had rivalries. The alliance systems led by the two super powers, therefore, threatened to divide the entire world into two camps.

1. Name the two super powers that are referred to in this passage.
2. How did the ‘alliance systems’ assure to protect the smaller States from their regional neighbours?
3. Explain any two reasons for the big powers to have smaller countries as their allies.

Analyse any three major factors responsible for evolving the European Union (E.U.) from an economic union to a political one.

Define globalisation. How is it different from internationalisation?

Describe any three effects of globalisation on the culture of a country.

Study the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
The lack of genuine international support for democratic rule in Pakistan has further encouraged the military to continue its dominance. The United States and other Western countries have encouraged the military’s authoritarian rule in the past, for their own reasons. Given their fear of the threat of what they call ‘global Islamic terrorism’ and the apprehension that Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal might fall into the hands of these terrorist groups, the military regime in Pakistan has been seen as the protector of Western interests in West Asia and South Asia.

1. What is meant by ‘global Islamic terrorism’?
2. Why did Pakistan lack genuine international support for democratic rule?
3. Why was the military regime in Pakistan considered as the protector of Western interests in West Asia and South Asia?

Explain the role played by India in maintaining Afro–Asian unity.