Instructions:

1. The question paper has 5 Sections A, B, C, D and E.

2. Section A has 18 MCQ questions of 1/2 mark each.
3. Section B has 2 questions of 2 marks each. Answer to these questions should be completed within 50
words each.
4. Section C has 4 questions of 4 marks each. Answer to these questions should be completed within
100 words each.
5. Section D has picture based and map -based questions. Answer to these questions should be
attempted accordingly.
6. Section E has 2 questions of 6 marks each. Answer to these questions should be completed within
170 words each.
SECTION A [18x ½=9]

1. Which of the following states have bicameral legislature?

a. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand b. Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Goa
c. Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana d. West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Bihar

2. The ____________________has the final powers in deciding matters of breach of Parliamentary

privilege.

3. Define Article 109 of the Indian Constitution.

4. A bill proposed by a minister is described as _________________.
5. Who is considered the linchpin of Government’?
6. The Article 74(1) ensures that the President exercises his legislative, executive, judicial and emergency
powers only on the advice of the Council of Ministers. True or false?

7. Choose the incorrect statement:

a. The Constitution of India vests the executive power of the Union formally in the President. In reality, the
President exercises these powers through the Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister.
b. The President is elected for a period of five years.
c. The president is elected not by the ordinary citizens but by the elected MLAs and MPs.
d. This election takes place in accordance with the principle of first past the post with single transferable
vote.

8. Choose the correct option:

COLOUM A COLOUM B
A. All India Services i. Indian Police Service
B. Central Services ii. Provincial Civil Services
C. State Services iii. Indian Foreign Service
a. A-iii, B-ii, C-i b. A-iii, B-i, C-ii c. A-i, B-iii, C-ii d. A-i, B-ii, C-iii

9. In the following question, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Choose
the appropriate option as answer:
Assertion: In India, the Prime Minister enjoys a pre-eminent place in the government.
Reason: The Council of Ministers cannot exist without the Prime Minister.
a. Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the
Assertion.
b. Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the
Assertion.
c. The Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.
d. The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect.

10. Correct and rewrite the statement

The President of India has the power to reject the bills passed by the Parliament.

11. “Freedom implies not only emancipation from political bondage but also equal distribution of wealth,
abolition of caste barriers and social iniquities and destruction of communalism and religious intolerance.
This is an ideal which may appear Utopian to hard-headed men and women, but this ideal alone can appease
the hunger in the soul”. Identify the speaker.
12. In the constitutional discussions in India, the term used for justifiable constraints is
________________________
13. Identify the concept of liberty depicted here.

14. Hate campaigns cause serious harm to the freedom of others. In this regard, which of the following
actions should be taken?
A. Life imprisonment for those who conduct hate campaign
B. restriction on movements of those who conduct hate campaign
C. curtailment of their right to hold public meetings
D. warnings by the state to desist from conducting such campaigns
a. A, B and C b. A, B and D c. B, C and D d. All of the above
15. Which of the following is/are not a major example of social inequalities?
A. income gap B. gender inequality C. health care D. social class

a. B and C b. A and C c. Only B d. None

16. A school should spend money to buy special equipment for two visually challenged students. Is special
and differential treatment justified in this case? Give one reason.

17. Eight former Indian Navy personnel have been sentenced to death by a court in _______.
a. Israel b. Russia c. Qatar d. Jordan

18. Why is India’s Electoral Bond Scheme been challenged in the Supreme Court?

SECTION B

19. How can we measure the degree economic inequality? [2]

20. State an argument against and for Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam 2023 (Women’ Reservation Bill).
[2]
SECTION - C

21. Explain the Parliamentary Committee system in India. Assess their importance in the functioning of
the Parliament. [4]

22. Prime Minister is only ‘first among equals’, he does not have any special powers. All ministers and the
PM have similar powers. How far the statement is correct? Give reasons to support your answers.
[4]

23. We have defined freedom as the absence of constraint. What do you mean by ‘to be free’?
[4]

24. Explain ‘Harm Principle’. What did Mill mean by ‘the harm caused must be serious’? Give an example.
[2+1+1=4]
SECTION - D

25. Observe the given cartoon and answer the following questions: [4]
 i. Who was the politician who was involved in the
cash for query case? [1]
ii. Which committee of the Parliament took up the case? What was the decision? [2]
iii. Why is the case considered as a breach of privilege? [1]
26. In the given world map, five places have been marked as (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E). Identify these
places on the basis of the information given below and write their correct names in your answer book along
with their respective serial number of the information used and the concerned alphabets as per the format
that follows: [5]
i. It is a country with a Semi-Presidential System.
ii. It is a country with a Parliamentary System.
iii. This country follows Presidential System.
iv. Identify the country which has general elections in January 2024.
v. This country borders ‘the Rafah Crossing’.

SECTION -E

27. a. How does

the Sr. No. Alphabet Concerned Name of the Country legislature
in a
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v
parliamentary system ensure executive accountability?
[2x3=6]
OR

b. How does the Parliament make the laws? [1x6=6]

28. Describe the actions or measures which can be taken to foster and encourage equality.
[2x3=6]

OR
While identifying different kinds of inequalities that exist in society, various thinkers and ideologies have
highlighted three main dimensions of equality. Elucidate. [2x3=6]