Maximnum Marks: 80
Time Allotted: Three
POLITICAL SCIENCE
S60 715
Hours
Reading Time: Additional Fifteen Minutes
Instructions to Candidates
1. You are allowed an additional fifteen
minutes for only reading the question
paper.
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You must NOT start writing during
3. This question reading time.
4.
paper has 7 printed pages and one blank page.
It is divided into three
sections: A, B and
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There are thirteen questions in the paper. C.
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Section A has sixteen subparts which All questions are compulsory.
are very short answer
Each question carries 1 mark. questions.
7. While attempting Multiple Choice
to write only ONE option as Questions in Section A, you are required
the answer.
8 Section B has eight questions
which are short answer
Each question carries 4 marks. questions.
9. Section C has four questions
Each question carries &marks, which are long answer
questions.
10. Internal choices have been
provided in two questions in
one question in Section C. Section B and in
11 The intended marks for
questions are given in brackets .
Instruction to Supervising Examiner
1. Kindly read aloud the
Instructions given above to all the
in the examination hall. candidates present
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Question 1 In some
problenms.
(1) economic
as
Indian states are large and complex with varyingwiththeir problems perceivedmore
focused on
cases, parts of alarge state may feel neglected demand
viability of
lead to a and economic
not given adequate attention. This mayaccessibility
responsive govemance, administrative
sub-regions. the above?
represents
correctly
aspirations
Which one of the following regional
(a) Sons-of-the-soil principle
fb) Demands for a new state
(c) Secessionist tendencies
(d) Language Agitations Supremne
move the
The right to conferred by
ofIndia states,
Article 32 (1) in the
Constitution
enforcement of the rights
(i) proceedings for the
appropriate
Court by guaranteed."
thisPart is
being referred to here is:
The fundamental right
Freedom
(a) Right to
Life
(b) Right to
Right against Exploitation
(C)
Constitutional Remedies
Right to two [1]
(d)
Assertion and Reason. Read the
statements marked
Given below are two
(iii) choose the correct option.
statements carefully and without
First-Past-the-Post system, a
candidate can win an election
Assertion: In a
winning a majority of the votes
cast.
yotes than
win in this system, a candidate simply needs to get more
Reason: To
other candidates.
Both Assertion andReason are true and Reason is the correct explanation
.(a) for Assertion.
(h) Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation
for Assertion.
Assertion is true and Reason is false.
(c)
La Both Assertion and Reason are false.
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(iv)
Given below and Reason. Read the two
are two statements marked Assertion [1]
statements carefully and choose the correct option.
Assertion: Awritten constitution witha clear division of powers is essential for a
federal state.
Reason: An unwritten constitution is easy to amend.
(a) oLn Assertion and Reason are true and Reason 1s the correct explanation
for Assertion.
Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation
for Assertion.
(c) Assertion is true and Reason is false.
(d) Both Assertion and Reason are false.
(v) In the United States, if the President does not sign a bill within ten
days of its [1|
passage by Congress, it automatically becomes a law. However,
HCongress
bill, it
adjourns within the ten-day period and the President does not sign the
dies, This is called the
(vi) Observe the relation between the first two words / phrases and fill in the fourth [1|
word / phrase.
The House of Representative and the Lok Sabha: Speaker :: The Senate and the
Rajya Sabha:
(vii) According to Article 352 of the Constitution of India, the President can declare a [1]
national emergency on the grounds of war, external aggression or
(viii) The refers to that part of the Executive which consists of civil [1]
servants who serve until retirement.
(ix) State whether the following are True or False.
(a) Under the U.S. Constitution, the power to declare war rests with the 1]
President. F
(b) Though she is not a member of either House, the President of India is an [1]
integral part of the Union Parliament.
(c) Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States serve until they reach the [1]
age of sixty-five. F
(d) In a bi-party system, only two parties are allowed to exist legally. All other |1]
parties are banned. T
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(x) Write one word l term
for each of the
(a) A list of
following:
(1]
twenty-nine subjects that has
to local
self-government institutions by the 73rd Amendment to the Constitution of
been delegated
India.
(b) The Fundamental Right added to the Constitution of India by the [1]
86" Amendment and designated as Article 21A.
[1)
(c) The majority required in Presidential veto in the
Congress to override a
United States.
that [11
legislature
(d) An electoral System that seeks to create a
representative
reflects the percentage of votes for each political party.
SECTION B -32 MARKS
14]
Question 2 elections.
fair
and free and
ALiberal Democracy is not limited to
One-person-one-yote
any wo Or ng
It has numerous other essential features. Briefly explain
14]
Question3 constitution.
constitution and an Unwritten
differences betweena Written
Explain anytwo
14]
Question 4
Court of India in criminal and civil
Jurisdiction of the Supreme
Discuss the Appellate
matters.
Question 5
and explain any two ways in which the Lok Sabha exercises control over the
State
() Councilof Ministers.
OR
Comparethe relative positions of the Rajya Sabha and the Senate with respect to
money bills.
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Briefly explain one Executive and one Legislative power of the President of India.
(4]
Question 7
Violence in India since
) State and briefly explain any two kinds of Political
independence.
OR
India:
ai) explain the following salient features of the Constitution of
Drietly
sourceS
(a) Detailed constitution drawn from many
(b) Federal in Structure and Unitary in spirit
(4]
Question & Constitution of India.
Preamble tothe
for the importance of the
DIsCusS any 0wO reasons
Question9
excerpt given below and answer the questions that follow.
Read the executive
of this Assembly that in future both the legislature and the
It is the intention (directive) principles enacted in this part,
but
should not merely pay lip service to these taken
executive and legislative action that may be
that they should be made the basis of all country. Itherefore submit that both the
hereafter in the matter of the governance of the
should be retained."
words *fundamental" and directive are necessary and
1948)
(Source: Dr. Ambedkar, speaking in the Constituent Assembly on November 19,
Why are Directive Principles fundamental to lawmaking? (21
i)
(i1) Comment on the significance of Directive Principles. (2]
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Question 10
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(i) (8]
Explain any four key
fcatures of the 74h Amendment to the Constitution of India.
OR
The Constitution of India has been described as partly rigid and partly flexible.
Explain.
Question 11 [81
Discuss any four rights 14-18) in the
conferred under the Right to Equality (Articles
Constitution of India.
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Question 12
powersof the President of the United States.
Discuss two Legislative and two Executive
of the legislature?
How can the President influence legislation despite not being a part
Question 13
questions that follow.
Read the passage given below and answer the
case has been
Chief Justice Marshall's masterful verdict in Marbury versus Madison
widely hailed. In the face of attacks on the judiciary,...Marshallneeded to makea strong
statement to maintain the status of the Supreme Court as the head of a coequal branch
of
in the
government. By asserting the crucial power for Supreme Court (not mentioned
Constitution)Marshall claimed for the court a paramount position as interpreter of the
Constitution,
(Source: htps://www. britannica. com/event/ Marbury-v-Madison)
(i) What power was asserted by the Chief Justice John Marshall in the landmark case [2]
of Marbury versus Madison? Briefly explain its meaning.
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(i) In the context of the following terms:
the power referred to above, briefly explain
(a) Ultra Vires (2]
(b) (21
Severability
the Constitution of the United (2)
( ) How is the independence of the iudiciary ensured in
States?
