Short Answer TypeMatch the following in Column ‘A’ with those in Column ‘B’ in a meaningful
way :
Column ‘A’ Column ‘B’
(i) Head of the Commission of Enquiry (a) Chowdhary Charan Singh
(ii) Deputy Prime Minister of India from (b) Jagjiwan Ram
1967 to 1969
(iii) Deputy Prime Minister of India from (c) J.C. Shah
1977-79
(iv) Union Minister of India from 1952-1977 (d) Morarji Desai
What was ‘Operation’ Blue Star’? Why did it hurt the sentiments of the Sikh Community?
What is Human Rights Watch? Describe its main contribution to the field of Human Rights.
Explain any four reasons for the dominance of Congress Party in the first
three general elections in India.
The value of the ruble declined dramatically. The rate of inflation was so high that people lost all their savings. The collective farm system disintegrated leaving people without food security, and the government started to import food. The old trading structure broke down with no alternative in its place. The old system of social welfare was systematically destroyed. The withdrawal of government subsidies pushed large sections of the people into poverty.
Read the above passage carefully and answer the following questions:
(i) What is meant by subsidy ?
(ii) How did the disintegration of collective farm system lead to the loss of food security?
(iii) This passage is associated to which country? Why did the government start importing food?
i) Subsidy is the help usually provided by the government to keep the price of a product or service low as compared to the open market price.
ii) Collective farming was to be replaced by private farming which meant food grains to be purchased from the open market. The government had no control over the prices as well as the stock. This created loss of food security.
iii) (a) This passage is associated with Russia.
(b) The government started importing food due to scaracity of food grains and privatization of agriculture.
Two developments strained this relationship. China annexed Tibet in 1950 and thus removed a historical buffer between the two countries. Initially, the government of India did not oppose this openly. But as more information came in about the suppression of Tibetan culture, the Indian government grew uneasy. The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, sought and obtained political asylum in India in 1959. Chine alleged that the government of India was allowing anti-China activities to take place within India.
Read the above passage carefully and answer the following questions:-
(i) What is meant by ‘historical buffer’?
(ii) Why didn’t the Government of India oppose the annexation of Tibet by China?
(iii) How far was it justified on the part of India to grant political asylum to the Dalai Lama and thousands of Tibetan refugees?
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