Type of Questions MCQs, Short and Long Answer Type Questions

Theory Marks 80

Internal Assessment 20

Total Marks 100

Passing Marks 33% in aggregate

CBSE Class 12 Political Science MCQs for

Board Exam 2024
Below are the CBSE Class 12 Political Science MCQs for Board Exam 2024 for the upcoming
Political Exam. Students can practice these CBSE Class 12 Political Science MCQs for Board
Exam 2024 before exams.

1. Which organisation came into existence in April 1949?

(a) SEATO
(b) CENTO
(c) NATO
(d) Warsaw Pact

Answer: (c) NATO

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2. Following Russia’s Socialist Revolution in the year, the USSR was established.

(a) 1915.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1918.

Answer: (c) 1917

3. Which of the following descriptions of the Soviet economy’s characteristics is incorrect?

(a) Socialism was the dominant ideology
(b) State ownership/control existed over the factors of production
(c) People enjoyed economic freedom
(d) Every aspect of the economy was planned and controlled by the State

Answer: (c) People enjoyed economic freedom

4. The Warsaw pact was led by:

(a) Japan
(b) Britain
(c) Italy
(d) the Soviet Union

Answer: (d) the Soviet Union

5. Which Central Asian nation saw a ten-year civil conflict?

(a) Azerbaijan
(b) Tajikistan
(c) Uzbekistan
(d) Turkmenistan

Answer: (b) Tajikistan

6. The Chechens are

(a) Buddhist group.

(b) Christain ethnic group.
(c) Jewish ethnic group.
(d) Muslim ethnic group.

Answer: (d) Muslim ethnic group.

7. The Western Alliance was headed by

(a) the United States
(b) Brazil
(c) the Soviet Union
(d) Balkan countries

Answer: (a) the United States

8.The International Atomic Energy Agency’s primary goals are to encourage the peaceful use
of

(a) Nuclear energy

(b) Global trade
(c) Military power
(d) Veto power

Answer: (a) Nuclear energy

9. How many judges are there in the International Court of Justice?

(a) Fifteen judges

(b) Sixteen judges
(c) Seventeen judges
(d) Eighteen judges

Answer: (a) Fifteen judges

10. When was World Trade Organisation was set up?

(a) 1993
(b) 1994
(c) 1995
(d) 1996

Answer: (c) 1995

11. The International Court of Justice popularly known as the

(a) World Court

(b) Supreme Court
(c) Criminal Court
(d) Subordinate Courts

Answer: (a) World Court

12. The United Nations was founded on

(a) 24th October 1945.

(b) 30th October 1945.
(c) 26th June 1945.
(d) 26th January 1942.

Answer: (a) 24th October 1945.

13. In 1985, who was elected as the Communist Party of the Soviet Union’s general secretary?

(a) Joseph Stalin.

(b) Nikita Khrushchev.
(c) Mikhail Gorbachev.
(d) Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.

Answer: (b) Nikita Khrushchev.

14. The Western Alliance was headed by

(a) the United States

(b) Brazil
(c) the Soviet Union
(d) Balkan countries

Answer: (a) the United States

15. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in the year

(a) 1975.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1981.

Answer: (c) 1979.

16. The competition that existed between the USSR and the USA following World War II is
referred to as:

(a) Apartheid
(b) Cold War
(c) Policy of Non-Alignment
(d) Hot war

Answer: (b) Cold War

17. The Chechens are

(a) Buddhist group.

(b) Christain ethnic group.
(c) Jewish ethnic group.
(d) Muslim ethnic group.

Answer: (d) Muslim ethnic group.

18. In Pokaran, when did India detonate a nuclear bomb?

(a) 1996
(b) 1997
(c) 1998
(d) 1999

Answer: (c) 1998

19. A landlocked country of South Asia with Maoist guerrillas

(a) the Maldives.

(b) Bangladesh.
(c) Nepal.
(d) Pakistan.

Answer: (c) Nepal.

20. Which of the following claims regarding Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict is untrue?

(a) Politics in Sri Lanka openly favoured the Sinhalas.

(b) Interests of Tamils were neglected.
(c) Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam were supported by the SAARC countries.
(d) There was no political equality in Sri Lanka.

Answer: (c) Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam were supported by the SAARC countries.

21. Who proposed the ‘four modernisations’ in China?

(a) Mao Zedong
(b) Zhou Enlai
(c) Deng Xiaoping
(d) None of the above

Answer: (b) Zhou Enlai

22. ASEAN stands for

(a) Alliance of Southeast Asian Nations

(b) Alliance of Southern Asian Nations
(c) Association of South West Asian Nations
(d) Association of South-East Asian Nations

Answer: (d) Association of South-East Asian Nations

23. The event that took place in 1961 was

(a) The construction of the Berlin wall

(b) Soviet intervention in Afghanistan
(c) Vietnamese Intervention in Cambodia
(d) The unification of Germany
Answer: (a) The construction of the Berlin wall

24. The nation that provided funding and technical support to India’s steel factories is

(a) The United States.

(b) USSR.
(c) Russia.
(d) Japan.

Answer: (b) USSR.

25. When USSR place nuclear missiles in Cuba?

(a) 1960
(b) 1961
(c) 1962
(d) 1963

Answer: (c) 1962

26. What is the full form of ‘SEATO’?

(a) South-East Asian Task Organisation

(b) South-East Asian Treaty Organisation
(c) South-East Asian Tally Organisation
(d) South-East Asian Team Organisation

Answer: (b) South-East Asian Treaty Organisation

27. Which two ideologies were involved in a conflict during the Cold War era?

(a) Communism and Capitalism

(b) Monarchism and Capitalism
(c) Communalism and Capitalism
(d) None of the above

Answer: (a) Communism and Capitalism

28. US embassies were bombed by Al-Qaeda in

(a) Dublin
(b) New Delhi
(c) Dar-es-Salaam
(d) Zimbabwe

Answer: (c) Dar-es-Salaam

29. After the Second World War, the world was divided into the blocks of

(a) U.S.A and U.K.

(b) USSR and China
(c) Japan and Korea
(d) U.S.A and USSR

Answer: (d) U.S.A and USSR

30. The headquarters of the US defence department is at

(a) New York.

(b) Washington.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Virginia.

Answer: (d) Virginia.

31. The Russian Revolution in 1917 was led by

(a) Joseph Stalin.

(b) Nikita Khrushchev.
(c) Mikhail Gorbachev.
(d) Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.

Answer: (d) Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.

32. When did the Soviet Union collapse?

(a) 1989
(b) 1990
(c) 1991
(d) 1992

Answer: (c) 1991

33. The Russian Revolution in 1917 was led by

(a) Joseph Stalin

(b) Nikita Khrushchev
(c) Mikhail Gorbachev
(d) Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Answer: (d) Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

34. What was ‘Operation Iraqi Freedom’?

(a) A Military operation

(b) An Economic operation
(c) A Military Pact
(d) An Economic Pact

Answer: (a) A Military operation

35. Bolshevik Communist party was founded by

(a) Vladimir Lenin

(b) Stalin
(c) Nikita Khrushchev
(d) Leonid Brezhnev

Answer: (a) Vladimir Lenin

36. Which was the first Soviet Republic to declare its independence from Soviet Russia?
(a) Lithuania
(b) Moldova
(c) Armenia
(d) Georgia

Answer: (a) Lithuania

37. The US operation in Iraq was called:

(a) Operation Desert Suicide

(b) Operation Desert Storm
(c) Operation Desert Qaeda
(d) Operation Desert Hamas

Answer: (b) Operation Desert Storm

38. When did the Soviet Union collapse?

(a) 1989
(b) 1990
(c) 1991
(d) 1992

Answer: (c) 1991

39. The World Trade Center and Pentagon buildings of the USA were attacked by:

(a) Zamait–e-Islami.
(b) Al-Qaeda.
(c) Al-Badr.
(d) Hamas.

Answer: (b) Al-Qaeda.

40. Which country in Central Asia witnessed a civil war that went on for ten years?
(a) Azerbaijan
(b) Tajikistan
(c) Uzbekistan
(d) Turkmenistan

Answer: (b) Tajikistan

41. The United States was founded in which year?

(a) 1774
(b) 1776
(c) 1778
(d) 1780

Answer: (b) 1776

42. The Berlin wall fall in

(a) November 1989

(b) December 1989
(c) January 1990
(d) February 1990

Answer: (a) November 1989

43. The ‘Operation Iraqi Freedom’ was launched on

(a) 19th March 2003

(b) 19th March 2004
(c) 21st March 2003
(d) 21st March 2004

Answer: (a) 19th March 2003

44. The most severe conflict took place in the Balkan republics of:
(a) Bulgaria
(b) Greece
(c) Yugoslavia
(d) Macedonia

Answer: (c) Yugoslavia

45. Who became General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1985?

(a) Joseph Stalin

(b) Nikita Khrushchev
(c) Mikhail Gorbachev
(d) Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Answer: (b) Nikita Khrushchev

46. The ‘ASEAN Way’

(a) Reflects the lifestyle of ASEAN members

(b) A form of interaction among ASEAN members that is informal and co-operative.
(c) The defence policy followed by the ASEAN members.
(d) The road that connects all the ASEAN members.

Answer: (b) A form of interaction among ASEAN members that is informal and co-operative.

47. Which among the following statements about hegemony is incorrect?

(a) The word implies the leadership or predominance of one state.

(b) It was used to denote the predominance of Athena in ancient Greece.
(c) The country has a hegemonic position will possess unchallenged military power.
(d) Hegemonic position is fixed. Once a hegemon. always a hegemon.

Answer: (d) Hegemonic position l.a fixed. Once a hegemon, always a hegemon.

48. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in the year

(a) 1975
(b) 1977
(c) 1979
(d) 1981

Answer: (c) 1979

49. Which one of the following was NOT given primacy by the makers of the Soviet System?

(a) Abolition of private property

(b) Society based on the principle of equality
(e) No opposition party to be allowed
(d) No state control over the economy

Answer: (d) No state control over the economy

50. The United States was founded in which year?

(a) 1774
(b) 1776
(c) 1778
(d) 1780

Answer: (b) 1776

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