POLITICAL SCIENCE: 2011: CBSE: [ Delhi ]: Set- I

As early as in 1957, the Congress party had a bitter taste of defeat in Kerala. Communist party won the largest number of sets in Kerala Legislature in the assembly elections held in March 1957.

Shock Therapy is regarded as the model of transition from an authoritarian socialist system to a democratic capitalist system in Russia, Central Asia and East Europe.

Human security is more important than territorial security, since human resource is the most important resource of a nation. Only a healthy human resource can ensure territorial security. Hunger, disease and natural disasters kill far more people than war, genocide and terrorism.

In 1984, Congress party won 415 seats in the Lok Sabha elections. Shri Rajiv Gandhi became the Prime Minister.

Cold War refers to the competition, tensions and series of confrontations between the United States and Soviet Union backed by their respective allies. The war was an ideological conflict between capitalist bloc (USA) and communist bloc (SU) from 1947 to 1991.

The main objective of Human Rights Watch is to promote awareness on human rights. It seeks to draw global media’s attention to human rights abuses like use of child soldiers and landmines.

The states were reorganised on linguistic basis in India in 1956 in order to reduce the threat of division and separatism. It gave the uniform basis of drawing of state boundaries. It strengthened national unity.

Jammu and Kashmir comprises three social and political regions: Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. Kashmir region has Kashmiri speaking and mostly Muslim population with a Hindu minority. Jammu region has speakers of various languages. The Ladakh region has very little population that consists of Buddhists and Muslims.

The physical isolation of the North-East region, its complex social character, vast international border and weak communication between North-East and the rest of India have all resulted in secessionist demands from these states.

The main objective of the Dalit Panthers was to destroy the caste system and to build an organisation of all oppressed sections including landless poor peasants and urban industrial workers. They sought to end atrocities against Dalits through assertion of Dalit rights.