POLITICAL SCIENCE: 2014: CBSE: [Outside Delhi] Set–II

US led the fight against Iraq called Operation Desert Storm in 1991 as Iraq invaded Kuwait.

The UN’s objective is to prevent international conflict and to facilitate cooperation among states. It was founded with the hope that it would act to stop the conflicts between states escalating into war and, if war broke out, to limit the extent of hostilities.

Its main recommendation was that boundaries of different states should reflect boundaries of different languages.

Congress and Communist Party of India were part of ruling alliance after the 1971 Lok Sabha Elections.

The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) demanded higher government floor prices for sugarcane and wheat, abolition of restrictions on the interstate movement of farm produce, guaranteed supply of electricity at reasonable rates, waiving of repayments due on loans to farmers and the provision of government pension for farmers.

Before 2007 eastern part of Sri Lanka was controlled by LTTE. Now north eastern part is controlled by Sri Lankan government.

The right to form association and stand for political office and the right to choose political representative and vote are two human rights in the political field.

Socialist party in first election and later communist party stood number two in these elections.

Names of the alliances that formed the central government in 1989 and 1996 are National Front and United Front.

Congress party was defeated due to people’s anger against excesses of emergency, opposition parties’ unity and leadership of Jai Prakash Narain.