POLITICAL SCIENCE: 2016: CBSE: [DELHI]: SET-I

a. It symbolized the division between the capitalist and the communist world. (True)
b. It was built immediately after the Second world war.(False)
Explanation: - It was constructed in 1961.
c. It was broken by the people on 9^th November, 1989. (True)
d. It marked the unification of the two parts of Germany. (True)

The objectives of ASEAN were primarily to accelerate economic growth and through that ‘social progress and cultural development’.

Anti-dam movements are pro-river movements for more sustainable and equitable management of river systems and valleys. Development at the cost of people’s right is not acceptable in democratic countries. Proper and just rehabilitation of all those who were directly or indirectly affected by the project needs to be taken care.

• India wanted to keep away from the military alliances led by US and Soviet Union against each other.  
• India wanted to raise its voice against the newly decolonised countries becoming part of these alliances.

Women’s active participation in the Chipko agitation was a very novel aspect of the movement.

Note the main military features of the Cold War. The two superpowers and the countries in the rival blocs led by the superpowers were expected to behave as rational and responsible actors. They were to be rational and responsible in the sense that they understood the risks in fighting wars that might involve the two superpowers.

When two superpowers and the blocs led by them are in a deterrence relationship, fighting wars will be massively destructive. Responsibility, therefore, meant being restrained and avoiding the risk of another World War.

I totally agree with the statement. Our leaders were conscious of the critical role of politics in any democracy. They did not see politics as a problem; they saw it as a way of solving the problems. Every society needs to decide how it will govern and regulate itself.

There are always different policy alternatives to choose from. There are different groups with different and conflicting aspirations. How do we resolve these differences? Democratic politics is an answer to this question. While competition and power are the two most visible things about politics, the purpose of political activity is and should be deciding and pursuing public interest. This is the route our leaders decided to take.

Statehood for Punjab came in 1966, when the territories of today’s Haryana and Himachal Pradesh were separated from the larger Punjab state.

One of the most important concerns in the early years was that demands for separate states would endanger the unity of the country. It was felt that linguistic states may foster separatism and create pressures on the newly founded nation. But the leadership, under popular pressure, finally made a choice in favour of linguistic states. It was hoped that if we accept the regional and linguistic claims of all regions, the threat of division and separatism would be reduced. Besides, the accommodation of regional demands and the formation of linguistic states were also seen as more democratic.

The acceptance of the principle of linguistic states did not mean, however, that all states immediately became linguistic states.

• At independence the entire region except Manipur and Tripura comprised the State of Assam. Demands for political autonomy arose when the non-Assamese felt that the Assam government was imposing Assamese language on them.
• There were opposition and protest riots throughout the State. Leaders of the major tribal communities wanted to separate from Assam. They formed the Eastern India Tribal Union which later transformed into a more comprehensive All Party Hill Leaders Conference in 1960. They demanded a tribal State to be carved out of Assam.
• Finally instead of one tribal State, several States got carved out of Assam. Tripura, Manipur and Khasi Hills of Meghalaya were erstwhile Princely States which merged with India after Independence.
• The entire region of North-East has undergone considerable political reorganisation. Nagaland State was created in 1960; Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura in 1972 while Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram became separate States only in 1986. The reorganisation of the North-East was completed by 1986.