CBSE Board Class 11 Political Science Previous Year Question Papers 2008

PREVIOUS PAPER 2008
CLASS 11
 
Answer Question No.l and any two from the rest.

1.  Examine Ambedkar’s ideas regarding empowerment of the Depressed Classes.      

2.  Elucidate Lenin’s contributions to Marxist thought.     

3. Attempt a critique of the Austinian concept of sovereignty from a pluralist perspective.    

4. Discuss the importance of political accountability in a democracy and identify the mechanisms for ensuring it.     

5.  Identify the main points of strength and weakness of coalition governments. What, in your opinion, is the most important factor for ensuring the stability of such governments ?     

                                                              Group—B
                           Answer Question No.6 and any two from the rest.

6. What, do you think, have been the main irritants in centre-State relations in India as evident over the years.     

7.  Examine the role played by the President in the Parliamentary System of India.    

8.  Analyse the contributions of the 73rd Constitution Amendment towards widening of the democratic basis of rural local self government.     

9.  Do you think the role of the bureaucracy has changed in independent India from what it was in the pre-independence days ?    

10. Identify two major challenges faced by Indian democracy.  How, do you think, should they be tackled ?     

11. Analyse the scientific Management Theory of Taylor.      

12. Evaluate the process of Democratic Decentralisation in India.     

13. Discuss the role and position of UPSC in India.     

14. Describe briefly the composition and role of the Planning Com-mission and NDC in India.    

15. Write a note on Wilson’s idea regarding politics-administraion dichotomy.    

                                                                 Group—B
                           Answer Question No.6 and any two from the rest.

16.  Define National Interest.  Do you think it is the key concept in the making of foreign policy ?   Give reasons for your answer.     

17.  Evaluate propaganda as a determinant of foreign policy.      

18.  Briefly describe the end of cold war.    

19.  Examine the role of  ASEAN and its relation with India.     

20. Give an account of the recent peace keeping efforts of the UN.