CUET 2024 Political Science Question Paper with Answers & Solutions

Correct answer: B

The Nizam of Hyderabad signed a Standstill Agreement with India in November 1947 to maintain the existing arrangements while postponing accession; the state was finally integrated by Operation Polo in 1948.

Correct answer: D

Hyderabad, Junagadh and Kashmir were the three princely states that did not readily sign the Instrument of Accession, as noted in NCERT 'Politics in India Since Independence'.

Correct answer: B

The Muslim League advanced the two-nation theory, demanding a separate nation (Pakistan) for Muslims.

Correct answer: C

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, leader of the Khudai Khidmatgars in the North-West Frontier Province, was popularly called 'Frontier Gandhi'.

Correct answer: A

S.A. Dange was a founder of the CPI (IV); Shyama Prasad Mukherjee founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (I); Minoo Masani was associated with the Swatantra Party (II); Ashok Mehta was a leader of the Praja Socialist Party (III).

Correct answer: D

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar led the anti-caste movement and founded the Independent Labour Party in 1936.

Correct answer: C

Verghese Kurien, father of the White Revolution (Operation Flood) and founder of Amul, is called the 'Milkman of India'.

Correct answer: C

Statement I is correct: the Second Five Year Plan (1956) emphasised heavy industries. Statement II is incorrect: under the plan, heavy industries like electricity, railways and steel were to be developed by the public sector (state), not the private sector.

Correct answer: B

The Second Five Year Plan was drafted under the leadership of statistician P.C. Mahalanobis, emphasising heavy industrialisation.

Correct answer: B

India rejected the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) of 1968 as discriminatory because it allowed only existing nuclear powers to keep weapons while barring others.

Correct answer: B

The first NAM summit was held in 1961 at Belgrade (then Yugoslavia).

Correct answer: B

The Shimla Agreement of 1972 was signed between India (Indira Gandhi) and Pakistan (Z.A. Bhutto) following the 1971 war.

Correct answer: C

K. Kamaraj proposed the 'Kamaraj Plan' in 1963, under which senior Congress leaders resigned from office to devote themselves to party work.

Correct answer: A

Socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia propounded the strategy of 'non-Congressism' to unite opposition parties against the Congress.

Correct answer: C

The Mandal Commission (Second Backward Classes Commission) was appointed in 1979 by the Janata Party government headed by Morarji Desai.

Correct answer: C

The 1974 nationwide Railway strike was led by George Fernandes, then president of the All India Railwaymen's Federation.

Correct answer: C

The Akali Dal led the movement demanding a separate Punjabi-speaking state (Punjabi Suba), achieved in 1966.

Correct answer: B

E.V. Ramasami Naicker (Periyar) led the anti-Brahmin Self-Respect Movement, was associated with the Justice Party, and founded the Dravidar Kazhagam.

Correct answer: C

BAMCEF stands for the Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation, founded by Kanshi Ram.

Correct answer: A

Deve Gowda: June 1996–April 1997 (II); I.K. Gujral: April 1997–March 1998 (III); V.P. Singh: December 1989–November 1990 (IV); Manmohan Singh: May 2004–May 2014 (I).

Correct answer: D

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) was founded by Kanshi Ram in 1984.

Correct answer: B

The painful transition from communism to capitalism in Russia, Central Asia and East Europe, influenced by the World Bank and IMF, was called 'Shock Therapy'.

Correct answer: D

Mikhail Gorbachev became General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1985 and initiated reforms of perestroika and glasnost.

Correct answer: A

Denmark and Sweden are EU members that have not adopted the Euro; Spain, Portugal, Greece, Germany, France and Austria are all in the Eurozone.

Correct answer: C

The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), set up in 1994, coordinates security and foreign policy among members.

Correct answer: B

China, under Deng Xiaoping, launched the 'Open Door' policy and economic reforms in 1978.

Correct answer: B

Sheikh Mujib-ur-Rahman put forward the six-point proposal in 1966 demanding greater autonomy for East Pakistan (later Bangladesh).

Correct answer: C

Afghanistan became the eighth member of SAARC in 2007; the other listed countries were founding members in 1985.

Correct answer: B

China is not considered part of South Asia; Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal are South Asian countries.

Correct answer: B

The 'Big Three' at the 1945 Yalta Conference were Franklin Roosevelt (USA), Winston Churchill (UK) and Joseph Stalin (USSR).

Correct answer: D

The IAEA was established in 1957.

Correct answer: B

The World Bank provides loans and grants to member countries for human development, agriculture, infrastructure and environment protection.

Correct answer: B

START stands for Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

Correct answer: C

Terrorism is a major threat to global security; arms control and disarmament are measures to enhance security.

Correct answer: B

Mapuche – Chile (III); Kuna Tribe – East of Panama Canal (I); Indigenous people of Cordillera Region – Philippines (IV); Tribal people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts – Bangladesh (II).

Correct answer: C

The Kyoto Protocol was adopted/signed in 1997 (entered into force in 2005).

Correct answer: C

The Energy Conservation Act was passed in 2001.

Correct answer: B

The World Social Forum brings together human rights activists, environmentalists, labour, youth and women activists opposed to neo-liberal globalization.

Correct answer: C

NCERT states globalization is a multi-dimensional phenomenon having political, economic and cultural manifestations; it is not purely economic or cultural, nor uniform across all societies.

Correct answer: D

Ambedkar Jayanti is observed on 14 April, the birth anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.

Correct answer: C

The logo, a polar-projection world map flanked by olive branches, is the emblem of the United Nations (UN).

Correct answer: C

Trygve Lie was the first UN Secretary-General; Dag Hammarskjold was the second (1953–1961).

Correct answer: C

United Nations Day is celebrated on 24 October, marking the entry into force of the UN Charter in 1945.

Correct answer: A

The United Nations was founded in 1945 as a successor to the League of Nations.

Correct answer: B

UNDP stands for United Nations Development Programme.

Correct answer: A

The passage states the region 'consists of seven States, also referred to as the Seven Sisters'.

Correct answer: C

The passage states the region 'shares boundaries with China, Myanmar and Bangladesh'.

Correct answer: B

The passage states 'Nagaland State was created in 1963'.

Correct answer: D

The passage refers to the 'Khasi Hills of Meghalaya'; the Khasi tribes inhabit Meghalaya.

Correct answer: A

The passage states the region 'serves as India's gateway to South-East Asia'.