POLITICAL SCIENCE

M. Marks: 100 Marks Time: 3 Hours

Theory: 80 Marks Project: 20 Marks

Part A: Contemporary World Politics.

1. Bipolarity. Marks 06
New entities in world politic: Russia, Balkan states and Central Asian states. Introduction
of democratic politics and capitalism in post communist relation with
Russia and other post communist countries.

2. Alternative Centres of Economic and Political Power. Marks 06

Rise of China as an economic power in post Mao era, creation and expansion of

3. South Asia in the Post Cold War Era. Marks06

Democratisation and its reversals in Pakistan and Nepal. Ethnic conflict in Sri
Lanka, Impact of economic globalization on the region. Conflicts and efforts for
neighbours.

4. International Organizations in a Unipolar World. Marks 06

Restructuring and the future of the UN.
Rise of new international actors; New international economic organizations,

governance?

5. Security in Contemporary World. Marks 06

Traditional concerns of security and politics of disarmament. Non-traditional or

human security: global poverty, health and education. Issues of human rights and
migration.

6. Globalization and its Critics. Marks 04

Economic, cultural and political manifestations. Debates on the nature of

consequences of globalization. Anti globalization movements. India as an arena
of globalization and struggle against it.

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 7. Environmental and Natural Resources in Global Politics. Marks 06

Environment movement and evolution of global environmental norms. Conflicts

over traditional and common property resources. Rights of indigenous people.

Part B: Politics in India since Independence.

8. Nation Building and Its Problems. Marks 06

building: Legacy of
resettlement, the Kashmir problem. Organization and reorganization of states; Political
conflicts over language.

9. Era of One Party Dominance. Marks 04

First three general elections, nature of Congress dominance at the national level,
uneven dominance at the state level, coalitional nature of Congress. Major opposition
parties.

10. Politics of Planned Development. Marks 02

Five-year plans, expansion of state sector and the rise of new economic interests.
Famine and suspension of five-year plans. Green revolution and its political
fallouts.

11. Relations. Marks 06

Indian war of1962, Indo Pak war of 1965 and 1971.

12. Challenge to and Restoration of Congress System. Marks 05

Political succession after Nehru. Non Congressism and electoral upset of 1967,
politics of

13. Crisis of the Constitutional Order. Marks 04

Gujarat and the Bihar movement. Emergency context constitutional and extra
constitutional dimensions, resistance to emergency.1977 elections and the
formation of Janata Party. Rise of civil liberties organizations.

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 14. Regional Aspirations and Conflicts. Marks 06
Rise of regional parties. Punjab crisis. The Kashmir situation. Challenges and responses in
the North East.

15. Recent Developments in Indian Politics. Marks 07

Participatory upsurge in [Link] of the JD and the BJP. Increasing role of
regional parties and coalition politics. UF and NDA governments. Elections 2004
and UPA governments.

Scheme of assessment
Question paper contains five sections namely
1. Section A contains 10 (Objective Type Question/ Multiple Choice
Questions) of 1 mark each. 1x10= 10 marks
2. Section- B contains 9 Very Short Answer Type Questions of 2 marks each to be
answered in20 to 30 words. 2 x 9 = 18 marks
3. Section C contains 7 Short Answer type questions of 4 marks each to be
answered in 100 to 150 words. 4 x 7 = 28 marks
4. Section - D contains 1 Passage having three questions of 2 marks each to be
answered in 20 to 30 words. 2 x 3 = 6 marks
5. Section - E contains 3 Long Answer type questions of 6 marks each to be
answered in 150to 200 words. (With Internal Choice) 6 x 3 = 18 marks
Note: The paper setter shall incorporate Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)
questions apart from knowledge, memory and application based questions.

Project work (Internal): 20 marks

List of Suggested Topics
1. Division of Germany with special focus on the construction and dismantling of the
Berlin Wall.
2. CIS-Central Asian Republics
3. Disintegration of USSR with special focus on Gorbachev.
4. Arab Spring
5. Cover the negative as well as positive aspects of relationship between India and the
following countries.
Focus on any one of the following (current updates should be highlighted):
a) Relationship between India and Russia
b) Relationship between India and China
c) Relationship between India and Pakistan
d) Relationship between India and Bangladesh

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7. ASEAN
8. European Union and BREXIT
9. BRICS
10. SAARC

13. UN Agencies UNICEF, UNESCO, WHO

14. Pandemics: Covid 19- Its global impact (focus on worldwide cooperation and
preparedness along with controversies (please collect newspaper clippings for the same)
15. Partition of India-Theory behind it and its legacy
16. Comparison between NITI AAYOG and Planning Commission and their contribution in

17. Election 2019- Rise of BJP and Downfall of Congress (1989-2019).

18. Emergency A blot on Indian Democracy
19. NDA III and NDA IV Social and Economic welfare programmes.

Distribution of Marks
Internal Project File 10 Marks
Viva-Voce 10 Marks

BOOKS PRESCRIBED:
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