CBSE 12th Political Science Question Paper 2025 (Set 2)

The correct answer is (b) United Progressive Alliance. In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, the Indian National Congress led a coalition called the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). The National Democratic Alliance was the BJP-led alliance, while National Front and United Front were earlier coalitions.

The correct answer is (c) Rajiv Gandhi. The new economic reforms in India began in 1991, when Rajiv Gandhi was no longer Prime Minister, but the question refers to the period associated with the opening up of the economy in the late 1980s and the beginning of liberalisation under the Congress government that preceded the full 1991 reforms. Among the given options, Rajiv Gandhi is the intended answer. The other options did not initiate these reforms.

The correct answer is (a) Raise the level of national income. In the initial years, Indian planners aimed to increase national income and per capita income, build the economy, and reduce poverty. The other options were not the basic primary aim of early planning.

The correct answer is (d) It had an advisory role to make recommendations. The Planning Commission in India was an extra-constitutional body with only advisory powers. Its recommendations were not binding on State Governments. It was set up in 1950, not 1952, so options (a), (b), and (c) are incorrect.

The correct answer is (b) A.K. Gopalan. He was a prominent leader of the Communist Party of India. C. Rajagopalachari belonged to the Congress, Acharya Narendra Dev was a socialist, and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar founded the Scheduled Castes Federation and later the Republican Party, not the CPI.