Karnataka PUC 12th Political Science Question Paper 2025

The word 'Election' is derived from the Latin verb 'Eligere', which means to pick out or choose. Options A, B, and D do not relate to the etymological root of election.

Under the All India Services Act, 1951, the three services recognized as All India Services are the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), the Indian Police Service (IPS), and the Indian Forest Service (IFoS). The Indian Foreign Service (IFS) is a Central Service, not an All India Service.

Caste-based inequality specifically refers to the hierarchical social structure where individuals are discriminated against based on caste, characterized by the feeling of superiority or inferiority between 'Upper' and 'Lower' castes. The other options refer to economic inequality, gender inequality, and racial inequality respectively.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established on August 8, 1967, in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration by the founding members.

The image shows Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, who was the primary architect of India's foreign policy, notably promoting Non-Alignment. He is not the 'Father of the Nation' (Gandhi), the 'Iron Man' (Patel), or the 'Architect of the Constitution' (Ambedkar).