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CBSE Class 12 Political Science

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Flashcards for CBSE Class 12 Political Science (code 028), split into Part A, Contemporary World Politics, and Part B, Politics in India since Independence, and then by chapter in the order the 2026-27 curriculum lists them. Chapters with many cards are split further by topic. Follows the CBSE curriculum for the 2027 board examination.

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What is inside (90 subdecks)

  • Part A Contemporary World Politics458 cards
    • 1. The End of Bipolarity80 cards
      • A unipolar world5 cards
      • Causes and consequences of the disintegration8 cards
      • India and the post-communist countries8 cards
      • Russia, the Balkans and Central Asia8 cards
      • Shock therapy11 cards
      • The Arab Spring4 cards
      • The disintegration of the Soviet Union9 cards
      • The Soviet system and Gorbachev27 cards
    • 2. Contemporary Centres of Power84 cards
      • ASEAN23 cards
      • BRICS and India5 cards
      • China25 cards
      • European Union22 cards
      • Japan and South Korea9 cards
    • 3. Contemporary South Asia96 cards
      • Bangladesh20 cards
      • India and its neighbours10 cards
      • India-Pakistan conflicts12 cards
      • Nepal13 cards
      • Pakistan13 cards
      • Peace and cooperation9 cards
      • Sri Lanka16 cards
      • The region3 cards
    • 4. International Organizations62 cards
      • India and the UN5 cards
      • Key agencies16 cards
      • Meaning and evolution of the UN13 cards
      • Non-governmental organisations5 cards
      • Reform of the UN7 cards
      • The principal organs of the UN16 cards
    • 5. Security in the Contemporary World43 cards
      • Cooperative security3 cards
      • India's security strategy6 cards
      • New sources of threats7 cards
      • Non-traditional security8 cards
      • Traditional security19 cards
    • 6. Environment and Natural Resources54 cards
      • Common but differentiated responsibilities5 cards
      • Environmental concerns16 cards
      • Environmental movements9 cards
      • Global commons7 cards
      • India's stand on environmental issues5 cards
      • Resource geopolitics6 cards
      • Rights of indigenous peoples6 cards
    • 7. Globalisation39 cards
      • Concept, causes and consequences17 cards
      • India and globalisation9 cards
      • India and resistance to globalisation3 cards
      • Resistance to globalisation10 cards
  • Part B Politics in India since Independence350 cards
    • 1. Challenges of Nation-Building50 cards
      • Integration of princely states22 cards
      • Reorganisation of states14 cards
      • The three challenges and Partition14 cards
    • 2. Era of One-Party Dominance35 cards
      • Building democracy and the first elections11 cards
      • Emergence of opposition parties16 cards
      • The nature of Congress dominance8 cards
    • 3. Politics of Planned Development26 cards
      • Ideas of development and planning8 cards
      • Institutions7 cards
      • The early initiatives11 cards
    • 4. India's External Relations43 cards
      • India's nuclear policy10 cards
      • Non-alignment15 cards
      • Peace and conflict with China8 cards
      • War and peace with Pakistan10 cards
    • 5. Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System36 cards
      • The 1971 election and restoration6 cards
      • The challenge of political succession10 cards
      • The Fourth General Election, 196711 cards
      • The split in the Congress9 cards
    • 6. The Crisis of Democratic Order45 cards
      • After the Emergency11 cards
      • Background to the Emergency18 cards
      • The Emergency16 cards
    • 7. Regional Aspirations49 cards
      • Jammu and Kashmir20 cards
      • Punjab10 cards
      • Region and the nation4 cards
      • The Northeast15 cards
    • 8. Recent Developments in Indian Politics66 cards
      • Communalism, secularism and democracy14 cards
      • Democratic upsurges and recent schemes7 cards
      • Political rise of the backward classes12 cards
      • Political thinkers6 cards
      • The 1990s and the era of coalition22 cards
      • The new consensus5 cards

Some of its cards

  • Which four things does India's security strategy rely on?
    Military strength, international norms and institutions, internal security, and economic development
  • On which date did India become independent?
    15 August 1947
  • Which Naga leader led the demand for independence for the Naga Hills?
    A. Z. Phizo
  • What did Deng Xiaoping's reforms do to farming in China's countryside?
    They ended collective farming and let households farm their own plots
  • What happened to the Indian economy in the early 1970s?
    Inflation and unemployment rose, helped by the oil price shock of 1973 and failed monsoons
  • In which year did Pakistan become independent?
    1947
  • What happened in the Soviet Union in August 1991?
    Hardliners attempted a coup against Gorbachev and failed
  • What was the Bombay Plan of 1944?
    A plan by leading Indian industrialists for an economy with a strong state role in industry
  • What is terrorism, in the sense of world politics?
    Violence that targets civilians to spread fear and force political change
  • Which seven countries are covered when South Asia is described as a region of India and its six neighbours?
    India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and the Maldives

And 798 more once you add the deck.