Class 12 · Political Science · CBSE Board · 2016–2025

Security in the Contemporary World — Class 12 Political Science PYQs

43 questions from this chapter, asked in 9 Class 12 exams between 2016–2025 — every question paper set included, duplicates removed.

43questions
9Class 12 exams
2016–2025years covered

Questions asked per year

Practice questions

Explain any three security challenges faced by the newly independent countries of Asia and Africa after the Second World War.

Explain any three differences between the Non-traditional and Traditional notion of security.

State any two components of Traditional notions of external security.

Explain health epidemics and terrorism as the two new sources of threat under the non-traditional sources of threat to security.

Suggest the type of security that India should prefer to fight the threats like poverty and epidemics.

Q6MCQ2025

Match the terms given in Column A correctly with Column B and choose the correct answer from the codes given below :
Column A

(A)Balance of Power
(B)Disarmament
(C)Migration
(D)Freedom from threats
Column B
(i) Giving up certain types of weapons
(ii) Security
(iii) Traditional security
(iv) New source of threat
Q7MCQ2025

Arrange the following in chronological order of their happening :
(i) India-China War
(ii) India's first test of a nuclear device
(iii) Terrorists attack on World Trade Centre in America
(iv) The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
Choose the correct option :

(A)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(B)(ii), (iv), (iii), (i)
(C)(iv), (i), (iii), (ii)
(D)(i), (iv), (ii), (iii)

State any two methods of Traditional Security.

Q9MCQ2024

'Balance of power' requires countries to ______.

(A)give up certain kinds of weapons
(B)regulate acquisition and development of weapons
(C)coordinate their actions to defend against military attack
(D)maintain a favourable balance with other countries
Q10MCQ2024

People who flee their homes but remain within national borders are called ______.

(A)fugitives
(B)migrants
(C)internally displaced people
(D)indigenous people

Why practise Security in the Contemporary World PYQs?

Security in the Contemporary World has appeared in 9 Class 12 Political Science exams we track between 2016–2025. CBSE Board examiners consistently reuse concepts and question patterns from this topic — practising its previous year questions is the most reliable way to know exactly what to expect in your exam.

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