What is meant by decentralized planning?

Analyse any six consequences of the partition of India in 1947.

OR

Assess the outcomes of the early phase of planned development in India.

Evaluate any four benefits of the ‘Green Revolution’.

Critically examine the major outcomes of the Indian model of the mixed economy.

‘The accommodation of regional demands and the formation of linguistic states were also seen as more democratic.’ Justify the statement with any three suitable arguments.

OR

Examine the different areas of agreement and disagreement with respect to the model of economic development to be adopted in India after independence.

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :

“India’s policy of non-alignment was neither negative nor passive. India was in favour of actively intervening in world affairs to soften Cold War rivalries. Nonalignment was not, as some suggest, a noble international cause, which had little to do with India’s real interests. In fact, a non-aligned posture served India’s interests in many ways. On the other hand, India’s policy of non-alignment was criticized also on a number of counts.”

i. Give any one example of a conflict between the Cold War rivals where India

Mediated to soften the warring factions.

ii. In which two ways did Non-alignment serve India’s interest?

iii. Highlight any two points of criticism against the India’s policy of nonalignment.