List of top Questions asked in UP Board XII

Mention any two principles of Indian foreign policy.
Write four important elements of an ideal electoral system.
What is the meaning of Panchsheel?
What is meant by 'Congress Syndicate'?
What is meant by SAARC? How can peace and cooperation be promoted through this?
When was Operation Blue Star conducted?
What is Agenda-21?
What were the two major challenges India faced after independence?
What do you understand by Maastricht Treaty?
What do you understand by planned development?
What is meant by balance of power?
What is the function of the World Social Forum?
In which of the following years were the recommendations of Mandal Commission implemented by the government?
Tashkent Agreement was signed between whom?
In which year was the Earth Summit held?
Who called the Congress party an 'Umbrella Organisation'?
Who gave the slogan of non-congressism?
When was the States Reorganisation Commission formed?
Bangladesh was a part of which country before independence?
When was the European Union established?
Who was the President of the Soviet Union at the time of its disintegration?
Which of the following countries is not a permanent member of the Security Council?
Draw and paint at least one flower, one bud, three-four leaves and the stem of the flower plant placed before you in such a natural way that the joint angles of the stem, colour, limbs and views of the plant are properly shown on drawing paper obtained from the centre. Prepare your painting with watercolours. Do not draw the nature study from your memory. The drawing should not be less than 20 cm in size. Try to show the freshness of the flowers and the colours of the leaves and buds in its natural form.


Correct size \& the drawing as well as natural form of the plant.
Transparent and attractive colour scheme.
Natural beauty and joint angles.
Make a drawing from your memory on any one of the following with either pencil (HB; 1B, 2B, 3B) or charcoal, showing light, shade and shadow on the drawing sheet given to you. The measurement of the drawing should be about 15 cm.
Prepare a landscape painting of any one of the following subjects on the given drawing sheet in a rectangle of 20 cm x 15 cm. The medium of the painting should be watercolour, poster colour or any other medium. Selection of the medium and the composition of the landscape should be beautiful and attractive:


Any village scene.
Scene of a temple close to some huts near a pond.
Some huts with some trees.
Keep in view the following points in the painting:

Correct drawing and perspective.
Suitable composition.
Selection and use of appropriate and amiable colours.
Suitable drawing \& depiction of atmosphere.