Chapter 7: Security in the Contemporary World

Important Questions

1. Explain the traditional concept of security. (Imp.) (C.B.S.E. 2013)

2. Suggest anyone effective step which would limit war or violence between countries (C.B.S.E. 2014)

3. How is the balance of power a component of traditional security (C.B.S.E. 2012 Outside Delhi)

4. Explain the importance of cooperation in the field of ‘Traditional Security’. (C.B.S.E. 2015)

5. What is meant by alliance-building as a component of traditional security policy? State its advantages. (C.B.S.E. 2017)

Sample Questions

1. What is meant by the traditional notion of external security? Describe any two components of this type of security. (C.B.S.E. 2016)

2. Describe the security challenges | faced by the newly independent countries of Asia and Africa after the Second World War.I (Imp.) (C.B.S.E. 2016)

3. What is meant by the non-traditional notion of security? Differentiate between the narrow and the broad concept of human security. (C.B.S.E. 2016)

4. Identify and explain any four new sources of threat to security. (C.B.S.E. 2013)
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Describe any four new sources of threats to Non-traditional security (C.B.S.E. 2019)

5. Describe various aspects of human security as well as global security. (C.B.S.E. 2017)