CLASS 12 · NCERT GEOGRAPHY · CH 7: SECURITY IN CONTEMPORARY WORLD (NCERT CLASS 12 — CONTEMPORARY WORLD POLITICS)
Security in Contemporary World 🌐
NCERT-aligned Class 12 Geography topic. Every item is anchored to a real location on India's map — built for boards (CBSE, ICSE, state) and UPSC aspirants.
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Key locations covered (10)
- Traditional Security — India
- Non-Traditional Security — India
- Terrorism — India
- Nuclear Proliferation — India
- NPT + CTBT — India
- India's Nuclear Doctrine — India
- Cooperative Security — India
- Human Security — India
- Climate Security — India
- Cybersecurity — India
Sample questions (12 of 34)
What is traditional security?
Concerned with military threats to nation-state from external sources.
Forms of traditional security?
Deterrence, defence, alliance, balance of power.
Which chapter discusses 'Traditional Security'?
NCERT Class 12 — Security in Contemporary World.
What is non-traditional security?
Threats to human well-being — disease, poverty, environment, terrorism.
Who pioneered human security concept?
Mahbub ul Haq; UNDP HDR 1994.
Which chapter discusses 'Non-Traditional Security'?
NCERT Class 12 — Security in Contemporary World.
Define terrorism.
Political violence targeting civilians to spread fear + achieve political objectives.
Major Indian terrorist incidents?
2008 Mumbai attacks (26/11); 2001 Parliament; 2016 Uri; 2019 Pulwama.
India's anti-terrorism law?
UAPA (1967, amended several times); NIA Act 2008.
Which chapter discusses 'Terrorism'?
NCERT Class 12 — Security in Contemporary World.
Nuclear weapon states (NPT-recognised)?
USA, USSR/Russia, UK, France, China.
Non-NPT nuclear states?
India, Pakistan, Israel, North Korea.
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About this topic
This topic is part of the NCERT Class 12 Geography syllabus, drawn from the chapter Ch 7: Security in Contemporary World (NCERT Class 12 — Contemporary World Politics). Content is cross-referenced against the latest NCERT textbook editions + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar, Satish Chandra for history; G.C. Leong, Savindra Singh for geography; the UPSC Civil Services prelims + mains syllabus).
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