VCE PoliticsPractice Examination 3

This paper covers

• Global issue: Development — short-term causes of the post-2024 development financing crisis (ODA decline, debt-service reversal), the role of globalisation/interconnectedness, and an evaluated judgement on the effectiveness of World Bank/IMF/UN responses
• Contemporary crisis: Abuse of human rights — the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar's Rakhine State (2024–2025 Arakan Army–military violence, mass displacement, ICC arrest warrants), competing actor perspectives, and an evaluated judgement on response effectiveness
• Indo-Pacific state: India — national interest, use of hard/soft/sharp/smart power (Operation Sindoor, the Quad, diaspora diplomacy), internal (Manipur) and external (China border, Pakistan) challenges, and an evaluated judgement on effectiveness
• Section B source-based analysis of Australia's national interest and power in the Indo-Pacific, built around an original embedded data extract on the Australia–India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and ECTA trade relationship
• Section C extended responses integrating Unit 3 (development + Rohingya abuse of human rights) and Unit 4 (India + Australia in the Indo-Pacific), each requiring a substantiated evaluative judgement

Students are permitted to bring into the examination the materials normally allowed for this subject. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

This is an ATARMAxxing practice paper. It is not an official examination and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by the VCAA, NESA or the QCAA.