HISTORY
std xii
time: 3 hours max Marks:100
Instruction:-
1) All question are compulsory.
2) Answer every question on fresh page.
3) Figures to the right indicate the marks.
Model Question Paper
QIA. Select and write the correct alternative from those given below each statement. (1mk.)
1. The Harappan civilization is dated between———
a) 2600—1900 BCE b)2500—1800 BCE c)2000—1500BCE d)2100 400BCE.
2. Traces of canal have been found at the Harappan site of ——
a) Shortughou b) Dholaira c)Chanudro d)Khetri.
Q IB. Answer the following question in 10-15 words each. (2mks.)
1. Which two Indian archaeologists were responsible for the discovery of the Harappan Civilisation?
2. Name any two metals used to make beads in the Harappan Civilisation?
Q.I.C Answer the following question in 40-50words each (Any two):- (4mks.)
1. What were the food habits of the people of the Harappan Civilisation?
2. What was the nature of the script of Harrapan the Civilisation?
3. What burial practices were developed in the Harappan Civilisaton?
Q.I.D. Answer the following question in 60-80 words (Any 1) (3 Mks.)
1. It seems that the settlements were first planned and then implemented in the Harappan Civilisation.” Justify the statement.
2. Describe the bead making industry as it had developed in the Harappan Civilisation?
Q.2.A. Select and write the correct alternative from those given below each statement:- (1mk) 1. The Brahmi and the Kharoshti scripts were developed by ___
a) John Marshall. b)James Princep c)Colin Mackenzie. D)James fergussion.
2. The Greek ambassador in the court of Chandragupta Maurya was _____
a) Francois Bernier. b)Abdur Razaak. C)Megasthenes. D)Barboss.
Q.2.B. Answer the following question in 10-15 words each:-. (2 Mks.)
1. Name the first capital of Magadha Empire?
2. Which term was used to designate a “landlord” in the Pali texts?
Q.2.C. Answer the following question in 40-50 words each (Any 2). (4 Mks.)
1. Why did Maghada emerge as the most important Mahajanpada during the 6th century BCE?
2. Write a note on the source of the Gupta Empire?
3. How did the “Shrenis” benefit its members?
Q.2.D. Answer the following question in 60-80 words (Any 1) (3 Mks.)
1. Examine the social difference in the rural and the urban society of Mahajanpadas?
2. Explain the strategies used by the farmers to increase the agricultural production
in the Mahajanpadas?
Q.3.A. Select and write the correct alternative from those given below each statement. (1mk)
1. The ruler of Bhopal who provided money for the presentation of the Sanchi Stupa was ______
a) Rani Roopmati b) Noor Jahan c) Shahajahan Begum d). Rani Jodhabai
2. The Jain religious priests were known as ______
a) curus b). Tirthankaras c). Bhikkus d). Brahmins
Q.3.B. Answer the following question in 10-15 words each:- (2 Mks.)
1. Name the book written by Ibn Batuta?
2. Which foreign traveller had confidently asserted that there is no middle state in India?
Q.3.C. Answer the following question in 40-50 words each (any 2) (4 Mks.)
1. Explain the principles of Jainism?
2. What were the causes for the spread of Buddhism?
3. How does Bernier describe the “Camp Towns” of Mughal India?
Q.3.D. Answer the following question in 60-80 words (any1) (3 Mks.)
1. Describe the crown owenership of landed property as it had existed in Mughal India?
2. Examine Al-Birunis description of the caste system in India?
Q.4.A. Select and write the correct alternative from those given below each statement:- (1 Mk)
1. In Orissa lord Jagannath was identified as a form of –
a) Lord Vishnu b) lord Shiva c) lord Ganesha d) lord Soma
2. In Tamilnadu the devotees of lord Shiva were known as –
a) Alvars b) Lingayats c) Nayanas d) Jogis.
Q.4.B. Answer the following question in 10-15 words each:- (2 Mks.)
1. Name the founder of Viyaynagar Empire?
2. M ention the four most important dynasties which had ruled over the Viyaynagar Empire?
Q.4.C. Answer the following question in 40-50 words each (any two):- (4 Mks.)
1. What were the differences in the Vedic form of worship and the Bhakti worship?
2. How did the historians classify the bhakti tradition into two broad categories?
3. Which diverse ideas are expressed in Kabirs poems?
Q.4.D. Answer the following question in 60-80words (any one) (3 Mks.)
1. Describe the achievements of Krishnadevaraya as a ruler of the Vijaynagar Empire?
2. Explain the following features of temple architecture of Vijaynagar Empire:-
a. Gopurams b. Halls.
Q.5.A Select and write the correct alternatives from those given below each statement:- (1 Mk.)
1. The ruins at Hampi were brought to light in 1800 by ______
a. Sir John Marshall b. Colonel Colin Macken zie
c. Sir James Durant d. Sir James Princep.
2. In 1565 Rama Raya was defeated by the combined enemies of Bijapur, Ahmadnagar and Golkunda at the battle of ______
a. Plassey b. Talicota
c. Panipat d. Surat
Q.5.B. Answer the following question in 10-15 words each:- (2 Mks.)
1. Mention the two types of peasants which had existed in the Mughal period?
2. Which were the two types of forests found within the Mughal Empire?
Q.5.C. Answer the following question in 40-50-words each:- (4 Mks.)
1. Which two factors had brought about the development of temple building in the Vijaynagar Empire?
2. How were the water requirement of the people met within the Viyaynagar Empire? 3. How did trading activities develop within the Viyaynagar Empire?
Q5.D. Answer the following question in 60-80 words each (any 1):- (3Mks.)
1. Enumerate the causes for the rise of the Zamindars in the Mughal Empire?
2. Describe the life of the people in the forest areas within the Mughal Empire?
Q.6.A Select and write the most appropriate alternative from those given below each statement:- 1 Mks.
1. During the rule of Akbar the leading language of mughal court was –
a) Turkish b) Arabic c) Persian d) Hindvi
2. The art of painting was declared as a “Magical Art” by
a) Akbar b) Abul Faze c) Abdul Hamid Lahori d) Babur
Q.6.B. Answer the following question in 10-15 words each. 2Mks.
1. What was the capital of the mughal empire during the rule of Shah jahan?
2. Which tax was imposed on the non-muslim subject by Aurangzeb?
Q.6.C.Answer the following question in 40-50 words each (Any 2) 4 Mks.
1. Write a note on the chronicles as an important source of the Mughal Empire?
2. How did sovereignty function as a social contract in the Mughal Empire?
3. What was meant by “Zat” and “Sawar” in Mansabdari system?
Q.6.D Answer the following question in 60-80 words (any1) 3 Mks.
1. Describe the nature of the foreign policy of the mughal emperors with reference to:-
a. The Safairds and Qandahar
b. The Ottomans
2. Examine the religious policy of mughal emperor ?
Q.7.A. Select and write the most appropriate alternative from those given below each statement:- (1 Mk.)
1. The leader of the Ranes in the revolt of 1852 was
a) Kushtoba Rane b) Dipaji Rane c) Santoba Rane d) Raoji Rane
2. The Anglo-Portuguese treaty which had abolished the custom barrier between British India and Portuguese Goa was signed in
a) 1850 b) 1865 c) 1870 d) 1878.
Q.7.B. Answer the following question in 10-15 words each (2 Mks.)
1. Name the two newspapers through which Luis de Meneges Braganca waged an intellectual battle against the Portuguese?
2. Which two industries were affected by the Bombay Abkari Act of 1878?
Q.7.C. Answer the following question in 40-50 words (any two) (4 Mks.)
1. What was the contribution of Fr. Alvares in creating an awakening in Goa?
2. Write a note on goan emigration which had taken place in the second half of the 20th century?
3. Why was the uniform civil code of 1867 considered as the landmark for the Goan women?
Q.7.D. Answer the following question in 60-80 words (any one) (3 Mks.)
1. Examine the impact of Salazar regime on the Goan society?
2. Explain the development of the press and education in Goa as a part of its modernization?
Q.8.A. Select and write the most appropriate alternative from those given below the statement:- (1 Mk.) 1. The Azad Gomantak Dal was established under the leadership of –
a) Dr. Ram Hegde b). Vishwanath Lawande c). Peter alvares d). Mark Fernandes 2. The first Lt. Governor of liberated Goa was—
a). Major General K.P.Candeth b). Dr. Pundalik Gaitonde
c). Shri Tumkar Shiv Shankar d). General Vassalo-e- Silva
Q.8.B. Answer the following uestion in 10-15 words (any two):- (2 Mks.)
1. Who was the founder of the Goa Congress Committee?
2. Which Indian leader had raised the issue of Goa in the United Nations Organization?
Q.8.C Answer the following question in 40-50 words each (any two) :- (4 Mks.)
1. What was the impact of quit India movement of 1942 on the Liberation of Goa?
2. How did the movement of 1946 take place in Goa ?
3. Which major developments had taken place in Goa from 1980-1987?
Q.8.D. Answer the following question in 60-80 words (any one):- (3 Mks.)
1. Examine any three causes for the rise of Goan Nationalism in the 19th Century?
2. Explain the Opinion Poll as it had taken place in Goa?
Q.9.A. Select and write the most appropriate alternative from those given below each statement:- (1 Mk.)
1. In 1857 the mughal emperor in Delhi was
a). Aurangzeb b). Wajid Ali Shah c) Bahadur Shah d). Kunwar Singh
2. The kingdom of Awadh is “ a chery that will drop into our mouth one day was remarked by “
a) Lord Wellesley b) Lord Hasting c) Lord Comwallis d) Lord Dalhousie
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Q.9.B. Answer the following question in 10-15 words each (2 Mks.)
1. Who was the leader of the revolutionareies in Bihar?
2. What did the common people call the “ British Raj “?
Q.9.C. Answer the following question in 40-50 words (any two) (4 Mks.)
1. How did the sepoys begin the mutinies in different places?
2. In what ways did the link between the sepoys and the rural peasants of Northern India lead to the uprising in 1857?
3. What legal measures were undertaken by the British Government to suppress the rebellion?
Q.9.D.Answer the following question in 60-80 words (any one) (3 Mks.)
1. Examine the different policies of the British government which led to the Annexation of Awadh in 1856?
2. “The dispossession of taluqdars meant the breakdown of an entire Social Order” Explain the statement.
Q.10.A Select and write the appropriate alternative from those given below each statement: (1Mk.) 1. Indian nationalism was an elite phenomenon was remarked by
a) Lokmanya Tilak b) Mohammed Ali Jinnah
c) Mahatma Gandhi d) Motilal Nehru
2. The dandi march began on
a) 12 March 1930 b) 12 march 1932
c) 12 March 1942 d) 12 march 1948.
Q.10.B.Answer the following question in 10-15 words:- (2 Mks.)
1. In which year was the Rowlatt Act passed by the British Government?
2. What did the muslim league demanded in march 1940?
Q10.C. Answer the following question in 40-50 words (any two) :- (4 Mks.)
1. “South Africa was the making of Mahatma Gandhi.” Why?
2. Which principles of non-cooperation was advocated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1919? 3. Mention any two reason which had made salt march notable?
Q10 D. Answer the following question in 60-80 words (any one) (3 Mks.)
1. Describe the Non-Co-operation Khilafat Movement?
2. Explain the quit India movement of 1942?
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