Test Your History

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Test Your History

Preetha Nambiar, PGT (History), Delhi Public School, Bopal, Ahmedabad presents History & Civics mock paper. Check out, how much you score...

General Instructions

  • Answer all the questions.
  • Answer to questions no. 1 to 3 carrying 2 marks should not exceed 30 words each.
  • Answer to questions no. 4 to 8 carrying 4 marks should not exceed 100 words each.
  • Question no.9 (for 4 marks) is a value based question and compulsory.
  • Answer to questions no. 10 to 12 carrying 8 marks should not exceed 350 words each. 
  • Questions no. 13 to 15 are source based questions.
  • Map question 16 includes identification and significance of test items. 
  • Attach the map with the answer-book.


PART A 

Q.1 How were the coins used in the first century CE? Give two examples.

Q.2 Kabir Bijak and Kabir Granthavali are the distinct but overlapping traditions. How are they preserved?

Q.3 How did changes occur in the building pattern of colonial cities after the revolt of 1857? Cite any two examples.


PART B SECTION I

Q.4 What was the other name of 'Bombay Deccan revenue system of 1820s'.Mention its features?

Q.5 How have archaeologists used evidence from material remains to piece together parts of a fascinating Harappa history? Explain.

Q.6 'Historians have provided accounts of diplomatic relationships and conflicts with the neighbouring political powers of the Mughal Empire.' Elaborate.

Q.7 'Epigraphy alone does not provide a full understanding of political and economic history.' Justify the statement with its limitations

Q.8 Explain how the merchants in India were badly affected by the monopolization of trade by the British Government, according to the Azamgarh Proclamation of 25th August 1857.


SECTION II

Value Based Question

Q.9 Read the following passage and answer the question that follow:

A poem by Karaikkal Ammaiyar in which she describes herself:

The female Pey (demoness) with . . . bulging veins,

protruding eyes, white teeth and shrunken stomach,

red haired and jutting teeth, lengthy shins extending till the ankles,

shouts and wails while wandering in the forest.


Karaikkal Ammaiyar's poetry dismantles the paradigm of human order and duty rooted in the household not by focusing on gender roles, but by extolling devotion.

Highlight the values that provide the potential space for women in this emerging tradition.


PART C 

Q.10 Explain how Indian partition was a culmination of communal politics that started developing in the opening decades of the twentieth century.

Q.11 'Non-cooperation became the epoch in the life of India and of Gandhiji'. Justify this statement with examples.

Q.12 How did Sutta-Pitaka reconstruct the philosophy of Buddhism? Mention about Buddhist Tipitaka.

Mock Test paper HISTORY Class XII, cbse Total Marks 80

 

PART D 

Q.13 Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow:

"British element is gone but they have left the mischief behind"

Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel said:

It is no use saying that we ask for separate electorates because it is good for us. We have heard it long enough. We have heard it for years, and as a result of this agitation we are now a separate nation…..Can you show me one free country where there are separate electorates? If so, I shall be prepared to accept it. But in this unfortunate country if this separate electorate is going to be persisted in, even after the division of the country, woe betide the country; it is not worth living in. Therefore, I say it is not for my good alone, it is for your own good that I say it, forget the past. One day, we may be united ….The British element is gone, but they have left the mischief behind. We do not want to perpetuate that mischief. (Hear, hear). When the British introduced his element they had not expected that they will have to go so soon. They wanted it for their easy administration. That is all right. But they have left the legacy behind. Are we to get out of it or not?


1. Why are separate electorates considered as a mischief? [2]

2. State the arguments given by Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel for building political unity 

and forging a nation. [3]

3. How did the philosophy of separate electorates result in a separate nation? [2]


Q.14 Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow:


A tiger-like husband

This is a summary of a story from the Adi Parvan of the Mahabharata:

The Pandavas had fled into the forest. They were tired and fell asleep; only Bhima, the second Pandava, renowned for his prowess; was keeping watch. A man-eating rakshasa caught the scent of the Pandavas and sent his sister Hidimba to capture them. She fell in love with Bhima, transformed herself into a lovely maiden and proposed to him. He refused. Meanwhile, the rakshasa arrived and challenged Bhima to a wrestling match. Bhima accepted the challenge and killed him. The others woke up hearing the noise. Hidimba introduced herself, and declared her love for Bhima. She told Kunti; "I have forsaken my friends, my dharma and my kin; and good lady, chosen your tiger-like son for my man …. Whether you think me a fool, or your devoted servant, let me join you, great lady, with your son as my husband."

Ultimately, Yudhisthira agreed to the marriage on condition that they would spend the day together but that Bhima would return every night. The couple roamed all over the world during the day. In due course Hidimba gave birth to a rakshasa named Ghatotkacha. Then the mother and son left the Pandavas. Ghatotkacha promised to return to the pandavas whenever they needed him.

Some historians suggest that the term rakshasa is used to describe people whose practices differed from those laid down in Brahmanical texts.


1. Who was Hidimba? Why was she sent to Pandavas and what did she do? Explain. [2]

2. How did Hidimba plead with Kunti for her love? [2]

3. Why were Pandavas sent to the forest? [1]

4. On what conditions did Bhima agree for marriage with Hidimba? [2]


Q.15 Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow:


Classifications of lands under Akbar

The following is a listing of criteria of classification excerpted from the Ain:

The Emperor Akbar in his profound sagacity classified the lands and fixed a different revenue to be paid by each. Polaj is land which is annually cultivated for each crop in succession and is never allowed to lie fallow. Parauti is land left out of cultivation for a time that it may recover its strength. Chachar is land that has lain fallow for three or four years. Banjar is land uncultivated for five years and more. Of the first two kinds of land, there are three classes, good, middling and bad. They add together the produce of each sort, and the third of this represents the medium produce, one-third part of which is exacted as the Royal dues.


1. Name any two sources through which we come to know about the Mughal classification  of lands. [1]

2. Explain the principles which the Mughal state followed while classifying lands in their territories. [3]

3. How was revenue assessed in the Mughal Empire? Explain. [3]

 

PART E

(Map Question)

Q.16.1 On the political outline map of India, locate and label the following with appropriate symbols. [2]

a. Kot Diji

b. Agra, the imperial capital of Mughal


Q.16.2 On the same outline map of India, three centres related to the Indian National Movement have been marked as A, B and C. Identify them and write their correct names on the lines drawn near them. [3]


These questions and the marks alongside are meant for practice purpose only. Students are advised to check format, syllabus and marks for Board test papers with their teachers. Questions have been given by teachers and NIE is not responsible for them.

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