Practice Paper
TERM II (2021 – 2022)
Class – XI
History (027)
Time: 2 hours Maximum Marks: 40
General Instructions:
(i) Answer all the questions. Some questions have internal choice. Marks are indicated against each question.
(ii) Question number 1 to 25 are objective type carrying one marks each.
(iii) Question number 26 to 39 carrying 3 marks, answer should not exceed 100 words.
(iv) Question number 30 carrying 6 marks, answer should not exceed 350 words.
(v) Question number 31-33 carrying 4 marks is source based question.
(vi) Question number 34 is a map based question carrying 5 marks.
SECTION – A
1. Assertion -(A) Canals were initially built to transport coal to cities.
Reason- (R) The bulk and weight of coal made its transport by road much
(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
2. When did ‘’the trail of tears” incident occurs?
(a) 1830-40
(b) 1810-20
(c) 1850-60
(d) 1780-90
3. Match Column A with appropriate item from Column B
| Column A | Column B |
| (A) Lorenzo valla | (i) Cosmographical Mystery |
| (B)Johannes Gutenberg | (ii) The Motion |
| (C) Kepler | (iii) On Pleasure |
| (D) Galileo | (iv) Printing press |
A. (a) – iv, (b) – ii, (c) – iii , (d)- i
B. (a) – ii, (b) – i , (c) – iii , (d)- iv
C. (a) – iv, (b) – ii , (c) – iii , (d)- i
D. (a) – iii, (b) – iv , (c) – i , (d)- ii
4. Flying shuttle was designed by –
(a). John Kay
(b). James Hargreaves
(c). Richard Arkwright
(d).Samuel Compton
5. The term ‘Industrial Revolution’ was used for the first time by
(a) Georges Michelet and Frederich Engels
(b) Arnold Toynbee
(c) T S Ashton
(d) Eric Hobsbawm
6.The author of ‘The Civilization of the Renaissance Italy’
(a) Jacob Burkhart
(b) Peter Burke
(c) Thomas More
(d) Geoffrey Chaucer
7. A city known by its great citizens and its wealth-
(a) Padua
(b) Bologna
(c) Venice
(d) Florence
8.According to humanists, dark age is
(a) 5th -9th century
(b) 9th-11th century
(c) 11th -14th century
(d) 15th century
9. Assertion -(A) There was large scale increase in population in European cities in 1800s.
Reason- (R) Death primarily caused by epidemics of disease that sprang from the pollution of water, like cholera and typhoid, or of the airborne tuberculosis.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
10. Assertion -(A) Children were often employed in textile factories.
Reason- (R) Coal mines were safe places to work in.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
11. Assertion -(A) Japan was considered a rich nation.
Reason- (R) It imported luxury goods like silk from china and textiles from India.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
12. Assertion -(A) Guomindang despite its attempts to unite the country failed.
Reason- (R) It had a broad social base and unlimited political vision.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
13 Assertion -(A) A major plank in Sun –Yat- Sen’s programme- regulating capital
and equalizing land-was never carried out. (1)
Reason-(R) The party ignored the peasantry and the rising social inequalities.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
14. Assertion -(A) The dark age had set in the centuries of darkness.
Reason- (R) Humanists thought that they were restoring true civilization after centuries of darkness.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
15 Assertion -(A) Copernicus asserted that the planets, including the Earth, rotate around the Sun.
Reason- (R) The theory of the earth as part of a sun centred system was made popular by Kepler’s Cosmographical Mystery.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
16. Assertion -(A) The private and public spheres of life began to become separate in The Renaissance period.
Reason- (R) The public sphere meant the area of government and of formal religion, the private sphere meant family and personal religion.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
17 Assertion -(A) Britain was the first country to experience modern industrialisation.
Reason- (R) Britain had common laws, a single currency, surplus agricultural production
and good transportation system.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
18 Assertion -(A) The first railway line connected the cities of Stockton and Darlington in 1825.
Reason- (R) The invention of railways took the entire process of the industrialization to a second stage.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
19. Assertion -(A) Native means a person born in the place he/she lives in.
Reason- (R) The native peoples being pushed out into other areas by settlers.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
20 Assertion -(A) Britain used force to expand trade in opium leading the first opium war.
Reason- (R) The opium trade was the triangular trade between Britain, India and China.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
21 Assertion -(A) China government was based on the principles of the New Democracy, dictatorship of the proletariat.
Reason- (R) This term used by Karl Marx to express the stress between different classes, not a dictatorship in the current sense.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
22 Assertion -(A)-South America, Australia and New Zealand came to be settled by immigrants from Europe.
Reason- (R) The word settler is used for the Dutch in South Africa, the British in Ireland and Europeans in America.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
23 Assertion -(A). Men from aristocratic families dominated public life and were the decision –makers in their families.
Reason- (R) A few women were intellectually very creative and sensitive about the importance of a humanist education.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
24 Assertion -(A) Artists were not inspired by studying work from past.
Reason- (R) To study bone structures artists went to the Laboratories of medical schools.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
25 Assertion -(A) A printed book promoting new ideas could quickly reach hundreds of readers.
Reason- (R) The chief reason that the humanist culture of Italy spread more rapidly is that printed books were circulating among common people.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
SECTION – B
26. Why were the history of the Australian native people left out of history books?
27. Examine the importance of ‘Meiji restoration in the history of Japan.
28. The Industrialisation was a mixed blessing” Examine and elucidate the statement.
29. Explain the factors that led to the beginning of Industrial Revolution in Britain.
OR
What were the differences between the native peoples of South and North America.
SECTION – C
30. How did Industrial Revolution affect the life of women and children? Explain the protest movements against the issues caused by Industrial Revolution in England.
OR
Evaluate the influence of humanism on Science, philosophy, Art and Architecture
SECTION – D
31. This self-portrait is by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) who had an amazing range of interests from botany and anatomy to mathematics and art. He painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. One of his dreams was to be able to fly. He spent years observing birds in flight, and designed a flying machine. He signed his name ‘Leonardo da Vinci, disciple of experiment’.
1 Who was Leonardo- da –Vinci ?
2. Name two famous paintings of Leonardo-da-Vinci.
3. Who designed a flying machine?
32.
The Examination System
Entry to the elite ruling class (about 1.1 million till 1850) had been largely through an examination. This required writing an eight-legged essay [pa-ku wen] in classical Chinese in a prescribed form. The examination was held twice every three years, at different levels and of those allowed to sit only 1-2 per cent passed the first level, usually by the age of 24, to become what was called ‘beautiful talent’. At any given time before 1850 there were about 526,869 civil and 212,330 military provincial (sheng-yuan) degree holders in the whole country. Since there were only 27,000 official positions, many lower-level degree holders did not have jobs. The examination acted as a barrier to the development of science and technology as it demanded only literary skills. In 1905, it was abolished as it was based on skills in classical Chinese learning that had, it was felt, no relevance for the modern world.
1. How any citizen can enter in the elite ruling class in China?
2. What was called ‘beautiful talent’?
3. When this Examination System was abolished?
33.
The flying shuttle loom, designed by John Kay (1704-64) in 1733 made it possible to weave broader fabrics in less time and consequently called for more yarn than could be supplied at the prevailing pace of spinning. The spinning jenny was a machine made by James Hargreaves (1720-78) in 1765 on which a single person could spin several threads of yarn simultaneously.
Q.1 The flying shuttle designed by whom?
Q.2 Who invented the machine The spinning jenny?
Q.3 The flying shuttle loom designed in………………….
Q.4 The spinning jenny was a machine made in……………….
34. On the given outline map of five World centres have been marked, identify them and write the correct name.
A. Name of the country
B. Name of the sea
C. Iron and coal production area
D. Capital City
E. Name the River
