SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER (2021-22)
HISTORY
TERM II
CLASS 12
Time: 2 Hrs Max. Marks: 40
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1) Question paper should be design of the according to CBSE syllabus pattern
2) The paper has been divided into four section – A, B, C and D
3) All questions are compulsory
4) Section A Question no 1 to 4 are short answer type question of 3 marks each. Answers to each question should not exceeds 80 words
5) Section B Question no 5 to 7 are Long answer type question 6 of marks each. Answers to each question should not exceeds 150 to 200 words
6) Section C Question no 8 and 9 are cased based type question 4 of marks each with subparts
7) Section D Question no 10 is map based carrying 2 marks
8) Note there is no overall choice in the question paper. However, an internal choice has been provided in a few question. Only one in the choice in such question has to be attempted.
9) In addition to this, separate instruction is given with each section and question, wherever necessary
SECTION A
Attempt all questions: –
Q.1 What were the ideals expressed in the objective resolution?
Jawaharlal Nehru presented the Objectives Resolution in the Constituent Assembly on 13 December, 1946. It gave a brief account of the ideals and objectives of the Constitution. These are following
a. India was declared an independent sovereign republic.
b. Justice, equality and fraternity were assured to all the citizens of India.
c. Adequate safeguards were provided to minorities. It also referred to the well-being of the backward and depressed classes.
Q.2. Why did the British introduce a different land revenue system outside Bengal and not permanent settlement?
When the British Government expanded its rule outside Bengal, it introduced new systems of revenue like ryotwari and Temporary settlement. Because
A. No Share in Enhanced Income: There was an increase in agricultural price after 1810. It increased the income of the Zamindars in Bengal.
B. But the revenue was already fixed under the Permanent Settlements. So the colonial state was unable to claim any share from the enhanced income of the farmers.
C. Impact of the Ideas of David Ricardo.
OR
Why was Jotedar a powerful figure in many areas of Rural Bengal?
A. The jotedars lived in villages. Hence, they had a good influence on the village population.
B. They controlled the local trade and money lending business in villages.
C. Sometimes the jotedars mobilised the ryots to default on land revenue payment.
Q.3. Discuss the extent to which religious beliefs shaped the events of 1857.
A. Immediate cause- the soldiers were given cartridge greased with cow and pig fat. This angered Muslims and Hindus alike.
B. reforms by company
C. Activities of Christian missionaries
Q.4. Discuss in brief the government’s response to the civil disobedience movement.
A. The civil disobedience movement spread like a forest fire that led the government to resort to brutal measures to suppress the movement
B. Lathi charges and the indiscriminate firing on an armed crowd of men and women became common.
C. Nearly 90 thousand Indians including Gandhi and the other prominent leaders of Indian National Congress were imprisoned and the Congress was declared illegal.
SECTION B
Q.5. Explain the causes of 1857 revolt.
A. Political Causes-
i. the policy of annexation during the administration of Lord Dalhousie was especially resented.
ii. States of Rani of Jhansi, Nana Sahib were taken over in the absence of natural heirs.
B. Economic causes-
i. drain of wealth and destruction of industry due to flooding of British machine made goods.
ii. Oppressive agrarian system and exorbitant land revenue ruin of peasantry.
C. Social and religious cause –
i. spread of Western education
ii. maltreatment of the Indians
iii. propagation of Christianity- conversion of Indians,
iv. Interference in the religious and social life of Indians.
D. Military causes-
i. Greased cartridges
ii. Unrest among the Indian soldiers.
Q.6. Mention the nature of the civil disobedience movement. Discuss its spread in all parts of the country along with its failures.
The civil disobedience movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930 and this mass movement was based on truth and nonviolence and was the first important step taken towards complete independence. The civil disobedience movement began with the Dandi March. causes of failures
i. The movement could not utilise the enthusiasm of the common people and was called off and in between dampened its pace.
ii. This movement did not prove beneficial for the farmers
iii. The Congress failed to forward any social and economic program. As a result of this a new party images within the Congress it was named as Congress socialist party
iv. Some scholars argue that the leadership of this movement was in the hands of the rich who were unable to understand.
OR
Explain how the coming of Gandhiji broadened the base of the Indian National movement
i. When Gandhi joined Indian politics. The freedom movement was limited to the middle class everybody who participated in the political movement was educated and product of the English education
ii. Gandhiji made it all-pervasive. Now people from villages were poor people labourers and students all became part of the freedom struggle
iii. Mahatma Gandhi has to be credited with emancipation of women and their participation in public life at a scale not known in history.
iv. The freedom movement gave some prominent women leaders like Sarojini Naidu, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur and many more
v. For Mahatma Gandhi freedom movement was also platform for social reforms he spoke in favour of place of dignity and respect for depressed classes
vi. He made end to untouchability a fundamental objective of his political philosophy.
Q.7. Explain the development of Mughal painting and its unique features.
i. Mughal’s contribution in the field of paintings was very distinctive. Paintings reflected the mind of the ruling power and played an important part in expanding the imperial ideas.
ii. Humayun took the master of paintings Mir Syed Ali and Abdus Samad in service. They came to India along with him. Akbar organised paintings in the karkhana under their leadership
iii. The Mughal pictures were small in size and they were known as miniatures. main features of these paintings were court and battle scenes
iv. Indian themes, scenes and landscapes came into vogue and had Persian’s impact.
v. Mughal paintings reached a climax under the Jahangir’s rule
vi. there was a fashion in Mughal school that single painting was painted by various artists
vii. in the last decade of Jahangir rule Mughal paintings reveal and increased emphasis on symbolism
OR
Discuss with examples, the distinctive features of the Mughal chronicles.
a. They were a collection of factual information about the institutions of the Mughal state.
b. These texts convey the meanings that the Mughal rulers wanted to impose on their regions.
c. They were written to show a vision of a modern kingdom to all those who came under its rule.
d. They were meant to inform those who opposed the rule of the Mughals that all opposition was bound to fail.
e. The authors of Mughal chronicles were from royal courts, the history they wrote mainly focused on the ruler, the court, and administrative arrangements.
f. Chronicles of Mughal court were written in Persian, which developed as a language of the court and for writings.
SECTION C
Q.8. Read the sources given below and answers the question that follows
In praise of taswir
Abu’l Fazl held the art of painting in high esteem: Drawing the likeness of anything is called taswir. His Majesty from his earliest youth, has shown a great predilection for this art, and gives it every encouragement, as he looks upon it as a means both of study and amusement. A very large number of painters have been set to work. Each week, several supervisors and clerks of the imperial workshop submit before the emperor the work done by each artist, and His Majesty gives a reward and increases the monthly salaries of the artists according to the excellence displayed. … Most excellent painters are now to be found, and masterpieces, worthy of a Bihzad, may be placed at the side of the wonderful works of the European painters who have attained worldwide fame. The minuteness in detail, the general finish and the boldness of execution now observed in pictures are incomparable; even inanimate objects look as if they have life. More than a hundred painters have become famous masters of the art. This is especially true of the Hindu artists. Their pictures surpass our conception of things. Few, indeed, in the whole world are found equal to them. (Source from ‘The Kings and Chronicles’, Theme9, pg-229 NCERT)
8.1- How did the emperor Akbar encourage painting?
He encouraged painting by appointing many painters in the royal court, Most excellent painters were given rewards.
8.2- Why did he patronise painting?
He patronised painting, because he considered it as a medium of entertainment.
8.3- Write any two features of the painting made by Hindu painter.
a. The paintings of Hindu painter displayed minuteness, finish and boldness
b. They made inanimate things look as if they had life in them
Q.9. Read the sources given below and answers the question that follows
“The 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 this 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? CAD, VOL.V (Source from Theme-15 – “Framing the Constitution’ PG-417 NCERT)
9.1- Why did Sardar Patel speak these words?
He spoke these words because they sowed the seeds of separate electorates in India
9.2- What was one of serious impact of separate electorates?
It laid the foundation of partition and finally India got divided into two separate nations- India and Pakistan.
9.3- Write any two arguments put forward by Patel against separate electorates
a. It turned the two leading communities of India against each other.
b. It laid the foundation stone of partition and caused bloodshed.
SECTION D
Q. 10. On the given outline political map of India, locate and label the following the appropriate symbols
A) The place where Gandhiji started Satyagraha for the indigo planters
Champaran
OR
The place where Gandhiji broke the salt law
Dandi
B) On the same outline map of India, a place related to the centres of the Revolt of 1857 is marked as A. Identify it and write its name on the line drawn near them.
Gwalior
