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 Show how the power of the Jotedars within a village was more effective than that of the Zamindars.
Q.2. What was the problem India faced after the Independence besides the partition?
OR
In the Constituent Assembly, the members had to balance between conflicting interests. Explain.
Q.3. How did “Quit India” become a mass movement?
Q.4. Critically examine Lord Dalhousie’s policy of annexation in Awadh.
SECTION B
Q.5. How did Mahatma Gandhi transform Indian nationalism?
Q.6. Describe the variety of tasks involved in creation of manuscripts during the reign of the Mughal.
OR
Discuss, with examples, the distinctive features of Mughal chronicles.
Q.7. Examine any four major issues that went into the making of the Indian Constitution.
OR
Why was the plea to make Hindi the language of constitution-making a cause of agitation in the Constituent Assembly?
SECTION C
Q.8. Read the sources given below and answers the question that follows
Mahatma Gandhi was to spend much of 1917 in Champaran, seeking to obtain the peasants’ security of tenure as well as the freedom to cultivate the crops of their choice. The following year, 1918, Gandhiji was involved in two campaigns in his home state of Gujarat. First, he intervened in a labour dispute in Ahmedabad, demanding better working conditions for the textile mill workers. Then he joined peasants in Kheda in asking the state for the remission of taxes following the failure of their harvest. These initiatives in Champaran, Ahmedabad and Kheda marked Gandhiji out as a nationalist with a deep sympathy for the poor. At the same time, these were all localised struggles.
8.1- Why did Mahatma Gandhi spend time in Champaran?
8.2- Mention the two campaigns in which Mahatma Gandhi got involved.
8.3- What narrative about Mahatma Gandhi came out after the initiatives at Champaran?
Q.9. Read the sources given below and answers the question that follows
Abu’l Fazl defined sovereignty as a social contract: the emperor protects the four essences of his subjects, namely, life (jaan), property (mal), honour (namus) and faith (din), and in return demands obedience at a share of resources. Only just sovereigns were thought to be able to honour the contract with power and Divine guidance. Many symbols were created for the visual representation of the idea of justice which came to stand for the highest virtue of the Mughal monarchy. One of the favourite symbols used by artists was the motif of the lion and the lamb (or goat) peacefully nestling next to each other. This was meant to signify a realm where both the strong and the weak could exist in harmony. Court scenes from the illustrated Badshah Nama place such motifs in a niche directly below the emperor’s throne.
9.1- Why did Abu’l Fazl define sovereignty as a social contract?
9.2- What was the highest virtue of monarchy in the Mughal? Why?
9.3- What was one of the favourite symbols used by artists?
SECTION D
Q. 10. On the given outline political map of India, locate and label the following the appropriate symbols
A) (i) The place where the colonial rule was first established
OR
(ii) The Santhal Revolt took place here in 1555 – 1556
B) On the same outline map of India, the place where the sepoys arrived in the morning on 11th May to convince Mughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar to lead the mutiny, is marked as A. Identify it and write its name on the line drawn near them.
