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CBSE Class 12 Pre Board 2019 : History - Prelim 2 (St Xavier's Sr. Sec. School, Delhi)

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Pre Board Examination 2019 Std. 12 14-01-2019 Set 2 Max. Marks : 80 Time : 3 hrs. HISTORY General Instructions: i) Answer all questions. Some questions have internal choice. Marks are indicated against each question. ii) Answer to questions carrying 2 marks (Part A, 1 to 3) should not exceed 30 words each. iii) Answer to questions carrying 4 marks (Part B, 4 to 9) should not exceed 100 words each. iv) Answer to questions carrying 8 marks (Part C, 10 to 12) should not exceed 350 words each. v) Question no 13 to 15 are source based questions. All have to be attempted and carry 7 marks each. vi) Question 16 is map question with two parts - identification and location and carries 5 marks. Part - A (Very Short Answer Based Questions) 2 x 3 = 6 marks 1. The burials in Harappan sites reveal the economic and social differences amongst the people living within a particular culture. Give two evidences in support of your answer. 2. Examine why Bernier was against the idea of crown ownership of land in Mughal India. 3. State any two steps taken by Lord Wellesley to clean up the city of Calcutta. (OR) State any two features of Neo- Gothic style of architecture. Part - B (Short Answer Based Questions) 4 x 6 = 24 marks 4. The problems of archaeological interpretation are perhaps most evident in attempts to reconstruct the religious practices of Harappa . Give suitable arguments in support of your answer. 5. The mid first millennium BCE is often regarded as a major turning point in world history. Justify. 6. Kabir was and is to the present a source of inspiration for those who questioned entrenched social institutions and ideas in their search for the divine. Explain. 7. The nobility was recruited consciously by the Mughal rulers from diverse ethnic and religious groups. Justify. 8. Through proclamations the rebels of 1857 completely rejected everything associated with British rule or firangi raj . Cite any four aspects to support this statement. (OR) By the 1850s, the Santhals felt that the time had come to rebel against zamindars, moneylenders and the colonial state. Identify aspects related with the statement. 9. The battle between the hoe and the plough was a long one. Substantiate the statement with reference to the Santhals and Paharias of Raj Mahal Hills during the 18th century. Part - C (Long Answer Questions) 8 x 3 = 24 marks 10. Brahmanical norms regarding marriage and occupation were not universally followed in ancient times. Give arguments in support of your answer. 11. What does Asokan inscriptions tell us about the Mauryas? Describe the limitations of the inscriptional evidences. (OR) State any three features of Mahajanapadas. How did Magadha become the most powerful Mahajanapada? Explain. 12. Explain why some hill stations developed during the colonial period in India. Std. 12 HISTORY (Set 2) Part - D (Source based questions) 13. Page 2 7 x 3 = 21 marks Rules for monks and nuns. These are some of the rules laid down in the VinayaPitaka: When a new felt (blanket/rug) has been made by a bhikkhu, it is to be kept for (at least) six years. If after less than six years he should have another new felt (blanket/rug) made, regardless of whether or not he has disposed of the first, then unless he has been authorised by the bhikkhus it is to be forfeited and confessed. In case a bhikkhu arriving at a family residence is presented with cakes or cooked grain-meal, he may accept two or three bowlfuls if he so desires. If he should accept more than that, it is to be confessed. Having accepted the two or three bowlfuls and having taken them from there, he is to share them among the bhikkhus. This is the proper course here. Should any bhikkhu, having set out bedding in a lodging belonging to the sangha or having had it set out and then on departing neither put it away nor have it put away, or should he go without taking leave, it is to be confessed. a) b) c) 14. 2 2 3 Declining a royal gift This excerpt from a sufi text describes the proceedings at Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya s hospice in 1313: I (the author, Amir Hasan Sijzi) had the good fortune of kissing his (Shaikh NizamuddinAuliya s) feet At this time a local ruler had sent him the deed of ownership to two gardens and much land, along with the provisions and tools for their maintenance. The ruler had also made it clear that he was relinquishing all his rights to both the gardens and land. The master had not accepted that gift. Instead, he had lamented: What have I to do with gardens and fields and lands? None of our spiritual masters had engaged in such activity. Then he told an appropriate story: Sultan Ghiyasuddin, who at that time was still known as Ulugh Khan, came to visit Shaikh Fariduddin (and) offered some money and ownership deeds for four villages to the Shaikh, the money being for the benefit of the dervishes (sufis), and the land for his use. Smiling, Shaikh al Islam (Fariduddin) said: Give me the money. I will dispense it to the dervishes. But as for those land deeds, keep them. There are many who long for them. Give them away to such persons. a) b) c) 15. Explain any two rules governing the lives of the bhikkhus and bhikkhunis. Why were the bhikkhus and bhikkhunis expected to share their alms with other members of the sangha. How VinayaPitaka describes the teachings of Buddha? Examine the suitability of the gifts given by Ulugh Khan to the Sufis? Demonstrate the ways through which Sufis dispensed their donations. Identify the relationship between the state and the Sufi saints. 2 2 3 I believe separate electorates will be suicidal to the minorities During the debate on 27 August 1947, Govind Ballabh Pant said: I believe separate electorates will be suicidal to the minorities and will do them tremendous harm. If they are isolated for ever, they can never convert themselves into a majority and the feeling of frustration will cripple them even from the very beginning. What is it that you desire and what is our ultimate objective? Do the minorities always want to remain as minorities or do they ever expect to form an integral part of a great nation and as such to guide and control its destinies? If they do, can they ever achieve that aspiration and that ideal if they are isolated from the rest of the community? I think it would be extremely dangerous for them if they were segregated from the rest of the community and kept aloof in an air-tight compartment where they would have to rely on others even for the air they breath The minorities if they are returned by separate electorates can never have any effective voice. a) b) c) d) How is the notion of minority defined by N. G. Ranga? Do you agree with Ranga? If not mention who are the real minorities according to you and why? Explain the condition of tribals. Explain Ranga s views regarding tribal areas and tribal law. Part - E (Map Question) 16. 2 1 2 2 2 + 3 = 5 marks a) On the given political outline map of India, locate and label the following with Appropriate symbols: a) Amritsar-an important centre of the National Movement b) Agra- a territory under Babur b) On the same political outline map of India, three major Buddhist sites have been marked as A, B and C. Identify them and write their correct names on the lines drawn near them. -x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x- 2 3

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