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CBSE Class 12 Pre Board 2019 : History - Prelim 1 (St Xavier's Sr. Sec. School, Delhi)

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Pre Board Examination 2019 Std. 12 14-01-2019 Set 1 HISTORY Max. Marks : 80 Time : 3 hrs. 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. Describe the basis on which archaeologists identified the centres of craft production in the Harappan culture. 2. Explain the sources of revenue of village panchayats during the Mughal rule in India. 3. Examine the impact of Limitation Laws passed by the British in 1859. (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. Describe the economic and social conditions of the people living in rural areas from c. 600 BCE to 600 CE. 6. Examine the causes that made Al Biruni visit India. 7. Explain the language and content of Mahabharata. 8. Describe the different arguments made in favour of protection of depressed classes in the Constituent assembly. 9. 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. Part - C (Long Answer Questions) 8 x 3 = 24 marks 10. Describe the role of Gandhiji as people s leader from 1917-22. 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. Analyse the role of Zamindars during the Mughal period. Std. 12 HISTORY (Set 1) 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. 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? Without a shot being fired This is what Moon wrote: For over twenty-four hours riotous mobs were allowed to rage through this great commercial city unchallenged and unchecked. The finest bazaars were burnt to the ground without a shot being fired to disperse the incendiaries (i.e. those who stirred up conflict). The District Magistrate marched his (large police) force into the city and marched it out again without making any effective use of it at all a) How did Amritsar become a scene of bloodshed in 1947? b) Analyse the attitude of the soldiers and policemen towards the mob. c) Interpret the reactions of the British administration to the law and order situation in Amritsar in March 1947. 2 2 3 2 2 3 How tanks were built About a tank constructed by Krishnadeva Raya, Paes wrote: The king made a tank at the mouth of two hills so that all the water which comes from either one side or the other collects there; and, besides this, water comes to it from more than three leagues (approximately 15 kilometres) by pipes which run along the lower parts of the range outside. This water is brought from a lake which itself overflows into a little river. The tank has three large pillars handsomely carved with figures; these connect above with certain pipes by which they get water when they have to irrigate their gardens and rice-fields. In order to make this tank the said king broke down a hill In the tank I saw so many people at work that there must have been fifteen or twenty thousand men, looking like ants a) b) c) d) Where and why were tanks built by Krishnadeva Raya? Explain how tank were constructed. Describe the most prominent works among the ruins and who built these water works. Explain briefly the sources of water for the tanks. Part - E (Map Question) 16. 1 1 4 1 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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