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ST. XAVIER S SCHOOL, PURULIA STD X HALF YEARLY EXAM 2020-2021 MARKS 80 HISTORY AND CIVICS DATE 16.10.2020 TIME 2 Hrs. SECTION A [ 30 Marks ] [ All questions in this section are COMPULSORY ] Part I [Civics] 1. 2. 3. 4. How many members are nominated by the President to the Rajya Sabha? [1] What is the Budget? [1] What are the two sets of political entities set up in India? [1] What is the composition of the Electoral College for the election of the President of India? [1] 5. What is an Ordinance? [1] 6. How is the speaker of the Lok Sabha elected? [1] 7. Why do we say that the Rajya Sabha is a permanent body? [1] 8. What is the adjournment motion? [1] 9. What is referred to as National Emergency ? [1] 10.How can the President of India be removed? [1] Part II [ History] 1. What was the Rowlatt Act of 1919? [2] 2. Give any two actual reasons put forward by the nationalists behind the partition of Bengal. [2] 3. Why was the demand for Pakistan rejected by the Cabinet Mission? [2] 4. What were the two main weapons of Gandhiji in his struggle for Independence? [2] 5. What was the Khilafat Movement? [2] 6. Write any two main objectives of the formation of the Muslim League. [2] 7. Write any two main impacts of the Lucknow Pact. [2] 8. Write any two factors responsible for the rift between Gandhi and Subhas Chandra Bose. [2] 9. What were the two main objectives behind the formation of the Forward Bloc. [2] 10.What was the Interim Government? Why was it formed? [2] Section B [ 50 Marks ]
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