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ICSE Board Exam 2016 : History and Civics

5 pages, 45 questions, 32 questions with responses, 49 total responses,

MP Harsha
St. Ann's English Medium School, Butchirajupalem, Visakhapatnam

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HISTORY & CIVICS H.C.G. - Paper- I (Two Hours) Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately. You will nol be allowed to write during the first I5 minutes. This time is to be spent in reoding the question paper. The time given at the head of Attempt all questions from Part attemptedfrom Port for writing this Paper is the time allowed II, I the answers. (Compulsory). A totol oftive queslions are to be two out of three queslionsfrom Section A and three out oflive questions from Section B. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets I J. PART I (30 Marks) Attempt all queslionsfrom this Part Question I (a) What is meant by 'Residuary Powers' of the Parliament? tl] (b) What is the normal term of office of the Lok Sabha? tll (c) State any one subject wherein the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha enjoy co- tll equal powers in legislation of laws. (d) Who presides over the meeting of the Rajya Sabha in the absence of the Vice- tll President of India? (e) By whom and on whose advice are the Council of Ministers appointed? (f) Name the official procedure by which the President can be removed. tll (g) Mention any one important occasion when the President addresses a Joint tl] [] Session of Parliament. (h) Name the highbst Civil Court in a T16 501 @ Copyrighl District. This Paper is consists of 5 printed pages and Reserved tll . I blank page. Turn Over (i) What is meant by the term 'Judicial C) tll tll What is meant by 'Lok Adalat'? Revief of the'High Court? Question 2 (a) (b) What impact did the uprising of | 857 have on the Mughal Rule? I21 Name the Presidents who presided over the first two Sessions of the Indian l2l National Congress. (c) (d) State two reasons given by Lord Curzon to justify the Partition of Bengal. Name1he famous Pact that demonstrated the unity betweeri the Congress [2] ' and t2l the Muslim League. When was it signed? (e) Why was the Congress session held at Lahore in 1929 significantto the National [21 Movement? (0 (g) (h) (i) Movement. why was Mountbatten's Plan finally accepted by the congress? What made Japan surrender to the Allies in August 1945? State the full forms of the following agencies of the United Nations: Mention any two contributions of the INA to the National tzl tzl l2l l2l UNICEF and UNESCO. 0) Give any two examples of Human Rights PART II violations. tzl (50 Marks) SECTION A Attempt any two questions from this Section ' Question 3 With rpference to the Union Legislature, answer the following questions: (a) How is the Speaker of the Lok Sabha elected? State two Disciplinary Functions t3l ofthe Speaker. (b) Explain two conditions under which a member of Parliament can be disqualified t3l under the Anti-Defection (c) Law. ' Give reasons to justify why the Lok Sabha is considered to be more than the Rajya Sabha. T16 501 powerful t4l Question 4 The President of India is the Constitutional Head ofthp Indian Republic. In this contexr, answer the following questions: (a) How is the President elected? (b) Mention three types of t3l Emergencies that the President is empowered to t3l proclaim. (c) Explain briefly any four'Executive powers' of the president. t4l Question 5 The Supreme Court has an extensive jurisdiction. In the light of this statement, answer the following questions: (a) what are the qualifications of the Judges of the supreme court? (b) r (i) t3l Explain the composition of the Supreme Court. [3] (ii) How are the Judges of the Supreme Court appointed? (c) Explain the cases in which the Supreme Court enjoys Original Jurisdiction. t4l SECTION B Atte mpt any I h ree Ele s ti:oiwftafot. this Section Question 6 Explain the Causes of the Great Revolt of 1857, with reference to the following: (a) (b) (c) Any three Political Causes. Any three Military Causes. Any four Economic Causes. T16 50r t3I t3l t4l Turn Over Question 7 mobilised public support to wln Through various National Movements, Gandhiji following: freedom for lndia. ln this context, state the t3l (a)AnythreecausesforGandhitolaunchtheNon.CooperationMovement? launching this mass t3l to the uprising of 1942. Two reasons for (b) The name given uPrising. (c) t4l in lndia's freedom struggle' The impact of the Non-Cooperation Movement Question 8 of the Muslim League were two important The Partition of Bengal and the Formation Struggle for Independence' In this context' events that had its impact on the National explain the following: (a) lmpact of Swadeshi and Boycott movements as part of the Anti-Partition t3l Movement. (b)AnythreefactorsleadingtotheformationoftheMuslimLeague. (c) Objectives of the Muslim League' t3l t4l Question 9 to state that the Identify the leader in the picture' Give two examples (a) leader t3l followed an exPansionist PolicY' (b) (c) ' State three factors that led to the rise of Fascism' t3l of Nazism and Fascism' State four similarities between the ideologies t4l T16 501 Question l0 With reference to the United Nations and its related Agencies, answer the following questions: (a) Explain any three functions of the WHO. t3l (b) State the composition of the International Court of Justice. t3l (c) State any four functions of the Ceneral Assembly. t4l T16 501

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