Board : Central Board Of Secondary Education
Exam : Class XII
Subject : History
Document Type : Sample Question Paper
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History Sample Question Paper I :
Class-XII :
Time Allowed : 3 Hours
Max. Marks : 100
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General Instructions :
(i) Answer all the questions. Marks are indicated against each question.
(ii) Answers to questions carrying 2 marks (Part ‘A’ – Questions 1 to 5) should not exceed 30 words.
(iii) Answers to questions carrying 5 marks (Part ‘B’ – Section I, II, III – Questions 6 to 16) should not exceed 100 words.
(iv) Answers to questions carrying (Part ‘C’ – Questions 17 to 18) should not exceed 250 words.
(v) Part ‘D’ has questions based on 3 sources.
(vi) Attach maps with the answer scripts (Part ‘E’).
PART A :
1. Mention any two strategies that were used to increase agricultural production from the 6th century BCE. 2
2. State any two problems faced by AlBiruni in writing an account of India. 2
3. Describe any two practices associated with the Chishti Silsila of the Sufis. 2
4. State any two difficulties faced by the census commissioners in collecting and classifying the data. 2
5. What was the attitude of the Indian National Congress towards the Second World War? 2
PART B :
SECTION I :
Answer any three of the following questions :
6. Describe the growth of temple architecture in the early Indian period. 5
7. Explain the factors that should be kept in mind by the historian while handling textual traditions. 5
8. Explain the relationship between the Varna system and the occupation 7
according to the Brahmanical texts. How did the Brahmanas reinforce these? Explain two. 4+½+½ = 5
9. Mahabharata is a good source to study the social values of ancient times. Support this statement with suitable arguments. 5 (3×5 = 15)
PART B :
SECTION II :
Answer any two of the following questions. :
10. Who were Nayakas and Amara Nayakas? Describe their role in the administration of Vijayanagar Empire. 5
11. Analyse how the Mughal Emperor’s Court procedures reflected his status and power. 5
12. Describe any three strengths and two limitations of the ‘Ain-i-Akbari’ as an important document in the study of the Mughal period. 5 (2×5 = 10)
PART B :
SECTION III :
Answer any three of the following questions :
13. Describe the life style of the Pahariyas in the late 19th century. 5
14. ‘Rumours circulate only when they resonate, with the deep fears and suspicion of the people’. How was this statement true in the context of the Revolt of 1857? 5
15. Critically examine the impact of Cabinet Mission Proposals on Indian polity. 5
16. List any five ways in which the Taluqdars of Awadh were affected by the British policy. 5 (3×5) = 15
PART C :
17. Explain why the Zamindars were central to the agrarian relations in the Mughal period. 8
OR
Explain how the fortification and roads in the city of Vijayanagara were unique and impressive. 8
PART D – Passage Based Questions :
19. Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
Prabhavati Gupta and the village of Danguna This is what Prabhavati Gupta states in her inscription :
Prabhavati Gupta … commands the gramakutumbinas (householders/ peasants living in the village). Brahmanas and others living in the village of Danguna. “Be it known to you that on the twelfth (lunar day) of the bright (fortnight) of Karttika, in order to increase our religious merit donated this village with the pouring out of water, to the Acharya (teacher) Chanalasvamin … You should obey all (his) commands …
This charter has been written in the thirteenth (regnal) year. (It has been) engraved by Chakradasa.
(i) Who has issued this inscription? 1
(ii) Why does she want to donate the land? Who is the receiver of the land? 2
(iii) What were the exemptions conferred on a typical agrahara land? 2
(iv) State the significance of this source. Give any three points. 3
How artefacts are identified :
Processing of food required grinding equipment as well as vessels for mixing, blending and cooking. These were made of stone, metal and terracotta. This is an excerpt from one of the earliest reports on excavations at Mohenjodaro, the best-known Harappan site :
(i) What are the two types of querns? 2
(ii) What materials were these querns made of? 2
(iii) Why are they described as “curry stones”? 1
(iv) Explain any two ways in which the archaeologists classify finds and one way they determine the function. 3
20. Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
On Horse and on foot
This is how Ibn Battuta described the postal system :
In India the postal system is of two kinds : The horse-post called ‘Uluq’, is run by by royal horses stationed at distance of every four miles. The foot-post has three stations permit. It is called ‘dawa’, that is, one third of a mile … Now, at every third of a mile there is a well populated village, outside which are three pavilions in which sit men with girded loins readyto start.
(i) Name the two kinds of postal systems. 1
(ii) Explain how the foot post worked. 3
(iii) Why does Ibn-Battuta think that the postal system in India was efficient? 3
(iv) How did the State encourage merchants in the 14th century? 1