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CBSE Sample Papers for Class 12 History Term 2 Set 3 for Practice
Time: 2 Hours
Maximum Marks: 40
General Instructions:
- This Question paper is divided into four sections-Section A, B, C and D
- All questions are compulsory.
- Section-A: Question no. 1 to 4 are Short Answer type questions of 3 marks each. Answer to each question I should not exceed 80 words.
- Section-B: Question no. 5 to 7 are Long Answer type questions, carrying 6 marks each. Answer to each I question should not exceed 150-200 word
- Section-C: Question no. 8 and 9 are Case Based questions, carrying 4 marks each with subparts.
- Section-D: Question no. 10 is map based, carrying 2 marks.
- There is no overall choice in the question paper. However, an internal choice has been provided in a few questions. Only one of the choices in such questions have to be attempted.
- In addition to this, separate instructions are given with each section and question, wherever necessary.
Section – A
(Short Answer Type Questions) (3 x 4 = 12)
Question 1.
What were the features of the institutions of an imperial structure created by Mughals in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
Question 2.
What was the purpose of the ‘Objectives Resolution’ introduced by Jawaharlal Nehru? [3]
OR
“The East India Company had recognised the Zamindars importance but wanted to control and regular them.” Explain the steps taken by them to subdue their authority in the century.
Question 3.
Why was there a demand for separate electorates after the independence? [3]
Question 4.
Why did Congress not accept the two-nation theory? [3]
Section – B
(Long Answer Type Questions)
Question 5.
The Salt March was a notable event. Give reasons. [6]
Question 6.
Write a short note on Khilafat Movement. [6]
OR
Describe the Rajmahal hills according to Buchanan in your own words.
Question 7.
In introducing the Permanent Settlement, British officials hoped to resolve the problems they had been facing since the conquest of Bengal. Give reasons. [6]
OR
How did the increase of cotton exports to Britain affected India?
Section – C
(Case Based Questions) (4 x 2 = 8)
Question 8.
Read the source given below and answer the questions that follows:
From the late nineteenth century, a non-Brahman movement, which opposed the caste system and landlordism, had developed in Maharashtra. This movement established links with the national movement by the 1930s. In 1943, some of the younger leaders in the Satara district of Maharashtra set up a parallel government (Prati Sarkar), with volunteer corps (Seva dais) and village units (tufan dais). They ran people’s courts and organised constructive work. Dominated by Kunbi peasants and supported by Dalits, the Satara Prati sarkar functioned till the elections of 1946, despite government repression and, in the later stages, Congress disapproval.
Question 8.1
Which system was opposed in a non-Brahman movement? [1]
Question 8.2
How did the movement take place? [2]
Question 8.3
Where did the movement take place? [1]
Question 9.
Read the source given below and answer the questions that follows:
Mughal court chronicles were written in Persian. Under the Sultans of Delhi, it flourished as a language of the court and of literary writings, alongside north Indian languages, especially Hindavi and its regional variants. As the Mughals were Chaghtai Turks by origin, Turkish was their mother tongue. Their first ruler Babur wrote poetry and his memoirs in this language. It was Akbar who consciously set out to make Persian the leading language of the Mughal court. Cultural and intellectual contacts with Iran, as well as a regular stream of Iranian and Central Asian migrants seeking positions at the Mughal court, might have motivated the emperor to adopt the language.
Question 9.1
In which language was Mughal court chronicles written? [1]
Question 9.2
How did the language ‘Persian1 flourish? [1]
Question 9.3
Why did Akbar decide to adopt the language, Turkish? [2]
Section – D
(Map Skill Base Question) (1 x 2 = 2)
Question 10.
On the given political outline map of India, locate and label ANY ONE of the following with appropriate symbol: [1 + 1=2]
Question (a)
(i) The place where Akbar decided to build a new capital in the 1570s. [1]
OR
(ii) The place where Mahatma Gandhi first appeared after returning from South Africa. [1]
Question (b)
On the same outline map of India, the place where Mahatma Gandhi spent much of time of 1917
to obtain peasant’s security, is marked as A. Identify it and write its name on the line drawn near them. [1]
