AHSEC| CLASS 11| HISTORY| QUESTION PAPER - 2017| H.S. 1ST YEAR
2017
HISTORY
Full Marks: 100
Time:
3 hours
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figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
1. Answer the following questions: 1x12=12
a)
Who was the author of the book,
On the Origin of Species?
b)
To which family does Hominids belong?
c)
What is the meaning of the word
‘Mesopotamia’?
d)
Which sea separates the
continents of Europe and Africa?
e)
What was papyrus?
f)
Who was the first woman Sufi
Saint?
g)
What was Yam?
h)
What is the meaning of Feud?
i)
Who was the writer of The
Canterbury Tales?
j)
Wherefrom is the word Mexico
derived?
k)
Name the book which inspired
Columbus to embark on sea voyage.
l)
Who were the Hopis?
2. Answer the following questions in brief: 2x12=24
a)
Mention two differences between
Hominids and Hominoids.
b)
Mention two advantages of early
men living in caves.
c)
Mention two unique
characteristics of town planning in Mesopotamia.
d)
What was Abbasid Revolution?
e)
Name the first and second
Khalifa of the Muslims.
f)
When was Nishapur occupied by
Genghis Khan? Why did he order to destroy the city?
g)
Mention two features of
medieval feudal society in France.
h)
Name two absolutist rulers and
their country of 15th and 16th century Europe.
i)
Who was Michelangelo? Mention one
of his masterpieces of art.
j)
Who were the Incas? Name the
ruler who established their capital at Cuzco.
k)
Where was the subject
Anthropology developed? Why was it introduced in North America?
l)
Who was Chiang Kai-shek? What
did he tell about women?
3. Answer the following questions: 4x10=40
a)
Discuss the difficulties faced
by early men to get their food.
b)
What was the policy of taxation
in the Roman empire?
c)
Write a short note on the role
of army in the Roman empire.
d)
Describe four main teachings of
Islam.
e)
Write four factors responsible
for the rise of the Arab empire.
f)
What were the functions of
medieval monasteries?
g)
What led to the revival of the
Italian cities that fell into ruin after the fall of the Western Roman empire?
h)
How did Ptolemy’s geography
encourage the Europeans to embark on sea voyages?
i)
How did Britain’s involvement
in wars from 1793 to 1815 affect British industries?
j)
Who was Sun Yat-sen? What were
his three principles?
4. Answer the following questions: 6x4=24
a)
Why is the discovery of fire
regarded as an important event in the life of the primitive men?
Or
What led to the fall of Caliphate?
b)
Compare the condition of life
for a French serf and Roman slave.
Or
Discuss the
merits and demerits of feudal system.
c)
Compare the civilization of the
Aztecs with that of Mesopotamia.
Or
How did the
discovery of South America lead to the development of European colonialism?
d)
Write a note on the winds of
changes in Australia.
Or
Did Japan’s
policy of rapid industrialization lead to the wars with neighbours and
destruction of the environment? Comment.
Or
Do you think
that Mao Zedong and the Communist Party of China were successful in liberating
China and laying down the basis for its current success?
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