AHSEC| CLASS 11| HISTORY| QUESTION PAPER - 2019| H.S. 1ST YEAR
2019
HISTORY
Time: 3 hours
Full marks: 100
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions.
1. Answer the following questions (any twelve): 1x12=12
(a) What is the
meaning of the word “Homo sapiens”?
(b) Why is the
Mesopotamian civilization famous for?
(c) Which sea
was regarded as the heart of the Roman Empire?
(d) Who
introduced courier system in Mongol Empire?
(e) Name two
city states of Italy which were grown up in the 12th Century.
(f) Who invented
the printing press?
(g) Who was
Amerigo Vespucci?
(h) Name the
author of Capitalism and Slavery.
(i) Who coined
the term 'Industrial Revolution for the first time in English?
(j) In which
year was railway introduced in England?
(k) By whom was
the name “New Zealand' given?
(l) In which
year was the Indian Reorganization Act enacted in America?
(m) What are the
primates?
(n) Name the
Caliph who used Arabic script in Islamic coins.
(0) Who was the
author of the book, The Civilization of the Renaissance?
(p) Who invented
'spinning jenny'?
(q) In which
year was the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) formed?
2. Answer the following questions in brief (any
twelve): 2x12=24
(a) What is
cuneiform? From which language is it derived?
(b) Mention two
agrarian problems of Southern Mesopotamia.
(c) Write two
main sources used for writing the history of the Roman Empire.
(d) During whose
reign was the 'Hijri Era' introduced in Central Islamic Empire? Why was it
significant?
(e) Mention the
two special taxes paid by the non-Muslims in the Central Islamic Empire.
(f) Who composed
the book, Al-Qanum FIAL-Tibb? How many names of drugs did it contain?
(g) What is the
meaning of the monastery'? Name two famous monasteries of Europe.
(h) Who formed
the 'Society of Jesus' and when was it formed?
(i) Name two
works which immortalised Michelangelo.
(j) Write two
consequences of the discovery of America by European voyagers.
(k) Who were the
'Samurais'? What was their role in the Japanese administration?
(l) What were
the four great needs as identified by the Guomindang Party of China?
(m) What was the
Long March?
(n) Who are the
Popes? Where do they live?
3. Answer the following questions (any ten): 4x10=40
(a) Write a
brief note on the different ways of obtaining food by the early men.
(b) Who were the
three 'players of the Roman administration? What role did they play?
(c) What led to
the growing importance of the knights as a new section of people? What sort of
privileges did they enjoy?
(d) What were
the differences between free peasants and serfs?
(e) Explain the
developments which reflected the humanist thoughts.
(f) Explain why
the Industrial Revolution occurred in England first.
(g) Write in
brief the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution to the lives of women
and children in England.
(h) Why did the
natives of America and Canada protest in the period between 1950-60? What were
its results?
(i) Discuss the
background that led the Australian Government to adopt the policy of keeping
'non-white' people out of the continent.
(j) Mention the
regions of Africa from where slaves were captured and exported to Europe, South
America and West Asia.
(k) Discuss how
modernization transformed the daily life of the Japanese.
(l) Write a note
on the architecture of the Cathedrals.
(m) Write a
short note on “Rubai'.
4. Answer the following questions: 6x4=24
(a) Write a note
on the early life of the Mongols.
Or
Who were the
Abbasids? Why did they revolt and what were its results?
(b) What were
the three orders of the French society? Write briefly on each of them.
Or
Why did the
Europeans try to explore new territories? Discuss.
(c) Draw a map
of Britain and show the centres of iron and coal manufacturing.
Or
What was the
"Great Australian Silence'? What were its impacts in the history of
Australia?
Or
What were the
advantages of canal and railway transportation?
(d) What were
the major developments before the Meiji restorations that made it possible for
Japan to modernize rapidly?
Or
Explain the
causes and consequences of the "Great Cultural Revolution started by the
New Democratic Government of China.
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