AHSEC| CLASS 12| HISTORY| SOLVED PAPER - 2017| H.S. 2ND YEAR
2017
HISTORY
Full Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 30
Time: Three hours
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1. Answer the following questions: 1x12=12
(a) Who first deciphered Brahmi and Kharosthi Scripts?
Ans:- James Prinsep.
(b) What was the Kutagarashala?
Ans:- In ancient India, a hut or hut with a pointed roof was a hut where traveling mendicants stayed.
(c) By which name Assam was known in ancient times?
Ans:- Kamarupa and Pragjyotishpur.
(d) Where did peasant revolt first take place in Assam?
Ans:- Phulaguri area of middle Assam.
(e) Who is the writer of the ‘Rihla’?
Ans:- Ibn Battuta.
(f) Where was Guru Nanak born?
Ans:- Nankana Sahib, Pakistan.
(g) What was Milkiyat?
Ans:- Milkiyat refers to large private lands owned by zamindars during the Mughal period.
(h) Who wrote the Humayun Nama?
Ans:- Gulbadan Begum.
(i) What was Damin-i-koh?
Ans:- Damin-i-Koh is a Persian word meaning "side of the hills". It was the name given to the forested hilly areas of the Rajmahal Hills in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
(j) When was the first all-India Census carried out?
Ans:- The first official census of India was conducted in 1881. Since then the census is conducted every ten years.
(k) Who represented the Congress in the Second Round Table Conference?
Ans:- Mahatma Gandhi.
(l) Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution?
Ans:- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.
2. Answer the following questions in brief: 2x12=24
(a) Mention any two characteristics of the Harappan civilization.
Ans:- The Harappan civilization was one of the most advanced civilizations of the ancient world. The two characteristics of Harappan civilization are as follows:-
(i) Urban Planning: Harappan cities were well planned and built on a grid pattern, with roads running in north-south and east-west direction. Cities were also fortified, indicating the existence of a centralized authority.
(ii) Agriculture: The Harappans were skilled farmers and grew crops like wheat, barley and cotton. They also domesticated animals like cows, sheep and goats.
(b) Write any two duties fixed by the Manusmriti for the Chandalas.
Ans:- Duties prescribed in 'Manusmriti' for Chandalas:-
(i) He had to live outside the village.
(ii) They had to use discarded utensils.
(c) What was the original name of Ajan Pir? Why is he known as Ajan Pir?
Ans:- Ajan Pir, born Shah Miran, also known as Ajan Pir, Hazrat Shah Miraan and Shah Milan (possibly from Miran), was a 17th-century Sufi Sayyid, poet, Muslim preacher and saint, who Came from Baghdad to settle in Sivasagar. region of Assam in the north-eastern part of India, where he helped unify the people of the Bharamputra valley.
(d) What do you understand by the Innerline Regulation Act of 1873?
Ans:- The Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation (BEFR) of 1873, also known as the Inner Line Regulation, was the first administrative policy of the British in the North East. The BEFR banned outsiders from entering areas beyond the Inner Line without a pass and purchasing land there. The Inner Line Permit (ILP) was implemented as part of the BEFR to protect the commercial interests of the British Empire.
(e) What were the technologies used in medieval India to increase agricultural production?
Ans:- Medieval Indian farmers used a variety of agricultural technologies and techniques to increase agricultural production:-
(i) Irrigation: Wells, ponds and canals were used to irrigate fields. The irrigation system was complex and involved wheels to pump water from wells.
(ii) Crop growing techniques: double cropping, triple cropping, crop rotation and use of fertilizers.
(iii) Agricultural technologies and techniques: heavy plough, harrow and hoe, horse collar, tandem harness and horse shoes, and three-field crop rotation system.
(iv) Grafting: This old practice was used to improve the yield and quality of some fruits.
(f) What do you mean by saguna and nirguna categories of the Bhakti traditions?
Ans:- Saguna and Nirguna are two ideological streams of Bhakti movement. Saguna refers to the saint poet who writes verses about the qualities or form of God. Nirguna refers to those saint poets who write poems about God without any qualities or form. Saguna Bhakti and Nirguna Bhakti are also paths of devotion within Hindu philosophy. Saguna bhakti emphasizes devotion to a personal deity with qualities. Nirguna Bhakti emphasizes devotion to the formless, attributeless aspect of God.
(g) Who first discovered Hampi and when?
Ans:- Colonel Colin Mackenzie, an engineer and archaeologist, discovered the ruins of Hampi in 1800.
(h) Why did Abu’l Fazl describe painting as ‘magical art’?
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