ASSEB| CLASS 12| HISTORY| QUESTION PAPER - 2025| H.S. 2ND YEAR
2025
HISTORY
Full Marks: 80
Pass Marks: 24
Time: Three hours
The figures in the margin indicate
full marks for the questions.
1. Answer the following questions: (any eight) 1x8=8
(i) Who is known
as the Father of Indian Archaeology'?
(ii) Name one
Janapada.
(iii) Who
composed the Allahabad Pillar Inscription?
(iv) Where was
Buddha born?
(v) During whose
reign Chinese traveller Hieu-Yen-Chang visited Assam?
(vi) Who was the
first prince of Assam to revolt against the British?
(vii) Who
authored 'Rihla'?
(viii) Who
started the Virashaiva Tradition in Karnataka?
(ix) Name the
best-known woman poet of the Bhakti tradition.
(x) What is Bell
of Arms?
(xi) Name the
leader of Vietnam War.
(xii) Which
country has the longest written Constitution?
2. Answer the following questions in brief: (any eight)
2x8=16
(i) Name any two
important sites of Harappan Civilization.
(ii) What were
the two settlements of the Harappan Civilization?
(iii) Write any
two vows of Jain monks and nuns.
(iv) Name two
cities of ancient Assam.
(v) Name two
important 'Tantra Sastra' of ancient Assam.
(vi) What,
according to the historians, were the two categories of Bhakti traditions?
(vii) Who
discovered the ruins at Hampi and when?
(viii) Name any
two types of land under Akbar.
(ix) Who
introduced the permanent settlement in Bengal and when?
(x) What were
Northern Black Polished ware?
3. Answer the following questions: (any eight) 4×8=32
(i) Explain why
the Harappan Civilization is called an urban civilization?
(ii) Which
'smriti' laid down the duties of the Chandals? What were the duties of a
Chandal according to the text?
(iii) Discuss
the causes of the rise of Magadha.
(iv) Write a
note on the Buddhist texts.
(v) Discuss
about the Paik system under the Ahoms.
(vi) What did
Bernier state regarding land ownership in India?
(vii) Write
briefly about the popular practice of Islam.
(viii) Discuss
the role of the Zamindars in Mughal period.
(ix) What
arguments were put forward by the members of the Constituent Assembly in favour
of a strong Central Government?
(x) Write a note
on the Santhals.
(xi) Write a
brief note on the Revolt of 1857.
(xii) Why was
'salt' destroyed by the colonial government? Why did Mahatma Gandhi consider
the salt tax more oppressive than other taxes?
(xiii) Describe
briefly the Accounts of Assam by Shihabuddin Talish.
(xiv) Discuss
about the revolts of against the British during the first half of 19th century
in Assam.
4. Read the given passages carefully and the questions
that follow: 6×3=18
(a) How
artefacts are identified?
Processing of
food required grinding equipment as well as vessels for mixing, blending and cooking.
There were made of stone, metal and terracotta. This is an excerpt from one of
the earliest reports an excavations at Mohenjodaro, the best- known Harappan
site:
Saddle
querns...are found in considerable numbers... and they seem to have been the only
means in use for grinding cereals. As a rule, they were roughly made of hard,
gritty, igneous rock or sandstone and mostly show signs of hard usage. As their
bases are usually convex, they must have been set in the earth or in mud to
prevent their rocking. Two main types have been found: those on which another
smaller stone was pushed or rolled to and fro, and others with which a second
stone was used as a pounder, eventually making a large cavity in the nether
stone. Querns of the former type were probably used solely for grain: the
second type possibly only for pounding herbs and spices for making curries. In
fact, stones of this latter type are dubbed "curry stones" by our
workmen and our cook asked for the loan of one from museum for use in the
kitchen.
(From Ernest
Mackay, Further Excavations at Mohenjo-daro, 1937).
Questions:
(i) What was the
equipment used for grinding cereals? 1
(ii) What were
the materials used for making grinding equipment? 2
(iii) What were
the types of grinding equipment? How were they used? 1+2=3
(b) Ibn
Battuta's account of Delhi: 1+2=3
The city of
Delhi covers a wide area and has a large population... The rampart around the
city without parallel.
The breadth of
its wall is eleven cubits; and inside it are houses for night sentry and
gate-keepers. Inside the ramparts, there are storehouses for storing edibles,
magazines, ammunition, ballistas and siege machines. The grains that are stored
(if there ramparts) can last for a long time, without rotting... In the
interior of the rampart, horsemen as well as infantrymen move from one end of the
city to another. The rampart is pierced through by windows which open on the
side of the city, and it is through these windows that light enters inside. The
lower part of the rampart is built of stone; the upper part of Brichs. It has
many towers close to one another. There are twenty eight gates of this city
which are called darwaza, of there, the Budaun Darwaza is the greatest; inside
the Mandui Darwaza there is a grain market..It (the city of Delhi) has a fine
cemetery in which graves have domes over them, and those that do not have a
dome, have an arch, for sure. In the cemetery they sow flowers such as
tuberose, jasmine, wild rose etc; and flowers blossom there in all seasons.
Questions:
(i) How many
gates were there in the city of Delhi? Name the greatest gate. 1+1=2
(ii) Give a
brief description of the ramparts of Delhi as described by Ibn Battuta. 2
(iii) How was
the cemetery of Delhi? 2
(c) “The real
minorities are the masses of this country."
Welcoming the
objectives Resolution introduced by Jawaharlal Nehru, N. G. Ranga said: Sir,
there is a lot of talk about minorities. Who are the real minorities? Not the
Hindus in the so-called Pakistan provinces, not the sikhs, not even the
Muslims. No, the real minorities are the masses of this country. There people
are so depressed and oppressed and suppressed till now that they are not able
to take advantage of the ordinary civil rights. What is the position? You go to
the tribal areas. According to law, their own traditional law, their tribal
law, their lands cannot be alienated. Yet our merchants go there, and in the
so-called free market they are able to snatch their lands. Thus, even though
the law goes against this snatching away of their lands, still the merchants
are able to turn the tribal people into veritable slaves by various kinds of
bonds, and make them hereditary bond-slaves. Let us go to the ordinary
villages. There goes the money-lender with his money and he is able to get the
villages in his pocket. There is the landlord himself, the zamindar, and the
malguzar and there are various other people who are able to exploit there
villages. There is no elementary education even among the people. These are the
real minorities that need-protection and assurances of protection. In order to
give them the necessary protection, we will need much more than this
Resolution.
Questions:
(i) Who are
according to N. G. Ranga the real minorities? 1
(ii) Why are
they the real minorities? 3
(ii) Why to they
need protection? 2
5. (i) Draw a map of India and locate any three important
centers of Revolt of 1857. 3+3=6
Or
(ii) Draw a map
of India and locate any three great Mahajanapadas. 3+3=6
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