General Instructions:—
(1) Answer to questions carrying 2 marks ' should not exceed 30 words each.
(2) Answer to questions carrying 5 marks should not exceed 100 words each.
(3) Answer to questions carrying 8 marks should not exceed 250words each.
( Modern India )
Q.1. Give Scientific achievements of Raja Sawai JaiSingh. 2
Q.2 Describe the reforms introduced by Tipu Sultan to modernize Mysore.
OR
Discuss the steps leading to annexation of
Sindh and Avadh. 5
Q.3. How was the development in the means of transport and communication in India related
to Britain's economic and political
policies ?
OR
Why were Indians kept out of Civil Services
under British East India Company ? 5
Q.4. Discuss the reasons for the decline of Indian handicrafts during the British rule. 5
Q.5. Why did many reformers in the 19th Century combine the work of
religious reforms with that of social-reform ?
Explain with examples.
OR
How did the re-discovery of India's past
strengthen the feelings of nationalism among the Indian people ? Give
example of this discovery. 5
Q.6. What is meant by the State-people's movement ? How did it become an integral part of
the nationalist
movement ?
OR
What is meant by two-nation
theory ? What were its consequences for India's struggle for freedom? 5
Q.7. Point out any two factors that influenced India's foreign-policy under the British
rule. 2
Q.8. 'Mahatma Gandhi was not only a great political leader but also a great
socio-economic- reformer.' Discuss it.
OR
When and why did Congress decide to launch
the civil-dis-obedience-movement ? How was the movement
started? Describe the main methods of
struggle, which were adopted. 8
Q.9. Discuss the reasons for the growth of communalism in India. 8
OR
Why did the British Government send the Cripps-Mission to
India ? Write about the most important development in India
after the Cripps-Mission left India. 2+6
Q.10. What is the significance of 1916 Session of the Congress in the history of national
movement ? 2
Q.11. Explain the main features of the Government of India Act of 1935. Which provisions
of this Act were not
implemented ?
OR
Who were the revolutionaries ? What methods
were used by-them against the Britishers ? What were their
contribution to the cause of India's
independence? 8
Q.12. On the given outline map of India, mark and show any five States
which were annexed by the British between
1840 and 1856.
OR
Any five places where Indian National Congress held its session from 1916 to 1929. 5
(Contemporary World)
Q.13. What is meant by 'Western Front' in the context of the first World War ? 2
Q.14. Describe the policy of U.S. A towards Latin America from 1890 to 1914.
OR
Explain the importance of inter-imperialist
rivalries as a factor in bringing about the First World War. 5
Q.15. Why is the Economic crisis which began in U.S.A. in 1929 called
'Great-Depression'? Describe its
consequences
on the life of the common people in U. S.
OR
Describe the main features of the political
system which began to develop in the SovietUnion within about ten
years of the Russian- Revolution. With
which Soviet leader is that system particularly associated? 5
Q.16. What were the demands made by Germany on Poland before the outbreak of the second '
world war? 2
Q.17. How was Czechoslovakia affected by the signing of Munich Pact? 2
Q.18. What was the Truman-Doctrine? Discuss with at least two specific
examples how it became the basis of U. S.
foreign policy for the next
three decades.
OR
Discuss the main features of foreign policy
of Soviet-Union after the second world war. Describe any one
major change, which took place in
the policy under Gorbachev. 8
Q.19. What is the theme of Pablo-Picasso's painting 'Guesnica' ? 2
Q.20. Mention any one major scientific discovery of 20th century, which led to dangerous
consequences for human kind. 2
Q.21. Why is the year 1960 known as the Africa year ? 2
Q.22. Why is the battle of Stalingrad considered important in the history of the second
world war ? Explain.
OR
What is the significance, of NAM in the
changed situation when cold war has ended ? 5
Q.23. On the given outline map of Europe mark and show any five
countries of Europe which were ruled by Communist parties after the second world war.
OR
On the given outline map of Europe mark and show any five countries
which became members of NATO. 1x5
