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CBSE Sample Papers for Class 12 History Paper 2

Board CBSE
Class XII
Subject History
Sample Paper Set Paper 2
Category CBSE Sample Papers

Students who are going to appear for CBSE Class 12 Examinations are advised to practice the CBSE sample papers given here which is designed as per the latest Syllabus and marking scheme as prescribed by the CBSE is given here. Paper 2 of Solved CBSE Sample Paper for Class 12 History is given below with free PDF download solutions.

Time: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 80

General Instructions

(i) Answer all the questions. Some questions have internal choice. Marks are indicated against each question.
(ii) Answer to question nos 1 to 3 carrying 2 marks should not exceed 30 words each.
(iii) Answer to question nos. 4 to 9 carrying 4 marks should not exceed 100 words. Students ; should attempt only 5 questions in this section.
(iv) Question 10 (for 4 marks) is a value based question and compulsory question.
(v) Answer to question nos 11 to 13 carrying 8 marks should not exceed 350 words.
(vi) Questions 14-16 are source based questions and have no internal choice.
(vii) Question 17 is a map question includes ‘identification’ and significant’ test items.

PART-A

Answer all the Questions Given Below:

Question 1:
Why did Akbar show high respect towards the inter-faith debates? Give two reasons.

Question 2:
How did Kushanas of first century BCE exemplify themselves with high status? Mention any two significant ways.

Question 3:
Compare the racial divide of ‘Black Town’ and White Town in colonial India.

PART-B
Section-I

Answer any Five of the Following Questions:

Question 4:
Epigraphy alone does not provide a full understanding of political and economic history. Justify the statement with its fair limitations.

Question 5:
How have archaeologists used evidence from material remains to piece together parts of a fascinating Harappa history? Explain.

Question 6:
Why were agricultural tracts incorporated within the fortified areas of the Vijayanagara Empire? Give reasons.

Question 7:
Abul Fazl had shaped and articulated the ideas associated with the reign of Akbar. Substantiate the statement in the context of Mughal court.

Question 8:
What was the Limitation Law of 1859? State its impacts on the ryots.

Question 9:
Critically evaluate Governor General Lord Dalhousie’s policy towards Awadh during 1850s.

Section II

Value Based Question

Question 10:
Read the following lines and answer the question that follow:

A Poem by Karaikkal Ammaiyar in which she described herself.
“The female Pey (demoness) with bulging veins, protruding eyes; white teeth and shrunkan stomach, red haired and jutting teeth, lengthy shines extending till the ankles.” Shoufs and wails while wandering in the forest. Highlight the values that provide the potential space for women in this emerging tradition.

PART – C

Long Answer Question.
Answer All the Questions Given Below:

Question 11:
How did Siddhartha come to be known as the Buddha? Explain his philosophy mentioned in the Sutta-Pitaka.
OR
“The notion of saviour is seen in both Hinduism and Buddhism”. Justify.

Question 12:
Analyse the condition of forest dwellers in the Mughal agrarian society.
OR
Discuss the role of village artisans in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Question 13:
Discuss the various forms that the Non-Cooperation Movement took in different parts of India. How did the people understand Gandhi?
OR
‘Buried under the debris of the violence and pain of Indian partition is an enormous history of help, humanity and harmony’. Explain.

PART-D

Source Based Questions

Question 14:
Read the following excerpt carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Here is a story from the Adi Parvan of the Mahabharata: Once Drona, a Brahmana who taught archery to the Kuru princes, was approached by Ekalavya, a forest dwelling nishada (a hunting community). When Drona, who knew the dharma, refused to have him as his pupil, Ekalavya returned to the forest, prepared an image of Drona out of clay, and treating it as his teacher, began to practise on his own. In due course, he acquired great skill in archery. One day, the Kuru princes went hunting and their dog, wandering in the woods, came upon Ekalavya. When the dog smelt the dark nishada wrapped in black deer skin, his body caked with dirt, it began to bark. Annoyed, Ekalavya shot seven arrows into its mouth. When the dog returned to the Pandavas, they were amazed at this superb display of archery. They tracked down Ekalavya, who introduced himself as a pupil of Drona. Drona had once told his favourite student Aijuna, that he would be unrivalled amongst his pupils. Aijuna now reminded Drona about this. Drona approached Ekalavya, who immediately acknowledged and honoured him as his teacher. When Drona demanded his right thumb as his fee, Ekalavya unhesitatingly cut it off and offered it. But thereafter, when he shot with his remaining fingers, he was no longer as fast as he had been before. Thus, Drona kept his word: no one was better than Aijuna.

  1.  Why did Drona refuse to have Eklavya as his pupil?
  2. What did Drona demand from Eklavya? How did Eklavya react on it?
  3. Why did Drona ask for such type of gurudakshina? Give reasons.

Question 15:
Read the following excerpt carefully and answer the questions that follow:
This is what Ibn Juzayy, who was deputed to write what Ibn Battuta dictated, said in his introduction:

A gracious direction was transmitted (by the ruler) that he (Ibn Battuta) should dictate an account of the cities which he had seen in his travel, and of the interesting events which had clung to his memory, and that he should speak of those whom he had met of the rulers of countries, of their distinguished men of learning, and their pious saints. Accordingly, he dictated upon these subjects a narrative which gave entertainment to the mind and delight to the ears and eyes, with a variety of curious particulars by the exposition of which he gave edification and of marvellous things, by referring to which he aroused interest.

  1. Who was Ibn Battuta?
  2. Mention any three exciting things which he noticed in India?
  3. How has Ibn Battuta accounted his cravelling experience in Rehla?

Question 16:
Read the following excerpt carefully and answer the questions that follow:

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. These 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 villagers. There goes the money-lender with his money and he is able to get the villagers in his pocket. There is the landlord himself, the zamindar, and the malguzar and there are the various other people who are able to exploit these poor villagers. There is no elementary education even among these 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.

  1. On which aspect N.G. Ranga has drawn attention?
  2. Mention the gulf that separated the broad masses of Indians.
  3. What kind of protection was needed for the real minority?

PART-E

Map Questions

Question 17:
17.1. On the given outline map of India, locate and label the following with appropriate symbols:
(a) Kot Diji
(b) Agra, the Imperial capital of Mughal

17.2. On the same outline map of India three centres related to territories under British control in
1857 have been marked as A, B and C. Identify them and write their correct names on the lines drawn near them.

Answers

Answer 1:
(a) Akbar was interested in the religion and social customs of different people.
(b) He wanted to acquire knowledge about religious doctrine. So he set up Ibadat Khana for religious knowledge.

Answer 2:
(a) The Kushanas presented themselves as equivalent to gods. They got installed their vast statues at various temples.
(b) Such vast statues have been found at Matt near Mathura in Uttar Pradesh and a temple in Afghanistan.

Answer 3:
(a) Black Town referred to black areas which were Ml of filth, diseases, chaos and anarchy. Epidemic spreaded easily there.
(b) White Town referred to the cleaned areas. Sanitation and health were considered important. Sewerage and drainage were in proper way.

Answer 4:
(i) There are limits to what epigraphy can reveal. There are technical limitations, letters are very faintly engraved and thus reconstruction are uncertain.
(ii) Inscriptions may be damaged or letters missing. It is not always easy to be sure about the exact meaning of the words used in inscriptions.
(iii) Thousand inscriptions have been discovered, not all have been deciphered, published and translated. Many more inscriptions must have existed, which have not survived the ravages of time.
(iv) Routine agricultural practices and the joys and sorrows of dirty existence find no mention in inscriptions that focus, more often than not on grand, unique events.

Answer 5:
(a) Cunningham: Harappan artifacts were found during the 19th century. He studied some of them but could not realise how old these were. He tried to place it within the time frame of C 6th century BCE and 4th century CE.
(ii) John Marshall: He tended to excavate along regular horizontal units, measured uniformly throughout the mound. All the artefacts recovered from the same unit were grouped together, even if they were found at different layers.
(iii) R.E.M. Wheeler: He rectified several problems. It was necessary to follow the stratigraphy of the mound rather than dig mechanically along uniform horizontal lines.
(iv) D.R. Sahni: He discovered seals at Harappa in the 20th century in layers that were much older than early historic levels. It was then that their importance started to be realised.

Answer 6:
(i) Vijayanagara lay in one of the most arid zones of the peninsula. It was located in the natural
basin formed by the river Tungabhadra that flows in the north eastemly direction and the girdle of hills surrounding the city were home to number of streams.
(ii) Built embankments along the streams to create reservoirs of varying sizes. Arrangements were made to store rain water and conduct it to the city.
(iii) Kamalapuram tank was built in the 15th century. Water from this tank not only irrigated fields nearby, but was also cunducted through a channel to the royal centre.
(iv) Paes gave a graphic description of how the king made tank at the mouth of two hills so that the water came from either side could collect. To make the tank the king broke down a hill and many thousand people were employed to construct.
(v) The advantage of enclosing agricultural field were often sieges in medieval times could last several months and sometimes even years. The objective was to starve the defenders into submission. To alert such eventualities and emergencies rulers built by granaries within fortified areas.

Answer 7:
(i) The arrangement of the Mughal Court, focused on the sovereign status as the heart of
society.
(ii) In court, status was determind by spatial proximity to the king once the emperor sat on the throne, no one was allowed to move.
(iii) Diwan-i-khas was for private audience and discussing confidential matters, where minister of state placed, their petitions before him.
(iv) The emperor viewed the works of highly skilled artists plans of architects.

Answer 8:
(i) The limitations law of 1859 stated that the loan bonds signed between the ryots and money tenders would have validity for three years only.
(ii) It was to check the accumulation of interest over time.

Impacts of the ryots:

  1. Money lenders pressurised the ryots to sign new bonds. They used a variety of other means to short change the ryots.
  2. Money lenders did not give receipts to ryots when they paid their loans.

Answer 9:
(i) Awadh was a cherry for Lord Dalhousie that will drop into his mouth one day. Subsidiary system was imposed on it.
(ii) He wanted to get it because as soil was fertile and good market was there.
(iii) He followed the policy of territorial annexation.
(iv) Nawab Wazid Ali Shah was dethroned on the pretext of misgovemance.

Answer 10:
(i) Model of dutiful woman
(ii) Wanted to pursue personal salvation
(iii) Protested orthodoxy
(iv) Devotion

Answer 11:
(i) Siddhartha was named at birth. He was the son of a chief of a Sakya clan. He grown up within palace, insulted from the harsh realities of life.
(ii) One day he persuaded his charioter to take him into the city, it was his first journey into the world. He became anguished as he saw an old man, sick man and corpse.
(iii) He realised in that moment that the decay and destruction of the human body was inevitable, saw a homeless mendicant. It seemed to him, had come to terms with old age, disease and death.
(iv) Siddhartha decided to adopt some path. He left the palace and set out in search of his own truth. He explored several paths. Ultimately he attained enlightenment. He was known as the Buddha.

Buddha’s Philosophy:

  1. The world is transient and constantly changing. It is also soulless as there is nothing permanent or eternal in it.
  2. Both joy and sorrow are the part of life. They cannot be altered in the course of transmigration. They can never be increased or decreased.
  3. A human being is made up of four elements. When he passes away all elements return to their origin.
  4. Human beings can come out of these wordly troubles by following the path of meditation between severe penance and self-indulgence.

OR

  1.  In Buddhism initially Buddha was regarded as a human being who had attained nirvana through his own efforts.
  2. Gradually, as the idea of saviour emerged; it was believed that he was the one who could ensure salvation.
  3. Simultaneously the concept of the Bodhisattva developed. They were regarded as deeply compassionate beings who accumulated merit through their efforts.
  4. This was used to help others to attain nirvana.
  5. A similar notion developed in Hinduism. In Vaishnavism and Shaivism, there was growing emphasis on the worships of the chosen deity.
  6. Bond between the devotee and god was visualised as one of the love and devotion or bhakti.
  7. In Vaishnavism, ten avators of Lord Vishnu were identified.
  8. All forms of avatars were the deity assumed to save the world whenever it was threatened.

Answer 12:

  1. In the 16th and 17th centuries, huge areas were covered with forests in different parts of
    the India. Forest dwellers were called Jangli, specially those whose occupations included in hunting, gathering of forest produce and shifting cultivation.
  2. The Bhils who fished in summer and collected forest produce in spring. These activities enabled the forest tribes to be mobile which was a characteristic feature of their life.
  3. Whenever the state required elephants for the consolidation of mighty army, the peskesh levied on the forest people to supply of elephants.
  4. The lives of the forest dwellers led to the spread of commercial agriculture. Forest products—honey, bees wax, gum and lac were in huge demand.
  5. Gum and lac became major items of overseas exports in the 17th century and earned valuable foreign exchange.
  6. Elephants were captured and sold. Social factors were also responsible for transforming the lives of the forest dwellers.
  7. Many tribal chiefs became zamindars, some became king, they recruit people from their own tribes in their army. The Ahom kings depended on people who rendered military – services in exchange of land.
  8. By the sixteenth century, the transition from a tribal to a monarchial system had taken place. In Ain-i-Akbari description has been mentioned about the existence of tribal kingdom.

OR

  1. Marathi documents and village surveys have revealed the existence of substantial numbers of artisans sometimes as high as 25% of the total households in the villages.
  2. It need be noted the distinction between artisans and peasants in villages was a fluid one as many performed both tasks.
  3. During lull in agricultural activity between sowing and weeding or between weeding and harvesting. The peasants engaged themselves in various craft activities like dyeing, textile, printing, making pots and agricultural implements.
  4. The village artisans—potters, blacksmiths, carpenters, barbars etc. provided specialised services for which they were compensated by the villages in a number of ways.
  5. The most common method was giving a shave of the harvest which was decided by the panchayat. Such lands were known as the artisans ‘Mivas’ or water.
  6. A variant of this was a system where artisans and individual peasant households entered into a mutually negotiated system of remuneration, most of the time goods for services.
  7. Bengal zamindars who remunerated blacksmiths, carpenters and even goldsmiths by paying them a daily allowance or diet money.
  8. This was evolved into ‘Jajmani’ system latter. Thus exchange levels operated at the micro level of the village in many intricate ways.

Answer 13:

  1. The non-cooperation Movement gained momentum through 1921-22. But took various
    forms in different parts of the country. In Kheda, Gujarat, patidar peasants organised non¬violent campaigns against the high land revenue demand of the British.
  2. In coastal Andhra and interior Tamil Nadu, liquor shops were picketed.
  3. In the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh; tribals and poor peasants staged a number of ‘Forest satyagrahas’ against the colonial forest law.
  4. In many forest villages peasants proclaimed Swaraj and believed that Gandhiraj was about to be established.
  5. In the Punjab, the Akali-agitation of the Sikh sought to remove corrupt mahants supported by the British.
  6. In Assam, tea garden labourers shouting ‘Gandhi Maharaj Ki Jai’ demanded a big increase in their wages.
  7. In many cases people resisted British rule non-violently.
  8. Different groups and classes, interpreted Gandhiji’s call in their own manner. In either case, people linked their movements to local grievances.

OR

  1. People helped each other.
  2. Kindness efforts of people.
  3. Humanity was also shown.
  4. Humble efforts of people
  5. Sharing of food and shelter and security,
  6. New opportunities were there.
  7. Stories of caring and sharing.
  8. Trumph over trauma.

14. (i) (a) Eklavya belonged to Nishadas which were generally considered to be out castes.
(b) He was not a Kshatriya and in those days only Kshatriyas were supposed to get a military education.

(ii) (a) Drona demanded his right thumb as his fee.
(b) Ekalavya unhesitatingly cut it off and offered it.
(c) He was no longer as fast as he had been before.

(iii) (a) Drona kept his promise for Aijuna.
(b) He had once told him that he would be unrivalled amongst his pupils.

Answer 15:
(i) (a) Ibn Battuta was a Moroccan traveller.
(b) He wrote ‘Rihta’ in Arabic.

(ii) (a) The coconut.
(b) The Paan
(c) Cities of India.

(iii) (a) Ibn-Battuta had met the rulers of countries of their scholars and their pious saints.
(b) Narrative gave entertainment, with a variety of curious particulars by the exposition of which he gave edification and of marvellous things by referring to which he aroused interest.

Answer 16:
(i) (a) According to N.G. Romga, the minorities are the masses of this country. They are so depressed, oppressed and suppressed.
(b) They are not able to take advantage of the ordinary civil rights.
(c) Ordinary villagers and tribal people are the real minorities that need protection and assurances of protection.

(ii) 00 Merchants, moneylenders snatched their lands. They competed them to sign various kinds of bonds and made them hereditary bond slaves.
(b) Zamindars and malguzars exploited them. No elementry educational facilities were there for such classes.

Answer 17:
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