SERIES: JPS SET – JPS

Code No. PBLS01

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HISTORY
Time allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 80

General Instructions:

(1) Answer all the questions. Some questions have internal choice. Marks are indicated
against each question.
(2) Answer to question nos. 1 to 3 carrying 2 marks should not exceed 30 words each.
(3) Answer to question nos. 4 to 9 carrying 4 marks should not exceed 100 words.
Students should attempt only 5 questions in this section.
(4) Question 10 (for 4 marks) is a value based question and compulsory question.
(5) Answer to question nos. 11 to 13 carrying 8 marks should not exceed 350 words.
(6) Questions 14 -16 are sources based questions and have no internal choice.
(7) Question 17 is a Map question includes ‘identification’ and ‘significant’ test items.
Attach the map with the answer sheet.
 PART – A

Answer all the questions given below: 2×3 = 6

1. “The Mahabharata is an important source to understand early Indian society”. Explain two
reasons.

2. ‘The towns built by the Mughals were famous for their imperial grandeur and wealth.’
Support it with two features.

3. What purpose did mapping serve to the colonial government?

PART – B

SECTION – I

Answer any five of the following questions: 4×5 = 20

4. “Discuss about development of new technologies in agriculture in Indian subcontinent from

6th century BCE to 400 AD.

5. To what extent had the Harappa people established trade relations beyond the subcontinent?
Explain.

6. “Bernier’s description influenced the western theorists of 18th century.’’ Give reasons in
support of the statement.

7. Discuss with examples the distinctive features of Mughal court. How did it reflect the
divinity of the Mughal rulers?

8. What were the differences between the lifestyles of the pahariyas and the Santhals?
How were their lives transformed by the British?

9. Partition of India had serious impact on Indian women. Prove the statement.
 SECTION – II

Value Based Question (Compulsory) 2×2 = 4

10. The rebel proclamations in 1857 repeatedly appealed to all sections of the population,
irrespective of their caste and creed. Many of the Proclamations were issued by Muslim
princes or in their names but even these took care to address the sentiments of Hindus. The
rebellion was seen as a war in which both Hindus and Muslims had equally to lose or gain.
The ishtahars harked back to the Pre-British Hindu – Muslim Part and glorified the co-
existence of different communities under the Mughal Empire. The proclamation that was
issued under the name of Bahadur Shah appealed to the people to join the fight under the
standards of both Muhammad and Muhavir. It was remarkable that during the uprising
religious divisions between Hindus and Muslim were hardly noticeable despite British
attempts to create such divisions. In Bareilly in Western Uttar Pradesh, in December 1857.
The British spent Rs. 50,000 to incite the Hindu Population against the Muslims. The attempt
failed.

10.1 - Identify the core point of This Passage?

10.2 - “Good virtue always won over conspiracy”. – Justify this quote – referring to this
passage.

PART – C

Long Answer Questions 8×3 = 24

Answer all the questions given below :

11. ‘The Buddha’s teachings have been reconstructed from stories’. Explain the teachings with
the incidents changed the life of the Buddha.

OR
“The Brahmana was his mouth, of his arms was made the Kshatriya. His thighs became the
Vaishya, of his feet the Shudra was born.” Why do you think the Brahmanas quoted this verse
frequently? Explain.

12. Analyze why the Sulh-i-kul policy of Akbar was considered as the cornerstone of enlightened
rule? How chronicles were produced during Mughal era? Explain.

OR

Explain how the fortification and roads in the city of Vijayangar were unique and
impressive.

13. Illustrate, giving examples, the ways in which oral accounts helped in understanding
the Partition better?
 OR

What were the main issues discussed in the constituent assembly? Discuss any four of them.

PART – D

(Source Based Questions) 7×3 = 21

14. Read the following extracts carefully and answer the following questions :

Capturing elephants for the army

The Arthashastras lays down minute details of administrative and military organization. This
is what it says about how to capture elephants:

Guard of elephant forests, assisted by those who rear elephants, those who chain the legs of
elephants, those who guard the boundaries, those who live in forests as well as by those who
nurse elephants shall with the help of five or seven female elephants to help in tethering wild
ones, trace the whereabouts of herds of elephants by following the course of urine and dung
left by elephants.

According to Greek sources, the Mauryan ruler had a standing army of 600000 foot-soldiers 30000
cavalry and 9000 elephants. Some historians consider these accounts to be exaggerated.

14.1 - Who wrote Arthashastra? What does it contain? [2]

14.2 – Why were the elephants captured? [2]
14.3 – Describe the process of capturing elephants? [3]

15. This is Al-Biruni’s account of the system of varnas:

The highest caste are the Brahmana, of whom the books of the Hindus tell us that they were created
from the head of Brahman. And as the Brahman is only another name for the force called nature, and the
head is the highest part of the... body, the Brahmana are the choice part of the whole genus. Therefore
the Hindus consider them as the very best of mankind.

The next caste are the Kshatriya, who were created, as they say, from the shoulders and hands of
Brahman. Their degree is not much below that of the Brahmana.

After them follow the Vaishya, who were created from the thigh of Brahman. The Shudra, who were
created from his feet...

Between the latter two classes there is no very great distance. Much, however, as these classes differ
from each other, they live together in the same towns and villages, mixed together in the same houses
and lodgings.
 15.1 How were the Brahmanas created according to the Hindu books? [2]
15.2 The Hindus considered the Brahmanas as the very best of mankind. why? [1]
15.3 Name the four classes of the Varna system. [2]
15.4 What were the duties of the kshatriyas and shudras? [2]

16. What democracy stands for :

Govind Ballabh Pant argued that in order to become loyal citizen people had to stop focusing
only on the community and the self: For the success of democracy one must train himself in
the art of self discipline. In democracies one should care less for himself and more for others.
There cannot be any divided loyalty. All loyalties must exclusively be centered round the
state. If in a democracy, you create rival loyalties, or you create system in which any
individual or group, instead of suppressing his extravagance, cares naught for larger or other
interests then democracy is doomed.
16.1 - Give three attributes of a loyal citizen in a democracy according to G.B. pant. [2]
16.2 - What do you understand by ‘Separate Electorate’? [1]
16.3 - Why was the demand for Separate Electorate made during the drafting of the
constitution? [2]
16.4 - Why was G.B.Pant against this demand? Give two reasons. [2]

PART – E

17. MAP QUESTIONS

17.1 - On the given political outline map of India locate and label the following: 1×2 = 2

(i) Panipat, The place where three battles were fought

(ii) Vijayanagar, The imperial capital.

17.2 – On the same outline map of India three centres related to the Indian National Movement
have been marked as A, B and C. Identify them and write their correct names on the lines drawn
near them. 1×3 = 3