Subject: HISTORY
Class: - 7
Sample paper and answer key
OBJECTIVE PART
(25
marks)
Q no.1 Answer the given questions. Each question carries 03 marks.
1. The dangerous and dreaded island to all that they be called commonly as
_______________ Island.
a) Devils Island
b) Travel Island
c) Stevens island
2. When Marco polo returned to Italy he wrote a book called _________________.
a) Polos Journey
b) The Travels of Marco Polo
c) Historical travels of Marco Polo
3. The discoveries Monument was built in ____________________.
a) India
b) Africa
c) Lisbon
4. Identify who said these words :My sun my hero! Why should I complain of the unkindness of fortune, seeing that
not a leaf falls from a tree without Gods will?
Only yesterday I was the master of nine hundred thousand troops and today I am
in a need of a jug of water?
a) Aurangzeb
b) Shah Jehan
c) Jehangir
Q no. 2 Identify the following personalities.
marks)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Jahangirs most important queen _____________.
Pomegranate Bud ________________.
Jewel in the Throne the Emperor ________________.
Englands first ambassador to India ______________.
Q no. 3 Identify the following pictures.
(04
_______________________
_______________________
________________________
________________________
__________________________________________
Subjective Part (25 marks)
Q no1:A:-Why did the Mughal Empire begin to weaken & decline?
marks)
(5
B:- Give detailed account on Battle of Panipat
marks)
(6
C: - Why were the Portuguese such good explorers?
marks)
(7
--OR-How did Da Gama defeat the Arab spice traders?
D: - How did Akbar organize his Empire?
marks)
(7
--OR--
Why Humayun was known as the weakest Mughal Emperor. Give reasons to explain your
answer.
ANSWER KEY
Objective
Q no 1
I (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (b)
Q no 2
I (Noor Jehan) 2 ( Anar Kali ) 3 (Aurangzeb) 4 (Thomas Roe)
Q no 3
Pic 1 (Thomas Roe) Pic 2 (Sir Francis Drake) Pic 3 (Humayuns Tomb) 4 (Emperor
Jahangir) Pic 5 (Mughal Empire during 16th to 17th century)
Subjective
Q no 1 ref page no 122-123
Q no 2 ref page no 75-77
Q no 3 (A) ref page no 66-67, (B) page no 68
Q no 4 (A) ref page no 83-84, (B) page no 79-80