Shri Bhartiya Sanskriti Shiksha Sansthan

PRE BOARD EXAMINATION 2022-23

CLASS -XII SUBJECT-History
TIME – 3 HOUR M.M. -80
INSTRUCTIONS: All questions are compulsory.
(i) Section A–Q. no.1to 21are MCQs of 1 mark each.
(ii) Section B – Q. no. 22 to 27 are Short answer type questions, of 3 marks each.
(iii) Section C- Q. no. 28 to 30 are Long answer type questions, of 8 marks each.
(iv) Section D – Q. no.31 to 33 are Source based questions are of 4 marks each.
(v) Section E- Q.no.34 Map based question of 5 mark.
1. Section A (21×1=21)
Multiple Choice Questions.
Which one among the following religious practices was
seemed to be unfamiliar and unusual with the Harrapan
culture?
(a) Mother Goddess (b) Priest King (c) Yogic postures (d) Sanskritic
Yajnas
2. Consider the following statements about the Mauryan Empire:
(i) There were 5 major political centers in the Empire.
(ii) Megasthenes wrote about the Mauryan Empire in his book ‘Indica.’
(iii) Ashoka founded the Mauryan Empire in 321 B.C.
(iv) Ashoka used his resources to propagate Buddhism. Which of the above
statements is/are correct?
(a) 1,2and 3 (b) 1,2and 4 (c) 2,3and 4 (d) 1,3and4
3. Harishen, who composed 'Pragya Prashasti' was a court poet of which of the
following rulers?
(a) Channakya (b) Samudra Gupta (c) Ashoka (d) Chandra
Gupta Maurya
4. Two statements are given in the question below as Assertion(A) and
Reason(R).
Read the statements and choose the appropriate option.
Assertion(A): From 500 BCE norms were compiled in Sanskrit texts known
as the Dharmasutras and Dharmashastras.
Reason(R): Brahmanas laid the codes of social
behavior for the society in general.
Options:
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false. (d) A is false but R is true.
5. Who among the following travelled in Vijayanagar Empire in the
fifteenth century and was greatly impressed by the fortification of
the empire?
(a) Duarte Barbosa (b) Abdur Razzak (c) Colin Mackenzie (d)
DomingoPae
6. ………temple was used only by Vijayanagara rulers and their families?
(a) The Vitthala Temple (b) The Virupaksha Temple
(c) The HazaraRama Temple (d) The Raghunatha Temple
7. ………...belonged to Morocco?
 (a) Ibn Battuta (b) Al-Biruni (c) Francois Bernier (d) Abdul
Samaraquandi
8. Awadh and Satara were annexed under .
(a) Doctrine of Lapse (b) Subsidiary Alliance (c) Mahalwari Syste (d)
None of these
9. In the following questions, a statement of assertion(A) followed by a
statement of reason(R) is given.
Choose the correct answer out-
Assertion(A): The citadel was situated on the lower town.
Reason(R): Structures meant for special purposes were built on the citadel.
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false. (d) A is false but R is true.
10. Choose the correct option:
(a)Ibn-Battuta travelled extensively in China.
(b)Al-Biruni found the Indian cities quite populated.
(c)Al-Biruni was greatly influenced by the Indian postal system.
(d)According to Ibn-Battuta ,Crown ownership of land was quited is a strous
for farmers.
11. When was permanent settlement introduced in Bengal?
(a)1905 (b)1764 (c)1793 (d)1785
12. Identify which of the metal was used more often to make coins during the
MughalEmpire?
(a) Gold (b) Silver (c) Tin (d) Copper
13. Which of the following option is not correct:
(a) Muslim League demanded Pakistan in 1946.
(b) Gandhiji started Quit India Mission in 1942.
(c) Cripps Mission failed to achieve it so objective.
(d) Cabinet Mission arrived in India in 1946.
14. How many sessions of the constituent Assembly were held?
(a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 11
15. Which of these was the reason for NanaSaheb’s joining the revolt of 1857?
(а)The British refused him the pension of Peshwa BajiRao II.
(b)The British captured Awadh.
(c) The British captured Jhansi under the doctrine of Lapse.
(d)NanaSaheb refused to accept Subsidiary Alliance.
16. During the Mughal Empire, what was Jins-i-Kamil?
(a) Cash crop (b) Perfect crop (c) Rabi crop (d) Kharif crop
17. Which of the following languages Gandhiji favoured as the national
language:
(a) Hindi (b) Urdu (c) Hindustani (d) Persian
18. Identify the given image from the following options:
(a)Sir John Shore (b)Warren Hastings
(c)Charles Cornwallis (d)Lord Wellesley

19. In which time Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi visited south India?

(a)1442s (b)1444s (c)1441s (d)1440s
20. Who among the following emerged as a danger for Pahariyas?
(a) Bhil (b) Bakarwal (c) Gujjar (d) Santhal
21. Who was the first president of the Swaraj Party?
(a) C.R. Das (b)Vallaabh bhai Patel (c)Motilal Nehru (d) Madan
Mohan Malviya
22. Section B (6X3
)=18
Short answer type questions.
Explain how did Harappans maintain contact with distant lands.?
Or
What could be the possible reasons for the decline of Harappan civilisation?
23. Write the main three features of Mahajanpadas?
24. Explain briefly the barriers, felt by Al-Biruni, in understanding what he
observed in India.
25. Who was Amara-Nayakas? Identify any two works done by them.
26. “Jotedar inevitably weakened zamindars in Bengal by the end of
the 18th century”. Give any three arguments to support the
statement. ?
27. Why did the British become increasingly interested in acquiring the territory
of Awadh? OR
List any three ways in which Taluqdars of Awadh were affected by the
British Policy.
28. Section -C (3×8=24)
Long answer type questions.
What did the Right to Property mean in the context of women and
men in the period of Mahabharata?
OR
Explain why we call Mahabharata ‘Dynamic Text’?
29. Describe three factors that accounted for the constant expansion of
agriculture during 16th and 17th centuries.
OR
Explain why Ain-I - Akbari remains an extraordinary document of its times
even today.
30. Describe the role of Gandhiji as people's leader from 1917-22.
Or
What was Varna System? What were the ideal occupations for
Varna?
31. Section- D (3×4
Source Based Questions. =12)
Read the following Source carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Rules for monks and nuns-
These are some of the rules laid down in the Vinaya Pitaka: When a new felt
(blanket/rug) has been made by a Bhikkhu, it is to be kept for (atleast) six
years. If after less than six years he should have another new felt
(blanket/rug) made, regardless of whether or not he has disposed of the first,
then unless he has been authorized by the Bhikkhus –it is to be for feited and
confessed. In case a Bhikkhu arriving at a family residence is presented with
cakes or cooked grain-meal, he may accept two or three bowlfuls if he so
desires. If he should accept more than that, it is to be confessed. Having
 accepted the two or three bowlfuls and having taken them from there, he is to
share them among the Bhikkhus. This is the proper course here. Should any
Shikkhu, having set out bedding in a lodging belonging to the Sangha–or
having had it set out–and then on departing neither put it away nor have it
put away, or should he go without taking leave, it is to be confessed.
(a) Explain any one rule governing the lives of the Bhikkhus and Bhikkhunis.
(b)Why were the Bhikkhus and Bhikkhunis expected to share their alms with
other members of the Sangha.
(c) How Vinaya Pitaka describes the teachings of Buddha.
32. Read the following Source carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Declining a royal gift-
This excerpt from a Sufitext describes the proceedings a Shaikh Nizamuddin
Auliya’s
hospice in 1313: I (the author, Amir Hasan Sijzi) had the good fortune of
kissing his (Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya’s) feet … At this time a local ruler
had sent him the deed of ownership to two gardens and much land, along
with the provisions and tools for their maintenance. The ruler had also made
it clear that he was relinquishing all his rights to both the gardens and land.
The master…had not accepted that gift. Instead, he had lamented: “What
have I to do with gardens and fields and lands? … None of … our spiritual
masters had engaged in such activity.” Then he told an appropriate story: “…
Sultan Ghiyasuddin, who at that time was still known as Ulugh Khan, came
to visit Shaikh Fariduddin (and) offered some money and ownership deeds
for four villages to the Shaikh, the money being for the benefit of the
dervishes (sufis), and the land for his use. Smiling, Shaikh al Islam
(Fariduddin) said: ‘Give me the money. I will dispense it to the dervishes.
But as for those land deeds, keep them. There are many who long for them.
Give them away to such persons.’
(a)Examine the suitability of the gifts given by Ulugh Khan to the Sufis?
(b)Demonstrate the ways through which Sufis dispensed their donations.
(c)Identify the relationship between the state and the Sufi saints.

33. Read the following Source carefully and answer the questions that follow:
“There cannot be any divided loyalty”-
Govind Ballabh Pant argued that in order to become loyal citizens 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 democraciesone 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 a system in which
any individual or group, instead of suppressing his extravagance, cares
enough for larger or other interests, then democracy is doomed.
(a)How did G.B. Pant encourage citizens to make a unified nation?
(b)Why did he urge citizens for loyalty towards nation?
(c)How was loyalty considered as the base of social pyramid?
34. Section-E (5×
Map based question. 1=5
On the given political map of India, locate and label the following )
with appropriate symbols:
(a)Sanchi- A Stupa (c) Agra- Territory under the control of mughals
(b)Kalibangan- (d) Hampi- Capital of Vijayanagar empire (e)
Dholaveera.