BRILLIANCE CLASSES

Std.: 10 (English) History & PS Marks: 40

Date: 11-Dec-2023 History & PS paper Time: 2 hours
Chapter:
Q.1 (A) Choose the correct option from the given options and complete the sentences : (3)

1) Only ............... knowledge can help us in understanding Humanities developmental stages.

a. Disciplines b. Historical c. Sociology d. Development

Ans. Only Historical knowledge can help us in understanding Humanities development stages.

2) The period of ............... Empire is very important in the Indian history.

a. British b. Maratha c. Mughal d. Foreign

Ans. The period of Maratha Empire is very important in the Indian history.

3) Francois-Marie Arouet was the original name of ...............

(a) Rousseau (b) Dante (c) Voltaire (d) Chaucer

Ans. Francois-Marie Arouet was the original name of Voltaire.

(B) Identify the wrong pair in the following and rewrite it : (3)

1)
i. Kaziranga National Park - 1985

ii. Sundarbans National Park - 1980

iii. Flowers National Park - 2005

iv. Khangchendzonga National Park - 2016

Ans. Incorrect -Sundarbans National Park- 1980

Correct - Sundarbans National Park- 1987

2)
i. Darpan - Balshastri Jambhekar

ii. Kesari - Bal Gangadhar Tilak

iii. Deenbandhu - Gopal Hari Deshmukh

iv. Prabhakar - Bhau Mahajan

Ans. Incorrect -Deenbandhu - Gopal Hari Deshmukh

Correct - Deenbandhu - Krishnarao Bhalekar, a close associate of Mahatma Phule.

3)
i. Epics - Ramayana

ii. Bakhar - Historical documents

iii. Subaltern - Bottommost ranks

iv. Marxist - Civilization and countries of the East

Ans. Incorrect -Marxist - Civilization and countries of the East

Correct - Marxist - The transitions within the caste system

Q.2 (A) Complete the following concept chart/map (any two) : (4)

1)
Foreign scholars who wrote on Foreign travellers who wrote on Historians during Aurangzeb’s
 the Sultanate period medieval India times

............... ............... Ishwardas Nagar

Minhaj-i- Siraj Abdul Razzaq ...............

............... ............... Khafi Khan

Yahya Bin Ahmad Sirhindi Nicolo Conti ...............

...............

Domingos Paes

Ans.
Foreign scholars who wrote on Foreign travellers who wrote on Historians during Aurangzeb’s
the Sultanate period medieval India times

Hasan Nizami Ibn Battuta Ishwardas Nagar

Minhaj-i- Siraj Abdul Razzaq Bhimsen Saxena

Amir Khusrau Marco Polo Khafi Khan

Yahya Bin Ahmad Sirhindi Nicolo Conti Niccolao Manucci

Barbosa

Domingos Paes

2)

Ans.

3)
 Ans.

(B) Write short notes on (Any two) : (4)

1) Radio

Ans. i. ‘Indian Broadcasting Company’ (IBC), a private radio company was the first one to broadcast daily
programmes. Later the same company was taken over by the British Government and named as, ‘Indian
State Broadcasting Service (ISBS).
ii. On 8th June 1936 it was renamed, as ‘All India Radio (AIR)’. After Independence, AIR became an integral
part of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India).
iii. Initially, it broadcasted Governmental programmes and schemes.
iv. It was named as ‘Akashvani’ on the suggestion of the famous poet Pandit Narendra Sharma.
v. Akashvanai broadcasts various entertainment, awareness creating and literary programmes.
vi. It also broadcasts special programmes for farmers, workers, the youth and women. The ‘Vividh Bharati’
programmes are broadcasted in 24 regional languages as well as 146 dialects of Indian languages.
vii. Lately, various new channels like ‘Radio Mirchi’ are providing radio services.

2) Voltaire

Ans. i. Voltaire was a French philosopher whose original name was François-Marie Arouet.
ii. He was of the opinion that along with objective truth and chronology of historical events, it was equally
important to take into account social traditions, trade, economy, agriculture, etc. in historiography.
iii. This fuelled the thought that understanding all aspects of human life is important for history writing.
iv. Voltaire is thus regarded as the founder of modern historiography.

3) Art

Ans. i. Human beings have a natural instinct to share their experience, wisdom, knowledge and emotions. When
that instinct results in a beautiful creation, it is acknowledged as Art.
ii. The crucial factors that determine an artistic creation is the artist’s power of imagination, sensibility,
expression, state of emotion and skills.
iii.Artistic creations are of two types – Visual Arts and Performing Arts. In Sanskrit, visual art is known as ‘Drik
Kala’ and performing art is known as, ‘Lalit or Aangik Kala’.
iv.Folk art and classical art are two distinct traditions of art.

Q.3 Explain the following statements with reasons (Any two) : (4)

1) Govind Sakharam Sardesai was addressed as 'Riyasatkar'.

Ans. i. Govind Sakharam Sardesai had a momentous achievement to his credit by publishing 'Maratha Riyasat'.
ii. He published several volumes of Maratha history.
iii. His work became so popular that people began to address him as 'Riyasatkar'.

2) Newspaper is an important medium of education and information.

Ans. Newspapers report events which are interesting to the public. But the importance of newspaper stretches
i.
far beyond a passing human interest in events.
ii. It covers miscellany of topical issues. News would involve matter of higher importance like war, global
warming, education, national elections or trivial issues such as scandals, gossips and debates on minor
issues.
iii. newspapers have contributed significantly to the spread of literacy and the concept of human rights and
democratic freedoms. They are integral to the development of democracy.
 iv. Newspapers not only report the events but continue to shape opinions in the global village.

3) The syllabi of training courses of art design includes the history of various industrial and cultural traditions.

Ans. Every field mentioned requires a detailed planning and meticulous management at every stage of production. It
is essential to employ, trained and skilled individuals at every stage. Some of the production processes of
artistic objects have a history of certain traditions. The development of each productive process has its own
history. Hence the syllabi of training courses of art design include the history of various industrial and cultural
traditions.

4) The method of history is useful in the research of many subjects.

Ans. i. History is about the past events. The way our present life style is shaped, is dependent on the historical chain
of events.
ii. Historical events relate to various fields like politics, social and religious structure of a community,
philosophy, technology and science, etc.
iii. Each of these fields have their own history of building knowledge.
iv. The direction of future development in every field is dependent on the state of available knowledge. Hence,
the method of history can prove to be of value in the research of various fields.

Q.4 Read the following extract and answer the questions below : (4)

For the historians in the Mughal courts, praising the emperors and exhibition of loyalty became more
important. The custom of adding suitable poetic quotes and beautiful pictures was also introduced. Babur,
the founder of the Mughal Empire wrote an autobiography, entitled, ‘Tuzuk-i-Babari’. It contains the
descriptions of the battles fought by him. Babur also recorded his minute observations of various regions
and cities travelled by him including the local economy, customs and the flora.
Abul Fazl’s ‘Akbarnama’ is very important from the viewpoint of critical historiography. His method of
collecting authentic historical documents and their scrutiny is looked upon as devoid of bias and hence
realistic.

i. Which issues got more importance in Historiography during the Mughal period?
ii. Why is Tuzuk-i-Babri an important source of History?
iii.Why is ‘Akbarnama’ important from a critical point of view?

Ans. i. Praising the emperors and exhibiting love and loyalty for them became important during the Mughal period.
ii. The Tuzuk-i-Babari, an autobiography of the great Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire, contains
accounts of the different battles he fought, along with minute observations of the many regions and cities
he travelled to. This makes Tuzuki-Babri an important source of history.
iii. (a) Abul Fazal’s ‘Akbarnama’ is important from critical point of view because he followed a systematic
method of collecting authentic historical documents.
(b) He had a unique way of scrutinizing these documents, without any kind of bias which made ‘Akbarnama’
very realistic.

Q.5 Answer the following question in detail (Any two) : (6)

1) What is Public history ?

Ans. i. People have lot of misgivings about the practicality of the knowledge of history.
ii. History is usually thought as a field of interest only for historians and students wishing to pursue higher
studies in the subject and not pertaining to practical life, history as a field of knowledge does not have
any applicability to economically productive fields, etc.
iii. ‘Public History’ helps to overcome such misgivings and makes history meaningful in everyday life
connecting people to history.
iv. There are many universities abroad, where various courses in 'Public History' are offered.
v. Srushti Institute of Art Design and Technology is an institute at Bengaluru, Karnataka.
vi. This institute has an independent department, named, ‘Centre for Public History’.
 vii.This department has taken up various projects and research in the field of public history.

2) Explain the Karl Marx's 'Class Theory'.

Ans. i. According to Karl Marx, history was not about abstract ideas, it was about living people.
ii. Human relationships are shaped by the fundamental needs of people and the ownership as well as nature of
prevalent means of production to meet those needs.
iii. The accessibility of these means to different strata of the society may not be equal.
iv. This inequality causes a division of the society into classes, leading to class struggle.
v. According to him, human history is the history of class struggle, as the class that owns the means of
production economically exploits that rest of the classes.
vi. Das Kapital a treatise written by him is the most referred book all over the world.

3) Mass media and professional opportunities.

Ans. i. Newspapers have to fulfill the task of providing fresh news to its readers.
ii. It is also necessary to unfold the back ground of an event in the news.
iii. While reporting news in detail reporters try to compare it with parallel events, which happened in the past.
iv. The past event may be printed in a separate frame.
v. Thus the reader gets access to additional information and he can get better insights about the current
news.
vi. People with deep knowledge of history of the respective field like newspapers, Akashwani, Television, and
channels like discovery, national geography and history are sought out in all the fields mentioned above.

4) Write about the contribution of Banabhatta in writing historiographies.

Ans. It was considered an important step in the Indian historiography to write biographies of kings and dynastic
i.
histories.
ii. Banabhatta wrote Harshacharit, King Harsha's Biography, in the 7th century C.E.
It portrays a realistic picture of the social, economic, political, religious and cultural life during the period
iii.
when King Harsha ruled.

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Q.6 Choose the correct option from the given options and complete the sentences : (2)

1) ............... system exists in India.

a. Single-party b. Two-party c. Multi-party d. No-party

Ans. Multi-party system exists in India.

2) In 1944, ............... came to be known as Dravida Kazhagam.

a. Janta Party b. Justice Party c. Shivsena d. BJP

Ans. In 1944, Justice Party came to be known as Dravida Kazhagam.

Q.7 state whether the following statement are true or false. Give reasons for your answers (Any two) (4)

1) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is a national party.

Ans. The above statement is False. Because

i. To become a national party elections commission has prescribed some conditions.
ii. Political party should secure minimum 6% of valid votes in four or more states in earlier Loksabha or state
assembly elections and minimum 4 members should be elected in Loksabha from any state or states in the
earlier elections.
iii. Another criteria is candidates of a party should be elected from minimum 2% of constituencies out of total
Loksabha constituencies and from minimum 3 states.
 iv. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam had power in Tamil nadu state and Pudduchery union territory and it does not
meet the criteria to become a national party. Thus Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is a regional party and not a
national party.

2) The judgements of court on various subjects have made the political process in India more mature.

Ans. The above statement is True. Because,

i. The protection provided to the citizens by the fundamental rights in the Indian Constitution has been made
more meaningful through various decisions of the judiciary.
ii. Some of the important subjects on which the Court has given judgements include rights of children;
protection of human rights; protection of the honour and dignity of women; individual freedom; and tribal
empowerment. These efforts have made the political process in India more mature.

3) Elections is not so important process in democracy.

Ans. The above statement is False. Because,

i. Elections have played a major role in the working of India’s democracy. Peoples’ representatives are selected
through elections.
ii. Elections help to bring a change in power through peaceful means.
iii. Different political parties get an opportunity to rule.
iv. Policies of the government and life of society also changes.
v. We can elect representatives which are efficient, honest, and trustworthy and who respect the opinion of
people.

Q.8 A) Write the following concept (any one) : (2)

1) Policy of reservation of seats.

Ans. i. Policy of reservation of seats is meant for those sections of society who have been deprived of the
opportunities for education and employment for a long period.
In educational institutions and in government services some seats are kept reserved for scheduled caste
ii.
and scheduled tribes.
iii. There is also a provision of reservation of seats for other backward classes.

2) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Justice Party

Ans. i. In 1944, Justice Party came to be known as Dravida(r) Kazhagam, a Tamil reformist movement. In 1949, a
group separated from this party and established Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(DMK).
ii. DMK works for the protection of Tamil identity.
iii. This political party was a member of Coalition Government at the Centre for some years.
iv. The party has support of voters from all sections of society. It was in power for a long period and
implemented many policies.

B) Do as directed (any one) : (2)

 1)

Ans.

2)

Ans.

Q.9 Answer in brief. (Any one) : (2)

1) Describe the changing nature of regional parties in India.

Ans. Regional parties came into existence in India in the post- independence period. However, over the years their
nature and role has changed significantly.
 i. Initially regional identities gave rise to separatist 126 movements in our country. The demands for
independent Khalistan and Dravidistan were made with the objective of parting from the Indian federation and
exist as independent states. Regional parties from Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and Jammu and Kashmir made such
demands.
ii. The demands of regional parties, however, gradually changed. Instead of independent states, they started
demanding more autonomy. This was the second stage in the development of regional parties. This stage
began after 1990.
iii. Regional parties like the Shiv Sena and the Telugu Desam demanded that for the development of a region,
people from the region should get power at State and National levels.
iv. The development of regional parties in the North East shows a different trend. They gave up their demand of
separatism and have started demanding autonomy. They are now entering mainstream national politics.
It can thus be said that the role of regional parties in India has passed through various phases - from
separatism to autonomy and now towards entry into mainstream national politics. Coalition politics is one of
the consequences of their increasing influence in national politics.

2) How will you create awareness about voting in your locality?

Ans. i. I believe that voting is not just a citizen’s right, it is his/her duty. This message has to be spread around with
the intention of creating more and more awareness.
ii. I would arrange rallies in my locality to attract voters’ maximum attention.
iii. I would also plan for the political candidates to come to the locality for interacting with voters. It would serve
as an opportunity to answer their queries and doubts and also acquaint them the future plan of the party.
iv. Street plays are perhaps the most entertaining and relaxed way of creating awareness in society. I will
arrange street plays with the help of my friends to create awareness about voting.