Class 11 Question Paper 2024-25 History (Half Yearly)

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Time – 3:00 Hrs. Class – XI M.M. : 80
Date – 20.09.2024 (Friday)
Name of the student _______________________________________________Section _____
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Question paper comprises five Sections – A, B, C, D and E. There are 34
questions in the question paper. All questions are compulsory.
2. Section A – Question 1 to 21 are MCQs of 1 mark each.
3. Section B – Question no. 22 to 27 are Short Answer Type Questions, carrying
3 marks each. Answer to each question should not exceed 60-80 words.
4. Section C - Question no 28 to 30 are Long Answer Type Questions, carrying 8
marks each. Answer to each question should not exceed 300-350 words.
5. Section D – Question no.31 to 33 are Source based questions with three sub
questions and are of 4 marks each.
6. Section-E - Question no. 34 is Map based, carrying 5 marks that includes the
identification and location of significant test items. Attach the map with the
answer book.
7. There is no overall choice in the question paper. However, an internal choice
has been provided in few questions. Only one of the choices in such
questions have to be attempted.
8. In addition to this, separate instructions are given with each section and
question, wherever necessary.

SECTION –A 21x1=21
OBJECTIVE TYPEQUESTIONS
Q1 The name Mesopotamia is derived from the Greek words mesos, meaning________, and
potamos, meaning river.
A) Back B) Upper C) Middle D) Deep
Q2 _______ was the earliest rulers of Uruk.
A) Alexander B) Urukian C) Enmerkar D) Charles
Q3 The first known language of the land (Mesopotamia) was ________
A) Arabic B) Sumerian C) Persian D) Akkadian
Q4 There are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R), mark your answer as per
the codes given below.
Assertion: (A) Food resources of Mesopotamia were rich and its mineral resources were few.
Reason (R) Mesopotamia traded their abundant textiles and agriculture produce for wood,
copper, tin, silver, gold, shell etc.
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 not true.
D. A is false, but R is true
Q5 In the north of the Mesopotamia, there is a stretch of upland called a __________, where
animal herding offers people a better livelihood than agriculture – after the winter rains,
sheep and goats feed on the grasses and low shrubs that grow here.
A) Savannah B) Steppe C) Prairies D) Pampas
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Q6 Match the following
List I List II
A. Uruk 1. Trading town
B. Mari 2. River
C. Euphrates 3. Temple town
D. Inanna 4. Goddess of Love and War
Codes;
A) A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4 B) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3 C) A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2 D) A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3
Q7 The eyes and eyebrows would probably have taken __________(blue) and shell (white) and
bitumen (black) inlays, respectively.
A. Ruble B. lapis lazuli C. Bactic D. Pearl
Q8 The Byzantine Empire, a continuation of the Eastern Roman Empire, had its capital in:
A. Constantinople B. Athens C. Rome D. Alexandria
Q9 The empire that extended from Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) to northern India was known as
the:
A. Ottoman Empire B. Roman Empire C. Persian Empire D. Sassasian Empire
Q10 The best kind of wine came to Rome from _______
A. Fayum B. Byzantium C. Galilee D. Campania
Q11 Fill in the blanks:
…………. Condemned the use of slave gangs as the worst method of organizing production
because slaves who worked in gangs were usually chained together by their feet.
A. Elder Man B. Columella C. Pliny the Elder D. Draconian
Q12 The Roman emperor who consolidated the rise of provincial upper classes so as to exclude the
senators from military command was:-
A. Augustus B. Constantine C. Gallienus D. Tiberius
Q13 Match the following
List I List II
A. Conscripted 1. Shops in Forum Julium, Rome
B. Piazza 2. forcibly recruited army
C. Mapalia 3. Ordinary members of a religious community
D. Laity 4. Oval shaped huts
Codes:
A) A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4 B) A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3 C) A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2 D) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
Q14 Identify the picture from the given options:

A. Port du Gord B. Colosseum C. Amphorae D. Amphitheatre
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Q15 What was the primary mode of subsistence for the nomadic empires?
A. Agriculture B. Trading C. Hunting and Gathering D. Fishing
Q16 The Yuan Dynasty, established by Kublai Khan, ruled over:
A. China B. Persia C. Mongolia D. Russia
Q17 The Mongol leader Hulegu was a grandson of:
A. Genghis Khan B. Attila the Hun C. Timur D. Qubilai Khan
Q18 The Mongolian and Chinese narratives on Genghis Khan were translated as the secret History
of the Mongols by:
A. Boris Yakovlevich Vladimirtsov B. Igor de Rachewiltz
C. Marco Polo D. Vasily Vladimirovich Bartold
Q19 Consider the following statements and choose the correct option.
I. The hunter -gatherers lived to the north of the pastoralists in the Siberian.
II. Early from 9thCentury BCE, Chin suffered much from nomads intrusion and other regimes
III. The Jurchen of china dynasty ruled South china from Peking.
IV. Ogodei was the second son of Genghis Khan.
Codes:
A. Only I B. Only II C. Both I and II D. Both III and IV
Q20 Match the following
List I List II
A. Jochi 1.received Transoxiamian Steppe
B. Chaghatai 2. received Russian steppes
C. Ogodei 3. Received areas near Karakorum
D. Toluy 4. Received the ancestral land of Mongolia
Codes:
A) A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4 B) A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3 C) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4 D) A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4
Q21 There are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R), mark your answer as per
the codes given below.
Assertion (A): The communication network of the Mongols was very sound and there was
presence of posts at regular intervals.
Reason (R): Mongols also had a developed spy system.
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 not true.
D. A is false, but R is true
SECTION- B 6x3=18
SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
Q22 Why Mesopotamia is considered important by Europeans? Give reasons.
Q23 Give some facts to show geographical diversities that existed in Iraq.
Q24 Define the territorial position of the Roman empire.
Q25 Who were the main players in the political history of the empire? How army was the
important key institution of imperial rule in the Roman empire?

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Q26 Why did Genghis Khan feel the need to fragment the Mongol tribes into new social and
military groupings?
Q27 Narrate the position of Khan in Mongol administration.
SECTION- C 3x8=24
LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
Q28 Discuss the essential values of Mesopotamian’s town planning.
OR
Which factor suggested that ‘UR’ was an unplanned city?
Q29 “Cultural diversity of the Roman empire was reflected in many ways and at many levels”.
Justify the statement from linguistic perspective.
OR
Describe the conditions of women in ancient Roman Society.
Q30 Describe the main characteristics of the Mongol society in 12th century.
OR
Describe the causes of the unpopularity of Genghis Khan.
SECTION- D
SOURCE BASED QUESTIONS
Q31 Read the following passages and answer the questions that follow: 1+1+
In India, early stone seals were stamped. In Mesopotamia until the end of the first millennium 2=4
BCE, cylindrical stone seals, pierced down the center, were fitted with a stick and rolled over
wet clay so that a continuous picture was created. They were carved by very skilled craftsmen,
and sometimes carry writing; the name of the owner, his god, his official position, etc. A seal
could be rolled on clay covering the string knot of a cloth package or the mouth of a pot,
keeping the contents safe. When rolled on a letter written on a clay tablet, it became a mark
of authenticity. So the seal was the mark of a city dweller’s role in public life.
31.1. Which type of material was used to make seals?
31.2 What were the various types of seals?
31.3. Who carved these seals? Write a few features of these seals (Mesopotamian seals).
Q32 Read the following passages and answer the questions that follow:
The late Roman bureaucracy, both the higher and middle echelons, was a comparatively
affluent group because it drew the bulk of its salary in gold and invested much of this in
buying up assets like land. There was of course also a great deal of corruption, especially in the
judicial system and in the administration of military supplies. The extortion of the higher
bureaucracy and the greed of the provincial governors were proverbial. But government
intervened repeatedly to curb these forms of corruption – we only know about them in the
first place because of the laws that tried to put an end to them, and because historians and
other members of the intelligentsia denounced such practices.
This element of ‘criticism’ is a remarkable feature of the classical world. The Roman state was
an authoritarian regime, in other words, dissent was rarely tolerated and government usually
responded to protest with violence (especially in the cities of the East where people were
often fearless in making fun of emperors). Yet a strong tradition of Roman law had emerged
by the fourth century, and this acted as a brake on even the most fearsome emperors.
Emperors were not free to do whatever they liked, and the law was actively used to protect
civil rights. That is why in the later fourth century it was possible for powerful bishops like
Ambrose to confront equally powerful emperors when they were excessively harsh or
repressive in their handling of the civilian population
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32.1. What was the main reason of corruption in administration of the Roman Empire? 1
32.2. What was the role of the Roman government in handling corruption that was 1
widespread among the higher bureaucracy and provincial governors?
32.3. What do you know about law system of the Roman Empire? 2
Q33 Read the following passages and answer the questions that follow:
Ghazan Khan’s Speech:

Ghazan Khan (1295-1304) was the first Il-Khanid ruler to convert to Islam. He gave the
following speech to the Mongol-Turkish nomad commanders, a speech that was probably
drafted by his Persian wazir Rashiduddin and included in the minister’s letters :
‘I am not on the side of the Persian peasantry. If there is a purpose in pillaging them all, there
is no one with more power to do this than I. Let us rob them together. But if you wish to be
certain of collecting grain and food for your tables in the future, I must be harsh with you. You
must be taught reason. If you insult the peasantry, take their oxen and seed and trample their
crops into the ground, what will you do in the future? … The obedient peasantry must be
distinguished from the peasantry who are rebels.
33.1. Who drafted this speech? 1
33.2. What do you know about Ghazan Khan? 1
33.3. What was the tenure of Ghazan Khan? 1
33.4. What did Ghazan Khan’s speech depict? 1
SECTION- E
MAP BASED QUESTION
Q34 (I) On the given map of West Asia, locate and label the following cities: 2
i) Mecca ii) Medina
(II) On the same outline map of West Asia three places have been marked as A, B and C. 3
Identify them and write their correct names on the lines drawn near them.
A) Second capital of Constantine
B) A place where Mongol Prince was killed
C) Mongol capital during Genghis Khan
Map of West Asia

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HISTORY
Time – 3:00 Hrs. Class – XI M.M. : 80
Date – 20.09.2024 (Friday)
Name of the student _______________________________________________Section _____

Q34 (I) On the given map of West Asia, locate and label the following cities: 2
i) Mecca ii) Medina
(II) On the same outline map of West Asia three places have been marked as A, B and C. 3
Identify them and write their correct names on the lines drawn near them.
A) Second capital of Constantine
B) A place where Mongol Prince was killed
C) Mongol capital during Genghis Khan

Map of West Asia

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