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Kerala Board
Question Paper
2024
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Reg. No. : ......................................
FY-434 Name : ...........................................
FIRST YEAR HIGHER SECONDARY EXAMINATION, MARCH – 2024
Part – III Time : 2½ Hours
HISTORY Cool-off time : 15 Minutes
Maximum : 80 Scores
(Map Accompanied)
General Instructions to Candidates :
There is a ‘Cool-off time’ of 15 minutes in addition to the writing time.
Use the ‘Cool-off time’ to get familiar with questions and to plan your answers.
Read questions carefully before answering.
Read the instructions carefully.
Calculations, figures and graphs should be shown in the answer sheet itself.
Malayalam version of the questions is also provided.
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1. Match Column - ‘A’ with appropriate items from Column - ‘B’ : (4 1 = 4)
A B
Copernicus On Pleasure
Johannes Kepler The Motion
Galileo Galilei De revolutionibus
Lorenzo Valla Cosmographical Mystery
Answer any 4 questions from 2 to 7. Each carries 1 score. (4 1 = 4)
2. Name the author of the book ‘On the Origin of Species’.
(a) Aristotle (b) Ptolemy
(c) Euclid (d) Charles Darwin
3. The term ‘Homo habilis’ means :
(a) The tool maker (b) The thinking man
(c) The wise man (d) The upright man
4. Which of the following rivers was associated with the Mesopotamian Civilization ?
(a) The Danube (b) The Selenga
(c) The Euphrates (d) The Rhine
5. Identify the royal capital of Mesopotamia.
(a) Uruk (b) Susa
(c) Mari (d) Ur
6. The ‘principate’ was founded by :
(a) Tiberius (b) Augustus
(c) Trajan (d) Gallienus
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7. The capital of the Abbasids :
(a) Baghdad (b) Medina
(c) Damascus (d) Nishapur
8. Arrange the following in chronological order : (4 1 = 4)
Formation of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The First Opium War.
Arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry in Japan.
Sun Yat Sen established a republic in China.
9. Mark the following on the Outline map of the World provided : (4 1 = 4)
Syria
Sahara desert
Constantinople
The Danube river
Answer any 8 questions from 10 to 18. Each carries 2 scores. (8 2 = 16)
10. Name the two views regarding the origin of modern humans.
11. Mention any two features of Cuneiform Script.
12. Distinguish between Calmecac and Tepochcalli.
13. Define, what is Yam.
14. Name any two leaders of the Protestant reformation.
15. What is Feudalism ?
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16. Point out any two advantages of printing.
17. Elucidate any two features of Mesopotamian geography.
18. Write a note on the Long March in China.
Answer any 2 questions from 19 to 21. Each carries 3 scores. (2 3 = 6)
19. List out the impacts of the Crusades.
20. What were the causes of the crisis of fourteenth century in Europe.
21. What is ‘Gold Rush’ ? How did it lead to the growth of industries in America ?
Answer any 4 questions from 22 to 26. Each carries 4 scores. (4 4 = 16)
22. Compare the features of hominoids and hominids.
23. Explain the social hierarchies of the early Roman Empire.
24. Elucidate the features of the Inca Civilization.
25. Discuss the features of the military organization of Genghis Khan.
26. List out the factors that led to the rise of Industrial revolution in England.
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Answer any 2 questions from 27 to 29. Each carries 5 scores. (2 5 = 10)
27. Elucidate the contributions of the Mesopotamians in the fields of time reckoning and
mathematics.
28. Explain the reforms introduced by Diocletian and Constantine in the late Roman
Empire.
29. Explain how art and architecture were influenced by humanist ideas.
Answer any 2 questions from 30 to 32. Each carries 8 scores. (2 8 = 16)
30. Analyse the features of the three orders of feudalism in medieval Europe.
31. Explain the legacy of Islam to the World.
Hints :
Sufism
Philosophy
Literature
Medicine
32. Prepare an essay on Industrial revolution based on the following hints :
Coal and Iron Industries
Textile Industry
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For Question No. 9
Outline Map of World
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