Class 11 Question Paper 2024 History (with Answers)

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KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN LUCKNOW REGION
सत्रांत परीक्षा (2023-24) Session Ending Examination (2023-24)
कक्षा-XI Class-XI
विषय : इतिहास Subject : History
अवधि / Duration : 3 hrs. पर्णां
ू क /Maximum Marks : 80
सामान्य निर्देश:
1. प्रश्न पत्र में पांच अनभ
ु ाग हैं- क, ख, ग, घ, और ङ । कुल 34 प्रश्न हैं। प्रत्येक प्रश्न के सामने अंक दिए गए हैं। सभी
प्रश्न अनिवार्य हैं।
2. अनभ
ु ाग ‘क’ - प्रश्न संख्या 1 से 21 प्रत्येक के 1 अंक के बहुविकल्पीय प्रश्न हैं।
3. अनभ
ु ाग ‘ख’ - प्रश्न संख्या 22 से 27 लघु उत्तरीय प्रश्न हैं, जिनमें से प्रत्येक में 3 अंक हैं। प्रत्येक प्रश्न का उत्तर
60-80 शब्दों से अधिक नहीं होना चाहिए।
4. अनभ
ु ाग ‘ग’- प्रश्न संख्या 28 से 30 दीर्घ उत्तरीय प्रश्न हैं, जिनमें से प्रत्येक के 8 अंक हैं। प्रत्येक प्रश्न का उत्तर
300-350 शब्दों से अधिक नहीं होना चाहिए।
5. अनभ
ु ाग ‘घ’ -प्रश्न संख्या 31 से 33 स्रोत-आधारित प्रश्न हैं जिनमें 3 उप प्रश्न हैं और प्रत्येक के 4 अंक हैं।
6. अनभ
ु ाग ‘ङ’- प्रश्न संख्या 34 एक मानचित्र आधारित प्रश्न है , जिसमें 5 अंक हैं जिसमें महत्वपर्ण
ू स्थलों की पहचान
और चिन्हांकन शामिल है । मानचित्र को उत्तर पस्ति
ु का के साथ संलग्न करें ।
7. प्रश्न पत्र में कोई खल
ु ा विकल्प नहीं है । हालांकि कुछ प्रश्नों में आंतरिक विकल्प दिया गया है । ऐसे प्रश्नों में से केवल
एक विकल्प को हल करना है ।
8. इसके अलावा, जहां भी आवश्यक है , प्रत्येक अनभ
ु ाग और प्रश्नों के साथ अलग-अलग निर्देश दिए गए हैं।
General Instructions:

1. Question paper comprises five sections - A, B, C, D and E. There are 34 questions. Marks are indicated
against each question. All questions are compulsory.
2. Section ‘A’ Question numbers 1 to 21 are MCQs of 1 mark each.
3. Section ‘B’ Question numbers 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 numbers 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 numbers 31 to 33 are Source-based questions with 3 sub questions and are of 4 marks
each.
6. Section ‘E’ Question number 34 is a 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 has to be attempted.

8. In addition to this, separate instructions are given with each section and questions, wherever necessary.
अनभ
ु ाग 'क' (बहुविकल्पीय प्रश्न)/ SECTION 'A' (MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION )

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1 निम्नलिखित को मिलाएं (मेसोपोटामिया के सम्बन्ध में ) 1
स्तंभ अ स्तंभ ब
1. उत्तर पर्व
ू a- रे गिस्तान
2. उत्तर b- दजला की सहायक नदियां
3- पर्व
ू c- स्टे पी घास के मैदान
4- दक्षिण d- हरे -भरे मैदान, वक्ष
ृ से ढकी पर्वत श्रंख
ृ ला
Match the following (In the context of Mesopotamian Civilisation)
Column ―A Column ―B
1- North-east A- Deserts
2- North B- Tributaries of the Tigris
3- East C- Steppe
4- South D- Green, plains, tree-covered mountain ranges
(i) 1-D, 2-C, 3-B, 4-A
(ii) 1-C, 2-B, 3-D, 4-A
(iii) 1-B, 2-C, 3-D, 4-A
(iv) 1-A, 2-B, 3-C, 4-D

2 इन्नाना को ………….. के नाम से जाना जाता था। 1
(a) सर्य
ू भगवान (b) प्यार की दे वी
(c) चंद्रमा भगवान (d) यद्ु ध की दे वी
inanna was known as …………..
(a) Sun God (b) Goddess of love
(c) Moon God (d) Goddess of war

3 मारी शहर के बारे में कौन सा/से तथ्य सत्य है - 1
1- 2000 ई. प.ू के बाद मारी नगर शाही राजधानी के रूप में खब ू फला –फूला|
2- मारी नगर व्यापर के बल पर समद् ृ ध हुए शहरी केंद्र का एक अच्छा उदाहरण है |
3- मारी के अधिकारी नौका को आगे बढने की इजाजत दे ने से पहले उसमे लदे माल की कीमत का
लगभग 12 प्रतिशत प्रभार वसल ू करते थे|
4- मारी राज्य सैन्य दृष्टि से सबल राज्य था|
a- केवल 1 और 2 b- केवल 3 और 4
c- केवल 3 d- उपर्युक्त में से कोई नही

Which of the following information is/are not correct about Mari city:
1. After 2000 BCE the royal capital of Mari flourished
2.. Mari is a good example of an urban centre prospering on trade
3. Officers of this town levy a charge of about one-twelfth the value of the goods before allowing
the boat to continue downstream
4. the kingdom of Mari was militarily strong,
A. only 1 and 2 B. only 3 and 4
C. Only 3 D. none of the above

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4 निम्नलिखित जानकारी की सहायता से इतिहासकार के नाम की पहचान करें : 1
• वह एक प्रसिद्ध पस्ु तक नेचरु ल हिस्ट्री के लेखक थे|
• उन्होंने दास समह
ू ो के प्रयोग की य़ह कहकर निंदा की कि य़ह उत्पादन आयोजित करने का सबसे खराब
तरीका है |
a- टै सिटस b- प्लिनी c-. स्ट्रै बो d-. कोलम
ु ेल्ला
Identify the name of historian with the help of the following information:
•He was the author of a very famous Natural History
•He condemned the use of slave gangs as the worst method of organizing production.
a)Tacitus b) Pliny c) Strabo d) Columella

5 निम्नलिखित रोमन सम्राटों को कालानक्र ु मिक क्रम में व्यवस्थित करें : 1
1. कॉन्स्टें टाइन 2. ऑगस्टस 3.डायोक्लेशियन 4. गैलीलीनस
(A) (2), (4), (3) और (1) (B) (2), (3), (1) और (4)
(C) (3), (4), (1) और (2) (D) (4), (1), (2) और (3)
Arrange the following Roman Emperors in the chronological order:
1-Constantine 2- Augustus 3- Diocletian 4- Gallienus
(a) (2), (4), (3) and (1) (b)- (2), (3),(1) and (4)
(c). (3), (4), (1) and (2) (d). (4),(1), (2) and (3)

6 निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा सही समु ेलित नहीं है ? 1
कॉलम A कॉलम B
a) सन ु हरा गिरोह जोची के वंशजों द्वारा स्थापित संघ
b) जेरेज मंगोलियाई क्षेत्र में पास या परमिट के लिए
c) क़ुबकुर व्यापारिक सविु धाओं के साथ खानाबदोशों पर लगाया गया एक टै क्स।
d) याम संहिता काननू
Which among the following is Correctly not matched?
Column A Column B
a) Golden horde Confederacy established by decendants of Jochi.
b) Gerege Meant for pass or permit in mongolian.
c) Qubcur A tex imposed on nomads provided with trading facilities.
d) Yam code of law

7 चंगेज खान ने निशापरु को लट ू ने और नष्ट करने का आदे श क्यों दिया? 1
(a) क्योंकि एक मंगोल राजकुमार मारा गया था।
(b) क्योंकि निशापरु ने कृषि उपज निर्यात करने से इंकार कर दिया।
(c) क्योंकि वे उद्योगों का विकास कर रहे थे।
(d) उपर्युक्त में से कोई नहीं।
Why Genghis Khan commanded to plunder and destroy Nishapur?
(a) Because a Mongol prince was killed.
(b) Because Nishapur refused to export agricultural produce.
(c) Because they were developing industries.
(d) None of the above.

8 मंगोलियाई क्षेत्र के भीतर सरु क्षित मार्ग और आचरण के लिए व्यापारियों द्वारा दिए जाने वाले कर को क्या 1
कहा जाता था?
(a) हरकारी पद्धति (b) बाज (c) कुबकुर (d) तम
Tax paid by traders for safe passage and conduct within the Mongolian territory was known as?
(A) Yam (B) Baj (C) Qubcur (D) Tama

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9 नाईट के संबंध में निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार करें । निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा सही नहीं है ? 1
a) लार्ड ने नाईट को भमिू का एक टुकड़ा (फीफ) दिया और उसकी रक्षा करने का वादा किया।
b) फीफ उत्तराधिकार में नहीं मिल सकता था|
c) फीफ के बदले में , नाईट ने अपने स्वामी को एक नियमित शल् ु क का भगु तान करता था और यद् ु ध में
उसके लिए लड़ने का वादा करता था ।
d) एक नाईट एक से अधिक लार्ड की सेवा कर सकता था , लेकिन उसकी सबसे बड़ी निष्ठा अपने स्वामी के
प्रति होती थी।
Consider the following statements in respect of knight. Which of the following is not correct?
a) The lord gave the knight a piece of land (fief) and promised to protect it.
b) The fief could not be inherited.
c) In exchange, the knight paid his lord a regular fee and promised to fight for him in war.
d) A knight might serve more than one lord, but his foremost loyalty was to his own lord.

1 निम्नलिखित का मिलान करें : 1
0 सच ू ीI सचू ी II
(i) फ्रांस (a) हे नरी VII
(ii) इंग्लैंड (b) लई
ु स XI
(iii) ऑस्ट्रिया (c) फर्डिनेंड
(iv) स्पेन (d) मैक्सिमिलियन
Match the following:
List I List II
(i) France (a) Henry VII
(ii) England (b) Louis XI
(iii) Austria (c) Ferdinand
(iv) Spain (d) Maximilian
Options: (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(A) d a c b
(B) b d a c
(C) d b c a
(D) b a d c

11 नीचे दो कथन, अभिकथन (A) और कारण (B) दिए गए हैं। 1
अभिकथन (A) - कानन ू इटली के शरु
ु आती विश्वविद्यालयों में अध्ययन का एक लोकप्रिय विषय था।
कारण (R) - शिक्षकों और डॉक्टरों की मांग बढ़ गई थी।
i) A और R दोनों सत्य हैं, और R, A की सही व्याख्या है ।
ii) A और R दोनों सत्य हैं, लेकिन R, A की सही व्याख्या नहीं है ।
iii) A सत्य है परन्तु R असत्य है ।
iv) A असत्य है परन्तु R सत्य है ।
Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labeled as
Assertion (A)- Law was a popular subject of study in the earliest universities of Italy.
Reason (R)- There was an increasing demand for teachers and doctors.
i) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
ii) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
iii) A is true but R is false.
iv) A is false but R is true

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1 …………………. सिस्टिन चैपल को चित्रित किया। 1
2 (a) लियोनार्डो दा विंची (b) मिशेल एंजेलो (c) वोल्टे यर (d)
पिकासो
……………………. painted the Sistine Chapel.
(A) Leonardo Da Vinci (B) Michel angelo (C) Voltaire (D) Picasso

1 1540 में 'सोसाइटी ऑफ जीसस' की स्थापना किसने की? 1
3 (a) इग्नाटियस लोयोला (b) कॉपरनिकस
(c) जोहान्स केपलर (d) मार्टिन लथ
ू र
Who set up the ‘Society of Jesus’ in 1540?
(A) Ignatius Loyola (B) Copernicus
(C) Johannes Kepler (D) Martin Luther

1 निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा सही समु ेलित है ? 1
4 कॉलम A कॉलम B
a) माइकल एंजेलो बओ ु नारोती i. द पिएटा
b) लियोनार्डो दा विंची ii. प्रेयिग
ं हैंडस
c) जिओटो iii. सेंट पीटर चर्च का गंब
ु द
d) फ़िलिपो ब्रन
ु ेलेशी iv. द चाइल्ड जीसस
Which among the following is Correctly matched?
Column A Column B
a) Michelangelo Buonarroti i. The Pieta
b) Leonardo da Vinci ii. Praying hands
c) Giotto iii. the Dome of Saint Peter's Church
d) Filippo Brunelleshi iv. The child Jesus

1 चित्र को पहचानकर उसका नाम लिखो। 1
5 Identify the following image.

1 नोट- निम्नलिखित प्रश्न केवल दृष्टिबाधित उम्मीदवारों के लिए Q.No.15 के बदले में हैं। 1
5 NOTE: The following question is for the visually impaired candidates in lieu of Question
number 15
"द ग्रेट ऑस्ट्रे लियन साइलेंस" पस्
ु तक के लेखक का नाम बताइए।
Name the author of the book “The Great Australian Silence”.
1 टे रा न्यलि
ू यस शब्द का अर्थ है - 1
6 a) बसने वालों की भमि
ू । b) जमीन किसी की नहीं।
c) मल ू निवासी की भमि
ू । d) राज्य से संबधि
ं त भमि
ू ।

The term terra nullius means-
a) Land belonging to settlers b) Land belonging to nobody
c) land belonging to native d) Land belonging to state

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1 ं े 30000 साल पहले ____ के आर-पार फैले भमि
उत्तरी अमरीका के सबसे पहले बाशिद ू - सेतु के रास्ते 1
7 एशिया से आए थे।
The earliest inhabitants of North America came from Asia over 30,000 years ago on a land bridge
across the____ straits.

1 "वे मौन हैं, यह सच है , जब गोरे लोगों की संगत में होते हैं, जिनकी सद्भावना पर वे अविश्वास करते हैं और 1
8 जिनकी भाषा वे नहीं समझते हैं, लेकिन श्वेत व्यक्ति समान परिस्थितियों में समान रूप से मौन रहता है ।"
उपरोक्त पंक्तियाँ किसने कही हैं?
a) जौं - जाक रूसो b) विलियम वर्ड्सवर्थ
c) वाशिग ं टन इरविंग d) थॉमस जेफरसन
"Taciturn they are, it is true, when in company with white men, whose goodwill they distrust and
whose language they do not understand, but the White man is equally taciturn under like
circumstances. "
Who said above lines?
a) Jean- Jacques Rousseau b) William Wordsworth
c) Washington Irving d) Thomas Jefferson
1 “अपने में से एशिया को निकाल फेकना” यह किसने कहा था?
9 (a) फुकुज़वा यकि
ु चि (b) मियके सत्सरु े इ
(c) उएकि एमोरि (d) निशितानी केजी
Who used the term ‘Expel Asia’?
(a) Fukuzawa Yukichi (b) Miyake Setsurei
(C) Ueki Emori (d) Nishitani Keji
2 चीनी गणराज्य के प्रथम राष्ट्रपति थे: 1
0
(a) डॉ. सन
ु यात सेन (b) माओ ज़े डोंग
(c) चियांग काई-शेक (d) डेंग जियाओपिंग
The first president of the Chinese Republic was:
(A) Dr. Sun Yat Sen (B) Mao Ze Dong
(C) Chiang Kai-shek (D) Deng Xiaoping
2 सही कालक्रम क्या है ? 1
1 i) चीनी कम्यनि
ु स्ट पार्टी की स्थापना ii) पहला अफीम यद्
ु ध
iii) मेजी बहाली iv) लम्बा कूच
a) ii, iii, i और iv b) i, ii, iii और iv
c) iii, ii, i और iv d) iv, i, iii और ii
What is the correct chronology?
i) Chinese Communist Party founded ii) First Opium War
iii) Meiji Restoration iv) Long March
a)ii, iii, i & iv b) i, ii, iii & iv
c) iii, ii, i & iv d) iv, i, iii & ii

अनभ ु ाग'ख' / SECTION - ‘B’
लघु उत्तरीय प्रश्न / SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

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2 मारी का राज्य सैन्य रूप से मजबत
ू नहीं था, फिर भी यह असाधारण रूप से समद्
ृ ध था। चर्चा करे । 3
2 The kingdom of Mari was not militarily strong, yet it was exceptionally prosperous. Discuss.
अथवा / OR
“मेसोपोटामिया के लोग शहरी जीवन को महत्व दे ते थे जिसमें कई समद ु ायों और संस्कृतियों के लोग
साथ-साथ रहते थे।“ इससे संबधि
ं त कुछ तथ्यों का उल्लेख कीजिए।
“Mesopotamians valued city life in which people of many communities and cultures lived side by
side.” Mention some of the facts regarding this.
2 चंगेज़ खान की सैन्य उपलब्धियाँ क्या थीं ? 3
3 What were the military achievements of Genghis Khan?
2 ु र्जागरण की अवधि के दौरान बौद्धिक रूप से रचनात्मक महिलाओं के नामों का उल्लेख करें ।
यरू ोप में पन 3
4 Mention the names of women intellectually creative during the period of the renaissance in
Europe.
अथवा / OR
ृ वी की सही स्थिति बताने वाले सिद्धांत को कोपर्निकस ने जीवन भर गप्ु त क्यों रखा ?
पथ्
Why would Copernicus have kept as a secret his life-long, the theory telling the true position of the
earth?
2 मनष्ु य की नई अवधारणा का संक्षिप्त विवरण दीजिए। 3
5 Give a brief account of the new concept of human beings.
2 औपनिवेशिक यग ु के दौरान मल
ू निवासियों और यरू ोपीय लोगों ने जिन वस्तओ
ु ं का आदान-प्रदान किया, 3
6 उनके बारे में क्या सोचते थे? मल ू निवासियों की क्या प्रतिक्रिया थी?
What did the natives and the Europeans think of the goods they exchanged during the colonial era?
What was the reaction of the natives?
2 उत्तरी अमेरिका के मल
ू निवासियों की जीवनशैली की विशेषताओं की चर्चा कीजिए। 3
7 Discuss the features of the lifestyle of the native people of North America.

अनभ ु ाग-ग / SECTION-C
दीर्घ उत्तरीय प्रश्न / LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS
2 रोमन समाज में दासो का क्या स्थान था और उनके साथ किस प्रकार का व्यवहार किया जाता था ? 8
8 What ‘Social Status ‘did the slaves hold in the Roman society and how they were treated in the
society ?
अथवा / OR
परवर्ती परु ाकाल से क्या अभिप्राय है ? चौथी से सातवी शताब्दी ई. के मध्य रोमन साम्राजय में कौन – कौन
से धार्मिक तथा प्रशासनिक परिवर्तन हुए ?
What is meant by Late antiquity? Which religious and administrative changes were made during
4th to 7th CE in Roman Empire?
2 यरू ोप में 15वीं और 16वीं शताब्दी के दौरान हुए राजनीतिक परिवर्तनों की चर्चा करें । 8
9 Discuss the political changes which occurred during 15th and 16th centuries in Europe.
अथवा / OR
14वीं शताब्दी की शरुु आत तक, यरू ोप का आर्थिक विस्तार धीमा हो गया। इसके पीछे क्या कारण थे?
By the beginning of the 14th century, the economic expansion of Europe slowed down. What were
the reasons behind it?

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3 गओु मिनडांग को हराकर कम्यनि ु स्टों ने खद
ु को सत्ता में स्थापित किया। कथन की पष्टि
ु करे । 8
0 ‘Communists established themselves in power by defeating Guomindang’. Substantiate the
statement.
अथवा / OR
मेजी पनु र्स्थापना का क्या अर्थ है ? मेजी सरकार के तहत जापान में प्रशासनिक और आर्थिक क्षेत्रों में किये
गए सध ु ारों का विशलेषण करें ।
What is meant by Meiji Restoration? Analyze the reforms that took place in Japanese
administration and economy under the Meiji Government.

अनभ ु ाग - 'घ' / SECTION-‘D’
स्रोत आधारित प्रश्न / SOURCE BASED QUESTION
3 मह ु र एक शहरी शिल्पकृति
1
भारत में प्राचीन काल में पत्थर की मह ु रें होती थी। मेसोपोटामिया में पहली सहस्राब्दी ईसा पर्वू के अंत तक,
पत्थर की बेलनाकार मह ु रें , जो बीच में छे द कर, एक तीली लगाकर गीली मिट्टी के ऊपर घमु ायी जाती थीं
और इस प्रकार उनसे लगातार चित्र बनता जाता था। वे बहुत कुशल कारीगरों द्वारा तराशे गए थे, और
कभी-कभी उन पर लिखा होता था मालिक का नाम, उनके भगवान का नाम उनकी आधिकारिक स्थिति,
आदि। किसी कपड़े की गठरी या बर्तन के मँह ु को चिकनी मिट्टी से लीप पोत कर उस पर वह मोहर घम ु ायी
जाती थी , इससे उस गठरी या बर्तन में रखी वस्तओ ु ं को मोहर लगाकर स र
ु क्षित किया जा सकता था।
मिट्टी की पटिया पर लिखे पत्र पर घम ु ाने पर वह प्रमाणिकता की निशानी बन जाती थी। अतः मह ु र
सार्वजनिक जीवन में एक नगरवासी की भमि ू का को दर्शाती थी। 1
1
प्रश्नः 1
(i) मेसोपोटामिया सभ्यता के दौरान मह
ु रों को किसने उकेरा था? 1

(ii) प्रत्येक मह
ु र पर आप क्या दे खते हैं?

ु ा हुआ चिन्ह क्या दर्शाता था?
(iii) खद

(iv) समकालीन भारतीय सभ्यता का नाम लिखिए।

The Seal-An Urban Artefact

In India, early stone seals were stamped. In Mesopotamia until the end of the first millennium
BCE, cylindrical stone seals, pierced down the Centre, 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 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.

Question:
(i) Who carved the seals during Mesopotamian civilization?

(ii) What do you see on each of the seals?

(iii) What do the inscribed sign describe?

(iv) Write the name of contemporary Indian civilization

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3 बख
ु ारा का कब्जा
2 ईरान के मंगोल शासकों के उत्तर-तेरहवीं शताब्दी के फारसी इतिहासकार जव ु ैनी ने 1220 ईस्वी में बखु ारा
पर कब्जा करने का विवरण दिया है । जव ु ैनी के अनस ु ार नगर की विजय के बाद चंगेज खान उत्सव मैदान
में गया जहाँ पर नगर के धनी व्यापारी एकत्रित थे। उसने उन्हें संबोधित कर कहा: अरे लोगो तम् ु हे यह पता
होना चाहिए कि तम ु लोगो ने अनेक पाप किए हैं और तम ु में से जो अधिक संपन्न लोग हैं, उन्होंने सबसे
अधिक पाप किए हैं। अगर तम ु मझ ु से पछ ू ो कि इसका मेरे पास क्या प्रमाण है तो इसके लिए मैं कहूंगा कि
मैं ईश्वर का दं ड हूं। यदि तम ु ने पाप ना किए होते तो ईश्वर ने मझ ु े दं ड हे तु तम्ु हारे पास ना भेजा होता.....
अब कोई व्यक्ति बख ु ारा पर अधिकार होने के बाद खरु ासान भाग गया था। उससे नगर के भाग्य के बारे में
पछ ू ने पर उत्तर दिया “वह नगर आए, दीवारों को ध्वस्त कर दिया, जला दिया, लोगों का वध किया, लट ू ा
और चल दिए।“
प्रश्न: 2
(i) उपरोक्त गद्यांश किसके द्वारा लिखा गया है ? वह इसमें क्या वर्णन करता है ? 1
(ii) चंगेज़ खान के बारे में आप क्या जानते हैं? 1
(iii) चंगेज खान ने विजित लोगों से क्या कहा?
The Capture of Bukhara
Juwaini, a late-thirteenth-century Persian chronicler of the Mongol rulers of Iran, carried an
account of the capture of Bukhara in 1220. After the conquest of the city, Juwaini reported,
Genghis Khan went to the festival ground where the rich residents of the city were and addressed
them: O people, know that you have committed great sins, and that the great ones among you have
committed these sins. If you ask me what proof I have for these words, I say it is because I am the
punishment of God. If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment
like me upon you. Now one man had escaped from Bukhara after its capture and had come to
Khurasan. He was questioned about the fate of the city and replied: “They came, they [mined the
walls], they burnt, they slew, they plundered and they departed.”
Questions:
(i) By whom is the above passage written? What does he describe in it?
(ii) What do you know about Genghis Khan?
(iii) What did Genghis Khan say to the conquered people?
3 गेन्जी की कथा
3 मरु ासाकी शिकिबू द्वारा लिखी गई हे आन राजदरबार की एक काल्पनिक डायरी, द टे ल ऑफ़ द गेन्जी
जापानी साहित्य में प्रमख ु कथाकृति बन गई। उस अवधि में मरु ासाकी जैसी कई महिला लेखकों का उदय
हुआ, जिन्होंने जापानी लिपि में लिखा, जबकि परु ु षों ने चीनी लिपि में लिखा, जिसका उपयोग शिक्षा और
सरकार के लिए किया गया। उपन्यास में कुमार गेन्जी के रोमांचक जीवन को दर्शाया गया है और यह
हे आन राजदरबार के अभिजात वर्ग के माहौल की एक जीती जागती तस्वीर पेश की गई है । जो यह दर्शाता
है कि महिलाओं को अपने पति को चन ु ने और अपना जीवन जीने की आजादी थी।
(i) काल्पनिक डायरी किसने लिखी? 1
(ii) गेन्जी की कथा क्या है ? 1
(iii) जापानियों ने अपनी लिखित लिपि किस दे श से उधार ली थी? 1
iv) परिच्छे द किस मल् ू य को दर्शाता है ? 1
Tale of the Genji
A fictionalized diary of the Heian court written by Murasaki Shikibu, the Tale of the Genji became
the central work of fiction in Japanese literature. That period saw the, emergence of
many women writers, like Murasaki, who wrote in the Japanese script, While men wrote in the
Chinese script, used for education and government. The novel depicts the romantic life of Prince
Genji and is a striking picture of the aristocratic atmosphere of the Heian court. It shows the
independence that women had in choosing their husbands and living their lives.
(i) Who wrote fictionalized diary?
(ii) What is the Tale of the Genji’?

(iii) The Japanese had borrowed their written script from which country?
iv) What value does passage depicts?
अनभ ु ाग - ‘ङ’ / SECTION –‘E’
मानचित्र आधारित प्रश्न /MAP BASED QUESTION

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3 (34.1) दिए गए विश्व के राजनीतिक मानचित्र पर निम्नलिखित को ढूँढ़ें और उपयक् ु त प्रतीक के साथ नाम
4 लिखें। 1
I. वेनिस: जीवंत शहर 1
II. भमू ध्य सागर 1
III. गॉल: रोमन साम्राज्य का एक प्रांत
On the given political map of World, locate and label the following with appropriate symbols:
I. Venice: vibrant City
II. Mediterranean Sea
III. Gaul: a province of the Roman empire
(34.2) उसी रूपरे खा मानचित्र पर दो स्थानों को 'A' और 'B' के रूप में चिह्नित किया गया है , 1
उन्हे पहचानिए और उनके पास खींची गई रे खाओं मे सही नाम लिखिए। 1
A) वह क्षेत्र जो आबादकारों द्वारा 1867 में रूस से खरीदा गया।
B) वह क्षेत्र जहां से एक भमि
ू सेतु से होते हुए ऐबॉरिजिनीज ऑस्ट्रे लिया आए|
On the same outline map, two places have been marked as ‘A and B. Identify them and write their
correct names on the lines drawn near them.
A) The area that was bought by the settlers from Russia in 1867.
B) The area from where Aboriginal people came to Australia via a land bridge.

3 निम्नलिखित प्रश्न केवल दृष्टिबाधित उम्मीदवारों के लिए Q.No.34 के बदले में हैं।
4 The following questions are for the Visually Impaired Candidates only in lieu of
Q.No.34 1
A) दो नगर-राज्यों के नाम लिखिए। 2
B) उन दो स्थानों के नाम लिखिए जिन्हें आबादकारों ने क्रमशः फ्रांस और रूस से खरीदा था। 1
C) टोक्यो का परु ाना नाम लिखिए।
A) Mention the name of two city-states.
B) Mention the name of two places that the settlers bought from France and Russia respectively.
C) Mention the old name of Tokyo.

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SESSION ENDING EXAMINATION (2023-24)
MARKING SCHEME – CLASS XI (HISTORY)
1 Answer- (A) 1-D, 2-C, 3-B, 4-A 1
2 Answer- (B) Goddess of love 1
3 Answer- (A). only 1 and 2 1
4 Answer- (B) Pliny 1
5 Answer- (A). (2), (4), (3) and (1) 1
6 Answer- D) Yam Code of law 1
7 Answer- A) Because a Mongol prince was killed. 1
8 Answer- (B) Baj 1
9 Answer- B) The fief could not be inherited. 1
10 Answer- D) 1
11 Answer – iii) A is true but R is false. 1
12 Answer- (B) Michelangelo 1
13 Answer- (A) Ignatius Loyola 1
14 Answer- A) 1
15 Answer- Wampum belt 1
15 Answer- W.E.H.Stanner 1
16 Answer- B) Land belonging to nobody 1
17 Answer- Bering Straits 1
18 Answer- C) Washington Irving 1
19 Answer -A) FukuzawaYukichi 1
20 Answer- (A) Dr. Sun YatSen 1
21 Answer – A 1
22 After 2000 BCE, the capital of Mari flourished and was exceptionally prosperous. The main 3
reasons were:

 The southern plain, where it was situated, was agriculturally highly productive.
 Animal rearing was another profitable occupation.
 It occupied an advantageous position on the Euphrates as it profited from trade both
upstream and downstream between Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon.
 Clay tablets refer to the exchange of agricultural produce for metals like tin which was
essential in making bronze. Therefore, the exchange was of great importance and a source
of prosperity for Mari.

(any other relevant points)
OR
1. Mesopotamian valued city life in which people of many communities and cultures lived side
by side. After cities were destroyed in war, they recalled them in poetry.
2. The most poignant reminder to us of the pride Mesopotamians took in their cities comes at
the end of the Gilgamesh Epic, which was written on twelve tablets.
3. Gilgamesh is said to have ruled the city or Uruk sometime after Enmerkar.
4. When his heroic friend died he then set out to find the secret of immortality, crossing the
waters that Surround the world.

5. After a heroic attempt, Gilgamesh failed, and returned to Uruk. There, he consoled himself
by walking along the city wall, back and forth. He admired the foundations made of fired
bricks that he had put into place.
6. Gilgamesh does not say that even though he will die his sons will outlive him, as a tribal
Hero would have done.
(any other relevant points)

23 Genghis Khan died in 1227, having spent most of his life in military combat. His military 3
achievements were astounding and they were largely a result of his ability to innovate and
transform different aspects of steppe combat into extremely effective military strategies.
(i) The horse-riding skills of the Mongols and the Turks provided speed and mobility to the army.
(ii) Their abilities as rapid-shooting archers from horseback were further perfected dining regular
hunting expeditions which doubled as field manoeuvres.
(iii) The steppe cavaliy had always travelled light and moved quickly, but now it brought all its
knowledge of the terrain and the weather to do the unimaginable.
(iv) They carried out campaigns in the depths of winter, treating frozen rivers as highways to
enemy cities and camps.
(v) Nomads were conventionally at a loss against fortified encampments but Genghis Khan learnt
the importance of seize engines and naphtha bombardment very quickly.
(vi) His engineers prepared light portable equipment which was used against opponents with
devastating effect. (any other relevant points)
24. A few women were intellectually very creative and sensitive about the importance of humanist 3
education.
Venetian Cassandra Fedele:
(i) She was known for her proficiency in Greek and Latin and was invited to give orations at
the University of Padua.
(ii) Fedele’s writings bring into focus the general regard for education in that age.
(iii) She said-Even though the study of letters promises and offers no reward for women and no
dignity, every woman ought to seek and embrace these studies.
(iv) She was one of many Venetian women writers who criticised the republic ‘for creating a
highly limited definition of freedom that favoured the desires of men over those of women.
Isabella d'Este:
(i) Another remarkable woman was the Marchesa of Mantua, Isabella d’Este (1474-1539).
She ruled the state while her husband was absent, and the court of Mantua, a small state,
was famed for its intellectual brilliance.
(ii) Women’s writings revealed their conviction that they should have economic power,
property and education to achieve an identity in a world dominated by men.
(any other relevant points)
OR
Copernicus was a scientist and thinker of the renaissance period; his attachment to status, position
in Christian society restricted him to get the real theory published in his lifetime.
I. Copernicus was a brilliant mathematician who proposed a model of the universe centred
on the sun.
II. His fear of individual life had thus, prevented Copernicus from a good deed for mankind.
III. He wanted to live a life in comfort but the publication of his theory would have annoyed
the First Order in Europe resulting in the loss of them all.
IV. Copernicus was fearful of the reaction of traditional clergymen to his theory and thus
withheld publication of his manuscript "De revolutionibus (The Rotation)."
V. He could assign his manuscript De Revolutionibus (The Rotation) to Joachim Rheticus,
one of his followers. It says-“The planets including the earth, rotate around the sun.”
VI. The statement of clergymen on the same fact was-“The earth is a sinful place and the
heavy burden of sin made it immobile. It stands at the centre of the universe around which
moved the planets” People took a long time to accept this concept.

25. 1. It was against the control of religion over human life., 3
2. Francesco Barbaro a humanist defending Acquisition of material wealth, power, and glory is a
usual instinct of human beings.
3. Lorenzo Valla who believed that The study of history leads a man to strive for a life of
perfection hence, Christian injunction against pleasure is untenable.

4. A person of culture should learn good manners including politeness and simplicity.
5. Individuals irrespective of poor and weak are capable of shaping through other means.
6. Self-interest is the most powerful motive hence, a cordial and congenial environment for the
proliferation of self-interest should be provided to the people.
(any other relevant points)
26. For the natives, the goods exchanged by them were gifts which had been given in friendship. For 3
the Europeans, the fish and furs which they got in exchange were mere commodities. They used
to sell these for profits in Europe. The natives had no idea of ‘market’ far away in Europe. They
could not understand the way in which the gifts were exchanged because sometimes Europeans
gave them a lot of things and sometimes very little.
They were surprised at the greed of the Europeans who had slaughtered hundreds of beavers so
that they might get furs. The natives were afraid as they thought that the animals would take
revenge for this destruction.
(any other relevant points)
27. Lifestyle of the native people was as follows: 3
(a) These people lived in bands, in villages along river valleys.
(b) They ate fish and meat and cultivated vegetables and maize.
(c) They often went on long journeys in search of meat, chiefly that of bison.
(d) They did not attempt extensive agriculture and since they did not produce a surplus, they did
not develop kingdoms and empires as in Central and South America.
(e) There were some instances of quarrels between tribes over territory, but by and large control
of land was not an issue.
(f) An important feature of their tradition was that of making formal alliances and friendships and
exchanging gifts. Goods were obtained not by buying them, but as gifts.
(g) The natives used to speak a number of languages but names of these languages were not
written down.
(any other relevant points)
28. 1. Slavery was an institution deeply rooted in the ancient world, both in the Mediterranean and in 8
the Near East.
2. Slaves were included in the family as the Romans understood this.
3. Slaves were an investment, and at least one Roman agricultural writer advised landowners
against using them in contexts where too many might be required (for example, for harvests) or
where their health could be damaged (for example, by malaria).
4. These considerations were not based on any sympathy for the slaves but on hard economic
calculation.
5. Roman upper classes were often brutal towards their slaves, ordinary people did sometimes
show much more compassion.
6. As warfare became less widespread with the establishment of peace in the first century, the
supply of slaves tended to decline and the users of slave labour thus had to turn either to slave
breeding*
7. Slaves who had been set free by their masters, were extensively used as business managers,
where, obviously, they were not required in large numbers.
8. Columella, a first-century writer recommended that landowners should keep a reserve stock of
implements and tools, twice as many as they needed, so that production could be continuous, ‘for
the loss in slave labourtime exceeds the cost of such items’.
9. There was a general presumption among employers that without supervision no work would
ever get done, so supervision was paramount.

10. To make supervision easier, workers were sometimes grouped into gangs or smaller teams.
Columella recommended squads of ten, claiming it was easier to tell who was putting in effort
and who was not in work.
11. The Elder Pliny described conditions in the frankincense** factories (officinae) of
Alexandria, where, he tells us, no amount of supervision seemed to suffice.
12. A law of 398 referred to workers being branded so they could be recognised if and when they
run away and try to hide.

(any other relevant points)
OR
1. The term ‘Late Antiquity is used to describe the final, fascinating period in the evolution
and break-up of the Roman Empire and refers broadly to the fourth to seventh centuries.
2. This period was full of many cultural and economic advances. Following religious and
administrative changes were made in the Roman empire during this period:
Religious Changes
1. In the 4th century, emperor Constantine made Christianity the official religion.
2. In the 7th century Islam rose.
3. This religion also began to become very popular rapidly.
Administrative Changes: These changes occurred in the time of Diocletian (243-305) and
continued till the time of Constantine changes were as follows:
(a) Changes in the time of Diocletian :
1. He abandoned the territories that had less economic or strategic value.
2. He fortified frontiers of the empire.
3. He reorganised the provincial boundaries.
4. He separated civilian from military functions and granted greater autonomy to the military
commanders.
(b) Changes in the time of Constantine :
1. He created Constantinople and made it the second capital. It was surrounded on three sides by
the sea.
2. As the new capital required a new senate, there was a rapid expansion of the governing class in
the 4th century.
(any other relevant points)
29. The political changes that occurred during 15th and 16th centuries were as follows: 8

 European kings strengthened their military as well as financial power during 15th and 16th
centuries. Historians have, therefore, called these kings “the new monarchs”.
 Louis XI in France, Maximilian in Austria, Henry VII in England and Isabelle and
Ferdinand in Spain were absolutist rulers.
 They initiated the process of organizing standing armies, permanent bureaucracy and
national taxation. In Spain and Portugal, they began to play a role in European expansion
overseas.
 Rulers dispensed with the system of feudal levies for their armies and introduced
professionally trained infantry equipped with guns and siege artillery directly under their
control.
 The social changes started to take place in the 12th and 13th centuries after the triumph of
monarchies.
 With the increase in taxes, the treasury of monarchs filled. They had enough revenues to
support larger armies.. Without resistance from the aristocracy, centralization could not be
done. In England, the rebellions occurred in 1497, 1536, 1547, 1549, and 1553
simultaneously.
 In France, Louis XI (1461-83) waged a long struggle against dukes and princes. In the 16th
century, the religious wars in France were a contrast between royal privileges and regional
liberties.
 The king was now the center of an elaborate courtier society and a network of patron-client

relationships.
 All monarchies, whether weak or powerful, needed the cooperation of those who could
command authority. It did not matter whether they were weak or strong..
 For ensuring survival, the nobility managed a tactical shift. They quickly transformed
themselves into loyalists. Loyal absolutism has been called a modified form of feudalism.
(any other relevant points)

OR
Europe's economic expansion slowed down by the early fourteenth century because of the
following factors :
(i) Changes in Climatic Conditions: By the end of the thirteenth century, the warm of the
previous 300 years of northern Europe had been replaced by the bitterly cold
summers.
(ii) Seasons for growing crops were reduced at least by a month. On higher altitudes, it
became almost impossible to grow crops.
(iii) Many agricultural farms were destroyed by storms and oceanic flooding. As a result,
government's income, in taxes, was reduced.
(iv) Intensive Ploughing : The favourable climate before the thirteenth century had
converted many forests and pastures into agricultural land. But the soil was exhausted
with intensive agriculture despite the practice of the three field rotation of crops.
(v) It happened because of lack of proper soil conservation. Number of cattle was also
reduced due to short of pastures.
(vi) Shortage of Metal Money : Output from the silver mines in Austria and Serbia was
reduced which resulted in the severe shortage of metal money. Consequently, trade
was hit.
(vii) This shortage of silver forced the government to reduce the silver content of the
currency. The government started to mix cheaper metals in the silver to make coinage.
(viii) Bubonic Plague Infection: Trade expanded in the 13th and 14th centuries. Ships
carrying goods from far off countries started arriving in European parts. Rats came
along with the ships.
(ix) These rats were carrying deadly bubonic plague infection. As a result, Western Europe
was greatly affected by this infection between 1347 and 1350.
(x) The epidemic killed 20% of the people of the whole of Europe. At some places,
number of the dead was as much as 40% of the population. Cities were the hardest hit.
(xi) The plague affected infants, the young and the elderly. Many other minor episodes of
the plague also took place in the 1360s and the 1370s.
(xii) As a result, the population of Europe reduced to 45 million in 1400 CE from 73
million in 1300CE.
(any other relevant points)

30.  In 1925, after the death of Sun Yat-sen, the Guomindang was headed by Chiang Kai-shek 8
Previously, the Communist Party of China was founded in 1921.
 He tried his best to strengthen the rule of the Guomindang. But no initiatives were taken to
achieve the three revolutionary principles of Sun Yat-sen, i.e., nationalism, democracy and
socialism.
 He also made an attempt to raise a new class of landlords. They always exploited the
peasantry.
 Mao Zedong, a Communist leadèr formed the Red Army. It was formed to strengthen the
Peasant Movement. He became its chairperson in 1930. He also started a guerrilla war
against Chiang Kai-shek’s army.
 He defeated Chiang’s army four times. But for the fifth time, he left the idea of war and
started the long March.
 Mao Zedong formed a Communist front against Japan in 1935. It was his opinion that his
struggle against Japan would make his mass movement more effective.


He suggested that a United Front be formed in collaboration with Red Army. But Chiang
completely denied his proposal and he was imprisoned by his own soldiers.
 The increasing power of Mao Zedong worried Chiang-Kai-shek He was not interested in
working with him.
 Even then he came with Mao in the war against Japan. After the end of war, Mao put the
proposal of coalition govt before Chiang but he declined.
 Mao continued his struggle and was elected the chairman of the Chinese government.

 Chiang Kai-shek was worried about increasing power of Mao Zedong. After many
persuasions, he became ready to stand by Mao against Japan.
 In 1949, Chiang fled to Formosa to seek asylum. Mao was elected the Chairman of the
Chinese government. He held his office till his death.

(any other relevant points)
OR
1. In 1853, the USA sent Commodore Matthew Perry to Japan to demand that the government
sign a treaty that would permit trade and open diplomatic relations.
2. The emperor, who till then had had little political power, now re-emerged as an important
figure. In 1868, a movement forcibly removed the shogun from power, and brought the
Emperor to Edo.
Admiistration:
1. The government launched a policy with the slogan ‘fukokukyohei’ (rich country, strong
army).
2. At the same time, the new government also worked to build what they called the ‘emperor
system’.
3. Officials were sent to study the European monarchies on which they planned to model their
own.
4. His birthday became a national holiday, he wore Western-style military uniforms, and edicts
were issued in his name to set up modern institutions.
5. The Meiji government imposed a new administrative structure by altering old village and
domain boundaries.
Economy:
(i) Funds were collected by levying tax on agriculture.
(ii) Railway line introduced,
(iii) Machines were imported,
(iv) Foreign technicians were called,
(v) A number of Japanese students were sent abroad to study,
(vi) Modern banking institutions were launched in 1872,
(vii) Big companies were given subsidies and tax benefits,
(viii) Government encouraged migration to reduce the population pressure,
(ix) Urbanisation were increased,
(x) Women empowerment and living standard were high.
(any other relevant points)
31. (i) The skilled crafts persons carved the seals during Mesopotamian civilisation. 4
(ii) The name of the owner, his god, his official position, etc.
(iii) They describe the authenticity of the seal.
(iv)Indus vallay civilization
32. (i) The above passage is written by a Persian chronicler Juwaini. In it, he described Genghis 4
Khan’s conquest of Bukhara.
(ii) Genghis Khan was born in 1162 CE. He was the founder of nomadic empire. He was a good
commander and later on established a vast Mongol empire.
(iii) Genghis Khan said to the conquered people that: It was a punishment from God. The great
ones of the society have committed a great sin and, he was to redeem to those sins.

33. (i) Murasaki Shikibu.
(ii) It is the central work of fiction in Japanese literature.
(iii) China
(iv) Independence of women in their living.they had choose their husbands and living style.

34.1

34.2 a. ALASKA
b. PAPUA NEW GUINEA
34. FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS
A. a. FLORENCE b. VENICE
B. a. LOUISIANA b. ALASKA
C. EDO

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