Goa Board Class 11 Sample Paper History

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2022
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GOA BOARD

HISTORY MODEL QUESTION

TEST I

MARKS 20 TIME:1HOUR

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Questions 1& 2 are MCQ carrying 1mk each.
• Questions 3 & 4 are to be answered in a sentence and carry 1mk each.
• Questions 5 to 9 are to be answered in about 40 words and carry 2 mks
each.
• Questions 10 & 11 are to be answered in about 60 words and carry 3mks
each.
• There is internal choice in question number 10.

1. The species Homo Habilis that originated 2.2 mya refers to the
___________.
a) Upright Man b) Tool Maker c) Wise Man d) Iron Man
2. The first known language of Mesopotamians was__________.
a) Hebrew b) Aramic c) Sumerian d) Latin

3. What was a technological landmark that was appropriate to an urban
economy?
4. What does the word ‘Mesopotamia’ mean in English?

5. What are the features of Hominoids?
6. Mention any two important uses of fire for the early man.
7. What were the advantages of bipedalism to early Hominids?
8. Give any two uses of writing to the Mesopotamians?
9. What was the importance of temples for Mesopotamians?(any 2 points)

10. Explain any three early human ways of obtaining food.
OR
Explain the development of language in early humans.
11. Explain any three geographical factors that led to the growth of
Mesopotamian civilisation.

ANSWER KEY OF MODEL
PAPER 1
1. Tool Maker

2. Sumerian

3. Potter’s wheel

4. Mesopotamia in English language means, “the land between the two rivers”.

5. They have a smaller brain. They are quadrupeds, walking on all fours but
with flexible forelimbs.
6. The important uses of fire for the early man were many. It provided warmth
and light inside caves. They lit fire outside caves to scare away dangerous
animals. They used fire for roasting and cooking food. Fire helped in flaking.
Stone tools. It also helped them to harden wood.
7. - Bipadelism enabled hands to be freed from carrying infants or objects.
- As hands were used more and more, upright walking gradually became
more efficient.
- Far less energy is consumed while walking as compared to the movement of a
quadruped.
8. The ancient Mesopotamians used writing for keeping records of the trading
activities, storing information and for sending messages. They also made
dictionaries. Writing was used to give legal validity to land transfers. The
deeds of the Kings were narrated in writing and also for announcing the
changes a king had made in the customary laws of the land.
9. God was the focus of worship and people brought grain, curd and fish to God.
God was the theoretical owner of the agricultural fields, the fisheries and the
herds of the local community. Production process such as oil pressing, grain
grinding, spinning and weaving of woolen cloth was done in the temple.
10. Early humans would have obtained food through gathering, hunting, scavenging and
fishing. Early humans gathered / collected plant foods such as seeds, nuts, berries,
fruits and tubers. Early humans scavenged or foraged for meat of animals that had
died or had been killed by other predators. Small mammals such as rodents, birds,
reptiles and even insects were eaten by early humans. Hunting by early men

probably began by about 5,00,000 years ago. Fishing was also important as is
evident from the discovery of fish bones at different sites.

OR
Among living beings, it is humans alone that have a language. There are
several views on language development. They are:
1. Hominid language involved gestures or hand movements
2. Spoken language was preceded by vocal but non-verbal communication.
3. Human speech probably began with calls among primates.
4. Language developed around the same time as art, since both are media for
communication.

11 To the North East of Mesopotamia there were green undulating plains,
gradually rising to tree covered mountain ranges with clean streams and wild
flowers, providing enough rainfall to grow crops. In the North, there was a
stretch of upland called the Steppes, where animal herding offers people a
better livelihood than agriculture. Sheep and goats produced meat, milk
and wool in abundance. In the East, the tributaries of the Tigris provide
routes of communication into mountains of Iran. To the South, is the desert
where the first cities and writing emerged, the rivers Euphrates and Tigris
carried loads of silt and deposited on the fields. The small channels of
Euphrates and Tigris functioned as irrigation canals. Fish was available in
rivers and date palms gave fruit in summer.

BLUE – PRINT XI
EXAMINATION

TEST - I

SUBJECT: HISTORY DURATION: 1HR. MAX MARKS: 20

Objectives / Content KNOWLEDGE UNDERSTANDING TOTAL
Area
MCQ VSA SAI SAII LA MCQ VSA SAI SAII LS
CONTENT

1. From The Beginning 1
of Time. 1 (1) - 3 (2) - - - - - (3)* - 10

2. Writing and City Life
1 (1) 2 (1) 2 (2) - - - - - 1 (3) - 10

TOTAL MARKS 02 02 10 06 20

Note: Figures in the bracket indicate marks and figures outside the bracket indicate
number of questions.

(*) Choice question

HISTORY STD XI

MODEL QUESTION PAPER
TEST - II
MARKS: 20 TIME:1 HOUR
INSTRUCTIONS:

• Questions 1to 2 are MCQ carrying 1mk each.
• Questions 3 to 4 are to be answered in a sentence and carry 1 mk each.
• Questions 5 to 9 are to be answered in about 40 words and carry 2 mks
each.
• Questions 10 and 11 are to be answered in about 60 words and carry
3 mks each.
• There is internal choice in question number 10.

1. The regime established by Emperor Augustus was called _______.
a) Dictatorship b) Senate c) Principate d) Republic
2. The main shrine, like a cube in Mecca was called_________.
a) Kaba b) Sanan c) Quraysh d) Haram
3. Which were the 2 major trade routes used by the Arab and Iranian
traders?.
4. What was the turning point in the history of Islam, which marked the
beginning of the muslim calendar?
5. What were the two innovations of Emperor Constanine?
6. Give any two features of the ancient Roman army?
7. How were the workers controlled in the ancient Roman Empire? (any
two points)
8. What were the main teachings of Islam?
9. Why did the Caliph adopt a uniform policy of taxation?
10. Explain the Third Century Crises?
OR
Explain the geographical location of the ancient Roman Empire.
11. Explain the features of the fiscal system in the ancient Islamic
Empire.

History Model Answer
TEST - II
1. Principate
2. Kaba
3. The Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
4. Muhammed journey to migrate from Mecca to Medina.
5. - He introduced a new denomination solidus, 4 ½ gm pure gold coin
- The creation of a second capital at Constantinople.
6. - The Roman army was a paid professional army – minimun of 25 years of
service.
- The army was the largest single organised body in the empire.
- It had the power to determine the fate of the emperors.
- The soldiers would agitate for better wages and service conditions.
- It was a source of unpredictable violence and so the senate hated and
feared the army.
7. - Slavery was an institution.
- Slaves were an investment.
- The supply of slaves declined and so it turned to slave breeding or wage
labour.
- Unlike hired workers, slaves had to be fed.
- The management of labour – presumption among employees that without
supervision no work would ever get done
- Workers were grouped in gangs of 10.
- Condition in the frankincense factories for eg. A seal put on the workmen’s
aprons.
- A law of 398 referred to workers being branded.
8. Teachings of Islam
- Allah, a single God alone should be worshipped.
- Worship involved simple rituals such as daily prayers, and moral principles.
- Distributing alms and abstaining from theft.
9. - The lands conquered by the Arabs were subject to a Tax which varied from
half to a fifth of the produce.
- On the land held or cultivated by Muslims, the tax levied was a tenth of the
produce.

- When non- Muslims started to convert to Islam to pay lower tax this
reduced the income of the state.

10. Third Century Crises
- From230’s the empire found itself fighting on several fronts. In Iran a new
and more aggressive dynasty emerged as Sasanians. Within 15 years
expanded to the Euphrates eg: rock inscription.
- A whole series of Germanic tribes began to move against the Rhine and
Danube frontiers
- The whole period from 233 to 280 saw repeated invasions from the black
sea to the Alps and Germany.
- The emperors were constantly in the field – Barbarians eg: 25 emperors in
47 years.

OR
Geographical location of Roman Empire
- The continents of Europe and Africa were separated by a sea that stretches
from Spain in the West to Syria in the East.
- The sea was the Mediterranean, it was the heart of Rome’s empire
- Rome dominated the Mediterranean in the North and South.
- To the North, the boundaries were formed by two great rivers, Rive and
Danube.
- To the South by a huge desert – Sahara.
11. Fiscal system in the Islamic empire
- Coins of gold, silver or copper were minted and circulated often in bags
- Gold came from Africa and silver from central Asia. Precious metals and
coins from Europe.
- Rising demand for money forced people to release accumulated reserves
and idle wealth.
- The greatest contribution was the development of superior methods of
payment and business organisation.
- Letters of credit and bills of exchange were used by merchants and
bankers to transfer money from one place or individual to another.
- Widespread use of commercial papers freed merchants from the need to
carry cash and their journeys safe.
- The Caliph used Sakh to pay salaries or reward poets and minstrels.

BLUE – PRINT XI EXAMINATION

TEST - II

SUBJECT: HISTORY
DURATION: 1HR. MAX. MARKS: 20

Objectives / Content KNOWLEDGE UNDERSTANDING TOTAL
Area
MCQ VSA SAI SAII LA MCQ VSA SAI SAII LS
CONTENT

1. An Empire across 1
the Three 1 (1) - 3 (2) - - - - - (3)* - 10
Continents.
2. The Central Islamic 1 (1) 2 (1) 2 (2) - - - - - 1 - 10
Lands. (3)
TOTAL MARKS 02 02 10 - - - - - 06 - 20

NOTE: figures in the bracket indicate marks and figures outside the bracket
indicate number of questions.
(*) indicates choice question.

HISTORY MODEL QUESTION PAPER
TEST III
MARKS 20 TIME:1HOUR
INSTRUCTIONS:

• Questions 1& 2 are MCQ carrying 1mk each.
• Questions 3 & 4 are to be answered in a sentence and carry 1mk each.
• Questions 5 to 9 are to be answered in about 40 words and carry 2 mks
each.
• Questions 10 & 11 are to be answered in about 60 words and carry
3mks each.
• There is internal choice in question number 10.

1. The present name of the province of Gaul is ___________
a. England b. Germany c. France d. Belgium
2. The 15th C Venetian woman, sensitive to the importance of humanist
education was _____________.
a. Lavinia Fontana b. Isabella d’ Este c. Cassandra Fedele
d. Catharina van Hemessen

3. What was the area under the supervision of one priest called in feudal
society?
4. Name two kinds of cultivators in the feudal society of Europe.

5. What led to the growing importance of knights in 9th C feudal society?
6. What do you understand by the term ‘labour rent’?
7. State two advantages of the printing technology towards the expansion of
humanist culture.
8. Give any two features of the Renaissance paintings.
9. What measures did the church in Spain take to combat the Protestant
Reformation?

10. Explain the effects of the new Agricultural Technology of the 11th C.
OR
Explain the economic factors which led to the decline of feudalism in the
14thC.
11. Explain the position of women in aristocratic families during 14th -17th C.

ANSWER KEY OF MODEL PAPER 3
1. France

2. Cassandra Fedele

3. The area under the supervision of one priest was called a Parish.

4. The cultivators in the feudal society were of two kinds… free peasants and
serfs.

5. From the 9th C there were frequent localised wars in Europe.
The amateur peasant-soldiers were not sufficient. There was a need of a
good cavalry. This led to the growing importance of the knights.

6. The free peasant families had to set aside certain days of the week, usually
three but often more, when they would go to the lord’s estate and work
there. The output from such labour was called labour rent; which went
directly to the lord.

7. As printed books became available, students did not have to depend solely
on lecture-notes.
Ideas, opinions and information moved more widely and rapidly than ever
before.
It developed the reading habit among people. (any two points)

8. The knowledge of subjects like geometry, physics and anatomy helped the
painters. This gave a new quality to the paintings.
They painted as realistically as possible.
The colours and designs of the costumes of many paintings show evidence of
the influence of Chinese and Persian art.
The use of oil as a medium for painting also gave a greater richness of colour
to paintings than before. (any 2 points)

9 In Spain churchmen emphasised the need for a simple life and service to the
poor.
Ignatius Loyola set up the Society of Jesus in 1540. His followers were called
Jesuits. Their mission was to serve the poor and to widen their knowledge of
other cultures.

10. With the new agricultural technology:
• There was an immediate increase in the amount of food produced from each
unit of land. Food availability doubled.
• The greater use of plants like peas and beans meant more vegetable proteins
in the diet of the average European and a better source of fodder for their
animals.
• As cultivators could produce more food from less land, labour needed was
reduced. Peasants had time for other activities.

• Peasants set up forges and smithies in the villages for making and repairing
tools.

• From the 11thC the personal bonds that had been the basis of feudalism
were weakening as the economic transactions were becoming more and more
money based. The lords preferred rent in cash and not services.
(any 3 Points)

OR
• Seasons for growing crops were reduced
• Storms and oceanic flooding destroyed farmsteads.
• Intensive ploughing exhausted the soil
• Population growth in the 14thC exhausted the resources and the immediate
result was famines.
• Trade was hit by a severe shortage of metal currency due to a fall in the
output of silver.
• The deadly bubonic plague infection (Black death). Western Europe was hit
by the epidemic and the population of Europe was reduced to almost half
from 1300 to 1400.
• Depopulation resulted in major shortage of labour. The rate of labour wages
increased because of the demand for labour.
(any 3 points well explained)

11 Position of women in aristocratic families
• Men from aristocratic families dominated public life and were the decision-
makers in their families. They educated their sons to take their place in
family businesses or in public life.
• Although their dowries were invested in the family businesses, women
generally had no say in how their husbands should run their business.
Often, marriages were intended to strengthen business alliances.
• If an adequate dowry could not be arranged, daughters were sent to
convents to live the life of a nun.
• Obviously, the public role of women was limited and they were looked upon
as keepers of the households.
(any 3 points)

BLUE – PRINT XI EXAMINATION

TEST - III

SUBJECT: HISTORY DURATION: 1HR. MAX MARKS: 20

Objectives / Content KNOWLEDGE UNDERSTANDING TOTAL
Area
MCQ VSA SAI SAII LA MCQ VSA SAI SAII LS
CONTENT
1. The Three Orders 1 (1) 2 (1) 2 (2) - - - - - 1(3)* - 10
2. Changing Cultural
1 (1) - 3 (2) - - - - - 1 (3) - 10
Traditions
TOTAL MARKS 02 02 10 06 20

Note: Figures in the bracket indicate marks and figures outside the bracket
indicate number of questions.
* Choice question.

HISTORY MODEL QUESTION PAPER
TEST IV
MARKS 20 TIME:1HOUR
INSTRUCTIONS:

• Questions 1& 2 are MCQ carrying 1mk each.
• Questions 3 & 4 are to be answered in a sentence and carry 1mk each.
• Questions 5 to 9 are to be answered in about 40 words and carry 2 mks
each.
• Questions 10 & 11 are to be answered in about 60 words and carry 3mks
each.
• There is internal choice in question number 11.

1. The Arawak’s welcomed Columbus at the island of ______________.
a. Quinchao b. Marina c. San Esteban d. Guanahani
2. The Puddling furnace was designed by ____________.
a. Abraham Darby b. John Wilkinson c. Henry Cort
d. Samuel Crompton

3. Who built a model steam engine called the Miner’s Friend?
4. What was used initially for the process of smelting?

5. Write down any two developments which helped European navigation in the
15th C.
6. What preparations did Columbus make for the Atlantic Crossing.
7. State the economic motives which promoted the voyages of exploration in
15th C Europe.
8. What were the disadvantages of canals as means of transport during the
industrial revolution?
9. What difficulties did the factory inspectors face while enforcing the new
factory laws?

10. Explain the effects of the Geographical discoveries on European countries.
(3pts)
11. Explain the reasons which made Britain the first country to experience the
Industrial revolution. (3pts)
OR
Explain the hazards faced by children employed in the coal mines.

ANSWER KEY
1. Guanahani
2. Henry Cort
3. Thomas Savery built the Miner’s Friend.
4. Initially charcoal was used for the process of smelting.

5. (1) The magnetic compass helped to identify cardinal points accurately.
(2) Larger ships were built which could carry a huge quantity of cargo and
equipment to defend themselves (3) The circulation of travel literature, books
on geography and cosmography created interest. (any 2 correct points)

6. (1) Columbus was a self-taught man who sought adventure and glory. He
was passionate about discovering a route to the East. (2) He was inspired by
reading Imago Mundi, a work on geography and astronomy by Cardinal
Pierre d’Ailly. (3) His plans were accepted by the Spanish authorities who
sanctioned a modest expedition. He set sail from the port of Palos with his
crew and a small fleet consisting of a small nao and two caravels. (any 2 pts)

7. (1) Europe’s economy suffered a setback due to the shortage of gold and
silver which was used for making European coins. (2) Trade was slow
because of low agricultural production and also plague and wars. (3) long
distance trade became difficult after the Turks conquered Constantinople in
1453. (any 2 pts)

8. Canals were mostly built to transport coal to cities. The congestion of vassals
made movement slow on certain stretches of canals. Frost, flood or drought
limited the time of their use.

9. The factory inspectors were poorly paid and could be easily bribed by factory
managers. Parents lied about the real ages of their children so that they
could work and contribute to the family income.

10. (1) European maritime projects produced knowledge of continuous sea
passages.
(2) More gold and silver was brought into Europe which helped to increase
their international trade and industry.
(3) England, France and Belgium took more advantage of the discoveries to
prosper.
(4) Merchants formed joint stock companies and sent out trading
expeditions. (any 2 well explained pts)

11. (1) Britain had been politically stable . the kingdom had common laws a
single currency and market.

(2) Money was widely used as a medium of exchange. People received
salaries so could spend their earnings resulting in expansion of markets.
(3) England had been through an agricultural revolution. Large estate

increased food production and forced landless farmers to search jobs in
industries.
(4) The movement of goods between markets and centres of raw materials
was done by a good network of rivers until the railways were introduced.
(5) The Bank of England met the financial requirements and maintained the
big industrial enterprises by giving loans.
(6) London had acquired global significance as the centre of the global trade
had shifted to Britain and Holland.
(7) Britain had cheap labour, iron and coal essential for industries.
(any 3 well explained points)
Or
(1) The owners of coal mines used children to reach deep coal faces or those
where the approach path was too narrow for adults
(2) Younger children worked as ‘trappers’ who opened and shut doors as the
coal wagons travelled through mines.
(3) They carried heavy loads of coal on their backs as ‘coal bearers’.
(4) Roofs caved in or there could be an explosion and injuries were therefore
common. (any three points)

BLUE – PRINT XI EXAMINATION

TEST - IV

SUBJECT: HISTORY DURATION: 1HR. MAX MARKS: 20

Objectives / Content KNOWLEDGE UNDERSTANDING TOTAL
Area
SA
MCQ VSA SAI SAII LA MCQ VSA SAII LS
I
CONTENT
1. Confrontation of
1 (1) - 3 (2) - - - - - 1(3) - 10
Cultures
2. The Industrial
1 (1) 2(1) 2 (2) - - - - - 1 (3)* - 10
Revolution
TOTAL MARKS 02 02 10 06 20

Note: Figures in the bracket indicate marks and figures outside the bracket
indicate number of questions.
* Choice question.