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Kerala Board of Public
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FY-334
Reg. No. : ......................................

Name : ...........................................

FIRST YEAR HIGHER SECONDARY EXAMINATION, MARCH 2025

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.

 
    15  ‘  ’ .
 ‘  ’    
 .
      .
    .
  , , ,   
.
   .

FY-334 1 P.T.O.

1. Match Column - ‘A’ with appropriate items from Column - ‘B’ : (4  1 = 4)

A B
Augustus Solidus
Shapur I Principate
Pliny Iranian ruler
Constantine Natural History

Answer any 4 questions from 2 to 7. Each carries 1 score. (4  1 = 4)

2. Who was known as ‘Holy Roman Emperor’ ?
(a) Tiberius (b) Anastasius
(c) Charlemagne (d) William I

3. Identify the country ruled by Henry VII.
(a) France (b) England
(c) Spain (d) Austria

4. Name the capital of the Abbasids.
(a) Medina (b) Damascus
(c) Karakorum (d) Baghdad

5. Name the author of the book ‘Elements’.
(a) Euclid (b) Aristotle
(c) Ptolemy (d) Ibn Sina

6. The ‘Duomo of Florence’ was designed by :
(a) Dante Alighieri (b) Fillipo Brunelleschi
(c) Giotto (d) Petrarch

FY-334 2

1. ‘’   ‘’   
. (4  1 = 4)
 
 
  
  
  

2  7    4  .
1  . (4  1 = 4)
2.      ?
(a)  (b) 
(c)  (d)  

3.     
(a)  (b) 
(c)  (d) 

4.   
(a)  (b) 
(c)  (d) 

5. ‘’    .
(a)  (b) 
(c)  (d)  

6.    
(a)   (b)  
(c)  (d) 

FY-334 3 P.T.O.

7. Who was the first to dissect the human body ?

(a) Donatello (b) Michelangelo Buonarroti

(c) Cassandra Fedele (d) Andreas Vesalius

8. Arrange the following in chronological order : (4  1 = 4)

 Cabral arrived in Brazil

 Bartholomew Diaz reached in ‘Cape of Good Hope’

 Vasco da Gama discovered a sea route to India

 Columbus arrived in the Bahamas Island

9. Mark the following on the Outline Map of the World provided : (4  1 = 4)

 Constantinople

 Sahara desert

 Mecca

 Jerusalem

Answer any 8 questions from 10 to 18. Each carries 2 scores. (8  2 = 16)
10. List the features of primates.

11. Name any two places in Europe from where the ancient cave paintings were
discovered.

12. Point out any two contributions of Mesopotamians in the field of Mathematics.

13. Distinguish between Calligraphy and Arabesque.

14. Write a note on quriltai.

15. List any two inventions made in the field of Textile Industry.

FY-334 4

7.     ?
(a)  (b)  
(c)   (d)  

8.     . (4  1 = 4)
   
       
        
    

9.     
. (4  1 = 4)
 
  
 
 

10  18    8  .
2  . (8  2 = 16)
10.   

11.      
 .

12.      
 .

13.     .

14.    .

15.      
.

FY-334 5 P.T.O.

16. Identify the places purchased by America from Russia and France.

17. Elucidate what is ‘Gold Rush’.

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. Elucidate the features of Australopithecus.

20. Prepare a short note on Luddism.

21. Point out the three principles of Sun Yat-Sen.

Answer any 4 questions from 22 to 26. Each carries 4 scores. (4  4 = 16)

22. How did early humans obtain food ?

23. List out the reforms introduced by emperor Diocletian in the late Roman empire.

24. Explain the military organization of Genghis Khan.

25. Examine the influence of Copernican revolution in the field of science.

26. Elucidate the factors that led to the rise of Industrial revolution in England.

FY-334 6

16.      
.

17.    .

18.       .

19  21    2  .
3  . (2  3 = 6)

19.   .

20.    .

21.       .

22  26    4  .
4  . (4  4 = 16)

22.      ?

23.     
 .

24.    .

25.     
.

26.      
.

FY-334 7 P.T.O.

Answer any 2 questions from 27 to 29. Each carries 5 scores. (2  5 = 10)

27. Explain the Social hierarchies that existed in the Roman empire.

28. Analyse the contributions of Islam in the field of literature.

29. Prepare a short note on protestant reformation.

Answer any 2 questions from 30 to 32. Each carries 8 scores. (2  8 = 16)

30. Explain the features of Urbanisation in Southern Mesopotamia.

31. Analyse the important civilizations in central and South America.

Hints :

 The Aztecs

 The Mayas

 The Incas

32. Explain the three orders of feudalism that existed in the Medieval European Society.

_____________

FY-334 8

27  29    2  .
5  . (2  5 = 10)
27.     .

28.      .

29.     .

30  32    2  .
8  . (2  8 = 16)
30.    
.

31. -     .
 :
 
 
 

32.      
 .

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FY-334 9 P.T.O.

FY-334 10

For Question No. 9

FY-334 11 P.T.O.

FY-334 12