Class 12 Question Paper 2025 History

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Total number of pages- 24
CODE: 35T HIST
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HISTORY

Full Marks : 80

Pass Marks : 24

Time : Three hours

The figures in the margin indicate full marks
for the questions.

). No. 1 carries 1 mark each lx8 = 8

0. No. 2 carries 2 marks each 2x8 = 16

Q. No. 3carries 4 marks each 4x8 =32

Q. No. 4 carries 6 marks each 6x3 = 18

0. No. 5 carries 6 marks each 6x1 = 6

Total = 80

Contd.
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]×8=8
1. Answer the following questions : (any eight)

EIfT 0¬Af1 fF4 feR : (Ì7GST)
() Who is known as the Father of Indian Archacology ?

'tre Raft AFTft (Archaeology) fai gr4 a?
(ü) Name one Janapada.

(i) Who composed the Allahabad Pillar Inscription ?

(iv) Where was Buddha born?

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() During whose reign Chinese traveller Hieu-Yen-Chang visited
Assam?

(vi) Who was the first prince of Assam to revolt against the
British ?

(vi) Who authored Rihla'?

(vii) Who started the Virashaiva Tradition in Karnataka ?

(ix) Name the best-known woman poet of the Bhakti tradition.

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(x) What is Bell of Arms ?

zife 4-R (aA) ?

(Ai) Name the leader of Vietnam War.

(xi) Which country has the longest written Constitution?

2. Answer the following questions in brief : (any eight) 2x8=16

() Name any two important sites of Harappan Civilization.

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() What were the twO settlements of the Harappan Civilzation ?

(i) Write ay two VOws of Jain monks and nuns.

{iv) Name two cities of ancient Assam.

() Name two important "Tantra Sastra' of ancient Assam.

(ui) What, according to the historians, were the two categories of
Bhakti traditions?

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(vi) Who discovered the ruins at Hampi and when ?

(vii) Name any two types of land under Akbar.

(ix) Who introduced the permanent settlement in Bengal and
when ?

(x) What were Northern Black Polished ware ?

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3 Answer the foliowing qestions : (any eight) 4x8-32

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(1) Explain wlhy the Harappan Civilization is called an urban
civilization ?

(i) Which 'smriti' laid down the duties of the Chandals ? What
were the duties of a Chandal according to the text ?

(ui) Discuss the causes of the rise of Magadha.

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i) 1 rilc a ote o the Buddhist texts

Discuss about the Paik svstem under the Ahoms.

India ?
(i) What did Bernier state regarding land ownership in

Islam.
(vii) Write briefly about. the popular practice of

Mughal period.
(vii) Discuss the role of the Zannindars in

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(ix) What arguments Were put forward by the nembers of the
Constituent Assembiv in favour of strong Central
Government ?

(x) Write a note on the Santhals.

(ci) Write a brief note on the Revolt of 1857.

(xii) Why was »salt' destroyed by the colonial government ? Why did
Mahatma Gandhi consider the salt tax more oppressive than
other taxes ?

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(xi) Describe bricfly the Accounts of Assam by Shihabuddin
Talish.

(xiv) Discuss abOut the revolts of against the British during the
first half of 19th century in Assamn.

4. Read the given passages carefully and the questions that follow :
6x3=18

fa) How artefacts are identified ?

Processing of food required grinding equipment as well as
vessels for mixing, blending and cooking. There were made of
stone, metal and terracotta. This is an excerpt from one of the
earliest reports an excavations al Mohcnjodaro, the best
known Harappan site:
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Saddle querns...are found in considerable numbers... and
they seem to have been the only means in use for grinding
cereals. As a rule, they were roughly made of hard, gritty,
igneous rock or sandstone and mostly show signs of hard
Usage. As their bases are usually convex, they nust have been
set in the carth or in mud to prevent thcir rocking. Two main
IVpes have been found: those on which another smaller stone
was pushed or rolled to and fro, and others with which a
second stone was used as a pounder, evcntually making a
large cavity in the nether stone. Querns of the former type
were probabiy used solely for grain : the second type possibly
only for pounding herbs and spices for making curries. In fact,
stones of this latter type are dubbed "curry stones" by our
Workmen and our cook asked for the loan of one from
museum for use in the kitchen.

(From Ernest Mackay, Further Excavations at Mohenjo-daro,
1937).

Questions :
What was the equipment used for grinding cereals ? 1

What were the materials used for making grinding
equipment ? 2

(iii) What were the types of grinding equipment ? How were
they used ? 1+2=3

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(aa çf Further Excavations at Mohenjo-daro, 1937 R
(F131 )

1+2-3

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aAT ( RK Further Excavations at Mohenjo-daro.
1937- (R SI0 A)

2

1+2=3

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3T4 f f Farther Excavations at Mohenjo-daro, 1937

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1
()
2
(i)

1+2=3

(b) Ibn Battuta's account of Delhi :
The city of Delhi covers a wide area and has a large
population...The rampart around the city without parallel.

The breadth of its wall is eleven cubits; and inside it are
houses for night sentry andgate-keepers. Inside the ramparts,
there are storehouses for storing edibles, magazines,
ammunition, ballistas and siege machines. The grains that are
stored (if there ramparts) can last for a long time, without
rotting.. In the interior of the rampart, horsemen as well as
infantrymen move from one end of the city to another. The
rampart is pierced through by windows which open on the
side of the city, and it is through these windows that light
enters inside. The lower part of the rampart is builtof stone;
the upper part of Brichs. It has many towers close to one
another. There are twenty eight gates of this city which are
called darwaza, of there, the Budaun Darwaza is the greatest;
inside the Mandui Darwaza there is a grain market..It (the city
of Delhi) has a fine cemetery in which graves have domes over
them, and those that do not have a dome, have an arch, for
sure. In the cemetery they sow flowers such as tuberose,
jasmine, wild rose etc; and flowers blossom there in all
seasons.

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Questions :
Delhi? Nane
() How nlany gates were there in the ciy of
|+|=2
the greatest gate.
Give a brief description of the ramparts of Delhi as
2
described by lbn Battuta.
2
(ii) How was the cemetery of Delhi?

1+]=2

2

2

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1+l=2

2

2

HHA E}I AI(Night Sentry) 340 II (gate keeper) t f rGIY

(Magazines) 1 CTAEI0H A4G 3A4I (ammunitions) HH, 31T

|17] Contd.
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H|-Cat GRAIGI (Mandal Darwaza) f fif sUHAf L{ HI4UI

yST H| ? 1+1=2

2

(i) feif HiGHIferei Haf M ? 2

cThe real minorities are the masses of this country."
(c)
Welcoming the objectives Resolution introduced by Jawaharlal
Nehru, N. G. Ranga said: Sir, there is a lot of talk about
minorities. Who are the real minorities ? Not the Hindus in the
SO-called Pakistan provinces, not the sikhs, not even the
Muslims. No. the real minorities are the masses of this

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countiy. There people are so depressed and oppressed and
supprsscd till now that they are not able to take advantage
of the ordinary civil rights. What is the position ? You go to the
tribal arcas. According to law, their own traditional law, their
tribal law, their lands cannot be alienated. Yet our merchants
go there, and in the so-called free market they are able to
snatch their lands. Thus, even though the law gOes against
this snatching away of their lands, still the merchants are able
to turn the tribal people into veritable slaves by various kinds
of bonds, and make them hereditary bond-slaves. Let us go to
the ordinary villages. There goes the money-lender with his
money and he is able to get the villages in his pocket. There
is the landlord himself, the zamindar, and the malguzar and
there are various other people who are able to exploit there
villages. There is no clementary education cven among the
people. These are the real minorities that need-protection and
assurances of protection. In order to give them the necessary
protection, we will need much more than this Resolution.

Questions:
(i) Who are according to N. G. Ranga the real minorities ?
1

(i) Why are they the real minorities ? 3

(üi) Why to they need protection ? 2

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(i)
3

2

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() 1

(i) 3

2

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f i

1
)

(i) fat H R fafysIA GH HI (Minorities) ? 3

2

5. () Draw a map of India and locate any three important centers
of Revolt of 1857. 3+3=6

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Or/ae / q0A/a
() Draw a map of India and locate anu three great Mahajanapadas.
3+3=6

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