Kerala Plus One Question Paper 2023 History

FIRST YEAR

Kerala Board
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2023

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FY-434
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FIRST YEAR HIGHER SECONDARY EXAMINATION, MARCH 2023

Part – III Time : 2½ Hours
HISTORY Cool-off time : 15 Minutes
Maximum : 80 Scores
(Map Accompanied)

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

FY-434 1 P.T.O.

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

A B
Augustus The First Caliph
Constantine The Umayyad Dynasty
Abu Bakr Solidus
Muawiya Principate

Answer any 4 questions from 2 to 7. Each carries 1 score. (4  1 = 4)
2. Who invented steam engine ?
(a) James Watt (b) George Stephenson
(c) Richard Trevithick (d) James Brindley

3. Industrial revolution began in :
(a) France (b) Germany
(c) Italy (d) Britain

4. Identify the artificial island of the Aztecs.
(a) Quipu (b) Quechuas
(c) Chinampas (d) Shamans

5. Which among the following was a largest indigenous civilisation in South America ?
(a) The Aztecs (b) The Mayas
(c) The Incas (d) The Mesopotamia

6. Name the author of the book ‘The Motion’.

(a) Copernicus (b) Johannes Kepler
(c) Issac Newton (d) Galileo Galilei

FY-434 2

1. ‘A’   ‘B’   
. (4  1 = 4)
A B
  
  
  
 

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-434 3 P.T.O.

7. Who was the first to dissect the human body ?
(a) Andreas Vesalius (b) Dante Alighieri
(c) Giotto (d) Francesco Petrarch

8. Arrange the following in chronological order : (4  1 = 4)
 Russo – Japanese War
 Tokyo Olympics
 Arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry in Japan
 Formation of the Peoples Republic of China.

9. Mark the following places on the outline map of the world provided : (4  1 = 4)
 Spain
 Mediterranean Sea
 Medina
 Baghdad

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

11. Write a note on Cuneiform.

12. Mention any two measures adopted by Abd al-Malik.

13. List out any two factors led to the crisis of the fourteenth century in Europe.

14. What is Guild ?

15. Who were the leaders of the protestant reformation in Switzerland ?
FY-434 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-434 5 P.T.O.

16. Elucidate what is Luddism.

17. Distinguish between Calmecac and Tepochcalli.

18. Prepare a note on Long march in China.

Answer any 2 questions from 19 to 21. Each carries 3 scores. (2  3 = 6)

19. Distinguish between the regional continuity model and the replacement model.

20. Write any three inventions made in the fields of cotton spinning and weaving.

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 human obtain food ? Explain.

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

24. Elucidate the contributions of Mesopotamians in the fields of time reckoning and
mathematics.

25. Who invented printing press ? Mention the achievements of printing.

26. How did Industrialisation affect the life of women and children ?

FY-434 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-434 7 P.T.O.

Answer any 2 questions from 27 to 29. Each carries 5 scores. (2  5 = 10)
27. Explain the features of the royal capital in Mesopotamia.

28. How did art and architecture transmit humanist ideas ? Elucidate.

29. Briefly explain the features of the Inca civilization.

Answer any 2 questions from 30 to 32. Each carries 8 scores. (2  8 = 16)
30. Analyse the Roman empire based on the following hints :

 Economic expansion

 Social Hierarchies

31. Explain the contributions of Islam in the field of learning and culture.
Hints :

 Sufism

 Philosophy

 Literature

 Medicine

32. Define Feudalism. Explain the three orders of feudalism existed in Medieval Europe.

_____________

FY-434 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-434 9 P.T.O.

FY-434 10

For Question No. 9

Outline Map of World

FY-434 11 P.T.O.

FY-434 12