MBOSE Class 11 Question Paper 2018 for History

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(c) Northern Mesopotamia during ancient times
2018 was frequently referred to as

HISTORY (i) Sumeria

Full Marks : 100 (ii) Assyria

Time : 3 hours (iii) Babylonia

General Instructions :
(d) The script evolved by the Sumerians is known
(i) Write all the answers in the Answer Script. as
(ii) Attempt Part –– A Objective Questions serially. (i) Pictographic script
(iii) Attempt all parts of questions together at one place.
(ii) Papyri
(iii) Cuneiform
( PART : A –– OBJECTIVE )

( Marks : 50 )
(e) Augustus Caesar was called principate and
SECTION ––I ruled as a princep which merely meant

1. Choose the correct answer (any twenty) : (i) First Citizen
1x 20=20
(a) The book ‘Origin of Species’ was written by (ii) Second Citizen
(i) Herman Chaaffausen (iii) Third Citizen
(ii) Charles Darwin
(iii) Erasmus
(f) Sodius, a pure gold coin of 4.5 gram was
(b) The earliest evidence for the use of stone tools introduced by
comes from sites in
(i) Constantine
(i) Hungary and Yugoslavia
(ii) Ethiopia and Kenya (ii) Augustus Caesar
(iii) Lascaux and Chauveri (iii) Diocletian

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(3) (4)

(g) The main shrine at Mecca was a rectangular (k) The special warriors who pledged personel
structure called loyalty to the lords were called

(i) Ziggurat (i) Soldiers

(ii) Kaaba (ii) Minstrels

(iii) Dome of the rock. (iii) Vassals

(h) The Muslim conquered Jerusalem in (l) Renaissance marked the beginning of

(i) 631 C.E. (i) Ancient age

(ii) 635 C.E. (ii) Medieval age

(iii) Modern age.
(iii) 638 C.E.

(m) Who formulated the ‘Law of Gravitation’?
(i) Genghis Khan divided his empire into
(i) Issac Newton
(i) Five units
(ii) Galileo
(ii) Four units
(iii) Copernicus.
(iii) Three units

(n) The first Printing Press which printed 150
(j) Feudalism means copies of the Bible was invented by

(i) Land rent (i) Donatello

(ii) Isabella d’ Este
(ii) A piece of land
(iii) Johannes Gutenberg
(iii) Wages

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(5) (6)

(o) The Aztec Society depended on (s) The Novenas of England were

(i) Hunting (i) merchants and craftsmen
(ii) Agriculture (ii) merchants and bankers
(iii) Domestication (iii) merchants and businessmen

(p) Which continent was named after Amerigo
(t) The Bank of England was established in
Vespucci?

(i) Africa (i) 1693

(ii) America (ii) 1694

(iii) Asia (iii) 1695

(q) A war broke out in U. S. A. between the (u) Cotton Gin was invented by
supporters and opponents of slavery in
(i) Eli Whitley
(i) 1860-61
(ii) John Kay
(ii) 1861-63
(iii) Samuel Crompton
(iii) 1861-65

(v) Japan is a land of
(r) The aborigines were

(i) hunters-gatherers (i) hills

(ii) food producers (ii) mountains

(iii) industrial workers (iii) islands

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(7) (8)

(w) The Japanese army was reorganised on the (c) Tiberius was the natural son of Augustus.

(i) French pattern
(d) Roman women inherited their ancestral
(ii) British pattern property.

(iii) German pattern
(e) The flight of the Prophet from Mecca to Medina
is called Hijrat.
(x) Who was the founder of “Modern China”?
(i) Yuan Chi Kai (f) In the steppe society every man was a soldier.

(ii) Sun-Yat-Sen (g) The monasteries were open only to men.
(iii) Chiang-Kai-Shek
(h) The Europeans had learnt paper making from
the Japanese.
(y) The death of Sun-Yat-Sen faciliated the rise of
(i) Mao-Ze-dong (i) The Mayans settled on the Mexican gulf of
coastal plain about 600 B. C.
(ii) Chou-En-lai

(iii) Chiang-Kai-Shek. (j) The Indian Removal Act was passed in 1830.

(k) By 1792 the USA had completed its continental
2. State whether the following statements are ‘True’ or expansion.
‘False’ (any ten). 1x10=10

(a) Apes and monkeys bear the closest resemblance (l) The Industrial Revolution first started in France.
to the extinct human beings.

(b) Northern Mesopotamia has scanty rainfall (m) The Industrial Revolution threatened and
actually broke families.

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(9) ( 10 )

(n) Japan under the Shoguns was divided into (i) Who was Michelangelo?
more than 250 domains.

(j) Who was Pedro Alvares Cabral?
(o) The Communists and the Nationalists agreed
that Beijing was an integral part of China.
(k) Define Imperialism.

SECTION – II (l) Who was Tasman?

( Marks : 20 )
(m) What is Luddism?

3. Answer any ten questions in 2 or 3 sentences. 2x10=20 (n) What was the Meiji Restoration?

(a) What is Bipedalism?
(o) Name the Three Principles of Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen.
(b) What was the mode of communication of early
humans? ( PART : B ––DESCRIPTIVE )

(c) Who was Hammurabi? ( Marks : 50 )

(d) What is an Imperium?. Answer question No. 8 and any 3 from the rest.

(e) What were the three objectives of the Caliphate?
1. Highlight the role and significance of writing in trade
and urban life of Mesopotamia. 6 + 6 = 12
(f) What were the “Three Orders”?

(g) Who were the Serfs? 2. Explain the features of society and culture of the
Roman empire. 12
(h) What is Humanism?

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3. What were the characteristic features which signify
the Abbasid Revolution. 12

4. Describe the life and conquests of Genghis Khan.
4 + 8 = 12
5. What is Feudalism? Describe the salient features of
feudalism in Western Europe. 2 + 10 = 12

6. Who were the Aborigines? What happened to them
after the Europeans established their settlements
in Australia. 4 + 8 = 12

7. What is meant by the term ‘Industrial Revolution’.
Why did it start in Britain? 2 + 10 = 12

8. Write short notes on any two of the following : 7 x 2 =14

(a) Charles Darwin.

(b) Upper Palaeolithic Art.

(c) Prophet Muhammad.

(d) Martin Luther.

(e) The Arawaks.

(f) The Native Americans.

(g) Long March.

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