AHSEC| CLASS 12| HISTORY| SOLVED PAPER - 2019| H.S. 2ND YEAR
2019
HISTORY
Full Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 30
Time: Three hours
The figures in the margin
indicate full marks for the questions.
1. Answer the following questions: 1×12=12
(a) Who was
Alexander Cunningham?
Ans:- Alexander
Cunningham (1814–1893) was a British Army officer and archaeologist. He is
often called the founder of Indian archaeology.
(b) Name the most powerful mahajandapada in
India between the sixth and the fourth centuries BCE. 1
Ans:- Magadha was the
most powerful mahajanapada of India between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE.
Magadha was located in parts of present-day Bihar and Jharkhand.
(c) Who was the best-known
ruler of the Satavahana dynasty?
Ans:- The greatest
Satavahana ruler Gautamiputra Satakarni ruled from 106 AD to 130 AD. He was a
great conqueror and was known as the Lord of the West.
(d) Name any
one of the Tipitaka.
Ans:- Tipitaka is
a collection of Buddhist texts:-
(i) Vinaya Pitaka: Covers the
conduct of the order
(e) Who was the
first British Commissioner of Assam?
Ans:- David Scott was
the first British administrator of Assam. He was sent by the East India Company
in 1826. Scott served as Commissioner of Assam from 1828–1831.
(f) Name the
Sultan of Delhi when Ibn Battuta visited India?
Ans:- When the Moroccan
traveler Ibn Battuta came to India, Muhammad bin Tughlaq was the Sultan of
Delhi. Ibn Battuta traveled through Central Asia and reached Sindh in 1333.
Muhammad bin Tughlaq was the ruler of Delhi from 1325-1351.
(g) Who was
called ‘Muquaddam’?
Ans:- In medieval
India, a muqaddam was the head of a village. Muqaddam was also a farmer.
Muqaddam was also known as Chaudhary during the Delhi Sultanate. The Muqaddam
was the head of the village, which was the basic unit of administration.
Muqaddam was also known as a leader or a person of authority in some Islamic
cultures.
(h) Name the
author of Badshah Nama.
Ans:- The author of
Badshahnama is Abdul Hameed Lahauri. The Badshahnama is a Mughal historical
work considered to be the official history of the reign of the Mughal emperor
Shah Jahan. Lahori was a historian during the reign of Shahjahan. He was a
disciple of Abul Fazal.
(i) Which revenue
system was introduced by the East India Company in the Bombay Deccan?
Ans:- The East India
Company introduced Ryotwari settlement in the Bombay Deccan region. The
ryotwari settlement was a land revenue system involving a direct agreement
between the government and the cultivator, or ryot.
(j) Where did
Konwar Singh lead the rebels during the revolt of 1857?
Ans:- Kunwar Singh led
the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in Bihar and Jagdishpur. He was a military
commander and the main organizer of the fight against the British in Bihar.
Singh was a member of the Maharaja Zamindar family of the Ujjainiya dynasty in
Bihar.
(k) Which was the
third major movement against the British rule launched by Mahatma Gandhi?
Ans:- Mahatma Gandhi's
third major movement against British rule was the Quit India Movement, which
began on August 8, 1942. This movement was started in the Bombay session of the
Congress.
(l) By which name
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was known?
Ans:- Khan Abdul
Ghaffar Khan, also known as Bacha Khan, was a Pashtun independence activist who
campaigned to end the rule of the British Raj in India.
2. Answer the following
questions in
brief: 2×12=24
(a) How is the
lower town different from the citadel in the towns of the Indus Valley
Civilisation?
Ans:- The lower
cities and citadels of the Indus Valley Civilization differed in the following
ways:-
(i) Location: The citadel was
built on a raised platform, while the lower city was located in the lower part
of the city.
(ii) Size: The lower city
was larger than the citadel.
(iii) Purpose: The lower city
was for the common people, while the citadel was for public purpose.
(iv) Buildings: The citadel
included large buildings such as granaries and huge baths. The lower town
usually contained only residential buildings.
(b) What was
an Agrahara?
Ans:- Agrahara was a
land grant in India given by a king or an aristocratic family for religious
purposes. Brahmins were usually given land for the maintenance of temples and
pilgrimage sites and for the maintenance of their families. The land was owned
by the deity or temple, but managed by Brahmins.
(c) Name
the two dynasties who were immediate successors to the
Mauryas?
Ans:- Shunga and Kanva
were the immediate successors of Maurya. Both dynasties were Brahmins.
The Maurya Empire
was founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 330 BC. The Shunga dynasty succeeded the Maurya
dynasty and was founded by Pushyamitra Shunga in 185 BCE.
(d) Mention two peasants
uprising of Assam in the nineteenth century.
Ans:- Here are two
peasant revolts in Assam in the 19th century:-
(i) Phulguri
Revolt:
Also known as the Phulguri Raid, it was the first peasant revolt in Assam. It
took place in October 1861 in the village of Fulaguri in the Brahmaputra
valley. This rebellion was against the new income and agricultural taxation
policies of the British Indian Empire following the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
(ii) Pathrughat
Revolt:
This rebellion took place in 1894 against the tax policies of the British. This
rebellion took place at a place called Pathrughat in Assam which is now known
as Pathrighat. On January 28, 1894, about 140 farmers were killed in unprovoked
police firing. This place is known as Jallianwala Bagh of Assam.
(e) Name any
two Sufi saints of Medieval India.
Ans:- Here are
some Sufi saints of medieval India:-
(i) Khwaja
Muinuddin Chishti: (1143-1234) a famous saint who settled in Ajmer, Rajasthan.
According to myth, he filled a dry lake with water for the local people,
causing many to convert to Islam.
(ii) Nizam-ud-din
Auliya:
(1235-1325) a Sunni Muslim scholar and Sufi saint of the Chishti sect. He was
also known as Hazrat Nizamuddin and Mehboob-e-Ilahi (Beloved of God). He
emphasized love as a means to attain God.
(f) What do you
understand by ‘Jama’ and ’Hasil’?
Ans:- In the land
revenue system, jama is the amount of tax assessed on a farmer. Hasil is the
amount of tax collected.
There are two
stages of land revenue system:-
(i) Assessment: The amount of tax
to be paid by the farmer is determined. This zodiac sign is called Jama.
(ii) Collection: Tax is collected.
The amount collected is called profit.
Jama and Hasil may
also refer to:-
(i) Journal of the
American Medical Association: A peer-reviewed medical journal published by the American
Medical Association.
(ii) Jama
Software:
A product development system that helps enterprises reduce risk and complexity.
(g) Mention two artisanal
tasks which were dependent on female labour in India in the
sixteenth-seventeenth centuries.
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