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Previous Year Papers

 A SAMLE PAPER ( CUMULATIVE TEST )
IT IS OLD ONE IT WAS EARLIER FOR 100 NOW ONLY FOR 80 MARKS
AFTER DEDUCTION OF PROJECT MARKS.

HISTORY
CLASS-XI
Time Allowed :3Hours Max. Marks : 100
Marking scheme:
1.Two main activities of the people of the early societies. 2
1.Food gathering and animal hunting.
2.Farming,3.Domesticating animals,4.forming societies

2. Two reasons for the decline of the Roman Empire. 2
1.Weak rulers 2.Tribal incursions

3.Any two features of the Mesopotamian Architecture. 2
1.Huge palaces of king, Library
2.Planned buildings

4. Give a note on the medieval monastry. 2
Characterised by strict rules and regulations.
Religious education was imparted .
The religious teachers were not allowed to marry.
5. Any two features of early feudal society in western Europe.2
1.Based on the land lord and peasant relations.
2.Rural . 3.Hierarchy with three orders,.4.Based on manor and military system.

6. Describe about the Hizra. 2

It was the migration of Prophet Mohammad from Mecca to Madina in 622.
It symbolizes the beginning of Islamic calendar.

7. Write a note on Genghis khan . 2
1.He was a great warriror.
2.Good horse rider with talent skills of war hailing from Mongolia
.
8. About controlling workers in Roman empire 2
Roman workers were controlled by the execution of law.
Mostly they were restricted to homes .
Punishments were avoided to them after some unexpected events.

9. Mention any four tools of prehistoric man. 2
1.Axe,2. Razors, 3. Flakes, 4. Piercer,5.Cutter.

10. The three main aspects of the roman polity. 5
1.King does not have all powers.
2.He was under the control of senate .
3. Army also played vital role in the politics .
4. King was to maintain good relations with senate.
5. Senate was dominated by the aristocrats.

11. A critical note on fourteenth century crisis. 5
1. Characterised by new changes in polity as well as the climate.
2. Feudal system year by year disappeared.
3. Drastic climate changes took place like warm summers into
cold summers after 300 years.
4. Frequent calamities , Plague affected the way of life .
5. Monarchs rose and they replaced feudal system.
6. Nobility assisted and helped the monarchs.
12. The distinctive features of cuneiform script compare to other scripts? 5
1.Ideas based script. 2. Wrote on the clay tablets and walls.
3. Evolved over the time with enrichment step by step.

13. A brief note on Genghis khan’s military strategy. 5
1. United the mongol tribes and formed confederacies.
2. Gave the expert training in the horse riding and in the use of latest
technology of the time to face any army boldly.
3. Strategic plans were adopted to face enemies.
4.Sudden attacks were carried with proper plans.
5. Ready to move any where till Europe.
6.More disciplined military established

14. The main achievements of early man? 5
1. Started farming and the settled life.
2. Knew how to cook food.
3. Invented the wheel to progress further.
4. House construction started .
5. Developed verbal and non verbal communications.
6. Learned to draw and paint in the caves.
15. The efforts of Prophet Mohammad in uniting the people. 5
1.Established Umma the community for muslims.
2. Migrated from conflicting Mecca to Madina.
3. Created political order. 4. Refined rituals. 5. the community was enriched by
taxes.

16.Main features of the Mesopotamian geography. 5
1. fertile lands
2. Had proper irrigation facilities in the areas of living.
3. Mountains, dessert and fertile lands of river valley.
4. suitable to cultivate crops.
5. Agriculture was main occupation in the steppes .


17. Give a note on a) Knights: 1. They were belonged to the II order of the Feudal society.
2. They had arms and ammunitions with the responsibility of fighting and
protecting against the wars.
3. They served the lords . No taxes were imposed on them .
4. Many knights has big tracks of land and they were rich.

b) III Order : 1. Comprised of the ordinary people particularly the peasants.
2.These were the majority population and were producers.
3. On them the taxes were imposed. 2 ½ +2 ½ = 5


18. The main sources which can be used to write the history of central islamic lands: 8
1. The Quran.
2. Sayings of the Prophet.
3. Akhbar –Evewitness reports. 4.chronicles 5.sira –biographies
6.reports –khabar, 7.Histories of Islam, 8.controversial reports

19. Any four unique features of the Mesopotamian Civilisation. 4×2 = 8
1.Developed in the river valley of Euphrates and Tigris.
2.Has Urban civilization.
3.Used the cuneiform script.
4.Characterised by the huge constructions like library, palaces , king palace etc.
5.Has the better irrigation facility around the river valley region.
6. Has well developed religion, script and language for better communications.
7. Has better communications with contemporary civilizations.

20. A detailed note on the place of Genghis khan in the history of world .8
1. His warrior skills are unique to people and historians.
2. Except for Mongolians for others he was dangerous and notorious.
3. He was a great hero to the Mongols .
4. The violent destructions by him and his followers were horrible.
5.The destructions of Baghdad and some European cities are evidences for his violence.
6.His world campaign with special discipline is praiseworthy barring climate and
old communication technologies.
7. His self motivation and ambitions made him special.
8. His unification of mongol tribes and formation of confederacies is unique to
the Mongols even today.

21. Roman Gender : 1.The men enjoyed more privileges. 8
2. women enjoyed equal property rights on war with men.
3. Many evidences are there of male harrasement .
4. women mostly related to the homes.
Roman literacy: 1. high literacy was reported in Rome and Egyptian part.
2.Paper was used from paperous plant from Egypt.
3.In Rome city the writings reflect their sense of advertising and communication.

Roman culture : 1. Rich had used enriched pottery where as poor common.
2. Wine and floor mills were found with their life.
3. The Christianity and primitive culture based.
4. Mostly literates 5. Every family possessed the slaves.
5. Fighting with animals like Lions was their entertainment .



Map Questions:
22 .On an outline map of world , mark location and name of any five Human species. 5 refer the text.

OR
name and mark any five medieval cities. refer the text.
1. Rome, 2.Bhukara, 3.Sisily, 4.
23 map of world mark any five routes with related point locations of Mongolian campaigns. 5
OR
5.On an outline map of world show and mark the following :
1. Mediterranian sea 2. Black Sea, 3. Red Sea,
4. Arabian Penninsula, 5. Mongolia
x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x

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