G.
D GOENKA INTERNATIONAL
SCHOOL ROHTAK
ANNUAL EXAMINATION 2025
CLASS-XI
SUBJECT: HISTORY
Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 80
General Instructions:
This question paper is divided into five sections. A B C D and E. There are 34 questions in the
question paper.
All questions are compulsary:
Section A: Questions 1 to 21 are MCQ’s of 1 mark each.
Section B: Questions 22 to 27 are ShortType Questions, carrying 3 marks each. Answers
should not exceed 60- 80 words.
Section C: Questions 28to 30 are Long Answer Type Questions, carrying 8 marks each.
Answers should not exceed 300-350 words.
Section D: Questions 31-33 are Source based questions with two to three sub questions and are
of 4 marks each.
Section E: Question no 34 is map based, carrying 5 marks that includes identification and
location. Attach the map with the answer book.
There is no overall choice in the question paper. However, an internal choice has been provided
in few questions. Only one of the choices in such questions have to be attempted.
In addition to this, separate instructions are given with each section and question, wherever
necessary.
SECTION A (1x21)
1. Read the statement about seals- An Urban Artefact
i. In India, early stone seals were stamped
ii. A seal could be rolled on the clay
iii. Seal was a mark of a city dwellers role in public life
Choose the correct options:
A. I, II and III B. I and II C. II and III D. III only 1
2. Assertion (A): Urban culture developed and these urban 1
centers helped in the Renaissance
Reasoning (R): Towns became centers of art and learning
Both A and R are correct but R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation
of A
A is incorrect but R is correct
R is incorrect but A is correct
3. In Arabic, the person who was known as ‘Aflatun‘ was 1
Plato b) Aristotle c) Dante d) Ceasar
4. He when his is said to have ruled the city of Uruk after 1
Enmarker.
. A great hero who subdued people far and wide. He was shocked
when his heroic friend died.
A. Gilgamesh
B. Sargon
C. Enmarker
D. Augustus
5. Name the three great urban centers that lined the shores of the 1
Mediterranean.
6. Workers who provided cheap labor in Australia were: 1
A. African slaves
B. Indian laborer
C. Chinese immigrants
7. Who were Genghis Khan’s best friend during his years of 1
early success?
8. Name the Emporer who made Christianity the official religion 1
of Roman Empire:
A. Augustus B. Nero C. Diocletian D. Constantine
9. Andreas Vesalius was a professor of _ at the 1
University of Padua.
10. The opening of trade between mesopotamia and india started in 1
the:
A. 12th century BC B. 2600-1900 BC
C. 7th century D. 9th century BC
11. Which among the following is correctly matched? 1
List I List II
a) Genghis Khan’s father i) Yesugei
b) Genghis Khan’s mother ii) Borte
c) Genghis Khan’s wife iii) Temujin
d) Genghis Khan’s blood brother iv) Boghurchu
12. The best kind of wine came from: 1
a) Fayum b) Galilee
c) Campania. d) Tithe
13. During Genghis Khan’s attempt to conquer China, North China 1
was ruled by:
a) Jurchen b) Ming Dynasty
c) Sung Dynasty. d) Hsi Hsai
14. Who was known as Yam? 1
a) Courier system b) Army system
c) Cavalry system. D) None of the above
15. The native American tribe, forcibly evicted by U S 1
PresidentAndrew Jackson were the:
a) Hopis b) Cherokees
c) Metis. d) All of the above
16. The Trail of the tears” stands for 1
17. Match following language group of the Roman Empire: 1
COLUMN I COLUMN II
a) Aramaic i) Spain
b) Celtic ii) Egypt
c) Coptic iii) North Africa
d) Punic iv) Near East
18. The Silk Industry was developed in _ so as to 1
reduce import of silk:
a) Osaka
b) Kyushu
c) Nishijin
d) Beppu
19. The Great Leap Forward Movement was launched in: 1
a) 1953 b) 1965 c) 1975 d) 1958
20. Assertion (A): silk route was the main reason for the trade between India and
mesopotamia in 2600 – 1900 BC 1
Reasoning (R): The Harrppan Civilization had trade connection
with mesopotamia via sea route dilmun
a) Both A and R are correct and A is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is correct but R is not correct
d) R is correct but A is not correct
21. In Arabic, the person who was known as ‘Aflatun’ was:
a) Plato b) Aristotle c) Dante d) Ceasar 1
SECTION B (3X6=18)
SHORT TYPE ANSWER QUESTIONS
22. Write in short upon the city of Ur which was excavated in the 3
1930’s.
23. Trace the role played by the Army in the Roman Empire. 3
OR
Why was slavery an institution deeply rooted in the ancient
world?
24. What is the social and political background of the native Americans. 3
25. State three reasons through which Italian cities revived? 3
26. Analyze in short upon the history of the natives of North 3
America?
OR
Throw light upon the economic development in Roman Empire
27. Give three points to distinguish between India and America’s 3
colonization
SECTION C (8X3=24)
LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
28. What is humanism? In which ways were the universities of 8
Padua and Bologna responsible for promoting humanism.
29 Enumerate the reasons that led to the ‘Gold Rush’ in the 8
1840’s in California and what was the impact.
OR
Trace the history of human habitation in South America
30. Discuss the Role of Rennisance in shaping the European Society 8
OR
Analyse with valid reasons writing and city life was
Developed with flow of tigris and euphrtes rivers aa
SECTION D (4X3=12)
SOURCE BASED QUESTIONS
31. JAPAN AS A GLOBAL ECONOMY
The rapid re building of the Japanese economy was termed as a post war
miracle. The constitution was democritised only now but the Japanese
had a historic tradition of popular struggles and intellectual engagements
with how to broaden political participation. The social cohesion of the
pre – war years was strengthened allowing for a close working of the
government, bureaucracy and industryt. U S support, as well as as the
demand created by the Korean and the Vietnamese wars also helped the
Japanese economy. THe 1964 Olympics held in Tokyo marked a
symbolic coming of age.
a) In which ways do you think Japan rebuilt her economy?
2
b) From the passage, bring out two points that supports Japan’s
2
Rapid re building.
32. MUTUAL PERCEPTIONS
In the 18th century, western Europeans defined ‘civilised’ people in
terms of literacy, an organised religion and urbanism. To them, the
natives of America appeared ‘uncivilised’. To some, like the French
philosopher Jean- Jacques Rousseau, such people were to be admired, as
they were untouched by the corruptions of ‘civilisation’. A popular term
was the ‘noble savage’ Some lines in a poem by the English poet
William Wordsworth indicate another perspective. Neither he nor
Rousseau had met a native American, but Wordsworth descried them as
living ‘amid wilds/Where fancy hath small liberty to grace.
1
a) What was the European thinking about the natives?
3
b) Were the views put forward by Jean- Jacques Rousseau and William
worth justified. Give your views
33
a) which famous city of mesopotamia is depicted here. 1
b) Why this city is famous for Socially and economically 2
c) Name the famous temple located here 1
34 On the Given MAP locate the Following
A) Place where Cheroki tribe lived
B) New york city
C) Columbia
D) Washington DC
E) Biggest mountain of USA
