St.

Mark's Public School, Agra

Term Two Examination (2023-2024)
Subject - History (027)
Class - Xl
Time Allowed - 3 Hours. Max.Marks 80
General instructions:-
1.Question paper comprises five Sections: A,B,C,D and E . There are 34 questions in the
question paper. All questions are compulsory.
2.Section A: Question numbers 1 to 21 are MCQs of 1 mark each.
3.Section B: Question numbers 22 to 27 are Short Answer Type Questions, carrying 3 marks
each. Answer to each question should not exceed 60-80 words.
4.Section C: Question number 28 to 30 are Long Answer Type Questions, carrying 8 marks
each. Answer to each question should not exceed 300-350 words.
5.Section D: Question number 31 to 33 are Source based questions with three sub questions
and are of 4 marks each.
6.Section E: Question number 34 is Map based, carrying 5 marks that includes the identification
and location of significant test items. Attach the map with the answer book.
7. 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.
8.In addition to this, separate instructions are given with each section and question, wherever
necessary.
Section - A. (01x21=21)
(Multiple Choice Based Question)
1.The term used for Southern region was :
A.Babylonia.
B.Assyrian.
C.Mesopotamian.
D.None of these.

2.Who established their rule in Mari ?

A.Akkadians.
B.Amorites.
C.Assyrians and Aramaeans.
D.All of the above.

3.Arrange in sequence :
(i).Use of iron.
(ii). Establishment of the Assyrian king.
(iii). Assyrian empire.
(iv). Rule of Assurbanipal.
Code :
A.(ii), (i), (iii),(iv).
B.(i), (ii), (iv),(iii).
C.(iv), (iii), (ii),(i).
D.(i),(iii), (iv), (ii).
4.In which year Gregorian calendar was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII ?
A.1682.
B.1582.
C.1575.
D.1685.
5.Consider the following statements and choose the correct option:
i. Jacob Burckhardt was German scholar.
ii. Germamn historian Leopold von ranke was the teacher of scholar Jacob Burckhardt.
Code:
A.Only Ist.
B.Only IInd.
C.Both Ist and IInd.
D.None of these.

6.Identify the name of the person from the information given below:
(i).He was born in 106 BCE.
(ii).He was Roman lawyer and essayist.
(iii).He was a contemporary of Julius Caesar.

7.Assertion (A) In 1867, Canada was organised as a confederation of autonomous states.

Reason ® Canada was won by the British after a war with France.
Code:
A.Both A and R are true R is the correct explanation of A.
B.Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
C.A is true but, R is false.
D.A is false but, R is true.

8.Match the following:

List I. List II
A.Lewis Meriam. 1.Champion of democracy
B.Thomas Paine. 2.The problem of Indian
Administration
C.WEH Stanner. 3.Discoverd New South
Wales
D.Captain Cook. 4.The Great Australian
Silence
Code:
A.3,1,2,4.
B.2,3,1,4.
C.2,1,3,4.
D.4,2,1,3.

9.Arrange in sequence:
(i).Gold Rushes.
(ii). Self - government granted to Australian colonies.
(iii). Chinese coolie immigration stopped by law.
Code:
A.(ii), (iii), (i).
B.(i), (ii), (iii).
C.(ii), (i), (iii).
D.(iii), (ii), (i).
10.Assertion (A) Food resources of Mesopotamia were rich and its mineral resources were
few.
Reason (R) Mesopotamia traded their abundant textiles and agricultural produce for wood,
copper tin, silver, gold, shell, etc.
Code:
A.Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
B.Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
C.A is true, but R is false.
D.A is false, but R is true.

11.Identify the following image and write the name:

12.Very few Mesopotamia could read and write because:

A.The signs used ran into hundreds and were complex.
B.People did not pay attention towards education.
C.People were more interested in economic activities.
D.The signs could only be coded by royal family.

13.Divison of labour encouraged urbanisation as:

A.Varioue necessities are taken care of by the people engaged in same occupations.
B.All necessities are taken care of by the people.
C.Various necessities are taken care of by the people engaged in different occupations.
D.None of these.

14.Match the following:

List Ist. List IInd
A.Uruk. 1.Trading town
B.Mari. 2.River
C.Euphrates. 3.Temple town
D.Inanna. 4.Goddess of Love and
War.
Code:
A.3,1,2,4
B.2,1,4,3
C.3,1,4,2
D.4,2,1,3
15.Who was the last rular of Babylon City?
A.Nobopolassar.
B.Nabonidus.
C.Alexander.
D.None of these.

16.----------is a king of Mesopotamia.

A.Nuclear.
B.Joint.
C.Patriarchal.
D.None of these.

17.Which of these species is of the 'prehistoric Man' ?

A.The Cro-Man.
B.Neolithic Man.
C.The Java Man.
D.The Peks Man.

18.What was the name of Charles Darwin's book?

A.Survival of the fittest.
B.On the origin of species.
C.The new species.
D.The story of fossils.

19.Which was the first known language of Mesopotamia?

A.German.
B.Japanese.
C.Urdu.
D.Sumerian.

20.Identify the name of the scholar from the information given below:
(i).He was a leading Japanese scholar of China.
(ii).He helped establish the Department of Oriental Studies in Kyoto University in 1907.
(iii).He saw in Chinese history strengths that would make it modern and democratic.
(iv).He thought that Japan had an important role to play in China but he underestimated the
power of Chinese nationalism.

21.After the Second World War, Japan rebuilt its economy and by the —-----emerged as a major
economic power:
A.1950s.
B.1960s.
C.1970s.
D.1980s.
Section -B. (03x06=18)
(Short Answer Type Based Question)
22.How did Korea deal with the foreign currency crisis in 1997?
Or
Write in brief about the benefits of his hand to man from the beginning of time.
23.Where the fossils of Australopithecus found, list their three characteristic features.
24.What was the direction of archaeological research of Mesopotamia after 1960s?
25.Discuss about the historian Jacob Burckhardt.
26.How did Reformation contribute to the growth of the nation -states?
27.Describe the role of foreign trade in the growth of civilisation in Africa.
Or
Explain the factors that helped the European navigation in the 15th century. What were the main
consequences of the development of navigation?
Section -C. (03X08=24)
(Long Answer Type Based Question)
28.What kind of changes humanist ideas had brought in the religious sphere?
Or
Was there a European Renaissance in the 14th century? Discuss.
29.How can we say that the onset of glaciation (ice age) brought about major changes in
climate and vegetation? Mention the spices that were better adapted to drier conditions.
Or
What were the different methods of obtaining food during the early historic period? Support with
example.

30.Why did Renaissance appear in Italy first? What changes did it bring about in the
contemporary life of the people?
Or
Describe the principal geographical discoveries of the early Modern Age.
Section -D. (03x04=12)
(Source Based Question)
31.Read the following source carefully and answer the questions that follow:
In the 12th century , Abbess Hildegard of Bingen wrote :' Who would think of herding his entire
cattle in one stable - cows, donkeys, sheep, goats , without difference ? Therefore it is
necessary to establish difference among human beings, so that they do not destroy each other
—-God makes distinctions among his flock,in heaven as on earth. All are loved by him, yet there
is no equality among them.'
(i).Who is it necessary to establish difference?
(ii).Who is the author of the passage? What is the author trying to convey through the passage?
(iii). What analogy did author used to justify inequality?

32.Read the following source carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Ghazan Khan(1295-1304 CE) was the first -II Khanid ruler to convert to Islam. He gave the
following speech to the Mongol - Turkish nomad commanders, a speech that was probably
drafted by his Persian wazir Rashiduddin and included in the minister's letters:' I am not on the
side of the Persian peasantry. If there is a purpose in pillaging them all, there is no one with
more power to do this than I. Let us rob them together.But if you wish to be certain of collecting
grain and food for your tables in the future,I must be harsh with you. You must be taught
reason.If you insult the peasantry, take their oxen and seed and trample their crops into the
ground, what will you do in the future?---- The obedient peasantry must be distinguished from
the peasantry who are rebels —'
(i).To whom Ghazan Khan gave his speech and who drafted his speech?
(ii)."There is no one with more power to do this than I". What was he referring to do?
Who is I?
(iii). What was Ghazan Khan trying to teach his nomad commanders?
33.Read the following source carefully and answer the questions that follow:
The Warka Head
This woman's head was sculpted in white marble at Uruk before 3000 BCE. The eyes and
eyebrows would probably have taken lapis lazuli (blue) and shell (white) and bitumen (black)
inlays, respectively. There is a groove along the top of the head, perhaps for an ornament. This
is a word - famous piece of sculpture, admired for the delicate modelling of the woman's mouth,
chin and cheeks. And it was modelled in a hard stone that would have been imported from a
distance.
(i). What was the gender of Warka Head? What was it made of?
(ii). List different materials used for eyes and eyebrows of Warka Head. Why was there a
groove along the top of the head?
(iii).In which city was Warka Head sculpted?
Which stone was used for this sculpture?
34.Point the following location on map of Mesopotamia.

(i).Mari.
(ii).Uruk.
(iii).Ur.
(iv).Nimrud.
(V). Babylon.

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