CBSE Board Class 11 History Sample Papers 2010

SAMPLE PAPER 2010
CLASS - XI
SUB. - History
Time  : 3 : 00 Hrs.         M.M. : 100
General Instructions :-
(i) Answer all the questions. Marks are indicated against each question.
(ii) Answer to questions carrying 2 marks should not exceed 30 words each.
(iii) Answer to questions carrying 5 marks should not exceed 100 words each.
(iv) Answer to questions carrying 8 marks should not exceed 250 words each.
(v) Attach the maps with the answer script.
   PART-A
Q.1 Name any two languages used in Mesopotamia. (2)

Q.2 In which three continents was the Roman empire extended ? (2)

Q.3 Why did Knights become a distant group ? (2)

Q.4 What do you know about Guild System ? (2)

Q.5 What do you understand by the term Renaissance ? (2)

Q.6 When and who discovered the 'New World' ? (2)

Q.7 Name any two most important minerals for Industrial Revolution. (2)

Q.8 What is meant by the term 'Native' ? (2)

Q.9 What were the 'three Prnciples' of Sun-Yat-Sen ? (2)

                                          PART-B
Answer any 8 of the following questions.

Q.10 Write about the hunter-gathering societies from the present to the past. (5)

Q.11 Mention about the various types of tools made by the early man. (5)

Q.12 Write a short note on the development of Mesopotamian writing. (5)

Q.13 Why do we remember Augustus age in the Roman Empire ? (5)

Q.14 Describe about the sources to know about the Roman history. (5)

Q.15 What were the main reasons for the rise of Islam in Arab. (5)

Q.16 What was preached by Prophet Muhammad as the messenger of God ? (5)

Q.17 Why did Genghis Khan feel the need to fragment the Mongol tribes into new social and military groupings ? (5)
Q.18 Compare the conditions of the life of a French Serf and a Roman Slave. (5)

Q.19 What did the 'Frontier' meant to the America ? (5)

                                    PART-C
Q.20 Describe the contribution of the Arabs to the World Civilizations. (8)
Or
What was the position of women in the society of Europe during the 14th and 15th Century AD ? (8)

Q.21 Describe the achievement of the Inca, Maya and Aztec civilizations. (8)
Or
What do you know about the Arawakians ? Mention some of the facts regarding their culture.

Q.22 Discuss the factors because of which the Industrial Revolution began first in England. (8)
Or
Critically estimate the good and bad results of Industrial Revolution in England.

Q.23 What do you mean by 'Meiji Restoration' ? Evaluate the measures taken by Meiji rulers for the modernisation and development of Japan ? (8)
Or
Do you think the Mao Zedong and the Communist Party of China were successful in liberating China and laying the basis its current success ?

                                      PART-D
Q.24 Show the boundaries of Mongol empire on the given map of the world. (5)
Or
Show the following places on the given map of the world.
Masco,  Nishapur,  Samarkand,  Bukhara, Herat

Q.25 On the given outline map of the world mark and show the following places –(5)
New York,  Tokyo,  Parth,  Sydney,  London.
Or
On the given outline map of the world mark and show the following countries - (5)
Italy,  England,  Egypt,  Canada,  Japan.