CBSE Board Class 12 History Sample Papers 2007

SAMPLE PAPER 2007
CLASS 12
HISTORY

1. Explain one main consequence of the Battle of Buxar (1764) on the Mughals in India. 2

2. Explain any one reason for the Partition of Bengal in 1905. 2
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3. What is meant by ‘equality before law’ as enshrined in the Indian Constitution ? 2

4. In what way did the attitude of racial superiority of the British contribute to the Revolt
of 1857 ? Mention any three other causes of the Revolt. 2+3=5
OR
Who were the Sepoys during the Company’s rule ? What were the main causes of their
revolt in 1857 ? 2+3=5

5. Explain  three   main  features   of the   Councils  Act  of  1861.   State   whether  the  Act
represented the Indian opinion or not. Give two points. 3+2=5
OR
Why was the Treaty of Yandabo signed ? Explain three main provisions of the treaty.  2+3=5

6. When and by whom was the Brahmo Sabha founded ? Explain any three ideas of the
Sabha. 2+3=5
OR
When  and  by whom was the Theosophical  Society started  in India  ?  Explain three
main objectives of the Society. 2+3=5

7. Critically examine the reasons for the change in the British attitude towards India
after the Second World War. Explain two main developments which reflected this
attitude.  that it is neither a king nor a heart.                                                                             
                                    3+2=5
8. Analyse the developments which led to the passing of the ‘Purna Swaraj’ resolution by
the Congress. 5

9. When was the French East India Company founded ? Describe its relations with
Karnataka and Hyderabad. Mention any three reasons which prevented its growth in
India. 1+4+3=8
O R
Briefly describe the main features of the British economic policy in India during the
Company’s rule. When and after which specific development did the Company’s rule
come to an end ? 5+1+2=8

10. Explain the growth of communalism in India during the first half of the 20th century and
examine the efforts of the nationalist movement to check it. 6+2=8
OR
Explain the contribution of the ‘Rediscovery of India’s Past’ to the rise of nationalism in
the late 19th   century. Examine any one shortcoming of such a rediscovery of the past. 6+2=8
OR
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
“.... the immediate ending of British rule in India is an urgent necessity,
both for the sake of India and for the success of the cause of United Nations .... India,
the classic land of modern imperialism, has become the crux of the question, for by the
freedom of India, will Britain and United Nations be judged, and the people of Asia61/1 4
and Africa be filled with hope and enthusiasm. The ending of British rule in this
country is thus a vital and immediate issue on which depends the future of the war
and the success of freedom and democracy.”
(i) Mention the context in which this resolution was passed.
(ii) In  what way would the ending of British rule in India further the cause of United
Nations ?
(iii) Explain how Britain could be judged by giving freedom to India, as stated in the
resolution. 2+3+3=8

12. On the political outline map of  India  (on page 9) mark and name the following centres
of the freedom movement : 5
(12.1) Lucknow
(12.2) Surat
(12.3) Champaran
(12.4) Dandi
(12.5) Nagpur
OR
On the political outline map of  India  (on page 9) mark the extent of British empire in
1805, with any two of its important centres.61/1 5 P.T.O.
Note : The following question is only for the Blind Candidates in lieu of Q. No. 12.

Mention any five important centres of the freedom movement in India.
OR
Mention the methods adopted by Lord Wellesley to expand the British power in India.

CONTEMPORARY  WORLD  HISTORY

13. Give two examples to show how Germany had been humiliated at the Paris Peace
Conference. 2

14. What was referred to as the ‘Vichy France’ during the Second World War ? 2

15. Mention any two leading nations of the Non-Aligned Movement. Mention the
Super-power which was supportive of the NAM during the Cold War period. 2

16. Mention any two significant findings of the Biological Sciences in the 19th century.             2
OR
Who was the first Asian to get the Nobel Prize in Literature ? Mention any one of his
major works. 2

17. Who was Dostoevsky ? Mention any one of his major works. 2
OR
Mention any two diseases which could be controlled in the Contemporary period.

18. Mention two main features of the Second Industrial Revolution. 2
OR
Mention  any  distinct  feature   of the  Bengal  School   of Art.   Mention  any  one  main
propounder of this school.

19. Why is it argued that the world got integrated in the Contemporary period ? Explain two
developments in support of this argument. 3+2=5
OR
Explain three main causes for the rise of the USA as an industrial power in the last
quarter of the 19 th century. Give two examples to show this rise.

20. Why was the Munich Pact signed ? Explain three main consequences of the Pact.        2+3=5
OR
Explain   three   main   features   of   the   Nationalist   Movement   in   Egypt   during    the
inter-World War period. Examine the attitude of the king towards the movement. 3+2=5

21. Explain three  main  consequences  of the Vietnam War.  Mention two  foreign powers
directly involved in the war. 3+2=5

22. When did the Second World War really become a ‘global war’ ? Explain any three
incidents which made it so. Explain the impact of the global war on Nazi Germany and
its allies. 1+3+4=8
OR
What was referred to as the USSR in Contemporary history ? Explain its significance
during the Post-World War period. When did the USSR disintegrate ? 2+5+1=8

23. On the political outline map of  Asia  (on page 11), mark and name one colony of the
Dutch and two each of Britain and France in 1914. 5