CBSE Board Class 12 History Previous Year Question Papers 2010

class 12 
General Instructions :
(i) Answer  all  the questions. Marks are indicated against each question.
(ii) Answers to questions carrying  2 marks should not exceed  30 words each.
(iii) Answers to questions carrying  5 marks should not exceed  100  words each.
(iv) Answers to questions carrying  8 marks should not exceed  250  words each.
(v) Attach the maps with the answer scripts.

1. Explain any two main achievements of Saiyad brothers of the Mughal period. 2

2. Explain one reason for the reorganisation of army after the Revolt of 1857. 2

3. Who wrote the ‘Tuhfat-ul-Muwahhidin’ (Gift to Monotheists) ? 2

4. Explain any four achievements of the Congress ministries formed after 1937. Mention
any two states where the Congress had formed ministries. 4 + 1
OR
What was the Mountbatten Plan ? Explain its main outcome. 2 + 3

5. Explain the British objectives behind the proposal of Bengal’s partition in 1905. Who
was the Governor-General of India during the period ? 4 + 1
OR
Explain the meaning of ‘boycott’ as understood during the freedom struggle. Discuss the
political significance of boycott.

6. Why was the Khilafat movement started ? Explain its political significance. 5
OR
Explain the main aspects of constitutional changes introduced in 1919. Examine the
nationalists’ reactions to these changes. 3 + 23

7. Explain the importance of the revolutionary movements in the freedom struggle of
India. 5
OR
Explain how the Home Rule movement was neither entirely moderate nor was
thoroughly revolutionary. 5

8. What was the ‘Deliverance Day’ of the Muslim League ? Explain its three main
consequences. 2 + 3
OR
Explain the main provisions of the Independence Act of 1947.

9. Describe the economic causes of the Revolt of 1857 and mention any two revolts
which preceded it. 6 + 2
OR
Why did the Revolt of 1857 fail ? Mention any two Indian rulers who sided with the British
during the revolt.

10. Examine the main reasons which prompted the Europeans to come to India during the
Examine any two main objectives of the East India Company at the time of its
foundation. Explain the main features of its structure and mention the British
Government’s relations with the company. 2 + 4 + 2

11. Critically analyse the nature of freedom struggle in Goa. When was Goa finally
liberated ? 7 + 1
OR
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :
“In order to settle the issue immediately and prevent the slaughter of innocent people,
the Congress decided to agree to the division of the country and demanded the
partition of the Punjab and Bengal. This was no surrender to the Muslim League or
policy of appeasement.”
(i) Why did the Congress accept the partition of India in 1947 ? 1
(ii) Why did the Muslim League demand a separate and independent state ? 2
(iii) Do  you agree with the view that the acceptance of the demand for the partition
of the country was an act of appeasement ? Give reasons. 5
12. On the given outline map (Political) of India locate and label the following as on
15 th August, 1947: 5
(i) Two French regions
(ii) Two  Portuguese regions
(iii) One Princely State
OR
On the given outline map (Political) of India locate and label the following chief
centres of the Revolt of 1857 :
(i) Two centres in Karnataka
(ii) Two  centres in Andhra
(iii) One centre in Kerala

13. Explain one main outcome of the Treaty of Nevily, 1919. 2

14. Explain one main difference between the NATO and the Warsaw Pact. 2

15. Mention the two indicators of an advanced society or a State. 2

16. What is meant by free trade ? 2

17. Describe one main reason of the Arab-Israel conflict in contemporary history. 2

18. What is Cubism in Art ? 2

19. Describe the main reasons for the rise of Nazism in Germany. Mention one of its
main outcome. 4 + 1
OR
What led to the social crisis in Britain during the inter-war period ? Mention when
were the women given the right to vote there.

20. Explain the meaning of Contemporary period in history. Mention how it is different
from the Modem period. 3 + 2
OR
Explain the basis of Anglo-French Entente of 1904. Mention one of its main
consequences. 4 + 17

21. Analyse the process of industrialisation in China after 1949. Mention any country
which helped China in it. 4 + 1
OR
Analyse the main developments which led to the Vietnam war during the Cold War period.
Mention one country directly involved in it.

22. Explain the main developments during the World War II which led to Germany’s
surrender. Explain two main outcomes of her surrender. 6 + 2
OR
Explain the term decolonization. Examine how the process of decolonization got
strength after the World War II. Name one country which was decolonised soon after
the World War II. 2 + 5 + 1

23. On the given outline map of Europe locate and label five countries which actively
participated in the World War I. 5
OR
On the given outline map of Europe, locate and label three neutral countries and two
allied countries during the World War II.