Class - 10 Std:- X History & Civics Question Paper.
2nd Prelim
Exam
Std: - X Sub:-
History & Civics Marks:- 40
Date: - Group-A Time:- 2 Hrs.
Q.1] A] Complete the following statements by choosing the appropriate alternatives from those given in
the brackets: 3
B) Match the columns: 3
Column-A
Column-B
1) Atomic explosion at Pokharan
i) Versailles
2) Tennis Court Oath
ii) Paris
3) Headquarter of the U.N.
iii) India
iv) Japan
v) New York
Q.2] Answer each of the following question in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) How did the Industrial revolution begin in England?
2) Whom did Karl Marx call as ‘the proletariat’? Why?
3) In what ways the knowledge of space is being used for destructive purpose?
Q.3] Give reasons for the following statements in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) The western Countries became keen to make investments in China.
2) The German people had a bitter hatred towards the Weimar government.
3) The five percent members can halt any decision of the security Council.
Q.4] Answer each of the following questions in 40 to 50 words each: (any two) 6
1) Give an account of the important work done by the National Assembly of France.
2) Explain the background of the imperialist race.
3) Give the effects of Cold War on the world.
Q.5] Answer each of the following questions in 80 to 100 words each: (any two) 8
1) Why was the first Continental Congress convened at Philadelphia on 5th September 1774? What did the Congress achieve?
2) State any four causes of World War I in detail.
3) State the consequences of World War II.
Q.6] Fill in the blanks with a suitable word from those given in the brackets: 2
1) India has adopted the …….. System of government
(Parliamentary, Federal, Dictatorial, Collegiate)
2] A common High Court of ……. has a jurisdiction over the state of Assam, Manipur etc.
(Dispur, Guwahati, Shillong, Chennai))
Q.7] Answer the following questions in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) How is the deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha elected? State the work carried out by him.
2) State the significance of the Public Interest Litigation.
3) What is the purpose of creating Cantonment Boards?
Q.8] Write short notes on the following in25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) Methods of amendment to the constitution.
2) Bureaucracy
3) Municipal Commissioner.
Q.9] Answer the following questions in 50 to 60 words: (any one) 2
1) Explain the impeachment process.
2) Describe the working procedure of the Gram Sabha.
2nd Prelim Exam
Std: - X Sub:- History & Civics Marks:- 40
Date: - Group-B Time:- 2 Hrs.
Q.1] A] Complete the following statements by choosing the appropriate alternatives from those given in
the brackets: 3
B) Match the columns: 3
Column-A
Column-B
1) Livingstone
1) British Prime Minister
2) Winston Churchill
b) First man to undertake space journey
3) Yuri Gagarin
c) Exploration of Africa
d) President of America
e) First man to step on the moon.
Q.2] Answer each of the following question in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) Why did dictatorship emerge in Europe after the First World War?
2) What are the objectives of the United Nations?
3) What are the merits of globalisation?
Q.3] Give reasons for the following statements in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) The new cities had to face many problems due to industrialisation.
2) The Chinese rose in revolt in 1900 A.D.
3) The Triple Alliance was born in 1882.
Q.4] Answer each of the following questions in 40 to 50 words each: (any two) 6
1) Give an account of American Declaration of Independence.
2) How did the British exploit India after 1858?
3) What changes have taken place in the life of man by the discoveries in Science and Technology?
Q.5] Answer each of the following questions in 80 to 100 words each: (any two) 8
1) Briefly explain any four causes of French revolution.
2) Give any account of the first and the second phase of Russian Revolution.
3) How did the process of decolonization start in Asia?
Q.6] Fill in the blanks with a suitable word from those given in the brackets: 2
1) The minimum age limit prescribed for a candidate contesting elections to the Lok Sabha is ------ years.
(18,21,25,30)
2] Supreme Court judges retire at the age of ………..
(58,60,62,65)
Q.7] Answer the following questions in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) Explain the composition of the Rajya Sabha.
2) Explain the procedure to establish a Nagar Panchayat.
3) Explain the composition of the Standing Committee of Zilla Parishad.
Q.8] Write short notes on the following in25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) Concurrent list
2) Executive Powers of the President.
3) Ward Committee.
Q.9] Answer the following questions in 50 to 60 words: (any one) 2
1) What role does the council of Ministers play in formulating foreign policy?
2) What provisions in the Constitution have been made to secure the independence of the judiciary?
2nd Prelim Exam
Std: - X Sub:- History & Civics Marks:- 40
Date: - Time:- 2 Hrs.
Q.1] A] Complete the following statements by choosing the appropriate alternatives from those given in
the brackets: 3
B) Match the columns: 3
Column-A
Column-B
7) Trygve Lie
xi) Leader of Third Estate
8) Atlantic charter
xii) President of USSR
9) Miraheau
xiii) Norway
xiv) Finance minister of France
xv) Laid the foundation of the U.N.
Q.2] Answer each of the following question in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) What enraged many a colonist after the end of the ‘seven years war’?
2) What is imperialism?
3) Write a note on “Boxer Rising”.
Q.3] Give reasons in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) In June 1940, France surrendered.
2) Kemal Pasha came to be affectionately called him ‘Ataturk’.
3) East India company began to maintain small troops of its own in India?
Q.4] Answer each of the following questions in 40 to 50 words each: (any two) 6
1) Give an account of Bostan Tea Party.
2) How did the British exploit the Chinese economically?
3) Why did the cold war begin after the second world war?
Q.5] Answer each of the following questions in 80 to 100 words each: (any two) 8
1) Give the causes of the Russian Revolution.
2) State briefly the causes of the American war of Independence?
3) State the effects of First world war.
Q.6] Fill in the blanks with a suitable word from those given in the brackets: 2
1) In the Rajya Sabha ……….. members are elected from the state and the union territories.
[225, 226, 238]
2] Defence is a subject in the …………. list. [centre, state, union, residuary]
Q.7] Answer the following questions in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) What are the qualifications prescribed for the membership of the Rajya Sabha?
2) When does the president proclaim a national emergency?
3) Write about the legislative powers of Parliament?
Q.8] Write short notes on the following in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) Original Jurisdiction of High Court.
2) Composition of cantonment Boards.
3) Quorum
Q.9] Answer the following questions in 30 to 40 words: (any one) 2
1) Explain the low making process.
2) Describe the function of Mayor.
Prelim Exam
Std: - X Sub:- History & Civics Marks:- 80
Date: - Group-A Time:- 2 Hrs.
Q.1] A] Complete the following statements by choosing the appropriate alternatives from those given in
the brackets: 3
B) Match the columns: 3
Column-A
Column-B
1) League of Nations
a) The inspiration behind the French revolution
2) Rousseau
b) Geneva
3) The first Secretary General of U.N.
c) Trygve Lie
d) Paris
e) Russia
Q.2] Answer each of the following question in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) What conditions laid the foundation of capitalist economy in Europe?
2) Which problems did the colonists face?
3) What is meant by a revolution?
Q.3] Give reasons for the following statements in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) East Indian Company began to maintain small troops of its own in India.
2) Japan surrendered on 14th August, 1945.
3) Indian public opinion became explosive when Rowlatt Act was passed.
Q.4] Answer each of the following questions in 40 to 50 words each: (any two) 6
1) How did the British economically exploit the Chinese?
2) What are the uses of computer in human life?
3) Which incident was known as ‘Boston Massacre’? Why?
Q.5] Answer each of the following questions in 80 to 100 words each: (any two) 8
1) State the effects of First World War.
2) Discuss the Gandhian phase of Indian freedom movement.
3) What were the effects of French Revolution?
Q.6] Fill in the blanks with a suitable word from those given in the brackets: 2
1) A bill becomes an Act, after receiving the assent of the ---------
(President, Vice-President, Speaker, Prime Minister)
2] The ---------- is at the apex of the judicial system in India.
(High Court, Supreme Court, Subordinate Courts, Lok Nyayalaya)
Q.7] Answer the following questions in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) What are the qualifications prescribed for the membership of the Rajya Sabha?
2) What are the functions of the Mayor?
3) Explain any two functions of the Prime Minister.
Q.8] Write short notes on the following in25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) The chief Executive Officer.
2) Judicial Review.
3) Financial powers of the President.
Q.9] Answer the following questions in 50 to 60 words: (any one) 2
1) What are the salient features of Parliamentary procedure?
2) Write the functions of the Council of the Municipal Corporation.
Prelim Exam 2012-13
Std: - X Sub:- History & Civics Marks:- 80
Date: - Group-B Time:- 2 Hrs.
Q.1] A] Complete the following statements by choosing the appropriate alternatives from those given in
the brackets: 3
B) Match the columns: 3
Column-A
Column-B
1) Christopher Columbus
a) French Monarch
2)Trygve Lie
b) Discovered northern part of America
3)Franklin Roosevelt
c) American President
d) First secretary General of United nations.
e) British Prime Minister.
Q.2] Answer each of the following question in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) Why did the merchant community grow apprehensive about the Sugar Act?
2) What led to the outbreak of the First World War?
3) Which major qualities of computer have made it extremely valuable?
Q.3] Give reasons for the following statements in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) The U.N. failed to check the critical situations arising out of the Cold War.
2) Kemal Pasha came to be affectionately called him ‘Ataturk’
3) The Europeans became inquisitive about the African Continent.
Q.4] Answer each of the following questions in 40 to 50 words each: (any two) 6
1) Today the study of space become medium of progress of human civilization. Explain.
2) Give an account of ‘Bostan Tea Party’
3) What is meant by ‘Industrial Capitalism’?
Q.5] Answer each of the following questions in 80 to 100 words each: (any two) 8
1) What were the effects of ‘French Revolution’?
2) How was Italy under Mussolini’s Fascism?
3) What was the contribution of Lenin to the Russian Revolution?
Q.6] Fill in the blanks with a suitable word from those given in the brackets: 2
1) There is a demand for ------% reservation for women in Parliament?
(33, 35, 40, 30)
2] The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is appointed by the -----------
(President, Governor, Vice – President, Prime Minister)
Q.7] Answer the following questions in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) What are the qualifications for membership of the Lok Sabha?
2) What are the powers of Vice-President?
3) Explain the features of the Panchayati Raj System in Maharashtra.
Q.8] Write short notes on the following in25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) Judicial Powers of the President.
2) Optional functions of Municipal Corporation
3) Qualifications for a judge of the Supreme Court.
Q.9] Answer the following questions in 50 to 60 words: (any one) 2
1) What are the powers and functions of the Lok Sabha Speaker?
2) Why is the Local Government known as the training school of democracy?
Date: - Group-A Time:- 2 Hrs.
Q.1] A] Complete the following statements by choosing the appropriate alternatives from those given in
the brackets: 3
- France and ………. made rapid advance in iron and steel and chemical industry in the early phase of Industrial Revolution.
- Africa was called as ………..
- The ……… was established on 24th October 1945.
B) Match the columns: 3
Column-A
Column-B
1) Atomic explosion at Pokharan
i) Versailles
2) Tennis Court Oath
ii) Paris
3) Headquarter of the U.N.
iii) India
iv) Japan
v) New York
Q.2] Answer each of the following question in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) How did the Industrial revolution begin in England?
2) Whom did Karl Marx call as ‘the proletariat’? Why?
3) In what ways the knowledge of space is being used for destructive purpose?
Q.3] Give reasons for the following statements in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) The western Countries became keen to make investments in China.
2) The German people had a bitter hatred towards the Weimar government.
3) The five percent members can halt any decision of the security Council.
Q.4] Answer each of the following questions in 40 to 50 words each: (any two) 6
1) Give an account of the important work done by the National Assembly of France.
2) Explain the background of the imperialist race.
3) Give the effects of Cold War on the world.
Q.5] Answer each of the following questions in 80 to 100 words each: (any two) 8
1) Why was the first Continental Congress convened at Philadelphia on 5th September 1774? What did the Congress achieve?
2) State any four causes of World War I in detail.
3) State the consequences of World War II.
Q.6] Fill in the blanks with a suitable word from those given in the brackets: 2
1) India has adopted the …….. System of government
(Parliamentary, Federal, Dictatorial, Collegiate)
2] A common High Court of ……. has a jurisdiction over the state of Assam, Manipur etc.
(Dispur, Guwahati, Shillong, Chennai))
Q.7] Answer the following questions in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) How is the deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha elected? State the work carried out by him.
2) State the significance of the Public Interest Litigation.
3) What is the purpose of creating Cantonment Boards?
Q.8] Write short notes on the following in25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) Methods of amendment to the constitution.
2) Bureaucracy
3) Municipal Commissioner.
Q.9] Answer the following questions in 50 to 60 words: (any one) 2
1) Explain the impeachment process.
2) Describe the working procedure of the Gram Sabha.
2nd Prelim Exam
Std: - X Sub:- History & Civics Marks:- 40
Date: - Group-B Time:- 2 Hrs.
Q.1] A] Complete the following statements by choosing the appropriate alternatives from those given in
the brackets: 3
- ……….… was the first colony founded by the England in North America
- The Industrial revolution first began in ………..
- The League of Nations was a brain child of ………. idealism.
B) Match the columns: 3
Column-A
Column-B
1) Livingstone
1) British Prime Minister
2) Winston Churchill
b) First man to undertake space journey
3) Yuri Gagarin
c) Exploration of Africa
d) President of America
e) First man to step on the moon.
Q.2] Answer each of the following question in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) Why did dictatorship emerge in Europe after the First World War?
2) What are the objectives of the United Nations?
3) What are the merits of globalisation?
Q.3] Give reasons for the following statements in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) The new cities had to face many problems due to industrialisation.
2) The Chinese rose in revolt in 1900 A.D.
3) The Triple Alliance was born in 1882.
Q.4] Answer each of the following questions in 40 to 50 words each: (any two) 6
1) Give an account of American Declaration of Independence.
2) How did the British exploit India after 1858?
3) What changes have taken place in the life of man by the discoveries in Science and Technology?
Q.5] Answer each of the following questions in 80 to 100 words each: (any two) 8
1) Briefly explain any four causes of French revolution.
2) Give any account of the first and the second phase of Russian Revolution.
3) How did the process of decolonization start in Asia?
Q.6] Fill in the blanks with a suitable word from those given in the brackets: 2
1) The minimum age limit prescribed for a candidate contesting elections to the Lok Sabha is ------ years.
(18,21,25,30)
2] Supreme Court judges retire at the age of ………..
(58,60,62,65)
Q.7] Answer the following questions in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) Explain the composition of the Rajya Sabha.
2) Explain the procedure to establish a Nagar Panchayat.
3) Explain the composition of the Standing Committee of Zilla Parishad.
Q.8] Write short notes on the following in25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) Concurrent list
2) Executive Powers of the President.
3) Ward Committee.
Q.9] Answer the following questions in 50 to 60 words: (any one) 2
1) What role does the council of Ministers play in formulating foreign policy?
2) What provisions in the Constitution have been made to secure the independence of the judiciary?
2nd Prelim Exam
Std: - X Sub:- History & Civics Marks:- 40
Date: - Time:- 2 Hrs.
Q.1] A] Complete the following statements by choosing the appropriate alternatives from those given in
the brackets: 3
- ……………. was ceded to Britain by the Treaty of Nanking
- The basic foundation of the U.N.O. was laid down by the ………… charter of August 1941.
- In 1853, ……….., an American naval officer first entered into Japan.
B) Match the columns: 3
Column-A
Column-B
7) Trygve Lie
xi) Leader of Third Estate
8) Atlantic charter
xii) President of USSR
9) Miraheau
xiii) Norway
xiv) Finance minister of France
xv) Laid the foundation of the U.N.
Q.2] Answer each of the following question in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) What enraged many a colonist after the end of the ‘seven years war’?
2) What is imperialism?
3) Write a note on “Boxer Rising”.
Q.3] Give reasons in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) In June 1940, France surrendered.
2) Kemal Pasha came to be affectionately called him ‘Ataturk’.
3) East India company began to maintain small troops of its own in India?
Q.4] Answer each of the following questions in 40 to 50 words each: (any two) 6
1) Give an account of Bostan Tea Party.
2) How did the British exploit the Chinese economically?
3) Why did the cold war begin after the second world war?
Q.5] Answer each of the following questions in 80 to 100 words each: (any two) 8
1) Give the causes of the Russian Revolution.
2) State briefly the causes of the American war of Independence?
3) State the effects of First world war.
Q.6] Fill in the blanks with a suitable word from those given in the brackets: 2
1) In the Rajya Sabha ……….. members are elected from the state and the union territories.
[225, 226, 238]
2] Defence is a subject in the …………. list. [centre, state, union, residuary]
Q.7] Answer the following questions in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) What are the qualifications prescribed for the membership of the Rajya Sabha?
2) When does the president proclaim a national emergency?
3) Write about the legislative powers of Parliament?
Q.8] Write short notes on the following in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) Original Jurisdiction of High Court.
2) Composition of cantonment Boards.
3) Quorum
Q.9] Answer the following questions in 30 to 40 words: (any one) 2
1) Explain the low making process.
2) Describe the function of Mayor.
Prelim Exam
Std: - X Sub:- History & Civics Marks:- 80
Date: - Group-A Time:- 2 Hrs.
Q.1] A] Complete the following statements by choosing the appropriate alternatives from those given in
the brackets: 3
- The ----------- of 1764 was passed by the British Parliament.
- In 1853, -----------an American naval officer, first entered into Japan.
- The space journey of -------- in 1961 proved that man can live in space.
B) Match the columns: 3
Column-A
Column-B
1) League of Nations
a) The inspiration behind the French revolution
2) Rousseau
b) Geneva
3) The first Secretary General of U.N.
c) Trygve Lie
d) Paris
e) Russia
Q.2] Answer each of the following question in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) What conditions laid the foundation of capitalist economy in Europe?
2) Which problems did the colonists face?
3) What is meant by a revolution?
Q.3] Give reasons for the following statements in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) East Indian Company began to maintain small troops of its own in India.
2) Japan surrendered on 14th August, 1945.
3) Indian public opinion became explosive when Rowlatt Act was passed.
Q.4] Answer each of the following questions in 40 to 50 words each: (any two) 6
1) How did the British economically exploit the Chinese?
2) What are the uses of computer in human life?
3) Which incident was known as ‘Boston Massacre’? Why?
Q.5] Answer each of the following questions in 80 to 100 words each: (any two) 8
1) State the effects of First World War.
2) Discuss the Gandhian phase of Indian freedom movement.
3) What were the effects of French Revolution?
Q.6] Fill in the blanks with a suitable word from those given in the brackets: 2
1) A bill becomes an Act, after receiving the assent of the ---------
(President, Vice-President, Speaker, Prime Minister)
2] The ---------- is at the apex of the judicial system in India.
(High Court, Supreme Court, Subordinate Courts, Lok Nyayalaya)
Q.7] Answer the following questions in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) What are the qualifications prescribed for the membership of the Rajya Sabha?
2) What are the functions of the Mayor?
3) Explain any two functions of the Prime Minister.
Q.8] Write short notes on the following in25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) The chief Executive Officer.
2) Judicial Review.
3) Financial powers of the President.
Q.9] Answer the following questions in 50 to 60 words: (any one) 2
1) What are the salient features of Parliamentary procedure?
2) Write the functions of the Council of the Municipal Corporation.
Prelim Exam 2012-13
Std: - X Sub:- History & Civics Marks:- 80
Date: - Group-B Time:- 2 Hrs.
Q.1] A] Complete the following statements by choosing the appropriate alternatives from those given in
the brackets: 3
- “Without --------- the French revolution would not have taken place.”
- The British obtained permission to start a factory at Surat from the emperor --------------
- The term ‘Cold War’ was first used by an American write -------- to denote a new phase in international relations following the second World War.
B) Match the columns: 3
Column-A
Column-B
1) Christopher Columbus
a) French Monarch
2)Trygve Lie
b) Discovered northern part of America
3)Franklin Roosevelt
c) American President
d) First secretary General of United nations.
e) British Prime Minister.
Q.2] Answer each of the following question in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) Why did the merchant community grow apprehensive about the Sugar Act?
2) What led to the outbreak of the First World War?
3) Which major qualities of computer have made it extremely valuable?
Q.3] Give reasons for the following statements in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) The U.N. failed to check the critical situations arising out of the Cold War.
2) Kemal Pasha came to be affectionately called him ‘Ataturk’
3) The Europeans became inquisitive about the African Continent.
Q.4] Answer each of the following questions in 40 to 50 words each: (any two) 6
1) Today the study of space become medium of progress of human civilization. Explain.
2) Give an account of ‘Bostan Tea Party’
3) What is meant by ‘Industrial Capitalism’?
Q.5] Answer each of the following questions in 80 to 100 words each: (any two) 8
1) What were the effects of ‘French Revolution’?
2) How was Italy under Mussolini’s Fascism?
3) What was the contribution of Lenin to the Russian Revolution?
Q.6] Fill in the blanks with a suitable word from those given in the brackets: 2
1) There is a demand for ------% reservation for women in Parliament?
(33, 35, 40, 30)
2] The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is appointed by the -----------
(President, Governor, Vice – President, Prime Minister)
Q.7] Answer the following questions in 25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) What are the qualifications for membership of the Lok Sabha?
2) What are the powers of Vice-President?
3) Explain the features of the Panchayati Raj System in Maharashtra.
Q.8] Write short notes on the following in25 to 30 words each: (any two) 4
1) Judicial Powers of the President.
2) Optional functions of Municipal Corporation
3) Qualifications for a judge of the Supreme Court.
Q.9] Answer the following questions in 50 to 60 words: (any one) 2
1) What are the powers and functions of the Lok Sabha Speaker?
2) Why is the Local Government known as the training school of democracy?