Students must start practicing the questions from CBSE Sample Papers for Class 11 History with Solutions Set 4 are designed as per the revised syllabus.
CBSE Sample Papers for Class 11 History Set 4 with Solutions
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 80
General Instructions:
- The Question paper is divided into five sections: Section A: MCQs 10 marks, Section B: Short Answer Type Questions 9 marks, Section C: Source based questions 15 marks, Section D: Long Answer Type Questions 32 marks, Section E: Map based 4 marks.
- All questions are compulsory.
- You may attempt any section at a time.
- All questions of that particular section must be attempted in the correct order.
Section – A (10 Marks)
Question 1.
Multiple Choice Questions
(i) What constituted the heart of the Roman Empire? [1]
(A) Sahara Desert
(B) The Mediterranean Sea
(C) Rhine
(D) Agriculture
Answer:
(B) The Mediterranean Sea
(ii) The earliest cities developed in Mesopotamia around. [1]
(A) 5000 BCE
(B) 5500 BCE
(C) 6000 BCE
(D) 7000 BCE
Answer:
(A) 5000 BCE
(iii) The study of contemporary ethnic groups is known as. [1]
(A) Archaeology
(B) Anthropology
(C) Ethnography
(D) Sociology
Answer:
(C) Ethnography
(iv) Mongols and other central Asian nomads traded and bartered with: [1]
(A) China
(B) Nepal
(C) Korea
(D) Singapore
Answer:
(A) China
(v) What is the meaning of Mesopotamia? [1]
(A) The land between two bridges
(B) The Land between two rivers
(C) Land between two poles
(D) None of the above
Answer:
(B) The Land between two rivers
(vi) Timur claimed descent from. [1]
(A) Jochi
(B) Toluy
(C) Chaghatai
(D) Ogodei
Answer:
(C) Chaghatai
(vii) Fortification built by China is called: [1]
(A) Great wall of China
(B) Fort of China
(C) Wall of China
(D) Doors of China
Answer:
(A) Great wall of China
(viii) Who were the early European/British settlers in Australia? [1]
(A) Convicts who had been deported from Africa
(B) Convicts who had been deported from England
(C) The Australian tribal
(D) All of the above
Answer:
(B) Convicts who had been deported from England
(ix) Which of these scientific discoveries made long journeys across oceans possible? [1]
(A) Telescope
(B) Astronomical compass
(C) Mathematical Tables
(D) The art of mapping
Answer:
(D) The art of mapping
(x) Japan is also known as: [1]
(A) Land of Five Rivers
(B) Land of Thousand Lakes
(C) Land of Rising Sun
(D) Land of Midnight Sun
Answer:
(C) Land of Rising Sun
Question 2.
Fill in the blanks.
(i) The temples of Mesopotamia were known as ______. [1]
Answer:
Ziggurats
(ii) The Aborigine make up ______ percent of Australia’s population in 2005. [1]
Answer:
2.4
(iii) Expansion of ______ was a cause of urbanisation in Mesopotamia. [1]
Answer:
trade
(iv) ______ were native tribes who live near California. [1]
Answer:
Hopis
(v) Most of the England was connected by the rails by ______. [1]
Answer:
1850
Question 3.
State whether true or false
(i) Cathedral were small churches built in France during the 12th century. [1]
Answer:
False
(ii) A course on social values was a compulsory course in Japan. [1]
Answer:
False
(iii) Protestant Reformation is the movement that began in the 15th century to reform the Christian religion. [1]
Answer:
True
(iv) Feudalism continued under the Meiji’s rule. [1]
Answer:
False
(v) ‘The Pieta’ by Michelangelo depicts Mary holding the body of Jesus. [1]
Answer:
True
Section- B (9 Marks)
Question 4.
What were the effects of the Crusades on Europe and Asia? [3]
Answer:
- The Crusades left a lasting impact on the aspects of Christian-Muslim relations.
- The Muslim states developed harsher attitudes towards its Christian subjects.
- In the areas of mixed populations (Muslims, Jews and Christians), religious conflicts intensified.
- There was a greater influence of Italian mercantile communities (from Pisa, Genoa and Venice) in the trade between the East and the West even after the restoration of Muslim power.
- In the first crusade, soldiers from France and Italy captured Antioch in Syria and also claimed Jerusalem. Their victory marked by the slaughter of Muslims and Jews.
- They increased the power of church in Europe and increased its ability to create wars and inflict violence on the common people.
Question 5.
Discuss the importance of iron and foreign trade in the growth of African civilization. [3]
Answer:
Iron led to the progress of agriculture in Africa and helped them to make weapons. They were able to extend their empire. About 2000 years ago the Africans learnt to extract and iron. East Africa was very famous for its Iron ore mines.
The traders brought the African iron to India where it was used to make swords. In return the Africans got gold. Iron also helped in shipbuilding and this helped in the development of trade.
Question 6.
How were the clay tablets prepared for writing? [3]
Answer:
The preparation of clay tablets was done as follows:
(i) A scribe would wet clay and pat it to the size that could be held comfortably in one hand.
(ii) Its surfaces were then carefully smoothened.
(iii) With a sharp end of the reed cut obliquely, wedge shaped letters (cuneiform) were pressed on the surface of the tablet while it was moist.
(iv) This was then dried in the sun and it became indestructible.
(v) Once the record of the tablet ceased to be important, it was thrown away
Section – C (15 Marks)
Question 7.
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: [5]
The Olduvai Gorge was first ‘discovered’ in the early twentieth century by a German butterfly collector. However, Olduvai has come to be identified with Mary and Louis leakey, who worked here for over 40 years. It was mary Leakey who directed archaeological excavations at Olduvai and Laetoli and she made some of the most exciting discoveries.
This is what Louis leakey wrote about one of their most remarkable finds: ‘That morning I woke with a headache and a slight fever. Reluctantly, I agreed to spend the say in camp. With one of us out of commission, it was even more vital for the other to continue the work, for our precarious seven-week season was running out.
So Mary departed for the diggings with Sally and Toots [two of their dogs] in the Land-Rover [a jeep-like vehicle], and I settled back to a restless day off. Sometime later – perhaps I dozed of – 1 heard the Land Rover coming up fast to camp. I had a momentary vision of Mary stung by one of our hundreds of resident scorpions or bitten by a snake that had slipped past the dogs.
The Land-Rover rattled to a stop, and I heard Mary’s voice calling over and over: “I’ve got him! I’ve got him! I’ve got him!’ Still groggy from the headache, I couldn’t make her out. “Got what? Are you hurt?” I asked. “Him, the man! Our man,” Mary said. “The one we’ve been looking for 23 years. Come quick, I’ve found his teeth!”
(i) With whom is the Olduvai gorge find associated with?
(ii) How did the genus derive its name?
(iii) Give four differences between the genus and the modern human.
Answer:
(i) The Olduvai gorge find is associated with Mary Leakay and Louis Leakay.
(ii) The word Australopithecus is derived Latin and Greek words. ‘Austral’ means southern and ‘pithekos’ means ape. The earliest form of humans still retained many features of the ape and hence was given this name.
(iii) The differences between the genus and the modern humans are as follows :
(a) Their brain size is smaller than the humans.
(b) They had large black teeth.
(c) Their hand movement was limited.
(d) As the genus spent a long time on trees which is evident from their long forelimbs, curved hands and foot bones and mobile joints.
Question 8.
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: [5]
The traditional religious culture of the classical world, both Greek and Roman, had been a polytheist. That is, it involved a multiplicity of cults that included both Roman/Italian gods like Jupiter, Juno, Minerva and Mars, as well as numerous Greek and eastern deities worshipped in thousands of temples, shrines and sanctuaries throughout the empire.
Polytheists had no common name or label to describe themselves. The other great religious tradition in the empire was Judaism. But Judaism was not a monolith either, and there was a great deal of diversity within the Jewish communities of late antiquity. Thus, the ‘Christianisation’ of the empire in the fourth and fifth centuries was a gradual and complex process.
Polytheism did not disappear overnight, especially in the western provinces, where the Christian bishops waged a running battle against beliefs and practices they condemned more than the Christian laity did. The boundaries between religious communities were much more fluid in the fourth century than they would become thanks to the repeated efforts of religious leaders, the powerful bishops who now led the Church, to rein in their followers and enforce a more rigid set of beliefs and practices.
(i) What was the main work of the Christians bishops?
(ii) Explain the meaning of Judaism.
(iii) Enlist the names of Roman gods who were worshipped throughout the empire.
Answer:
(i) Christian bishops waged a running battle against beliefs and practices they condemned.
(ii) The religious tradition of the Roman Empire is known as Judaism.
(iii) The Romans were involved in a multiplicity of cults that included both Roman/Italian gods like Jupiter, Juno, Minerva and Mars, as well as numerous Greek and eastern deities worshipped in thousands of temples, shrines and sanctuaries throughout the empire.
Question 9.
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. [5]
‘In Benedictine monasteries, there was a manuscript with 73 chapters of rules which were followed by monks for many centuries. Here are some of the rules they had to follow:
Chapter 6: Permission to speak should rarely be granted to monks.
Chapter 7: Humility means obedience.
Chapter 33: No monk should own private property.
Chapter 47: Idleness is the enemy of the soul, so friars and sisters should be occupied at certain times in manual labour, and at fixed hours in sacred reading.
Chapter 48: The monastery should be laid out in such a way that all necessities be found within its bounds: water, mill, garden, workshops.
(i) What is given in chapter 47?
(ii) What values are reflected in this chapter?
(iii) What does humility mean?
Answer:
(i) Chapter 47 say-Idleness is the enemy of the soul, so friars and sisters should be occupied at certain times in manual labour, and at fixed hours in sacred reading
(ii) Humanity, truthfulness, and importance of working.
(iii) Humility means obedience.
Section – D (32 Marks)
Question 10.
Discuss the methods adopted by the Mongols that facilitated their control over the vast empire. [8]
Answer:
The factors that facilitated their control over the vast empire were:
- Alteration of the old steppe social order, integration of different lineages and clans and new identity of the Mongols derived from its progenitor Genghis Khan.
- Replacement of old chieftains by the new aristocracy that derived its status not by virtue of being clan chieftain but based on a close relationship with the Great Khan. This ensured commitment and subordination.
- Division of the empire into four ‘Ulus’ with flexible frontiers each under his sons. He envisaged that his sons would rule over the Mongolian empire collectively.
- For effective and collective governance, military contingents ‘tama’ of each prince were placed in each ‘Ulus’. To avoid any wars of succession, he even indicated that his third son Ogodei would succeed him as the Great Khan.
- All decision pertaining to the state was taken collectively at the assembly of chieftains called the ‘quriltais’.
- A rapid courier system ‘Yam’ was established that connected distant areas of the empire and enabled the Khans to keep a check on the developments at the farthest end of the empire.
- From the reign of Genghis Khan itself, the Mongols recruited civil administrators from the conquered territories who were sometimes moved around. E.g. Chinese secretaries were deployed in Iran and Persians in China. This helped in integration of the conquered territories and blunting the harsher edges of the nomadic predation on sedentary life.
- By referring to the ‘Yasa’ as Genghis Khan’s code of law, the Mongol people sought to lay claim to a lawgiver like Moses and Solomon, whose authoritative code could be imposed on the subjects. The ‘Yasa’ enabled to keep the Mongol people together and enabled the Mongols to retain their ethnic identity while imposing their ‘laws’ upon the defeated subjects.
Question 11.
How did Renaissance/Humanism impact Christianity? Discuss with emphasis on Protestant Reformation. [8]
Answer:
Humanism had a deep impact on Christianity. In Italy, Renaissance with its focus on classical Greco- Roman texts led to individualism and questioning of religious dogmas by professional scholars. In Northern Europe, humanism attracted many members of the church. They called on Christians to practice religion in the way it was laid down in the ancient texts discarding rituals and returning to the earlier pure form. There was a radical new view of human beings as free and rational beings.
Christian humanists such as Thomas More in England and Erasmus in Holland objected to the luxurious life led by those associated with the Church. They objected to the sale of letters of indulgences to those people who had sinned. In this way, the rich could absolve themselves of the sins they committed. Further, the Church’s focus on Latin excluded the common man who could not read or write. With the spread of education and the printing press, the Bible was also translated into vernacular languages and the religious teachings reached the common man.
The authority of the church began to be questioned; Peasants rebelled against the taxes and extortions of the church. Princes found the interference of the church cumbersome. Humanist’s argument that the ‘Donation of Constantine’ which was the basis of clergy’s claim to judidal and fiscal powers was fabricated encouraged the princes.
The strongest attack on the Catholic Church and papacy was led by Martin Luther of Germany. He argued that a person did not need priests to establish contact with God. He asked his followers to have complete faith in God, faith alone could guide them to the right life and entry to heaven.
This movement called the Protestant Reformation led to the churches in Germany and Switzerland breaking their connection with the Pope and the Catholic Church. In France, Protestantism and radicalism merged with people claiming the right to overthrow an oppressive ruler and choose a person of their own liking. In England, the rulers ended their connection with the Catholic Church and assumed leadership of the church as well.
Question 12.
Did Japan’s policy of rapid industrialization lead to wars with its neighbours and destruction of the environment? [8]
Answer:
Rapid industrialisation of Japan infused ideas of creating a modem nation which would also be able to protect itself from the European colonists. Along with it, they wanted to create a colonial empire of their own.
- This intention led to wars with neighbouring countries. Japan, even though a smaller country, launched wars with countries like China and Russia in order to extend its empire.
- Japan emerged victorious in wars with these countries and Japan’s modern army’s performance remained unmatched in the wars.
- Japan took war further and attacked the Anglo-American army during World War (ii) They attacked America’s Pearl Harbour.
- In retaliation America dropped nuclear bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasak (i) This led to the mass loss of human lives and even the environment was harmed.
- Even after this dreadful attack, Japan pulled a post-war “miracle” and advanced in industrial and economic growth like no other nation.
- The 1964 Olympics hosted in Tokyo, and the bullet train was an example of Japan’s ability to produce better quality products at cheaper rates.
- But this industrial advancement came with a cost to the environment. Cases of cadmium poisoning, mercury poisoning, deforestation and environmental pollution emerged as there was no regard for environmental preservation.
- With efforts of the grass-roots pressure groups, the government was made to reform its ideas and look towards making polities for environmental preservation.
Question 13.
Mention some of the facts regarding Ur, one of the earliest cities to be excavated. [8]
Answer:
Ur was systematically excavated in the 1930s. The main features that came to light were:
Narrow winding streets indicate that wheeled carts could not have reached the houses. Sacks of grains or firewood would have been carried on donkey backs. Narrow winding streets and irregular shapes of plots indicate an absence of town planning. Also, there were no street drains like those found in Mohenjo-Daro.
However, drains and pipes made of clay have been found in the inner courtyards of the Ur houses and probably the roofs sloped inwards so that the rainwater was channelized via the drainpipes into the sumps in the inner courtyards.
This could have been a way to prevent the unpaved streets from becoming slushy after a heavy downpour.
People seem to have swept all the household refuse into the streets. This made the street levels rise over time and the thresholds of houses had to be raised so that no mud would flow in after the rains. The light came into the rooms from doors that opened into courtyards. There were no windows.
There was a town cemetery at Ur in which the graves of the royalty and commoners have been found together, but few individuals were also found buried under the floors of the ordinary houses.
Section – E (4 Marks)
Question 14.
On the given map, name the parts (1), (2), (3) & (4).
Answer:
