Students must start practicing the questions from CBSE Sample Papers for Class 11 History with Solutions Set 6 are designed as per the revised syllabus.
CBSE Sample Papers for Class 11 History Set 6 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 (20 Marks)
Question 1.
Multiple Choice Questions
(i) The Clay tablet depicts picture of: [1]
(A) A Poetry written by Mesopotamians
(B) A mathematical exercise with triangles and lines
(C) A science experiment
(D) A secret document with codes
Answer:
(B) A mathematical exercise with triangles and lines
(ii) What is the name given to the economic, political and social relations that existed in Medieval Europe? [1]
(A) Feudalism
(B) Capitalism
(C) Communism
(D) Socialism
Answer:
(A) Feudalism
(iii) Who were Tupinambas? [1]
(A) The tribe who had plentiful diamond supplies
(B) The tribe that was given to the king, strictly subjected to kings orders
(C) The name was given to the king’s army
(D) The tribe who lived on the east coast of South America
Answer:
(D) The tribe who lived on the east coast of South America
(iv) Who were the Mongols? [1]
(A) Fierce nomadic tribes of Central Asian Steppes
(B) A ruling class
(C) Labours
(D) Settled tribes
Answer:
(A) Fierce nomadic tribes of Central Asian Steppes
(v) Genghis Khan was born some time around : [1]
(A) 1362
(B) 1262
(C) 1622
(D) 1162
Answer:
(D) 1162
(vi) What was the area of interest of Leonardo da Vinci? [1]
(A) He took interest in botany, anatomy, mathematics and art
(B) He took interest in European paintings
(C) He took interest in politics
(D) He took interest in religious transformation
Answer:
(A) He took interest in botany, anatomy, mathematics and art.
(vii) Which of these was the oldest Mesopotamian town? [1]
(A) Ur
(B) Raur
(C) Sumeria
(D) Urr
Answer:
(A) Ur
(viii) Copernicus was a devout Christian. [1]
(A) The statement is True
(B) The statement is False
(C) The statement is partially True
(D) None of these
Answer:
(A) The statement is True
(ix) The Meiji constitution was enacted in: [1]
(A) 1883
(B) 1885
(C) 1887
(D) 1889
Answer:
(D) 1889
(x) When did the ‘Trail of Tears’ incident occur? [1]
(A) 1830-40
(B) 1810-20
(C) 1850-60
(D) 1780-90
Answer:
(A) 1830-40
Question 2.
Fill in the blanks
(i) _______percent of Canada is covered with forests. [1]
Answer:
40
(ii) Mesopotamia is the modern_______. [1]
Answer:
Iraq
(iii) By the beginning of first century BCE, the Romans had conquered_______and _______. [1]
Answer:
Greece and Asia Minor
(iv) Guomindang’s political philosophy was based on ________ideas. [1]
Answer:
Sun Yat Sen’s
(v) Official policy of Australia that gave equal respect to native cultures and those of the immigrants is called _______ and _________. [1]
Answer:
Multiculturalism
Question 3.
State whether true or false.
(i) Merchants, landlords, artisans’ belonged to the upper class in Mesopotamian society. [1]
Answer:
False
(ii) Achaemenids of Iran conquered and won the city of Babylon in 539 BCE. [1]
Answer:
True
(iii) Very few people in Mesopotamia could read or write. [1]
Answer:
True
(iv) Joachim Rheticus was a follower of Copernicus. [1]
Answer:
True
(v) Humans who could walk erect on their legs were known as Australopithecus. [1]
Answer:
False
Section – B (9 Marks)
Question 4.
Briefly discuss the sources which helped to reconstruct Roman history. [3]
Answer:
The sources for the reconstruction of Roman history can be divided into three categories:
(1) Texts: These include the details of the period written by contemporaries. E.g. Annals, letters, speeches, sermons, laws, etc.
(2) Documentary sources: These include many inscriptions and papyr(i) Large number of inscriptions in Greek and Latin have survived as they were inscribed on rocks. Papyri too have survived in thousands. These mostly relate to contracts, accounts, letters and official documents.
(3) Material remains: These include assortment of items unearthed by archaeologists. E.g. buildings, monuments, other kinds of structures, pottery, coins, mosaics, etc.
Question 5.
Why did the Mongol-Chinese relations become tense? [3]
Answer:
Due to scarcity of resources it was imperative for the Mongols to trade and barter with their sedentary neighbours in China. The nomads would exchange agricultural produce and iron utensils from China for horses, furs and game trapped in the Steppe. The Barter system often caused tensions in trading activities as both parties desired to earn enhanced profits, it often caused military pressures.
For example, when the Mongols traded unitedly, the Chinese had to trade with them on better conditions. These frontier conflicts proved disastrous for the settled societies as it dislocated their agriculture and destroyed cities. China suffered considerably under different regimes. It forced the Chinese rulers to build fortifications to protect their subjects.
Question 6.
How were the geographical discoveries of the 16th century responsible for bringing the Modern Age? [3]
Answer:
The geographical discoveries led to the establishment of trading companies among sailors and traders. The Europeans – Portuguese, English, French and the Dutch established their companies to trade with India and America. They encouraged the slave trade as civilisation spread to other countries which till now had remained hidden. These voyages of discoveries promoted trade and made many countries prosperous. The new discoveries enlightened people and they were encouraged to give up their superstitions and hollow beliefs.
Section – C (15 Marks)
Question 7.
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: [5]
‘Each of the great houses of Rome contained within itself everything which a medium-sized city could hold, a hippodrome, fora, temples, fountains and different kinds of baths. Many of the Roman households received an income of four thousand pounds of gold per year from their properties, not including grain, wine and other produce which, if sold, would have amounted to one-third of the income in gold. The income of the households in Rome of the second class was one thousand or fifteen hundred pounds of gold.’
(i) Why do you think households received income in gold?
(ii) Describe the social structure of the Late antiquity.
(iii) Give three features of the Late Roman aristocracy.
Answer:
(i) Households received income in gold because the monetary system based on silver was exhausted and a new monetary system based on gold was established by Constantine.
(ii) By the time of late antiquity, the senators and “equites” had merged into a unified expanded aristocracy. The middle class now consisted of many people connected with the imperial bureaucracy, army and prosperous merchants. While the labour workforce ‘humiliores’ now also comprised of the migrant workers, rural labour force, workers in industrial mining establishments, etc.
(iii) The Three features of Late Roman aristocracy are:
(a) It was enormously wealthy with a lavish lifestyle.
(b) It was however less powerful than the new military elites who came from non-aristocratic background.
(c) The landed aristocracy attempted to increase the volume of surplus through debt bondage.
Question 8.
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: [5]
This woman’s head was sculpted in white marble at Uruk before 3000 BCE. The eyes and eyebrows would probably have taken lapis lazuli (blue) and shell (white) and bitumen (black) inlays, respectively. There is a groove along the top of the head, perhaps for an ornament. This is a world-famous piece of sculpture, admired for the delicate modelling of the woman’s mouth, chin and cheeks. And it was modelled in a hard stone that would have been imported from a distance.
(i) Where was the woman’s head sculpture discovered? What was it called? How old was this?
(ii) What were its unique characteristics?
(iii) Why is it a world-famous sculpture? Which qualities of this sculpture made it so famous?
Answer:
(i) This woman’s head was sculpted in white marble at Uruk. It was called the Warka Head. It was 3000 BCE old.
(ii) Warka Head had some unique characteristics. These were:
(a)The eyes and eyebrows would probably have taken lapis lazuli (blue) and shell (white) and bitumen (black) inlays.
(b)There is a groove along the top of the head, perhaps for an ornament.
(iii) The Warka Head was admired for the delicate modelling of the woman’s mouth, chin and cheeks
Question 9.
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: [5]
It is interesting to note that another writer, Washington Irving, much younger than Wordsworth and who had actually met native people, described them quite differently. ‘The Indians I have had an opportunity of seeing in real life are quite different from those described in poetry. Taciturn theyare, it is true, when in company with white men, whose goodwill they distrust and whose language they do not understand; but the white man is equally taciturn under like circumstances.
When the Indians are among themselves, they are great mimics, and entertain themselves excessively at the expense of the whites who have supposed them impressed with profound respect for their grandeur and dignity. The white men (as I have witnessed) are prone to treat the poor Indians as little better than animals’.
(i) Why were the Indians referred to as Taciturn?
(ii) What impressed the native people?
(iii) Natives and Europeans viewed each other differently.
Answer:
(i) Indians were referred to as taciturn because they remained aloof in the company of whites.
(ii) The natives were impressed by the grandeur and dignity of whites.
(iii) (a)Europeans: They considered the natives uncivilised and the goods they exchanged with natives -they regarded as commodities.
(b)The Natives were puzzled and saddened by the greed of Europeans for native goods. They viewed their exchange with Europeans as ‘gifts’ given in friendship.
Section – D (32 Marks)
Question 10.
Describe the steps taken by Genghis Khan to reorganise the people into a more effective and disciplined military force. [8]
Answer:
The factors that facilitated their control over the vast empire were:
(1) 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.
(2) 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.
(3) 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.
(4) 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.
(5) All decision pertaining to the state was taken collectively at the assembly of chieftains called the ‘quriltais’.
(6) 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.
(7) 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 the integration of the conquered territories and blunting the harsher edges of the nomadic predation on sedentary life.
(8) 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 the achievements of Renaissance scientists contribute to a revolution in science? [8]
Answer:
Renaissance scientists represented a new trend with a focus on questioning, observation and experimentation.
(1) Copernicus (1473-1543): Represented the turning point in European science. He was the first to put forth the theory that the earth rotates on its axis and revolves around the sun. This was a complete break from the traditional system of thought which believed that the earth was the centre of the world. It was a sinful place and the heavy burden of sin made it immobile.
(2) Galileo (1564-1642): He invented the telescope and used it to observe heavenly bodies. On the basis of his observations, he confirmed Copernicus’ theory.
(3) Kepler (1571-1630): Kepler popularised the theory that the earth was a part of a sun centred system and demonstrated that the planets moved around the sun in elliptical orbits and not circles.
(4) Isaac Newton (1642-1726): He put forth the theory of gravitation which proved that all heavenly bodies move according to their gravitational force.
(5) Harvey: Proved that the heart pumps the blood in our body and gave a complete understanding of the circulation of blood in our body.
(6) Vesalius (1514-1564): Based on his study of dissection of the human body, he provided the complete description of the human body. This marked the beginning of modern anatomy.
The Renaissance scientists began learning by observation and experimentation popularly termed as the scientific method. It emphasised knowledge as distinct from belief. This method is to date applied to various fields and is termed as the Scientific Revolution. Increasingly nature rather than God was seen as the source of all creation. This thought was popularised by scientific societies such as Paris Academy (1670) and The Royal Society in London (1662).
Question 12.
How did Japan escape colonisation? [8]
Answer:
After the news of China’s defeat, fear gripped Japan that it too might be made into a colony. To escape a similar fate as China and India, the government launched a policy with a slogan, “Fukoku Kyohei” (rich country, strong army). They realised that they needed to develop their economy and build a strong army. To this, they needed to create a sense of nationhood among the people and to transform subjects into citizens. To achieve these ideals, the government took the following measures:
(1) It built the ‘emperor system’.
(2) New system of education was introduced based on the European model with special emphasis on ‘moral culture’ and an attitude of extreme nationalism and chauvinism. By 1910, schooling was almost universal.
(3) To integrate the nation, a new administrative structure altering the old village boundaries was imposed.
(4) A modern military force was developed. Conscription was introduced for all young men over 20 years.
(5) Civil liberties and open political struggles were curbed and a legal system was set up to regulate the formation of political groups, control holding of meetings and imposed strict censorship.
(6) The Diet and the military were put under the direct command of the emperor. The state was controlled by an oligarchy and the military and the police were given wide powers.
(7) The economy was modernised in less than four decades. State capitalism was undertaken with the help of Daimyos and big merchant houses. State industries were sold to ‘Zaibatsu’. Companies like Mitsubishi and Sumitomo were helped by subsidies and tax benefits.
(8) Initially, the stress was on strategic industries but was soon followed by others like textiles and cement
Question 13.
What is the legacy of Mesopotamia to the world? [8]
Answer:
The scholarly tradition of mathematics and time reckoning are the legacy of the Mesopotamian civilisation to the world.
(1) Tablets dating back to 1800 BCE have been found.
(2) These tablets have tables of multiplication and division, of squares and square root.
(3) There are also tables of compound interest.
(4) Mesopotamians had divided the year into 12 months according to the revolution of the moon around the earth.
(5) The month was divided into four weeks, a day into 24 hours and an hour into 60 minutes. This is their greatest contribution to the world that is used till date.
(6) They had also noted the occurrence of solar and lunar eclipses and recorded the position of stars and constellations in the night sky.
(7) Urbanization, writing, astronomy, wind power, irrigation, trade notation, agricultural developments, animal husbandry, the wheel, etc. are some of the other legacy.
(8) Their greatest legacy though was the foundation and standard for civilizations to come and the basic ideas which combined with ideas of freedom that led to present western civilization.
Section – E (4 Marks)
Question 14.
On the given map, identify the given points 1, 2, 3, and 4. [4]
Answer:
