S.E.C RLY HR. SEC SCHOOL NO.

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PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION
HISTORY
Class XI Session 2023-24

Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80

General Instructions:
(i) Question paper comprises five Sections – A, B, C, D and E. There are 34 questions in the question paper. All
questions are compulsory.
(ii) Section A – Question 1 to 21 are MCQs of 1 mark each.
(iii) Section B – Question no. 22 to 27 are Short Answer Type Questions, carrying 3 marks each. Answer to each
question should not exceed 60-80 words.
(iv) Section C - Question no 28 to 30 are Long Answer Type Questions, carrying 8 marks each. Answer to each
question should not exceed 300-350 words.
(v) Section D – Question no.31 to 33 are Source based questions with three sub questions and are of 4 marks each.
(vi) Section-E - Question no. 34 is Map based, carrying 5 marks that includes the identification and location of
significant test items. Attach the map with the answer book.
(vi) There is no overall choice in the question paper. However, an internal choice has been provided in few questions.
Only one of the choices in such questions have to be attempted.
(viii)In addition to this, separate instructions are given with each section and question, wherever necessary.

SECTION - A

Multiple Choice Questions 1 x 21=21

1. Consider the following statements: [1]
(i) Mesopotamia lacked mineral resources.
(ii) In most parts of the south there was a shortage of stones for making tools, seals (currencies) and jewellery.
(iii) The wood of Iraqi palm and poplar trees was not particularly good for making carts, wheelbarrows or
boats.
(iv) There was no metal available for making tools, utensils, or ornaments.
Which of the following statements is correct? Choose the right option:
(A) i and ii
(B) ii and iii
(C) i, ii, and iii
(D) i, ii, iii, and iv
2. Choose the correct answer from the given options. [1]
Name of the Roman emperor who introduced the gold coin:
(A) Augustus
(B) Octavian
(C) Constantine
(D) Diocletian

3. To which tribe did Genghis Khan belong to? [1]

(A) Kiyat
(B) Huna
 (C) Finnish
(D) Qureshi

4. Read statements about Seal — An Urban Artefact. [1]

(i) In India, early stone seals were stamped.
(ii) A seal could be rolled on the clay.
(iii) Seal was the mark of a symbol of authority.
Choose the correct options
(A) (i), (ii), and (iii)
(B) (i) and (iii)
(C) (ii) and (iii)
(D) (iii) only

5. Match the facts related to Roman Empire [1]

A. Pax-Romana 1. Writing material
B. Papyrus rolls 2. Heart of Roman Empire
C. Mediterranean Sea 3. Damascus
D. Syria 4. Roman peace
(A) A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4
(B) A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2
(C) A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2
(D) A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3

6. Which Mesopotamian ruler was a great hero who subdued people far and wide? He was said to have ruled
the city of Uruk and was shocked when his heroic friend died. [1]
(A) Enmerkar
(B) Gilgamesh
(C) Zimrillim
(D) Nabonidus

7. Workers who provided cheap labour in Australia were [1]

(A) Chinese immigrants
(B) African slaves
(C) Australian aboriginal
(D) Indian labourers

8. Identify and write the name of the European estate with the help of the following information: [1]
He had absolute control over his property.
He could raise troops called feudal levies.
He had his own court of justice and could even coin his own money.
(A) Nobles/Kings
(B) Clergy
(C) Slaves
(D) None of the above
9. Read the following lines and recognise- [1]
The ordinary members of a religious community as opposed to the priests or clergy who have official
positions within the community.
(A) Laity
(B) Plebs
(C) Humiores
(D) Slave

10. Japanese borrowed their written script from: [1]

(A) China
(B) Russia
(C) Korea
(D) Taiwan

11. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Choose
the correct answer from the given options related to the statement.
Assertion(A): Tithe was the tax collected by the church from the peasants. [1]
Reason (R): It was fixed as 1110th of the total produce.
(A) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is incorrect but R is correct.
(D) R is incorrect but A is correct.

12. The Mongols imported …………………. from China. [1]

(A) Cotton
(B) Crude Oil
(C) Coffee
(D) Iron Utensils

13. Mao launched the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in which year? [1]
(A) 1966
(B) 1978
(C) 1989
(D) 1949

14. Who were regarded as Red Indians? [1]

(A) Native Americans
(B) Native Australians
(C) Native Africans
(D) Native Indians

15. The first president of the Chinese Republic was: [1]

(A) Dr. Sun Yat Sen
(B) Mao Ze Dong
(C) Chiang Kai-shek
(D) Deng Xiaoping

16. “The Problem of Indian Administration” was a survey conducted by: [1]
(A) Lewis Meriam
 (B) Daniel Paul
(C) Thomas Paine
(D) Andrew Carnegie

17. Look at the picture. Identify and write the name of the artist who made this famous statue. [1]

(A) Michelangelo
(B) Da Vinci
(C) Erasmus
(D) Pablo Picasso

18. The first agitation against Industrial pollution in 1897 was launched by …………………. . [1]
(A) Tanaka Shozo
(B) Toju
(C) Mao Zedong
(D) None of the above.

19. Fill in the blank.

…………………………… propounded the theory of Earth as part of solar system. [1]
(A) Galileo Galilei
(B) Johannes Kepler
(C) Nicolas Copernicus
(D) Isaac Newton

20. I am regarded as the father of Humanism in world History. Who am I? [1]

(A) Petrarch
(B) Giovanni Pica della
(C) Dante Alighieri
(D) Andreas Vesalius

21. Identify the thinker who wrote this: “India was a country that was destroyed by a non-country that is the
East India Company”. [1]
(A) Miyake Setsurei
(B) Liang Qichao
(C) Ueki Emori
(D) FukuzawaYukichi
 SECTION - B
Short Answer Type Questions 3 x 6 = 18

22. The kingdom of Mari was not militarily strong, yet it was exceptionally prosperous. Discuss. [3]

OR

‘The use of seals played a significant role in the trade of Mesopotamia’. Comment. [3]

23. What did the natives and the Europeans think of the goods they exchanged during the colonial era? What
was the reaction of the natives? [3]

24. How satisfactory is a museum gallery display in explaining the culture of some particular class of people? [3]

25. Highlight the vital notions of the first estate of early French society. [3]
26. What were the effects of Japanese defeat in World War II? [3]
27. Describe the main causes and consequences of Renaissance. [3]

SECTION - C

Long Answer Type Questions 8 x 3 = 24

1. Discuss the political structure of the Roman Empire. [8]
OR
“Roman civilisation flourished in the Mediterranean region. it had contributed a lot to the world
civilisation.” With the help of examples, describe the contribution of this civilisation. [8]

2. Describe the steps taken by Genghis Khan to reorganise people into more effective and disciplined
military force. [8]
OR
‘Genghis Khan was a godfather for Mongols but a destroyer for others. Elucidate the statement. [8]

3. Describe the conditions of Japan before the Meiji Restoration. [8]

OR
What was the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution? What was its result? [8]

SECTION - D

Source Based Questions 4 x 3 = 12

4. Read the passages carefully and answer the following questions.
William Tyndale (1494-1536), an English Lutheran who translated the Bible into English in 1506, defended
Protestantism thus: ‘In this they be all agreed, to drive you from the knowledge of this scripture, and that you
shall not have the text thereof in the mother tongue, and to keep the world still in darkness, to the intent they
might sit in the consciousness of the people through vain superstition and false doctrine, to satisfy their proud
ambition and in Satiable covetousness, and to exalt their own honor above King and Emperor. Yea, and above
God himself…. Which thing only moved me to translate the New Testament because I had perceived by
experience, how would that be impossible to establish the lay people in any Truth, except the scripture were
plainly laid before their eyes in their mother tongue, that they might see the process, order, and meaning of
the text Self-made.
 (a) What do you know about William Tyndale? (1)
(b) What were his objectives to translate the Bible into English? (1)
(c) What were the issues on which the Protestants criticised the Catholic Church? Write any two issues? (2)
5. Because of the inadequacy which we often felt on feast days, for the narrowness of the place forced the
women to run towards the altar upon the heads of the men with much anguish and noisy confusion, [we
decided] to enlarge and amplify the noble church. We also caused to be painted, by the exquisite hands of
many masters from different regions, a splendid variety of new windows… Because these windows are very
valuable on account of their wonderful execution and the profuse expenditure of painted glass and sapphire
glass, we appointed an official master craftsman for their protection, and also a goldsmith. . .who would
receive their allowances, namely, coins from the altar and flour from the common storehouse of the
brethren, and who would never neglect their duty, to look after these [works of art]. Abbot Suger (1081-
1151) about the Abbey of St Denis, near Paris. Self-made
(a) Define cathedral. (1)
(b) What purpose did the stained windows serve? (1)
(c) What were the vital features of a cathedral and cathedral towns? (2)
6. The Warka Head
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 could have been imported from a distance.
(a) What is a Warka Head? (1)
(b) In what manner were the eyes and eyebrows of the Warka Head completed? (1)
(c) Why is the Warka Head admired all over the world? (2)

SECTION - E
7. Map Based Questions 1 x 5 = 5
On a political map of West Asia locate and mark the following: 3+2
(a) Persian Gulf
(b) Babylon
(c) Caspian sea
OR
Black sea
8. On the same map, A & B has been marked as an important city of Mesopotamia. Identify and write their
names. 5