History Question Paper 2023 [AHSEC Class 11 History Question Paper]

History Question Paper 2023
[AHSEC Class 11 History Question Paper]

Full Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 30
Time: 3 hours

The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions

1. Answer the following questions (any twelve):             1x12=12

(a) To which sub-group do the Primates belong?

(b) Write the meaning of ‘pithekos’.

(c) Who first made the stone tools?

(d) Name one Chinese traveler who visited ancient India.

(e) Who was Tacitus?

(f) Where was the Abbasid Uprising broke out?

(g) What is Maqamat?

(h) Who first wrote the Geography of Africa?

(i) Name the work of Marc Bloch.

(j) Who was the leader of the Protestant Movement?

(k) Name one thinker who showed knowledge is different from belief.

(l) Who developed the system of finger reading for the blinds?

(m) When did Mahatma Gandhi launch Non-Cooperation Movement?

2. Answer the following questions in brief (any twelve):               2x12=24

(a) What do you understand by adaptation?

(b) Mention two ways of obtaining food by the early human.

(c) Write any two characteristics of the Hominidae.

(d) Who were the main ‘three players’ of the Roman Empire?

(e) Name the two coins circulated in the Caliphate.

(f) Name the book of Ibn Sina on medicine. How many names of drug are enlisted in the book?

(g) Name two taxes paid by the travelers and traders to the Mongols.

(h) Mention two privileges enjoyed by the French nobles.

(i) Name two architects of Humanism.

(j) What are the two houses of the British Parliament?

(k) What is classical style of architecture?

(l) Which two European scholars first used the term ‘Industrial Revolution’ in France and Germany?

(m) Why did London becomes the Global Trade Hub in the 18^th Century?

(n) Write any two clauses of the Combination Act of  1795.

3. Answer the following questions (any ten):                  4x10=40

(a) Write a note on the urban life of Ur.

(b) Explain the significance of urbanization.

(c) Write an essay on the military organization of the Mongols.

(d) Discuss about the economic expansion in the Roman Empire.

(e) Write a note on Dona Marina.

(f) Was there a Renaissance in the 14^th century in Europe? Discuss.

(g) What caused political changes in the 14^th century Europe?

(h) Give a brief idea of Mutual Perception.

(i) Give a geographical description of China.

(j) Write a short note on the Meiji Restoration in Japan.

(k) Write a short note on the Incas of Peru.

4. Answer the following questions (any four):              6x4=24

(a) Discuss briefly about the evolution of human.

(b) What do you understand by Crusades? What were its effects?           2+4=6

(c) Discuss about the characteristics of Humanism.

(d) What do you understand by the displacement of indigenous people with special reference to North America? Discuss.

(e) Discuss about the position of the Mongols in the history of the world.

(f) Draw a map of Britain and show three cotton textile manufacturing areas.     3+3=6