VIBGYOR HIGH

SAMPLE PAPER
AY 2023-2024
HISTORY & CIVICS

Grade: X Max. Marks: 80

Date: DD/MM/YYYY Time Allowed: 2 hour
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INSTRUCTIONS:
• Answers to this paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
• You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.
• This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
• The time given at the head of this paper is the time allowed for writing the
answers.
• The intended marks for the questions or parts of questions are given
alongside the questions.
• Attempt all questions from Part I (Compulsory). A total of five questions are
to be attempted from Part II. Two out of three questions from Section A and
three out of five questions from Section B.
• The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in bracket [ ]

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Part 1
Section A [30 Marks]
Attempt all questions from this Section.
Q.1 Choose the correct option [16]
(i) An ordinance is called a temporary law. Which of the following [1]
statements correctly describes the same?
(a) Only the Cabinet can prepare an ordinance.

(b) It is issued when the Parliament is not functioning.

(c) If the Parliament does not approve it within six weeks it becomes
inoperative.
(d) Only the President can promulgate an ordinance

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(ii) Given below are details of a few Indian citizens. [1]

Select the person who fulfils the eligibility criteria to become a member
of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.
(a) W
(b) X
(c) Y
(d) Z
(iii) [1]
The opposition feels that the ruling government does not have the
majority in the Lok Sabha and wants to bring down the
Government.

Which of these motions will the Leader of the Opposition move?

(a) Adjournment Motion

(b) No-confidence Motion

(c) Motion of Thanks

(d) Censure Motion

(iv) [1]
Identify the officials who form the electoral college for the Presidential
elections in India
P: elected members of Parliament
Q: nominated members of Parliament
R: elected members of State Legislative Assemblies
S: nominated members of State Legislative Councils
(a) P and Q

(b) R and S
(c) P and R
(d) Q and S
(v) [1]
Arrange the Council of Ministers as per the order of their rank.
(a) Cabinet ministers, Ministers of State, Deputy Ministers

(b) Ministers of State, Deputy Ministers, Cabinet Ministers

(c) Prime Minister, Cabinet Ministers, Speaker
(d) Speaker, Cabinet minister, Deputy ministers

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(vi) [1]
Court of District Judge : Civil Cases : : Sessions Court : Cases
(a) Advisory
(b) Criminal
(c) Constitutional
(d) Appellate
(vii) The central government of a country named X has decided to [1]
enforce a law similar to the Vernacular Press Act, which was
enacted by the British in India in 1878 to control and regulate the
vernacular press.
Based on this information, who among the following is most likely to
benefit from the enforcement of the law in X?
(a) its citizens

(b) the media industry

(c) the opposition party
(d) the ruling political party
(viii) A college student named Roshni is doing a project on a prominent [1]
Indian leader whose core work revolved around Dalit rights.

Who is Roshni MOST LIKELY writing about?

(a) Surendranath Banerjee

(b) Dadabhai Naoroji

(c) Pherozeshah Mehta
(d) Jyotiba Phule
(ix) [1]
Which of the following was not a part of the First set of methods of the
early nationalists?
(a) Held meetings where speeches were made

(b) made use of the press to criticize government policies

(c) made use of the three P’s
(d) Sent petitions to the government
(x) The judge that does not perform any administrative functions is [1]

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 Source Daily express,29 June ,Monday, 1914
Which of the following is the immediate impact of the above mentioned
incident
(a) It led to the supremacy of America
(b) It led to the First World War
(c) Austria and Hungary became two independent nations
(d) Democracy replaced monarchy in many countries
(xi) Which of the following was not a significance of the Lucknow Pact? [1]
(a) Mass involvement

(b) Hindu Muslim unity

(c) Unity within the Congress
(d) Need to pacify the Indians
(xii) Read the two statements given below about the Civil Disobedience [1]
Movement and select the option that shows the correct relationship
between (A) and (B).
(A)Gandhi's Civil Disobedience was based on engaging in
dialogue and negotiation with the British.

(B) Gandhi believed that violence and aggression are

counterproductive to achieve any goal.
(a) (B) contradicts (A)

(b) (B) is the reason for (A).

(c) (A) is true but (B) is false.
(d) (A) and (B) are independent of each other.
(xiii) Where was the Quit India Resolution adopted? [1]
(a) Mumbai

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 (b) Lucknow
(c) Wardha
(d) Lahore
(xiv) Which of the following were a part of the methods of the assertive [1]
nationalists?

(a) Held meetings where speeches were made

(b) made use of the press to criticize government policies
(c) made use of the three P’s
(d) None of the above
(xv) The Anti Semitic Propoganda was [1]
(a) Hitler’s campaign against the Jews

(b) Anti Communist pact of USA

(c) An effort to reduce conflict post World War I
(d) Nazi party’s campaign against the socialists
(xvi) Which of the following was not a common ideology for the rise of [1]
Fascism and Nazism?
(a) Uphold one party and one leader

(b) To follow the totalitarian rule

(c) To believe in aggressive nationalism
(d) Mutual hatred for the Allied powers
Q.2 [14]
(a) Read the given news carefully. [2]

Headline: Mysuru Lok Adalat settles 53-year-old civil case involving

Kannada poets' kin. This case went on for a total of 53 years in
various courts and involved 10 advocates and 40 witnesses.

Source: news18.com published on March 14, 2022

State any two advantages of Lok Adalats that can be deduced from the
above news headline.

(b) The President of India has promulgated an ordinance. State two [2]

occasions when it can lapse.

(c) When and where was the first session of the Indian National Congress [2]

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 held?
(d) What methods did the Early Nationalists adopt to influence the British [2]
government and the British public?
(e) State the aims of the Muslim League. [2]
(f) State the objectives of the INA. [2]
(g) Mention any two countries which gained independence after the First [2]
World War.
PART - 2
Section A [20 Marks]
Attempt any two questions from this Section.
Q.3 [10]
Democracy is defined as the government of the people, by
the people, for the people.
With reference to the above statement, answer the following
questions:
(a) Besides being a citizen of India, state the qualifications required to be [3]
a member of Lok Sabha.
(b) When can the Parliament legislate on the subjects included in the state [3]

list?
(c) Explain two exclusive powers each for both the Houses of Parliament. [4]
Q.4 The President is known as the First Citizen of the country. [10]
With reference to the above statement, answer the
following
questions:
(a) Why is the President elected indirectly? [3]
(b) Name and explain the three types of emergencies. [3]
(c) When can the Vice President take over the position of the President? [4]
Q.5 With reference to the Indian judiciary, answer the following [10]
questions:
(a) Who appoints the judges of the Supreme Court? Name any two [3]
qualifications required to be appointed as the judge of the Supreme
Court.
(b) Explain the term Original Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court with any [3]
two examples.
(c) Name any 4 writs issued by the Supreme court. [4]
Section B [30 Marks]
(Attempt any three questions from this Section.)

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Q.6 The First War of Independence shook the foundation of the British [10]
Empire to its core.
With reference to the above statement, answer the following
questions:

(a) How did the taxing of religious places lead to the first war of [3]
independence?.
(b) Explain the immediate cause of the revolt of 1857. [3]
(c) In context to the various factors responsible for causing the great [4]
upsurge of 1857, discuss about the introduction of Railways and
Telegraphs.
Q.7 Read the excerpt given below and answer the questions that follow- [10]

The movement had generated worldwide publicity, and

British were looking for a way to end it. Gandhiji was
released from custody in January 1931, and the two men
began negotiating the terms of the pact. For many
conservatives in England, the meetings and talks seemed
unacceptable. They thought it was inappropriate for the
Viceroy, who was the representative of the British Monarch,
to receive their arch-enemy. Gandhiji was authorised by the
then President of the Congress, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel,
to negotiate with the Viceroy. He advised the nation to wait,
watch, pray and hope for a better prospect for India. He was
full of admiration for the people, their heroic struggle and
hard suffering.

(a) Who was the Viceroy who negotiated with Gandhiji? [3]
Name any two causes of the movement being discussed above.
(b) Mention any three impacts of this movement. [3]
(c) [4]
As a consequence of this meeting, a pact was signed.
Mention any four conditions that the Congress and the British
Government agreed to according to this pact.
Q.8 “The Partition of India was the saddest chapter of the Indian [10]

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 freedom struggle.
With reference to the above statement, answer the following
questions:
(a) State the provisions of the Mountbatten plan. [3]
(b) Why did the Congress accept the Mountbatten Plan? [3]
(c) Mention any four clauses of the Indian Independence Act of 1947. [4]
Q.9 With reference to the picture below, answer the [10]
following questions:

(a) Identify and elaborate upon the above event. [3]

(b) When was the Treaty of Versailles signed? State any two restrictions [3]
imposed on Germany by the Treaty.
(c) State the aims and objectives of the League of Nations. [4]
Q.10 “The period between the two World War witnessed the rise of [10]
Dictatorship in Italy and Germany”
(a) Why was Italy discontent with the Treaty of Versailles? [3]
(b) List any 3 reasons for the rise of dictatorship in Germany. [3]
(c) Mention any three similarities between the ideology of Fascism and [4]
Nazism.

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