Sample Question Paper

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan

Session: 2019-20 Class: 12 Subject: History
Max marks: 80. Time: 3 hours

Q.1 Patliputra began as a village known as

(a) Patalinagar
(b) Pataligrama
(c) Patalijanapada
(d) Patali
Q.2 Which of these was the form of tribute collected by the
Mughal state?
(a) Kharbandi
(b) Pargana
(c) Mawas
(d) Peshkash
Q.3 In which of the languages the earliest inscription found
have been recorded?
(a) English
(b) Prakrit
(c) Pali
(d) Sanskrit
Q.4 How much infantry was there as combined military
strength of the Zamindars in Mughal India?
(a) Around 10 lakhs
(b) Around 20 lakhs
(c) Around 30 lakhs
(d) Around 40 lakhs
Q.21 '"The problems of archaeological interpretation are
perhaps most evident in attempts to reconstruct the religious
practices of Harappa". Give suitable arguments in support of
your answer.
Q.22 "There are limits to what epigraphy can reveal." Justify
with suitable arguments.
Q.23 Describe the accounts of foreign travellers about the
city of Vijayanagara.
Q.24 Analyse the diplomatic and political relationship of the
Mughals with the neighbouring Empires.
Q.25 Read the extract carefully and answer the questions
that follow:
Rules for monks and nuns
These are some of the rules laid down in the Vinaya Pitaka:
When a new felt has been made by Bhikku it is to be kept
for at least six years. If after less than 6 years he should have
another new felt made regardless of whether or not he has
disposed of the first, then unless he has been authorised by
the Bhikkhus - it is to be forfeited and confessed. In case a
bhikkhu arriving at family residence is presented with cakes
or cooked grain meal, he may accept two or three bowlfuls if
he so desires. If he should accept more than that, it is to be
confessed. Having accepted the two or three bowlfuls and
having taken from there, he is to share them among the
bhikkhus. This is the proper course here.