TIME: 1 hour MM: 35

General Instructions:
 All questions are compulsory.
 Paper is divided into 4 sections.
 Section A (Q 1-6) - MCQ questions carrying 1 mark each
 Section B (Q 7-10) - Short Answer Questions carrying 2 marks each
 Section C (Q 11- 14) - Long Answer Questions carrying 4 marks each
 Section D (Q 15) - Source Based Question carrying 5 marks.
SECTION A
1. What does the term ‘barbarian’ mean? 1
2. The hijra is 1
a. The emigration of the early Muslim community from Mecca to Medina
b. The annual pilgrimage to Mecca
c. The written reports of how Muhammad lived his life
d. The term for Islamic law
3. Name the two sects of muslims. 1
4. What was the childhood name of Genghis Khan? 1
5. Berte was the name of Genghis Khan’s daughter. True or false 1
6. Identify the following built by the Abd al Malik. 1

SECTION B
7. What were the effects of the Crusades on Europe and Asia? 2
8. Describe the features of the tribes of the arab. 2
9. What do you know about the Mongol? Discuss their occupations in brief. 2
10. What are the sources of the nomadic society. 2
SECTION C
11. What do you know about agriculture of the Central Islamic lands? 4
12. Highlight the contribution of the arabs to the world. 4
13. Which favourable conditions encouraged Genghis Khan to launch an expedition 4
against the Muhammad Shah of Khwarazm?
14. Describe the main characteristics of the Mongol society in 12th century. 4

SECTION D
15. Read the excerpts given below and answer the questions that follow:
The Capture of Bukhara
 Juwaini, a late-thirteenth-century Persian chronicler of the Mongol rulers of Iran,
carried an account of the capture of Bukhara in 1220. After the conquest of the
city, Juwaini reported, Genghis Khan went to the festival ground where the rich
residents of the city were and addressed them: ‘O people know that you have
committed great sins, and that the great ones among you have committed these
sins. If you ask me what proof I have for these words, I say it is because I am the
punishment of God. If you had not committed great sins, God would not have
sent a punishment like me upon you’… Now one man had escaped from Bukhara
after its capture and had come to Khurasan. He was questioned about the fate of
the city and replied: They came, they [mined the walls], they burnt, they slew,
they plundered and they departed.’
a. By whom is the above passage written? What does he describe in it? 2
b. What did Genghis Khan say to the conquered people? 2
c. Write any one contributions of Genghis Khan. 1
BONUS QUESTION
16. State the importance of Mecca. 3