Sample Paper-1

Subject – History

Class – XI

Time : 3 Hrs M.M.80

General Instructions :

1. Answer to questions Carrying 2 marks.

2. Answer to questions carrying 4 marks.
3. Answer to questions carrying 8 marks.
4. Part D has questions based on sources.
5. Attach the map with the answer script.

Part – A 5 x 2 = 10

Answer all the questions:

1. What do you mean by Nao?

2. What is meant by the term Native?
3. What is the meaning of Mesopotamia?
4. What are fossils?
5. Mention on characteristics of each of the French Serf and Roman Slave?

Part – B 9 x 4 = 36

6. Discuss the arguments advanced in favour of the regional continuity model

of Human Origin. Do you think it provides a convincing explanation of the
archaeological evidence?
7. Why would the early temples in Mesopotamia have been much like a
house?
8. Of the new institutions that came into being once city life had begun ,
which would have been depend on the initiative of the king?
9. Why do you think the Roman government stopped coining in silver? And
which metal did it begin to use for the production of coinage?
10.What are the effects of the Crusades on Europe and Asia?
11.Why did Genghis feel the need of fragment the Mongol tribes into new
social and military groupings?
12.Why did Knights become a distinct group and when did they decline?
13.Describe the functions of medieval monasteries.
14.What were the features of humanist thought?

Part – C 8 x 3 =24

15.How were the Islamic architectural forms different from those of the
Roman Empire?
16.What is the place of Genghis Khan and Mongols in the world history?
17.On the basis of your study pick out some basic features of Roman Society
and Economy which you think make it look quite modern.

Part – D 5

18.Questions based on sources:-

A. ‘Homo’ is a latin word, meaning ‘Man’, although there were women as well.
Scientists distinguish amongst several types of Homo? The name assigned
to these species are derived from what are regarded as their typical
characteristics. So fossils are classified as Homo habil’s, Home erectus and
Home Sapiens.
a) Give the meaning of ‘Homo’. 1
b) What do you meaning by Species? 1
c) Mention the characteristics of Homo habil’s. Homo erectus and Homo
sapiens. 3

Part – E 5

19.Mark the following on the map of Asia :-

Mecca, Baghdad, Constantinople, Gazni, Medina