The City School

PAF Chapter

Pakistan Studies (History) 2059/1

December 2019

Class – 9

Candidate Name: _________________________________________________________________

Index Number: _____________________________________________ Section: _____________
Branch/Campus: ____________________________________________ Date: _____________
Maximum Marks: 75 Time Allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS:
 Write your index number, section, branch/campus and date clearly in the space provided.
 Read and follow the instructions of the given questions.
 Answer compulsory Question 1 from Section. Attempt any two questions from Section B..
 All answers must be in continuous prose.
 Check your answers before handing your paper in.
 Marks for each section are shown below.
 This paper consists of 03 printed pages including the cover page.

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Question No 1 2 3 4 5 Total Marks

Max. Marks 25 25 25 25 25 75

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 Section A
Answer the following question.

SOURCE A
Fort William, Calcutta, 1756 On the evening of 20 June, some 64 prisoners including two women and
several wounded soldiers were marched at sword point to the filthy dungeon at Fort William. This was
a little cell, measuring 18 feet by 14 feet 10 inches, designed for no more than three petty criminals.
The heat at this time of year was suffocating. Prisoners trampled on each other to get nearer one of
the two tiny windows or to the small amount of water they had been left. Their guards mocked them
as the prisoners gasped for air and pleaded for mercy. At 6am the next morning, when the door was
opened, dead bodies were piled up inside. Adapted from an essay in History Today, 2006

SOURCE B
Famine in the subcontinent

1 This question is about the East India Company and its relationship with the subcontinent in the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Study the sources (Insert) carefully and then answer the
questions which follow.
(a) According to Source A, why did many people die at Fort William in 1756? [3]
(b) What can we learn from Source B about famine in the subcontinent during British control? [5]
(c) Explain why Robert Clive was successful in the Battle of Plassey in 1757. [7]
(d) Was the India Act of 1784 the main reason why the British were able to expand beyond Bengal
between 1784 and 1850? Explain your answer. [10]
[Total: 25]

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 Section B
Answer any two questions from this Section.

2 (a) Who was Robert Clive? [4]

(b) Why did Shah Waliullah have such a major influence on the revival of Islam in the
subcontinent? [7]
(c) Were the invasions by the Persians and Afghans the main reason for the decline of the
Mughal Empire? Explain your answer. [14]
[Total: 25]

3 (a) What happened at Cawnpore in 1857? [4]

(b) Explain the appeal of India to the East India Company during the early seventeenth
century. [7]
(c) Did Shah Waliullah contribute more to the spread of Islam than anyone else in the
subcontinent before 1850? Explain your answer. [14]
[Total: 25]

4 (a) Who was Lord Wellesley? [4]

(b) Why did the War of Independence of 1857 not succeed? [7]
(c) Were Sir Syed Ahmad Khan’s religious views his most important contribution to the
Muslim cause after 1857? Explain your answer. [14]

[Total: 25]

5 (a) Who was Titu Mir? [4]

(b) Explain why Sir Syed Ahmad Khan tried to improve relations between the Muslim
community and the British. [7]
(c) Was religion the most important reason for the War of Independence in 1857? Give
reasons for your answer. [14]

[Total: 25]

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