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PARLE TILAK VIDYALAYA(ICSE)

GRADE:X FIRST PRELIMINIARY EXAMINATION MARKS:80
DATE: 23.11.2022 HCGPaper- I (HISTORYICIVICS) TIME:2hours

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Part-1 Compulsooy. (30 Marks)

the questions from this part

Attempt all
Question 1
Choose the correct option:

How can distinguished persons procure a seat in the Upper House of

Parliament?
a. Election
b. To be appointed as speaker.
cPrinciple of nomination.
d. Quorum.

House?
. What is meant by Prorogation of the
a. Suspension of the House.
b. Termination of the Session.
c. Both 'a' and 'b
d. None of the above.

statements is true of the no-confidence motion? [

i11. Which of these to the Union Parliament.
The Cabinet Ministers are collectively responsible
can be moved by the ruling party
against the opposition.
b. No-confidence it
no-confidence motion only when
The House can grant leave to
move
c.
least 50 members.
carries the support of at from the day on
be taken up for discussion
within 15 days
d. The motion has to
which leave is granted

Which of the following is the

ex-officio chairman of the Niti Aayog?
a. The President of
Indian.

b. The Prime Minister of India.

c. The President of
India.

dThe speaker of Lok Sabha.

 to the
related
disputes
settle
the
to
authority
has the
following
Which ofthe
India'?
President
of
election of the Lok
Sabha.

The Speaker
ofthe
a. Court.
b. Delhi High of
India.
Court
Supreme Sabha. Court?
The
c. of Rajya Supreme
Chairman
in the
d. The
the
number ofjudges
decide
to Court.
the power Supreme
Who has of the
VI. The ChiefJustice
a.

The
President ofIndia.
b. Parliament.

Union Bahadur
c. The
Court. Emperor
Supreme Mughal
d. The towards
the last
disrespect
showed
Dalhousie
title. the
Lord
vi. Shah Zafar because: use the Imperial imperial
palace
to
not
allowed
leave the
s u c c e s s o r
was
would
have to
The emperor
a.
s u c c e s s o r
of the
b. The title.
Red fort. denounced
of his
was
Bahadur
Shah pension.
c. refused a
was
Bahadur
Shah
d.
Phule.

book
written by JyotibaIndia.
Name the Rule in
UnBritish
viil and
a. Poverty Darshak.
Marg
b. Dharma
cGhulamgiri.
of
Nation in the Making Congress
Session
d. A at the
was passed
The resolution of
Education.
Nation
1906.
Swadeshi,
boycott and
Swaraj,
b. Wealth management.

c.Provincial Legislature.
industries
and
agriculture
d. Finance,
succumb to his injuries.
Rai
incident did Lala Lajpat
which
During
Jallianwala Bagh tragcdy.
a.
b. Khilafat Movement,.

S i m o n Commission.

d. Dandi March.

movement
started in India?
Khilafat
the Muslims of
India
XI. Why was independence
to the head of the
Muslinms
the religious
a. To bring the office of Khalila
bStarted to preserve movement.
Non-Cooperation
launch the
c. Started to
Hindu Muslim unity.
d. To faster
was:
Indian National arny
of the w o m e n
regiment of the
The name
Xii.
a. Aruna Asal Ali brigade.

b. Kamla Nehru brigade.

 Rani Jhansi brigade.
d. Aahilyabai brigade.

xii.
According to the Mountbatten plan which of
be included in the Indian the following provinces was not to
dominion:
a. Madras.
b. Bombay.
c. Bihar.
d. Sindh.

xiv. Non- Aligned Movement is also

a. The creation of a
associated with:
new internal economic
b. Protection of environment. order.
c. Cultural inequality.
d.All of the above.
XV. The current focus of the UNICEF is on:
a. Child survival.
b. Basic education.
c. Child development.
d. All of these.

Xvi. Which of the following leaders

played an active role in
of the peace treaties of the First World War? chalking out the terms
a. Lloyd George.
b. Woodrow Wilson.
c. George Clemenceau
All of these
Question 2

i Briefly explain the formation of the Council of Ministers.

. What is a Writ"? Name any
(2
two Writs.
What
(2]
ii. was the consequence of the annexation
of Awadh?
[21
Briefly explain the real motives of the British behind the Partition
of Bengal
[21
(2
What did the Indian
Independence Act propose to the Princely States?
[2)
M Why did Hitler demand the
Danzig Corridor from Poland?
[2]
Why does the UNESCO encourage the
study of social sciences?
(2

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PART-I (50 MARKS)

SECTIONA
Attempt any 2 questions from this Section
Question 3
With reference to the Union Parliament, answer the following:
State the special powers of the Upper House of the Union Parliament. (3
b. Mention the financial powers of the Union Parliament.
3]
What is Question Hour? State the differences between a'starred question'and
an 'unstarred question 4
Question 4

With reference to the powers and functions of the Executive, answer the
following questions:
When canthe President address both the Houses of
the Parliament? Mention
any two of his executive povwers 131

Differentiate between the Council of Ministers and the

Cabinet Ministers.
[3]
C Briefly discussthe position of the Prime Minister in
and the Cabinet ministers. relation to the President [41

Question-5
With reference to the Judiciary, answer the following questions:
State the composition of the High Court. How can an Indian citizen
the post of a High Court Judge? qualify for [3]
List any two important differences between the
Court. District Court and the Session
(31
What is meant by the
Original Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court? Mention
three types of cases in which the
Supreme Court exercises its Original [41
Jurisdiction.
 SECTIONB
Attempt any 3 questions from this section
Question 6

With reference to the rise of the Indian

National Movement and the
British reaction to it, answer the
following questions:
List andexplain any three economic
the Revolt of 1857.
exploitative policies of the British before 13)

b. What administrative changes were brought about as a result of the

Queen'sS [3]
Proclamation in 1858?
C What were the aims and the objectives of the Indian National Congress in
4
1885?

/Question7
With reference to the Nationalists and the Muslim League, answer the
following questions:
a. i. Identify the personalities. 41
i. State any two contributions of each towards the freedom
Struggle?

A B

b. Briefly outline the differences in the methods

personalities to fight the British Rule.
adopted by the above
[41
What were the main aims and
objectives of the Muslim League? [21
 Question 8
the struggle for
and resolutions were passed during
movements
Many India was inevitable. In the light
of this, a n s w e r
freedom but Partition of
the following questions:
Movement. 3
that led to the Non--Cooperation
Briefly explain the causes

Movement passed? why? 13]

Where and whep was the resolution for the Quit India
Plan
Explain why the
was
Mountbatten Plan?
What were the main features of the
National Congress. [Any 3 points)
accepted by the Indian

Question 9
answer the following questions:
With reference to the World Wars,
four reasons [3]
established in 1920. List any
organization
ai. Name the peace-making
for its failure.
[1
b. i. What was the Berlin-Rome-Tokyo
Axis?
Fascism and Nazism.
(2
of
i. State the underlying principles
of Versailles, which
affected 4
Mention any four points under the Treaty
Germany.

Question 10
Movement,
and the Non-Aligned
reference to the United Nations,
With
questions:
a n s w e r the following

four of its functions. 3]

Council? State any
of the Security
What is the composition
A.
Movement. State its
main (3)
fathers of Non-Aligned
Name the three founding
objectives [4
and agency of the
functions of the following organ
Mention the important
United Nations Organisation. Justice.
b)
International Court of
a) WHO
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