STD: 10 ICSE TEST SERIES (FULL PORTION) – SET 1 MARKS: 80

SUBJECT: HISTORY CIVICS TIME: 2 Hours

HISTORY AND CIVICS PAPER

(TWO HOUR)

Answer to this paper must be written on the paper separately.

You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.

This time is to be spent in reading the Question Paper.

The time given at the head of this paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.

Attempt all questions from PART I(Compulsory). A total of five questions are to be attempted from
PART II, two out of three questions from Section A and three out of five questions from Section B.

The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets. [].

PART I (30 Marks)

Attempt all questions from this Part

Question 1

i. An adjournment motion is [1]

a) a proposal to lay aside all other business
b) take up a “definite matter of urgent importance” .
c) cancel the session
d) Both (i) and (ii)
e) None of the above

ii. Who resigns when no- confidence motion is passed against any one of the ministers in the
government? [1]
a) Only Prime Minister
b) Prime minister and all his councils of minister
c) Only that minister against whom the no-confidence vote is passed.
d) None of the above

iii. Number of members nominated by the president to Lok Sabha [1]

a) 12 members from the Anglo-Indian community
b) 2 members from Anglo Indian community
c) 12 member who are experts in their field like art, literature etc.
d) 2 member who are experts in their field like art, literature etc.

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iv. What is the term of the Council of ministers? [1]

a) 6 years
b) 4 years
c) Pleasure of president
d) 5 years

v. What is the need of Judicial review? [1]

a) To safeguard constitution provision
b) To avoid any ultra vires law to come into power
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above

vi. When can the Judge of the Supreme Court be removed from his position and how? [1]
a) On the ground of proved misbehavior or incapacity.
b) When he violates the constitution
c) When he is corrupt
d) None of the above

vii. According to which law the Indian soldiers could be sent overseas on duty, which enraged the Indian
soldiers. [1]
a) Inland immigration Act
b) General service law
c) General service enlistment Act
d) All of the above

viii. Who is called as the Father of Indian Renaissance? [1]

a) Jyotiba Phule
b) Bahadur Shah jafar
c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
d) Swami Dayanand Saraswati

ix. Who was the first President of Indian National Congress [1]
a) W.C. Bonnerjee
b) Dadabhai Naaroji
c) Surendranath Banerjee
d) M. Gandhi

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x. When was Bengal partition and by whom? [1]

a) Lord Ripon in 1885
b) Lord Lytton in 1885
c) Lord Wellesley in 1906
d) Lord Curzon in 1905

xi. Who edited the newspaper ‘Rast Goftar” [1]

a) W.C. Bonnerjee
b) Dadabhai Naaroji
c) Surendranath Banerjee
d) M. Gandhi

xii. Famous Dandi march marked the beginning of [1]

a) Non Cooperation movement
b) Quit India movement
c) Civil disobedience movement
d) First war of independence

xiii. Who was the last Viceroy of India [1]

a) Lord Irwin
b) Lord Wavell
c) Lord Willian
d) Lord Mountbatten

xiv. Sarajevo Crisis meant [1]

a) Assassination of Hitler
b) Assassination of Arch Duke Francis Ferdinand
c) Attack on Poland by Hitler
d) Attack of Serbia by Russia

xv. Spot triple alliance [1]

a) Germany, Austria- Hungary and Italy
b) England, France, Russia
c) Germany, Japan and Italy
d) England, France, Russia, USA
xvi. Which one was not the basic objectives of NAM? [1]
a) Environment protection
b) Maintenance of International peace
c) Movement of nationalities
d) Abolition of imperialism

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Question 2 (each question is of 2 marks)

i. State two circumstances when President of India can declare emergency.

ii. What is a writ and state its one type.
iii. What is subsidiary alliance and who introduced it?
iv. State two books written by Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
v. What are the objectives of Indian National Army.
vi. State the importance of Lahore session?
vii. State two objective of WHO.

PART II
Section A

Question 3. With reference to the Union Parliament, answer the following questions.

a) What is the composition of Lok Sabha [3]

b) State how legislature controls executives. [3]
c) State four exclusive powers of Lok Sabha. [4]

Question 4. With reference to the President of India, answer the following questions.

a) What is the qualification to be the President of India? [3]

b) State the executive power of the President of India. [3]
c) State his discretionary power. [4]

Question 5. With reference to the Supreme Court as the Apex Court of the India, answer the following
questions.

a) (i) Who appoints the judges of the Supreme court? [3]

(ii) State any two qualifications required for a person to be appointed as a Supreme court judge.
b) Explain briefly the term “Court of Record” with reference to the Supreme Court. [3]
c) List any four writs that the Supreme Court can issue for the enforcement of the Fundamental right.
[4]

Section B

Answer any three questions from this section

Question 6. With reference to various causes of the revolt of 1857 answer the following:

a) Political cause for the revolt. [3]

b) Economic causes for the revolt. [3]

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Question 7. With reference to the picture answer the following question.

(a) Answer the following sub-questions

i. What were these three personalities popularly
known as?[1]
ii. Which section of the Congress did they
represent?[1]
iii. What is the other section of Congress called as and
mention their method of working.[2]

(b) What was the aim of this group of people. [2]

(c)State any four method that they advocated for the achievement of their aims.[4]

Question 8. The period between 1920 to 1947 was marked with major events and reforms that finally led us
to our Independence. In this context, answer the following questions:

(a) State three provisions of the Gandhi- Irwin Pact because of the
Civil Disobedience Movement [3]
(b) How did the Congress and the Muslim League respond to the Mountbatten Plan? [3]
(c) Mention any four clauses of the Mountbatten Plan. [4]

Question 9.

The 1914 and 1939 Wars that engulfed almost the entire world, were known as World war due to its
unprecedented impact and damage. In this context, answer the following:

(a) Explain the immediate cause of the First World War. [3]
(b) Explain the end of the First world war with reference to the treaty. [3]
(c) How did nationalism and imperialism lead to the first world war. [4]

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Question 10. With reference to the image given below answer the following questions:

(a) State three objective of this organization [3]

(b) What is the composition of this organization [3]
(c) What is the name of its military wing and state three objective of that organisation. [4]

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