B.S.

Memorial School
Quarterly Exam (2023-2024)
Time: 2.5 Hrs History (XI) M.M. 80
General Instructions:-
 There are 33 questions in the question paper. All questions are compulsory.
 Section - A Question 1 - Question - 9 are MCQs of 1 mark each.
 Section - B Question 10 - Question - 17 are very short answer type questions carrying 2 marks each.
 Section - C Question 18 - Question - 25 are short answer type questions carrying 3 marks each.
 Section - D Question 26 - Question - 29 are long answer type questions carrying 5 marks each.
 Section - E Question 30 & Question - 31 are source based questions carrying 4 marks each.
 Section - F Question - 32 is map based question of 3 marks.
Section - A
1. From which word Cuneiform is derived?
a. Latin b. Greek c. Chinese d. Mayan

2.In the 2000 BCE the city that flourished as the royal capital of Mesopotamia was
a.Ur b.Maric. c. Mohenjodaro d.Kalibang

3.What were amphoral?

a.A type of Army b. A type of Container
c. A type of District Administrator d.None of the above

4.The religion of Islam arose during the

a.5th century b.8th century c.6th century d.17th century

5.The Roman silver coins, known as the denarius weighed ___ gm of pure silver
a.2 b.3 c.4 d.5

6.What was known as yam?

a.Courier system b.Army system c.Cavalry system d.Administration

7.The childhood name of Genghis Khan was

a.Morin Khuur b. Nominjin c.Temujin d.Temberjin

8.The land granted by the lord to the knights was called

a.Fief b.Feud c. Seigneur d. Manar

9.The king who declared the Holy Roman Emperor was

a.Charlemagne b.Louis I c.Louis II d.Louis III

Section - B

10. Which province of the Roman Empire became France and how?
11. Write down any two privileges enjoyed by the nobles in France.
12. What had Genghis Khan done at the festival ground?
13. Why had Genghis Khan cancelled his campaign in North India?
14. Which sea was called the heart of the Roman Empire?
15. Mention the area controlled by Iran.
16. What do you understand by the term Mesopotamia?
17. Write geographical features and extent of the Mesopotamian civilization.
 Section - C

18.What are tablets? How were they prepared?

19.What is urbanization?
20.What was the term “literacy” in connection with the Roman Empire?
21. What is the Pompeii famous for?
22.Why did the Mangol tribes have to wander in search of pastures?
23.What was the extent of Genghis Khan Empire?
24.What is feudalism?
25.What was the first order?

Section - D

26. What services were promised by the knights to their lords?

27. How did the Roman Empire get economic stability?
28. What were the major hazards to agriculture in Mesopotamia?
29.Discuss whether the city life would have been possible without the use of metals?

Section - E Source - Based Questions

THE WARKA HEAD

30. This woman’s head was sculpted in white marble at Uruk before 3000 BCE.The eyes andlips would have
probably taken lapis lazuli(blue) and shell(white) and bitumen(black)inlays,respectively. There is a groove
along the top of the head, perhaps for an ornament.This is a world-famous piece of sculpture, admired for
the delicate modeling of the woman’smouth, chin and cheeks, and it was modelledin a hard stone that would
have been imported from adistance.
1. Where was the woman’s head sculpture discovered?
2. What were its unique characteristics?
3. Why is it a world famous sculpture?
4. Which qualities of the sculpture made it so famous?

THE CAPTURE OF BUKHARA

31. Juwaini, a late-thirteenth-century Persian chronicler of the Mongol rulers of Iran, carried an account ofthe
capture of Bukhara in 1220. After the conquest of the city, Juwaini reported, Genghis Khan went tothe
festival ground where the rich residents of the city were present and he addressed them: ‘O people know
thatyou have committed great sins, and that the great ones among you have committed these sins. If youask
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.’
1.By whom is the above passage written?What does he describe in it?
2. What do you know about Genghis Khan?
3. What did Genghis Khan say to the conquered people?
4. Write any two contributions of Genghis Khan.

Section - F
32.On the given map of South-East Asia, mark and locate the following places related to Mongol Empire.
(a)Karakorum (b) Moscow (c)Turfan
(d)Merv (e) Herat (f)Balkh
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