i.

What is the significance of 8th August, 1942, in the history of

India’s struggle for freedom?
ii. Why did Subhash Chandra Bose resign from the post of Congress
President at the Tripuri Session in 1939?
iii. Name the activist who undertook an epic fast unto death for a
separate Andhra State.
iv. Who succeeded Lai Bahadur Shastri as the Prime Minister of
India, in 1966?
v. Name two important leaders of the Naxalite Movement in Bengal.
vi. What was the fundamental difference between the demands of the
Khalistan Movement and that of the Assam Movement?
vii. In the context of the Non-Aligned Movement, what was India’s
stance during the Korean War?
viii. What was the primary objective of the ‘Sampoorna Kranti
Movement’ (Total Revolution) led by Jayprakash Narayan?
ix. Why did Dalai Lama seek asylum in India?
x. Name any one organisation that campaigned against the evils of
the dowry system in the 1970s.
xi. Define the term appeasement in the context of the causes of the
Second World War.
xii. What was the objective of Operation Overlord launched by the
Allied Powers on 6th June, 1944?
xiii. In the context of Mao Tse Tung’s agricultural policy, what is meant
by the term Communes?
xiv. What is the most important reason for the downfall of Kwame
Nkrumah?
xv. Mention one example to show that the thaw in the Cold War was
partial.
Name the first Chancellor of United Germany (1990) since the
Second World War.
xvi. Mention any one important international organisation that
condemned Apartheid.
What is the full form of: (a) NOW (b) ERA
xvii. Name the signatories of the Sykes-Picot Agreement.
xviii. By which treaty (1993) did Israel and the PLO formally and
mutually recognize each other?
 i. What was the significance of Attlee’s Declaration of 20th February,
1947?
ii. Name the Indian nationalist leader who played a vital role in the
integration of princely states with the Indian Union.
iii. Mention the principle on which the first general election in India
(1952) was based.
iv. With reference to the Congress party in the 1960s, what is meant by
the term Syndicate?
v. What is the significance of the Historic Eight Documents?
vi. Who was the first non-Congress Prime Minister of India?
vii. Why was Operation Blue Star launched?
viii. What are the five principles of peaceful co-existence mutually agreed
upon by India and China known as?
ix. Mention the controversial issue that led to the outbreak of the First
Indo-Pak War (1948-1949).
x. Name the Report (published in 1974) that deals with issues related to
the status of women in India.
xi. Name two alliances signed between Italy, Germany and Japan.
xii. Explain the term island hopping with reference to the war in the
Pacific.
xiii. Why was there a temporary truce between the KMT and CCP in
1936?
xiv. What part did the Mau Mau secret society play in the Kenyan
struggle for freedom from British rule?
xv. Why did Stalin establish the Cominform?
xvi. Who introduced the policies of the Glasnost and Perestroika in the
USSR?
xvii. Which organisation led the movement against communism in
Poland?
xviii. Name the two democrat Presidents who were sympathetic to the
demands of black Americans?
xix. Who wrote the book The Feminine Mystique that sparked off the
Second Wave of American Feminism in the 20th century?
xx. What was the immediate reaction of the Arab states to the creation of
the new Israel?
ISC History Question Paper 2017 Solved
for Class 12
Part-I (20 Marks)
Answer all questions.

Question 1. [20]
(i) Name the first All-India Peasant Organisation.
(ii) What was the most important reform introduced at the
provisional level, by the Government of India Act, 1935 ?
(iii) Who said, “You give me blood, I will give you freedom” ?
(iv) Name the first Chief Election Commissioner of independent
India.
(v) Name the leader of the Indian National Congress (O) party that
was formed after the split in the Congress (1969).
(vi) What is the historical significance of 25 June, 1975, in the
context of Indian democracy ?
(vii) Where was the first Summit of the Non- Aligned Nations held ?
(viii) Why was the Indian government not prepared for the sudden
attack on India by the Chinese army in 1962 ?
(ix) Who began the Total Revolution (Sampoorna Kranti) Movement
is Bihar (1974) ?
(x) Against which social evil was a campaign launched by the Shree
Sangharsh Organisation ?
(xi) State any one reason why Mussolini helped General Franco in
the Spanish Civil War.
(xii) Mention any one serious tactical mistake made by the
Japanese in the Second World War.
(xiii) Name the policy on the basis of which
communes were introduced in China.
(xiv) Who was the African nationalist leader of the Kenya African
Unity Party (KAU) ?
(xv) What was the main issue that led to a disagreement between
the Allied Powers at the Potsdam Conference of 1945 ?
(xvi) How did the fall of communism in East Europe impact the
future of Germany, in October 1990 ?
(xvii) Under which US President was the Civil Rights Act of 1964
passed ?
(xviii) What was Martin Luther King’s dream ?
(xix) What was the Balfour Declaration of 1917 ?
(xx) Name the signatories of the Camp David Accord of 1979.
Answer:
(i) The first All India Peasant Organisation was Akhil Bharatiya
Kisan Sabha or All India Kisan Sabha.

(ii) Provincial autonomy.

(iii) Subhash Chandra Bose.

(iv) Sukumar Sen.

(v) Kamaraj and later Morarji Desai.

(vi) On 25 June, 1975, State of internal emergency was declared by

the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

(vii) Belgrade.

(viii) (a) India and China had singned the Panchsheel based on five
principles of Peaceful coexistence.
(b) Army was not prepared for attack.
(c) Over faith of India towards China.

(ix) Jayaprakash Narayan.

(x) The Shree Sangharsh Organisation launched a campaign

against oppression of women.

(xi) On 28th November, the Italian government signed a secret

treaty with the Spanish Nationalists. In return for military aid, the
Nationalist agreed to allow Italy to establish bases in Spain if there
was a war with France.

(xii) Attacking Pearl Harbor and attacking Soviet forces from

Manchuria were the serious tactical mistakes made by Japanese in
the Second World War.
(xiii) The great leap forward.

(xiv) Jomo Kenyatta.

(xv) Post war fate of Germany.

(xvi) The fall of communism in East Europe had an impact on the

future of Germany in following two ways :

1. The two Germanies were reunified ,

2. fall of Berlin wall.

(xvii) President Lyndon Johnson.

(xviii) An end to racism in the United States and called for civil
economic rights.

(xix) The Balfour Declaration was a short letter by Arthur Balfour to

arguably one of the most influential Jewish families – the
Rothschild’s. It was assumed that the letter was all about the British
government’s support to the creation of a Jewish homeland in
Palestine.

(xx) The Camp David accord was signed in the United States on
September 17,, 1978 by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin
and Egyptian President Anwar El-Sadat.