THE MILLENNIUM SCHOOL

QUESTIONS FOR CBSE 2022-23

SUBJECT –HISTORY (087)
CLASS X
HISTORY CHAPTER-1 THE RISE OF NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
1. Define: Allegory, Balkan, Slavs
2. Explain the causes of failure of Frankfurt Parliament.
3. Discuss the process of unification of Germany, Italy and strange case of
Britain.
4. Why did the nationalist tension emerge in the Balkans?
5. Write short notes on : Aristocracy and Middle class people, Giuseppe
Mazzini, Napoleon code of 1804,Frankfurt Parliament.
6. What were the consequences of the 1830-1848 revolutions in Europe?
7. Why initial enthusiasm of the people turned to hostility after Napoleon
took over France?

CHAPTER-2 NATIONALISM IN INDIA

1. What was the Rowlatt Act?
2. Explain any four points about Gandhiji’s idea of the Satyagraha.
3. What was Khilafat Movement?
4. Explain in detail how different social groups participated in the Non –
Cooperation Movement?
5 Who designed the Swaraj Flag? Write its features.
6 Explain in detail which sections of the society participate in the Civil
Disobedience movement and who did not participate.
7Why did Gandhiji relaunch the Civil Disobedience Movement?
8 What was Gandhi- Irwin Pact?
 CHAPTER-3 THE MAKING OF THE GLOBAL WORLD
1. Who was Henry Ford?
2. Define Trade Surplus.
3. What is meant by Culture Fusion? Give examples.
4. What was Rinderpest?
5. What were the main reasons for the attraction of Europeans to Africa?
6. What was Corn Law? Why were the laws abolished? What was the
impact of scrapping of Corn Laws.
7. What were the causes of Great Depression? Write its consequences.
8. Explain G-77, Silk Route Bretton Woods Institutions

CHAPTER -4 THE AGE OF INDUSTRIALISATION

1. Who were jobbers, Gomasthas, Trade Guilds?
2. What led to the decline of Indian textiles in the 19th century?
3. Explain the methods used by British producers to expand their markets
in India in the 19th century?
4. Why in the Victorian Britain , the upper classes preferred things
produced by hands?
5.The pace of industrialization was slow in Britain. Explain

CHAPTER- 5 PRINT,CULTURE AND THE MODERN WORLD

1. Explain the main features of the first printed Bible?
2.Explain the impact of print culture on Indian women.
3. What was Vernacular Press Act?
4. Why did the British government curtail the freedom of the press after 1857
in India?
5. In which way did the early printed books closely resemble the manuscripts?
6. Explain any three innovations which have improved the printing technology
from 19th century onwards.
7. What were the drawbacks of the manuscripts.