CBSE Class 12 History Question Paper Delhi with answers 2017 Set 01

CBSE Class 12 History Question Paper Delhi with answers 2017 (1). Students can download the last year question papers using the link below. Free download of examination question papers with solutions. Last 10 year question papers should be practised to get better marks in examinations. 

PART-A

1. “The burials in Harappan sites reveal the economic and social differences amongst the people living within a particular culture.” Give two evidences in support of your answer.

2.  Examine why Bernier was against the idea of crown ownership of land in Mughal India.

3. Why were many Zamindaris auctioned after the Permanent Settlement in Bengal ?Give two reasons.

PART-B

SECTION-1

Answer any five of the following questions :

4. What evidences have been put forward to explain the collapse of the Harappan Civilization ?

5.  Explain the sources used by historians to reconstruct the history of Mauryan Empire.

6. ‘Kabir was and is to the present a source of inspiration for those who questioned entrenched social institutions and ideas in their search for divine.’ Explain.

7. “The nobility was recruited consciously by the Mughal rulers from diverse ethnic and religious groups.” Justify.

8. Examine the circumstances that led to the passing of ‘Limitation Laws’ by the British in 1859.

9. Highlight the measures taken to ensure unity among the rebels of 1857. 

SECTION-2

10. Read the following passage and answer the question that follows :

“For the success of democracy one must train oneself in the art of self discipline. In democracies one should care less for himself and more for others. There can’t be any divided loyalty. All loyalties must exclusively be centered round the state. If in a democracy, you create rival loyalties or you create a system in which any individual or a group, instead of suppressing his extravagance cares not for larger or other interests, then democracy is doomed.”

In the light of the above passage highlight the values which a loyal citizen of a democratic country should uphold.

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