CBSE Class 12 History Sample Paper 2018 Solved Set B

A. MODERN INDIA

1 Why did the modern educated Indians not support the rebels in 1857? 

2 Why were the Home Rule Leagues formed? Give any two reasons. 

3 What were the differences in the approach and activities of the Swarajists and no changers? 

4 Describe the major achievements of Tipu Sultan to strengthen the Mysore State. 

5 Explain the Dual System of Administration in Bengal introduced by Lord Clive. 

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Explain the ways in which India’s wealth was drained to Britain from 1757 to 1856.:

6 What were the provisions of the Govt. of India Act of 1935. 

7 Evaluate the role of the revolutionaries of the late 1920s in the freedom struggle of India. 

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Examine the growth of socialist ideas during the 1930s and 1940s. What was their impact on the nationalist movement of India?

8 Critically examine the role of western thought and education in the rise of modern nationalism. 

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Evaluate the contribution of the Moderates to the growth of Indian National movement. What was the attitude of the Government towards them?

9 Describe the achievements of Arya Samaj in the educational, religious and social field  in India. 

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Trace the development of religious and social reforms in western India.

10 ‘The uprising of 1857 was the outburst of popular discontent with the economic, social, 8 religious and political policies of the British in India’. Explain.

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Explain the various purposes for which the Indian Army was used by the British colonial rulers. Also explain the changes introduced in the Army after the Revolt of 1857.

11 When and why was the Cripps Mission sent to India? Why did it fail? Explain the major developments that followed its failure. 

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Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:- ‘I shall work for an India in which the poorest shall feel that it is their country, in whose making they have an effective voice, an India in which there shall be no high class and low class of people, an India in which all communities shall live in perfect harmony. . .. (Mahatma Gandhi)

(a) Explain the three social causes very close to Gandhiji’s heart.

(b) Explain Gandhiji’s programme for the economic upliftment of the common man.

(c) Why did he associate himself with the common man?

Please refer to attached file for CBSE Class 12 History Sample Paper 2018 Solved Set B