CBSE Class 12 History Sample Paper 2013 Solved Set C

PART -A

Answer all the questions given below.

1. How did Brahmanas develop a sharper social divide? Give two examples. 

2. Explain the meaning of 'Sufi Silsila'. 

3. How were the hill stations a distinctive feature of colonial urban development? Give two reasons. 

PART - B

SECTION I

Answer any three of the following questions.

4. Describe briefly what has been found in burials at the Harappan sites. 

5. Explain how Kharosthi was deciphered.

6. "Many rituals, religious beliefs and practices were not recorded in a permanent visible form - as monuments or sculptures or even paintings." Critically examine the statement. 

7. Explain how do the historians usually classify the contents of the present text of Mahabharata. 

SECTION II

Answer any two of the following questions.

8. Explain briefly any five striking features about the location of Vijayanagara. 

9. Describe the condition of an average peasant of North India during the seventeenth century. 

10. "For members of the nobility under the Mughals, imperial service was a way of acquiring power, wealth and highest possible reputation." Examine the statement.

SECTION III

Answer any three of the following questions.

11. Why was the power of Jotedars within the village more effective than that of Zamindars ? Explain. 

12. How did the white officers make it a point, during the 1820s till 1840s to maintain friendly relations with the sepoys ? Describe briefly. 

13. "Many historians still remain sceptical of oral history." Examine the statement. 

14. "A Communist member, Somnath Lahiri, saw the dark hand of British imperialism hanging over the deliberations of the Constituent Assembly." Examine the statement and give your own views in support of your answer. 

PART -C

15. Explain how the Amara-Nayaka system was a major political innovation of the Vijayanagara Empire. Why did strain begin to show within the imperial structure after the death of Krishnadeya Raya in 1529 ?

16. Explain any three broad architectural styles used by the British for the public buildings in the colonial cities, with examples. 

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