KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN, CHENNAI REGION
CLASS XII – FIRST PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION – 2013-13
HISTORY
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SCORING KEY
1.i)Subsistence agriculture was practiced with the adoption of various agricultural strategies .
ii) trade with Mesopatamia ,Oman etc ,in copper object ,beads ect .
iii) Existence of different craft production i.eheads ,copper and bronze artifacts etc .
iv) Seals add weights.
2..i)Worship of God –God resides in the minds of human beings
ii)Faith in one God and his Omnipresence .
iii)Renounced worldil pleasures
iv)Non violence and pacifisms
v)Principles of morality
vi)importance of singing and Dancing
3.i)To press the League’s demand for Pakistan .
ii)Bloody riots broke out in Calcutta
4i)One of the most distinctive featureof Harappan cities was the carefully planned drainage
system .
ii) Roads and streets were laid out along an approximate “grid’’ pattern .
iii) There were interesting at right angles .
iv) Drains were laid out first and then houses were built alongwith them .
v) Every house needed to have at least one wall along a street .
5.i) Sections that contain stories, designed as the ‘narrative ‘.
ii) Sections that contain prescriptions about social norms
iii) The didactive section
iv)The narrative section
v) Historians agree that it is a dramatic moving story .
6.i) Magadha was a region where agriculture was especially productive
ii) The iron mines were accessible and provided resources .
iii)Elephant an important component of the army .
iv)Ganga and its tributaries provided a means of cheap and convenient communication .
v)Ambitious Kings like Bimbisara ,Ajatshatru ,Mahapadmananda are the best known.
7.i)It appealed to many people dissatisfied with existing religious practices and confused by the
rapid social changes .
ii)He preached the importance attached to conduct and values rather than claims of superiority
based on birth.
iii)Emphasis was placed on metta ( Fellow feeling ) and Karuna ( Compassion )for those who
were younger and weaker than oneself.
iv)These were the ideas that drew men and women to Buddhist teachings
v)They taught in simple language spoken by common people .
8i).All the villagers were the members of the village panchayat
ii) The trusted member was elected as the head man
iii) Enjoyed the office as long as he he had the confidence of the villagers
iv) Collected the revenue
v) Responsible for the safety of the villagers
9. i) The vision of unity ii) Against of the symbol oppression iii) Official accounts of colonial
administrator and military man left their version in letters and diaries, autobiographies and official
histors of the revoult published in the britishnewpapers magazines iv) Pictoral images produced by
Britains and Indians v) Paitings , pencil drawings, posters, cartoons.
10) It contains 1002 pages out of which 800 pages are the petitions of zamindars and ryotts
Reports of collectors from different districts. Statistical tables on revenue returns
Notes on revenue returns Bengal and Madras.
i)For public building three broad architectural style were used .
ii) Neo –classical ,neo-Gothic ,Indo saracenic
iii)Construction of geometrical structure
iv)Derived from ancient Rome
v)Suitable for tropical weather
12 The royal centre including over 60 temples and 30 buildings complex have been identified as
palaces
- The temples were constructed entirely of masonry while other buildings were made of
perishable materials.
- The Mahanavamidibba : The king’s palace is the largest of the enclosures but no proper
evidence of being royal residence.
- It has two impressive platforms 1) Audience hall 2) Mahanavamidibba.
- Mahanavamidibba had a massive platform rising from a base of 11000 sqft to a height of
40 ft - platform is covered with relief carvings.
- Rituals associated with the structure coincided with Mahanavami of the 10 day Hindu festival
known as Dusehra or Durga Puja and Navarathri or Mahanavami.
- On this occasion the nayakas brought rich gifts for the king as well as the stipulated tribute.
- Other buildings - Lotus Mahal, Hazara Rama temple - with scenes from the Rama
(or)
Women and men had to work shoulder to shoulder in the fields.
- Women sowed, weeded, threshed and winnowed the harvest.
- Artisans tasks such as spinning yarn, sifting and kneading clay for pottery and embroidery
were among the many aspects of production dependent on female labour.
- Women went to market if necessary.
- Women were considered important resource
- Women were kept under strict control by the male members of the family and the community.
- Women had the right to inherit property
- Women in Punjab actively participated in the rural land market as sellers of property inherited
by them.
13. i)For public building three broad architectural style were used .
ii) Neo –classical ,neo-Gothic ,Indo saracenic
iii)Construction of geometrical structure
iv)Derived from ancient Rome
v)Suitable for tropical weather
(or)
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
v)
vi)
Principles of Gandhiji
Experiment
Khilafat movement
Non co-operationmovement
Civil Disobedient movement
Quit India Movement
14. 1. Making Peace and wise man duty to control his senses to guard the kingdom
2. Happy to enjoy the earth there is no law, no good in a war and profit and there is no
victory in the end
3. Yes
(or)
i.
ii.
iii.
Stupas are the relic of the Buddha
Be jealous be intent on your own good
At all structure with a semi circle dome and the four pillared entrance
15i. Head of the Brahamanas
ii. The Brahamanas were the choice part of the whole Genius
iv.
iii. Brahamanas , Kshatriyas, Vaishayas and Shudras
Protect and save guard the kingdom.
(or)
i.
Hospic is the place were the saint place
16. 1. i. Gandhiji was the critical of the modern age in which machines enslaved humans.
ii. Machines displaced labour.
2. i. It would help poor by making himself reliant
ii. It would supplement their income.
3. Gandhiji objected to machinery because
i.
It was to save labour
ii.
It rendered people jobless.
iii.
It led people to die of starvation.
4. i. It uses machinery for the service of the poorest in their own cottages
ii. The wheel is itself a piece of machinery.
(or)
For the regulation of nuisances of every description
1. i. The British felt the need to regulate nuisances of every description by fixing
permanent rules for the construction and distribution of all houses and public edifices.
ii. For regulating all aspects of social life.
2. i. To provide for the health, safety and convenience of the inhabitants of this great
town.
ii. For improving roads, streets, public drain and water courses.
iii. By fixing rules for construction of houses and public building.
3. i. Clearing river banks form encroachment.
ii.To ensure public health, by saving people from threat of epidemics
iii. Clear congested areas which – disrupted circulation of air & direct sunlight.