History Class 12 2nd Pre-Council Examination 2023-2024 PDF

2ND PRE-COUNCIL EXAMINATION 2023-2024 HISTORY CLASS XII -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

2ND PRE-COUNCIL EXAMINATION 2023-2024 HISTORY CLASS XII --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maximum Marks: 80 Time Allowed: Three hours (Candidates are allowed additional 15 minutes for only reading the paper. They must NOT start writing during this time). Answer all questions from Section A, Section B and Section C. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION A – 16 MARKS Question 1 (i) The All-India Peasant Organization played an active role in the National Movement for the distribution of lands to the landless peasants. State the year for the formation of this organisation. (ii) Who said, “You give me blood, I will give you freedom?” (iii) ___________ was the name of the operation of Indian Army for the integration of Hyderabad. (iv) Identify the correct name which Jayaprakash Narayan was popularly referred to as. (a) Lok Nayak (b) Tilak Nath (c) Lokmanya (d) Gangadhar (v) Who signed the Tashkent Agreement from India? (a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Lal Bahadur Shastri (c) Gulzarilal Nanda (d) Indira Gandhi 1 (vi) Which of the following statements is true about the Cold War? (a) It was an armed conflict. (b) It began just after the First World War. (c) It began after the Second World War. (d) It was like the Third World War. (vii) Who started Glasnost and Perestroika? (a) Mikhael Gorbachev (b) Joseph Stalin (c) Nikita Khrushchev (d) Leonid Brezhnev (viii) Assertion : The Allies did not want to be as harsh on defeated Germany as they had been after the First World War. Reason : Everyone came to feel that the rise of Nazi Germany could be partly traced back to the German experience at the end of the First World War. (a) Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion. (b) Both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion. (c) Assertion is true and Reason is false. (d) Both Assertion and Reason are false. (ix) Give any one reason for the launch of ‘Operation Overlord’ 1944, by the Allied Powers? (x) State the reason for the ‘Great Leap Forward’ policy? (xi) Give the name of the Report (published in 1974) that deals with issues related to the status of women in India. (xii) State the two major political parties that played an important role during the General Elections of 1967. (xiii) Why was the Operation Steeplechase launched? (xiv) Mention any one important international organisation that condemned Apartheid. 2  (xv) Name the signatories of the Sykes-Picot Agreement. (xvi) Mention what you understand by the term intifada. SECTION B – 32 MARKS Question 2 Discuss the ruler of Jammu and Kashmir, Hari Singh signing the Instrument of Accession and ceded to the Dominion of India in 1947. Question 3 (i) Given below is a news extract on Indo-Pak War 1971. Read the headline given below and state the consequences behind the invasion. Source: https://englishtribuneimages.blob.core.windows.net/gallary-content/2021 /12/2021_12$largeimg_187927807.jpg OR (ii) Which operation was launched with this Indo-Park War 1965 given below? State any three causes 3  of the war. Source: https://images.hindustantimes.com/rf/image_size_640x362/HT/p2/2015/08/29/ Incoming/Pictures/8indopak_7b91aff2-5084-11e5-a8da-005056b4648e.jpg Question 4 How did the general public respond to the National Emergency of 1975-76? Question 5 With reference to the image given below, explain what are the problems with dowry death? Question 6 4 Discuss any four aggressive policies of Hitler to achieve his goal of making Germany a great power again. Question 7 Explain the economic development of the Republic of China after 1949. Question 8 Analyse why did Jomo Kenyatta become unpopular with the people? Question 9 (i) In the context of the Civil Rights movement in USA, discuss any four contributions of the person shown in the image given below: OR 5  (ii) Refer to the image given below and evaluate the impact of the feminist movement on the status of women in USA. SECTION C – 32 MARKS Question 10 (i) Trace the reason for the arrival of Cripps Mission in India in 1942. (ii) State any four proposals of the Cripps Mission. OR (i) What was the reason behind August Offer? (ii) Give a compact account for the suppression of the Quit India movement. Question 11 The Assam Agitation took place due to a range of reasons including neglect by the Centre, and in general to the North-east. In this context explain any four important causes for the Assam Agitation explain the causes for the Assam Agitation. Question 12 (i) Briefly discuss the events that led to the fall of communism in Germany. 6 Question 13 (i) Discuss about the causes and consequences of the Six Day War of 1967. OR (ii) State the important terms of the Oslo Peace Accord (1993) and why did it fail to bring peace in the troubled regions in the Middle East? 7