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Sample Paper ICSE Class 10 History Civics Set B with Answers
SUBJECT: HISTORY/CIVICS
TIME-2 HOURS M.M.-80
ATTEMPT ALL THE QUESTIONS
(30 MARKS)
QUESTION 1 1×10=10
a) How are the members of Lok Sabha elected?
b) What happens when a no confidence motion is passed by the Lok Sabha?
c) What is the term of Rajya Sabha?
d) Who elects the President of India?
e) Who presides over the joint sessions of the Parliament?
f) Mention any two ways in which the Lok Sabha exercises effective control over the council of ministers?
g) Explain the term ‘Collective Responsibility’.
h) On what grounds a Judge of the Supreme Court can be removed?
i) Name any two writs which can be issued by the Supreme Court of India.
j) What is meant by Quorum?
QUESTION 2 2×10=20
a) What was the General Service Enlistment Act of 1856?
b) What was the ‘Doctrine of lapse ‘? Who introduced it?
c) Who was known as the political guru of Gandhi? And Why?
d) Who were the leaders of Khilafat Movement?
e) What was the Arms Act of 1878?
f) What is meant by the term ‘Nationalism’?
g) Mention two main objectives of the Indian National Congress?
h) Name two organs of the United Nations.
i) Give the expanded form of UNESCO and WHO.
j) Mention any two contributions of Raja RamMohan Roy to the growth of Nationalism in India?
PART II (50 MARKS)
SECTION A
(ATTEMPT ALL THE QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTIONS)
QUESTION 3
With reference to the Union Legislature answer the following questions:
a) What are the qualifications necessary to become a member of the Rajya Sabha? [3]
b) Write three Exclusive powers of Rajya Sabha assigned by the Constitution. [3]
c) In which ways the Parliament exercises control over the Executive. [4]
QUESTION 4
The country’s judicial system has a Supreme Court at its Apex. In this context answer the following:
a) Its original jurisdiction. [3]
b) Its appellate jurisdiction. [3]
c) How is the Independence of the Judiciary is ensured by the Constitution? Give four provisions. [4]
SECTION B
(ATTEMPT ALL THE QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTIONS)
QUESTION 5
With reference to The First War of Independence (1857) answer the following questions:
a) Explain three Political causes of the war. [3]
b) Explain three causes of our failure. [3]
c) How was the Army organized after the War of Independence? [4]
QUESTION 6
Write short notes on the following:
a) Non-Cooperation movement of 1920. [3]
b)The Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy. [3]
c) Four reasons for circumstances leading to the Civil Disobedience Movement. [4]
QUESTION 7
With reference to ‘The Independence and the Partition of the India; Answer the following questions:
a) Mention any three proposals contained in the Mountbatten Plan. [3]
b) Mention any three provisions of the Indian Independence Act. [3]
c) Write four factors which led the British to quit India. [4]