History: 2006: CBSE: [All India]: Set – III

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  • Q1

    Explain the attitude of the Bolsheviks in the First World War. 

    Marks:2
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  • Q2

    Why did the national leaders accept Partition of India in 1947?    1+1=2

    Marks:2
    Answer:

    (a) The proposal of the partition was accepted by the Congress as a necessary solution since whole country was witnessing communal clash between Muslims and Hindus. The “Direct Action” call given by the Muslim League instigated the communal violence and forced the Congress to accept the two nation theory.      
    (b) The bitter experience that the Congress leaders got while working together with the members of the Muslim league in the interim government convinced the Congress members that a secular and democratic republic country could be formed only after allowing the formation of Pakistan.

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  • Q3

    State any two features of Vincent Van Gogh’s Art.

    Marks:2
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    (a) A Dutch painter, he was the most renowned exponent of the Expressionist School of Art.
    (b) There was a great variety in his paintings – Landscapes, interiors, flowers, portraits, etc. But all of them had bright colours with powerful brush strokes and heavy layers of paints.

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  • Q4

    Mention any two distinctive features of the Bengal school of painting.

    Marks:2
    Answer:

    (a) It emerged in the last decade of the 19th century at Shantiniketan in Calcutta.
    (b) It was led by Rabindranath Tagore, E.B. Havell and A.K. Coomaraswamy. They used water colours and delicate tones.

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  • Q5

    Give examples to explain how the contemporary world history is provisional and open-ended.

    Marks:2
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  • Q6

    What were the steps taken to form the Communist International? 

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  • Q7

    Which event caused the surrender of Japan in the Second World War?

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  • Q8

    Mention the new kind of occupational structures that developed during the Second Industrial Revolution.

    Marks:2
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    (a) New professions like nurses, doctors, engineers and technicians emerged.
    (b) The hospitality industry-travel, hotel and restaurant opened up new occupations for many.

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  • Q9

    State the two main features of Asian literature which came into contact with the West.

    Marks:2
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    (a) Asian literature adopted many European literary forms such as narrative prose in the novel and free verse.
    (b) Its contents remained local but became nationalist in nature.

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  • Q10

    Explain giving reasons why Indians found it difficult to compete in the Indian Civil Service examination.

    Marks:2
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