CLASS ---- X

SUBJECT --- history

TOTAL MARKS --------- 100

1. Answer the following questions :

1*25=25
a) What was the total population of undivided Bengal?

b) Which act upgraded the the post of Governor of Bengal Presidency to the level of
Governor General?

c) The Allahabad treaty(1765A.D) which gave political authority to the British

over Bihar,Bengal and Orissa was signed between .

d) When was the state of Assam created?Name the areas and districts included in
the new state ?

e) Name the first chief commissioner of the new stste of Assam?

f) On which date the proposal of Partition of bengal was declared officially ?From
which date it was to be implemented ?

g) Who was the composer of the song Bande Mataram ?

h) Who established Bengal chemical industry ?

i) Who were Lal-Bal-Pal ?

j) On which date the British government held a Durbar to repeal the partition of
Bengal ?

k) In which year Muslim League was established ?

l) During the rule of the Company , when and where a big famine took place ?

m) Who first returned the knighthood title ?Which movement is also known as
Delhi Chalo Satyagraha ?

n) By which separate electorate Muslim owned the the power of separate electorate
in 1909 ?What was the name of the act?

o) Who was known as frontier Gandhi ?What is the meaning of Khudai

Khidmatgars ?
p) What is the name of the British prime minister who announced the communal
award in 1932 ?

q) Who was the founder of Azad Hind Fauz?

r) What is Radcliffe Line?

s) Who led the revolt of 1857 in Assam ?After the revolt of 1857 which prince
wanted to reestablish again on the throne ?

t) Who was the Bengali Mukhtiyar who helped Maniram Diwan?Who tried the case of
Maniram Diwan ?

u) In which year slavery was started in india ?

v) What was the first national institution of Assam ?

w) The term Satyameva Jayate in the national symbol was taken from which
book ?

x) What are the two main characterstics of Indian Culture ?

y) Name 2 pictorial books of assam.

2. Answer the following questions :

3*20=60
a) Write three aims and objectives of Muslim League.

b) What do you understand by Satyagraha ? Briefly write about three three

local disputes where Gandhi first applied the technique of Satyagraha.

c)Why Non Cooperation Movement was started ? What were the

programme of the movement ?

d) Why was Khilafat movement stsrted in India ?

e) What led to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919?

f) Why Simon Commission came to India ? What happened during its visit to
India ?

g) Why the Civil Disobedience Movement was stsrted ?What were the
demands of Gandhi ?

h) Mention the points of agreement in the Gandhi-Irwin pact(1931).

i) Why Individual Satyagraha was started ?Who was the first satyagrahi to
court arrest ?

j) What is the importance of revolt of 1857 in Assam ?

k) What was Cinnibghham Circular ? When and why it was issued ?

l) List two architecture declared as world heritage sites by UNESCO.What are

the three major categories of ancient Indian sculpture ?

m) What are the six skills (saranga) of painting ?

n) How many dance form are recognised by the govt. of India as classical
Dance Forms ? Write their name alongwith states. Who is the author of
Natyashastra?

o) Write about Hornbill and Rani Gaidalu of Nagaland.

p) What is the meaning of the term Mizo ? Which festival is observed by

Mizos to revive traditional culture ?

q) Write about the achievements of Madhav Kandali.Who patronized him ?

r) Write about the achievements of Shankardeva ? What is Charyapada ?

s) Who was Ajan Pir ? What did he composed ?

t) Write two divisions of Ojhapali . What is multiculturalism ?

3. Answer the following questions :

3*5=15
a) Discuss the role and activities of Asomiya Bhasha Unnati Sadhini Sabha.

b) Give an account on th objectives and role of i) Rayat Sabha ii) Jorhat

Sarbojonic Sabha

c) Give reasons for the failure of the revolt of 1857 in Assam.