WBCHSE History Question Paper 2022

 WBCHSE History Question Paper 2022

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 Part B

1.     Select the correct answer out of the options given against each question and write in the box provided on right hand side bottom :     1x24=24

i          The infamous Jallianwala Bagh massacre incident took place in

(a) Delhi   (b) Srinagar    (c) Saharanpur   (d) Amritsar

 

ii        Who was the Viceroy of India during the beginning of the Second World War?

(a) Linlithgow   (b) Attlee  (c) Cripps   (d) Mountbatten

 

iii      Tyuafat-Ul-Muyahiddin' was written by

      (a) Rammohan Roy     (b) Syed Ahmed Khan (c) William Hunter  (d) Theodor Beck.

 

iv      Match Column-1 with Column-1

Column 1		Column 2
i	Asiatic Society	A	H.H.Wilson
ii	Fort William College	B	David Hare
iii	School Book Society	C	William Jones
iv	Sanskrit College	D	Lord Wellesly

Alternatives:

      (a) (i)-B, (ii)-D), (iii)-A, (iv)-C

      (b) (i)-C, (ii)-B, (iii)-D, (iv)-A

      (c) (i)-C, (ii)-D, (iii)-B, (iv)-A

         (d) (i)-D, (ii)-C, (iii)-B, (iv)-A.

 

v         Treaty of Nanking was signed between

         (a) China and England    (b) China and Japan  

         (c) China and France    (d) China and Russia.

 

vi      In which year was Asiatic Society founded?

         (a) 1774    (b) 1784     (c) 1794   (d) 1804

 

vii    "Chherè Asha Gram" by Dakshinaranjari Basu is a

              (a) Myth   (b) Memoir    (c) Legend    (d) The Purana

 

viii  The oldest Museum in the world is

            (a) Indian Museum      (b) Louvre Museum

      (c) British Museum      (d) Ennegaldi-Nanna's Museum.

 

ix      Which Indian city was at first marched by the soldiers of Azad Hind Government?

     (a) Aizawl   (b) Dispur   (c) Imphal  (d) Kohima.

 

x        Cabinet Mission came to India in

                 (a) 1942   (b) 1944   (c) 1945     (d) 1946.

 

xi      The founder of the Muslim League was

                  (a) Aga Khan   (b) Salimullah    (c) Md. Ali Jinnah      (d) Syed Ahmed Khan.

 

xii    Kheda Satyagraha movement by Gandhiji was held in

                 (a) 1917 A.D.  (b) 1918 A.D.  (c) 1919 A.D.      (d) 1920 A.D.

 

xiii  Brahmo Samaj was established by

(a)     Dayanand Saraswati  (b) Gobinda Ranade   (c) Jyotiba Phule   (d) Rammohan Roy.

 

xiv  The Board of Revenue was formed by

                 (a) Robert Clive    (b) Warren Hastings   (c) Lord Cornwallis   (d) Lord Wellesley.

 

xv    "History is a science, no more, no less" who said this?

                (a) Ranke   (b) Bury  (c) E. H. Carr  (d) James Mill

 

xvi  The word Myth' comes from 'mythos' which is a-

(a) Roman word  (b) Latin word   (c) Greek word   (d) German word

 

xviiThe last Governor General of India was

(a) Chakraborti Rajagopalachari      (b) Lord Mountbatten

                   (c) Jawaharlal Nehru                           (d) Vallabhbhai Patel

 

xviii       Match Column- 1 with Column-2:

Column 1		Column 2
i	Indonesia	A	Clement Atlee
ii	Japan	B	Roosevelt
iii	England	C	Dr Sukarno
iv	USA	D	Hideki Tojo

 

Alternatives:

(a) (i)-B, (ii)-C, (iii)-D, (iv)-A

(b) (i)-C, (ii)-A, (iii)-D, (iv)-B

(c) (i)-C, (ii)-D, (iii)-A, (iv)-B

(d) (i)-A, (ii)-B, (iii)-C, (iv)-D.

  Ans. (c) (i)-C, (ii)-D, (iii)-A, (iv)-B

xix  The May 4th movement in China was led by

      (a) Chen-tu-shiu  (b) Chiang-Kai-Shek   (c) Sun Yat-sen   (d) Quanshu

 

xx    The first Trade Union of India is

(a) A.I.T.U.C.                     (b) Madras labour Union     

(c) Girini Kamgar Union   (d) Indian Trade Union Federation.

 

xxi  The Drama Nabanna was written by

(a) Bibhuti Bhusan Bandyopadhyay (b) Chittaprasad Chattopadhyay

(c) Bijan Bhattacharya                      (d) Bhawani Bhattacharya

 

xxiiThe Editor of Bharat Shromojibi Patrika was

(a) Sashipada Banerjee     (b) Motialal Sil   (c) Gandhiji   (d) Sarojini Naidu.

 

xxiii       Pioneer of Indian Renaissance is

(a) Vidyasagar     (b) Debendranath Tagore

(c) Rammohan Roy  (d) Derozio.           

 

xxiv       The first British Governor General of Bengal was 

(a) Robert Clive   .  (b) Warren Hastings   (c) Sir John Shore  (d) Lord Cornwallis

 

2.      Asnwer the following questions in brief (Alternatives are to be noted) 1x16=16

(i)                 What was Hundred Days Reform?

(ii)               What was De-industrialization?

(iii)             By which charter Act did the English East India Company lose its monopoly trading rights in India?

(iv)             When was Peiking Convention summoned?

(v)               Who founded the All India Scheduled caste Federation?

(vi)             Why did Indians reject the Simon Commission?

(vii)           Who founded the Swarajya party?

(viii)         What was the Cornwallis Code?

(ix)             What was Sun-set Law?

(x)               When was republic established in Vietnam?

(xi)             When did Indonesia get independence?

(xii)           Who was founder of Kuo-Ming-Tang party?

(xiii)         Who was the founder of Tamaralipta Jatiya Sarkar?

(xiv)         When was Rashid Ali Day observed?  (2016)

(xv)           Who started the Bardoli Satyagraha?

(xvi)         Who started the Vaikom Satyagaraha?

(xvii)       When was the Regulating Act Passed?

(xviii)     Who were called Anglicist?

(xix)         When was Mountbatten proposal declared?

(xx)           Who declared the communal Award?

(xxi)         Name any one book written by Swami Vivekananda

(xxii)       What was downward filtration theory?

(xxiii)     Which matter was connected with the Guarantee system?

(xxiv)     Between whom was the Treaty of Alinagar singed?

 

Group - A

3. Answer any five questions taking at least two questions from Groups.      8x5=40

i          What is Museum? What is the role of Museum in the reconstruction of the past? (2016)

ii        What is the importance of Memoirs in the writing of history?  (2016)

iii      Write the main provisions of the permanent settlement. What was its impact on Indian Economy?

iv      What were the chief features of the Canton Trade? Why did it come to an end? (2017 + 2019)

v        Give an account of education and social reforms of Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar.

vi      Give a brief account of the Aligarh Movement. (2017)

vii    Discuss the main features and significance of the Morley Minto Reform Act of 1909.

viii  What were the aims of Rawlatt Act? Why did Gandhiji oppose this Act? (2018)

ix       Under which circumstance Meerut Conspiracy case was started. What was its consequence?

x        What were the proposals of the Cripps Mission? Why did Indian reject them?

xi      What were the causes and significance of the Naval Revolt of 1946?

xii    Give a brief account of freedom movement of Vietnam led by Ho Chin Minh.