Question Paper Delhi 2017 Set 1 CBSE Class 12 History

General Instructions:

• Answer all the questions. Some questions have internal choice. Marks are indicated against each question.
• Answer to question nos. 1 to 3 carrying 2 marks should not exceed 30 words each.

Answer to question nos. 4 to 9 carrying 4 marks should not exceed 100 words. Students should attempt only 5 questions in this section.

Question 10 (for 4 marks) is a value based question and compulsory question.

<math>\blacktriangle</math> Answer to question nos. 11 to 13 carrying 8 marks should not exceed 350 words.

Questions 14 to 16 are source based questions and have no internal choice.

Question 17 is a Map question that includes identification and location of significant test items. Attach the map with the answer sheet.

PART – A

Answer all the questions given below:

1. "The burials in Harappan sites reveal the economic and social differences amongst

the people living within a particular culture." Give two evidences in support of your answer.

Ans. The Economic and Social differences in Harappa:

1. In Harappan sites the dead were laid in pits.
2. In some instances the hollowed out spaces were lined with bricks
3. Some graves contained pottery and ornaments, indicating a belief that these could be used in the afterlife.
4. Jewellery has been found in burials of both man and woman. (shell rings, a jasper beads and micro beads were found)

1. In some instances the dead were buried with Copper mirrors.
2. It appears that Harappan did not believe in burying precious things with the dead.

Any two to be explained.

2. Examine why Bernier was against the idea of crown ownership of land in Mughal India.

Ans. Bernier's idea of Crown ownership in Mughal India:

1. He believed in the virtues of Private Property.
2. He saw crown ownership of land as being harmful for both the state and the people.
3. Land holders could not pass on their land to their children
4. They were averse to long term investment expansion of production.
5. The absence of Private property prevented the emergence of class of improving landlords.
6. It had led to uniform ruination of agriculture.
7. Excessive oppression of the peasantry and decline in the standard of living.
8. He warned that if European kings followed the Mughal model their kingdoms would be very far from being well cultivated and peopled.
9. It has led to impoverishment of the peasantry.
10. There was no middle state in India.
11. He saw the Mughal Emperors as the "king of the Beggars and the Barbarians".
12. He considered revenue as the rent because land revenue demands were often very high.

Any two to be examined.

1. Why were many Zamindaris auctioned after the Permanent Settlement in Bengal?

Give two reasons.