History · 2022 · Set 61/2/1

CBSE Class 12 History 2022 — Set 61/2/1

CBSE Class XII Board 2022 · Set 61/2/1

Real board examination

Sets

This paper has 2 questions on a topic removed in CBSE’s 2023-24 syllabus update (each marked Not in syllabus). It’s kept for historical accuracy — the exam really asked it that year — but isn’t in the current syllabus and doesn’t count toward a concept’s importance. Switch to to focus on what’s still examinable.

About this paper

The real Class-12 board examination held in 2022. Every question below is solved the concept-first way. Sample papers are labelled honestly — never shown as a past exam.

Total marks: 40
Questions: 10
Duration: 120 min
Sections: 4

The marks / questions / duration above are the official exam pattern. We currently have 10 of this paper’s questions (100% of the full paper), with 10 fully solved. Questions we couldn’t yet extract or verify are held — never shown as complete.

Sections & marks

Section	Type	Questions	Marks each	Total
ASection A	Short answer (≤80 words)	4	3	12
BSection B	Long answer (150-200 words)	3	6	18
CSection C	Case-based (with subparts)	2	4	8
DSection D	Map-based	1	2	2
Total		10		40

The question paper

The questions we hold for this paper, laid out by section. Solutions are on the Answers tab.

Board Examination

History

CBSE Class XII Board 2022 · Set 61/2/1

Series/Set: 61/2/1Roll No. ________

Time Allowed: 2 hoursMaximum Marks: 40

General Instructions

This question paper contains 10 questions divided into 4 sections — A, B, C, D.
Section A comprises 4 questions of 3 marks each (Short answer (≤80 words)).
Section B comprises 3 questions of 6 marks each (Long answer (150-200 words)).
Section C comprises 2 questions of 4 marks each (Case-based (with subparts)).
Section D comprises 1 question of 2 marks each (Map-based).

Above is the official exam pattern. The questions printed below are those we currently hold for this paper.

Section A

Short answer (≤80 words) · 3 marks each · 4 of 4 shown

Q1.

Mention any three sources to know about the Revolt of 1857.

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Q2.

(a) Analyse the policies adopted by the British towards Paharias of Rajmahal Hills during the eighteenth century.

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(b) Examine the role of Francis Buchanan as an extraordinary observer of British East India Company.

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Q3.

“The Constituent Assembly expressed the aspirations of the social reformers of the nineteenth century.” Explain the statement.

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Q4.

How did the role of Lal-Bal-Pal of Congress convey the All-India character of their struggle ?

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Section B

Long answer (150-200 words) · 6 marks each · 3 of 3 shown

Q1.

Analyse the different arguments made in favour of the strong Centre in the Constituent Assembly of India.

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Q2.

(a) “The Salt Satyagraha gained worldwide attention and started the nationwide Civil Disobedience Movement.” Elucidate the statement with suitable examples. OR (b) “The Non-Cooperation Movement was one of Gandhiji’s first organized acts of large scale Satyagraha for Swaraj.” Explain the statement with suitable examples.

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Q3.

(a) “Mughals had diplomatic relationships and conflicts with their neighbouring political powers.” Explain the statement. OR (b) “Akbar framed the vision and applied his sulh-i-kul policy for maintaining peace and harmony in the society.” Explain the statement.

⚠ This question is not in the current syllabus — Kings and Chronicles: The Mughal Courts (sulh-i-kul) (removed 2023-24)

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Section C

Case-based (with subparts) · 4 marks each · 2 of 2 shown

Q1.

Read the source given below carefully and answer the questions that follow : In praise of taswir Abu’l Fazl held the art of painting in high esteem : Drawing the likeness of anything is called taswir. His Majesty from his earliest youth, has shown a great predilection for this art, and gives it every encouragement, as he looks upon it as a means both of study and amusement. A very large number of painters have been set to work. Each week, several supervisors and clerks of the imperial workshop submit before the emperor the work done by each artist, and His Majesty gives a reward and increases the monthly salaries of the artists according to the excellence displayed. ... Most excellent painters are now to be found, and masterpieces, worthy of a Bihzad, may be placed at the side of the wonderful works of the European painters who have attained worldwide fame. The minuteness in detail, the general finish and the boldness of execution now observed in pictures are incomparable; even inanimate objects look as if they have life. More than a hundred painters have become famous masters of the art. This is especially true of the Hindu artists. Their pictures surpass our conception of things. Few, indeed, in the whole world are found equal to them. (8.1) How did Mughal paintings exhibit decorative elements ? (1) (8.2) How did Abu’l-Fazl credit Bihzad and the works of the Europeans ? (1) (8.3) How does this source reflect the personal inclination of the Emperor towards the paintings ? (2)

⚠ This question is not in the current syllabus — Kings and Chronicles: The Mughal Courts (Mughal court art/kitabkhana) (removed 2023-24)

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Q2.

Read the source given below carefully and answer the questions that follow : Shah Mal Shah Mal lived in a large village in pargana Barout in Uttar Pradesh. He belonged to a clan of Jat cultivators whose kinship ties extended over chaurasee des (eighty-four villages). The lands in the region were irrigated and fertile, with rich dark loam soil. Many of the villagers were prosperous and saw the British land revenue system as oppressive : the revenue demand was high and its collection inflexible. Consequently cultivators were losing land to outsiders, to traders and moneylenders who were coming into the area. Shah Mal mobilised the headmen and cultivators of chaurasee des, moving at night from village to village, urging people to rebel against the British. As in many other places, the revolt against the British turned into general rebellion against all signs of oppression and injustice. Cultivators left their fields and plundered the houses of moneylenders and traders. Displaced proprietors took possession of the lands they had lost. Shah Mal’s men attacked government buildings, destroyed the bridge over the river, and dug up metalled roads – partly to prevent government forces from coming into the area, and partly because bridges and roads were seen as symbols of British rule. They sent supplies to the sepoys who had mutinied in Delhi and stopped all official communication between British headquarters and Meerut. Locally acknowledged as the Raja, Shah Mal took over the bungalow of an English officer, turned it into a “hall of justice”, settling disputes and dispensing judgements. He also set up an amazingly effective network of intelligence. For a period the people of the area felt that firangi raj was over, and their raj had come. Shah Mal was killed in battle in July 1857. (9.1) Why did Shah Mal raise his voice against the Britishers ? (1) (9.2) How did Shah Mal support rebels of the Revolt of 1857 ? (1) (9.3) How did Shah Mal show his network of intelligence ? (2)

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Section D

Map-based · 2 marks each · 1 of 1 shown

Q1.

(10.1) On the given political outline map of India (on page 11), locate and label any one of the following with appropriate symbol : (a) The place where Gandhiji withdrew Non-Cooperation Movement. (1) OR (b) The place where Gandhiji started Satyagraha for the planters of Gujarat. (1) (10.2) On the same political outline map of India, a place related to the capital city of Mughal Empire is marked as ‘A’. Identify it and write its name on the line drawn near it. (1) [Visually Impaired alternative in lieu of Q.10: (10.1) Name any one capital city of the Mughal Empire. (1) (10.2) (a) Mention any one place related to the centre of the Revolt of 1857. (1) OR (b) Name the State where the Jallianwala Bagh event took place. (1)]

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