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Meghalaya Board (MBOSE) HSSLC Class 11 Question Papers – History Subject
(Part: A – Objective)
Section – I
1.) Choose the correct answer (any twenty):
(a) Increase in brain size of the early man occured between:
(i) 3 and 2 million years ago
(ii) 4 and 3 million years ago
(iii) 2 and 1 million years ago.
(b) Homo-erectus began using fire about:
(i) 34,000 years
(ii) 50,000 years
(iii) 7,00,000 years.
(c) The two great rivers that flow through Mesopotamia are:
(i) Euphrates and Nile
(ii) Nile and Tigris
(iii) Tigris and Euphrates.
(d) The most important impetus for the rise, growth and survival of urbanisation in the long run is:
(i) Wheel
(ii) Plough
(iii) Writing.
(e) Alexander’s military campaigns opened up new avenues for:
(i) Political interaction
(ii) Cultural interaction
(iii) Economic interaction.
(f) The Roman Emperor who established a permanent dictatorship in Rome was:
(i) Julius Caesar
(ii) Augustus Caesar
(iii) Tiberius.
(g) The Islamic Calendar was established during the Caliphate of:
(i) Abu Bakr
(ii) Abdal Malik
(iii) Umar.
(h) A new tradition of Arab medicine that flourished was called:
(i) Unani
(ii) Siddha
(iii) Ayurveda.
(i) The Steppe-dwellers were mainly:
(i) Pastoralists
(ii) Agriculturalists
(iii) Warriors.
(j) Genghis Khan’s first target was:
(i) Japan
(ii) China
(iii) Korea.
(k) The biggest land-owners of medieval Europe were:
(i) church
(ii) landlords
(iii) traders.
(l) Free peasants had to pay a direct tax called:
(i) taille
(ii) tithe
(iii) labour rent.
(m) Historians called the new approach to the knowledge of man and nature the:
(i) Modern Revolution
(ii) Industrial Revolution
(iii) Scientific Revolution.
(n) Madonna, the mother of Jesus, is the greatest work of :
(i) Giotto
(ii) Dante
(iii) Raphael.
(o) The Shamans played an important role as healers in the:
(i) Aztec society
(ii) Inca society
(iii) Arawaks society.
(p) The artificial islands or Chinampas were developed by which society?
(i) Arawaks
(ii) Aztecs
(iii) Incas.
(q) Eldorado, the land of silver and gold belonged to the:
(i) Inca Kingdom
(ii) Aztec Kingdom
(iii) Mayan Kingdom.
(r) The name ‘Indian’ was first applied to the natives of America by:
(i) Christopher Columbus
(ii) Captain Cook
(iii) Tasman.
(s) The Aborigines arrived in Australia from:
(i) Kenya
(ii) New Guinea
(iii) Ghana
(t) Which among the following symbolised British Industrialisation?
(i) Iron industry
(ii) Coal industry
(iii) Textile industry.
(u) The French engineer who constructed the Suez Canal in 1869 was:
(i) Clermont
(ii) James Brindley
(iii) Ferdinand-de-Lessepes.
(v) Luddism was a movement against the:
(i) Kings
(ii) Machines
(iii) Employment of women and children.
(w) The greatest historian of early China was:
(i) Lian Qichao
(ii) Sima Qian
(iii) Naito Konan.
(x) Japan was opened to the outside world after the treaty with:
(i) Commodore Perry
(ii) Marco Polo
(iii) Luis Frots.
(y) The Manchu Monarchy of China was overthrown by the Republic under the leadership of:
(i) Mao Zedong
(ii) Chiang Kaishek
(iii) Sun-Yat-Sen.
2.) State whether the following statements are ‘True’ or ‘False’ (any ten).
(a) Researchers have come to the conclusion that the humans have descended from the Asian apes
(b) The script evolved by the Sumerians is known as the Pictographic script.
(c) The Roman woman enjoyed considerable legal rights.
(d) The Arabian Peninsula became the centre of a new religious movement- Islam.
(e) The defeat in Egypt put an end to the western expansion of the Mongols.
(f) The term ‘serfs’ is a word commonly used for nobles in the Roman Empire.
(g) Secularism was the keynote of Humanism.
(h) Human sacrifice was an important part of Aztec religion.
(i) British East India Company was formed in 1700.
(j) After 1861-65 Civil war, the northern states won and slavery was abolished.
(k) U. S. President, Andrew Jackson was kind to the Cherokees, the native people of America.
(l) Richard Arkwright invented the Water Frame in 1769.
(m) Industrial Revolution did not bring any change in the position of women.
(n) Japan was the first country to introduce compulsory education.
(o) Mao Zedong fled to Taiwan in 1949 and established the Republic of China.
Section – II
3.) Answer any ten questions in 2 or 3 sentences.
(a) Who was Charles Darwin?
(b) What are mammals?
(c) Who was Gilgamesh?
(d) What is Pax Romana?
(e) What is meant by Abbasid Revolution?
(f) What were the reasons for the success of Genghis Khan?
(g) Who were called the ‘three orders’?
(h) What was the ‘Black Death’?
(i) Who was Martin Luther?
(j) Name the two schools established by the Aztecs.
(k) What was the Notational system of the Mayans?
(l) Define the term ‘Settlers’.
(m) Give two reasons why Industrial Revolution began first in England.
(n) Who were the Samurai?
(o) Name the ‘four great needs’ of the people identified by the Kuomintang Party.
(Part: B – Descriptive)
Answer question No. 8 and any 3 from the rest.
1.) Who were the Homo sapiens? Describe the various ways how the early humans obtained food.
2.) Describe the position and role of slaves in Roman society and economy. Mention the factors which led to the decline of slavery.
3.) Discuss the scientific and cultural achievements of the Abbasid dynasty?
4.) What were the Crusades? Explain the effects.
5.) Examine the salient features of art and architecture during the Renaissance period.
6.) Who were the Aborigines? What happened to them after the Europeans established their settlements in Australia.
7.) What led to the rise of Modern China?
8.) Write short notes on any two of the following:
(a) Upper Palaeolithic Art.
(b) Urbanisation in Mesopotamia.
(c) Augustus Caesar.
(d) Causes of success of Genghis Khan.
(e) Features of Feudalism.
(f) Impact of Industrial Revolution.
(g) New Education system under the Meijis of Japan.