CBSE Set Set2 History Sample Test Papers For Class 12th for students online
History
Class - XII (CBSE)
You are on questions of Set II
(Only those questions, which are different from Set I have been given here.)
Maximum marks: 100
MODERN INDIA
Q.1. What is meant by the term 'succession
states' in the context of the history of India in the 18th century? How did
their rise affect the Mughal Empire? (5 marks)
OR
Q. Explain the reasons for the failure of the
Marathas to get the support of other Indian rulers in the third battle of
Panipat.
Q.2. Tipu Sultan was finally defeated in 1799. How were the territories of his
kingdom divided after his death? (2 marks)
Q.3. Explain the meaning of 'subsidiary alliance'? (2 marks)
Q.4. Describe the developments that led to the war between the English and the
Nawab of Bengal in 1757. Explain the immediate and the long-term consequences of
the war. (8 marks)
OR
Q. Describe the major steps taken by the British Government in the field of
education upto 1857. Make a critical assessment of these steps in spreading
education in India.
Q.8. What were the reasons for the British government's interest in Afghanistan?
(2 marks)
Q.9. What is the importance of the Surat Session in the history of the Indian
National Congress? (2 marks)
CONTEMPORARY WORLD
Q.14. Describe the reasons for the tension
between Serbia and the Austria -Hungarian Empire before the First World War. (5
marks)
OR
Q. When and why did Russia withdraw from the
First World War?
History
Class - XII 1996(CBSE)
You are on questions of Set III
(Only those questions, which are different from Set I and Set II have been
given here.)
Maximum marks: 100
MODERN INDIA
Q.2. Explain one major step
taken by the East India Company to drain the wealth from Bengal after the Battle
of Plassey. (2 marks)
Q.6. Describe the contribution of Raja Rammohan Roy in the field
of religious reforms. (5 marks)
OR
Explain the religious ideas of Swami Dayanand Saraswati.
Q.7. What were the changes in the
British policy towards the rulers of the Indian states after 1858? Why were
these changes introduced? Explain.
(5 marks)
OR
Describe the changes introduced
by the Act of 1858 in the administration of Britain's empire in India.
CONTEMPORAY WORLD
Q.17. Why is the policy of
Britain and France in the 1930's known as the policy of appeasement ? Explain
with suitable examples. (5 marks)
OR
Describe the main features of
political development in the Soviet Union in the 1930's?
Q.18. When and why did USA enter
the Second World War? What was its impact on the outcome of the war? (5 marks)
OR
Why did the Soviet Union appeal
for the opening of the 'second front' during the Second World War? When was it
opened and with what consequences?