FIITJEE

MOCK TEST
for X Board  ICSE (Semester – 2)
SET  I
HISTORY & CIVICS
Time allowed: 1½ Hours Maximum Marks: 40

General Instructions:

(i) Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
(ii) You will not be allowed to write during the first 10 minutes.
(iii) This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
(iv) The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.
(v) Attempt all questions from Part I (Compulsory). A total of three questions are to be attempted
from Part II, one out of two questions from Section A and two out of three questions from
Section B.
(vi) The marks intended for questions are given in brackets [ ].

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PART – I
(Attempt all questions from this part)
Question 1

Choose the correct answers of the questions from the given options. (Do not copy the question, Write the
correct answer only.) [10]

(i) The President can proclaim a national emergency by the virtue of

(A) Article 365 (B) Article 352
(C) Article 370 (D) article 360

(ii) Which of the following constitutional amendment acts was passed in the year 1978?
(A) 73rd Amendment Act (B) 74th Amendment Act
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(C) 44 Amendment Act (D) 42nd Amendment Act

(iii) Mr. ABC was not found eligible for the election as the Vice-President of India though he had the
qualification of being a citizen of India and not being a member of the parliament and the state
legislative assembly. He was disqualified because:
(A) He could not meet age criteria
(B) He was not member of Lok Sabha
(C) He was not a member of Rajya Sabha
(D) None of these

(iv) At present, how many judges are there in the Supreme Court-besides the Chief Justice of India?
(A) 33 (B) 34
(C) 35 (D) 36

(v) Who administers the respective oath of office to the judges of the High Court?
(A) President of India
(B) Chief Justice of India
(C) Governor of the concerned state
(D) Prime Minister

(vi) Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was plotted by Serbian secret society called _____.
(A) Union of Serbs (B) Black Hand
(C) Union Death (D) Union of Hand

(vii) Treaty of Versailles, on behalf of Germany, was signed by the:

(A) Weimar Republic (B) Kaiser William II
(C) Adolf Hitler (D) Hindenburg

(viii) In the after math of the second world war, Germany was taken over by the allies and divided into
four zones which later on were converted to West Germany and East Germany. East Germany
was kept under the control of which of these superpower countries?
(A) USA (B) France
(C) Britain (D) Russia

(ix) How many official languages are there in the UNO?

(A) 04 (B) 05
(C) 06 (D) 07

(x) Who coined the term Non-Aligned Movement?

(A) Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru (B) Zhou En Lai
(C) VK Krishna Menon (D) Gamal Abder Nasser

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PART – II

SECTION - A
(Attempt any one question from this Section)

Question 2

(i) Write any two circumstances when the President can declare a National emergency. [2]
(ii) Who has the power to promulgate an Ordinance at the centre? When can it be promulgated?
[2]
(iii) Explain any three discretionary powers of the President. [3]
(iv) Explain any three functions of the Prime Minister in relation to the president. [3]

Question 3.

(i) Name two High Courts which have jurisdiction over more than one state. [2]
(ii) What is meant by ‘Judicial Review’? [2]
(iii) Mention three qualifications required for the appointment of judges of the Supreme Court. [3]
(iv) Mention three types of courts that a district usually has. [3]

SECTION - B
(Attempt any two questions from this Section)

Question 4

(i) Name the two rival blocks formed in Europe before World War I. [2]
(ii) State two similarities between Nazism and Fascism. [2]
(iii) Mention three causes that led to the Second World War. [3]
(iv) Mention any three objectives of the United Nations. [3]

Question 5

(i) State any two principles of Panchsheel in the Non-Aligned Movement. [2]
(ii) Give the full form of ICJ and WHO. [2]
(iii) Explain the consequences of the Second World War with reference to the Cold War. [3]
(iv) State three factors that were responsible for the failure of the League of Nations. [3]

Question 6

(i) Identify the given picture and with which War was it associated? [2]
(ii) Mention the year and place of the incident? [2]
(iii) State three consequences of the war. [3]
(iv) State three reasons of the war. [3]

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FIITJEE
MOCK TEST
for X Board  ICSE (Semester – 2)
SET  I
HISTORY & CIVICS
ANSWER KEY
1. (a) B
(b) C
(c) C
(d) A
(e) C
(f) B
(g) A
(h) D
(i) C
(j) C

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