VIBGYOR HIGH

Second Term Examination

Sample Paper
AY 2022 – 2023

GRADE: 7 CIE Max. Marks: 50

SUBJECT: HISTORY Date:

Paper No: 1 Time: 1 hour

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Candidate No: Centre No:

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 I. Fill in the blanks. [7]

a. adopted three methods to make the British the paramount power

in India.

b. Under the Mahalwari system the revenue settlement was made with the

c. The revolt of 1857 started as a of the sepoys.

d. Sati was banned by Lord William Bentinck with the support of progressive Indians
like

e. Gandhiji organized a workers’ strike against exploitative Indian mill owners in

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f. In February 1947, the British government declared that power would be transferred
to the Indians by

g. The immediate cause of the Revolt of 1857 was the issue of the

II. Match the Following. [4]

1. Subsidiary Alliance (a) encouraged education of Indians

2. Charter Act of 1813 (b) Prarthana Samaj

3. Mahadev Govind Ranade (c) Boycott of British goods

4. Non-cooperation Movement (d) Lord Wellesley

ANS: 1 - , 2- , 3- , 4-

III. Choose the correct answer [6]

a. The Cripps Mission was sent to India in 1942, when the British empire was under the
threat of a Japanese/German/Russian attack.

b. A resolution declaring ‘Poorna Swaraj’ was declared as its goal at the

Lahore/Surat/Bombay session of the Congress.
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 c. Swami Dayanand/Sayyid Ahmad Khan/Dadabhai Naoroji founded the Mohammedan
Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh in 1875.

d. Mangal Pandey was a sepoy at Barrackpore/Nagpur/Satara who refused to use the

greased cartridge in 1857.

e. The Treaty of Allahabad/Madras/Benaras granted the English East India Company

the right to collect revenue from Bihar, Bengal and Orissa.

f. The Maratha chiefs were united under the leadership of Nana Phadnavis/Baji Rao
II/Madhav Rao II during the First Anglo-Maratha War.

IV. State whether the following are true or false [5]

a. Subhash Chandra Bose formed a new party called the Forward Bloc.

b. The Non-Cooperation Movement had ended in failure after the Chauri Chaura
incident.

c. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was a priest in the temple of Goddess Lakshmi at

Calcutta.

d. Peasants benefitted from the land revenue system of the British.

e. Lord Macaulay insisted that Western education should be imparted through the
medium of vernacular languages.

V. Answer the following question briefly [8]

a. What were the main objectives of the Indian National Army?

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b. What do you understand by the Civil Disobedience Movement?

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c. Under what circumstances did a subordinate state automatically ‘lapse’ and pass into
the hands of the British? How did the rulers react to this policy?

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d. Mention any three grievances that the sepoys had against their British masters.

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I. Answer the following questions. [5]

a. What were Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s views on religion? [2]

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b. Name the society established by Raja Ram Mohan Roy in 1828 and the social practices
against which thissociety launched a relentless struggle. [2]

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e. Mention any two important social reforms supported by this society. [1]

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 CIVICS

I. Fill in the blanks. [4]

a. The is a permanent House. It cannot be dissolved.

b. The President can call a session of the Parliament if there is a

deadlock regarding a bill.

c. In India there is a unified system of courts for the Indian Union and the
states.
d. The President can be removed from office by a procedure known as

II. Match the Following. [4]

1. The Speaker (a) Village level courts

(b) nominates 12 members to the

2. Nyaya Panchayats
Rajya Sabha

3. The President (c) Free legal aid and service

(d) Is the presiding officer of the Lok

4. Legal Aid Scheme
Sabha

ANS: 1- , 2- , 3- , 4-

III. Picture Study [7]

Until 1950, the building in the picture was

known as ‘Viceroys House’, and served as the
residence of the Governor General of India

a. Identify the building. Whose official residence is it now? [1]

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b. How is he/she elected and their term of office? [2]

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c. Mention two powers each held by this person with reference to the following: [4]

i. Financial powers

ii. Judicial powers

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