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History Model Test Paper For The Madhyamik Examination

The document is a history model test paper for the Madhyamik Examination in West Bengal containing multiple choice and long answer questions about Indian history. [1] It covers topics ranging from the 19th century religious and social reform movements to the Indian independence movement and establishment of West Bengal. [2] The questions test knowledge about influential figures, events, organizations, and literary and journalistic works that shaped Bengal's history and the Indian independence movement. [3]

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History Model Test Paper For The Madhyamik Examination

The document is a history model test paper for the Madhyamik Examination in West Bengal containing multiple choice and long answer questions about Indian history. [1] It covers topics ranging from the 19th century religious and social reform movements to the Indian independence movement and establishment of West Bengal. [2] The questions test knowledge about influential figures, events, organizations, and literary and journalistic works that shaped Bengal's history and the Indian independence movement. [3]

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History Model Test Paper for the Madhyamik Examination

Full Marks: 90

1. Choose the correct answer: [1x20=20]

i. The ideals of ‘Sarva Dharma Samanyay’ was propagated by

(a) Shibnath Shastri (b) Swami Vivekananda

(c) Sri Ramakrishna (d) Raja Rammohan Roy

ii. The name that does not go with the spread of Western Education in India is—
(a) Raja Rammohan Roy (c) Kaliprasanna Singha
(b) David Hare (d) Drinkwater Bethune
iii. ‘Brahmananda’ was —
(a) Debendranath Tagore (b) Radhakanta Deb
(c) Keshab Chandra Sen (d) Shibnath Shastri
iv. ‘Bangadarshan’ was first published in—
(a) 1818 A.D (b) 1858 A.D.
(c) 1872 A.D. (d) 1875 A.D.
v. ‘Natyasastra’ was written by –
a. Balmiki b. Kautilya
c. Bharata Muni d. Ramchandra Guha
vi. ‘Fakir of Jhungeera’ was composed by –
a. Rabindranath Tagore b. Sadat Hasan Manto
c. Munshi Premchand d. Louis Henry Vivian Derozio
vii. The Munda Rebellion under the leadership of Birsa Munda was known as --
a. ‘Bidroho’ b. Adibasi protests.

c. ‘Ulghulan’ d. Independence Movement

viii. The Barasat revolt was led by—


(a) Dudu Mian (b) Digambar Biswas

(c) Titu Mir (d) Birsa Munda

ix. Who was affectionately called the father of Indian Nationalism?


a. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee b. Mahatma Gandhi
c. Lala Lajpat Roy d. Rajnarain Bose
x. The first principal of Bengal National school and college was –
a. Jagadish Chandra Bose b. Prafulla Chandra Roy
c. Meghnad Saha d. Arabinda Ghosh
xi. In which of the following years was the All India Trade union Congress formed?
a. 1919 b. 1920
c. 1939 d. 1915
xii. The 73 year old widow who gave the lead in capturing the court and the police station of Tamluk
was:
a. Usha Mehta b. Matangini Hazra

c. Kumudini Bose d. Latika Ghosh

xiii. Of the following which was the first linguistically reorganized state?
a. West Bengal b. Maharashtra
c. Orissa d. Andhra Pradesh
xiv. In which of the following background was the novel Gora composed?

a. Santhal Rebellion b. Revolt of 1857

c. Indigo Rebellion d. Partition of Bengal

xv. Which of the following started publishing features on science?


a. Bijna Rahasya b. Banga Darshan
c. Bijnan Sadhana d. Bagaduta
xvi. Of the who composed a Bengali book on the dry plate photography
a. Mahim Chandra Thakur b. Saratchandra Deb
c. Ramendrasundar Trivedi d. Adisvara Ghatak
xvii. Of the following who was the chairman of the States Reorganisation Committee formed in
1953?
a. K.M. Panikkar b. Abul Kalam Azad
c. Fazl Ali d. Vallabhbhai Patel
xviii. The first Governor General of India was—
a. Lord Dalhousie b. Lord Canning
c. William Bentinck d. Warren Hastings
xix. Of the following who was associated with the Civil Disobedience Movement?
a. Kalpana Dutta b. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
c. Bina Das d. Pritilata Waddedar
xx. Of the following who is regarded as the ‘father of Namasudra renaissance’?
a. Harichand Thakur b. B.R. Ambedkar
c. Mahatma Gandhi d. Guruchand Thakur
Group B

2. Answer the following— (Attempt at least one question from each sub group)(16*1)

Sub—2.1 Answer each of the following questions in one sentence:

a. Name the memory picture Written by Rabindranath Tagore.


b. Who founded the periodical Bangadarshan?
c. Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission?
d. In which year was Hyderabad included in the Indian Union?

Sub—2.2 State true or false:

a. Hindoo Patriot was English weekly published from Kolkata.


b. Sarojini Naidu was the first woman President of Congress.
c. Bina Das was in favor of Non-violent movement.
d. The Munda rebellion can be classified into a working class movement.

Sub—2.3 Match the following

a. First Printing press and news paper a. Vernacular Press Act


b. First Bengali news weekly b.Lord Ripon
c. Revocation of the vernacular press c. Bengal Gazette Act
d. Lord Lytton d. Hicky
Sub—2.4 Fill in the blanks

a. ----------- was the one of the leaders of the Fakirs in the Sanyasi-Fakir rebellion
b. Jibaner Jharapata was an autobiography of -------
c. -------- organized the Hindu Mela.
d. --------- was the Supreme Commander of the Azad Hind Fauz.

Sub—2.5

Select the correct interpretation of the following statements:

a. Statement: Raja Rammohan Roy wrote a letter to Lord Amherst.

Interpretation 1: He appealed for abolition of Sati.

Interpretation 2: He appealed for the spread of Western Education in India.

Interpretation 3: He appealed for the spread of Sanskrit Education in India.


b. Statement: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the novel ‘Gora’.

Interpretation 1: He wanted to criticize Western Education.

Interpretation 2: He wanted to criticize colonial administration.

Interpretation 3: He wanted to criticize parochial nationalism.

C. Statement: The National Council of Education was founded in 1906 A.D.

Interpretation 1: for the development of scientific research

Interpretation 2: for the development of technical education

Interpretation 3: for the spread of national education

d. Statement: The Government of India framed the Meerut Conspiracy Case in 1929.

Interpretation 1: The purpose was to suppress revolutionaries.

Interpretation 2: The purpose was to suppress Civil Disobedience movement.

Interpretation 3: The purpose was to suppress nationwide socialist activities.

Group C

3. Answer the following questions in two or three sentences: (any 11) 2 x 11 =22

I. Name two biographies written in the Mughal Perion.


II. Who was the first Bengalee to dissect a dead body.
III. Who were the Wahabis?
IV. Which act brought an end to the East India Company’s rule in India.
V. In which year was the fortnightly science journal first published and what was its name?
VI. When was the partition of Bengal announced and given effect to?
VII. Narrate the incident that immortalized Midnapur of West Bengal during the course of the Quit
India Movement.
VIII. Who was Baba Ram Chandra?
IX. Who was Potti Sreeramalu?
X. How can a memoir be used as a source of the history of refugee problem?
XI. What is meant by revolution?
Group: D

4. Answer the following questions in 7/8 sentences: 4x6=24

(Attempt one question from each sub-group; in all 6 questions

Sub-group: D.1

4.1. What were the contributions of Debendranath Tagor to the Brahmo Movement?

4.2 Write about the introduction of Culture and study of science in Bengal.

Sub-group: D.2

4.3 Write about the initiative of Young Bengal in social reform?

4.4 Give a brief account of Indian newspapers and journals of the early perion.

Sub-group: D.3

4.5 Write what you know about the aims of the Dipali Sangha.

4.6 Write a short note on Eka movement

Sub-group: D.4

4.7 Discuss Tagore’s concept of education in the setting up Vishwabharati.

4.8 Discuss the main point of debate of Gandhi and Ambedkar regarding the rights of Dalits.

Group: E

5. Answer any one question in 15/16 sentences: 8x1=8

5.1 How did Swami Vivekananda explain Neo Vedant?

5.2 Write a note on the Sannyasi and Fakir Rebellion.

5.3 How did Rabindranath Tagore protest against the colonial education?

5.4 Write in short about the role of students in the Civil Disobedience Movement. Write in short
about the women wing of the Indian National Army(4+4)

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