CARMEL ENGLISH SCHOOL Padmanabhanagar, Bengal PREPARATORY EXAMINATION, 2022-2023 SUBJECT ~ HISTORY, CIVICS AND GEOGRAPHY PAPER I - HISTORY & CIVICS hours C&td KicsEJ Maximum M: Time rks:80 svers to this Paper must be written on the answer sheet provided separ allowed to write during the first 15 minutes. This time is fo be spent in reading the question paper. ‘The time given at the head of this Paper is th owed for writing the answers, Attempt all questions from Part I (Compulsory). A total of five questions are to be attempted from Part IL, two out of three questions from Section A and three out of five questions from Section B. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets || ~ You will not be uestion 1: [16] Choose the correet option: > i)What happens when the quorum of a House is not met? alA House gets dissolved b)Speaker adjourns the House c)The President calls for a joint sitting dThe President prorogues the House iin which of the following months, if you visit the Parliament of India, you would not find it working. a)February bMune —c)August_ November iii) Which of the following methods is NOT used by the Parliament to exercise its control over the Government a)Asking questions b)Rejection of a Government Bill c)Passing a cut motion _dAmendment of the Constitution iv)ldentify an Executive power of the President in the following statements a)Dissolves the Lok Sabha byNominates members to Rajy Sabha c)Appoints the Atworney General of India 4)Sends messages to either House of Parliament v) Which of the following is NOT the power and responsibilities of the Prime Minister in relation to the Parliament a)He is the leader of the Lok Sabha b)He is the chief spokesperson of the Government e)He defends the Government in the Parliament d)He is the principal advisor of the President vi)Disputes relating to the election petitions come under which of the following jurisdictions of the High Court a)Appellate Jurisdiction b)Original Jurisdiction c)Advisory Jurisdiction d)Judicial Review viiyfhe immediate cause for the First War of Independence w a)Growing unemployment b)Lower salaries of the Indian soldiers introduction of Enfield Rifle d)Corruption in administrationviii) Which of the following statements about Early Nationalists is false? a)Their leaders were DadabhaiNaoroji and Gopal Krishna Gokhale b)They believed in Constitutional means of protest c)They wanted self — government under British rule They wanted to launch violent agitations against the British. ix) Where was the First Session of the Indian National Congress held in December 1885? a)Pune b)Bombay c)Caleutta é)Deihi x)Which of the following was a reason for the acceptance of the Mountbatten Plan? a)The British forced the Congress to accept the plan b)The Muslim League would cooperate in the governance )The only alternative to partition was a federation with a weak centre 4)The Princely states wanted to accept the plan. xi)Which one of the following began with the Dandi March? a)Home Rule Movement b)Non — Cooperation Movement A ©)Civil Disobedience Movement 4)Quit India Movement xiiJAs per the Indian Independence Act, 1947,the Governor General of India was to be a)Elected by the constituent Assembly b) Nominated by the dominion cabinet c)Appointed by the British King on the advice of the Dominion Cabinet <)Appointed by the Viceroy xiii) Which party was founded by Subash Chandra Bose in the year 1939 after he broke away from the Congress? a)indian Freedom Party b)Azad Hind Fauj Revolutionary Front <)Forward Bloc xiv)Under whose presidency was the Lahore session of the Indian Congress held in the year 1929. a)Bal Gangadhar Tilak b)Gopal Krishna Gokhale )Jawaharlal Nehru d)Motilal Nehru A xv)The people of India agitated against the arrival of Simon Commission because a)Simon Commission recommended the abolition of Dyarchy There was no Indian member in the Simon Commission ©)To continue communal representation Commission suggested the partition of the country xvi) The five permanent members of the Security Council are a)The USA, China, Russia, Germany, France b)China, The USA, Britain, India, Russia c)The USA, China, Britain, France, Russia Russia, Japan, The USA, France, Germany 2‘Question 2 i)Suppose riots break out in your State and there is a break down of law and order, what will the Governor of your State do and what will be its consequences. 2 ii) Your father is a judge in a High Court. You also wish to follow your father’s footsteps and serve as a High Court Judge, What qualifications does your father tell you are needed for becoming a High Court Judge? 2 iii)State any two Objectives of the Muslim League. 2 iv)Why did Gandhiji suspend the Non ~ Cooperation Movement? (2 v)What was the Berlin ~ Rome -Tokyo Axis? Why did Hitler demand the Danzing Corridor from Poland? 2 vi)State any two objectives of the UN 2 vii)Name the three architects of NAM QI) PART I_SECTION A Attempt any two questions from this secti Question 3 Parliament has very wide scope of legislation. With reference to the Union Legislature, answer the following questions: i) State any three functions of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha 3) ii) Explain any three Financial Powers of the Parliament. GI iii) What is the maximum strength of Rajya Sabha? Explain its composition. [4] Question 4 With reference to the Union Executive, answer the following questions: i)How is the President of India elected? State the composition of the Electoral College that elects him. B) ii)State any three Legislative powers of the Cabinet. G3] iii)State four points of difference between the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. 4] Question 5 ‘Our Judicial system has Supreme Court at its Apex, followed by the High Courts and other Subordinate Courts. In the light of this statement, explain the following: i)Any three advantages of resolving disputes through the Lok Adalat, BI ii)Three cases in which the High Court enjoys Original Jurisdiction. BI iii) ‘Advisory’ and ‘Revisory’ Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. (4) SECTION B Attempt any three questions from this Sect Question 6 the second half of the 19" century was the birth of national awakening in India. With reference to the growth of nationalism, answer the following: i)Three repressive colonial policies introduced by Lord Lytton GB] ii)State any three aims of Indian National Congress 3] iii)Mention any two contributions of each of the following: 4] a) Jyotiba Phule b)Rajaram Mohan Roy eaQuestion 7 Look at the given pi jure and answer the following questions: i) Identify this Assertive leader. Mention any two of his contributions to the Indian Freedom Movement. t 4 ii)When was Bengal Partitioned? Name the viceroy responsible for it. State the reason given by him to justify the Partition BI i)State any four methods advocated by the Assertive Nationalists. [4 Question 8 he Quit India Resolution in 1942was one of the final calls given by Gandhi for the British to leave India. Moving towards Independence, Lord Mounthatten’s Plan was significant. In this context, answer the followin; i)Explain two reasons for launching Quit India Movement. Cig ii)Mention any three effects of the Quit India Movement inthe last phase of the National Movement of India. BI iii)Give any four clauses of the Mountbatten Plan of 1947. {4} Juestion 9 ith reference to the World Wars, the Non — Aligned Movement, answer the following: i)Explain any three causes of the First World War. G] iijHow was Japanese invasion of China, a cause for the Second World War? [3] iii)Mention any four objectives of Non — Alignment Movement 4) Question 40 With reference to the United Nations and its Specialized Agencies, answer the following: i)State the composition of the General Assembly Bho ii)Mention any three functions of the International Court of Justice. G1 iii) Write the expanded form of the UNICEF and state three functions of this agency. [4] 4