ICSE-X-HistCivics
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- #2-a [2]Mention any two Repressive Colonial policies of Lord Lytton. (b) Name the two main associations that were the precursors of the Indian National
Congress. (c) Give the names of two leaders who led the Home Rule Movement in India. (d) What was the Khilafat Movement?
Attempt all questions from Part I (Compulsory). A total of five questions are to be
attempted from Part II, two out of three questions from Section A and any three out
of five questions from Section B.
Intended marks for questions or part of questions are given in brackets [ ]. (e) State any two provisions of the Rowlatt Act passed by the government in 1919. (f) Mention any two objectives of the Indian National Army. (g) Why did Mahatma Gandhi start his historic march to Dandi? (h) Sate the significance of the policy of Appeasement as a cause for the Second World
War. (i) Give the reason as to why Japan invaded China. (i) Mention any two functions of the UNESCO in the field of education.
PART II (50 marks)Ans : Two Repressive Colonial policies of Lord Lytton were:
(i) He passed the Vernacular Press Act in 1878. According to it, the Indian
newspaper could not print against the government. He also passed the Indian
Arms Act in 1879. Under this Act, Indians could not keep arms without the
valid license.
(ii) He reduced the maximum age limit for the Indian Civil Service Examination
from 21 to 19 years, thus making it difficult for the Indians to compete for it. (b) Two main associations that were the precursors of the Indian National Congress
were the Indian Association (1876) and the Indian National Conference (1883). (c) Two leaders who led the Home Rule Movement in India were Mrs. Annie Besant and
Bal Gangadhar Tilak. (d) The Khilafat Movement was launched by Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali against the
British attack on Turkey during the First World War. Turkey was the seat of the
Caliph who was considered as the religious head by the Muslims. The Muslims felt
that the weakening of the position of the Caliph would adversely affect the position
of the Muslims. (e) Two provisions of the Rowlatt Act passed by the government in 1919 were:
(i) The government could arrest of any person without a warrant
(ii) Suspension on the Right of Habeas Corpus. (f) Two objectives of the Indian National Army were:
(i) To organise an armed revolution to fight the British army with modern arms.
(ii) To organise a provisional government of Free India in order to mobilise all
the forces effectively. (g) Gandhi served eleven point ultimatum to the British government. One of the
demands was to abolish salt tax. When the government did not give any response to
these demands, he started the historic march to Dandi. (h) Britain and France followed a policy of appeasement towards dictatorial countries
like Germany and Italy. The former felt that the injustices of the Treaty of Versailles
made Germany hostile. Once her grievances were taken care, she along with Italy
would remain peaceful. As communism was spreading, France and Italy allowed
Germany to remilitarise the Rhineland and capture Austria and Czechoslovakia. This
policy of appeasement was one of the major reasons which led to the Second World
War. (i) Japan invaded China as it was following the policy of expansion.
( (i) j) Two functions of the UNESCO in the field of education are
(i) It works for the eradication of illiteracy by encouraging adult education,
distant education and open school system(ii) It provides financial assistance to the disabled children.
PART II
- #2-b [2]Name the two main associations that were the precursors of the Indian National
Congress.Ans : Two main associations that were the precursors of the Indian National Congress
were the Indian Association (1876) and the Indian National Conference (1883).
- #2-c [2]Give the names of two leaders who led the Home Rule Movement in India.Ans : Two leaders who led the Home Rule Movement in India were Mrs. Annie Besant and
Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
- #2-d [2]What was the Khilafat Movement?
Attempt all questions from Part I (Compulsory). A total of five questions are to be
attempted from Part II, two out of three questions from Section A and any three out
of five questions from Section B.
Intended marks for questions or part of questions are given in brackets [ ].Ans : The Khilafat Movement was launched by Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali against the
British attack on Turkey during the First World War. Turkey was the seat of the
Caliph who was considered as the religious head by the Muslims. The Muslims felt
that the weakening of the position of the Caliph would adversely affect the position
of the Muslims.
- #2-e [2]State any two provisions of the Rowlatt Act passed by the government in 1919.Ans : Two provisions of the Rowlatt Act passed by the government in 1919 were:
(i) The government could arrest of any person without a warrant
(ii) Suspension on the Right of Habeas Corpus.
- #2-f [2]Mention any two objectives of the Indian National Army.Ans : Two objectives of the Indian National Army were:
(i) To organise an armed revolution to fight the British army with modern arms.
(ii) To organise a provisional government of Free India in order to mobilise all
the forces effectively.
- #2-g [2]Why did Mahatma Gandhi start his historic march to Dandi?Ans : Gandhi served eleven point ultimatum to the British government. One of the
demands was to abolish salt tax. When the government did not give any response to
these demands, he started the historic march to Dandi.
- #2-h [2]Sate the significance of the policy of Appeasement as a cause for the Second World
War.Ans : Britain and France followed a policy of appeasement towards dictatorial countries
like Germany and Italy. The former felt that the injustices of the Treaty of Versailles
made Germany hostile. Once her grievances were taken care, she along with Italy
would remain peaceful. As communism was spreading, France and Italy allowed
Germany to remilitarise the Rhineland and capture Austria and Czechoslovakia. This
policy of appeasement was one of the major reasons which led to the Second World
War.
- #2-i [2]Give the reason as to why Japan invaded China.Ans : Japan invaded China as it was following the policy of expansion.
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- #2-i-j [2]Mention any two functions of the UNESCO in the field of education.
PART II (50 marks)Ans : j) Two functions of the UNESCO in the field of education are
(i) It works for the eradication of illiteracy by encouraging adult education,
distant education and open school system(ii) It provides financial assistance to the disabled children.
PART II