ICSE Guess Paper - 2008
Class - X
Subject - History & Civics
Part – I (30 Marks)
Attempt all question from this Part
Question – 1. (Civics – Each question carry 1 mark)
(a) Can the Legislative Council of a State be dissolved ?
(b) What is the term of office of The Gram Panchayat ?
(c) Who is the head of a Municipal Corporation ?
(d) What is meant by ‘Original Jurisdiction’ of the High Court ?
(e) Mention two financial powers of the Governor.
(f) How does a Bicameral Legislature differ from a Unicameral Legislature ?
(g) What are the two types of Subordinate Court in States ?
(h) State two advantages of the Lok Adalat System of dispersing justice.
(i) mention two discretionary powers of the governor of a State.
(j) What is the normal term of Lok Sabha ?
(k) How is the speaker of Lok Sabha elected ?
(l) When can ordinances be issued by the President ?
(m) mention two ways by which the constitution ensures independence of the judges of the Supreme Court.
(n) Give any four qualification necessary for an individual seeking election to the Lok Sabha.
(o) Who appoints the Chief Justice of The Supreme Court ?
(p) Give two advantages of the Local Self Government.
(q) Which body framed the Constitution of India ?
(r) Explain the term Quorum.
(s) Name the tribunal over which the High Courts do not have any power of Superintendence.
(t) What is meant by the term Cabinet in a State ?
(u) Name the highest Criminal Court in a district.
(v) Who is the ex-officio Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha ?
(w) When and how can the President of India be removed from office ?
(x) Which body has the final authority to interpret the Constitution of India ?
Question – 2. (History – Each question carry 2 marks)
(a) State two factors responsible for the growth of Nationalism in India.
(b) Explain the term ‘Doctrine of Lapse’
(c) What were the two proposals for the Princely States in the Mountbatten Plan of 1947?
(d) Name the countries that formed allied powers.
(e) Why did America drop atom bomb on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ?
(f) Name two leaders of the Swaraj Party. Why were they said to be Pro-changers ?
(g) What did the British do to foster the policy of Divide and Rule, which gave rise to the formation of the Muslim League ?
(h) Name the permanent member countries of the Security Council.
(i) State the importance of Articles 1 and 2 of the Human Rights Declaration.
(j) How did the English language play a leading role in the growth of nationalism in India?
(k) When and by whom was the Civil Disobedience Movement launched ?
(l) Name the military organization formed by Subhas Chandra Bose. When was it formed?
(m) Name the last British Viceroy of India.
(n) Why was the signing of the Lucknow Pact an important event towards the growth of unity in India ?
(o) Mention two reasons for the unhappiness of the Indian soldiers in the British Army before 1857.
(p) State two reasons given by the Cabinet Mission for rejecting the demand for a separate state of Pakistan.
(q) State underlying principles of Fascism.
(r) Name the signatory countries of the Triple Entente (1907).
(s) State any two functions of the UNDP.
(t) Mention two contribution of Dadabhai Naoroji to the National Movement.
(u) Name the countries that formed the Allied Powers.
Part – II (50 Marks)
Section – A [Civics]
Question – 3.
(a) Describe the financial powers of Union Parliament.
(b) mention three instances when the Parliament can make laws on the subjects entered in the state list.
(c) Explain the powers of Union Parliament in respect of matters in the union list and concurrent list.
Question – 4.
(a) Which house is considered to be more powerful, the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha ? State two reasons for this.
(b) How is the Speaker of the Lok Sabha elected ? Mention two functions of the Speaker during the session of the Parliament.
(c) Mention four ways of Lok Sabha controlling over the Council of Ministers.
Question – 5.
President is the head of India and Governor is the head of a state.
(a) Write three qualifications required for becoming a governor of a state.
(b) In which circumstances the President can declare the emergency ?
(c) Write four similar features in the Legislative powers of the president and the Governor.
Question – 6.
(a) State the composition of the Supreme Court. Which qualification are needed for a Supreme Court Judge ?
(b) Describe Supreme Court’s judicial powers. What is meant by ‘Court of Record’ ?
(c) Explain how the independence of the Judges of the Supreme Court is ensured by the Constitution.
Question – 7.
(a) How is the Speaker of a State Legislative elected ?
(b) What are the functions of the Speaker ?
(c) Write three functions of the speaker.
Question – 8.
(a) What are the qualifications needed for becoming a member of the Rajya Sabha ?
(b) Describe the Legislative and Financial powers of the Rajya Sabha.
Question – 9.
(a) Describe the procedure followed by State Legislature in passing a Money bill.
(b) How is the budget passed by the State Legislature ?
Question – 10.
(a) What are the necessary qualification for candidate desiring to be elected in the Assembly ?
(b) Give two circumstances under which the State Legislative Assembly can be dissolved?
Section – B [History]
Question – 11.
(a)Write three proposals of the Cabinet Mission.
(b) Describe reasons for the Muslim League’s acceptance and later rejection of the Cabinet Mission’s plan.
(c) Describe reaction of the congress to the Cabinet mission.
Question – 12.
(a)Describe any three circumstances that led to the rise of Fascism in Italy.
(b) Describe any three domestic policies of Hitler.
(c) How were the foreign policies of Hitler responsible for the outbreak of cold war II ?
Question – 13.
The world has seen the damages caused by the two world wars. The aim of the United Nation Organization is to save the succeeding generation from the source of another war. With reference to this :
(a) Explain any three function of the General Assembly.
(b) Mention three important functions of the UNESCO.
(c) Discuss the role of the Security Council in maintaining world peace.
Question – 14.
(a) What were the effect of world war II on Japan ?
(b) Explain the division of Germany.
(c) describe the division of the world into two power blocks.
Question – 15.
In the context of The Civil Disobedience Movement, explain the importance of the following :
(a) The Simon Commission
(b) Nehru Report
(c) The Lahore Session of The Indian National Congress (1929).
Question – 16.
The Home Rule League was founded in India in 1915 – 1916 . In this context answer the following questions :-
(a) What is meant by Home Rule ? Why did the leaders of this movement avoid revolutionary and aggressive methods ?
(b) Explain the role played by Tilak.
(c) Describe the impact of the movement.
Question – 17.
(a) Mention the contribution of Gopal Krishna Gokhle.
(b) Mention the contribution of M. K. Gandhi.
(c) Mention the contribution of Dadabhai Naoroji.
Question – 18.
The partition of Bengal in 1905 was intended to check the rising tide of Indian Nationalism and to break the Hindu-Muslim unity in Bengal. In this context state the following :
(a) Reaction of the Nationalists to the Partition of Bengal.
(b) Reaction of the British against the agitators.
Question – 19.
With reference to the agencies of the United Nations, give the main function of the following :
(a) World Health Organization
(b) United Nation Development Programme.
Question – 20.
(a) What is meant by Non-Aligned Movement ?
(b) State three objectives of NAM.
(c) What role did Pandit Nehru play in NAM ?
Question – 21.
(a) What is meant by Satyagraha ?
(b) Explain the regions of adopting Satyagraha ?
(c) Explain the circumstances leading to the Non-cooperation Movement.