History Official 2023-2024 ISC (Arts) Class 12 Question Paper Solution

What was the most significant change made by the Mountbatten Plan in the Cabinet Mission Plan proposals?

The Historic Eight Documents, authored by Charu Majumdar, served as the ideological foundation of the ______ Movement.

Name the leader of Mizoram Movement (1959 – 1986).

Name any one organisation that pioneered the demonstrations against the evils of the dowry system in India.

Identify the Prime Minister of India who signed the Assam Accord (1985) with the leaders of the AASU and AAGSP.

Indira Gandhi

Morarji Desai

Rajiv Gandhi

Charan Singh

Which one of the following was the primary reason for Italy's aggressive foreign policy that led to the outbreak of the Second World War?

Italy was not given the territories as promised to them by the Allies in a secret treaty signed in London.

Romania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia asked Italy for military and financial help.

Italy decided to protect the sovereignty of Germany.

Italy aimed to counter the imperial policies of Britain and France in Asia.

A prominent political change took place on the midnight of 3rd October, 1990 in Europe, after the fall of Communism. Identify the political change being referred to above.

Lech Walesa became the leader of a free and united Poland.

The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was created.

Alexander Dubeck was removed as the leader of Czechoslovakia.

Helmut Kohl became the first Chancellor of United Germany since the Second World War.

Assertion: Germany invaded Poland on 1^st September, 1939.

Reason: Hitler had signed a Non-Aggression Pact with Russia in August 1939 and ensured Russian neutrality.

Both Assertion and Reason are true, and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.

Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.

Assertion is true and Reason is false.

Both Assertion and Reason are false.

The African leader imprisoned by the British government for twenty-seven years was ______.

Kwame Nkrumah

Jomo Kenyatta

Nelson Mandela

Chief Luthuli

Name the original signatories of the Anti-Comintern Pact in 1936.

State any one difference between the freedom movement of Ghana and that of Kenya.

How did the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour change the nature of the Second World War?

Mention any one challenge faced by Nkrumah after becoming the Prime Minister of Ghana.

State any one Act passed by the US Congress (1963 – 64) that sought to abolish gender discrimination in the US.

What was the primary demand of the World Zionist Movement?

In the context of the Middle East crisis, what is meant by the term Intifada?

With reference to the image shown below, explain the results and the significance of the First General Elections in India in 1952.

State any four developments during the J.P. Movement which led to the declaration of Emergency in June, 1975.

Enumerate any four of the five principles that laid the foundation of the Non-Aligned Movement at the Banding Conference.

One of the primary reasons for the outbreak of the Second World War was the policy of Appeasement followed by Britain and France.

Give any four reasons to explain why these two nations adopted the policy of Appeasement.

With reference to the World Economic Crisis (1929), give any four reasons to explain why Japan adopted an aggressive and militant foreign policy before the Second World War.

Which war is being referred to in the image of the news extract given below? Briefly explain any three causes of this war.

The image given below shows the Prime Minister of India, Lal Bahadur Shastri and President of Pakistan, Ayub Khan attending a Conference in 1966.

1. Where and after which war was this Conference held?
2. State the two important outcomes of this Conference.

President F. W. Klerk decided to end Apartheid and gradually move South Africa towards black majority rule. In this context discuss any four steps taken by Klerk to achieve his objectives peacefully.

With reference to the Civil Rights Movement in the US, identify the activist leader shown below. Discuss any three contributions of this activist leader.

Given below is a cartoon on the Marshall Plan. With reference to the cartoon, briefly discuss any four significant features of the Marshall Plan.

Name the Resolution that the All India Congress Committee passed on the 8th August, 1942. Why did Gandhi demand complete freedom immediately?

The popular upsurge in 1942 was crushed by the British Government, but the freedom struggle was carried on outside India by the Indian National Army. Discuss any four contributions of the Indian National Army with reference to the freedom struggle in India.

Why did the Cripps Mission come to India? State any three proposals of the Cripps Mission.

Give any four reasons for the rejection of the Cripps Mission by the Congress and other political parties in India.

The Elections of 1977 brought a non - Congress government to power in India for the first time since Independence.

In the context of this statement, briefly discuss the following:

Any four policies of the new non-Congress government.

The Elections of 1977 brought a non - Congress government to power in India for the first time since Independence.

In the context of this statement, briefly discuss the following:

Any four major drawbacks that led to the downfall of this government.

Mao Zedong adopted a new economic policy to suit the special needs of the people of China. This policy was not based on the Russian model.

In this context, discuss any four features of the Great Leap Forward and its long term impact.

Discuss any four causes of the Yom Kippur War (1973).

Discuss any four consequences of the Yom Kippur War (1973).

The Suez Crisis of 1956 was the result of the aggressive policies of all the nations involved in it. Discuss any four causes of this Crisis.

The Suez Crisis of 1956 was the result of the aggressive policies of all the nations involved in it. Discuss any four consequences of this Crisis.