(English Medium) ICSE Class 9 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions for History and Civics

There are many literary sources to reconstruct the Age of the Guptas. In this context explain the literary accounts of Fa-Hien.

Explain the significance of the term ‘Sovereign’.

Why was the word ‘SECULAR’, incorporated in the Preamble?

Explain the significance of the term ‘DEMOCRATIC’ in the Preamble.

What is meant by the term ‘JUSTICE’ as an ideal of the Indian Constitution?

Give two examples to indicate that the Preamble to the Constitution has ensured political justice for all.

Mention any two features indicating the significance of the Preamble.

Who was the ruler when Fa-hien visited India? Name the three places of pilgrimage that Fa-hien visited in India.

During whose reign Hiuen Tasang visited India?

Who was Fa-hien? What did he say about India?

With reference to the sources of information about the Gupta Age, write short notes on the following:
Accounts of Fa-Hien

Mention two ways in which Inscriptions may be used for reconstructing the history of the Imperial Cholas.

Mention the significance of inscriptions for providing information about the Cholas.

With reference to the sources of information about the Cholas, give the significance of the following:

Chola Inscriptions.

What it meant by Renaissance?

Why is Renaissance known as an Intellectual Movement?

What were the effects of the Renaissance?

What is meant by the term ‘Renaissance’?

Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy? Give two reasons.

Explain briefly the term 'Humanism'.