Science (English Medium) Class 12 - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for History

Consider the following statements regarding Kabir.

1. Verses of Kabir are compiled in three distinct traditions.

2. Kabir’s poems are available only in the Urdu language.

3. Kabir used many traditions to describe the ultimate reality.

4. Kabir called ultimate reality only Allah.

Which of the given statements is/are incorrect?

Who among the following Gurus of Sikhs compiled ‘Guru Adi Granth Sahib’?

Read the following information given in the box carefully:

Identify the name of the devotee of Saguna Bhakti from the following options.

Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option:

Identify the connotation of Kabir from the following options.

Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option:

Kabir used different names for God or the Supreme power. What can one infer from this?

Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option:

How has Kabir’s compositions promote communal harmony at large?

Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option:

Which of the following is the part of Kabir’s philosophy?

Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option:

Kabir’s poetry has a literary as well as a philosophical significance.
Select the most appropriate option from the following that describes this essence.

Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option:

Read the following statements regarding Kabir and select the appropriate option.

1. Kabir was a nirguna saint.
2. He believed in formless supreme God.
3. He wanted to remove the differences based on caste and religion.
4. He condemned the superstitious cults, the ritualism, the doctrines of both Hinduism and Islam.

Arrange the following events in chronological order:

1. Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas
2. Bahadur Shah II deposed and exiled to Rangoon
3. Nadir Shah invaded India
4. Humayun regained lost territories

Choose the correct option.

There are ______ daftars (parts) of Ain.

Identify which of the following statement is correct about Ain-i-Akbari?

Which of the following is not one of the advantages of oral history?

Consider the following statements regarding the events of the National Movement.

1. Oral testimonies serve as a better source of information than the official documents regarding the political aspects.
2. Oral history has a wider scope to acquaint us with any historic or general event.
3. Oral history gives wider access to the experiences of the people who have been considered as the common masses in history.

Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct?

Assertion (A): Oral data on Partition are not automatically or easily available.

Reason (R): The oral historian faces the daunting task of having to sift the “actual” experiences of Partition from a web of “constructed” memories.

Read the following excerpt carefully and answer the question : 

A Prayer to Agni

Here are two verses from the Rigveda invoking Agni, the God of Fire:
Bring, O strong one, this sacrifice of ours to the Gods, O wise one, as a liberal giver. Bestow on us, O priest, abundant food. Agni, obtain, by sacrificing, mighty wealth for us. Pro-cure, O Agni, forever to him who pays to you (the gift of) nourishment the wonderful cow. May a son be ours, offspring that continues our line...
Verses such as these were composed in a special kind of Sanskrit, known as Vedic Sanskrit. They were taught orally to men belonging to priestly families.

Choose the correct option.

Assertion(A): Agni was the God of Fire in the Vedic tradition.

Reason(R): Therefore offerings were made to Agni so that in form of smoke they would reach the Gods living in the sky and invoke their blessings.

Read the following excerpt carefully and answer the question : 

A Prayer to Agni

Here are two verses from the Rigveda invoking Agni, the God of Fire:
Bring, O strong one, this sacrifice of ours to the Gods, O wise one, as a liberal giver. Bestow on us, O priest, abundant food. Agni, obtain, by sacrificing, mighty wealth for us. Pro-cure, O Agni, forever to him who pays to you (the gift of) nourishment the wonderful cow. May a son be ours, offspring that continues our line...
Verses such as these were composed in a special kind of Sanskrit, known as Vedic Sanskrit. They were taught orally to men belonging to priestly families.

Consider the following statements :

a) Rig Veda consists of hymns in praise of Agni, Indra, Soma, etc.

b) Many of these hymns were chanted when sacrifices were performed.

Choose the correct option:

Analyze the limitations of Ain-i-Akbari as a source of Akbar’s reign.

Read the following source carefully and answer the questions that follow:

1. Examine the reason for calling Meera Bai an ascetic figure.
2. Analyze Meera Bai’s relation with Mewar.
3. How was Mirabai unique among the poet-saints of the Bhakti movement?

Analyze the importance of Ain-i-Akbari as a source of Akbar’s reign.