History Class - XII
1996(CBSE)
You are on questions of Set III
Maximum
time : 3 hours Maximum marks: 100
MODERN INDIA
Q.2. Explain one major step
taken by the East India Company to drain the wealth from Bengal after the
Battle of Plassey. (2 marks)
Q.6. Describe the
contribution of Raja Rammohan Roy in the field of religious reforms. (5
marks)
OR
Explain the religious
ideas of Swami Dayanand Saraswati.
Q.7. What were the changes in the
British policy towards the rulers of the Indian states after 1858? Why
were these changes introduced? Explain. (5 marks)
OR
Describe the changes introduced
by the Act of 1858 in the administration of Britain's empire in India.
CONTEMPORAY WORLD
Q.17. Why is the policy of
Britain and France in the 1930's known as the policy of appeasement ?
Explain with suitable examples. (5 marks)
OR
Describe the main features of
political development in the Soviet Union in the 1930's?
Q.18. When and why did USA enter
the Second World War? What was its impact on the outcome of the war? (5
marks)
OR
Why did the Soviet Union appeal
for the opening of the 'second front' during the Second World War? When
was it opened and with what consequences?
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