Subject: HISTORY Class: - 7

Sample paper and answer key

OBJECTIVE PART (25 marks)

Q no.1 Answer the given questions. Each question carries 03 marks.

1. The dangerous and dreaded island to all that they be called commonly as _______________ Island.a) Devil’s Islandb) Travel Islandc) Stevens island

2. When Marco polo returned to Italy he wrote a book called _________________.a) Polo’s Journeyb) The Travels of Marco Poloc) Historical travels of Marco Polo

3. The discoveries Monument was built in ____________________.a) India b) Africac) Lisbon

4. Identify who said these words :-My sun my hero! Why should I complain of the unkindness of fortune, seeing that not a leaf falls from a tree without God’s will?Only yesterday I was the master of nine hundred thousand troops and today I am in a need of a jug of water?

a) Aurangzeb b) Shah Jehanc) Jehangir

Q no. 2 Identify the following personalities. (04 marks)

1. Jahangir’s most important queen _____________.2. Pomegranate Bud ________________.3. Jewel in the Throne the Emperor ________________.4. England’s first ambassador to India ______________.

Q no. 3 Identify the following pictures.

_______________________ ________________________

_______________________ ________________________

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Subjective Part (25 marks)Q no1:-

A:-Why did the Mughal Empire begin to weaken & decline? (5 marks)

B:- Give detailed account on “Battle of Panipat” (6 marks)

C: - Why were the Portuguese such good explorers? (7 marks)

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How did Da Gama defeat the Arab spice traders?

D: - How did Akbar organize his Empire? (7 marks)

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Why Humayun was known as the weakest Mughal Emperor. Give reasons to explain your answer.

ANSWER KEY

Objective

Q no 1

I (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (b)

Q no 2

I (Noor Jehan) 2 ( Anar Kali ) 3 (Aurangzeb) 4 (Thomas Roe)

Q no 3

Pic 1 (Thomas Roe) Pic 2 (Sir Francis Drake) Pic 3 (Humayun’s Tomb) 4 (Emperor Jahangir) Pic 5 (Mughal Empire during 16th to 17th century)

Subjective

Q no 1 ref page no 122-123

Q no 2 ref page no 75-77

Q no 3 (A) ref page no 66-67, (B) page no 68

Q no 4 (A) ref page no 83-84, (B) page no 79-80