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CBSE Class 12 History Answer Key 2024 (Image Credit: Pexels)CBSE Class 12 History Answer Key 2024: Our team experts will provide CBSE Class 12 History (Subject Code: 027) answer keys after the exam is over today, March 28, 2024. Students can check their answers for Section A (Questions 1 to 21) multiple choice questions (MCQs) of 1 mark each and know their scores. The answers are provided only for objective-based questions as the other four sections are descriptive, and the evaluation of such questions depends on the student’s way of writing and presenting answers. The History examination consists of 34 questions in the question paper, where all the questions are compulsory. There is no overall choice in the question paper. However, an internal choice has been provided in a few of the questions. Only one of the choices in such questions has to be attempted.
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CBSE Class 12 History Answer Key 2024 for QP Code 61/4/1 (Set 1)
Section A includes 21 multiple-choice questions (Question 1 to Question 21) of 1 mark each, the answers to which are provided here in tabular format.
| Question Number | CBSE History Answer Key 2024 for QP Code 61/4/3 (Set 3) |
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| 1. Who among the following was the first Director General of Archaeological Survey of India (A.S.I.)? | (D) Alexander Cunninghum |
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2. Match Column I with Column II and choose the correct option from the following:
Column-I (Harappan Sites) I. Manda II. Rakhagarhi III. Nageshwar IV. Kalibangan Column-II (Present region) a. Gujarat b. Rajasthan c. Haryana d. Jamma | (D) I - d, II - c, III - a, IV - b |
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3. Arrange the following events in a chronological order and choose the correct option
I. Beginning of Gupta rule II. End of Mauryan Empire III. Rise of Pallavas in Tamil Nadu IV. Rase of Harshavardhana as a king of Kannauj | (B) II, I, III and IV |
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4. Identify the given image of the ancient temple from the given options :
For visually impaired only: Who among the following ancient scholar belonged to Greece? |
(C) Kailashnath Temple
For visually impaired only: (C) Aristotle |
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5. Write the appropriate option from the given in your answer sheet
The first Sermon of the Buddha was delivered at ___________. | (C) Sarnath |
6. Identify the character of Mahabharata with the help of following information:
| (C) Ghatotkacha |
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7. Assertion (A): The sixth century BCE is often regarded as a major turning point in early Indian history.
Reason (R) This was an era associated with early states, cities, use of iron, development of coinage and growth of Buddhism and Jainism. | (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) |
8. Identify the name of a woman devotee of early Bhakti tradition with the help of the information given below:
| (A) Karaikkal Ammaiyar |
| 9. Which one of the following option is NOT correct regarding the contemporaries of Vijayanagara empire? | (D) Rise of the Chalukyas in Karnataka |
| 10. Choose the correct statement from the following options with reference to Vijayanagara empire: | (C) The battle of Talikota proved disastrous for Vijayanagara empire. |
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11. Match Column I with Column II regarding Vijaynagara empire and choose the correct option:
Column I (Travellers who visited Vijayanagara Empire) I. Nando de Conti II. Abdur Razank III. Duarte Barbora IV. Afanasi Nikitin Column II (Country they belonged) a. Persia b. Portugal c. Italy d. Russisa | (B) I - c, II - a, III - b, IV - d |
| 12. Which one of the following was not a major factor that accounted for the constant expansion of agriculture in the Mughal state? | (D) Availability of tractors |
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13. With reference to the land revenue system of the Mughals, match Column-I with that of Column-II:
Column-I I. Jama II. Khet Batai III. Lang Batai IV. Hasil Column-II a. The amount actually collected b. After cutting the crops, putting it in heaps and divided equally c. Field is divided when it is sown for levying revenue d. The amount of revenue assessed | (A) I - d, II - c, III - b, IV - a |
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14. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
Sofi teachers - Location of Dargah Shaikh Moinuddin Chisho - Ajodhan (Pakistan) Khwaja Qubiddin Bakhtiyar Kaki - Agra Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya - Delhi Shakh Fariduddin Osto Shakar - Ajmer | (C) Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya - Delhi |
| 15. Who among the following proposed a 'Policy of Pacification' with the Paharias in 1770 in Bhagalpur? 1 | (B) Augustus Cleveland |
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16. Arrange the following in chronological order and choose the correct option.
I. Limitation Law passed by the British II. Starting of Permanent Settlement in Bengal III. Santhal Rebellion 1855-56 IV. Ryotwari settlement in Bombay Deccan | (C) II, IV, III and I |
| 17. Select the significance of 26 November, 1949 in relation to the Constituent Assembly from the following options: | (D) Signing of Constitution by the Constituent Assembly |
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18. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?
List-I (Regions) - List-II (Leaders of the Revolt of 1857) (A) Kanpur - Kunwar Singh (B) Bihar - Gonoo (C) Lucknow - Birjis Qadr (D) Singhbhum - Nana Saheb | (C) Lucknow - Birjis Qadr |
| 19. Which of the following terms is used to describe Gandhiji's philosophy of 'Non-violence'? | (D) Satyagraha |
20. Identify the name of a British official from the information given below.
| (C) Lood Wiliam Bentinck |
| 21. On whose advice among the following did Gandhiji attempt to visit British India and learn about the land and its people? | (D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
CBSE Class 12 History 2024 Analysis
The question paper analysis for CBSE Class 12 History 2024 held on March 28, 2024, can be checked at the following link:
CBSE Class 12 Answer Key 2024 Links |
The question papers for the respective day-wise exams are available at the links below:
CBSE Class 12 2024 Weightage Subject-Wise |
Access CBSE Class 12 weightage 2024 for the upcoming papers here in the given table:
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| Sociology | CBSE Class 12 Sociology Weightage 2024 |
| Computer Science | CBSE Class 12 Computer Science Weightage 2024 |
| Informatics Practices | CBSE Class 12 Informatics Practices Weightage 2024 |
