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1- Salient aspects of Art Forms, literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.

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1. Describe the role of Buddhist literature in the creation of world 8 2018

peace.

2. Describe the cultural significance of 'Prayagraj' in ancient India. 8 2019

3. Describe the role of Iron mineral in Socio-economic 8 2019

development of human beings during 600-300 B.C.

4. Describe the main features of the Vedic education system and 12 2019
review its significance in present.

5. Write a note on the town planning of Harappan civilization 8 2020

period.

6. Critically examine the impacts of West on the field of Indian 12 2020

education.

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7. Describe the geographical features of India mentioned in the 8 2021
vedic literature.

8. Discuss the scientific aspects of Indian cultural heritage. 8 2021

9. Throw light on the development of science and technology 12 2021

during the Gupta period.

10. Describe the salient features of Mauryan Art and Architecture. 8 2022

11. Mention various festivals which are celebrated in UP. 8 2022

12. Why is the Gupta period considered as the Golden age of 12 2022
Indian Ancient History?

13. Explain the points of Ancient Indian Knowledge on the basis of 12 2022
which India was designated as Viswaguru.

14. Presenting the details of the Popular folk songs of the 12 2022
Purvanchal region of UP. Mention their salient features.

15. Give an account of the Vedic Literature. 8 2023

16. Describe the architectural features of the temples of Nagara 12 2023

Style.

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17. How did Indian Culture affect the world during the Corona 12 2023
Pandemic period?

2- Modern Indian history (from A.D.1757 to A.D. 1947): Significant events, personalities
and issues, etc.
3- The Freedom Struggle- its various stages and important contributors/contributions
from different parts of the country.

Sr. No Question Marks Year

1. Mahatma Gandhi represents the middle path approach in 8 2018

Indian Politics. Give a logical explanation.

2. “The spine of the Indian Economy was badly injured during 12 2018
the 200 years of British Rule.” Explain.

3. “Revolt of 1857 was a turning point in Indian History” 12 2018

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Analyze.

4. Critically examine the effects of the British Industrial 8 2019

Revolution on India's Economic life.

5. Examine the role of Quit India Movement in the freedom 12 2019

movement of India.

6. Evaluate the views of Gandhi on the Varna system. 8 2020

7. Discuss the expansion of British rule in India during 12 2020

Governor Generalship of Lord Wellesley.

8. Evaluate the contribution of revolutionaries of Uttar Pradesh 8 2021

in the Indian freedom struggle.

9. How did the Indian Renaissance Movement of the 19th 12 2021

Century help in the development of India? Describe.

10. Throw light on the nature of Renaissance in UP in the 19th 8 2022

century.

11. Illustrate the contribution of nationalist leader Bal 8 2022

Gangadhar Tilak in the struggle for freedom of Press.

12. Throw light on the revolutionary philosophy formulated by 12 2022

Bhagat Singh.

13. Write a note on the contribution of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan 8 2023
on modern Education.

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14. Underline the ideological dimensions of the 1857 uprising. 12 2023

4. Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country (till 1965A.D.)

Sr. No Question Marks Year

1. Explain the rale of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in the integration 8 2018

of Princely States of India.

2. Discuss the role of Sardar Patel in the unification of India 8 2023

after Independence.

5. History of the world will include events from the 18th century to the middle of the 20th

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century such as the French revolution of 1789, industrial revolution, World Wars, redraw
of national boundaries, Socialism, Nazism, Fascism etc-their forms and effect on the
society.

Sr. No Questions Marks Year

1. Discuss the role of Hitler in bringing about the Second 12 2018

World War.

2. Describe the efforts made for world peace after the second 12 2019
world war on a global level.

3. Write a critical note on the Foreign Policy of Mussolini, the 8 2020

leader of Fascism in Italy.

4. Who were the Jacobins? What was their role in the French 12 2020
Revolution?

5. The Industrial Revolution was not only a technological 8 2021

revolution but also a socio-economic revolution that
changed the way people lived.’ Comment.

6. What do you understand about the Balkan Crisis? What 12 2021

was its role in the First World War?

7. Evaluate the role of Bismarck in the unification of Germany. 12 2023

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6. Salient features of Indian Society and culture.

Sr. No. Questions Marks Year

1. Indian Culture is the symbol of ‘Unity in Diversity’. Analyze the 12 2019

statement logically by giving suitable
illustrations.

2. Describe the advantages of India being a composite culture 8 2020

society.

3. Throw light on the factors of continuity and change in Indian 12 2022

society.

7. Role of Women in society and women's organization, population and associated

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issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their
remedies.

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1. Evaluate the changing status of women in India. 8 2018

2. Discuss the solution to urban problems. 8 2018

3. Discuss the impact of globalization on the status of women in 12 2018

Indian society by citing suitable examples.

4. Write a note on the role of urban planning for development of 8 2019

basic civic amenities in slums.

5. Evaluate the population growth and role of women in 8 2019

Population control in Uttar Pradesh.

6. Define urbanization. Discuss the problems caused by the fast 12 2019

pace of urbanization.

7. Critically examine the contributions of major women's 8 2020

organizations in contemporary India.

8. Critically examine whether growing population is the main 8 2020

cause of poverty or poverty is the main cause
of population increase in India.

9. Do you agree that urbanization and slums are inseparable? 8 2021

Explain.

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10. Why is social empowerment of women necessary for 12 2021
inclusive development? Elaborate in detail.

11. Highlight the salient features of India’s Population Policy 12 2021

(2000). Suggest some measures for population
stabilization.

12. Examine the nature of Urbanization in India and discuss the 12 2021
social implication of fast pace of urbanization.

13. Discuss the causes of population explosion in India and give 8 2022
suggestions to combat it.

14. When poverty is transmitted over generations, it becomes a 8 2022

culture. Elucidate

15. Unemployment is the only cause for the prevalent poverty in 8 2023
India. - Comment.

16. Do you agree with the statement that the crime against 8 2023

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women is increasing.

17. Evaluate the role of women organizations in women 12 2023

empowerment.

18. The process of urbanization leads to development or 12 2023

devastation in the society.
Write your views.

8. Meaning of liberalization, privatization and globalization and their effects on economy,

polity and social structure.

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1. What is globalization? Discuss its impact on the social 12 2018

structure of India.

2. What is Liberalization? How is it affecting the Indian social 12 2020

structure?

3. Define globalization. Assess its impacts on rural social 12 2021

structure in India.

4. Define Globalization and Privatisation and discuss their 12 2022

objectives.

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9. Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.

Sr. No Questions Marks Year

1. “Communal violence is instigated by religious fanatics, 8 2018

initiated by anti-social elements, supported by
political activists, financed by vested interests.” Comment.

2. “Secularism as an orientation and a set of practices is 12 2018

indispensable to India's future as a liberal democracy.”
Discuss.

3. Evaluate the main problems of the empowerment of 8 2019

Scheduled Tribes in India.

4. 'The politics of religion and ethnic violence is basically the 8 2019

politics of secularism and secularization’.
Critically analyze the statement.

5. Critically examine the concept of nation and citizenship in 12 2020

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context of communalism.

6. Examine how regionalism affects national integration. 8 2021

9. Evaluate the role of Information Technology and Internet in 8 2022

Social Empowerment.

10. Caste alliances emanate from secular and political factors 12 2022
and do not spring from primordial identities. Discuss.

11. What kind of hindrances do regionalism create in the 8 2023

development of India?

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10. Distribution of major natural resources of World- Water, Soils, Forests in reference to
South and South-East Asia with special reference to India.
Factors responsible for the location of industries (with special reference to India).

Sr. No Questions Marks Year

1. Give an account of the minerals found in Uttar Pradesh. 8 2018

2. Describe the main industries and major industrial centers of 8 2021

Uttar Pradesh.

3. Discuss India's mineral development policy. 12 2023

4. Give an account of Minor Irrigation Projects of Uttar Pradesh 8 2019

with suitable examples.

5. Underline the changes happening gradually in the sources 12 2020

of irrigation in U.P.

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6. What is the water crisis? Suggest suitable measures for 8 2021
water resource management.

7. What are the means of irrigation in Uttar Pradesh? Discuss 12 2021

the role of irrigation in agricultural development.

8. Give an account of the irrigation projects of UP in detail with 8 2022

suitable examples

9. Soil profile plays an important role in agriculture. Do you 8 2023

agree?

11. Salient features of Physical Geography- Earthquake, Tsunami, Volcanic activity,

Cyclone, Ocean Currents, winds and glaciers.

Sr. No Questions Marks Year

1. Write a note on Global Warming. 8 2018

2. Give a geographical account of Bundelkhand as a cultural 8 2018

region.

3. What is an air mass? Describe its chief characteristics. 12 2018

4. How are volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis related to 12 2018

each other? Highlight all the possible causes for volcanic
eruptions.

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5. “Tropical cyclones” originate on the oceanic parts and as 8 2019
soon as they reach the terrestrial parts, these
storms gradually weaken and end. Explain with reasons.

6. Describe the landforms formed by wind erosion and 12 2019

depositional works.

7. Divide Uttar Pradesh into major physical regions and 8 2020

describe the geographical features of Bhabar and Terai
regions.

8. Discuss the causes of volcanic eruption and describe the 12 2020

land-forms formed by deposition of its lava.

9. Describe the role of Glaciers in shaping the land-forms in 12 2020

high mountain areas.

10. What is a cyclone? Explain the causes of the origin of 12 2021

temperate cyclones.

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11. Describe the areas of Uttar Pradesh affected by soil erosion 12 2021
and also identify the factors responsible for
it.

12. Describe the causes of origin, structure and weather 12 2022

associated with tropical cyclones.

13. Describe earthquake belts in India. 12 2022

14. Discuss the relationship between El Nino and South-east 12 2023

monsoon in India and its impact on agriculture.

15. Write a short note on temperate cyclones. How does it 12 2023

impact India?

12. Oceanic resources of India and their potential.

Sr. No Questions Marks Year

1. Mention the factors responsible for the origins of ocean 12 2018

currents and name the currents of the Atlantic
Ocean.

2. Write a systematic essay on the ocean currents of the 12 2019

northern Atlantic Ocean with their reasons of origin.

3. Critically examine the oceanic energy resources and their 12 2019

potentialities on the coastal zones of India.

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4. Highlight the various ecological problems associated with 12 2020
the exploitation and utilization of resources from
the Indian Ocean.

5. Oceans are the store houses of resources. Write a short 8 2023

note.

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13. Human migration-refugee problem of the World with focus on India.

Sr. No Questions Marks Year

1. Explain the geographical factors which have attracted 8 2019

refugees to settle them in different parts of Uttar
Pradesh.

2. What is 'reverse migration'? What was its impact on the 12 2020

economy and social order of Uttar Pradesh during
the COVID-19 Lockdown?

3. Throw light on Rohingya Refugees in South Asia. 8 2023

4. Discuss the causes and consequences of internal human 12 2023

migration in India.

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14. Frontiers and boundaries with reference to the Indian sub-continent.

Sr. No Questions Marks Year

1. Explain the difference between the frontier and the boundary 8 2020
with special reference to India.

2. Write a short note on Nine number channel and its strategic 8 2023
importance.

15. Population and Settlements- Types and Patterns, Urbanization, Smart Cities and
Smart Villages.

Sr. No Questions Marks Year

1. Enumerate the core infrastructure elements for Smart City 8 2018

development.

2. Give an account of the primary targets of Uttar Pradesh 12 2018

Tourism Policy (2018).

3. What is 'Heritage Arc’. Underline its importance in Uttar 8 2019

Pradesh in terms of tourism potential.

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4. Discuss the spatial distribution of types of rural settlements in 12 2019
Ganga Plain.

5. What is the 'Smart City Mission'? Discuss the main 8 2020

characteristics of cities of Eastern Uttar Pradesh selected
under this scheme.

6. Describe the location of major tourist places of Bundelkhand 8 2020

Tourist Circuit of U.P.

7. Illustrate the major features of Wildlife-EcoTourism Circuits of 8 2021

Uttar Pradesh.

8. Discuss the patterns of rural settlements in Gangetic Plain. 8 2021

9. What is 'Heritage Arc’. Underline its importance in Uttar 8 2022

Pradesh in terms of tourism potential.

10. What is the Smart City Mission? Discuss the main 8 2022
characteristics of Cities in Eastern UP selected under the

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11. Discuss the factors affecting rural settlement patterns in 12 2022

India.

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