Madhyamik 2025 History Question Paper | Madhyamik 2025 History Question Paper

(For regular and external examinees)

(New Syllabus)

[Questions given from ‘A’ to ‘E’ sections are for all regular and external examinees. Questions given in ‘F’ section are for external examinees only] (All questions in ‘A’ section are compulsory. In other sections, alternative questions are to be noted. In ‘B’ section, only visually impaired examinees will write answers as directed in the alternative questions. All others will mark the map. ]

Category –’A’

1. Choose the correct answer. 1×20=20

1.1. Football was introduced to India by-

(a) The English
(b) The Dutch
(c) The French
(d) The Portuguese

1.2 Bipin Chandra Pal wrote:

(a) Seventy Years
(b) Memoirs of a Life
(c) A Nation in the Making
(d) Anandamath

1.3 The editor of the newspaper ‘Bamabodhini’ was-

(a) Umesh Chandra Dutta
(b) Shishir Kumar Ghosh
(c) Krishna Chandra Majumdar
(d) Dwarkanath Vidyabhushan

1.4 The General Public Education Committee is formed:

(a) In 1713 AD
(b) In 1913 AD
(c) In 1813 AD
(d) In 1823 AD

1.5 The New Testament was established by—

(a) Dayanand Saraswati
(b) Keshav Chandra Sen
(c) Swami Vivekananda
(d) Maharishi Debendranath Tagore.

1.6 Sui Munda led—

(a) Chuar Rebellion

(b) Kol Rebellion

(c) Santal Hall

(d) Munda rebellion

1.7 The Forest Act of 1878 divided the forests into:

(a) Two levels
(b) Three levels
(c) Four levels
(d) Five levels

1.8 The Great Revolt of 1857 was called India’s first war of independence by-

(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) B.D. Savarkar
(d) Rash Behari Bose

1.9 The first political institution of India is –

(a) Bharat Sabha
(b) Indian National Congress
(c) Bangabhasha Prakashika Sabha
(d) Land Holders Society

1.10 The painting ‘Mother India’ was painted by—

(a) Abanindranath Tagore
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Nandalal Bose
(d) Gaganendranath Tagore

1.11 The ‘Half Tone’ printing method was introduced in India by—

(a) Upendrakishore Roychowdhury
(b) Sukumar Roy
(c) Panchanan Karmakar
(d) Charles Wilkins

1.12 Visva-Bharati was founded by:

(a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Swami Vivekananda
(d) Debendranath Tagore

1.13 The leader of the ‘Eka’ movement was-

(a) Madari Passi
(b) Dr. Ambedkar
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Baba Ramchandra

1.14 All India Trade Union was established in-

(a) In 1917 AD
(b) In 1920 AD
(c) In 1927 AD
(d) In 1929 AD

1.15 Bardauli Satyagraha was held—

(a) In Bombay
(b) In Punjab
(c) In Madras
(d) In Gujarat

1.16 The movement against the partition of Bengal was held in-

(a) In 1904 AD
(b) In 1905 AD
(c) In 1906 AD
(d) In 1911 AD

1.17 Matangini Hazra participated in the ‘Quit India Movement’ at the place where-

(a) Tamluk
(b) Sutahata
(c) Barisal
(d) Purulia

1.18 The Deepali Sangha was founded by—

(a) Kalpana Dutt
(b) Leela Nag (Roy)
(c) Basanti Devi
(d) Veena Das

1.19 The ‘Iron Man’ of India is called—

(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(c) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(d) Rajendra Prasad

1.20 ‘A Train to Pakistan’ wrote—

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) V.P. Menon
(c) Khushwant Singh
(d) Salman Rushdie

Category – B

2. Answer any sixteen questions (at least one question from each subsection must be answered): 1×16=16

Subdivision: 2.1

Answer in one sentence:

2.1.1 Who was the editor of the newspaper ‘Somprakash’?

2.1.2 Where are government documents stored?

2.1.3 Which century is called the century of Renaissance in Bengal?

What does 2.1.4 mean?

Subdivision: 2.2

Determine true or false:

2.2.1 Sri Ramakrishna Mission was founded.

2.2.2 Lord Dalhousie was the Governor General of India during the Great Mutiny.

2.2.3 In the novel ‘Gora’, Rabindranath Tagore supported European society.

2.2.4 Gandhiji and Dr. Ambedkar jointly led the Dalit movement.

Subdivision: 2.3

Match column ‘A’ with column ‘B’:

‘A’ Pillar ‘B’ Pillar
2.3.1 Aurobindo Ghosh (1) Azad Hind Fauj
2.3.2 Taraknath Palit (2) Bengal National School and College
2.3.3 Nawagopal Mitra’ (3) Bengal Technical Institute
2.3.4 Rashid Ali (4) Hindu Mela

Subdivision: 2.4

Mark and name the following places on the given line map of India:

2.4.1 Area of ​​the Santal Rebellion

2.4.2 A center of the Blue Rebellion

2.4.3 Native state Hyderabad

2.4.4 Reorganized state of Gujarat

Or, (only for visually impaired candidates)

Fill in the blanks:

2.4.1 _____________ was known as Masterda.

2.4.2 Wahhabi means ___________.

2.4.3 The author of the book ‘Current India’ was _________.

2.4.4 Hari Singh was the king of ___________.

Subdivision: 2.5

Choose the correct explanation for the following statements:

2.5.1 Statement: The ‘Eka’ movement was organised in Uttar Pradesh.

Explanation 1: This was a personal movement

Explanation 2: It was a peasant movement

Explanation 3: It was a labor movement

2.5.2 Statement: The Government of India initiated the Meerut Conspiracy Case in 1929.

Explanation 1: Its purpose is to suppress Chilean revolutionaries.

Explanation 2: Its purpose was to suppress the civil disobedience movement.

Explanation 3: Its purpose was to suppress communist activities nationwide.

2.5.3 Statement: The left played a significant role in the anti-colonial movement in 20th century India.

Explanation 1: The leftists were supporters of landlords and industrialists.

Explanation 2: They were supporters of British imperialism.

Explanation 3: They were supporters of the united struggle of workers and peasants against the British.

25.4 Statement: Women in India first participated in the national movement during the anti-Partition of Bengal movement.

Explanation 1: Because they were inspired by Gandhiji.

Explanation 2: Because they were inspired by the revolutionary ideology of Aurobindo Ghosh.

Explanation 3: Because they wanted to boycott foreign goods.

Section-C

3. Answer the following questions (any eleven) in two or three sentences: 2×11= 22

3.1 What is social history?

3.2 What is the importance of newspapers as a source of history?

3.3 Analyze the role of King Radhakanta Dev in the spread of women’s education in Bengal.

3.4 Why did the Brahmo Samaj in India split?

3.5 Is the Farazi movement a religious revival movement?

3.6 Briefly discuss how indigo farmers oppressed indigo farmers.

3.7 Why is the second half of the 19th century called the ‘Age of Assembly and Society’?

3.8 How did the novel ‘Anandamath’ inspire nationalist ideology?

3.9 What was the role of the ‘Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science’ in the development of science education in the 19th century?

3.10 What was the purpose of establishing ‘Vishva Bharati’?

3.11 For what purpose was the All India Trade Union Congress established?

3.12 Why was the Workers and Peasants Party founded?

3.13 Why was Rashid Ali Day celebrated?

3.14 Who are called Dalits?

3.15 What is meant by the Act of Accession of the Indian States?

3.16 Why was the Nehru-Liakong Pact signed in 1950?

Section-1

4. Answer any six questions in seven to eight sentences. (Answer at least one question from each subsection) : 4×6= 24

Subdivision: D. 1

4. Write a note on 1 women’s history.

4.2 Explain Swami Vivekananda’s ideals of religious reform.

Subdivision: D. 2

4.3 Why did the Santals revolt in 1855?

8.8 What was the attitude of the educated Bengali society towards the Great Revolt of 1857?

Subdivision: D. 3

4.5 Analyze the relationship between printed books and educational expansion.

4.6 What was the role of ‘Bengal Technical Institute’ in the development of technical education in Bengal?

Subdivision: D. 4

4.7 Write a note on the Gandhi-Ambedkar debate on the Dalit movement.

4.8 How was India reorganized on the basis of language after independence?

Category ‘E’

5. Answer any one of the questions in fifteen to sixteen sentences: 1×8=8

5.1 What is the Orientalist and Westernist debate in the spread of education? Discuss the role of Calcutta University in the development of higher education. 5+3

5.2 Briefly analyze the nature of the Great Revolt (1857).

5.3 Analyze the role of women in the armed revolutionary movement.

(For external candidates only)

6.1 Answer in a complete sentence (any four): 1×4= 4

6.1.1 Who was the editor of ‘Grambarta Prakashika’?

6.1.2 In which year was the general Brahmo Samaj established?

6.1.3 Who is called the ‘Sreerampur Trio’?

6.1.4 Name a cartoonist.

6.1.5 Who wrote the Varnaparichi?

6.1.6 Who founded the Anti-Circular Society?

6.2 Answer the following questions in two or three sentences: (Any three) 3×2= 6

6.2.1 What is meant by local history?

6.2.2 Mention any two recommendations of Wood’s Guidelines (1854 AD).

6.2.3 Why is David Hare famous?

6.2.4 Write any two objectives of establishing ‘Bharat Sabha’.

6.2.5 Who founded Calcutta Science College and when?