HISTORY and CIVICS Sem-2 ICSE Specimen Question Paper Solved Class-10

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HISTORY and CIVICS Semester-2 ICSE Specimen Paper Solved Class-10

HISTORY and CIVICS Semester-2 ICSE Specimen Paper Solved Class-10

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PART – I
(Attempt all questions from this Part.)

HISTORY and CIVICS Sem-2 ICSE Specimen Question Paper Solved Class-10

Question 1:

Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options. (Do not copy the question, Write the correct answer only.) 

(i) The procedure to remove the President is called __________.

(a) Impeachment

(b) Interpellation

(c) Resolution

(d) Prorogation

Answer : (a) Impeachment

(ii) The President’s Address is prepared by the __________.

(a) Vice President

(b) Rajya Sabha

(c) Cabinet

(d) Parliament

Answer : (c) Cabinet

(iii) The ___________ is considered to be the Leader of the Lok Sabha.

(a) President

(b) Speaker

(c) Vice President

(d) Prime Minister

Answer : (d) Prime Minister

(iv) The composition of the Supreme Court is __________.

(a) 31 judges and 1 Chief Justice

(b) 30 judges and 1 Chief Justice

(c) 20 judges and 1 Chief Justice

(d) 22 judges and 1 Chief Justice

Answer : (b) 30 judges and 1 Chief Justice

(v) Under the _________ powers, the High Court will check the judgement of the Subordinate Court.

(a) Advisory

(b) Revisory

(c) Judicial Review

(d) Original

Answer : (b) Revisory

(vi) Which of the following was not a common ideology of the dictators?

(a) Faith in totalitarian rule

(b) One party and One Leader

(c) Faith in Communism

(d) Aggressive Nationalism and Imperialism

Answer : (c) Faith in Communism

(vii) The International Court of Justice consists of __________ judges.

(a) 9

(b) 15

(c) 10

(d) 20

Answer : (b) 15

(viii) The non-permanent members of the Security Council are elected by the members of _________.

(a) General Assembly

(b) International Court of Justice

(c) The Trusteeship Council

(d) The Secretariat

Answer : (a) General Assembly

(ix) The Treaty of Versailles mandated Germany to pay a war reparation of __________.

(a) 35 billion dollars

(b) 40 billion dollars

(c) 33 billion dollars

(d) 50 million pounds

Answer : (c) 33 billion dollars

(x) Which of these countries was not part of the Berlin-Rome –Tokyo Axis?

(a) Germany

(b) Italy

(c) Japan

(d) France

Answer : (d) France

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PART II SECTION A
(Attempt any one question from this Section.)

HISTORY and CIVICS Sem-2 ICSE Specimen Question Paper Solved Class-10

Question 2:

The executive power of the Indian Union is vested in the President of India. In this context, answer the following questions:

(i) Give any two reasons for the indirect election of the President.

(ii) Mention any two discretionary powers of the President.

(iii) Mention any three legislative powers of the President

(iv) Name the three kinds of emergencies that can be proclaimed by the President

Answer : 

(i) If the President would have been elected directly by the people, he may have become a rival centre of power to the Council of Ministers. Thus, the President is elected indirectly.

(ii ) The President has to be informed of all important decision and deliberations of the Council of Ministers and the Prime Minister is bound to provide whatever information the President seeks.

The President cannot dismiss the Prime Minister in a Parliamentary System, as long as he enjoys a majority.

(iii) The Legislative powers of the President include: (1) Summoning the Houses of Parliament in normal circumstances; (2) Dissolving the Lower House and summoning a joint session of both the Houses in case of deadlock between the two on a particular bill; (3) Addressing first session of the both Houses of Parliament

(iv) The President can declare three types of emergencies — national, state and financial emergency in a state

Question 3:

The Supreme Court is the head of the entire system of judiciary. In this context, answer the following questions:

(i) Mention any two qualifications required by a person to be the judge of the Supreme Court.

(ii) Who appoints the judges of the Supreme Court? What is their term of office?

(iii) Mention any three cases which come under the Original Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.

(iv) Why is the Supreme Court called the Court of Record?

Answer : 

(i) In order to be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court, a person must be a citizen of India and must have been, for atleast five years, a Judge of a High Court or of two or more such Courts in succession, or an Advocate of a High Court or of two or more such Courts in succession for at least 10 years

(ii) The Chief Justice of India and the Judges of the Supreme Court are appointed by the President under clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution. CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA : 2. Appointment to the office of the Chief Justice of India should be of the seniormost Judge of the Supreme Court considered fit to hold the office.

(iii)

• Dispute between the Government of India and one or more States; or.
• Dispute between the Government of India and any State or States on one side and one or more other States on the other; or.
• Dispute between two or more States

(iv) The supreme court is a court of record. In Indian constitution article 129 makes the Supreme Court the ‘court of record”.
Article 129 says- Supreme Court to be a court of record. -The Supreme Court shall be a court of record and shall have all the powers of such a court including the power to punish for contempt of itself. As it is an advisory court it hears matters which are referred under constitution by President of India.

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Part-II SECTION B
(Attempt any two questions from this Section.)

HISTORY and CIVICS Sem-2 ICSE Specimen Question Paper Solved Class-10

Question 4:

With reference to the First World War, answer the following questions:

(i) Name the two alliances formed in Europe during the First World War.

(ii) Name the two countries which came under dictatorship after the First World War. Name the dictators.

(iii) Explain the Sarajevo Crisis.

(iv) Mention any three ways in which the Treaty of Versailles benefited France.

Answer : 

(i) By 1914, Europe’s six major powers were split into two alliances that would form the warring sides in World War I. Britain, France, and Russia formed the Triple Entente, while Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy joined in the Triple Alliance

(ii) A dictatorship is a form of government characterized by a single leader (dictator) or group of leaders that hold government power promised to the people

(iii)  the Sarajevo Crisis. –The Sarajevo incident refers to the events surrounding the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Archduchess Sophie during a state visit to Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. It is traditionally regarded as the immediate catalyst for the First World War.

(iv) three ways in which the Treaty of Versailles benefited France–

Question 5:

Look at the picture given and answer the questions that follow:

(i) Which organization does this emblem represent? Where is its headquarters? [2]
(ii) Mention any two objectives of this organization. [2]
(iii) Mention any three functions of the General Assembly. [3]
(iv) What is the composition of the Security Council?

Answer

(i) United Nation , New York

(ii) The UN’s main objectives purposes: 

i. Maintaining worldwide peace and security.

ii. Developing relations among nations.

(iii)  three functions of the General Assembly.–To receive and consider reports from the Security Council and other organs of UN. To consider and approve the budget of the UN. To regulate the working of other organs and agencies of UN. To elect the non-permanent members of the Security Council

(iv) the composition of the Security Council–The Security Council has five permanent members—China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States—collectively known as the P5. Any one of them can veto a resolution. The council’s ten elected members, which serve two-year, nonconsecutive terms, are not afforded veto power

Question 6:

(i) Give the full form of UNICEF and UNESCO.

(ii) Mention any two functions of WHO.

(iii) What is meant by the term Non–Alignment? Name any two founders of the Non Aligned Movement.

(iv) Mention any three objectives of the Non-Aligned Movement.

Answer : 

(i) The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

(ii) The two functions of the WHO are: (a) To provide information on diseases of epidemic nature. (b) To provide quarantine measures for prevention of spread of diseases.

(iii) Drawing on the principles agreed at the Bandung Conference in 1955, the Non-Aligned Movement was established in 1961 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia through an initiative of the Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah.

(iv) Mention any three objectives of the Non-Aligned Movement.—-To protect the nascent freedom of the new-born independent countries of Asia and Africa from colonial domination. To oppose colonialism imperialism and radial discrimination. To advocate sovereign equality of all states. To encourage friendly relations among countries

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