HIS - The World after World War II Model Question Paper

10th Standard

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Social Science

Time : 01:30:00 Hrs
Total Marks : 50
    5 x 1 = 5
  1. Who was the first director of Whampoa Military Academy?

    (a)

    Sun Yat-Sen

    (b)

    Chiang Kai-Shek

    (c)

    Michael Borodin

    (d)

    Chou En Lai

  2. Who became the Chairman of the PLO’s Executive Committee in 1969?

    (a)

    Hafez al-Assad

    (b)

    Yasser Arafat

    (c)

    Nasser

    (d)

    Saddam Hussein

  3. Where was Arab League formed?

    (a)

    Cairo

    (b)

    Jordan

    (c)

    Lebanon

    (d)

    Syria

  4. When was the Warsaw Pact dissolved?

    (a)

    1979

    (b)

    1989

    (c)

    1990

    (d)

    1991

  5. In its long history, ___________ civilization was more advanced than that of Europe.

    (a)

    Indian

    (b)

    Chinese

    (c)

    Japanese

    (d)

    Korean

  6. 5 x 2 = 10
  7. Write any three causes for the Chinese Revolution of 1911.

  8. Write a note on Mao’s Long March.

  9. What was Marshall Plan?

  10. Write a note on Third World Countries.

  11. Name the major countries which were members of NATO?

  12. 5 x 1 = 5
  13. __________________ was known as the “Father of modern China”.

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    Dr. Sun Yat-Sen

  14. After the death of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, the leader of the Kuomintang party was _________.

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    Chiang-Kai-shek

  15. _____________ was the Headquarters of the Council of Europe.

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    Strasbourg

  16. The Hundred Days reform aroused tremendous opposition from the _______________

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    Dowager - Empress Tzu' Hsi

  17. 6 x 1 = 6
  18. Dr. Sun Yat-Sen

  19. (1)

    Catastrophe

  20. Anwar Sadat

  21. (2)

    Cuba

  22. Ngo Dinh Diem

  23. (3)

    Jordan

  24. Fidel Castro

  25. (4)

    Egypt

  26. Nakbah

  27. (5)

    South Vietnam

  28. King Hussein

  29. (6)

    Kuomintang

    3 x 1 = 3
  30. i) In China (1898) the young emperor, under the influence of the educated minority, initiated a series of reforms known as the 100 days of reforms.
    ii) The Kuomintang Party represented the interests of the workers and peasants.
    iii) Yuan Shih-Kai had lost prestige in the eyes of Nationalists, when he agreed to the demand of Japan to have economic control of Manchuria and Shantung.
    iv) Soviet Union refused to recognize the People’s Republic of China for more than two decades.
    a) (i) and (ii) are correct
    b) (ii) and (iii) are correct
    c) (i) and (iii) are correct
    d) (i) and (iv) are correct

  31. (i) By the end of Second World War, Viet Minh controlled the northern half of Vietnam.
    (ii) In March 1946, the French and Viet Minh's government reached an agreement by which North Vietnam was to be a free state.
    (iii) The problem of Indo-China soon became involved in the cold war.
    (iv) The French were receiving considerable financial aid from Russia, the Viet Minh were helped by the new Chinese government.
    (a) (i) and (ii) are correct
    (b) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct
    (c) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct
    (d) (ii) and (iv) are correct

  32. (i) West Berlin's economy became prosperous due to the support received from the west under the Marshall plan.
    (ii) People in East Berlin suffered from back of democracy and freedom.
    (iii) East German began to construct a wall in 1965 to cut if off from West Berlin.
    (iv) On 9 November 1999 mass of people began to demolish the wall.
    (a) (i) and (ii) are correct
    (b) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct
    (c) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct
    (d) (ii) and (iii) are correct

  33. 1 x 5 = 5
  34. Estimate the role of Mao Tse tung in making China a communist country.

  35. 2 x 8 = 16
  36. Cold War
    a) Name the two military blocs that emerged in the Post-World War II.
    b) Who coined the term “Cold War” and who used it first?
    c) What was the response of Soviet Russia to the formation of NATO?
    d) What was the context in which Warsaw Pact was dissolved?

  37. Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
    a) When and where was the first conference on Non-Aligned Movement held?
    b) Who were the prominent personalities present in the first conference?
    c) What were the objectives of NAM?
    d) List out any two basic principles of Non-Alignment Movement enunciated in the Belgrade Conference.

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