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. Code number given on the right hand side of the question paper should be
written on the title page of the answer-book by the candidate.
. Please check that this question paper contains 23 questions.
. Please write down the Serial Number of the question beforeattempting it.
. 15 minutes time has been allotted to read this question paper. The questionpaper will be distributed at 10.15 a.m. From 10.15 a.m. to 10.30 a.m., the
students will read the question paper only and will not write any answer
The Harshacharita is a biography of Harshavardhana, the ruler ofKannauj, composed in Sanskrit by his court poet, Banabhatta(c. seventh century CE). This is an excerpt from the text, an
extremely rare representation of life in a settlement on the outskirts
of a forest in the Vindhyas :
The outskirts being for the most part forest, many parcels
of rice-land, threshing ground and arable land were being
apportioned by small farmers ... it was mainly spade
culture ... owing to the difficulty of ploughing the sparselyscattered fields covered with grass, with their few clear
spaces, their black soil stiff as black iron ...
There were people moving along with bundles of bark ...
countless sacks of plucked flowers, .,. loads of flax andhemp bundles, quantities of honey, peacocks' tail feathers,
wreaths of wax, logs, and grass. Village wives hastened en
route for neighbouring villages, all intent on thoughts of
sale and bearing on their heads baskets filled with various
gathered forest fruits.
(i) Who was the author of 'Harshacharita' ? 1
(ii) Describe the outskirts of a forest in the Vindhyas. 3
(iii) Describe the activities of the people of that area. Mention two
main activities of the farmers of that time and of today. 3
(iv) Mention two activities of the village women. 1
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The anguish of the king'
When the king Devanampiya Piyadassi had been ruling
for eight years, the (country of the) Kalingas (present-day'
coastal Orissa) was conquered by (him).
One hundred and fifty thousand men were deported, a
hundred thousand were killed, and many more died.
After that, now that (the country of) the Kalingas has
been taken, Devanampiya (is devoted) to an intense study
of Dhamma, to the love of Dhamma, and to instructing
(the people) in Dhamma.
This is the repentance of Devanampiya on account of
his conquest of the (country of the) Kalingas.
For this is considered very painful and deplorable byDevanampiya that, while one is conquering anunconquered (country) slaughter, death and deportation of
people (take place) there .,.
(i) Who was called 'Devanampiya Piyadassi' ? Give his brief
descri ption. 1
(ii) Mention the importance and limitations of inscriptions. 3
(iii) Explain the effects of war of Kalinga on Ashoka. 2
(iv) Why did the king repent after the war of Kalinga ? 2
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This is perhaps one of the most poignant descriptions by Bernier:
At Lahore I saw a most beautiful young widow sacrificed,
who could not, I think, have been more than twelve years of
age. The poor little creature appeared more dead than alive
when she approached the dreadful pit; the agony of her mind
cannot be described; she trembled and wept bitterly; but :
three or four of the Brahmanas, assisted by an old woman ~
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who held her under the arm, forced the unwilling victim :
toward the fatal spot, seated her on the wood, tied her handsand feet, lest she should run away, and in that situation theinnocent creature was burnt alive. I found it difficult to
repress my feelings and to prevent their bursting forth into
clamorous and unavailing rage ...
(i) Describe what Bernier saw at Lahore. 2
(ii) How had the agony of the girl been described? 3
(iii) How and why was the girl forced towards the fatal spot? 3
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Nuts like a man's head
The following is how Ibn Battuta described the coconut :'" ;1
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These trees are among the most peculiar trees in kind and
most astonishing in habit. They look exactly like da;ite-palms,
without any difference between them except that the one
produces nuts' as its fruits and the other produces dates. Thenut of a coconut tree resembles a man's head, for in it are
what look like two eyes and a mo\lth, and the inside of it
when it ~s green lo~ks li~e the brain, and attac~ed to it i~ a i~ti.t
fibre whIch looks lIke haIr. They make from thIS cords WIth ;~
which they sew up ships instead of (using) iron nails, and it
they (also) make from it cables for vessels.
(i) Explain the uses of the coconut. 3
(ii) Explain the difference between coconut tree and palm tree. 1
(iii) How has the coconut been described similar to man's head? 2 if'
(iv) Do you agree or not with the explanation given by Ibn Battuta ? :~
Mahatma Gandhi knew that his was "a voice in the wilderness", but he
nevertheless continued to oppose the idea of Partition:
But what a tragic change we see today. I wish the day
may come again when Hindus and Muslims will do
nothing without mutual consultation. I am day and night
tormented by the question what I can do to hasten the
coming of that day. I appeal to the League not to regard
any Indian as its enemy... Hindus and Muslims are born
of the same soil. They have the same blood, eat the same
food, drink the same water and speak the same language.
SPEECH AT PRAYER MEETING, 7 SEPTEMBER 1946,CWMG, YOLo 92, P. 139
But I am firmly convinced that the Pakistan demand as
put forward by the Muslim League is un-Islamic and I
have not hesitated to call it sinful. Islam stands for the ,t
unity and brotherhood of mankind, not for disrupting the ilI:~r!t,~"~
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to divide India into possible warring groups are enemies ~-,;,"~~~m"}
alike of Islam and India. They may cut me to pieces but ~~!~-~,rc:1
they cannot make me subscribe to something which I ~t;~~~~::;1. -'t'11;~~;'tl"l
consIder to be wrong. ~':;j~-:~;;{'t'if
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(i) Explain what did Gandhiji wish to see again. 3
(ii) Explain how the demand for Pakistan was un-Islamic. 3
(iii) Why did Mahatma Gandhi say that his voice was a voice in the
wilderness? Explain. 2
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What "recovering" women meant(\
Here is the experience of a couple, recounted by Prakash Tandon in,
his Punjabi Century, an autobiographical social history of colonial
Punjab:
In one instance, a Sikh youth who had run amuck during
the Partition persuaded a massacring crowd to let him
take away a young, beautiful Muslim girl. They got
:married, and slowly fell in love with each other. Gradually
memories of her parents, who had been killed, and her
former life faded. They were happy together, and a little
boy was born. Soon, however, social workers and the
police, labouring assiduously to recover abducted women,
began to track down the couple. They made inquiries in
the Sikh's home-district of Jalandhar; he got scent of it
and the family ran away to Calcutta. The social workers ,
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reached Calcutta. Meanwhile, the couple's friends tried to :
Iobtain a stay-order from the court but the law was taking
.. .its ponderous course. From Calcutta the couple escaped to
some obscure Punjab village, hoping that the police would
fail to shadow them. But the police caught up with them ,jand began to question them. His wife was expecting again '
and now nearing her time. The Sikh sent the little boy to
his mother and took his wife to a sugar-cane field. He
ma~e her as comfortable as he could in a pit whIle he lay
with a gun, waiting for the police, determil\ed not to lose
:; her while he was alive. In the pit he delivered her with
:!: his own hands. The next day she ran high fever, and in
three days she was dead. He had not dared to take her to
the hospital. He was so afraid the social workers and the
police would take her away.
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,\\\ ne.~QIibe the tragic experience of the Sikh youth who persuaded the killers to let him take 'the ~r\ W\\\\ \\\\\\. 2(ii) Why did the social workers and police want to recover the
Muslim girl? 2
(iii) Explain the relations between both, the Muslim girl and the Sikhyouth. 2