History (12th) Textbook

Chapter 6 The Integration of Princely States: A Case Study of Jammu and Kashmir

Match the following Column A Column B Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir 6th October, 1947 Instrument of Accession Muzaffarabad An area in Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) 26th January, 1957 Answers Column A Column B Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir 26th January, 1957 Instrument of Accession 6th October, 1947 An area in Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) Muzaffarabad Fill in the blanks: 1. _______________was the Viceroy of India at the time of Indian Independence. Answer:- Lord Mountbatten 2. The meeting of the Defence Committee was held in Delhi in the year____________________. Answer:- October 25, 1947 3. A unique feat in Ladakh was that of___________________________who resisted the tribal attack at Zojilla Pass. Answer:- Major General Themayya 4. The two areas that fall in the...

Chapter 6 Post Independence Era:- J&K On The Path of Modernisation.

1.Match the following: a. Naya Kashmir Manifesto:- Economic Reforms in Kashmir b. Mukraris:- Custodian grants c. Jagirs:- Land grants in lieu of services d. Big Landed Estates Abolition Act ;-Magna Carta of Peasant’s Rights 2.Fill in the blanks: a. Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah was the most popular leader of Kashmir during the early Post-Independence period. b. Bakshi Ghlam Muhammad was appointed as the second Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. c. Kwang Posh was the literary journal of Cultural Congress. d. In 1955, G.M. Sadiq as the Education Minister under Bakshi Ghulam Muhammad drafted the Education Policy of the state. e. Dina Nath Nadim was the most celebrated progressive Kashmiri poet who wrote ‘Bomber Te Yemberzal’. 3.State whether True or False: a. The Naya Kashmir Manifesto had a heavy socialistic tune. (F ) b. In 1957, Lalla Rookh Publications was disbanded and incorporated back to the Information Department. (T)...

Chapter 7 An Imperial Capital: Vijayanagara

NCERT TEXTBOOK QUESTIONS SOLVED 1. What have been the methods used to study the ruins of Hampi over the last two centuries? In what way do you think they would have complemented the information provided by the priests of the Virupaksha temple? Ans: The engineer and antiquarian Colonel Colin Mackenzie brought the ruins of Hampi to light in 1800. He worked for many years in East India Company and prepared the first Survey maps of this site. His earlier information were based on the memories of priest of the Virupaksha temple and shrine of Pampadevi. From 1856 onwards, photographers started to record the pictures of monuments. The picture of the sites helped the scholars to study them. Dozens of inscription were collected from Virupaksha temples and other temples situated around temples. Historians collected information from these sources other sources such as accounts of foreign travellers and literature composed in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Sanskrit languages used by the...

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