HISTORY & CIVICS
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Unit Test - I, 2025-26
Grade: X
Question 1
Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options.
(Do not copy the question, write the correct answers only).
(i) A single Constitution is a feature of ______________ form of government.
a) Federal
b) Unitary
c) Monarchial
d) None of the above
(ii) The strength of a House is 510. What would be the quorum of the house?
a) 51
b) 200
c) 112
d) 110
(iii) The states are represented in the Rajya Sabha based on their
a) Area
b) GDP
c) Taxes
d) Population
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(iv) India has a federal system of government with a strong
a) Parliament
b) Unitary bias
c) Supreme Court
d) Federation of States
(v) (A) Lord Dalhousie justified the annexation of Awadh as “for the good of the
governed.”
(R) The people of Awadh had to pay higher land revenue and additional taxes on
food, houses and ferries.
a) (R) contradicts (A)
b) (R) is the reason for (A)
c) (A) is true but (R) is false
d) (A) and (R) are independent of each other
(vi) (A) The British introduced modern innovations like railways and telegraph in India
in the mid-19th century.
(R) The British introduced these innovations to modernise India.
a) (R) contradicts (A)
b) (R) is the reason for (A)
c) (A) is true but (R) is false
d) (A) and (R) are independent of each other
(vii) Which was the first kingdom to sign the Subsidiary Alliance?
a) Jhansi
b) Mysore
c) Awadh
d) Maratha
(viii) By the provisions of which of the following, 20,000 estates of the landlords were
confiscated by the East India Company?
a) Frazer Commission
b) The Woods' Dispatch
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c) The Inam Commission
d) The Hunter Commission
Question 2
With reference to the powers and functions of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha state the following:
(i) Any three functions to regulate proceedings of the House.
(ii) Any three administrative functions.
(iii) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha occupies a position of great authority and
responsibility. Give reasons to support this statement.
Question 3
Read the excerpt given below and answer the questions that follow:
These rebels of Delhi must be made an example to all their countrymen for ages to come of the
consequences of such crimes, at the same time that every possible precaution is taken to do away
with all temptation or provocation to future offences of a similar character.
— The Guardian, Manchester, June 30, 1857
(i) Who are referred to as 'rebels of Delhi' in the excerpt above? When did they rebel
and where?
(ii) What was the temptation or provocation being talked about in the excerpt?
(iii) What were the consequences of their alleged ‘crimes’?
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Question 4
Read the excerpt given below and answer the questions that follow:
"The sepoys are now enjoined to display communal harmony and exhorted to pray to their
respective gods.... They are now called sipah-i-Hindostan (the Army of India) and there are
appeals now to fellow countrymen "ahl-i watan", dear compatriots "aziz ham-watan" with specific
exhortations for a united rallying of Hindus and Muslims."
— The Dehli Urdu Akhbar (the first Urdu weekly newspaper), June 1857
(i) What was the policy that the British followed to dispel 'the communal harmony'?
(ii) Briefly explain how the British unwittingly led to the united rallying of Hindus and
Muslims by introducing the Enfield Rifle.
(iii) How was the British army reorganised to avoid another uprising of this kind?
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