Class 12 CBSE History Answer Key 2025 (OUT): Unofficial key PDF download

1. Two statements are given below as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read them carefully and choose correct option.

• Assertion (A): Harappa was a well-planned city.
• Reason (R): It had a well-planned drainage system.

2. Which one of the following is a correct statement regarding the codes of social behaviour as laid down in Dharamasutras and Dharmashastras during the period of Mahabharata?

These norms were not followed universally.

3. Which one of the following dynasties did Queen Prabhavati belong to?

Vakataka

4. Which one of the following was a distinctive feature of Harappan architecture?

Use of Bricks

5. Identify the ruler from Indian History with following information:

• Ruler of Bhopal
• Ruled from 1868 to 1901 CE
• Helped in preserving the Sanchi Stupa

Shahjehan Begum

6. The given sculpture from the fifth-century Devgarh temple depicts which of the following deities?

Vishnu

7. Match Column-I and Column-II and choose the correct option:

a-i, b-ii, c-iv, d-iii

8. Match Column-I and Column-II and choose the correct option:

a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2

9. Arrange the following in chronological order and choose the correct option:
I. Battle of Talikota
II. Establishment of Nagalpuram
III. Formation of Kamalpuram Tank
IV. Emergence of the Sultanate of Golconda

II, III, IV, I

10. Identify the ruler of India from the sixteenth century with the following information and choose the correct option:

• He went on a pilgrimage to Ajmer fourteen times.
• He sought blessings for new conquests and the birth of sons of Ajmer Sharif.

Akbar

11. Who among the following included the composition of Guru Tegh Bahadur ji in the Guru Granth Sahib?

Guru Gobind Singh ji

12. Which of the following statements is true regarding the land revenue system of the Mughals?

13. Identify the correct statement from the following regarding the role of women in agrarian society of the Mughal State.

Women worked in the field with men.

14. Which one of the following statements is correct regarding Virashaiva or Lingayat tradition?

15. How was the Constituent Assembly influenced by public opinion? Choose the correct option.
I. People aired their views outside the Parliament House.
II. People gave their reactions through the press.
III. The members of the Constituent Assembly used to discuss with the public.
IV. Public expressed their views in the Constituent Assembly.

I, II & III

16. Which of the following statements best describes the effect of the Permanent Settlement on zamindars?

They gained significant control over land.

17. Fill in the blank with the suitable option given below:
The Revolt of 1857 marked the end of the _______ dynasty in India.

Mughal

18. Find the odd one out regarding the revolt of 1857 from the following:
(A) Arrah: Kunwar Singh
(B) Barout: Shah Mal
(C) Singhbhum: Gonu
(D) Hyderabad: Maulavi Ahmadullah Shah

19. Identify the person from the given information:

• He was the head of Advisory Committee of the Constituent Assembly.
• He was against the separate electorate.
• He was the first home minister of free India.

Vallabhbhai Patel

20. On whose of the following advice Gandhiji spent a year in travelling around British India for getting to know the land and its people before entering into politics?

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

21. Why did Gandhi call for a nationwide campaign against the Rowlatt Act? Choose the appropriate option from the following :

British Govt. permitted detention without trial.