ICSE 2017 History & Civics Question Paper for Class 10

About this paper

This is the ICSE Class 10 History and Civics paper (H.C.G. Paper 1, code T17 501) from the 2017 board examination. It carries 80 marks and is written in two hours, after fifteen minutes for reading. Part I is compulsory for 30 marks: ten one-mark civics questions and ten two-mark history questions. In Part II, candidates choose any two of three civics questions from Section A and any three of five history questions from Section B, each of 10 marks. One history question uses a picture of three leaders and asks which section of the Congress they represented. The paper also covers Parliament, the Cabinet, the High Court, the national movement, the Gandhi-Irwin Pact, the Cabinet Mission, the World Wars and the Non-Aligned Movement. This copy contains the questions only.

Exam

ICSE Class 10

Subject

History Civics

Year

2017

Paper code

T17 501

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

2 hours + 15 min reading

Questions

10

Pages

5

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Part I

  30 marks

  Compulsory. Question 1: ten civics questions of 1 mark; Question 2: ten history questions of 2 marks

• Part II, Section A

  20 marks

  Civics: any two of Questions 3–5 on Parliament, the Union Executive and the High Court, 10 marks each

• Part II, Section B

  30 marks

  History: any three of Questions 6–10, 10 marks each, including one picture question on Congress leaders

Topics covered

• Federal features and Parliament
• Rajya Sabha and money bills
• Prime Minister and the Cabinet
• High Court and judicial review
• Lok Adalats
• Rise of national consciousness
• Early and assertive nationalists
• Rowlatt Act, Khilafat and Dandi March
• Gandhi-Irwin Pact and the Cabinet Mission
• First and Second World Wars
• United Nations and the Non-Aligned Movement

Questions from this paper

1. State any one federal feature of the Indian Constitution.
2. Under what condition can a non-member of Parliament be made a minister?
3. What was the Khilafat Movement?
4. Mention any three special powers of the Rajya Sabha that are usually not enjoyed by the other House.
5. Explain the immediate cause of the First World War.
6. Explain any four factors that led to the formation of the Non-Aligned Movement.