ICSE 2018 History & Civics Solved Paper for Class 10

About this paper

This is a solved copy of the ICSE Class 10 History and Civics paper (H.C.G. Paper 1) from the 2018 board examination, with an answer printed under every question. It carries 80 marks and is written in two hours, after fifteen minutes' 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 question asks for the leader in a picture and the party and military organisation he formed. Other long answers cover Parliament, the President, the Supreme Court, the Revolt of 1857, Quit India, the Mountbatten Plan, the World Wars and the United Nations.

Exam

ICSE Class 10

Subject

History Civics

Year

2018

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

2 hours + 15 min reading

Questions

10

Pages

9

Answers included

Yes

Paper pattern

• Part I

  30 marks

  Compulsory. Question 1: ten civics questions of 1 mark; Question 2: ten history questions of 2 marks, each with a printed answer

• Part II, Section A

  20 marks

  Civics: any two of Questions 3–5 on Parliament, the President and Vice-President, and the Supreme Court, 10 marks each, with answers

• Part II, Section B

  30 marks

  History: any three of Questions 6–10, 10 marks each, including one picture question, with answers

Topics covered

• Union Parliament and sessions
• President, ordinances and the Vice-President
• Cabinet and collective responsibility
• Supreme Court and writs
• Lok Adalats
• Revolt of 1857
• Civil Disobedience and the Muslim League
• Quit India Movement
• Mountbatten Plan
• Forward Bloc and the Indian National Army
• World Wars, UNICEF and WHO

Questions from this paper

1. Name the bill that cannot originate in the Rajya Sabha.
2. What is meant by the term quorum?
3. Name the nationalist who said, "Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it," and state any one of his contributions to the national movement.
4. State any three qualifications required for a candidate to be elected as the Vice-President of India.
5. Explain any three political causes of the Revolt of 1857.
6. Identify the leader in the picture. Name the political party and the military organisation that he formed.