ICSE 2019 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 T19 501) from the 2019 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 is based on a picture and asks for the memorial, the place, and the movement Gandhi launched in 1920. The paper also covers Parliament, the Cabinet, the High Court, nationalism, Civil Disobedience, the Cabinet Mission, dictatorships and the United Nations. This copy contains the questions only.

Exam

ICSE Class 10

Subject

History Civics

Year

2019

Paper code

T19 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 Council of Ministers 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

Topics covered

• Lok Sabha and Question Hour
• Rajya Sabha
• National Emergency and no-confidence
• Prime Minister and the Cabinet
• High Court, writs and subordinate courts
• Revolt of 1857 and the General Service Enlistment Act
• Early nationalists and radicals
• Non-Cooperation Movement
• Civil Disobedience and the Cabinet Mission
• Fascism and the Second World War
• UNESCO, the Security Council and the General Assembly

Questions from this paper

1. What is the normal term of office of the Lok Sabha?
2. What was the General Service Enlistment Act?
3. Name the two books that Dadabhai Naoroji wrote explaining the drain of India's wealth.
4. How are the members of the Rajya Sabha elected, and why is it called a permanent House?
5. State any three features of the programme of the Civil Disobedience Movement launched in 1930.
6. State the composition of the Security Council.