ICSE 2020 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 T20 501) from the 2020 board examination. 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 prints an emblem and asks for the organisation, two of its objectives, functions of WHO, and its principal judicial organ. Other long answers cover Parliament, the President, the Supreme Court, the Revolt of 1857, the Dandi March, Quit India and the Mountbatten Plan. This copy contains the questions only.

Exam

ICSE Class 10

Subject

History Civics

Year

2020

Paper code

T20 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 President and the Supreme Court, 10 marks each

• Part II, Section B

  30 marks

  History: any three of Questions 6–10, 10 marks each, including one question on a printed emblem

Topics covered

• Union Parliament and the Speaker
• Rajya Sabha
• President and the Electoral College
• Prime Minister and government policy
• Supreme Court, writs and judicial review
• Lok Adalats
• Revolt of 1857
• Early nationalists, Swadeshi and the Khilafat Movement
• Dandi March and the Quit India Movement
• Mountbatten Plan
• Second World War and the Non-Aligned Movement

Questions from this paper

1. Name the two Houses of the Indian Parliament.
2. Why is 16 October 1905 regarded as an important day in the history of the Indian national movement?
3. Name any two leaders of the Khilafat Movement.
4. Explain any three discretionary powers of the President.
5. Briefly explain the Dandi March of 1930.
6. Name the organisation associated with the emblem printed in the paper, and mention any two of its objectives.