ICSE Class 10 History & Civics (H.C.G. Paper 1) Question Paper 2023 with Solutions

About this paper

This is the ICSE Class 10 History and Civics paper (H.C.G. Paper 1, code T23 501) from the 2023 board examination. The maximum mark is 80, and the writing time is two hours after fifteen minutes for reading. Part I is compulsory for 30 marks. Question 1 is sixteen one-mark multiple-choice items on the Constitution, the national movement and the world wars, and Question 2 has seven short answers of two marks each. From Part II, candidates answer any two of three civics questions in Section A (20 marks) and any three of five history questions in Section B (30 marks). One history question is based on a picture of a march led by Gandhiji. This copy contains the questions only.

Exam

ICSE Class 10

Subject

History Civics

Year

2023

Paper code

T23 501

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

2 hours + 15 min reading

Questions

10

Pages

8

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Part I

  30 marks

  Compulsory. Question 1: 16 multiple-choice questions of 1 mark; Question 2: seven short answers of 2 marks

• Part II, Section A

  20 marks

  Civics: any two of Questions 3–5 on Parliament, the President and the High Courts, 10 marks each

• Part II, Section B

  30 marks

  History: any three of Questions 6–10, 10 marks each, including one picture question on a march led by Gandhiji

Topics covered

• Ordinances and parliamentary motions
• Lok Sabha and the Union Executive
• Emergencies and election of the President
• High Courts, subordinate courts and Lok Adalats
• Independence of the judiciary
• Revolt of 1857
• Partition of Bengal, the Muslim League and assertive nationalists
• Non-Cooperation, Civil Disobedience and the Gandhi-Irwin Pact
• Forward Bloc and the Indian National Army
• Fascism, Nazism and the Second World War
• Security Council, UNESCO and the Non-Aligned Movement

Questions from this paper

1. Within how many weeks of its promulgation must an ordinance be approved by Parliament?
2. Which motion should the House move so that a matter of urgent public importance can be taken up at once?
3. Mention any two repressive policies of Lord Lytton.
4. What are the three types of emergencies that can be proclaimed by the President?
5. Name the march being led by Gandhiji in the picture, and state which movement that march launched.
6. Mention any three similarities between the ideologies of Fascism and Nazism.