ISC 2026 History Answer Key (OUT): Solved Paper and Question Paper Review

1) In 2017, the 75th anniversary of the historic Indian movement was commemorated. Identify the movement.

a) The JP Movement

b) The Quit India Movement

c) The Civil Disobedience Movement

d) The movement for Women's Right

2) One important feature of the General Elections 1967 was the rise of opposition parties. Which of the follwing party emerged as the main opposition?

a) Socialist Party

b) Swatantra Party

c) Bharitiya Jan Sangh

d) Communist Party

3) Which one of the following features of the Mizo movement was similar to that of the Naga movement?

a) It began in the 1960s

b) Mizoram acquired statehood in the 1980s

c) It involved a prolonged armed conflict with the Indian government

d) A peace settlement between the Mizo leader and the Indian govt ended decades of insurgency and established stability

4) Two important reasons for the changed attitude of the British after the Second World War were:

P) The conservative party was voted to power in the UK

Q) The catastrophic war had drained Britain's economic resources

R) The British could no longer depend on the loyalty of the Indian soldiers

S) The USA and the Soviet Union emerged as the new superpowers in the world. 

a) only P and R

b) only Q and S

c) only R and S

d) only P and S

5) Appeasement as a diplomatic policy was followed by Britain and France with the objective of:

a) avoiding war with aggressive nations at any cost

b) encouraging economic cooperation for mutual benefit

c) checking the spread of communism in Western Europe

d) establishing friendly relations with the neighbouring countries

6) Which of the statements is not true about the movements for Women's Rights in the USA and India?

a) Both demanded the end of domestic violence against women

b) They protested against the traditional notion that a woman's place was at home

c) They emphasised the importance of achieving gender equality and equal opportunities

d) Both movements highlighted the complete dependence of women on men for economic support

7) Which of the following battles during second world war proved to be a turning point in the fight for control of the Pacific?

a) Stalingrad

b) El Alamein

c) Midway Island

d) Battle of Britain

8) Given below are two statements marked Assertion and Reason. Read the two statements carefully and choose the correct option.

Assertion: The Truman Doctrine made it clear that the USA had no intention of returning to isolation, as it had done after the First World War

Reason: The USA was committed to a policy of containing communism throughout the world

a) Both assertions are true, and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion

b) Both assertion and reason are true, but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion

c) Assertion is true, and reason is false

d) Both assertion and reason are false

 

9) The________Mission proposals, condemned by Gandhi as a "postdated cheque on a failing Bank", were rejected by the congress.

10) The Signatories of the Sykes-Picot Pact were Britain and__________

11) Who was the author of The Historic Eight Documents?

12) Name the activist who died after a fifty-six-day hunger strike demanding the creation of a Telugu-speaking state.

13) What was the title of the report filed by the committee on teh status of Indian women in 1974?

14) Which country's takeover by the Communists destroyed the bridge between East and West Europe and completed the "iron curtain"?

15) One of the reasons for the defeat of the Axis Powers in the Second World War was the tactical errors made by them. Mention any one mistake made by Japan.

16) In the context of America's foreign policy, what was the significance of the formation of NATO(1949)

Sections

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Section A (Indian History)

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Section B(World History)

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