CBSE EXAMINATION PAPER-2023

Read the following source and answer the questions that follow:

The Therigatha

This unique Buddhist text, part of the Sutta Pitaka, is a collection of verses composed by bhikkhunis. It provides an insight into women's social and spiritual experiences. Punna, a dasi or slave woman, went to the river each morning to fetch water for her master's household. There she would daily see a Brahmana performing bathing rituals. One morning she spoke to him. The following are verses composed by Punna, recording her conversation with the Brahmana:

I am a water carrier:

Even in the cold

I have always gone down to the water

frightened of punishment

Or the angry words of high class women.

So what are you afraid of Brahmana,

That makes you go down to the water

(Though) your limbs shake with the bitter cold?

The Brahmana replied:

I am doing good to prevent evil;

anyone young or old

who has done something bad

is freed by washing in water.

Punna said:

Whoever told you

You are freed from evil by washing in the water?....

In that case all the frogs and turtles

Would go to heaven, and so would the water snakes

and crocodiles!

(Instead) Don't do that thing.

the fear of which leads you to the water.

Stop now Brahmana!

Save your skin from the cold....

Read the following source and answer the questions that follow:

The Therigatha

This unique Buddhist text, part of the Sutta Pitaka, is a collection of verses composed by bhikkhunis. It provides an insight into women's social and spiritual experiences. Punna, a dasi or slave woman, went to the river each morning to fetch water for her master's household. There she would daily see a Brahmana performing bathing rituals. One morning she spoke to him. The following are verses composed by Punna, recording her conversation with the Brahmana:

I am a water carrier:

Even in the cold

I have always gone down to the water frightened of punishment

Or the angry words of high class women.

So what are you afraid of Brahmana,

That makes you go down to the water (Though)

your limbs shake with the bitter cold?

The Brahmana replied: I am doing good to prevent evil;

anyone young or old who has done

something bad is freed by washing in water.

Punna said: Whoever told you You are freed from evil by washing in the water?....

In that case all the frogs and turtles

Would go to heaven, and so would the water snakes

and crocodiles!

(Instead) Don't do that thing.

the fear of which leads you to the water.

Stop now Brahmana! Save your skin from the cold....

Read the following source and answer the questions that follow:

The Therigatha

This unique Buddhist text, part of the Sutta Pitaka, is a collection of verses composed by bhikkhunis. It provides an insight into women’s social and spiritual experiences. Punna, a dasi or slave woman, went to the river each morning to fetch water for her master’s household. There she would daily see a Brahmana performing bathing rituals. One morning she spoke to him. The following are verses composed by Punna, recording her conversation with the Brahmana :

I am a water carrier :

Even in the cold

I have always gone down to the water

frightened of punishment

Or the angry words of high class women.

So what are you afraid of Brahmana,

That makes you go down to the water

(Though) your limbs shake with the bitter cold ?

The Brahmana replied:

I am doing good to prevent evil;

anyone young or old who has done something bad

is freed by washing in water. Punna said : Whoever told you You are freed from evil by washing in the water ? ....

In that case all the frogs and turtles

Would go to heaven, and so would the water snakes and crocodiles!

(nstead) Don’t do that thing,

the fear of which

leads you to the water.

Stop now Brahmana!

Save your skin from the cold ...

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Education and Entertainment

This is what Ibn Juzayy, who was deputed to write what Ibn Battuta dictated, said in his introduction :

A gracious direction was transmitted (by the ruler) that he (Ibn Battuta) should dictate an account of the cities which he had seen in his travel, and of the interesting events which had clung to his memory, and that he should speak of those whom he had met of the rulers of countries, of their-distinguished men of learning, and their pious saints. Accordingly, he dictated upon these subjects a narrative which gave entertainment to the mind and delight to the ears and eyes, with a variety of curious particulars by the exposition of which he gave edification and of marvellous things, by referring to which he aroused interest.

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A newspaper report

The following report, titled “The ryot and the moneylender’, appeared in the Native Opinion (6 June, 1876), and was quoted in Report of the Native Newspapers of Bombay :

They (the ryots) first place spies on the boundaries of their villages to see if any Government officers come, and to give timely intimation of their arrival to the offenders. They then assemble in a body and go to the houses of their creditors, and demand from them a surrender of their bonds and other documents, and threaten them in case of refusal with assault and plunder. If any Government officer happens to approach the villages where the above is taking place, the spies give intimation to the offenders and the latter disperse in time.

On the given political outline map of India, locate and label the following with appropriate symbols :

Who among the following was the author of 'ashtadhyayi' , work on the Sanskrit grammer?

Which one of the following statement is correct?

Which one of the following countries did 'Afanasi Nikitins' belong to?

Consider the following statements regarding the early traditions of Bhakti and select the correct ones:

I. Historians draw on hagiographies of saints for knowing traditions.

II. Many beliefs and practices were shaped through 'great' and 'little' Sanskritic Puranic traditions.

III. Bhakti tradition was classified into two broad categories Saguna and Nirguna.

IV. God was worshipped with attributes in the Nirguna bhakti.

Which of the following crops were considered ' Jins -i -Kamil ' in the mughal empire ?

Which of the following statements regarding Krishnadeva roy is incomplete ?

Identify the british official with the help of the following information and select the correct option:

• He was a Physician,came to india during 1994 to 1815

• he served as surgeon to the lord wellesley.

• He served in the begal medical services.

• He organised ' Culcutta alipore zoo'.

Which one of the following dynasties was the first dynasty of vijanagara empire?

Find out the chronological order of the events of the Revolt of 1857:

(I) Subsidiary alliance introduced by wellesley in awadh.

(II) Nawab wajid ali shah deposed.

(III) Summary revenue settlement introduced in awadh by the british.

(IV) Mutiny stared in meerut.

Find out the chronological order of the events of the Revolt of 1857:

(I) Subsidiary alliance introduced by wellesley in awadh.

(II) Nawab wajid ali shah deposed.

(III) Summary revenue settlement introduced in awadh by the british.

(IV) Mutiny stared in meerut.

Assertion(A): Gandhiji called for a countrywide agitation against the Rowlatt act.

Reason(R) : British authorized the government to imprison people withot trial.

Who among the following rulers worked onthe preservation of Sanchi stupa

In which of the following regions satvahanas ruled during second century BCE to second century CE?

Who among the following rulers rebuilt 'Sudarshan lake'?

Consider the given statements regarding constituent assembly and select the correct from the following options:

Which one of the following regions was called as the " Nursery of the bengal army " by the british during 1850's ?

Assertion(A) : The book "Sipah abadi' was the important book on the military and civil administration of mughals.

Reason(R): Book includes short biographical sketches of imperial officials like Mansabdars , poet etc.

Which of the following are correctly matched ?

I. Cholas in Tamil Nadu

II. Hoysala in Warangal

III. Sultans of the Deccan

IV. Gajapati of Orissa

Identify the character of Mahabharata with the help of the following information :

• Was the husband of Gandhari.

• Became the King of Hastinapur.

Analyse the elements examined by historians on Mahabharata as a text.

Describe any three feature of ancient numismatics.

Why was persian ambassador abdur razzaq greatly impressed by the fortification of vijayanagara empire?Explain

Why was the 'Mahanavami Dibba' a centre of main vijayanagara rituals? Explain.

Examine the position of zamindars in the Mughal village society.

" One of the topics most vigorously debate in the constituent assembly was the respective rights of the central and the state governments." Analyse the statement with supporting arguments.

" The rebel proclamations of 1857 appealed to all the sections of the population for unity'. Explain the statement with examples.

"Art and literature as much as the writing of history have helped in keeping alive the memory of 1857." Explain the statement in reference to Rani lakshmibai.

Describe the town planning of Harappa.

Describe the contribution of varoius archeologists from 1857 till 1950 in discovering the Harappa civilization.

'Kabir Das is one of the most outstanding examples of a poet-saint who has given extensive views on social situation , institution and on ultimate reality.'Explain the statement.

'The Chistis became the most influential sufi devotional tradition in the late twelfth century.' Explain the staement.

Describe the causes and events of the quit India movement .

Describe the role of Gandhiji in the indian freedom struggle from 1922 till 1931