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Key Facts: PSEB SS History Exam

80 + 20

PSEB Senior Secondary History Theory + INA mark split

PSEB Class 12 Scheme of Studies / History subject logistics

3 hours

Typical PSEB Senior Secondary History theory exam duration

Common Class 12 theory logistics / confirm on pseb.ac.in

33%

Common separate pass floor in Theory, INA, and aggregate

PSEB Senior Secondary pass rules (confirm current circular)

Code 025

History subject code on PSEB Senior Secondary materials

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English MCQ adaptation

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PSEB Senior Secondary History is a Class 12 public-exam subject with Theory 80 + INA 20 (about 3 hours theory; code 025) covering Punjab and Sikh political history through 1849 annexation, plus map work. Pass about 33% in Theory, INA, and aggregate. This free 2026 bank is an English MCQ study adaptation only.

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1Which river system most strongly shaped the historical settlement and political geography of the Punjab plains?
A.The five rivers of the Indus basin (collectively associated with the name Punjab)
B.Only the Ganga and Yamuna
C.Only the Narmada and Tapti
D.Only the Brahmaputra alone
Explanation: Punjab literally means “land of five waters.” The Beas, Chenab, Jhelum, Ravi, and Sutlej (with the Indus system) structured agriculture, invasion routes, and political frontiers in regional history.
2Mountain passes on Punjab’s north-west frontier mattered historically mainly because they:
A.Provided routes for trade and repeated invasions into the plains
B.Made the region completely isolated from Central Asia
C.Eliminated all agricultural activity in the doabs
D.Prevented any contact with Mughal administration
Explanation: Passes such as those connecting Afghanistan/Central Asia with the Indus–Punjab plains channelled caravans, armies, and cultural contact, deeply influencing Punjab’s political history.
3A doab in the context of Punjab’s physical features is best defined as:
A.The tract of land lying between two rivers
B.A mountain fortress only
C.A desert with no rivers
D.A coastal delta only
Explanation: Doab means “two waters.” Famous Punjab doabs (for example Bari, Rechna, Chaj, Sind Sagar) are interfluves that structured settlement and administration.
4Which of the following is a major class of sources for reconstructing the history of the Punjab?
A.Literary and religious texts, chronicles, coins, monuments, and foreign travellers’ accounts
B.Only modern newspaper editorials after 2000
C.Only oral gossip without any written or material check
D.Only European novels set in France
Explanation: Punjab’s history is reconstructed from janamsakhis and Sikh scriptural/historical literature, Persian chronicles, coins and inscriptions, architecture, and accounts of travellers and officials.
5Janamsakhis are especially important as sources because they:
A.Preserve traditional narratives about the life and travels of Guru Nanak Dev Ji
B.Are only Mughal tax registers of the Deccan
C.Are British land-settlement maps of Bengal only
D.Are Greek accounts of Alexander’s navy only
Explanation: Janamsakhi literature forms a key indigenous narrative tradition about Guru Nanak’s life, teachings context, and journeys, though historians read them critically alongside other evidence.
6Persian chronicles matter for Punjab history mainly because they:
A.Record Mughal and later political events, appointments, and campaigns affecting the region
B.Replace all Sikh sources entirely
C.Prove that Punjab had no agriculture
D.Were written only in the twentieth century about space travel
Explanation: Court and regional Persian histories supply administrative and military detail for Mughal-era Punjab and interactions with the Sikh community, complementing Sikh and other sources.
7How did the fertile alluvial plains of Punjab influence its history?
A.They supported dense agriculture and made the region a prize for successive powers
B.They made permanent settlement impossible
C.They forced everyone to live only in high Himalayan glaciers
D.They eliminated all trade routes
Explanation: Rich alluvium sustained villages and revenue, attracting imperial centres, invaders, and local polities—so geography and political contest were tightly linked.
8Archaeological remains and coins help historians of Punjab mainly by:
A.Providing material evidence of sites, rulers, trade, and chronology
B.Replacing the need for any written sources forever
C.Proving that maps are unnecessary for exam preparation
D.Showing only modern industrial factories
Explanation: Material culture (coins, structures, artefacts) anchors chronology and political/economic patterns when read with texts.
9At the beginning of the 16th century, the political situation in the Punjab was broadly characterised by:
A.Transition and contest after the decline of the Delhi Sultanate’s firm control, on the eve of Mughal expansion
B.A single modern democratic republic already in place
C.Complete absence of any towns or trade
D.Rule exclusively by European colonial companies
Explanation: Early 16th-century North India/Punjab saw late Sultanate instability and the rise of Babur’s Mughal power (Panipat 1526), framing the world into which Sikhism emerged.
10Social life in early 16th-century Punjab is best described as:
A.A stratified agrarian society with castes, tribes, and religious communities coexisting amid inequality
B.A society without any social hierarchy whatsoever
C.A society composed only of industrial factory workers
D.A society with no villages
Explanation: Village-based agrarian structure, social hierarchy, and multiple religious traditions formed the social setting of Guru Nanak’s age.

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