ICSE Class 10 History and Civics Specimen Paper 2026-27: Download PDF for CISCE Board Exam

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Conducting Body

Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE)

Exam Name

ICSE Class 10 History and Civics 

Academic Session

2026–27

Exam Date

To be announced 

Paper Type

Theory

Total Marks

100 Marks 

Official Website

cisce.org

Question 1

Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options.

(i) Identify the exclusive powers of the Rajya Sabha from the following:
P: Can introduce a new All India Service
Q: Can impeach the President
R: Can never be dissolved as a whole
S: Can introduce a Money Bill
(a) P and Q
(b) R and S
(c) P and R
(d) Q and S

(ii) Who is authorised to make amendments related to the headline given below?

(a) The Supreme Court
(b) The President
(c) The Parliament
(d) The Prime Minister

(iii) Cabinet : inner core :: __________: junior-most ministers
(a) Ministers of State
(b) Deputy Ministers
(c) Council of Ministers
(d) State Ministers

(iv) Which option best describes the picture given below?

(a) All ministers have portfolios.
(b) All ministers meet frequently.
(c) There are three categories of ministers.
(d) The ministers work together like a team.

(v) Choose the correct option to replace the underlined word: The Council of Ministers is individually responsible to the Lok Sabha.
(a) Prime Minister
(b) Rajya Sabha
(c) President
(d) Speaker

(vi) Ravi, a college student, was taken into police custody without being informed of the reasons for his arrest. His family was not told where he was detained, and he was not produced before a magistrate within 24 hours. Ravi’s parents filed a case in the Supreme Court requesting that the police produce Ravi before the court. Which writ will the court issue in this case?
(a) Habeas Corpus
(b) Certiorari
(c) Prohibition
(d) Mandamus

(vii) Assertion (A): The Muslim League was formed in 1906.
Reason (R): The Congress split into two factions in 1907.
(a) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(b) (A) is false and (R) is true.
(c) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(d) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(viii) Identify the option which shows the correct chronology of the following events:
1. The Dandi March
2. The Second Round Table Conference
3. The Simon Commission
(a) 3-1-2
(b) 1-3-2
(c) 3-2-1
(d) 2-1-3

(ix) Mira notices that the children in her apartment are writing on the newly painted walls. If she decides to address this issue using methods inspired by the Early Nationalists, which approach is she MOST LIKELY to follow?
(a) Fight with the children
(b) Write a letter to the welfare association highlighting the problem
(c) Paint all the dirty walls
(d) Boycott the families of the children

(x) Choose the option which shows the correct match:
Column A                              Column B
1. Militarism                          A. Intense pride in one’s nation
2. Alliance System                 B. Glorification of military power
3. Nationalism                       C. Division of nations into rival groups
(a) 1-B, 2-C, 3-A
(b) 1-A, 2-B, 3-C
(c) 1-C, 2-B, 3-A
(d) 1-B, 2-A, 3-C

(xi) Which of the following organisations is connected to the given picture?

(xii) Who among the following is NOT an Assertive Nationalist Leader?
(a) Bipin Chandra Pal
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(xiii) Read the description and choose the correct optionA major global conflict broke out in the early twentieth century, beginning in Europe and soon spreading to other parts of the world. Powerful nations formed rival alliances, and an assassination triggered widespread fighting. The war reshaped political boundaries and weakened old empires. Its immediate cause was___________.
(a) Formation of alliances
(b) Annexation of Austria
(c) Imperialism
(d) Sarajevo Crisis

(xiv) Which of the following countries will NOT be a part of the cartoon given below?

(a) China

(b) Japan

(c) Russia

(d) Britain

(xv) Identify the correct pair from the given options:

(a) Surendranath Banerjee – Assertive Nationalist

(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy – Delhi Durbar

(c) Dadabhai Naoroji – First President of Congress

(d) Jyotiba Phule – Women’s Education

(xvi) Connect the information given in the diagram below and identify X

(a) Mahatma Gandhi

(b) Subhash Chandra Bose

(c) Bipin Chandra Pal

(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Question 2

i) Read the extract given below and answer the question that follows: In India, the Supreme Court can exercise advisory jurisdiction under Article 143 of the Constitution. With regard to the President, these opinions are purely advisory. Mention any two points about the Supreme Court that can be inferred from the given extract.

(ii) Which category of power is being exercised by the President in the following?

(a) Appointment of Cabinet ministers

(b) Approval of a Money Bill

(iii) The whole plan may not be perfect but like all plans, its success will depend on the spirit of goodwill with which it is carried out.
– Lord Mountbatten
Give two reasons for the acceptance of the above plan by the Congress.

(iv) Imagine you were an artisan in the year 1856. Mention any two ways in which the economic policies of the British would have affected you.

(v) Look at the picture given below and answer the question that follows:

Identify the leader seen in the picture. Mention any one of his contributions.

(vi) Mention any two objectives of the League of Nations.

(vii) Mention any two ideologies of dictators.

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