Kings, Farmers and Towns · Class 12 History · Chapter 2
🏛️ Kings, Farmers and Towns — Early States and Economies
CBSE Class 12 Humanities & Commerce · History · Chapter 1
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Download PDF →15 pattern-tagged MCQs with per-Q time budget. Drill under a 20-min timer.
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Download PDF →Top question patterns · CBSE annual / SQP aggregate
| 90% | Mauryan administration / five political centres — 5-step template: scale+capital + five centres + communication + dhamma + conclusion. | 8 MARKS |
| 100% | Source-based on Asokan edict / Arthashastra / Megasthenes — Identify source + quote evidence + state significance + wider implication. | 10 MARKS |
| 70% | New notions of kingship (Kushanas, Satavahanas) — Kushana divine kingship + Devaputra + statues + gold coins; Satavahana metronymics + Gautamiputra. | 8 MARKS |
| 65% | Changes in the countryside (plough, irrigation, land grants) — Iron plough + paddy transplantation + irrigation + gahapati + land grants (debate). | 5 MARKS |
| 70% | Limits of inscriptional evidence / decipherment — Technical + linguistic + content bias + survival bias; Prinsep 1838 for decipherment. | 3 MARKS |