WBBSE Madhyamik History case studies
WBBSE Madhyamik History · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Madhyamik Pariksha, formally the Secondary Examination, is the first public board examination in West Bengal's school system, conducted by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE). It is taken by secondary-level students at the end of the Class X stage and serves as the first major career leap and the gateway to higher secondary education. The Board describes its own scope as issuing quality education and providing a hassle-free Board examination for that first career step. This page focuses on the History paper of the Madhyamik Pariksha. The WBBSE Madhyamik History case studies are 5 cases and about 3,015 words.
1Chinsurah, 2007: Choosing a Title for a 1857 Gallery
Your school in Chinsurah is mounting a gallery for the 150th anniversary of 1857. The budget is ₹18,000, the wall is twelve metres long, and every label must stay under forty words.
626 words, about 3 min2A Burdwan Village, 1880: Was the Permanent Settlement a Failure?
A student in a Burdwan village is writing a project from four documents. First, the collector's announcement of 1793: the estate's revenue was assessed once, fixed for ever, and payable on a set date, with the estate liable to auction on default.
592 words, about 3 min3Barabazar, October 1905: Should the Cloth Merchant Sign?
Calcutta, October 1905, a cloth shop in Barabazar. The merchant's stock is forty per cent imported Manchester and Lancashire cloth, thirty-five per cent mill cloth from Bombay, and twenty-five per cent handloom from Nadia and Shantipur.
637 words, about 3 min4Calcutta, December 1829: Law or Persuasion on Sati?
A boys' school in Calcutta, December 1829, is debating the motion 'Sati must be abolished by law, not by persuasion'. Bentinck's Regulation XVII has just made the burning of widows punishable as culpable homicide.
585 words, about 3 min5Calcutta, November 1956: An Editorial on Two Invasions
Calcutta, 5 November 1956. The editorial board of an English-language daily has four columns and two cables.
575 words, about 3 min