Class IX

 

(Jigme Wangchuk)

1. What is the significance of the marriage between King Jigme Wangchuk and Azhi Phuntsho Choden?

2. How did the King Jigme Wangchuk reduce the tax burden of the people after his ascension on the Golden Throne as the Second Druk Gyalpo?

3. King Jigme Wangchuk consolidated both internal and external problems during his reign. Evaluate the statement.

4. Narrate some of the favourite past times of Druk Gyalpo Jigme Wangchuk.

5. What were some of the important terms agreed in the Indo-Bhutanese Treaty of 1949 between India and Bhutan? 

6. Who was the last British Political Officer to visit Bhutan?

7. List down the insignia offered to the King Jigme Wangchuk by the British Indian Government.

(Jigme Dorji Wangchuk)

1. What would have been the political and economic situation in Bhutan had the Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru not visited the country in 1958? Explain four plausible situations.

2. Construct a timeline from 1958 to 1972 showing any four historic events that took place during the reign of King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck.

3.What would have been the overall condition of the country if Druk Gyalpo Jigme Dorji Wangchuck had not started the Five Year Plans?

4. Why was construction of road links to India given the first priority in the First Five-Year Plan? Give ONE reason.

5. Write in your own words, ONE impact of Jawaharlal Nehru’s visit to Bhutan in 1958.

6. Give any FOUR indicators to show that Bhutan had ended the policy of isolation during the Third King’s reign.

7. Would it have been better if Bhutan still followed the age old policy of isolation? Briefly explain your view with FOUR reasons.

8.   Why was construction of road links to India given the first priority in the First Five-Year Plan? Give ONE reason.

9. How did King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck transform the feudal absolute monarchy into a modern one? Write any TWO ways.

10. Imagine that you were living during the reign of the third King and experienced a number of modern development activities happening around. List down EIGHT activities that were most beneficial to the people of Bhutan.

11. Was it a right decision for King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck to start modernization in Bhutan during his reign? Why? Give TWO reasons to support your answer.

12. The third Druk Gyalpo brought a revolutionary transition to the lives of serfs. As an official in the Royal Court, what TWO suggestions would you have proposed to the king to further improve the lives of the serfs? 

13. Write down briefly on the contributions of  Late Lyonchoen Jigme Palden Dorji in Bhutan.

 Mesopotamian Civilisation

1  1. Copy the table and compare the code of Hammurabi to that of our Bhutanese Law. 

2. Analyse the religious practices in Mesopotamia in comparison to religious practise in Bhutan. What differences and similarities can you see?

      3. Describe and explain briefly about the social structures existed in the Mesopotamian society.

       

       4. What was a Ziggurat? How important was this structure for the Mesopotamians?

Tertoen Pema Lingpa: Spiritual and cultural luminary of the soil.

1. Make a flow chart showing the descendants and lineage of Pema Lingpa.

2. Narrate the incidence of discovery of treasure by Pema Lingpa in Mebartsho.

3. Describe Pema Lingpa as:

(i)  (i). A saint

     (ii). An artist

     (iii). Discoverer

    (iv). An architect.

      

     

         

                Driglam Chosum: Bhutanese Ethos

   

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     Case Study 1:

      Ms. Yangdey was born and brought up in Thailand. After completing her education from Thailand, presently she works in one of the offices in Bhutan. Her father is from Lhuentsi and mother from Zhemgang. Will she be considered as the citizenship of Bhutan? Why?

 

     Case Study 2:

    Miss Kanchan Kumari’s father is from Bihar in India and had been working in a Saloon in Bhutan for the last 20 years as a hairstylists. Her mother is from Bumthang. Kanchan has two siblings who goes to school in Motithang Higher Secondary School. She will complete Class XII this year. Is Kanchan a lawful citizen of Bhutan? Why?

 

    Case Study 3:

     Kanchan Kumari’s father wanted to have a citizenship of Bhutan so that his children can become a lawful citizen of Bhutan. Under which category will her father be eligible in applying the citizenship according to Citizenship Act of Bhutan? 

 

     Case Study 4:

      Boku Thapa’s grandparents has migrated into the country in 1925 and had been living in Kanglung in Trashigang since then. Boku’s father and mother were born in Bhutan. Is Boku Thapa the lawful citizen of Bhutan?  Why? 

 

     Case Study 5:

      Mr. John from Switzerland who is married to a Bhutanese, had been working in Bhutan for the last 15 years and recently he is planning to apply for the citizenship of Bhutan. What conditions should Mr. John fulfill in order to apply for the Bhutanese citizenship?