Question paper format

• The question paper includes six sections: A, B, C, D, E, and F and 37 compulsory questions.
• Section A contains the MCQs, each carrying 1 mark, from question 1 to 20.
• Section B includes question numbers 21 to 24 that are short-answer questions carrying 2 marks each with a word limit of 40 words
• Section C contains question numbers 25 to 29 that are short-answer questions carrying 3 marks each with a word limit of 60 words
• Section D includes question numbers 30 to 33 that are long-answer questions carrying 5 marks each with a word limit of 120 words
• Section E includes question numbers 34 to 36 that are case-based questions carrying 4 marks each with a word limit of 100 words
• Section F includes question number 37 that is map-based, from History (2 marks) and Geography (3 marks) that carries 5 marks with two parts.
• There is no overall choice in the question paper, but internal choices in few questions are provided.

Section A

• Dr. B.R. Ambedkar called the Right to Constitutional Remedies as the heart and soul of the Constitution because it allows direct approach to the Supreme Court or High Court if a Fundamental Right is violated.
• Market activities involve remuneration for performed activity for pay or profit.
• The Public distribution system(PDS) scheme is open to all, with no special target group
• The statement that "A is false but B is true" is correct about the powers exercised.
  • The President is the head of the State and exercises only nominal powers in the political system.
  • The President is not directly elected by the people, but the elected Members of Parliament (MPs) and the elected Members of the Legislative Assemblies (MLAs) elect the president.
  • The president remains only a nominal executive.
• Joseph Goebbels, the Propaganda Minister in Hitler's Government, committed suicide alongside Hitler in April due to his loyalty.
• The right of people to believe in and practice any religion is not a valid reason for arguing there is a lesser possibility of famine in a democratic country.
• The correct answer is "Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A."
  • Women in France won the right to vote in 1946.
  • This was due to the Constitution of 1791 which reduced them to passive citizens
• The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act aims to provide 100 days of wage employment to every household to ensure livelihood security in rural areas.
• The Prime Minister and the Ministers are collectively known as the Cabinet.
• Paris is the place that was in a state of alarm on 14th July 1789 following the king's command.
• The correct answer is "A is true but B is false."
  • Our country follows an area-based system of representation where the country is divided into electoral constituencies.
• Fiji is the country where one person, one vote, and one value is not applied because the electoral system gives more value to the vote of an indigenous Fijian.
• The correct chronological order of events is:
  • Beginning of the Second World War in September 1, 1939
  • Mass murder of the Jews begins in June 23, 1941
  • The United States joins the Second World War on December 8, 1941
  • Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz on January 27, 1945
• Louis XVI married the Austrian princess Marie Antoinette, who was the last queen of France before the French Revolution.
• Denying admission in Government Medical College due to religion violates the Cultural and educational right.
  • As per this right, any educational institution maintained by the government or receiving government aid cannot deny admission based on religion or language.
• Goa with 3,702 Sq km area is the smallest state.
• Chilika lake is the largest salt water lake in India.
• The event, 'Bloody Sunday' was later on called the 1905 Revolution
  • The incident known as Bloody Sunday started a series of events that became known as the 1905 Revolution.
• When people appear to be employed, it is called Disguised unemployment
  • In this situation, more people are engaged in work than required and it is also called Hidden unemployment.
• The landmass of India has an area of 3.28 million sq km

Section B

• The easternmost boundaries of the Himalayas are demarcated by the Brahmaputra.
  • The Himalayas bend sharply to the south beyond the Dihang gorge and spread along the eastern boundary of India
  • These hills are composed of string sandstones, which are sedimentary rocks.
• Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
  • It is an important input for national development because healthy people can devote more time to work and contribute more towards Gross Domestic Product if they are efficient and productive .
• The eleventh plan sought to increase higher education enrolment for the 18 to 23 age group to 15% by 2011-12 and 21% by the twelfth plan.
  • The strategy increases access quality, adopts state-specific curriculum modification, vocationalisation, and networking with information technology.
• The rights that every citizen should get in a democracy are:
  • Right to freedom of speech and expression: Citizens should freely express their opinions, form associations, protest, and take political actions.
  • The Right to vote: to participate in the political affairs of the country.
  • Right to equality: Everyone is equal in the eyes of the law.
• There are economically backward states with high poverty
  • There are tribal and remote areas, prone to natural disasters
  • States like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, and parts of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra account for the largest number of food-insecure people.

Section C

• The Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) was launched in June 1997 to ensure minimum food grain availability to families below the poverty line.
  • It aimed to benefit about six crore poor families with 72 lakh tonnes of food grains earmarked annually, at 10 kg per family per month
  • It adopted the principle of targeting the 'poor in all areas'.
• The impact of World War I included unfortunate consequences of Weimar Republic to pay for the sins of the old empire.
  • The republic became financially crippled and had to pay war compensation
  • Soldiers were placed above civilians
  • The trench warfare was glorified and aggressive war propaganda and national honor held an important place
• Problems found while reporting malpractices in Indian elections.
  • Ministers promising financial aid violated the electoral code as no decisions influencing elections can be made.
  • Not providing adequate time for all parties to express views through media which can be resolved by Election Commission-fixed time.
  • Electoral rolls include fake voters, fully revised and removed from the voters' list
  • Intimidation and violence during elections as Movement of people with guns and other arms should be strictly banned.
• The Principal’s office, the school’s administrative office, the different departments like sports, medical room, library and teachers can be considered the institutions of the school which perform different functions.
  • A large of activities are going on all the time. so a one person can not take these proper decisions properly as it might be taken in haste or without understanding its implications.

Section D

• The constitution of 1791 made France a Constitutional Monarchy.
  • National Assembly: 745 members, indirectly elected, legislated
  • Right to Vote: Active citizens were men above 25 paying taxes equal to 3 days of a labourer's wage who can vote
  • Powers of National Assembly: organs- legislature, Executive and Judiciary
  • Declaration of Rights and Man and Citizens: included rights to life, freedom of speech and opinion
• The monsoon arrives at the southern tip of the Indian peninsula in the first week of June and proceeds into the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal branches
  • The Arabian Sea branch reaches Mumbai around June 10th.
  • The Bay of Bengal Branch arrives in Assam in the first week of June
  • By mid-June, the Arabian Sea branch reaches Saurashtra, kuchchh, and central India, with Delhi receiving monsoon showers from the Bay of Bengal branch by the end of June
  • The Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal branches merge over the northwestern Ganga plains.
  • By the first week of July, western Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, and eastern Rajasthan experience the monsoon, reaching Himachal Pradesh by mid-July
• Western disturbances are winter weather phenomena from the Mediterranean that cause rainfall in North and North-Western India.
  • They cause beneficial cyclonic rainfall that modifies the weather of the North and North-Western regions of India, benefitting Rabi crops such as wheat -They bring rainfall and snowfall.
• In urban areas educated unemployment has become a common phenomenon, where many youth with degrees struggle to find jobs -Surplus and shortage of manpower categories coexist.
  • Technical skills required for economic growth.

Section E

• The Nazi ideology believed in a racial hierarchy where blond, blue-eyed, Nordic German Aryans were at the top and Jews were at the bottom being marked as "anti-race".
  • Jews, Gypsies, and blacks in Nazi Germany were classified as 'undesirables they were considered racial inferiors and threatened the purity of the Aryan race and Russians and Poles were considered subhuman.
  • Once the Nazis wanted to create an exclusive racial community by eliminating 'undesirables and even those Germans, who were seen as impure or abnormal had no right, to exist.
• Indira Point submerged under seawater during the 2004 Tsunami.
• The latitudinal value of the Tropic of Cancer is 23° 30' N.
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands are located in Bay of Bengal and Lakshadweep Islands in Arabian Sea.
• Bihar is the poorest state with a poverty ratio of 33.7
  • Reduction of poverty due to human resource development in Kerala is not accurate
  • Poverty varies among states and poverty is still existing in Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, and Odisha with poverty ratios of 33.7 and 32.6 percent respectively

Section F

• The allied power country of the Second World War is the USA and the central power country of the First World War is Turkey.