Odisha Board Class 10 Half Yearly Exam 2023 Social Science PDF

## Half Yearly Examination 2023 - Class - X - Sub - Social Science - Set - A - Time: 3 Hrs - Full marks: 80 ### History - 20 Marks #### I. Choose the correct answer and write it in a complete sentence: 1x5=5 1. Who formed 'Young Italy'? - A) Cavour - B) Mazzini - C) Garibaldi - D...

## Half Yearly Examination 2023 - Class - X - Sub - Social Science - Set - A - Time: 3 Hrs - Full marks: 80 ### History - 20 Marks #### I. Choose the correct answer and write it in a complete sentence: 1x5=5 1. Who formed 'Young Italy'? - A) Cavour - B) Mazzini - C) Garibaldi - D) Victor Emmanuel II 2. Which war is called the 'War of Nations'? - A) Battle of Trafalgar - B) Peninsular War - C) Battle of Leipzig - D) Battle of Friedland 3. When is the first Independence Day of India celebrated? - A) 26th January 1929 - B) 26th January 1932 - C) 26th January 1930 - D) 26th January 1931 4. Who is known as the 'Frontier Gandhi'? - A) Subhas Chandra Bose - B) Gandhiji - C) Maulana Azad - D) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan 5. Who is called the 'Founder of Modern Tripura'? - A) Radha Kishore Manikya - B) Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur - C) Uday Manikya - D) Virendra Kishore Manikya #### II. Answer the following questions in complete sentences: 1×5=5 6. What is the meaning of 'Balkan'? 7. Who was the first ruler of the unified Germany? 8. What is 'Zollverein'? 9. In which year did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre occur? 10. Who did Gandhi call 'Harijans'? #### III. Answer the following questions in 20 words: 2x2=4 11. What do you mean by Liberalism? 12. What was the 'Agartala Conspiracy Case'? #### IV. Answer the following question in 40 words: 4x1=4 13. What is the Dandi March? Write about the importance of the Dandi March. **OR** When did the 'Quit India Movement' start? What was the impact of the 'Quit India Movement'? #### V. Mark the following places on the map of India: 0.5×4=2 - Champaran - Nagpur - Jallianwala Bagh - Chauri Chaura #### VI. Choose the correct answer and write it in a complete sentence: 1×4=4 14. What is the capital city of Belgium? - A) Bruges - B) Brussels - C) Ghent - D) Namur 15. How many Gram Panchayats are there in Tripura? - A) 419 - B) 312 - C) 513 - D) 589 16. What is gender inequality? - A) Natural law - B) Economic law - C) Social law - D) Political law 17. The Indian Constitution has provisions for the abolition of untouchability in - A) Article 15 - B) Article 17 - C) Article 19 - D) Article 25 #### VII. Answer the questions in complete sentences: 1×6=6 18. How many chambers are there in the US Legislature and what are they? 19. Which religious group has the largest population in Sri Lanka? 20. Who presides over the Gram Sabha? 21. What is a 'community government'? 22. What do you mean by sex ratio? 23. What is the current name of the 'Tribal Welfare' department of Tripura? #### VIII. Answer the following questions in 20 words: 2×3=6 24. What is a unitary government? 25. What do you understand by a 'secular state'? #### IX. Answer the following question in 80 words: 4×1=4 26. How does power sharing empower the people? **OR** What is power sharing? Discuss. ### Economics - 20 Marks #### A. Choose the right answer: 1×5=5 27. The most important indicator of a country's development can be considered as - a) per capita income - b) average literacy rate - c) health of the people - d) all the above 28. What is the full form of IMR? - a) Internal Money Ratio - b) Institute of Medical Relation - c) Infant Mortality Rate - d) International Monetary Reserve 29. Which one of the following is not a part of the tertiary sector of the economy? - a) Corporation - b) Defense - c) Insurance Companies - d) Agriculture 30. In which year was the MGNREGA law enacted? - a) 2023 - b) 2005 - c) 2014 - d) 1999 #### B. Answer in one word/sentence: 1×5=5 31. Which Indian state has the highest per capita income? 32. What is the full form of UNDP? 33. Which sector employs the most people in India's economy currently? 34. Which sector currently has the highest GDP in India? 35. The workers of this sector do not produce any goods. #### C. Answer briefly: 2×3=6 36. What do you mean by per capita income? 37. What are the goals of development? 38. What is disguised unemployment? **OR** What is underemployment? #### D. Answer the following question: 1×4=4 39. Differentiate between organized and unorganized sectors. **OR** List the objectives of MGNREGA. ### Geography - 20 Marks #### E. Choose the right answer: 1×5=5 40. Which color is dry soil? - a) black - b) yellow - c) brown - d) white 41. The primary input for resource creation is - a) nature - b) human - c) technology - d) culture 42. When was the Asiatic Cheetah declared extinct? - a) 1952 - b) 1962 - c) 1972 - d) 1982 43. Which state in India produces the most coffee? - a) Uttar Pradesh - b) Karnataka - c) Tripura - d) Haryana 44. Which country in Asia produces the most crude steel? - a) India - b) Pakistan - c) Afghanistan - d) China #### F. Answer in one word/sentence: 1×5=5 45. In which year was the Rio de Janeiro World Conference first organized? 46. Which type of soil is called 'Regur soil'? 47. How many types of resources are there based on origin, and what are they? 48. In which national park in India can a single-horned rhinoceros be found? 49. Where was India's first cotton mill established? #### G. Answer briefly: 2×2=4 50. What do you understand by 'basic industries'? Give examples. 51. What are the raw materials needed for iron and steel industries? **OR** What is commercial agriculture? Explain. #### H. Answer the following question: 3×2=6 52. Describe the geographical conditions required for rice cultivation. **OR** Discuss the impact of globalization on Indian agriculture. #### Mark the following places on the map of India: 0.5×6=3 - Cotton textile industry center - Cane producing region - Desert area - Iron and steel industry center - A software technology park in the North-East - Vishakhapatnam