Evergreen 100% Success in Social Science - 10 SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER -5 PDF

## Evergreen 100% Success in Social Science - 10 ### SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER -5 #### SOCIAL SCIENCE Class: 10 #### SECTION - A MCQS (1 x 20 = 20) | no. | Question | Answer | |---|---|---| | 1. | Which country is known for its well-developed social welfare system? | (a) France | | 2. | Who was the fir...

## Evergreen 100% Success in Social Science - 10 ### SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER -5 #### SOCIAL SCIENCE Class: 10 #### SECTION - A MCQS (1 x 20 = 20) | no. | Question | Answer | |---|---|---| | 1. | Which country is known for its well-developed social welfare system? | (a) France | | 2. | Who was the first great painter of the Bengal School of Art? | (a) Abanindranath Tagore | | 3. | Which two crops were introduced in India by the Portuguese? | (b) Potatoes and maize | | 4. | What is the scientific study of living organisms? | (b) Biological | | 5. | Who advocated the upliftment of Muslim women in India? | (d) Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossein. | | 6. | Which of the following is a type of forest that doesn’t have tall trees? | (c) Unclassed forest | | 7. | Assertion (A) R are true and R is not the correct explanation of the assertion. | (b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of the assertion. | | 8. | Match the following correctly | (c) (i) - (C), (ii) - (D), (iii) - (B), (iv) - (A) | | 9. | Choose the correct option from the following | (c) Both (i) & (ii) | | 10. | Which of the following are the organs of government? | (a) Different organs of government | | 11. | Match the following correctly | (c) (i) - (D), (ii) - (C), (iii) - (B), (iv) - (Α) | | 12. | Assertion (A) R are true and R is the correct explanation of the assertion. | (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of the assertion. | | 13. | What is called the political party which has no relation with any religious group? | (b) State Party | | 14. | Choose the correct option from the following | (b) Only (ii) | | 15. | Match the following correctly | (a) (i) - (B), (ii) - (C), (iii) - (A) | | 16. | A developed country is characterized by which features? | (a) It has adequate provision of basic health and educational facilities. | | 17. | What is the sum of total value of goods and services produced in a country? | (c) Gross Domestic Product | | 18. | What is the primary medium of exchange? | (a) Money | | 19. | Who are elected to represent the people in a democracy? | (b) Members | | 20. | In India, the President, the Prime Minister, and the Council of Ministers are collectively known as what? | (c) Both I and II. | #### SECTION – B VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (2 × 4 = 8) 21. European sailors discovered a sea route to Asia and also successfully crossed the western ocean to America. 22. Black soil is formed due to the weathering of the lava spread over large areas during volcanic activity in the Deccan Plateau and different climatic conditions. 23. The features of regionalism include: - Recognition of Tamil as an official language. - Regional autonomy. - Equal opportunity in securing jobs and education. 24. The activities of several political organizations, when suppressed by the government, led to the Civil War. The demands of the people included: - Dignity in the household. - A safe and secure environment. #### SECTION – C SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (3 × 5 = 15) 25. Otto Von Bismarck was the Chief Minister of Prussia. - Under his command Prussia took on the leadership of the movement for national unification. - Otto Von Bismarck was the chief architect of the process of unification which was carried with the help of the Prussian army and bureaucracy. - On 18th January, 1871 Prussian Ministers including the Chief Minister Otto Von Bismarck gathered in the unheated Hall of Mirrors in the Royal Palace of Versailles to proclaim the new German Empire headed by Kaiser William I of Prussia. 26. **A**. Printing Press and visual culture : The Printing press had a deep impact on the visual images also. Now, visual images could be easily reproduced in multiple copies. - Images for mass circulation : Painters like Raja Ravi Verma produced images for mass circulation. Wood engravers, who made woodblocks were employed by the print shops. Cheap prints and calendars could be bought even by the poor. - Caricatures and cartoons: By the 1870s, caricatures and cartoons were being published in journals and newspapers. Some of these made fun of the educated Indian's fascination to copy Western tastes and clothes. Some openly criticized the imperial rule. **B**. History and fiction, folklore and songs, popular prints and symbols, all played a part in the making of nationalism. - It was in the twentieth century, with the growth of nationalism, that the identity of India came to be visually associated with the image of Bharat Mata. The image was first created by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. In the 1870s he wrote 'Vande Mataram' as a hymn to the motherland. Later, it was included in his novel `Anandamath` and widely sung during the Swadeshi movement in Bengal. Moved by the Swadeshi movement. - In late-nineteenth-century India, nationalists began recording folk tales sung by bards and they toured villages to gather folk songs and legends. These tales, they believed, gave a true picture of traditional culture that had been corrupted and damaged by outside forces. - In Bengal, Rabindranath Tagore himself began collecting ballads, nursery rhymes and myths, and led the movement for folk. 27. **Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)** - The government of India has accorded highest priority to improve the quality of life and enhance ease of living of people especially those living in rural areas by announcing the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM). - The Goal of JJM is to enable every rural household get assured supply of potable piped water at a service level of 55 litres per capita per day regularly on long-term basis by ensuring functionality of the tap water connections. 28. **National Language:** - Our Constitution did not give the status of national language to any one language. Hindi was identified as the official language. But Hindi is the mother tongue of only about 40 per cent of Indians. Therefore, there were many safeguards to protect other languages. - Scheduled Languages: Besides Hindi, there are 21 other languages recognised as Scheduled Languages by the Constitution. A candidate in an examination conducted for the Central Government positions may opt to take the examination in any of these languages. States too have their own official languages. Much of the government work takes place in the official language of the concerned State. - Spread of Hindi with cautious approach: Unlike Sri Lanka, the leaders of our country adopted a very cautious attitude in spreading the use of Hindi. According to the Constitution, the use of English for official purposes was to stop in 1965. However, many non-Hindi-speaking States demanded that the use of English continue. The Central Government responded by agreeing to continue the use of English along with Hindi for official purposes. 29. **Credit** - Credit is a working capital which is required for production. The credit helps the farmers to meet the ongoing expenses of production, complete production on time, and thereby increase his earnings. Credit therefore plays a vital and positive role in this situation. - The failure of crop may push the borrower into a situation from which recovery is very painful. In many cases farmers need to sell part of land to repay the loan. - Whether the credit would be useful or not depends on the risks in the situation and whether there is some support in case of loss #### SECTION – D LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (5 × 4 = 20) 30. **A. Association of Congress with Hindu Mahasabha** - After the decline of the Non-cooperation - Khilafat movement, a large section of Muslims felt alienated from the Congress. From the mid-1920s, the Congress came to be more visibly associated with openly Hindu religious nationalist groups like the Hindu Mahasabha. - Communal Clashes: As relations between the Hindus and the Muslims worsened, each community organised religious processions with militant fervour, provoking Hindu- Muslim communal clashes and riots in various cities. Every riot deepened the distance between the two communities. - Issue of demand for separate electorates: Some of the Muslim leaders demanded a separate electorate for the Muslims which was not supported by the Congress leaders. - Status of Muslims in Hindu majority state: Many Muslim leaders and intellectuals expressed their concern about the status of Muslims as a minority within India. They feared that the culture and identity of minorities would be submerged under the domination of a Hindu majority. - Issue of reserved seats in the Central Assembly: Muslim League leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah demanded reservation of seats for the Muslims in the Central Assembly but this was not acceptable to the Congress leaders. So Muslims could not respond to the call for a united struggle. **B. Middle class people in the towns** - The movement in the cities: The Movement started with middle-class participation in the cities. Thousands of students left government controlled schools and colleges, headmasters and teachers resigned, and lawyers gave up their legal practices. - Boycott of council elections: The Council elections were boycotted in most provinces except Madras (Chennai). - Swadeshi: The Non-Cooperation Movement had a great impact on the Indian textile industry. Swadeshi goods, especially cloth got a great impetus. Foreign goods were boycotted, liquor shops picketed, and foreign cloth burnt in huge bonfires. - Impact on industry: In many places, merchants and traders refused to trade in foreign goods or finance foreign trade. Due to this, the demand of Indian textile mills and handlooms went up. The increase in demand provided a big relief to the vanishing textile industry of India. **2. Peasants in rural areas** - Participants: In the countryside, the movement was led by the peasants, tribals and the local leaders. For example, in Awadh, it was led by Baba Ramchandra sanyasi, who had earlier been to Fiji as an indentured labourer. - Why did the rural people participate? - The movement here was not against the Britishers but against talukdars and landlords. The problems of the rural people were different from those of the urban people: - The talukdars and landlords were demanding very high rents and a variety of other taxes. - Peasants had to do begar and work at the landlord's farms without any payment. - Peasants had no security of tenure. They were regularly evicted so that they could acquire no security of tenure. - As the problems of the people were different, their demands were also different. The peasant movement demanded: - Reduction of revenue - Abolition of begar - Redistribution of land - Social boycott of oppressive landlords. **3. Tribal People** - Most of the tribal people were dependent on forests for their livelihood but under the new Forest Policy, the government had put several restrictions on the people: - Closing large forest area for the tribal people. - Forcing the local people to contribute begar. - Preventing people from entering the forests to graze their cattle, or to collect fuelwood and fruits. - All these steps enraged the hill people. Not only were their livelihoods affected, but they felt that their traditional rights were also being denied. So the people revolted. **4. Plantation Workers** - For plantation workers in Assam, freedom meant the right to move freely in and out of the confined space in which they were enclosed, and it meant retaining a link with the village from which they had come. - The government had passed the Inland Emigration Act of 1859 under which plantation workers were not permitted to leave the tea estates without permission, and in fact, they were rarely given such permission. - When the plantation workers heard of the Non- Cooperation Movement, thousands of them defied the authorities, left the plantations and headed towards their homes. - The plantation workers believed that the Gandhi Raj was coming, and everyone would be given land in their own villages. **31. A. Photovoltaic technology converts sunlight directly into electricity. Solar energy is fast becoming popular in rural and remote areas. Some big solar power plants are being established in different parts of India which will minimise the dependence of rural households on firewood and dung cakes, which in turn will contribute to environmental conservation and adequate supply of manure in agriculture. **B. NTPC is a major power providing corporation in India. It has ISO certification for EMS (Environment Management System) 14001. The corporation has a pro-active approach for preserving the natural environment and resources like water, oil and gas and fuels in places where it is setting up power plants. This has been possible through: - Optimum utilisation of equipment adopting latest techniques and upgrading existing equipment. - Minimising waste generation by maximising ash utilisation. - Providing green belts for nurturing ecological balance and addressing the question of special purpose vehicles for afforestation. - Reducing environmental pollution through ash pond management, ash water recycling system and liquid waste management. - Ecological monitoring, reviews and on-line database management for all its power stations. **32. A. Elections** - Forties contest elections. In most democracies, elections are contested mainly among the candidates put up by political parties. - To form and run the Government: Formation of the government is one of the aims and functions of a political party. In a Parliamentary system, the leader of the party in power becomes the Prime Minister, and he/she appoints the other ministers in his/her Cabinet. - Declaration of Policies: Political parties put forward their economic, international and social policies before the people, and suggest ways to tackle the issues. Usually, parties have their research wings and think- tanks to guide them.. - Moulding Public Opinion: The parties stimulate the interest of public in the issues before the nation. They use all means of mass communication such as the press, the radio, the television including the street comer meetings. In this way, political parties try to educate, influence and mould public opinion in their favour. Political parties are significant agencies for creating public opinion. - Link between the government and the people: Parties provide people's access to government machinery and welfare schemes implemented by governments. For an ordinary citizen it is easy to approach a local party leader than a government officer. That is why, they feel close to parties even when they do not fully trust them. **B. Lack of internal democracy** - All over the world there is a tendency in political parties towards the concentration of power in one or few leaders at the top. Most of the parties do not have an open list of its members, do not hold its routine organisational meetings, fail to conduct its internal elections regularly, and refuse to share information. - Dynastic succession: In many parties, the top positions are always controlled by members of one family or their family members. This deprive common party workers to rise to the hierarchy.. - Money and muscle power: Since parties are focused only on winning elections, they tend to use shortcuts to win elections. They tend to nominate those candidates who have or can raise lots of money. Rich people and companies, who give funds to the parties, tend to have an influence on the policies and decisions of the party. - Lack of meaningful choice to the voters: In the modern era, very often, parties do not seem to offer a meaningful choice to the voters. In recent years, there has been a decline in the ideological differences among parties in most parts of the world. For example, the difference between the Labour Party and the Conservative Party in Britain is very little. - Negative politics: Most of the political parties follow negative politics i.e., just criticising the opposite party. This diverts the attention of the people from the core issues. **33. A. Liberalisation of the economy means to free it from direct or physical controls imposed by the government. For this, the following steps were taken:** - All industries except three industries were exempted from any kind of industrial licensing. - Under the policy of liberalisation, industries are free to expand and produce according to the need of the market. - Now producers are free to import the machinery and raw material from abroad. - Now the industry is also free to import modern technology from other countries. **B. In the last 50 years, the world has witnessed a major improvement in transportation technology. Due to this, goods can be transported throughout the world in a short period of time, and at a lower cost. - Development in telecommunications, computers, internet etc. has given a big boost to the process of globalisation. Because of the modern facilities, it is very easy to access information instantly, and to communicate from remote areas. Through the use of internet, one can communicate across the world at negligible costs. - Use of IT helps transferring of data and other information. - Use of IT has helped the MNCs to expand their market throughout the world. - A host of services such as data entry, accounting, administrative tasks, engineering are now being done cheaply in countries such as India, China, Brazil etc. #### SECTION – E CASE BASED QUESTIONS (4 × 3 = 12) **34. Banks and cooperatives.** - Cooperatives provide loans for the purchase of agricultural implements, cultivation and agricultural trade, fishery, construction of houses etc. at a very low rate of interest. - Due to cooperatives small farmers can get loans from the commercial banks as the deposits with them serve as collateral. **35. Water scarcity.** - HYV seeds need more water as compared to traditional seeds. - Commercialisation of agriculture has also led to withdrawal of groundwater at a large scale. - Rain water harvesting - Drip irrigation **36. Federalism** - Federalism is a system of government under which power is divided between a central authority and its various constituent units. The various constituent units and the central authority run their administration independently and do not interfere unnecessarily in the affairs of one another. - Multi party system. - State party #### SECTION – F MAP SKILL BASED QUESTION (2 + 3 = 5) 37. **Map of India with the following labeled features:** - Indira Gandhi International Airport - Bhakra Nangal - Namrup. - Hyderabad - Ahmedabad - Nagpur - 72°, 76°, 80°, 84°, 88°, 92°, 96°. - 36°, 32°, 28°, 24°, 20°, 16°, 12°, 8°.