Competency Focused Practice Questions PDF - Social Science Grade 10 - CBSE

Competency Focused Practice Questions Social Science | Grade 10 Co-created by Centre for Excellence in Assessment CBSE and Educational Initiatives  Preface As...

Competency Focused Practice Questions Social Science | Grade 10 Co-created by Centre for Excellence in Assessment CBSE and Educational Initiatives  Preface Assessments are an important tool that help gauge learning. They provide valuable feedback about the effec veness of instruc onal methods; about what students have actually understood and also provide ac onable insights. The Na onal Educa on Policy 2020 has outlined the importance of competency-based assessments in classrooms as a means to reform curriculum and pedagogical methodologies. The policy emphasizes on the development of higher order skills such as analysis, cri cal thinking and problem solving through classroom instruc ons and aligned assessments. Central Board of Secondary Educa on (CBSE) has been working closely with Educa onal Ini a ves (Ei) in the area of assessment and capacity of the board. Through resources like the Essen al Concepts document and A-Ques on-A-Day (AQAD), high quality assessment ques ons and concepts cri cal to learning have been shared with schools and teachers. Con nuing with the vision to ensure that every student is learning with understanding, Ques on Booklets have been created for five subjects of Grade 10. These booklets contain competency-based items, designed specifically to test conceptual understanding and applica on of concepts. Process of crea ng competency-based items All items in these booklets are aligned to the NCERT curriculum and have been created keeping in mind the learning outcomes that are important for students to understand and master. Items are a mix of subjec ve ques ons and Mul ple-Choice Ques ons (MCQs). In case of MCQs, the op ons (correct answer and distractors) are specifically created to test for understanding and capturing specific errors/misconcep ons that students may harbour. Each incorrect op on can thereby inform teachers on specific gaps that may exist in student learning. In case of subjec ve ques ons, each ques on also has a a detailed scoring rubric to guide evalua on of students’ responses. Each item has been reviewed twice by the experts, to check for appropriateness of the item, validity of the item, conceptual correctness, language accuracy and other nuances. The process is designed to increase the quality of each ques on. How can these item booklets be used? The purpose of these item booklets is to provide samples of high-quality competency-based items to teachers. The items can be used to– get an understanding of what good competency-based ques ons could look like give exposure to students to competency-based items assist in classroom teaching and learning to get inspira on to create more such competency-based items Students can also use this document to understand different kinds of ques ons and prac ce specific concepts and competencies. Please write back to us if there is any feedback. Team CBSE 1  Table of Contents 1. Chapter - 1 Economics Ques ons.................................................... 4 Answers key.................................................. 6 2. Chapter - 2 Geography Ques ons................................................... 10 Answers key................................................. 13 3. Chapter - 3 History Ques ons................................................... 17 Answers key................................................. 20 4. Chapter - 4 Social and Poli cal Life Ques ons................................................... 23 Answers key................................................. 26 2 3 Which of the following is the best example of a public good? 4 5 The table below gives the correct answer for each multiple-choice question in this test. 6 Teacher should award marks if students have done the following: 7 Teacher should award marks if students have done the following: 8 9 10 11 Explain the inequity of resources in two points. 12 The table below gives the correct answer for each multiple-choice question in this test. 13 Teacher should award marks if students have done the following: 14 Teacher should award marks if students have done the following: 15 16 17 18 Explain 19 The table below gives the correct answer for each multiple-choice question in this test. 20 Teacher should award marks if students have done the following: 21 22 23 24 25 The table below gives the correct answer for each multiple-choice question in this test. 26 Teacher should award marks if students have done the following: 27 Teacher should award marks if students have done the following: 28  About Educational Initiatives Educational Initiatives (Ei) is working with the vision of creating a world where children everywhere are learning with understanding. Ei leverages the twin levers of cutting-edge educational research and technology-based solutions to improve student learning outcomes through personalized adaptive learning solutions. Ei has undertaken several projects with various government and civil society partners in India and abroad, serving students across different grades and socio-economic backgrounds. Central Board of Secondary Education Academic Unit, 17 Rouse Avenue New Delhi-110002