Pre Board Examination
(2013-14)
Social Science (087)
Class X
Time
allowed: 3 Hours Maximum
Marks 90.
Instructions.
1. The Question paper has 30
questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
2. Marks are indicated
against each question.
3. Multiple Choice Questions
from serial number 1 to 9 of 1 Mark each.
4. Questions from serial
number 10 to 21 are 3 marks questions. Answer of these questions should not
exceed 80 words each.
5. Question Number 18 is a
value based question.
6. Questions from serial
number 22 to 29 are 5 marks questions. Answer of these questions should not
exceed 100 words each.
7. Question number 30 is a
map question of 5 marks:3 marks from Geography and 2 Marks from History. After
completion, attach the map inside your answer book.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q1. In Prussia, large landowners were known as. 1M
A. Junkers
B. Jacobins
C. Habsburg
D. Conservatives
Or
Q. 1. When did the creation of Indo-China Union, including Cochin China,
Annam, Tonkin and Cambodia (and later Laos) take place? 1M
A. 1887
B. 1888
C. 1889
D. 1890
Q2. Where did Mahatma Gandhi first try the weapon of Satyagraha? 1 M
A) England.
B) Rome
C) South Africa
D) Champaran
Q3.In what respect is a democratic government better than its
alternatives? 1M
A) Efficiency
B) Responsiveness
C) Transparency
D) All of these
Q4. Which one of the following is a special feature that distinguishes a
movement from an interest group?
1M
A) Its functioning continues even after the goal is achieved.
B) Most of them are
issue specific to achieve a single objective within a limited time frame.
C) It includes a
very wide variety of objectives to achieve with no time limit.
D) It has no
political aspirations
Q5.Which Political party gave the slogan “Garibi Hatao” 1M
A) Congress
B) BJP
C) The Left
Front
D) The Telugu
Desam Party
Q6. Identify
the state from the following which is famous for the productions of cotton and
woolen textiles? 1M
A) Srinagar
B) Ahmadabad
C) Bangalore
D)
Varanasi
Q7.Why cheap and affordable credit is crucial for the country’s
development? 1 M
A) For increased agricultural production
B) Setting up new industries
C) For trading in goods
D) All of these
Q8. MNC are 1M
A) Companies who
control agencies in one country
B) Companies who
control agencies in more than one country
C) Companies who
control agencies in two countries
D) Companies who
control agencies in three countries
Q. 9. A shopkeeper
insists that you buy a guide with your NCERT textbook. Which right of the
consumer is being violated: - 1M
A) Right to be
informed
B) Right to choose
C) Right to
information
D) Right to safety
3 Marks Questions
Q10. Why were the colonies necessary
for the French? 3M
Q.11. what were the
obstacles in economic growth of Vietnam? 3M
Q 12.What was Rowlatt Act? 3M
Q13.What are use of minerals
in our daily life? 3M
Q14. Explain any three
reasons for shifting sugar industry from Northern India to South India. 3M
Q15. Why is the air
transport more popular in the North Eastern Part of the country? Give three
reasons. 3M
Q16. Explain any three most
effective ways in which the pressure groups and movements influence the
politics of a country. 3M
Q17. Identify and explain
any three challenges which political parties need to face and overcome in order
to remain effective instruments of democracy. 3M
Value Based Question
Q18. `Democracy in India has
strengthened the claims of the disadvantaged and disseminated castes for equal
status and equal opportunity.” 3M
Read the above statement
carefully and answer the following questions:
i) Identify the Fundamental
Right which is related to this statement.
ii) How do you feel when you
come across words like `disadvantaged’ and `disseminated’ being used for a
sections of citizens of free India?
iii) How far can `equal
status’ and `equal opportunity’ restore back the dignity and freedom of these
deprived classes?
Q19.How does the RBI
supervise the functioning of formal sources of loan? 3M
Q20. How is the M.N.C able
to cope with large demands all over the world and control prices? 3M
Q21. How can a consumer be
well-informed consumer? 3M
5
Marks Questions
Q22.Discuss the stages of
the formation of Great Britain as a National state? 5M
Or
Q22.Write a character sketch
of Ho Chi Minh? 5M
Q23. Discuss the background
and provisions of Poona Pact? 5M
Q24. “The Iron and Steel
industry is the basic as well as heavy industry”. Support the statement with
suitable examples. 5M
Q25. What is trade? Why
tourism is called invisible trade? 5M
Q26.How democracy produces alegitimate,
accountable and responsive government? 5M
Q27. How far has India
succeeded in overcoming, the challenge of expansion before its democracy?
Evaluate. 5M
Q28. How the SHG’s have
affected theeconomically weakersections. 5M
Q29. Explain all the six
rights of a consumer which are ensured under COPRA 1986? 5M
Q30. I) Map Question
Two features A and B are
shown in the given political outline map of India. Identify these features with
the help of following information and write their correct names on the lines
marked on the map. 2M
A.
Iron-ore Field
B. Silk Textile Centre
II) On the same political
outline map of India, locate and label the following items with appropriate
symbols: 3M
C.
Bangalore-Software Technology Park
D.
Place where JallianwalaBagh incident took place
E. Place where Congress
session in 1929 held
