Class - X

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SOCIAL SCIENCE

Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 80
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Total No. of Pages : 15
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Instructions :
1. The question paper has 36 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
2. Marks are indicated against each question.
3. This question paper consists of two parts i.e. Part-I and Part-II. Part-I of this question paper
contains Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) from serial number 1 to 16 of 1 mark each.
These sixteen questions of Part-I are to be answered on a separate sheet provided. This part
has to be completed in first 30 minutes only and the answer sheet must be handed over to
the invigilator before starting Part-II.
4. In Part-II of the question paper, there are 20 questions from serial no. 17 to 36. These questions
are to be attempted in 2 hours and 30 minutes. This part should be attempted only after the
stipulated time given for Part-I.
5. Questions from serial number 17 to 31 are 3 marks questions. Answer of these questions
should not exceed 80 words each.
6. Questions from serial number 32 to 35 are 4 marks questions. Answer of these questions
should not exceed 100 words each.
7. Question number 36 is a map question of 3 marks from Geography only. After completion,
attach the map inside your answer book.
8. An additional 15 minutes time has been allotted to read this question paper only.
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1. := +--+| = +a 36 +-- r+ ==i +-- fr r+
2. ++ +-- + l-|l- ~+ +-- + =|=- l ^ r+
3. r +--+| zr =|^| = l=|l- r : rnI ~| rnII+ =|^I = +-- =| 1 = 16 -+ r+ :-
rl+-+i +--| + :-| ~a^ = i ^: :-| +l--+| = la+ :=+ la == ~l ~|| || - r+
~+- :-| +| +- + | :-| +l--+| ~+- l-i-|+ +| =|+ + - =|^ | ~|= + +
4. =|^II +--+| = 20 +-- l ^ r+ +-- 17 = 36 +--| +| ra +- +i ~l 2 rr 30 f r+
5. +-- =| 17 = 31 -+ + ++ +-- aiai ~+| + r+ :- +--| + :-| 80 rrzr = ~l+ - r|+
6. +-- =| 32 = 35 -+ + ++ +-- rtrt ~+| + r+ :- +--| + :-| 100 rrzr = ~l+ - r|+
7. +-- =| 36 =|-l-| =^|a l +| 3 ~+| +| r+ +-- +| r|- + =|-l-| +| ~+-i :-|+l--+| +
=i- =a- + +
8. := +--+| +| +- + la( 15 l=- +| == l| ^| r+ := ~l + ||- z|| +a +--+| +| +^
~| :-|+l--+| + +|: :-| -ri la^+
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PART - I
1. Which was the main destination of Indian indentured migrants ?
(a) Africa
(b) Australia
(c) Trinidad and Guyana.
(d) All the above places.
OR
Who among the following set up the first Indian Jute Mill in Calcutta in 1917 ? 1
(a) Seth Hukumchand
(b) G.D. Birla
(c) Jamsed Jee Nusrwan Jee Tata
(d) None of the above
OR
Who wrote the book The Bitter Cry of Out caste London in the 1880s ? 1
(a) Andrew Mearns
(b) Rowlandson
(c) T E Turner
(d) None of the above
2. Which one of the following groups of countries were known as Axis power ?
(a) Germany, Japan and Italy.
(b) Britain, France and Soviet Union.
(c) India, Britain and Italy.
(d) None of the above.
OR
What was Spinnig Jenny ? 1
(a) A machine
(b) A person
(c) An industry
(d) None of the above
OR
When did Bombay become the capital of Bombay presidency ?
(a) 1619
(b) 1719
(c) 1819
(d) 1919
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3. Which one of the following statements is true ?
(a) A children press, devoted to literature for children alone, was set up in France in
1757.
(b) Penny magazines were especially meant for men.
(c) Lending libraries had been in existence from the Seventeenth century.
(d) None of the above.
OR
Who wrote Pickwick Papers, the first serialised novel ?
(a) Richardsan
(b) Charls Dikens
(c) Henri filding
(d) None of the above.
4. Who among the following perfected the power driven cylindrical press ?
(a) James Watt
(b) New Comen
(c) George Eliot
(d) Richard M Hoe.
OR
Who among the following published earliest Marathi Novel Yamuna Paryatan ?
(a) Shrinivas Das
(b) Baba Padmanji
(c) Devki Nandan Khatri
(d) Premchand.
5. Which one of the following states has mostly laterite soil ?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Bihar
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Meghalaya
6. Which one of the following is an example of extinct species ?
(a) Black buck
(b) Crocodile
(c) Asiatic cheetah
(d) Indian rhino
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7. How much percent of the total volume of worlds water is estimated to exist as fresh
water ?
(a) 2.5
(b) 3.5
(c) 4.5
(d) 5.5
8. Which one of the following is the example of plantation agriculture ?
(a) Jute
(b) Wheat
(c) Tea
(d) Oil seeds
9. Which major social group constituted the largest share in population of Shri Lanka ?
(a) Sinhalas
(b) Shri Lankan Tamils
(c) Indian Tamils
(d) Muslims
10. Which of the following countries is the head quarter of The European Union.
(a) France
(b) Germany
(c) Belgium
(d) Switzerland
11. Which of the following countries is an example of coming to gether federations.
(a) U.S.A
(b) India
(c) Spain
(d) Belgium.
12. Which one of the following statements is the opinion of Mahatma Gandhi ?
(a) The religion can be separated from politics.
(b) The religion can never be seperated from politics.
(c) There is no relationship between religion and politics.
(d) None of the above
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13. Which of the following neighbouring countries has better performance in terms of
human development than India has ?
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Nepal
(d) Pakistan.
14. Which one of the following is also called average income ?
(a) National Income
(b) Per Capita Income
(c) Total Income
(d) All the above.
15. Which of the following statements is true regarding Gross domestic product (GDP)
(a) G.D.P. means the total goods and services produced by primary sector.
(b) G.D.P. means the goods produced by secondary sector.
(c) G.D.P. means the total production of goods and services of tertiary sector.
(d) G.D.P. means the sum of goods and services produced in all three sectors.
16. Which of the following sectors was the largest producer in 1973 ?
(a) Primary sector
(b) Secondary sector
(c) Tertiary sector
(d) None of these
PART - II
17. What was Rinderpest ? How did Rinderpest change the economy of the African
society ?
OR
What was the proto Industrialisation ? Mention any two functions of guilds in urban
areas.
OR
Explain any three steps taken to clean up London.
18. State any three points of importance of penny chapbooks.
OR
Leading Indian novelists of the 19th century wrote for a National cause . Do you
agree with the statement ? Justify your answer.
1
1+2=3
3x1=3
1+2=3
3x1=3
3
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19. Print culture created the conditions within which French revolution occurred. Give
any three suitable arguments to support the statement.
OR
How did novels depict the lives of peasants and low castes ? Explain with examples
from India.
20. Explain the role of print in the religious reforms in India.
OR
How did novels inspire the freedom fighters ? Explain with two examples
21. Explain the types of Resources on the basis of exhaustibility with the help of examples
22. Highlight any three differences between endangered species and extinct species.
23. Why are different water harvesting systems considered a viable alternative both socio
- economically and environmentally in a country like India ?
24. Explain any three forms of power sharing in modern democracies.
25. Caste has not still disappeared from contemporary India. Cite any three examples
to justify the statement.
26. Explain three factors that determine the outcomes of politics of social divisions.
27. Social divisions exist in most of the countries. Explain.
28. Study the table given below and Answer the following questions.
State Infant Mortality Rate per 1000 (2003) Literacy Rate (%) (2001)
Punjab 49 70
Kerala 11 91
Bihar 60 47
(a) Calculate the difference in the infant mortality rate of Punjab and Kerala.
(b) Calculate the difference in literacy rate of Kerala and Bihar
(c) Which state has the lowest HDI and why ?
29. Highlight any three major advantages of public facilities.
30. Suggest any three ways to create more employment avenues in Urban sector.
3x1=3
3
1+ 1=3
1+ 1=3
3
3x1=3
3x1=3
3x1=3
3
1x3=3
3x1=3
3x1=3
3
2+1=3
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31. Do you agree that workers are exploited in the unorganised sector ? Support your
answer with any three arguments.
32. How far is it correct to say that The first world war was the first modern industrial
war. Explain .
OR
Why were Victorian industrialists not interested to introduce machines in England ?
Give any four reasons.
OR
Explain any four characteristics of marginal groups in London.
33. Describe any four technological reforms introduced by the government in the interest
of farmers after independence.
34. Distinguish between coming together and holding together type of federations.
35. Explain the meaning of disguised unemployment with the help of any two suitable
examples.
36. Identify the features marked as 1 - 3, shown in the political outline map of India and
write their names on the line / space provided for it.
(a) A type of soil
(b) A type of forest
(c) A type of beverage which is grown in this area.
OR
Locate and label the following on the same outline map of India.
(a) Sariska wild life sanctuary
(b) Rana Pratap sagar dam.
(c) Major Rubber producing state on the eastern coast
36. Only for blind candidates in lieu of
(a) What type of soil is found in West Bengal ?
(b) Name the Tiger Project in Assam.
(c) Bhakhra Nangal Dam is built on which river ?
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3x1=3
4x1=4
4x1=4
2+2=4
2+2=4
3x1=3
3x1=3
3x1=3
4x1=4
4x1=4
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1. =|-i ~-l- >|l=+| +| = + = +r| a || |-| | 1
(a) ~= i+|
(b) ~|- la|
(c) l l-| ( ^|-|
(d) :+|~- ==i ^r+
r
l---lal- = = l+=- 1917 = =|- +i += l=a +i -|+-| +a+-|| = +i i 1
(a) =a r+=--
(b) i.i. la|
(c) =-| i -=|- i ||
(d) :+|~- = = +|: -ri+
r
1880 + -|+ = ''z l +|: ~|= ~|:+|- a-`` -|=+ +--+ l+=- lai 1
(a) ( =i-=
(b) |a=-
(c) i.:. -
(d) :+|~- = = +|: -ri+
2. l--- = = +|- =| | | +| ==r i | + -|= = |-| |-| | 1
(a) =-i, |+|- ( :ai
(b) l -, =|= -| =|l- =|
(c) =|- l - -| :ai
(d) :+|~- = = +|: -ri+
r
l---lal- = = l-+l-^ -i ~| r 1
(a) (+ =-|i-
(b) (+ ~|=i
(c) (+ :|^
(d) :+|~- = = +|: -ri+
r
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: l+= = : +l= =i +i ||-i -i 1
(a) 1619
(b) 1719
(c) 1819
(d) 1919
3. l---lal- = = +|- =| +- =ri r 1
(a) =|= = 1757 = l== |a +--+ z|+- + la( (+ += -|l+- l+| ^|+
(b) +-i =^i-= |=+ +| + la( r|- +
(c) =|ri =i = ri l+|( + l+-| - |a +--+|a ~l-- = ~|(+
(d) :+|~- = = +|: -ri+
r
+ra| |||lr+ :+-|= 'l++l+ ++=` l+=- la| 1
(a) l-=-
(b) -|-= l+-=
(c) r-i l=l- ^
(d) :+|~- = = +|: -ri+
4. l---lal- = = l+=- -|l~- -|la- a-|+| += +| +|^ -|| 1
(a) -= |
(b) - +|=-
(c) | :la
(d) l- (= r|+
r
l---lal- = = l+=- +ra| =|ai :+-|= '=-| +-` ++|l-|- l+| 1
(a) >|il-|= |=
(b) || +=|i
(c) +i --- |i
(d) +=--
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5. l---lal- = = l+= |- = =-| a |: l=i +|i |-i r 1
(a) :-| +-|
(b) lr|
(c) |-|-
(d) =||a
6. l---lal- = = +|- =| (+ a- |l- +| :|r| r 1
(a) +|a| lr|
(b) =^=-z
(c) (l-||: -i-|
(d) =|-i ^|
7. l- = a + +a ~|-- +| l+-- +l--|- =|^ ~a|i a r 1
(a) 2.5
(b) 3.5
(c) 4.5
(d) 5.5
8. l---lal- = = +|- |+| +l +| :|r| r 1
(a)
(b) ^ r
(c) -|
(d) l-ar-
9. >|ia+| +i ~||i = == | lr-=| l+= =|=|l+ ==r +| r 1
(a) l=ra|
(b) >|ia+| =a + -l=a
(c) =|-i =a + -l=a
(d) ==a=|-
10. l---lal- = = l+= -| = |+i =| +| =|a l-- r 1
(a) =|=
(b) =-i
(c) l-=
(d) l-.a
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11. l---lal- = = +|- =| -| '=| ~|+ =| -|-` +| :|r| r 1
(a) =~- |- ~=l+|
(b) =|-
(c) -+-
(d) l-=
12. l---lal- = = +|- =| +- =r|=| ^|i +| l-| r 1
(a) = +| |-il- = ~a^ l+| | =+-| r+
(b) = +| |-il- = +=i ~a^ -ri l+| | =+-|+
(c) = ~| |-il- = +|: = -ri r+
(d) :+|~- = = +|: -ri+
13. l---lal- +|=i -|| = = =|- l+|= + lar| = l+= -| +i l-l- =|- = r- r 1
(a) |^a|-|
(b) >|ia+|
(c) -+|a
(d) +|l+--|-
14. l---lal- = = l+= ~|=- ~| =i +r- r 1
(a) | i ~|
(b) +l- l~- ~|
(c) +a ~|
(d) :+|~- ==i+
15. =+a | a :+| + =-= = l---lal- = = +|- =| +- =ri r 1
(a) =+a | a :+| +|l=+ -||+ + --~| -| =|~| +| +a :+| r+
(b) =+a | a :+| = -|+ l;-i+ -||+ ;|| :+|l- --~| = r+
(c) =+a | a :+| +| ~l=+| --i+ -||+ + +a --~| (= =|~| = r+
(d) =+a | a :+| -i-| -||| + +a --~| (= =|~| + |^ +| +r- r+
16. l---lal- = = +|- =| -||+ 1973 = == | :+|+ -|| | 1
(a) +|l=+ -||
(b) l;-i+ -||
(c) --i+ -||
(d) :+|~- = = +|: -ri+
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17. l +- ~| | :=- ~=i+| +i ~-| +| l+= ++| a |a|
r
~|l ~||^i+| ~| | -|ri -|| = l^-= + l+-ri | +|| +| :-a + +
r
a-- +| =|= =| -|( - r- :a|( ^( l+-ri -i- +=| +i || + +
18. +-i-+ ~= + +|: -i- =r -|:(+
r
'':|i=i =i + ~^|i =|-i :+-|=+|| - | i :- +| |- = + la|+`` ~| ~|+
:= +- = =r=- r ~+- :-| +i +l +il(+
19. ''=| =-+l- - =|=i=i +|l- + la( ~-+a +ll-l-| -i`` := +- + +-| = +|: -i- :+~-
-+ il(+
r
l+= ++| :+-|=| + ;|| l+=|-| -| l--- |l-| = ==a :a|( ^(+ =|- + :|r| a+
:= +| -+ +il(+
20. =|- = |l=+ =|| +i l-|| = l+- +i =l=+| +i || +il(+
r
:+-|=| - l+= ++| --|-| =-|l-| +| +l- l+| l+-ri | :|r|| ;|| :=+i || +il(+
21. ==|-| + ~|| + ==|-| + ++|| +i || :|r| + +il(+
22. =+^-- |l-| -| a- |l-| = +|: -i- ~-- :|^ +il(+
23. =|- = -| = =|=|l+~|l+ -| +||i l+|| = a =^r| -|~| +| (+ |r|l+
l+-+ ~| =|-| |-| r
24. ~|l-+ a|+-| = =-|| + =|:||i + ll=| +| +i || +il(+
25. ''==+|ai- =|- = |l- + | ~=i =i l| -ri r : r `` -i- :|r| + := +- +i + l +il(+
1+2=3
3x1=3
1+2=3
3x1=3
3
3x1=3
3
1+ 1=3
1+ 1=3
3
3x1=3
3x1=3
3
2+1=3
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26. =|=|l+ l=|-| +i |-il- + +l||= - +- |a -i- +|+| +i || +il(+
27. ''=|=|l+ l=|- +|: ==i | | = +|( |- r`` || +il(+
28. -i- i ^: -|la+| +| ~- +il( -| l---lal- +--| + :-| il(+
tr+
lrrrr--tla
1000
la
(2003)
=r+rtar-t
(%) (2001)
r
49 70
tn
11 91
lrrt
60 47
(a) +| -| +a + l-|-| = = ~- -|:(+
(b) +a -| lr| + =|-|-| = ~-- -|:(+
(c) l+= |- +| =|- l+|= =-+|+ == += r ~| ~|
29. =|l-+ =l|~| +i l+-ri -i- = :+|l^-|~| +| :|^ +il(+
30. -|ri -|| = |^| + ~= +| +- +i +|: -i- ll| =:||:(+
31. ~| ~|+ := +- = =r=- r l+ ~=^la- -||| = +=-|l| +| -||| l+| |-| r ~+- :-| +
+-| = +|: -i- -+ +--- +il(+
32. r +r-| +r| -+ :l-- r l+ ''+= l- z +ra| ~|l-+ ~||l^+ z |``+ l+-ri -| -+|
;|| := +- +i +l +il(+
r
l~|l| +|ai- :|^+l- :^a = =-|i-| +| +|^ +- + :-z + ~| -ri +|: -| +||
-|:(+
r
a-- + r|l-| + ==r| +i +|: -| l-|-|( -|:(+
33. --|-| + +--|- l+=|-| + lr- =, =+| ;|| a|^ l+( ^( l+-ri -| -+-i+i =|| +| |-
+il(+
3x1=3
3
1x3=3
3x1=3
3x1=3
3x1=3
4x1=4
4x1=4
4x1=4
4x1=4
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34. =||=+ -||=- + |-| +|, '=| ~|+ =| -|-|` -| '=+| =| a+ -a-|` = ~-- -+
+il(+
35. l+-ri | :+~- :|r|| +i =r|-| = +z| |.^|i +| ~ -+ +il(+
36. l( ^( =|- + |-il-+ | =|-l-| = +=|+ 1 - 3 ;|| -||( ^( a-||| +i +r-|- +il( -| l(
r( -|- + :-+ =ri -|= lal(+
(a) (+ ++| +i =|
(b) (+ ++| + -
(c) (+ ++| +| + +| | := -|| = :^|| |-| r+
r
=|- + |-il-+ | =|-l-| + l--- +| l-lr- +il( -| :-+ -|= lal(+
(a) =l-+| - i ~=|
(b) |||+-|+ =|^ |
(c) +i ==- + l-- += :+|+ |-+
36. +a lri- z||| + la(, +-- =| 36 + -|- + :
(a) +.^|a = l+= ++| +i =| +|: |-i r
(b) ~== +i || +l|-| +| -|= -|:(+
(c) =|| -|^a | l+= -i + -| r~| r
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2+2=4
2+2=4
3x1=3
3x1=3
3x1=3
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