Subject - Social Science (087)

Sample Question Paper - I

with SolutJon
Timt Allowed: 3 Houn Maximum Marks: 80
Gtntnl ln1tructlon1 :
i. Question paper comprises fi"-e Section., - A. B. C. D and E. There are J 7 questions in the
question pape.r. All que.ftio,as are compulsory.
ii. Sttdo11 A - From question I to 10 are MCQs of I mark each.
iii. S«rion B - Que.rt/on no. 11 10 14 are Very Shon Ansll'er Type Que.,1ions. carrying 1 marks
each. An.m ·er to each question .,houl,I not ex,-eed 40 words.
iv. Stt:11011 C contain.s Q.]510 Q.19 are Short An.rwer Type Questions. carrying J marks each.
A11.,wer to each question should not exce,'ti 60 words
v. S«tion D - Q11estio11 no. JO to JJ are long a,aswer type questions. car,,•ing 5 marks each.
A,uwer to each questio11 should 1101exceed 120 words.
,,;. Stttion-E - Questions no from 34 to 36 are case based questio11S with three sub question.,;
a11d are of4 marks each
vii. Sttdon F - Que.rtion no. J7 i.f map based. car,,•illg 5 mart, with rwoparts. J7afrom HistO? '
(] marks) a11d J7b from Geography() marks).
,r/ii. nrere is no ow.'rall choice in the questio11 paper. How,•w!r, 011 internal choice has been
provid£'tl 111 few question.,;. Only one ofthe chokes i11 such question., ha,·e to be alfempted.
ix. /11 addition to t/ris. separate irutructions ore gfre11 with each section and que.rtion, where,-er
necessa,,,.

Section A
1. The total renewable water resources of India are estimated to be: (1)

a) 1987 sq. km/annum b) 1877 sq. km/annum

c) 1867 sq. km/annum d) 1897 sq. km/ annum
2. Who wrote the book Small ls Beautiful? (1)
a) Gandhiji b) Schumacher
c) Hitler d) Jawahartal Nehru
3. Arrange the following in the correct sequence:- (1)
i. Blast Furance
ii. Transport of raw material from plant
iii. Shaping Metal
iv. Pig Iron
a) i, iv, ii, iii b) ii, i, iv, iii
c) i, ii, iii, iv d) iii, iv, i, ii
4. Arrange the following in the correct sequence: (1)
 i. Revolt against economic hardships
ii. Napoleon invades Italy
iii. Slav nationalism gathers force in the Habsburg and Ottoman Empires
iv. Greek struggle for independence begins

a) i, ii, iv, iii b) iv, iii, ii, i

C) ii, i, iv, iii d) iii,iv,ii,i

s. The credit helps to meet (1)

a) Household needs b) Working capital needs of

production

c) Day to day expenses d) The borrower and the lender

6. Consider the following statements and identify the incorrect one: (1)

a) Many political parties may put up b) The ruling party and the sitting
candidates from the same caste MP or MLA frequently lose
elections in our country

c) All parliamentary constituencies d) No party win.s the votes of all the

in the country have a clear voters of a caste or community
majority of one single caste
7. Match the following: (1)

(a)
(i) A person who deposits the amount in the bank account
Cheque
(ii) A paper instructing the bank to pay a specific amount from the
(b)
person's account to the person in whose name the cheque has been
Currency
drawn.
(c)
Interest (iii) a medium of exchange for goods and services
rate
Cd) (iv) the rate a bank or other lender charges to borrow its money, or the
Depositor rate a bank pays its savers for keeping money in an account

a) (a) - (ii), (b) - (i), (c) - (iv), (d) - (iiij b) (a) - (i), (b) - (iii), (c) - (iv), (d) - (ii)

c) (a) - (ii), (b) - (iii), (c) - (iv), (d) - (i) d) (a) - (Ii), Cb ) - (iii), (c) - (ij, (d) - (iv)

8. With British mills busy with war production to meet the needs of the army, _ __ (1)
imports into India declined.

a) London b) Sweden

c) Manchester d) Russia
 9. Women in different parts of the world organised and agitated for: (1)

a) technical rights b) official

c) more privilege d) equal rights

10. Match the following: (1)

Column A Columns
(a) A mineral which are not corroded by water. (i) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Metallic mineral which i;s obtained from veins and lodes. (ii) Gold
(c) The leading copper-producing state. (iii) Karnataka
(d) The highest solar power generating capacity state. (iv) Zinc

a) (a) - (ii). (b) - (iv), (c) - (iii), (d) - (i) b) (a) - (ii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (i), (d) - (iii)

c) (a) - (ii). (b) - (i), (c) - (iv), (d) - (iii) d) (a) - (iii), (b) - (iv). (c) - (i), (d) - (ii)

11 . Assertion (A): Horizontal distribution of power is called a system of checks and (1 J

balance5.
Reason (R): Power can be shared among governments at different levels like union,
state and local levels of government.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the b) Both A and R are true but R is not
correct explanation of A. the correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

12. Demonetisation was done with a motive of controlling: (1)

a) Increase in prices of goods b) Inflation

c) Stagflation d) Corruption

13. Match the following: (1)

(a) An institution that mediates between the depositor and the
borrowers (i) Micro-finance

(b) Debt trap (ii) Mode of

payment
(c) The mode through which the borrower will repay the loan (iii) Credit(loan)
(d) Self Help Group (iv) Banks

a) (a) - (iv). (b) - (ii), (c) - (iii), (d) - (i) b) (a) - (iv), (b) • (iii), (c) - (ii), (d) - (i)
 C) (a) - (iv), (b) - (i), (C) - (Ii), (d) - (iii) d) (a) - (i). (b) - (Iii), (c) - (Ii), (d) - (iv)

14. India's bauxite deposits are mainly found in the Amarkantak plateau, Maikal hills, and (1)
the plateau region of Bilaspur-Katni. Identify the share of the state covered in the
region mentioned here from the table below.
Production of Bawdte In 2016-17 '-rat1tag•

I Jharkhand 9

Production of Bauxite In 2016-17 Perantag•

Chhattisgarh 8
Gujarat 24
Karnataka 10
Odisha 49
Maharashtra 8

a)124 b) 49

c) 10 d) 8

15. Read the given data and find out which st.ate is the least devefoped (based on per (1)
capita income) of the three.
:STATE PER CAPITA INCOME for 2011-19 (In')
Haryana 2,36, 147
Kerala 2.04.105
Bihar 40,982

a) Haryana b) Bihar

c) Kerala d) Haryana and Kerala

16. Fill in the blank: (1)
SECTOR CRITERIA USED
Industrial associated with the different kinds of Industries
Service ?

a) Involves the production of goods b) Services that help in the

production of goods

c) Involves exploitation of natural d) Associated with communication

17. Find the odd one out from the following options: [1]
i. Fair price shop. Health and Education, Safe Drinking Water
ii. Profit driven. High rate, Individual Owners
iii. Reasonable cost Taxes, Heavy spending
iv. Roads, Bridges, Railways

a) Option (iii) b) Option (i)

c) Option (iv) d) Option (ii)

18. RNd the Information given below and select the COITKt option [1]
Avinash went to a stationery shop to buy books and pens. He bought S books and 2
pens amounting to Rs. 100 in total. Avinash handed Rs. 100 note to shopkeeper but

shopkeeper refused to accept the payment Avinash told the shopkeeper that he
cannot refuse the payment made by him. After reading the above case state why one
cannot refuse a payment made in rupees in India?

a) The law legalises the use of rupee b) The law legalises the use of rupee
as a medium of Store of Value as a medium of credit
arrangements

c) The law legalises the use of rupee d) The law legalises the use of rupee
as a medium of Barter exchange as a medium of payment
19. Choose the correct statement regarding the main features of the Poona Pact of [1]
September 1932:
i. Reserved seats for Depressed Classes in provincial and central legislative councils.
ii The Dalits to be called Depressed Classes and not Harijans.
iii. The Dalits to be called Depressed Classes and Harijans.

a) i only b) i and iii

C) i and ii d) ii only

20. Which party believes in Marxism-Leninism, secularism, and democracy? [1]

a) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) b) Indian National Congress (INC)

c) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) d) Communist Party of India (CPI)

Section B
21 . Describe the positive impact of casteism with regard to political expression. [2]
22. Explain the following: [2]
 a. G-77
b. Great Depression of 1929.

23. Identify the different thrust areas of human development Which one of them plays (2)
the most significant role in the development?

24. Explain any two factors which enable globalisation in India? (2)

OR
Explain the functions and importance of World Trade Organisation (WTO).

Section C
2S. What are biosphere reserves? (3)

26. What were the reasons for putting barriers to foreign trade and foreign investment by (3)
the Indian Government? Why have these barriers been removed now?

OR
What could have been the steps taken by consumer groups?

27. With the help of examples, show how power can be shared between social and (3)

linguistic groups.

28. Judiciary plays an important role in Indian federalism. Justify the statement. (3)

29. Why the Samajwadi Party is not regarded as a national party? (3J

Section D
30. Describe the process of Unification of Britain. (5)

OR
Explain the 1848 revolution of the liberals. What were the political. social and economic
ideas supported by the liberals?

31. Name the major Horticulture Crops of India and also write their areas of cultivation. (SJ

OR
Suggest any frve measures to enhance agricultural production in India.

32. There has been a big change in the three sectors of economic activities, but a similar (SJ
shift has not taken place in the share of emptoyment. Explain the above statement on
the basis of facts.

OR
What is meant by sustainable economic development? Give its main features.
33. Democracy has failed to reduce economic inequality and poverty. Do you agree? Give [SJ
arguments in support of your answer.

OR
How does democracy accommodate social diversities?

Secti'on E
34. Read the text c.arefully and answer the questions: [4]
The lives and feelings of women began to be written in particularty vivid and intense
ways. Women's reading, therefore, increased enormously in middle-dass homes.
liberal husbands and fathers began educating their womenfolk at home and sent
them to schools when women's schools were set up in the cities and towns after the
mid-nineteenth century. Many journals began carrying writings by women and
explained why women should be educated. They also carried a syllabus and attached
suitable reading matter which could be used for home-based schooling.
But not all families were liberal. Conservative Hindus ~ieved that a literate girt would
be widowed and Muslims feared that educated women would be corrupted by
reading Urdu romances. Sometimes, rebel women defied such prohibition. We know
the story of a girt in a conservative Muslim family of north India who secretly learnt to
read and write in Urdu. Her family wanted her to read only the Arabic Quran which
she did not understand. So she insisted on learning to read a language that was her
own. In East Bengal, in the earty nineteenth century. Rashsundari Debi, a young
married girl in a very orthodox household, learnt to read in the secrecy of her kitchen.
Later. she wrote her autobiography Amar Jiban which was published in 1876. It was
the first full-length autobiography published in the Bengali language.

(i) Give the contribution of journals in bringing awareness for women's education?

(ii) What was the impact of printed books on women in India in the 19th century?

(iii) What were the negative conceptions regarding the education imparted to women?

3S. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: (4)
Ever since humans appeared on the earth, they have used different means of
communication. But. the pace of change, has been rapid in modem times. long-
distance communication is far easier without the physical movement of the
communicator or receiver. Personal communication and mass communication
including television, radio, press, films, etc. are the major means of communication in
the country.
Mass communication provides entertainment and creates awareness among people
about various national programmes and policies. h includes radio. television,
newspapers, magazines, books and films. All India Radio (Akashwani) broadcasts a
variety of programmes in national, regional and local languages for various categories
 of people, spread over different parts of the country. Doordarshan, the national
television channel of India, is one of the largest terrestrial networks in the world. It
broadcasts a variety of programmes from entertainment. educational to sports, etc. for
people of different age groups.
India publishes a large number of newspapers and periodicals annually. They are of
different types depending upon their periodicity. Newspapers are published in about
100 languages and dialects. India is the largest producer of feature films in the world.
It produces short films; video feature films and video short films. The Central Board of
Film Certification is the authority to certify both Indian and foreign films.

(i) Give the importance of mass communication.

(ii) Describe the nature and role of feature-films in India.

(iii) Distinguish between means of personal communication and mass communication.

36. RNcl th• text carefully and answer the questions: (4)
The movement started with middle-class participation in the cities. Thousandls of
students left government-controlled schools and colleges, headmasters and teachers
resigned, and lawyers gave up their legal practices. The council elections were
boycotted in most provinces except Madras. where the Justice Party. the party of the
non- Brahmans, felt that entering the council was one way of gaining some power -
something that usually only Brahmans had access to. The effects of non-<ooperation
on the economic front were more dramatic. Foreign goods were boycotted, liquor
shops picketed, and foreign cloth burnt i1n huge bonfires. The import of foreign cloth
halved between 1921 and 1922, its value dropping from, 102 crore to, 57 crore. In
many places, merchants and traders refused to trade in foreign goods or finance
foreign trade. As the boycott movement spread, and people began discarding
imported clothes and wearing only Indian ones, the production of Indian textile mills
and handlooms went up.

(i) Explain the meaning of picketing llquor shops.

(ii) When did the Non-Cooperation-Khilafat Movement begin?

(iii) Why did the movement in the cities gradually slow down?

Section F
37. (a) Two places A and B have been marked on the given outline map of India. Identify [SJ
them and write their correct names on the lines drawn near them.
A. The place where Indian National Congress session was held in September, 1920.
B. The place associated with Peasant Satyagraha.
(b) On the same outline map of India locate and label any four of the following with
suitable Symbols. (any three)
i. Marmagao - Major Sea Port
ii. Noida - Software Technology Park
iii. Ourg - Iron ore mines
iv. Kalpakkam • Nuclear Power Plant
v. Rajiv Gandhi - International Airport
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