MODEL EXAMINATION, 2022

SOCIAL SCIENCE
Name: Maximum Marks: 80
Grade: X Duration: 3 Hours
Sec: Date: 29/11/2022

General Instructions:
i This question paper comprises of five Sections – A, B, C, D and E. There are 37 questions in
the question paper. All questions are compulsory.
ii Section A – From question 1 to 20 are MCQs of 1 mark each.
iii Section B – Question nos. 21 to 24 are Very Short Answer Type Questions, carrying 2 marks
each. Answer to each question should not exceed 40 words.
iv Section C contains Q.25 to Q.29 and are Short Answer Type, carrying 3 marks each. Answer
to each question should not exceed 60 words
v Section D – Questions nos. 30 to 33 are long answer type carrying 5 marks each. Answer to
each question should not exceed 120 words.
vi Section-E - Questions nos. 34 to 36 are case based with three sub questions and are of 4 marks
each.
vii Section F – Question no. 37 is map based, carrying 5 marks with two parts- 37a from History
(2 marks) and 37b from Geography (3 marks).
viii There is no overall choice in the question paper. However, an internal choice has been
provided in a few questions. Only one of the choices in such questions have to be attempted.
ix In addition to this, separate instructions are given with each section and question, wherever
necessary.
SECTION-A
MCQs (1X20=20)
1. Which of the following are correctly matched : [1]
List I List II
A. Gomasthas Official who acted as company’s agent
B. Spinning Jenny Richard Arkwright
C. Steam engine James Hargreaves
D. Cotton mill James Watt

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2. In ancient India which of the following material was used for writing manuscripts? [1]

A. Parchments
B. Vellum
C. Palm leaves
D. Paper

3. Why was the Vernacular Press Act passed by the British Government in India? [1]
A. The Vernacular Act was passed to promote vernacular languages.
B. The Vernacular Act was passed by the British government to put some check on vernacular
newspapers which had become assertively nationalist.
C. The Vernacular Act was passed to please the Indians who wanted to promote Indian
languages.
D. The Vernacular Act was passed to consolidate British rule in India.

4. Arrange the following books in chronological order of the dates of their publication. [1]
1. ‘Kesari’ written by Balgangadhar Tilak.
2. ‘Gulamgiri’ written by Jyotiba Phule.
3. ‘Amar Jiban’ written by Rashsundari Debi.
4. ‘The Sambad Kaumudi’ published by Rammohun Roy.

Option:
A. 2, 4, 3, 1
B. 1, 4, 2, 3
C. 4, 2, 3, 1
D. 3, 4, 2, 4

5. Complete the following table with correct information for A and B : [1]
Crop Annual Rainfall Climate type Temperature
Sugarcane 75 cm to 100 cm Hot and Humid A?
Rubber B? Tropical and Sub tropical Above 25o C

6. Indiscriminate exploitation of resources has led to global ecological crises. Which of the following is [1]
NOT associated with this statement?
A. Global warming
B. Ozone layer maintenance
C. Environmental pollution
D. Land degradation
7. Identify the mistake and rewrite the statement. [1]

Today, in Rajasthan, the practice of rooftop rainwater harvesting has gained popularity despite high
water availability due to the Indira Gandhi Canal.

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8. Prudential reasons of power sharing stress on the facts that: [1]
a. It ensures the stability of political order.
b. It reduces the possibility of conflict between social groups.
c. It gives a fair share to minority.
d. It is the very spirit of democracy.

Which of the above statements are correct?

A. a, b
B. a, c and d
C. All are correct
D. a, b and c

9. Which of the following is incorrect regarding a federal government? [1]

A. Federalism is a system of government in which the power is divided between a central authority
and various constituent units of the country.
B. Federation has only one level of government.
C. One is the government for the entire country that is usually responsible for a few subjects of
common national interest.
D. The others are governments at the level of provinces or states that look after much of the day-to-
day administering of their state.

10. What is the result of political expression of gender division? [1]

A. Has helped to improve women’s role in public life
B. Has provided a superior status to women
C. The position remains the same, as it was
D. None of the above

11. Which among the following pairs is matched incorrectly: [1]

List I List II
A Congress Party Opposition
B Communist Party of India State party
C Bharatiya Janata Party Ruling Party
D Telugu Desam Regional party

12. In the question given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read
the statements and choose the correct option: [1]
Assertion (A): Democratic Governments do not have a very good record when it comes to sharing
information with the citizens
Reason(R): All one can say in favour of democratic regimes is that they are much better
than non-democratic regimes.
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
B. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
C. A is true but R is false.
D. A is false but R is true
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13 Which among the following are examples of ‘Coming together federations’? [1]
A. India, Spain and Belgium
B. India, USA and Spain
C. USA, Switzerland and Australia
D. Belgium and Sri Lanka

14 The following table shows source of credit for rural households in India in the year 2021. [1]

SOURCE SHARE
Money lenders 30%
Co-operative societies 27%
Commercial Banks 25%
Others (Merchants, Relatives etc) 18%
Government 1%
Analysing the table above, what is the share of formal sector in total credit?
A. 25%
B. 52%
C. 53%
D. 26%

15 What would be the most appropriate developmental goal for a prosperous farmer from Punjab? [1]
A. local school is able to provide quality education for their children
B. there is no social discrimination
C. proper supply for irrigation
D. able to settle their children abroad

16 Following table shows the number of workers employed in different sectors (in millions) [1]

SECTOR UNORGANIZED ORGANIZED TOTAL

Primary 200 2 202
Secondary 50 5 55
Tertiary 80 20 100
Total 330 27 357
Total in percentage ? ? 100%

What is the percentage of people employed in the organised sector?

A. 8.4%
B. 9.6%
C. 7.6%
D. 10%

17 Assume there are four families in a country. The average per capita income of these families is Rs. [1]
5000. If the income of three families is Rs. 4000, Rs. 7000 and Rs. 3000 respectively, what is the
income of the fourth family?
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 A. Rs. 7500
B. Rs. 3000
C. Rs. 2000
D. Rs. 6000

18 Read the information given below and select the correct option [1]
Mohan has taken a loan of 7 lakhs from the bank to purchase a car. The annual interest rate on the loan
is 14.5 percent and the loan is to be repaid in monthly instalments. The bank retained the papers of the
new car as collateral, which will be returned to Mohan only when she repays the entire loan with
interest. What aspect of credit is been mentioned here?
A. Mode of re-payment
B. Terms of credit
C. Interest on loan
D. Deposit criteria
19 Match the following: [1]

Problems faced by farming sector Some possible measures

1. Unirrigated land a. Setting up agro-based mills
2. Low prices for crops b. Cooperative marketing societies
3. Debt burden c. Procurement of food grains by the
government
4. No job in the off season d. Construction of canals by the
government
e. Banks to provide credit with low
interest
Options:
A. 1-a, 2-b, 3-e, 4-d
B. 1-d, 2-c, 3-e, 4-a
C. 1-a, 2-c, 3-e, 4-b
D. 1-d, 2-b, 3-e, 4-a

20 In the past 100 years, there has been a further shift from _________ to _________ in developed [1]
countries. This sector has become the most important in terms of total production in those countries.
A. Secondary to tertiary sector
B. Primary to tertiary sector
C. Secondary to primary sector
D. Primary to secondary sector

SECTION B
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2X4=8)

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21 Why did some industrialists in nineteenth century Europe prefer hand labour over machines? [2]

22 Mention the uses of manganese ore. [2]

OR
Identify the most abundantly available fossil fuel in India and explain any two types with its
characteristics.

23 Suggest any two measures to check casteism in India. [2]

24 There is a need for protection and support of the workers in the unorganized sector. Give two reasons. [2]

SECTION C
SHORT ANSWER BASED QUESTIONS (3X5=15)

25 Why did the different social groups join the Civil Disobedience Movement? Explain. [3]
OR
How was history re-interpreted in creating a feeling of nationalism? Explain with examples.

26 Examine any three characteristics of the chemical industry in India. [3]

27 “Globalisation and greater competition among producers has been of advantage to consumers.” Justify [3]
the statement.

28 ‘Democracy accommodates social diversities.’ Justify. [3]

29 Explain the features of the two sectors of the Indian economy on the basis of ‘ownership of [3]
resources’?
SECTION D
LONG ANSWER BASED QUESTIONS (5X4=20)
30 How did culture play an important role in creating the idea of the ‘nation’ in Europe? Explain with [5]
examples.
OR
“The decade of 1830’s has brought great economic hardship in Europe”. Support the statement with
arguments.

31 Explain mass communication, different means of mass communication and significance of mass [5]
communication in a country like India?
OR
Why is road transport more useful than rail transport in India? Explain five reasons.

32 ‘Modem democracies cannot exist without political parties.’ Examine the statement. [5]
OR
How do state or regional political parties contribute in strengthening federalism and democracy in
India? Explain with examples.

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33 Differentiate between the terms of credit offered in formal and informal sectors of credit. Why are [5]
informal sources of credit more convenient and people friendly? Explain
OR
How can the formal sector loans be made beneficial for poor farmers and workers? Suggest any five
measures.

SECTION-E
CASE BASED QUESTIONS (4x3=12)
34 Read the extract given below and answer the question that follows: [4]

The example of indentured labour migration from India also illustrates the two-sided nature of the
nineteenth-century world. It was a world of faster economic growth as well as great misery, higher
incomes for some and poverty for others, technological advances in some areas and new forms of
coercion in others. Indian traders and moneylenders also followed European colonisers into Africa.
Hyderabadi Sindhi traders, however, ventured beyond European colonies. From the 1860s they
established flourishing emporia at busy ports worldwide, selling local and imported curios to tourists
whose numbers were beginning to swell, thanks to the development of safe and comfortable passenger
vessels. Historically, fine cottons produced in India were exported to Europe. With industrialisation,
British cotton manufacture began to expand and industrialists pressurised the government to restrict
cotton imports and protect local industries. Tariffs were imposed on cloth imports into Britain.
Consequently, the inflow of fine Indian cotton began to decline.

34.1 What do you mean by indentured labour? [1]

34.2 How did Indian traders flourish? [1]
34.3 How did Indian cotton production begin to decline? [2]

35 Read the extract given below and answer the question that follows: [4]
The destruction of forests and wildlife is not just a biological issue. The biological loss is strongly
correlated with the loss of cultural diversity. Such losses have increasingly marginalised and
impoverished many indigenous and other forest-dependent communities, who directly depend on
various components of the forest and wildlife for food, drink, medicine, culture, spirituality, etc.
Within the poor, women are affected more than men. In many societies, women bear the major
responsibility of collection of fuel, fodder, water and other basic subsistence needs. As these resources
are depleted, the drudgery of women increases and sometimes they have to walk for more than 10 km
to collect these resources. This causes serious health problems for women and negligence of home and
children because of the increased hours of work, which often has serious social implications. The
indirect impact of degradation such as severe drought or deforestation-induced floods, etc. also hits the
poor the hardest. Poverty in these cases is a direct outcome of environmental destruction. Therefore,
forest and wildlife, are vital to the quality of life and environment in the sub-continent.

35.1 Name the indirect impact of degradation of forest life.

[1]
35.2 Mention any 4 factors responsible for the depletion of forests in India.
[1]
35.3 What are the cultural and social impacts of the destruction of forest and wildlife?
[2]

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36 Read the extract given below and answer the question that follows:
Every party in the country has to register with the Election Commission. While the Commission treats
all parties equally, it offers some special facilities to large and established parties. These parties are
given a unique symbol – only the official candidates of that party can use that election symbol. Parties
that get this privilege and some other special facilities are ‘recognised’ by the Election Commission
for this purpose. That is why these parties are called, ‘recognised political parties’. The Election
Commission has laid down detailed criteria of the proportion of votes and seats that a party must get in
order to be a recognised party. A party that secures at least 6 per cent of the total votes in an election
to the Legislative Assembly of a state and wins at least two seats is recognised as a State party. A
party that secures at least six per cent of total votes in Lok Sabha elections or Assembly elections in
four states and wins at least four seats in the Lok Sabha is recognised as a national party. [1]
[1]
36.1. What are the privileges given to recognized political parties? [2]
36.2. How many national political parties are recognized by the Election Commission?
36.3. Political parties offer access to governmental machinery. How?
SECTION-F
MAP SKILL BASED QUESTIONS (2+3=5)
37 37 a. Two places A and B have been marked on the given outline map of India. Identify them and [2]
write their correct names on the lines drawn near them.
A. A place where cotton mill workers organised Satyagraha.
B. An incident took place here due to which the Non-cooperation movement was called off.

B_____________

A_____________

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37b. On the given outline map of India locate and label any THREE of the following with [3]
suitable Symbols.
a. Salal Dam
b. Ankaleshwar Oil mine
c. Pune Software Technology Park
d. Major Rubber growing state

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