WEST CHENNALSAHODAYA CLUSTER EXAMINATION 2022 -23

CLASS XK
SOCIALSCIENCE -087
Time: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 80

General Instructions
Question paper comprises five Sections - A, B, C, D and E. There are 37
questions in the question paper. All questions are compulsory
Section A- From question I to 20 are MCQs ofI mark each.
Section B-Question no. 21 to 24 are Very Short Answer Type Questions,
carrying 2 marks each. Answer to each question should not exceed 40
words.
Section C contains Q.25to Q.29 are Short Answer Type Questions,
carrying 3 marks each. Answer to each question should not exceed 60
words
Section D-Question no. 30 to 33 are long answer type questions,
carrying 5 marks each.Answer to each question should not exceed 120
words.
Section-E- Questions no from 34 to 36 are case based questions with
three sub questions and are of 4 marks each
SectionF-Question no.37 is map based, carrying 5marks with two
parts,37a from History (2 marks) and 37bfrom Geography (3 marks).
There is no overall choice in the question paper. However, an internal
choice has been provided in few questions. Only one of the choices in
Such questions have to be attempted.

SECTION-A
1. Match the following items in column A with those in column B and choose the
correct answer from the options given below :
(1)
Column A Column B

(ayGomasthas (1)James Watt .

(b) Spinning Jenny (2) Richard Arkwright

C) Steam Engine 3) James Hargreaves

(d) Cotton mill (4) Oficial who acted as company's agent

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 (A) (a) 1(b)2 (¢)3 (d),4 (B) (a)1(b) 4 (0) 3(d) 2
(C) a4 (6) 2 (0) 1(d) 3(D) (a) 4(b) 3 (©)! (d)2

2. Who was the author of Gulamgiri' a book on caste injustices? (1)

A. Raja Ram Mohan RoyB.Mahatma Gandhi
C. Jyotiba PhuleD.R.Ambedkar
. Which of the following aspects is best illustrates of this picture ? (1)

A. Deteriorating family relationsB.Cultural impact of the west

C.Representation of traditional roles D.Respect of women in the family

4Read the information and choose the correct option: (1)

These are low priced small books printed in France. These were printed on poor
quality paper and bound in cheap blue covers

A. BiliothequeBleueB. BilliotheqqueBleue
C.Biliiothque BlueD.Biliothheque Blue
6. Match the following items in column A with those in column B and choose the
correct answer from the options given below :(1)
Column A Column B

) Khadar and Bangar a bateritesoil

(ii) Regur (6) Allavial soil

ii Soíl is deficient in plantnutrients Redsoil

(iv) Develops on crystalline igneous (d) Black soil
A.(i)-6) (ii) -(d) (ii) -(a) (iv)-(¢) B.(i) -(d) (i) (a) (i)-6) (iv)-(c)
Ci) c) (i) -(a) (ii) -(d) (iv)-(6)D.()-(d) i) -(6) ii) -(a) (iv)-(c)

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.6. Which of
the
following states has the
A.Madhya PradeshB.Assam largest arca ununder
argest
Permancnt
forests ?(1)

C.West BengalD.Manipur
ol
to cultivation
from the followingtable with regard
Rubber: (1) POn

Crop Rainfall
Producing states Temperature
Rubber (ii) _ ?
Kerala, Tamilnadu (i)
A.(1) 20 c, (ii) 100cm B.(i ) 27 c,(i ) 75 cm
C.(i) 25 c, (ii ) 200cm D.(i ) 25 c,(ii ) 100cm
: (1)
correct option ( )
sequence and choose the
d n g e the following in correct
I. Sri Langa emerged as an independent nation.
II. Civil War in SriLanka
II. Recognition of Sinhala as an official language.

OPTIONS;
(A) i), ü).(ii) B) (i) ,ii), (ü)(C) (i),(i), 6)
List in India ?(1)
9.Which one of the following subjects comes under the State
(A)Currency (B)Foreign Affairs
(C )Banking (D)Commerce.
10. Select the correct answer from the given options :(1)
A society that values men more and gives them power over women

(A)Feminist society (B) Heterogenous society

(C)Patriarchal society (D) Communist society

11.It is a centrist party, espouses secularism and welfare of weaker section and
minorities.Identify the party. (1)

(A) BJP (B) INC (C) CPI

12.There are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark your
answeras per codes provided below: (1)

Assertion (A) ; India is a secular state.

Reason (R): Our constitution does not give a special status to any religion.
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct
explanation of A.

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 correct explanation of A.
true and R is not the
B. Both A and R are
C.A is true and R is false.
D.A is false but R is true.
constituted the largest share in population
3. Which major social group
of Sri Lanka ?(1)
(A) Tamil (B) Sinhala ( Malayalam (D) English
14. Read the given data and answer the following question that follows identify
thecountry: (1)
Which country has the highest Human development index, out of the
countries given in the table.
country Gross Life Mean years of HDI Rank in
National Expectan schooling of people the world
Income Cy at aged 25 and above (2017)
Sri Lanka 9250
9250 74.3 912 73
India 5150 66.4 62.8 135
Myanmar 3998 65.2 150
pakistan 4652 66.6 54.9 146

Nepal 2194 68.4 145

Bangladesh 2713 70.7 57.7 142
(A)Myanmar (B) Pakistan (C) India (D) Sri Lanka
M5.Suppose there are four families in a country with per capita income of Rs
15,000.The income of three families is Rs 10,000, Rs 20,000 and Rs
respectively.What is the income of the 4th family? 12,000
(A)Rs 12,000 (B) Rs 15,000 (1)
(C)Rs 18,000 (D) Rs 16,000.
M6.The following table gives the GDP in
Rupees (Crores) by the three sectors: (1)
YEAREIR PRIMAR SECONDARY TERTRY
1950 80000 19000 39000
2000 314000 280000 555000

Calculate the share of the Primary sector in GDP

for 1950
(A) 57.97% (B)67.8% (C)50.3% D) 45.8%
7. The sectors are classified into
public and private sector on the basis of: (1)

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 (A)Employment conditions
(C)Ownership of enterprises (BThe nature of
of economic activity
, enterprise.
18. Read the
econommployed
D) Number of workersemployed i in the

Mohan is an information given below and select the correct option: (1)
has no work agricultural labourer. There are correntlhs inin aa year whe he
and needs
employer, the landownercredit
several mon
to meet his daily expenses. He enends up
daily expenses rate 5 per.
yeon his
on his
Der
month. Mohan for credit who charges a interest of on his
repays the money by workingphysically forfor the
the lan
landowner

oans
Tarmland. Most of the
from the informal pnyhan
agricultural labourers like depen up
Mohan dep
sector.
wnich of the following
statements about this sector is correc
a) There are
government bodies to supervise intOrna
Money lenders ask for a reasonable rate of interes
(C) Cost of informal loans to
the borrower is quite
ne
)Money lenders use fair means to get their money back
49. Choose the most appropriate option; (1)
n e past two decades of globalisation has seen rapid movement in

(A) goods, services and people between countries

(B)goods ,service and investnments between countries
(C)goods, investments and people between countries
(D) goods, people between countries
20. Identify which one of the following organisations lays stress on liberalisation
offoreign trade and foreign investment? (1)
(A) International Monetary Fund(B) International
(C) World Health abourOrganisation
Organisation(D) World Trade Organisation
SECTIONB
WERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2 x 4=8)
21. What is meant by the Bretton Woods
22.Mention any two uses of Agreement ? (2)
Manganese Ore. (2)
Mention the names of the main (OR)
23. What is the status of
women's
Mica-producing areas of India.
24. What do you understand by representation in India's legislative bodies? (2)
disguised unemployment? (2)
SECTIONC
SHORTANSWER BASED QUESTIONS(3x5=15)
25. How did the
plantation workers understand the idea
of 'Swaraj' ? (3)
Who was Alluri Sitaram Raju? (OR)
Explain his role in inspiring the rebels with

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 Gandhiji's ideas.
26. State any three merits of roadways. (3)
7. Explain the role of democratic governments in reducing economic
disparities. (3)
28. What is unorganised sector. Explain any two reasons why people like to
work in the organised sector. (3)
.what istrade barrier ? Why did the Indian Governnment
a put up traae
barriers after
Independence? Explain.
(3)

SECIIOND
LONGANSWER BASED QUESTIONS(5x 4=20)
30:Briefly trace the process of the unification of Italy. (5)
(OR)
Explain what is meant by the 1848 revolution of the liberals. What were the
political, social and economic ideas supported by the liberals?

31. Discuss the steps to be taken to minimize environmental degradation by

industry ? (5)
(OR)
What is Manufacturing ?Explain the importance of Manufacturing ?

32.Descrilbe the various functions political parties perform in a Democracy.(5)

(OR)
Lack of internal democracy within parties is the
major challenge to political
parties all over the world". Analyse the statement.

33. Credit sometime pushes the borrower into a situation from which recovery
is very painful .Analyse the statement. (6)
(OR)
Name two formal and two informal sources of credit in India Mention
any .

three points of distinction between formal sector loans aud informal

sector loans.

CASE BASED QUESTIONS

SECTION-E
(4x3=12)
34. Read the source given below and answer the question that follows:
We have seenhow British manufacturers attempted to take over the Indian
market, and how Indian weavers and craftsmen, traders and industrialists
resisted colonial controls, demanded tariff
and
protection, created their own spaces,
tried to extend the market for their
produce.But when new products are

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produced people have persuaded to buy them. They have to feel like usine
to be
the product. How was this done?One
way in which new consumers are created Ising
through advertisements. As you know, advertisements make products appearted is
desirable and necessary. They try to shape the minds of people and
needs. Today we live in a world where advertisements surround us.
create new
in They appear
appear
newspapers, magazines, hoardings, street walls, television screens. But if we
look back into history find that from the very
we beginning of the industrial ape
advertisements
in
have played a part in expanding the markets tor products, and
shaping a new consumer culture:When Manchester industrialists began
seling cloth in India, they put labels on the cloth bundles. The label was
to make the place of manufacture and the name of the company familiar needed
to the
buyer. The label was also to be a mark of quality. When buyers saw
MANCHESTER' written in bold on the label, they were expected to "MADEfeel
IN
confident about buying the cloth.But labels did not
only carry words and texts
They also carried images and were very often beautifully illustrated. If
at these old we look
labels, we can have some idea of the mind of the manufacturers
their caleulations, and the
way they appealed to the people.

34.1) Name the Indian Gods and Goddesses which were

foreign manufacturers. (1) generally used by the
34.2) What was the nationalist
message of Swadeshi regarding
advertisements? (1)
34.3) We find that from the very beginning of the Industrial
played a vital role in expanding the markets for agefdvertisements
statement in the context of products.Explain
the
pre-independence period of our country. (2)
35. Read the given extract and answer following questions
WATER SCARCITY AND THE NEED FOR
WATER CONSERVATION AND
MANAGEMENT
Given the abundance and
renewability of water, it is difficult to imagine
that we may suffer from water
scarcity. The moment we speak of water
shortages, we immediatelyassociate it with regions
that are drought prone. We having low rainlall or those
and women
instantaneously visualise the deserts of Rajasthan
balancing many'matkas (earthen pots) used for collecting
'

storing water andtravelling long distances to get water. True, the and
water resources varies availabiny
over space and time, mainly due to the variations in
seasonal and annual precipitation, but water
scarcity in most cases is causea Dy
over- exploitation, excessive use and unequal access to water among
social groupsWhere is then water difiere
scarcity
the hydrological cycle, freshwater can be
likely to occur? As you have reau
obtained directly from precipit
surface run off and groundwater.ls it
possible that an area or region u
ample water resources but is still facing water scarcity? Many of our ene
such examples. Thus, water scarcity
may be an outcome of large and ge te it.
population and consequent greater demands for water, and unequal acces

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 use but also to
not only
for domestic water
A large m o r e water
population
On mesans
means
more te higher food-grain
food-
production,

produce nmore food. Hence, to facilitate higher

produce as dry-seaso
and dry-season
a r e a s and

resoure over-exploited to
expand irrigated
g
agricultu
?
likely to suffer
from water scarcity (1)
2.5 percent
and
h i c h states in India are as oceans and seas

35.2) 96.5 percent of the earth's water exists

as Iresh water. Where the rest ofthe water exISis country ?
day-by-day in
our
is the
scarcity of water increasing
PExplainnany
y
two points. (2)
J0. Kead the given extract and answer following quesuos.

than the state of Haryana.

small country in Europe, smaller in area
gum S a
Luxembourg. It has
Das borders with France, the Netherlands, Germany and
of Haryana. The
population of a little over one crore, about half the population
N C composition ofthis small country is very complex. Or the country

total population, 59 per cent lives in the Flemish region and speakS Durcn
and speak
guage Another 40 per cent people live in the Wallonia region
French. Remaining one per cent of the Belgians speak German. In the capital
City Brussels, 80 per cent people speak French while 20 per cent are Dutch-
speaking.
SWhich minority community is relatively rich and powerful in Belgium? (1)
36.2) What type of government prevails in Belgium? (1)
36.3) Why is the Ethnic composition of Belgium very complex ? (2)

SECTION-E
MAP SKILL BASED
37) a.) Two
QUESTION (2x3=5)
places A and B have been marked on the given
map of India.(2)
Identify them and write their correct names on the lines drawn
near them.
AIndian National Congress session at this
place in December 1920
B. The place where the
Non-coperation movement was called off.
37) b.) On the same outline map of India
following with suitable Symbols. (1*3=3)locate and label any THREE of the
a. Bhakra
Nangal dam
b. Namrup Thermal
Power Station
.Thiruvanandapuram software Technology park
.Haldia Port

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