Social Science sample paper 11, Part - B for class 10th

 Social Science sample paper 

Part- B

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24. Read the source and answer the following questions.

The main characteristic of commercial type of farming is the use of higher doses of modern inputs e.g. High Yielding Variety (HYV) seeds, chemical fertilizers, insecticides and pesticides in order to obtain higher productivity. The degree of commercialization of agriculture varies from one region to another. For example, rice is a commercial crop in Haryana and Punjab, but in Odisha, it is a subsistence crop. Plantation is also a type of commercial farming. In this type of farming, a single crop is grown on a large area. The plantation has an interface of agriculture and industry. Plantation cover large tracts of land using capital intensive inputs with the help of migrant labourers. All the produce is is used as raw material in respective industries. In India, tea, coffee, rubber, sugarcane, banana, etc., are important plantation crops. Tea in Assam and North Bengal and coffee in Karnataka are some of the important plantation crops grown in these States. Since the production is mainly for market, a well developed network of transport and communication connecting the plantation areas, processing industries and markets play an important role in the development of plantations.

i. The source given above relates to which of the following options?

a) Jhumming cultivation

b) Intensive subsistence farming

c) Commercial farming

d) Nomadic herding

ii. Which of the following options is not the characteristic of commercial farming?

a) Use of HYV seeds 

b) Use of higher doses of fertilizers

c) Use of how, dao and digging sticks

d) Use of pesticides

iii. .......... is also a type of commercial farming. In this type of farming, . . . . . . crop is grown on a large area.

a) Intensive subsistence farming, single

b) Primitive subsistence farming, double

c) Plantation, single

d) Mixed farming, mixed

iv. Which of the following is a commercial crop in Haryana and Punjab but in Odisha, it is subsistence crop?

a) Sugarcane

b) Wheat

c) Rice

d) Bajra

25. Read the source and answer the following questions.

Popular dissatisfaction and criticism has focused on four problem areas in the working of political parties. Political parties need to face and overcome these challenges in order to remain effective instruments of democracy. The first challenge is lack of internal democracy within parties. All over the world there is a tendency in political parties towards the concentration of power in one or few leaders at the top. Parties don't keep membership registers, don't hold organisational meetings, and don't conduct internal elections regularly.

Ordinary members of the party do not get significant information on what happens inside the party. They do not have the means or the correction needed to influence the decisions. As a result the leaders assume greater power to make decisions in the name of the party. 

The second challenge of dynasty succession is related to the first one. Since most political parties do not practice open and transparent procedures for their functioning, there are very few ways for an ordinary workers to rise to the top in a party. Those who happen to be the the leaders are are in a position of unfair advantage to favour people close to them or even their family members.

The third challenge is about the growing role of money and muscle power in parties, especially during elections. Since parties are focused only on winning elections, they tend to use shortcuts to win elections. The fourth challenge is that very often parties do not seem to offer a meaningful choice to the voters. In order to offer meaning for choice, parties must be significantly different. In recent years there has been a decline in the ideological differences among parties in most parts of the world.

i. In order to remain an indispensable instrument of democracy political parties should.

a) maintain it's strength

b) need to face and overcome the challenges.

c) take part in election

d) None of the above.

ii. Lack of internal democracy in political party is due to

a) concentration of power in one or few leaders.

b) not keeping membership register

c) not holding organisational meetings and internal elections

d) All of the above

iii. Nowadays political parties are focused only on winning election as a result

a) Money and muscle power grows

b) Importance of candidate becomes less.

c) Election Commission becomes very strict

d) None of the above

iv. Today political parties do not seem to offer a meaningful choice to the voters as

a) there are incompetent candidates in all parties.

b) candidates only capture state power.

c) there is a decline in the ideological differences among parties.

d) None of the above

26. Read the source and answer the following questions.

The other form in which people hold money is as deposits with banks. At a point of time, people need only some currency for their day to day needs. For instance, workers who receive their salaries at the end of each month have extra cash at the beginning of the month. What do people do with this extra cash? They deposit it with the banks by opening a bank account in their name. Banks accept the deposits and also pay an amount as interest on the deposits. In this way people's money is safe with the banks and it earns an amount as interest. People also have the provision to withdraw the money as and when they required. Since the deposits in the banks account it can be withdrawn on demand these deposits are called demand deposits.

Demand deposits offer another interest facilities. It is this facility which lends it the characteristic of money (that of a medium of exchange). You would have heard of payments being made by cheques instead of cash. For payments through cheque, the payer who has an account with the bank, makes out a cheque for a specific amount. A cheque is a paper instructing the bank to pay a specific amount from the person's account to the persons in whose name the cheque has been issued.

i. The source given above relates to which of the following options?

a) Credit sources

b) Deposits with banks

c) Barter system

d) None of the above

ii. According to the above source a person can withdraw money by issuing a cheque. What is a cheque.

a) paper instructing the bank to pay a specific amount.

b) Loan taken by a bank

c) Paper specially valid to withdraw money only from account holder's account.

d) Loan taken by the depositor from the bank.

iii. A person has surplus money so he opens a bank account deposits in it. Whenever he needs money, he can go to his bank and withdraw from there. This kind of deposit with the banks are known as

a) Demand deposit

b) Fixed deposit

c) Term deposit

d) Surplus deposit

iv. The function of a bank includes

a) accept the deposits and pay an amount as interest on the deposits.

b) accept deposits and extend loans.

c) open as many bank accounts as possible.

d) All of the above

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Section - D (5 marks each)

27. Human activities are greatly responsible for land degradation. Analyse the statement.

28. Compare and contrast between horizontal division of power and vertical division of power sharing in modern democracies.

29. Should democracy be judged by it's outcome?

Or

Why is democracy not considered simply a rule of majority?

30. What steps should be taken to create more employment? Explain.

Or

Why is secondary sector important for Indian economy? State any five reasons.

31. Why did the Congress decide to launch the Civil Disobedience Movement?

Or

How did different social groups participate in the Civil Disobedience Movement? Explain with examples.

Section E (Map -5 marks)

32. a. Mark and locate the following on the given map of India.

i. A place where the Congress Session was held in September 1920.

ii. The place where a violent incident caused Mahatma Gandhi to call off the Non Cooperation Movement.

b. Five features are marked on the map given below. Identify and label any three of them.

i. A Cotton textile industry

ii. An iron and steel plant

iii. A dam located on Mahanadi river

iv. A major coffee producing state

v. A nuclear power plant

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