Social Science Sample Paper 8 for class 10th, Part - A
Social Science Sample Paper
Part - A
1. Define the term 'defection'.
2. Where was the first upheaval taken place in July 1830?
a) Italy
b) France
c) Germany
d) Greece
3. Choose the correct option from Column I and II.
4. Complete the following table with correct information regarding commercial farming.
5. Mention the significance of Lahore Congress Session.
6. The group of activity associated directly using natural resources in under the .......... sector.
Or
............ sector has replaced the primary sector and became the largest producing sector.
7. State any two features of forest soil.
Or
State any two features of Alluvial soil
8. Mention two subjects in the Concurrent list of Indian Constitution on which laws can be made.
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Or
What have been two bases on which new states have been created in India?
9. Distinguish between public and private sector.
10. The type of unemployment in which more number of people work then actually needed is known as.
a) Over employed
b) Under employed
c) Disguised unemployment
d) Seasonal Unemployment
11. Correct and rewrite the following. Many non - Hindi speaking states demanded that the use of Sanskrit should be continued.
12. A .......... consists of a body of water which is protected and deep enough to allow ships to anchor.
13. Why is Alluri Sitaram Raju well known?
Or
What does the term Khalifa refers to?
14. Find the incorrect option.
The development goals of an urban unemployed youth may be
a) having a self - owned home to live in
b) having a permanent white collar job
c) not having to face social discrimination
d) having more opportunities for jobs.
15. Arrange the following events in correct sequence.
i. First cement plant in Chennai.
ii. Cotton mill set up at Mumbai
iii. Formation of NTPC
iv. Jute mills setup at Rishra
Codes
A B C D
a) iv, iii, ii, i
b) ii, iv, i,. iii
c) i, ii,. iii, iv
d) iii, i, iv, ii
16. In the question given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct option.
Assertion (A) In the equation of underemployment people are apparently working but all of them are made to work less than their potential.
Reason (R):- this situation is also called disguised unemployment.
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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Section - B (3 marks each)
17. If you are asked to suggest some ways to create employment opportunities in cities, then what would be your suggestion?
18. Give three features of each National Party and Regional Party?
19. Do you believe that 'foreign trade integrates the markets in different countries'?
Or
Explain the ways in which globalisation and pressure of competition have changed the lives of workers substantially.
20. Explain the Rowlatt Act and it's effect on Indian nationalism.
Or
Describe any three major problems faced by the peasants of Awadh in the days of non cooperation movement.
21. What do you understand by mineral based industries? State it's four examples.
22. What was the impact of First World War on India?
Section - C (4 marks each)
23. Read the source and answer the following questions.
The movement started with middle class participation in the cities. Thousands of students left government controlled school and colleges. Headmasters and teachers resigned, and lawyer gave up their legal practices. The council elections were boycotted in most provinces except Madras, where the justice party , the party of non brahmins, felt that entering the council was one way of gaining some power- something that usually only brahmins had access to.
The effects of non cooperation on the economic front were more dramatic. Foreign goods were boycotted, liquor shops were picketed, and foreign cloth bunt in huge bonfires. The import of foreign cloth halved between 1921 and 1922, it's value dropping from Rs 102 crore to RS 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, production of Indian textile mills and handloom went up.
But this movement in the cities gradually slowed down for a variety of reasons. Khadi cloth was often more expensive than mass produced mill cloth and poor people could not afford to buy it. How then could they boycott mill cloth for too long? Similarly the boycott of British institutions posed a problem. For the movement to be successful, alternative Indian institutions had to be set up so that they could be used in place of the British ones. These were slow to come up. So students and teachers began trickling back to government schools and lawyers joined back work in government courts.
i. Identify the section of people in the cities who mainly participated in the Non Cooperation movement.
a) Educated middle class.
b) Upper class
c) Only the supporters of Congress
d) All of the above.
ii. Which of the following statements correctly describe why the Justice Party of Madras didn't boycott the council election?
a) This party was ruled by the Brahmins who wanted to capture the power.
b) This party belonged to non Brahmin who wanted to enter the council election.
c) The non-brahmin leadership of the justice party tried to gain political power which was only enjoyed by the brahmins.
d) Both b and c
iii. Why the effect of non cooperation movement on the economic front were more dramatic?
a) foreign goods were boycotted, liquid shops picketed.
b) foreign clothes were burnt, people started wearing khadi.
c) the import of foreign clothes halved
d) All of the above.
iv. Why did the boycott of British institutions posed a problem during the Non - Cooperation Movement?
a) the students were reluctant to leave the British institute.
b) the teachers were not happy with the administration of Indian institutions.
c) there was not enough alternative Indian institutions.
d) Intellectual were not in favour of Indian institutes.
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24. Read the source and answer the following questions.
This type of farming is still practised in few pockets of India. Primitive subsistence agriculture is practised on small patches of land with the help of primitive tools like hoe, dao and digging sticks, and family/ community labour. This type of farming depends upon monsoon, natural fertility of the soil and suitability of other environmental conditions to the crops grown.
It is a slash and burn agriculture. farmers clear a patch of land in produce serials and other food crops to sustain their family. When the soil fertility decreases, the farmers shift and clear a fresh patch of land for cultivation. this type of shifting allows nature to replenish the fertility of the soil through natural processes. Land productivity in this type of agriculture is low as the farmer does not use fertilisers or other modern inputs . It is known by different names in different parts of the country.
It is jhumming in North- Eastern states like Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland; Pamlou in Manipur. Dipa in Baster district of Chattisgarh and in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
i. The source given above relates to which of the following options?
a) Intensive subsistence farming.
b) Primitive subsistence farming.
c) Commercial farming.
d) Plantation agriculture.
ii. Primitive subsistence agriculture depend upon which of the following factors?
a) Monsoon.
b) Natural fertility of soil.
c) Sustability of other environmental conditions to the crops grown.
d) All of the above.
iii. Primitive subsistence farming is known as Jhumming in which state of India?
a) Assam
b) Mizoram
c) Nagaland
d) All of the above
iv. Primitive subsistence farming is known as Dipa in which part of India?
a) Bastard district (Chattisgarh)
b) Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
c) Assam
d) Both a and b
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