KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA PATTOM SHIFT II

                       Model Question Paper

                       Summative Assessment II (March-2015)

                       Social Science

                       Class X

Time allowed : 3 hours                                 Maximum Marks : 90

General Instructions :

·         The question paper has 30 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.

·         Marks are indicated against each question.

·         Questions from serial number 1-9 are multiple choice Questions (MCQs) of 1 mark each.

·         Every MCQ is provided with four alternatives. Write the correct or the most oppropriate alternative in your answer book.

·         Questions from serial number 10 to 21 are 3 marks questions. Answer of these questions should not exceed 80 words each.

·         Questions from serial number 22 to 29 are 5 marks questions. Answer of these questions should not exceed 100 words each

·         Question number 30 is a map question of 2 marks from History and  3 marks from Geography.

·        Attach the map inside the answer sheet

1. Which one of the following is not true regarding the conservative regimes set up in 1815?

(a) They did not tolerate criticism regarding the legitimacy of autocratic governments.

(b) Most of them imposed censorship on press.

(c) They believed in the established traditional institutions like Monarchy Church etc.

(d) They favoured the idea of liberty and freedom.                                                        1

OR

Why did the ‘Go East Movement’ become popular in Vietnam during the first decade of 20th Century?

(a) Vietnamese students went to Japan to acquire education.

(b) They went to Japan to learn Japanese language.

(c) They went to get lucrative jobs.

(d) They looked for foreign arms and helped to drive away the French from Vietnam.                                                                                                                                          1

2. Why did Gandhiji begin fast unto death when Dr. B.R. Ambedkar demanded separate electorate for Dalits?

(a) Separate electorates would create division in the society.

(b) Separate electorates would slow down the process of integration into society.

(c) With separate electorates, Dalits would gain respect in society.

(d) The condition of dalits would become better.                                                         1

3. Which one of the following is a basic function of foreign trade?

(a) It flourishes trade in the domestic market

(b) Goods and services are produced for internal market

(c) It gives opportunity for the production to reach beyond the domestic market.

(d) Investment is done to expand the trade within the domestic markets.                 1

4. Which one of the following is NOT a function of political parties?

(a) Parties contest elections

(b) Parties do not shape public opinion

(c) Parties put forward different policies and programmes

(d) Parties play a decisive role in making laws for the country.                                   1

5. Which one of the following factors plays the most dominant role in industrial location in a region?

(a) Availability of raw material

(b) Cheap and skilled labour

(c) Nearness of the market

(d) Least Cost.                                                                                                                      1

6. Which one of the following groups of cities is connected by the National Highway No. 7.

(a) Delhi- Amritsar

 (b) Delhi- Kolkata

(c) Delhi- Mumbai

(d) Varanasi- Kanyakumari                                                                                                            1

7. Which one of following statements does not reflect the right impact of ‘the Right to Information Act’?

(a) It supplements the existing laws that banned corruption

(b) It empowers the people to find out what is happening in the government.

(c) It enables the people to become law abiding good citizens.

(d) It acts as a watch dog of democracy.                                                              1

8. Identify the element which is NOT shared both by the movement in Nepal and the struggle in Bolivia.

(a) A political conflict that led to popular struggle.

(b) The struggle involved mass mobilisation

(c) It was about the foundations of the country’s politics.

(d) It involved critical role of political organisation.                                                        1

9.Which one of the following is a major reason that prevents the poor from getting loans from the banks?

(a) Lack of capital

(b) Not affordable due to high rate of interest

(c) Absence of collatoral security

(d) Absence of mediators                                                                                                   1

10.Explain any three reasons for the Greeks to win the Greek war of independence

 OR

Explain any three features of scholars revolt in 1868 in Vietnam.                               3

 11.How did the Non-Cooperation Movement spread to the countryside? Explain giving three reasons.                                                                                                                3

12. What is the importance of energy resources? Give two examples each of conventional and non-conventional sources of energy.                                                    3

13. Why is manufacturing sector considered the backbone of economic development of the country? Explain any three reasons with examples.                                                3

14. Explain any three factors which are responsible for localisation of jute textile mills mainly along the banks of the Hugli river.

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15. How do the pressure groups and movements exert their influence on politics? Explain any three ways to do so.          

                                                                                                                                                  3

16. Do democracies lead to a just distribution of goods and opportunities? Justify your answer by three suitable arguments.

                                                                                                                                                3

17. “Most destructive feature of democracy is that its examination never gets over.” Support the statement with three appropriate arguments.

                                                                                                                                                3

18. Suggest any three broad guidelines that can be kept in mind while devising ways and means for political reforms in India.   

                                                                                                                                                3

19. Describe any three factors which have enabled globalisation in India.

                                                                                                                                                3

20. Explain any three features of MNCs.

                                                                                                                                                3

21. Explain any three ways in which a consumer is exploited.

                                                                                                                                                3

22. Explain any three consumer’s rights as user of goods and services.

                                                                                                                                                5

23. Explain the measures and practices introduced by revolutionaries to create a sense of collective identity amongst the French people.                                           

OR

Who was the founder of Hoa Hao movement? Explain his contribution by giving any three points.                                                                                                                              5. 24.Explain  the features of Civil Disobedience movement of 1930.

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25. How do physiographic and Economic factors influence the distribution pattern of railway network in our country? Explain with examples.                                           5

26. Discuss the steps to be taken to minimise environmental degradation by industry?                                                                                                                                                                         5

27.How does democracy produce an accountable, responsive and legitimate government?                                                                                                                    5                                                                                                                                         

28. Why can’t modern democracies exist without political parties? Explain any five reasons.                                                                                                                             5

29. What legal measures were taken by the government to empower the consumers in India?                                                                                                   5

30.A. Locate and label the following items with appropriate symbols on the political outline map.

(i) Kheda - The place of Peasant Satyagraha

(ii) Chauri Chaura - The centre of calling off the Non-Cooperation Movement. 2x1=2

  B.Three features - (A), (B) and (C) are marked in the same outline map of India. Identify these features with the help of the following information and write their correct names on the lines marked in the map:

(A) Iron-Ore mines(B) Silk Textile Centre(C) International airport.                                                                                                                                                                  3x1=3

  OR

Locate and label the following items on the same map with appropriate symbols:

(i) Narora - Nuclear Power Plant(ii) Surat - Textile Centre.(iii)Paradip –sea-port 

MODEL  QUESTIONS

CLASS X

SOCIAL SCIENCE

1.Who is the author of the book Hind Swaraj?

2.How is Narora power plant different from Neyveli power plant

3.Name two political parties of India which grew out of movements.

4.What is the full form of BAMCEF?

5.Why multi party system was evolved in India?

6.Which type of households take most of the loan from the formal sector?

7.What is the meaning of MNC?

8.Give the difference between Consumer Protection Act and Consumer Court.

9.Explain any three effects of non cooperation movement on the Indian economy.

10.What was the Inland Emigration Act of 1859? What was the notion of swaraj for the plantation workersof Assam?

11.Explain the need  for conserving mineral resources. Give any two methods of saving energy at home.

12.State any two characteristics of Kadla port.

13.Name any two navigational rivers of India.How is water transport cheaper than road transport?

14.Non democratic rulers can be very quick and efficient in decision making. Comment.

15.What are the challenges faced by a country making a transition to democracy?

16.How deepening of democracy a major challenge to  modern democracy?

17. Define the term liberalisation . Explain the reasons  for the Indian government beginning the policy of liberalisation in 1991.

18.What are the special economic zones? Why have they been set up?

19.Explain the right to information act of 2005. How does it help the consumers?

20.Explain the circumstances in which non cooperation movement  gradually slowed down in cities.

POLITICS

P opular struggles in Nepal and Bolivia

 Nepal witnessed an extraordinary popular movement in April 2006. The movement was aimed at restoring democracy.

 The movement of April 2006 was aimed at regaining popular control over the government from the king.

All the major political parties in the parliament formed a Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and called for a four-day strike in Kathmandu, the country’s capital.

This protest soon turned into an indefinite strike in which MAOIST insurgents and various other organisations joined hands.

On 24 April 2006, the last day of the ultimatum, the king was forced to concede all the three demands.

 The SPA chose Girija Prasad Koirala as the new Prime Minister of the interim government. The restored parliament met and passed laws taking away most of the powers of the king

. The SPA and the Maoists came to an understanding about how the new Constituent Assembly was going to be elected. This struggle came to be known as Nepal’s second movement for democracy.

Bolivia’s Water War

Bolivia is a poor country in Latin America. The World Bank pressurised the government to give up its control of municipal water supply.

 The government sold these rights for the city of Cochabamba to a multi-national company (MNC). The company immediately increased the price of water by four times.

. This led to a spontaneous popular protest. In January 2000, a new alliance of labour, human rights and community leaders organised a successful four-day general strike in the city.

The government agreed to negotiate and the strike was called off. Yet nothing happened. The police resorted to brutal repression when the agitation was started again in February. Another strike followed in April and the government imposed martial law. But the power of the people forced the officials of the MNC to flee the city and made the government  concede to all the demands of the protesters.

The contract with the MNC was cancelled and water supply was restored to the municipality at old rates. This came to be known as Bolivia’s water war

DIFFERENCES

The movement in Nepal was to establish democracy, while the struggle in Bolivia involved claims on an elected, democratic government.

The popular struggle in Bolivia was about one specific policy, while the struggle in Nepal was about the foundations of the country’s politics.

 Both these struggles were successful but their impact was at different levels.

SIMILARITIES

 Despite these differences, both the stories share some elements which are relevant to the study of the past and future of democracies.

 Both these are instances of political conflict that led to popular struggles.

 In both cases the struggle involved mass mobilisation.

Public demonstration of mass support clinched the dispute. Finally, both instances involved critical role of political organisations.

Pressure groups and movements

Pressure groups are organisations that attempt to influence government policies.

  Pressure groups do not aim to directly control or share political power.

 These organisations are formed when people with common occupation, interest, aspirations or opinions come together in order to achieve a common objective.

Like an interest group, a movement also attempts to influence politics rather than directly take part in electoral competition.

 But unlike the interest groups, movements have a loose organisation.

Their decision making is more informal and flexible. They depend much more on spontaneous mass participation than an interest group.

Eg;Narmada Bachao Andolan, Movement for Right to Information, Anti-liquor Movement, Women’s Movement, Environmental Movement etc

Sectional interest groups and public interest groups Usually interest groups seek to promote the interests of a particular section or group of society. Trade unions, business associations and professional (lawyers, doctors, teachers, etc.) bodies are some examples of this type

. They are sectional because they represent a section of society: workers, employees, businesspersons, industrialists, followers of a religion, caste group, etc

. Their principal concern is the betterment and well-being of their members, not society in general. Sometimes these organisations are not about representing the interest of one section of society. They represent some common or general interest that needs Eg; FEDECOR

promotional groups or public interest groups. They promote collective rather than selective good.

 They aim to help groups other than their own members. For example, a group fighting against bonded labour fights not for itself but for those who are suffering under such bondage.

 In some instances the members of a public interest group may undertake activity that benefits them as well as others too.

 For example, BAMCEF (Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation) i

Begar – Labour that villagers were forced to contribute without any paymen

 Swaraj in the Plantations .

. Workers too had their own understanding of Mahatma Gandhi and the notion of swaraj.

For plantation workers in Assam, freedom meant the right to move freely in and out of the confined space in which they were enclosed,.

 and it meant retaining a link with the village from which they had come.

 Under the Inland Emigration Act of 1859, plantation workers were not permitted to leave the tea gardens without permission.

 

ERNAKULAM REGION SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER SOCIAL SCIENCE
SA2 2012-13
Std. X
Time allowed: 3Hrs Maximum marks: 90
General Instructions:
((i) There are 30 questions in all.
(ii) Marks for each question are indicated against the question.
(iii) Questions from 1 to 9 are Multiple Choice Questions of 1 mark each.
(iv) Questions from 10 to 21 are 3 mark questions. Answers of these should not exceed 80 words each.
(v) Questions from 22 to 29 are 5 mark questions. Answers of these should not exceed 120 words each.
(vi) Question 30 is a map question with 2 marks from History and 3 marks from Geography.
(vii) Attach the filled up map inside your answer books.
1.1. ‘When France sneezes, the rest of Europe catches cold’. These were the words of
(A) Lord Byron (B) Metternich (C) Johan Godfried (D) Louis Philippe
OR
The Tonkin Free School was started in 1907 in Vietnam ---
(A) To provide a western style education
(B) To provide modern education
(C) To provide education to Vietnamese
(D) To provide basic education to Vietnamese 1
2. In which one of the following Indian National Congress sessions the demand for Purna Swaraj was adopted?
(A) Nagpur (B) Calcutta (C) Lahore (D) Madras 1
3. The largest bauxite producing state in India is
(A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Orissa (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Jharkand 1
4. Which city has emerged as the electronic capital of India?
(A) Mumbai (B) Delhi (C) Bangalore (D) Hyderabad 1
5. Which mode of transportation reduces trans shipment losses and delays?
(A) Railways (B) Pipe lines (C) Road ways (D) Water ways 1
6. The protest against water privatisation in Bolivia was led by an organisation called
(A) NAPM (B) FEDECOR (C) BAMCEF (D) None of the above 1
7. The concept of Hindutwa was adopted by
(A) Bharathiya Janata Party
(B) Communist Party of India
(C) Indian National Congress
(D) Bahujan Samaj Party 1
8. Democracy is better than any other form of rule because it
(A) Promotes equality among citizens
(B) Enhances the dignity of the individual
(C) Improves the quality of decision making
(D) All the above 1
9. Formal sources of credit does not include
(A) Banks (B) Co-operatives (C) Employers (D) None of the above 1
10. Describe the process of unification of Italy.
OR
Mention the features of the Hochi Minh trail in the Vietnamese war against the US. 3
11. How did the First World War help in the growth of National Movement in India? 3
12. Discuss the circumstances under which Gandhiji decided to call off the Civil
Disobedience Movement in 1931. 3
13. Mention the factors responsible for the location of jute industry in Hugli basin. 3
14. ‘Air transport is preferred in North Eastern states of India’. Why? 3
15. ‘The means of transportation and communication are called the life lines of
a nation and its economy’. Why? 3
16. ‘Conservation of minerals is significant in the present scenario’. Why? 3
17. What is a political party? Mention its important functions. 3
18. How do pressure groups and movements exert influence on politics? 3
19. Mention any three challenges to political parties. 3
20. What are the rights of a consumer? 3
21. ‘Self help groups are becoming popular now a days’. Why? 3
22. ‘Culture played a valuable role in the growth of nationalism in Europe’. Explain.
OR
Mention the role of women in the anti imperial struggle in Vietnam. 5
23. Describe Gandhiji’s contribution to India’s Freedom Struggle. 5
24. How do industries pollute the environment? 5
25. ‘Democracy is seen to be good in principle, but felt to be not so good in
its practice’. Discuss. 5
26. ‘Many of the democracies of the world face the challenge of expansion and
challenge of deepening of democracy’. Justify. 5
27. ‘The impact of globalisation has not been uniform’. Discuss. 5
28. How does the RBI supervise the functioning of banks? 5
29. ‘Consumer redressal process is becoming cumbersome’. Why? 5
30.
I) Two features are marked in the given political outline map of India. Identify these
features with the help of the following information and write their correct names
on the lines marked in the map.
(A) The place where the Indian National Congress session was held in 1927.
(B) The place where cotton mill workers started satyagraha.
OR
Locate and label the following items with appropriate symbols on the same map.
(1) Amritsar
(2) Champaran
II) Three features A, B, and C are marked on the given political outline map of India.
Identify these features with the help of the following information and write their
correct names on the lines marked in the map.
(A) Oil Field
(B) Mica mine
(C) Iron ore mine
OR
Locate and label the following items with appropriate symbols and write their correct
names on the same map.
(A) Bhilai Iron and Steel Plant
(B) Paradip Sea Port
(C) Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant

Identify and label the following on the map of India:
(a) The Congress Session where 26th January was declared as the day for Purna Swaraj
(b) The place where 22 policemen were burnt forcing Gandhiji to call of the non-cooperation movement
(c) The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place here
2. On the given political outline map of India:
a) Identify
A. Iron ore mine
B. Software technology park
b) Locate and label
Jawaharlal Nehru Port

SAMPLE PAPERS
CLASS X

What did the inland Emigrating Act of 1859 declare?
2. Name any one fossil fuel used to generate thermal electricity.
3. Give one special feature that distinguishes a pressure group from a political party.
4. Give one reason why multi party system has evolved in India.
5. With the help of an example each compare a single issue movement and a long term movement.
6. What is meant by ‘Fair Globalisation’?
7. Why do banks ask for collateral while giving credit to the borrower?
8. How will you justify that you are an alert consumer while buying a commodity from the market. Give two example/ situations to support you.
‘The merchants and industrialists made a significant contribution to the Civil Disobedience Movement’. In the light of the above statement, explain their role in the movement.
2. How reinterpretation of history created a sense of collective belongingness among different community of India?.
3. ‘Napoleon was a great administrator.’ Explain the statement in the light to the changes he brought about in France.
Or
Highlight the contribution of women in the anti-imperial struggle in Vietnam. Did they succeed?
4. How have biogas plants proved to be a valuable source of energy in rural India? Give its three benefits.
5. Why do you think the northern plains of India provide favourable conditions where as the Himalayan mountains provide unfavourable conditions for the growth of railways? Give three reasons for both.
6. Assam with its extensive tea gardens and high production of crude oil has lot of potential for growth of tourism. What values are associated with promotion of tourism?
7. What are the differences between democratic and Non-democratic governments in the decisionShort Answers-
8. How will you justify that you are an alert consumer while buying a commodity from the market. Give two example/ situations to support you.
Short Answers-SA (3 marks)
1. ‘The merchants and industrialists made a significant contribution to the Civil Disobedience Movement’. In the light of the above statement, explain their role in the movement.
2. How reinterpretation of history created a sense of collective belongingness among different community of India?.
3. ‘Napoleon was a great administrator.’ Explain the statement in the light to the changes he brought about in France.
Or
Highlight the contribution of women in the anti-imperial struggle in Vietnam. Did they succeed?
4. How have biogas plants proved to be a valuable source of energy in rural India? Give its three benefits.
5. Why do you think the northern plains of India provide favourable conditions where as the Himalayan mountains provide unfavourable conditions for the growth of railways? Give three reasons for both.
6. Assam with its extensive tea gardens and high production of crude oil has lot of potential for growth of tourism. What values are associated with promotion of tourism?
7. What are the differences between democratic and Non-democratic governments in the decision
making process?
8. How Deepening of Democracy is a major challenge to modern democracies? Explain
9. What do you mean by foundational challenge in democracy? What values can help to overcome this challenge?
10. Define the term ‘liberalization’. Explain the reasons for the Indian Government beginning the policy of liberalization in 1991.
11. We often complain about lack of civic amenities like erratic water and power supply, bad roads garbage disposal etc. Name the right that gives us the power of question? Discuss.
12. Ravi works in a leather bag manufacturing and export company. He feels insecure due to introduction of flexible labour laws. How can the government help him?
Long Answers-LA (5 marks)
1. “Equality before law did not stand for universal suffrage in France after the revolution”. Explain with suitable examples. Or
The French claimed that introduction of Modern Education to Vietnamese would create “an Asiatic France tied solidly to European France”. Explain the statement with suitable examples.
2. Categorize and discuss the different urban segments which joined the Non-Cooperation Movement.
3. What is the meaning of road density? Describe any four major problems faced by road transport in India.
4. If jute industry has to be set up which would be a better location? Damodar basin or Hugli basin? Give five reasons to support your answer.
5. Has democracy led to the promotion of dignity and freedom of citizens? Discuss with example.
6. Explain the role of Opposition Parties in a Democracy.
7. ‘The effect of Globalisation has not been uniform’. Do you agree? Give reasons to support your answer.
8. Compare and Contrast the conditions for taking loan from formal and uniformal sources. Suggest an alternative source that you think is best for the rural poor.
Short Answer-SA (3 Marks)-Map Questions
1 Identify and label the following on the map of India:
(a) The Congress Session where 26th January was declared as the day for Purna Swaraj
(b) The place where 22 policemen were burnt forcing Gandhiji to call of the non-cooperation movement
(c) The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place here
2. On the given political outline map of India:
a) Identify
A. Iron ore mine
B. Software technology park
b) Locate and label
Jawaharlal Nehru Port

SATYAGRAHA

A  novel method of mass agitation introduced by Gandhiji  is called satyagraha.

 The idea of satyagraha emphasised the power of truth and the need to search for truth.

 It suggested that if the cause was true, if the struggle was against injustice, then physical force was not necessary to fight the oppressor.

 Without seeking vengeance or being aggressive, a satyagrahi could win the battle through nonviolence.

 Why non cooperation movement was launched?

1.Rowlatt act

2.Jallianwalla Bagh massacre

3.Khilafat issue(explain)

Why did Gandhiji withdraw the non cooperation movement in 1922?

Chauri chaura incident in1922-Gandhiji felt the movement was turning violent in many places and satyagrahis needed to be properly trained before they would be ready for mass struggles.

At Chauri Chaura in Gorakhpur, a peaceful demonstration in a bazaar turned into a violent clash with the police.

The Satyagrahis  burnt the police station  at Chauri chaura and killed 22 policemen.

 Hearing of the incident, Mahatma Gandhi called  off  the Non-Cooperation Movement.

C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru formed the Swaraj Party within the Congress to argue for a return to council politics. But younger leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose pressed for more radical mass agitation and for full independence.

SIMON COMMISSION

Tory government in Britain constituted a Statutory Commission under Sir John Simon.

The commission was set up in response to the nationalist movement   to look into the functioning of the constitutional system in India and suggest changes.

 The problem was that the commission did not have a single Indian member. They were all British.

 When the Simon Commission arrived in India in 1928, it was greeted with the slogan ‘Go back Simon’.

 All parties, including the Congress and the Muslim League, participated in the demonstrations.

 In an effort to win them over, the viceroy, Lord Irwin, announced in October 1929, a vague  offer

of ‘dominion status’ for India in an unspecified future, and a Round Table Conference to discuss a future constitution

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE MOVEMENT

Mahatma Gandhi started his famous salt march accompanied by 78 of his trusted volunteers in 1930.

 The march was over 240 miles, from Gandhiji’s ashram in Sabarmati to the Gujarati coastal town of Dandi.

 The volunteers walked for 24 days, about 10 miles a day. Thousands came to hear Mahatma Gandhi wherever he stopped, and he told them what he meant by swaraj and urged them to peacefully defy the British

. On 6 April he reached Dandi, and ceremonially violated the law, manufacturing salt by boiling sea water because salt manufacturing was the monopoly of the British.

 This marked the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement.

Limits of civil disobedience movement

All social groups did not participate in the movement

For example the Dalits

The dalit participation was limited in many areas, particularly in  Maharashtra and Nagpur region where their organisation was quite strong.

They were actively organising movements for their own welfare under the leadership of B R Ambedkar who organised the dalits into the Depressed Classes Association in 1930,

Some of the Muslim political organisations in India were also lukewarm in their response to the Civil Disobedience Movement