Cbse Class 10 Social Science Sample Papers 2017 - 2018 Vastreader 25

Cbse Class 10 Social Science Sample Papers 2017 - 2018 Vastreader 25

Class 10 - Social Science

10 Social Science Sample Paper-25

General Instructions:

i. The question paper has 28 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.

ii. Marks are indicated against each question.

iii. Questions from serial number 1 to7 are very short answer type questions. Each question

carries one mark.

iv. Questions from serial number 8 to18 are 3 marks questions. Answer of these questions

should not exceed 80 words each.

v. Questions from serial number 19 to 25 are 5 marks questions. Answer of these questions

should not exceed 100 words each.

vi. Question numbers 26 & 27 are map questions from History with 1 mark each.

vii. Question number 28 is map question of 3 marks from Geography.

viii. For Q. Nos. 26, 27 and 28 (map based questions) one outline political map of India is

provided. After completion the work, attach the map inside your answer book.

ix. Questions at Serial Number - 20, 22, 24 & 25 have Internal Choice. Attempt any one option

out of the given in each of these questions.

1. Who was proclaimed the first king of Italy?

OR

Which is the most visible form of French control over Vietnam?

2. Who had hosted the meeting of representatives of European powers at Vienna in

1815?

OR

Who were the non-Vietnamese who lived in hinterlands?

3. What are Aus, Aman and Boro?

4. What does the word ethnic refer to?

5. Why do the agriculture and allied activities still happen to be the major source of

employment?

6. What is District Level Consumer Courts?

7. Name the system in which double coincidence of wants is essential feature.

8. What were the consequences of the Liberal Revolution of 1848?

OR

How would you describe the diversity of religion in Vietnam?

9. Why did Indians react against Rowlatt Act?

10. What is soil erosion? Explain the major types of soil erosion?

11. Why do we need to conserve and manage our water resources?

12. Explain the outcome of politics of social division under the heading of ‘people’s

perception’.

13. Explain the reasons for the lack of internal democracy in the political parties of

India.

14. ‘Democracy always respond to the needs of people’. Analyze the statement.

15. Mention the requirements a borrower has to fulfill before taking a house loan?

16. Why are rules and regulations required in the market place?

17. Why is underemployment seen as a major problem in India? Explain.

18. What do you understand by sustainability of development? What can be done to

make development sustainable?

19. From where did Henry Ford draw inspiration, regarding the assembly line method?

Describe the assembly line method in the industrial production sector.

OR

How did East Indian Company procure the regular supply of cotton and silk goods?

OR

Give some chief characteristics of the city and their distinction from towns and

villages.

20. How did China remain a major producer of printed material for a long time?

OR

Discuss some social changes in 19th century Britain which Thomas Hardy and

Charles Dickens wrote about.

21. Why are industries located in or near the cities? What were its results in preindependence

period?

22. Describe the importance of minerals in human life.

OR

Explain the different reasons for the growing importance of road transport vis-a-vis

rail transport.

23. Explain how power is shared among different organs of the government.

24. Explain the challenge faced by countries which do not have a democratic form of

government.

OR

How is Casteism dangerous for a democratic country?

25. How has Information and Communication Technology played a big role in bringing

the whole world close to each other?

OR

Explain the factors which facilitate Globalisation.

26. Locate and label the place on the given outline political map of India: The place

where Mahatma Gandhi organized satyagraha for cotton mill workers.

27. Locate and label the place on the given outline political map of India: The place

where the Indian National Congress held its session in December 1920.

28. A. Features ‘A’ is marked in the given political map of India. Identify this feature

with the help of the following information and write their correct name on the line

marked on the map.

1. A leading Coffee producing state

B. On the same map of India locate and label the following items with appropriate

symbols:

1. A leading Bajra producing state

2. A leading Jowar producing state

Class 10 - Social Science

10 Social Science Sample Paper-25

Solution

1. Victor Emmanuel II was proclaimed the first king of Italy.

OR

Military and Economic domination is the most visible form of French control over

Vietnam.

2. The Austrian Chancellor Duke Metternich had hosted the meeting of representatives

of European powers at Vienna in 1815.

OR

Khmer Cambodians were the non-Vietnamese who lived in hinterlands.

3. In states like Assam, West Bengal and Orissa three crops of paddy are grown in a

year. These are locally known as Aus, Aman and Boro.

4. It refers to a social division based on shared culture.

5. This is because the Governments could not create enough jobs in the secondary and

tertiary sectors of our economy.

6. These are courts which settle consumer disputes at district level. These consumer

courts deals with the cases involving claims up to Rs 20 lakhs.

7. In Barter system double coincidence of want is an essential feature.

8. The following were consequences of the Liberal Revolution of 1848:

i. It became a basis for the unification of Germany and Italy.

ii. Conservatives could not restore the old order.

iii. The realised that they would have to give concessions to the liberal nationalist

revolutionaries.

iv. Abolition of serfdom and bonded labour took place both in Habsburg dominions

and in Russia.

v. The Hungarians were granted more autonomy by the Habsburg rulers in 1867.

OR

Vietnam’s religious beliefs were a mixture of Buddhism, Confucianism and local

practices. Religious beliefs among the peasantry were shaped by a variety of

Syncretic traditions that combined Buddhism and local beliefs. The elites in Vietnam

were educated in Chinese and Confucianism. There were many popular religions in

Vietnam that were spread by people who claimed to have seen vision of God.

9. A. This Act had been hurriedly passed through the Imperial Legislative Council

despite the united opposition of Indian Members.

B. It gave the government enormous power to repress political activities, and

allowed detention of political prisoners without trial for two years.

C. The Rowlatt Act acted as an instrument of suppression of civil rights of the

Indians hence produced widespread discontent among masses.

The reactions of people against the Rowlatt Act passed through the Imperial

Legislative Council 1919 were as follows:

1. Rallies were organised in various cities.

2. Workers went on strike in railway workshops.

3. Shops closed down.

Mahatma Gandhi wanted non-violent civil disobedience against such unjust laws,for

which a day of hartal was fixed on 6 April,1919.

10. The process of removal of soil by the forces of nature like wind and water is called

soil erosion. This can also be described as denudation of soil cover and subsequent

washing down. Following are its two types:

i. Wind Erosion: Wind blows loose soil off flat or slopping land. This is known as

wind erosion.

ii. Water Erosion: When running water is responsible for the removal of the

topmost layer of the earth that is known as water erosion.

11. We need to conserve and manage water resources as:

A. Water is essential for life. So, there is a need to conserve water resources.

B. We need to ensure food security.

C. We need water for continuation of our livelihood and productive activities.

D. We need water to safeguard ourselves from health hazards.

12. A. This is the most important factor which decides the outcome of politics of social

divisions. If people see their identities in singular and exclusive terms, it will

lead to social division and violence.

B. Some factors are crucial in deciding the outcome of politics of social divisions.

First of all, the outcome depends on how people perceive their identities.If

people see their identities in singular and exclusive terms, it becomes very

difficult to accommodate.

C. As long as the people in Northern Ireland saw themselves as only Catholic or

Protestants, their differences prevailed.

D. It is much easier if the people are complementary with national identities.

13. A. There is lack of internal democracy within political parties. Parties do not

keep membership registers and do not hold organizational meetings.

B. Ordinary members of the party do not get sufficient information on what

happens inside the party.

C. They do not have the means or the connections needed to influence the

decisions.

D. As a result the leaders assume greater power to make decisions in the name of

the party.

14. i. In a democracy the government is known as a responsive government as it

responds to the needs of the people.

ii. A non-democratic government may or may not respond to the needs of the

people. It all depends upon the wishes of the people who rule.

iii. A democracy requires the rulers to attend to the needs of people. Therefore, a

democratic government is a better form of government because it is a more

accountable form of government.

iv. In a democracy there is always a space for public discussions and has a room for

correction of mistakes.

15. i. A Person has to submit documents showing his employment record and salary

record.

ii. Person has to submit his identity proof and residential proof.

iii. Borrower has to produce a guarantor.

iv. Collateral is a very important condition which a barrower has to submit in the

bank.

16. Rules and regulations are neccesary to run the market as:

i. The consumers are exploited by the shopkeepers and traders in different ways

such as less weight or measurement, more prices, adulteration and defective

goods.

ii. In case of a complaint regarding a good or services, the shopkeeper or trader

tries to avoid any responsibility. The seller tries to shift all the responsibility

onto the buyer as if the seller has no responsibility once he has a sold his

product.

iii. In case of large and wealthy companies, mostly producers are few and are

powerful while the consumers purchase in small amounts and are scattered. In

this case they manipulate the market in various ways. The exisisting rules can

put a check to such practices.

iv. To save the consumers from such type of exploitation rules and regulations are

required in the market place.

17. A. The problem of underemployment or disguised employment is very high in the

agricultural sector.

B. As per the requirement, more people are engaged in the agricultural sector. This

is a major hurdle in the formation of human capital.

C. Due to this, the economic growth rate of the country is very slow.

D. People are not ready to invest in other sectors of the economy like secondary

sector and tertiary sectors.

18. Sustainability of development means economic development without any damage to

environment.

However, since the second half of the twentieth century, a number of scientists have

been warning that the present type, and levels of development are not sustainable.

To make development sustainable, non-renewable sources of energy are to be saved

for the future generation. The development of the country would continue but the

technology has to be made eco-friendly so that they may not harm the environment.

19. Henry Ford was car manufacturer. He drew inspiration regarding the assembly line

method from a Chicago slaughter house. He adapted this method to his new car

plant in Detroit.

i. The assembly line forced workers to repeat a single task mechanically and

continuously – such as fitting a particular part to the car – at a pace dictated by

the conveyor belt

ii. This was way of increasing the output per worker by speeding up the pace of

work as he could not afford to delay the motion or take a break.

iii. Standing in front of a conveyor belt no worker could afford to delay the motions,

take a break or have even a friendly word with the workmate. As a result, Henry

Ford’s cars came off the assembly line at a three-minute intervals.

OR

The East India Company had to face obstacle to procure regular supply of cotton and

silk textiles from Indian weavers. The French, Dutch, Portuguese as well as the local

traders competed in the market. However, the East India Company establishes

political power and asserted monopoly right to trade.

i. The company tried to eliminate existing traders and have direct control over the

weaver and appointed a paid servant called Gomasthas to supervise, collect

supplies and examine the quality of products.

ii. It prevented weavers from dealing with other buyers. One way of doing was

through the system of advances. Once an order was placed, the weavers were

given loans to purchase the raw material for their production.

iii. Those weavers, who took loans, had to hand over the cloth they produced to the

Gomasthas. They could not take it to any other trade.

OR

Cities had some chief characteristics and they were distincti from towns and villages

in many ways. For instance:

i. Cities like London and Bombay were larger on scale as compared to towns and

villages.

ii. Cities could develop only when there was an increase in food supplies that could

support a wide range of non-food producers. Villages and towns required only

food supplies in small quantities.

iii. Cities were often the centre of multifarious activities like trade and industry,

religious institutions, intellectual pursuits and administrative set-up while

villages and towns had restricted activities.

iv. In cities a large number of social groups as merchants, traders, bankers,

wholesale traders and brokers, skilled artisans and various professionals lived

while in the villages and towns were predominated by farmers and petty

artisans and shopkeepers.

20. China remained a major producers of printing material for a long time as

i. Merchants used print in their everyday life as they collected trade information.

ii. Text books for the civil services examination were printed in vast numbers

under the sponsorship of the imperial state.

iii. The new readership preferred fictional narratives, poetry, romantic plays.

iv. Rich women began to read and many women began publishing their poetry and

plays.

v. Wives of scholar and officials published their work and courtesans wrote about

their lives.

OR

i. Charles Dickens wrote mainly about the emergence of industrial age and it's

effects on society and the common people.

ii. Growth of factories and expanded cities led to the growth of business and

economy and increased the profits of the capitalists.

iii. But at the same time workers faced immense problems. Use of machines

resulted in unemployment of ordinary labour, they became home-less creating

the problem of housing.

iv. Pursuit of profit became the goal of factory owners while the workers were

undervalued and almost lost their identity. Human beings were reduced to mere

instruments of production. Charles Dickens tried to focuss on these changes in

his novel ‘Hard Times' as well as in 'Oliver Twist.

v. Thomas Hardy on the other hand focusses attention on the problems and

changes in rural community. Traditional rural communities were vanishing fast

in 19th century.

vi. Large farmers bought machines and employed labourers to produce for the

market. The old rural culture with independent farmers was dying out. Hardy

depicts these changes in his novel, "The Mayor of Casterbridge". Hardy mourns

the loss of the more personalised world disappearing though he was aware of

the advantages of the new order.

21. There are reasons why industries are located in or near the cities:

i. As an industrial activity starts, urbanization follows.

ii. Industries need different types of services such as banking, transport, insurance

labour, hotels and educational institute which are easily available in the cities

only.

iii. Cites are markets for many finished industrial products.

iv. Many industries lead to come together to make use of the advantages offered by

the urban centers known as agglomeration economies.

In the pre-independence period, most manufacturing units were located in places

with a viewpoint of overseas trade such as Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, etc.

Consequently, there emerged certain pockets of industrially developed urban

centers surrounded by a huge agricultural rural hinterland.

22. Minerals are indispensable part of human life.

i. Almost everything we use, from a tiny pin to towering building or a big ship, all

are made from minerals.

ii. The railway lines and the tarmac of the roads, our implements and machinery

too are made from minerals.

iii. Cars buses, trains, aeroplans are manufactured from minerals and run on power

resources derived from the earth.

iv. In all stages of development, human beings have used minerals for their

livelihood, decoration, festivities, religious and ceremonial rites.

v. Availability of the minerals helps in the economic development of the country.

vi. Our food too contains minerals.

OR

As transport ushers development, special focus is laid in development of transport

infrastructure. Moreover, there has been growing importance of road transport visa-

vis rail transport these days due to number of reasons, such as:

i. Construction costs of roads is much lower than that of railway lines.

ii. Roads can traverse comparatively more dissected and undulating topography.

iii. Roads can negotiate higher gradients of slopes and can traverse mountains, such

as the Himalayas.

iv. Road transport is economical in transportation of few persons and relatively

smaller amount of goods over short distances.

v. It also provides door to door service, thus the cost of loading and unloading is

much lower.

vi. Road transport is also used as a feeder to other modes transport such as they

provide a link between railway station, air and sea ports.

23. The constituton provided distribution of legislative powers into the following

organs:

A. Union List: Subjects of national importance like defense, foreign affairs, atomic

energy, banking, post and telegraph are included in the Union List. Only the

central government can pass laws on the subjects mentioned in the union list

because we need a uniform policy on important or national issues throughout

the country. The union list has 97 subjects.

B. State List: It comprises the important subjects on which the state government

can pass laws. Subjects like police, local government, trade and commerce,

agriculture are within the state included in the State list. The state list has 66

subjects.

C. Concurrent List: The concurrent list comprises the subjects which are of

common concern both to the centre and state government. However if there is a

conflict between the central law and state law, over a subject in the Concurrent

list, the central law would be effective. The concurrent list has 47 subjects.

D. Residuary Powers: Matters which are not included in the division of powers are

known as residuary powers. It was felt that there can be subjects which are not

mentioned in either of these lists. The central government has been given the

power to legislate on the residuary subjects.

24. A. Limited freedom of speech: They have strict control of freedom of speech. People

are not allowed to say anything against the government openly in public.

B. Limited rights to assemble or to protest: Protests against the government are

restricted severely. Most people are put in jail or beaten up if they do

C. No freedom of media: Media is highly controlled in non-democratic

governments. Most newspapers, TV stations are owned by the government and

the private companies cannot say anything against the government.

D. Control remains in the family: Many non-democratic countries are ruled by

families, and the power is usually passed down to the next generation.

E. No elected parliament: They rarely have an elected parliament.

OR

Casteism is very harmful to politics and damages democratic ideals:

A. Casteism violates and goes against the basic principles of the Constitution and

democracy that is of justice, equality and fraternity.

B. Due to casteism vote bank politics is given preference in India. The economic

issues are pushed to the background by leaders who seek support on the basis of

caste.

C. There is over-emphasis on caste interest loyalty rather than national interest.

D. It weakens the mechanisation of the policy

E. The government, at the local levels, seeks to retain the traditional domination of

the dominant castes thus, frustrating the emergence of a new democratic culture

of free and equal citizenship,

F. Casteism leads to chaos and bargaining in party politics and ministry formation.

Besides, casteism leads to violence and polarisation on caste lines. Hence, it is

very harmful to democracy and country as well.

25. a. In recent times, technology in the areas of telecommunications, computers, and

internet has been changing rapidly.

b. Telegraph, telephone, internet, mobile phone and fax are widely used to contact

one another around the world, to access information instantly and to

communication from remote areas.

c. This has been facilitated by the satellite communication devices.

d. Through internet, information can be shared and obtained anytime and

anywhere.

e. Internet also allows us to send instant electronic mail and talk across the world

at negligible costs thus bringing the whole world close to each other.

OR

The factors which facilitate Globalisation are:

a. Rapid improvement in Technology which has stimulated the process of

Globalization..

b. Liberalization of foreign trade and foreign investment policies.

c. Pressure from international organizations like WTO and World Bank.

d. Improvement in transportation and communication facilities.

e. Dependence of Developing countries upon Developed Countries

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