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CLASS X (2019-20)
SOCIAL SCIENCE (CODE 087)
SAMPLE PAPER-15
Time Allowed : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 80
General Instructions :
(i) The question paper has 35 questions in all.
(ii) Marks are indicated against each question.
(iii) Questions from serial number 1 to 20 are objective type questions. Each question carries one
mark. Answer them as instructed.
(iv) Questions from serial number 21 to 28 are 3 marks questions. Answer of these questions should
not exceed 80 words each.
(v) Questions from serial number 29 to 34 are 5 marks questions. Answer of these questions should
(vi) Question number 35 is a map question of 6 marks with two parts-35 a. from History (2 marks) and
35 b. from Geography (4 marks).
SECTION-A
Q1. Which one of the following was not part of majoritarianism measures adopted in Sri Lanka? 1
A. Sinhala Supremacy
B. Buddhism
C. Sinhala Official Language
D. Economic development of ethnic groups
Q2. Which one of the following option best signifies this image? 1
A. People participate in Khilafat Movement
B. People march against Jallianwalla Bagh incident
C. People boycott the foreign cloth
D. People march against Rowlatt Act
Q3. What is the main characteristic of commercial farming? 1
Q4. Antarctica is an example of which category of resources? 1

A. National
B. Non-renewable
C. International
D. Fixed
Q5. When Punjab revolutionaries were deported in 1907, _____ wrote with great sympathy about them in
his Kesari. 1
OR
The Company appointed a paid servant called the _____ to supervise weavers, collect supplies and
examine the quality of cloth.
Q6. Complete the following table with correct information with regard to Golden quadrilateral super
highways: 1
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Delhi, Mumbai, A–? B–?
Golden quadrilateral super highways Chennai , Kolkata
, Delhi
Q7. Match the following items given in column A with those in Column B. Choose the correct answer from
the options given below: 1
Column A Column B
A. Supervision of functioning of banks 1. Japan
B. First Asian country to be Industralised 2. Henry Ford
C. Pioneer of the system of mass production 3. Secularism
D. No official religion, constitution does not give any special status 4. Reserve Bank of India
Q8. A region where water is sufficiently available may still suffer from the scarcity of water. Give
reason? 1
OR
What is Jhununing Cultivation?
Q9. Name key factor that forced the government of Britian to abolish corn Laws? 1
A. Unhappy with high food prices, industrialist and urban people forced
B. Unemployment forced
C. Wars diverted food
D. None of the above
Q10. Kerala, with lower per capita income has a better human development ranking than Punjab. However,
it would be wrong to say that per capita income is not a useful criterion at all. It has some limitations.
But this does not imply that it is not useful at all. To counter the inadequacy of this average, the Human
Development Index (HDI) is used. The HD uses a combination of development factors such as health,
education, income for comparison. 1
Analyse the Human Development Comparison given above, considering one of the following correct option:
A. They hide disparities. Although averages are useful for comparison.
B. Per capita income is one of the development factors and cannot be done away with.
C. Per capita income is useful for comparing the money index of states.
D. Both B and C
Q11. Correct the following statement and rewrite: 1

The percentage of elected women members in Lok Sabha has touched 12 percent of its total strength
for the first time in 2019.
OR
Women’s organisations and activists have been demanding a similar reservation of at least one-fourth
of seat in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies for women.
Q12. Why are MNCs setting their customer care centres in India? 1
OR
What is COPRA? When was it introduced?
Q13. _____ praised the print and wrote 95 thesises criticising many the Roman Catholic Church. 1
OR
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Most of the workers in _____ sector do not have any job security.
Q14. Study the picture and answer the question that follows: 1
A. It shows only the parliamentary works.
B. It shows social disparity.
C. It shows why the women’s reservation bill has not been passed in the parliament.
D. Women’s organisations and activists have been demanding a similar reservation of at least one-
third of seats in the Lok-Sabha.
Q15. Why are MNCs attracted to India? 1

OR
What is meant by double coincidence of wants?
Q16. What type of challenge is faced by a non-democratic country setting up democracy? 1

A. Foundational challenge
B. Challenge of deepening
C. Challenge of expansion
D. Challenge of money power
Q17. In the question given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read
the statements and chose the correct option: 1
Assertion (A): The availability of resources is a necessary condition for the development of any
region, but mere availability of resources in the absence of corresponding changes in technology and
institutions may hinder development.
Reason (R): There are many regions in our country that are rich in resources but these are included in
economically backward regions.
Options:
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 correct but R is wrong.
D. A is wrong but R is correct.
Q18. 14 _____is the declaration signed by world leaders in 1992 at the UNCED which took place at Rio-de-
Janeiro, Brazil. 1
Q19. Find the Incorrect option: 1

A. The use of money spans a very large part of our everyday life.
B. When the two parties have to agree to sell and buy each others commodities is called double
coincidence of wants.
C. Modern forms of money include currency paper notes and coins.
D. The other form in which people hold money is as promissory note with banks.
Q20. Arrange the following in the correct sequence: 1

(i) Peasants revolt against economic hardships in Europe.
(ii) Slav nationalism gathers force in the Habsburg and Ottoman Empires.
(iii)Unification of Italy.
(iv) Unification of Germany.
Options:
A. (i) — (ii) — (iii) — (iv) B. (i) — (iii) — (iv) — (ii)
C. (i) — (iv) — (iii) — (ii) D. (i) — (iii) — (ii) — (iv)
SECTION-B
Q21. Women face disadvantage, discrimination and oppression in various ways even today. Assess the
statement by giving five suitable arguments. 3
OR
Describe the main features of the Centre-State relations in the Federation of India.
Q22. Explain how Martin Luther spoke in praise of print. 3
Q23. What is primitive subsistence farming? State two characteristics of this type of farming. 3
Q24. Why do different individuals have different as well as conflicting notions of development goals? 3
OR
Do you think the classification of economic activities into primary, secondary and tertiary are useful?
Explain how.
Q25. How is the concept of Self-Help Groups important for poor people? Give your view point. 3
OR
‘Democracy is an accountable, responsive and legitimate form of government’. Explain.
Q26. Read the sources given below and answer the questions that follows: 1+1+1=3
Source A : Romanticism and National Feeling
Let us look at Romanticism, a cultural movement which sought to develop a particular form of
nationalist sentiment. Romantic artists and poets generally criticised the glorification of reason and
science and focused instead on emotions, intuition and mystical feelings. Their effort was to create a
sense of a shared collective heritage, a common cultural past, as the basis of a nation.
Source B : Economic Hardship in Europe
The 1830s were years of great economic hardship in Europe. The first half of the nineteenth century
saw an enormous increase in population all over Europe. In most countries there were more seekers of
jobs than employment. Population from rural areas migra ted to the cities to live in overcrowded slums.
Source C : The Revolution of the Liberals
In other parts of Europe where independent nation-states did not yet exist — such as Germany, Italy,
Poland, the Austro-Hungarian Empire — men and women of the liberal middle classes combined their
demands for constitutionalism with national unification. They took advantage of the growing popular
unrest to push their demands for the creation of a nation-state on parliamentary principles — a constitution,
freedom of the press and freedom of association.
Source A : Romanticism and National Feeling
26 (1) What are the other aspect of idea of nationalism?
Source B : Economic Hardship in Europe
26 (2) What do you meant by economic hardship in Europe?
Source C : The Revolution of the Liberals
26 (3) What were the demand of Liberals?
Q27. Discuss the various stages of the Non-Cooperation movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi. 3
Q28. Explain any three values attached with the use of minerals in a sustainable manner. 3
SECTION-C
Q29. “The plantation workers too had their own understanding of Mahatma Gandhi and the notion of
swaraj”. Support the statement with arguments. 5

OR
Write short note on: (1) Mazzini (2) Important features of National Assembly set up in 1848 in France.
Q30. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow: 1+2+2=5
The Census of India records the religion of each and every Indian after every ten years. The person who
fills the Census form visits every household and records the religion of each member of that household
exactly the way each person describes it. If someone says she has ‘no religion’ or that he is an ‘atheist’,
this is exactly how it is recorded. Thus we have reliable information on the proportion of different religious
communities in the country and how it has changed over the years. The pie chart below presents the
population proportion of six major religious communities in the country. Since Independence, the total
population of each community has increased substantially but their proportion in the country’s population
has not changed much. In percentage terms, the population of the Hindus, JaMs and Christians has declined
marginally since 1961. The proportion of Muslim, Sikh and Buddhist population has increased slightly.
There is a common but mistaken impression that the proportion of the Muslims in the country’s population
is going to overtake other religious communities. Expert estimates done for the Prime Minister’s High Level
Committee (popularly known as Sachar Committee) show that the proportion of the Muslims is expected
to go up a little, by about 3 to 4 per cent, in the next 50 years. It proves that in overall terms, the population
balance of different religious communities is not likely to change in a big way.
(i) What do you mean by atheist?
(ii) How much growth rate of Muslim population fall in compare to last decade census?
(iii)What did happen in population proportion of six major religious communities in India since
Independence?
Q31. “Dynastic succession is one of the most serious challenges before the political parties.” Analyse the
statement. 5
Q32. Why is road transport mainly preferred in India? 5
Q33. What is ‘vote bank’? State any three reasons to say that caste alone does not determine the election
results in India. 5
OR
Describe some major functions of political parties.
Q34. How has NTPC achieved a distinction in preserving the natural environment and natural resources in
the country? 5
MAP SKILL BASED QUESTION
Q35. (A) Two places (a) and (b) are marked on the political outline map of India, identify these places
with the help of the following information and write their correct names on the lines marked near
them: 1×2=2
(a) The place from where ‘No tax campaign’ was started.
(b) The place where the 1927 session of Indian National Congress took place.
(B) Locate and label any four of the following with appropriate symbols on the same giver outline
political map of India. 1×4=4
(i) An area of forest and mountain soil
(ii) Halida Port
(iii)Sardar Sarovar dam
(iv) Rawat Bhata Nuclear Power Plant
(v) Vijayayanagar Iron and Steel Plant
(vi) Ludhiana – Woolen Textile
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SECTION-A
Q1. Water logging is one of the main cause of Land degradation in which of the following states? 1
A. Punjab B. Rajasthan
C. Assam D. Tamil Nadu
Q2. What was the major change that occurred in the political and constitutional scenario due to the French
Revolution in Europe? 1
Q3. Assume there are four families in a country. The average per capita income of these families is `5000.
If the income of three families is `4000, `7000 and `3000 respectively, what is the income of the
fourth family? 1
A. `7500 B. `3000
C. `2000 D. `6000

Different tiers of government govern the same citizens, but each tier has not its own jurisdiction in
specific matters of legislation, taxation and administration.
OR
Courts cannot interpret the constitution and also cannot exercise of their powers of different levels of
government.
Column A Column B
A. A form of guarantee against loan 1. Gomasthas
B. Supervise Weavers, collect supplies, and examine the quality of cloth 2. Shroffs & Chettairs
C. Group of bankers and traders who financed export of agriculture 3. Collateral
D. Caste system was based on exclusion and discrimination against 4. Outcaste
Q6. Which one of the following states recorded least per capita income in India according to 2013–14
data? 1
A. Madhya Pradesh B. Bihar

C. Haryana D. Uttar Pradesh
Q7. Study the picture and answer the questions that follow: 1
Which of the following option best suited the cartoon?

A. Silence is the first commandment of this learned society.
B. To avoid the eventality whereby a member of this club may succumb to the temptation of speech,
muzzles will be distributed to members upon entering.
C. Most of them imposed censorrhip laws to control what was said in newspapers, books, plays and
songs and reflected the ideas of liberty and freedom.
D. Both A and B
Q8. Complete the following table with correct information with regard to cultivation of cotton: 1
Soil type Number of frost free days Time to get matured
Cotton Black A–? B–?
Q9. For which purpose can government use trade barriers? 1
Q10. What is ‘Chutney music’? Where is it seen? 1

OR
‘A vibrant sea trade operated through the main pre-colonial ports’. Identify.
Q11. _____ a Kanpur mill Worker, wrote and published the book “Chhote Aur Bade Ka Sawal”. 1
OR
Cotton as a rawmaterial is produced by _____ sector.
Q12. What are ‘family laws’? 1
Q13. Which one of the following option best signifies this cartoon? 1
A. Lack of internal democracy

B. Money and muscle power
C. Corporate America controls all major institutions of the country
D. Most political parties do not practice open and transparent procedures

Q14. ‘Barriers on foreign and foreign investment were removed to a large extent in India since 1991.’ Justify
the statement. 1
Q15. Which one of the following is announced by the government in support of a crop? 1
A. Maximum support price B. Minimum support price
C. Moderate support price D. Influential support price
Q16. Rearing of silk worms for the production of silk fibre is known as _____ 1

(i) Evaporation from Oceans, Lakes and Streams
(ii) Condensation
(iii)Precipitation
(iv) Surface Runoff or Ground water Options:
A. (i) — (ii) — (iii) — (iv) B. (ii) — (iii) — (iv) — (1)
C. (i) — (iii) — (iv) — (ii) D. (iv) — (ii) — (iii) — (i)
Q18. Find the Incorrect option: 1

A. Kisan Credit Card, Personal Accident Insurance Scheme are some other schemes introduced to
benefit of the farmers
B. Mahatma Gandhi declared Vinoba Bhave as his spiritual heir
C. The Green Revolution based on the use of package technology and the white revolution were some
of the strategies initiated to improve the lot of Indian agriculture
D. Cotton is known as the golden fibre and grows well on well drained fertile soils in the flood plains
Q19. After arriving in India, _____ travelled to Champaran in Bihar in 1917 to inspire the peasants to struggle
against the oppressive plantation system. 1
OR
The Congress session at _____ in December 1920, a compromise was worked out and the Non-
Cooperation programme was adopted.
Q20. In the question given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read
the statements and chose the correct option: 1
Assertion (A): Conservative Regimes set up in 1815 were autocratic in France. They did not tolerate
criticism and dissent and sought to curb activities that questioned legitimacy of autocratic government.
Reason (R): Most of the regimes did not impose censorship laws to control what was said in newspapers.
Options:
SECTION-B
Q21. How do you differentiate federalism from a Unitary form of government? 3
Q22. Define average income. Write the demerit of using average income for comparing countries. 3
OR
Define secondary sector. Why is it called industrial sector? Give examples.
Q23. “It is not politics that gets caste ridden, it is the caste that gets politicized and it takes several forms”.
Justify. 3
Q24. Analyse the role of credit in development. 3

OR
How can you say that democracy is better than dictatorship?
Source A : Simon Commission
Against this background the new Tory government in Britain constituted a Statutory Commission
under Sir John Simon. Set up in response to the nationalist movement, the commission was 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.
Source B : Dominion Status
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.
This did not satisfy the Congress leaders. The radicals within the Congress, led by Jawaharlal Nehru
and Subhas Chandra Bose, became more assertive.
Source C : The Salt March
The most stirring of all was the demand to abolish the salt tax. Salt was something consumed by the
rich and the poor alike, and it was one of the most essential items of food. The tax on salt and the
government monopoly over its production, Mahatma Gandhi declared, revealed the most oppressive
face of British rule.
Source A : Simon Commission
25 (1) Why did Tory government set up Simon Commission?
Source B : Dominion Status
25 (2) Why did Lord Irwin announced dominion status?
Source C : The Salt March
25 (3) Why did Gandhiji find in salt is a powerful symbol of unity?
Q26. “Resource planning is a complex process”. Justify. 3

OR
“Production and consumption of steel is often regarded as the index of a country’s development.”
Examine the statement.
Q27. “Communalism can take various forms in politics.” Elucidate. 3
Q28. What is plantation farming? State two characteristics of plantation farming. Also mention two examples
of plantation crops. 3
SECTION-C
Q29. Explain the new economic and political situation created during the First World War in India. 5
Q30. Who inspired the tribal peasants of Andhra Pradesh and how? 5
OR
Describe the incident and impact of the Jallianwala Bagh.
Q31. What are Golden Quadrilateral Super Highways? What is their major objective? Explain Golden
Quadrilateral Super Highways. 5

In 1930, Sir Muhammad Iqbal, as president of the Muslim League, reiterated the importance of separate
electorates for the Muslims as an important safeguard for their minority political interests. His statement is
supposed to have provided the intellectual justification for the Pakistan demand that came up in subsequent
years. This is what he said: ‘I have no hesitation in declaring that if the principle that the Indian Muslim is
entitled to full and free development on the lines of his own culture and tradition in his own Indian home-
lands is recognised as the basis of a permanent communal settlement, he will be ready to stake his all for
the freedom of India. The principle that each group is entitled to free development on its own lines is not
inspired by any feeling of narrow communalism... A community which is inspired by feelings of ill-will
towards other communities is low and ignoble. I entertain the highest respect for the customs, laws, religions
and social institutions of other communities. Nay, it is my duty according to the teachings of the Quran, even
to defend their places of worship, if need be. Yet I love the communal group which is the source of life and
behaviour and which has formed me what I am by giving me its religion, its literature, its thought, its culture
and thereby its whole past as a living operative factor in my present consciousness... ‘Communalism in its
higher aspect, then, is indispensable to the formation of a harmonious whole in a country like India. The
units of Indian society are not territorial as in European countries... The principle of European democracy
cannot be applied to India without recognising the fact of communal groups. The Muslim demand for the
creation of a Muslim India within India is, therefore, perfectly justified... ‘The Hindu thinks that separate
electorates are contrary to the spirit of true nationalism, because he understands the word “nation” to mean a
kind of universal amalgamation in which no communal entity ought to retain its private individuality. Such a
state of things, however, does not exist. India is a land of racial and religious variety. Add to this the general
economic inferiority of the Muslims, their enormous debt, especially in the Punjab, and their insufficient
majorities in some of the provinces, as at present constituted and you will begin to see clearly the meaning
of our anxiety to retain separate electorates.
(i) Who was the president of the Muslim league in the year 1930?
(ii) To what extent do you agree that the demand for separate electorates by the Muslims was justified?
Give one reason.
(iii)What were the characteristics of the territories during the British India?
Q33. How did the concept of nation state develop in Europe? 5
Q34. Describe any three main features of Two-Party system.

OR
Where do MNCs set up their production units? Explain. 5
them: 1×2=2
(a) A place where Indian National Congress held its session in April, 1929.
(b) The place where Mahatma Gandhi presided the Indian National Congress Session.
(B) Locate and label any four of the following with appropriate symbols on the same given outline
(i) Tungabhadra dam
(ii) Tarapur Atomic Power Station
(iii)Tuticorin Port
(iv) Kerala — a leading rubber producing state
(v) Mohali software technology Park
(vi) Koraput — Bauxite deposits.
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SECTION-A
Column A Column B
A. High cost of borrowing 1. Monopoly
B. Complete control on trade and its management 2. Hosay
C. Annual Muharram procession in Trinidad 3. Caste Hierarchy
D. Class structure determined by birth 4. Increase the debt-burden
Q2. Iron ore belongs to which category of resources? 1

A. Non-renewable B. Biotic
C. renewable D. Flow

In the 1920s in England, popular works were sold in cheap series called cheepbook series.
OR
With the onset of the Great Depression in 1950s publishers feared a decline in book purchases.
Q4. Name the two types of federation. 1
A. 90 percent of income is distributed between the population

B. 90 percent of the income is stored with 10 percent of the population
C. Equal distribution of income
D. All of these
Q6. Complete the following table with correct information with regard to major multi-purpose
projects of India: 1
Name River States Benefitted
Hirakund A — ? Odisha and B — ?
C—? Bhagirathi Uttarakhand
Q7. All the activities in primary, secondary and tertiary sector are _____ on each other. 1
OR
Biogas and solar energy are the examples of _______ sources of energy.
Q8. Give two benefits of natural gas. 1

OR
What is demand deposit?
Q9. In the question given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason(R).
Read the statements and chose the correct option: 1
Assertion (A): The availability of resources is a necessary condition for the development of any
region, but mere availability of resources in the absence of corresponding changes in technology and
institutions may hinder development.
Reason (R): There are many regions in our country that are rich in resources but these are included in
economically backward regions.
Options:
A. A courier man loses all the letter.

B. Napoleon is represented in this image on his back to France.
C. Each letter dropping out of Napoleon bag bears the names of the territories which were lost by
Napoleon.
D. Both B and C
Q11. Which one of the following variable is not part of the Human Development Index? 1
A. Standard of living B. Knowledge
C. Long and healthy life D. Good income

Q12. Which one of the following is odd one? 1

A. Fishing B. Farming
C. Automobile D. Good gathering
Q13. In January 1871, the Prussian King, _____ was proclaimed German Experor in a ceremony held at
Versailles. 1
Q14. Pipeline transport network is a new arrival on the transportation map of India. In the past, these were
used to transport water to cities and industries. Now, these are used for transporting crude oil, petroleum
products and natural gas from oil and natural gas fields to refineries, fertilizer factories and big thermal
power plants. Solids can also be transported through a pipeline when converted into slurry. 1
Analyse the consumer movement information given above, considering one of the following correct
option:
A. Water transport is the cheapest means of transport.
B. The waterways are helpful in spreading the Indian commerce and culture.
C. Waterways are the ecofriendly means of transport.
D. All of the above
Q15. _____ is the value of all final goods and services produced within a country during a particular year.1
OR
In the year 2013-14, the _____ has emerged as the largest producing sector in India replacing the
primary
Q16. Studies on political and social inequalities in democracy show that: 1

A. democracy and development go together.
B. inequalities exist in democracies.
C. inequalities do not exist under dictatorship.
D. dictatorship is better than democracy.

(i) The first printed edition of the Ramcharitmanas
(ii) Rammohan Roy’s Sambad Kaumudi
(iii)The Deoband Seminary founded
(iv) Jam-i-jahan Nama and Shamsul Akhbar published
Options:
A. (i) — (ii) — (iii) — (iv)
B. (i) — (ii) — (iv) — (iii)
C. (i) — (iv) — (iii) — (ii)
D. (iii) — (ii) — (iv) — (i)
Q18. Why did Mahatma Gandhi organise the Champaran Satyagraha in Bihar? 1
Q19. Give one reason to show that the First World War was the ‘first modern industrial war’. 1
OR
Name a successful industrialist of Bengal who traded with China in the 1830s and 1840s.
Q20. Which one of the following is not part of vertical power sharing? 1
A. Central Government B. State Government
C. Local Government D. Executive
SECTION-B
Q21. Explain the system of Accommodation adopted in Belgium. 3
Q22. “People have conflicting developmental goals”. Support the statement with suitable example. 3
OR
Give a few examples of public sector activities and explain why the government has taken them up.
Q23. Describe the events of the French Revolution which had influenced the people belonging to other parts
of Europe. 3
Q24. What are the functions of money? 3

OR
Do democracies lead to peaceful and harmonious life among citizens? Clarify.
Source A : Issues of Caste Discrimination
From the late nineteenth century, issues of caste discrimination began to be written about in many
printed tracts and essays. Jyotiba Phule, the Maratha pioneer of low caste’ protest movements, wrote
about the injustices of the caste system in his Gulamgiri (1871). In the twentieth century, B.R. Ambedkar
in Maharashtra and E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker in Madras, better known as Periyar, wrote powerfully
on caste and their writings were read by people all over India.
Source B : Workers in Factories
Workers in factories were too overworked and lacked the education to write much about their
experiences. But Kashibaba, a Kanpur millworker, wrote and published Chhote Aur Bade Ka Sawal in
1938 to show the links between caste and class exploitation. The poems of another Kanpur millworker,
who wrote under the name of Sudarshan Chakr between 1935 and 1955, were brought together and
published in a collection called Sacchi Kavitayan. By the 1930s, Bangalore cotton millworkers set up
libraries to educate themselves, following the example of Bombay workers. These were sponsored by
social reformers who tried to restrict excessive drinking among them, to bring literacy and, sometimes,
to propagate the message of nationalism.
Source C : The Vernacular Press Act
After the revolt of 1857, the attitude to freedom of the press changed. Enraged Englishmen demanded
a clamp down on the ‘native’ press. As vernacular newspapers became assertively nationalist, the
colonial government began debating measures of stringent control. In 1878, the Vernacular Press Act
was passed, modelled on the Irish Press Laws. It provided the government with extensive rights to
censor reports and editorials in the vernacular press.
Source A : Issues of Caste Discrimination
25 (1) Who was Jyotiba Phule?
Source B : Workers in Factories
25 (2) How did the message of nationalism propagate?
Source C : The Vernacular Press Act
25 (3) What do you mean by the Vernacular Press Act?
Q26. Cite the reasons why multipurpose projects and large dams have come under great scrutiny and
opposition. 3
OR
Describe three characteristics of ‘Odisha-Jharkhand belt of iron ore in India.

Q27. ‘Every social difference does not lead to social division’. Support your answer with suitable
examples. 3
Q28. What is the meaning of development? Explain the two aspects of development. 3
OR
Explain what do you understand by ‘Right to Choose’ in the study of Consumer Rights.
SECTION-C
Q29. Describe any five steps taken by the government of India to increase the productivity of agriculture in
India. 5
Q30. “Ours is still a male dominated, patriarchal society. Women face disadvantage, discrimination and
oppression in various ways.” Discuss. 5
OR
How did print culture affect women in the nineteenth century India? Explain.
Q31. Why does the textile industry occupy a unique position in the Indian economy? 5
The exchange of goods among people, states and countries is referred to as trade. The market is the
place where such exchanges take place. Trade between two countries is called international trade. It
may take place through sea, air or land routes. While local trade is carried in cities, towns and villages,
state level trade is carried between two or more states. Advancement of international trade of a country
is an index to its economic prosperity. It is, therefore, considered the economic barometer for a country.
As the resources are space bound, no country can survive without international trade. Export and
import are the components of trade. The balance of trade of a country is the difference between its
export and import. When the value of export exceeds the value of imports, it is called a favourable
balance of trade. On the contrary, if the value of imports exceeds the value of exports, it is termed as
unfavourable balance of trade.
India has trade relations with all the major trading blocks and all geographical regions of the world.
The commodities exported from India to other countries include gems and jewellery, chemicals and
related products, agriculture and allied products, etc.
The commodities imported to India include petroleum crude and products, gems and jewellery,
chemicals and related products, base metals, electronic items, machinery, agriculture and allied
products. India has emerged as a software giant at the international level and it is earning large foreign
exchange through the export of information technology.
(i) What do you mean by international trade?
(ii) What is meant by favourable and unfavourable balance of trade?
(iii)What are the commodities export and imported by India in international trade?
Q33. “The Habsburg Empire that ruled over Austria-Hungary, for example, was a patchwork of many
different regions and peoples”. Justify. 5
Q34. Describe the development which led to the launching of Non-Cooperation movement. 5
OR
What is meant by ‘defection’ in democracy? Explain.
them: l×2=2
(a) The place where Gandhji led the cotton mill workers’ agitation.
(b) The place where the peasants struggled against the indigo plantation system.
(B) Locate and label any four of the following with appropriate symbols on the same given outline
(i) Tamil Nadu – tea, coffee and sugarcane producing state
(ii) Hirakud dam
(iii)Digboi oil field
(iv) Bhadravati – Iron and Steel Plant
(v) Raja Sansi Airport
(vi) Neyveli – Coal Mines
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