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i.I
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einstruct
ionsar egivenwitheachsect i
onandquest ion,wherever
necessar y.

SECTI
ONA
(
1X16=16)
1.TheNat i
onalassembl
yofFr
ancev
otedi
nApr
il1792t
odecl
arewaragai
nst
…….
.
(1)
a)France&Prussia
b)Paris&Austr
ia
c)Prussi
a&Aust r
ia
d)Noneoftheabov e

2.Howcany ousayt
hatthe‘l
iberal
s’werenot‘
democr
ats’
? (
1)
a)Theybeli
evedi
nuniver
saladultf
ranchi
se
b)Pri
vi
legetoMenwithpropert
y
c)Theywereagai
nstv
oti
ngr
ight
stowomen
d)Alloft
heabove

3.Whatwas‘ Sceptr
e’? (
1)
a)Royalrepresentati
ve
b)Syst
em ofdi scri
mi nat
ion
c)Symbol ofroyalpower
d)Form oftax

4.
Inwhichtypeofdrai
nagepatter
ndot
het
ri
but
ari
eshav
eri
ghtangl
edbendsandr
ightangl
ed
j
unct
ionsbet
weenthetr
ibut
ari
es?
(1)

a) Dendr it
icpat
ter
n
b) Radi alpat
ter
n
c) Rect angul
arpat
ter
n
d) Tr ell
i
spatter
n
5.Thetot
allengthoft
hecoast
li
neofI
ndi
aincl
udi
ngAndamanandNi
cobarandLakshadweepI
slands
i
s?
(1)
a)7516.6km
b)7726.6km
c)6752.6km
d)6000km

6.Thewi
dthofHi
mal
ayasv
ari
esbet
ween?
(1)

a)100-
250km
b)150-
400km
c)150-
450km
d)120-
240km

7.Whi
chriv
erdrai
nst
heChot
anagpurPl
ateau? (
1)
a)Mahanadi
b)Kri
shna
c)Narmada
d)Damodar

8.Whati
sthet
otal
lengt
hofr
iverMahanadi
? (
1)
a)860km
b)680km
c)900km
d)960km

9.Sincei
tsi
ndependencei
n__
___
___
___
,Mexi
cohol
dsel
ect
ionsaf
terev
erysi
xyear
stoel
ecti
ts
Presi
dent
.
(
1)
a)1940
b)1950
c)1930
d)1920
10.Whowast hePresi
dentofZi
mbabwe?
(1)
a)NelsonChamsi
a
b)RobertMugabe
c)GraceMugabe
d)RobertCl
iv
e

11.Whenwast heconst
it
uti
onofI
ndi
apassedbyt
heConst
it
uentAssembl
y?
(1)
a)27thNov
ember1950
b)27thNovember1949
th
c)26 November1949
d)26thNovember1950

12Whatar
erabi
crops? (
1)

13.
Moneyi nhandi sanexampl
eof
(1)
a)Humancapi tal  
  
  
  
  
  
b)Fixedcapit
al 
   
  
   
  
  
c)Wor ki
ngcapital 
   
  
 
d)Phy si
calcapital

14.Forthegivenquest i
ont wostatementsaregiven-onelabeledAsserti
on(A)andt heotherlabel
ed
Reason(R).Selectthecorrectanswerfrom thecodes( a),
(b),
(c)
and(d)asgi venbel
ow.
Assert
ion (
A):Human  resource 
isnecessaryfort
hepr ogressofanycount ry
.
(1)
Reason(
​ R):Invest
menti neducat i
onandheal t
hof people canresul
tinahighr at
eofreturn.
a)BothAandRar et r
ueandRi sthecorrectexpl
anationoft heasser
tion.
b)Bot
hAandRar etruebutRi snotthecor r
ectexplanati
onoft heasserti
on.
c)AistruebutRi sfalse.
d)AisfalsebutRi strue.

15.
Whi chofthefoll
owi
ngi
sthemostl
abourabsor
bingsect
orsoft
heI
ndi
aneconomy
?
(1)
a)Pri
mar ysector
b)ter
ti
arysector
c)Secondarysector
d)Pri
vatesector

16.
Theact
ivi
ti
esthatr
esul
tint
hepr
oduct
ionofgoodsandser
vicesandaddv
aluet
othenat
ional
i
ncomearecall
ed____
___
(1)

SECTI
ONB
 (
3X6=18)
17Whatwer
etheemer
gencymeasur
esadopt
edbySt
ali
n?
(3)

18Expl
aint
ri
angul
arsl
avet
radecar
ri
edondur
ing18t
hand19t
hcent
ury
.
(3)

19.Dif
ferent
iat
ebet
weent
heeast
erncoast
alpl
ainsandt
hewest
erncoast
alpl
ains.Li
stanyt
hree
di
ffer
ences.(3)

20.How faritiscorr
ectt
osayt
hatt
hegov
ernmentofPRIi
nMexi
cowasanondemocr
ati
c
gover
nment?Giv
eargument
s.
(
3)

21.
Moder
nfar
mingmet
hodsr
equi
remor
einput
swhi
char
emanuf
act
uredi
nindust
ry.Doy
ouagr
ee?
(3)

22.Whati
sther
oleofeducat
ioni
nhumancapi
tal
for
mat
ion?
(3)

SECTI
ONC
(
4x4=16)

23Readt hesour ceandanswert hef ol

lowingquest i
ons:
(4)
Theki nghadcommandedt r
oopst omov ei nt
ot heci ty.Rumor sspreadt hathewoul dsoonor dert he
armyt oopenf i
reupont hecitizens.Some7000menandwomengat heredi nfrontoft het ownhal l
anddeci dedtof orm apeople’smi l
i
tia.Theybr okei ntoanumberofgov ernmentbui l
dingsi nsear chof
arms.Fi nall
yagr oupofsev eralhundr edpeopl emar chedt owar dstheeast ernpar toft heci tyand
stormedt hef or
tresspr i
son,t
heBast i
ll
e,wheret heyhopedt of indhoardedammuni ti
on.Int hear med
fi
ghtthatf oll
owedt hecommanderoft heBast i
l
lewaski ll
edandt hepr i
soner srel
eased- thought here
wereonl ysev enoft hem.Yett heBast i
l
lewashat edbyal l
,becausei tstoodf orthedespot icpowerof
thekings.Thef ortresswasdemol i
shedandi t
sst onef ragment swer esoldi nthemar ketst oal lt
hose
whowi shedt okeepasouv eni rofi tsdestructi
on.Theday st hatfoll
owedsaw mor er i
ot ingbot hi n
Parisandt hecount r
ysi
de.Mostpeopl ewer epr otesti
ngagai nstpr i
ceofbr ead.Muchl ater,when
hist
orianslookedbackupont hist i
me, theysawi tast hebegi nnerofachai nofev ent
st hatul t
imately
l
edt ot heexecut ionoft heki ngi nFr ance,thoughmostpeopl eatthet imedi dnotant ici
pat ethis
outcome.

Answert hefol
lowingMCQ’ Sbychoosi
ngthewrit
eopti
ons.
23.()On14th Jul
i y1789thepeopleof__
_ _
___
__est
ateatt
ackedt
heBast
il
lepr
isonandf
reedal
lthe
pri
soners si gnaledthestar
tofthe_
___
_ _
___
_
a)Fir
st,ci
v i
lwar
b)Fourt
h, Russi
anwar
c)Second, movement
d)Thir
d, r
evolut
ion

23.
(i
i)Whichofthefol
l
owingstat
ementisincorr
ect
?
a)TheBasti
ll
ewasthefort
resspr
ison
b)TheBasti
ll
estoodf
orthedemocraticpoweroft
heki
ng
 c)Onthemorning14thJul
y1789,
thepeopl
eofPar
isst
ormedBast
il
le
d)Al
larecor
rect

23(ii
i)Inthequesti
ongivenbelow,t
herearetwostatement smar kedasAssert
ion(
A)andReason(
R).
Readt he statementsandchoosethecorrectopti
on.
Assert
ion(A)ThepeopleofFrancestormtheBast i
l
le
Reason(B)Theyar ehopefultofindkingLouisXI Vandf indthecommanderoftheBast
il
le
ther
e
a)BothAandRar ecorr
ectandRisthecorrectexplanati
onofA
b)BothAandRar ecorr
ectbutRisnotthecorrectexplanationofA
c)AiscorrectbutRiswrong
d)BothAandRar ewrong

23(
iv)Whatwasthei
mmedi at
ecauseofri
oti
ngi
nPar
is?
a)Atr
oci
ti
esbythecommander
b)Thehi
ghpri
ceofbread
c)Theki
l
li
ngofwomenandchildr
en
d)All
oft
hese

24.Readt
hesour
ceandanswert
hef
oll
owi
ngquest
ions:
(4)

Indiahasmanyl akes.Thesedi f
ferf r
om eachot herint hesi ze,andot hercharact eristi
cs.Mostl akes
areper manent ;somecont ai
nwat eronl yduringt her ainyseason, li
kethelakesi nt hebasi nsofi nland
drainageofsemi -aridregions.Ther ear esomeoft hel akeswhi char ether esul toft heact ionof
glaciersandi cesheet s,whi l
et heot hershav ebeenf or medbywi nd,riv
eracti
on, andhumanact ivi
ties.
Ameander i
ngr iv
eracr ossaf l
oodpl ai
nf ormscut -offsthatl aterdev el
opintoox- bowl akes.Spitsand
barsf orml agoonsi nthecoast alar eas,egt heChi li
kaLake,t hePul i
catLakeandt heKol ler
uLake.
Lakesi nt her egionofi nlanddr ainagear esomet i
messeasonal ;forexample,t heSambharLakei n
Rajasthan,whi chi sasal twat erl ake.Itswat erisusedf orpr oducingsalt
.Mostoft hef reshwat er
l
akesar eint heHi mal ayanr egion.Theyar eofgl acialor igin.Inot herwords,theyar eformedwhen
glaciersdugoutabasi n,whichwasl aterfi
l
ledwi thsnowmel t.TheWul arLakeinJammuandKashmi r,
i
nCont rast,i
st her esul
toft het ectonicactivity.Itisthel argestf reshwaterl
akei nI ndia.TheDalLake,
Bhimt al,Naini
tal,LoktakandBar apaniar esomeot herimpor tantfreshwaterlakes.Apar tfrom nat ural
l
akes,t hedammi ngoft her iversf orthegener at
ionofhy delpowerhasal soledt ot hef ormat i
onof
LakessuchasGobi ndSagar( Bhakr aNangal Pr oj
ect).
24(.i)Namet hel argestfreshwat erlakeofI ndi a?
a)SambharLake
b)Kol l
eruLake
c)Nai ni
tal l
ake
d)Wul arLake

24(
.i
i)Namet het ypeofl
akef
ormedduet
hemeander
ingact
ionoft
her
iver
?
a)Lagoon
b)Sal twaterl ake
c)Ox- bowl ake
d)Inlanddr ainage

24(
.i
ii
)Int hequesti
ongivenbel
ow,therearet wostatement
smarkedasAssert
ion(A)andReason
(R)
.Readthestatementsandchoosethecorrectopt
ion.
Assert
ion(A)Mostofthefr
eshwaterlakesarelocat
edint
heHimal
ayanregion.
Reason(R)Theselakesar
eglaci
alinorigi
n
 a)BothAandRar ecorr
ectandRi
sthecor
rectexplanati
onofA
b)BothAandRar ecorr
ectbutRi
snott
hecorrectexplanat
ionofA
c)Aiscor
rectbutRiswrong
d)BothAandRar ewrong

24.
(i
v)Whichoneofthef
oll
owi
ngi
snotanat
ural
lake?
a)Chil
ikaLake
b)GovindSagarl
ake
c)Puli
katlake
d)Loktaklake

25.Readt hesour ceandanswert hef ollowi ngquest i

ons:
(4)
Democr acypr ovidesamet hodt odealwi t
hdi ff
er encesandconf li
cts.Inanysoci etypeopl ear ebound
tohav edi fferencesofopi nionsandi nt erests.Thesedi fferencesar epar t
icularl
yshar pinacount ry
l
ikeour swhi chhasanamazi ngsoci aldi versi
ty.Peopl ebel ongt odi ff
erentregi ons,speakdi ff
erent
l
anguages,pr act i
ce di ffer
entr eligions and hav e diff
er entcast es.Theyl ookatt he wor l
dv ery
different l
yandhav edi ffer
entpr efer ences.Thepr eferencesofonegr oupcancl ashwi tht hoseof
othergr oups.How dower esolv esuchaconf l
ict?Theconf l
ictcanbesol vedbybr utalpower .
Whi chev ergr oupi smor epower fulwi lldictateitst ermsandot herswi l
lhav etoacceptt hat.Butt hat
woul dl eadt or esent mentandunhappi ness.Di fferentgr oupsmaynotbeabl etol i
vet ogetherf orl
ong
i
nsuchaway .Democr acypr ov i
dest heonl ypeacef ulsolutiont ot hispr oblem.I ndemocr acy ,noone
i
saper manentwi nner .Noonei saper manentl oser.Di fferentgr oupscanl ivewi t
honeanot her
peacef ul l
y.I nadi versecount ryl ikeI ndia,democr acykeepsourcount ryt ogether.Theset hree
argument swer eaboutt heef fectsofdemocr acyont hequal i
tyofgov ernmentandsoci allif
e.Butt he
strongestar gumentf ordemocr acyi snotaboutwhatdemocr acydoest othegov ernment .Itisabout
whatdemocr acydoest otheci ti
zens.Ev eni fdemocr acydoesnotbr ingaboutbet terdeci si
onsand
account ablegov ernment ,i
tisst i
llbet terthanot herformsofgov ernment .Democr acyenhancest he
dignityofci ti
zens.Aswedi scussedabov e,democr acyi sbasedont hepr inci
pleofpol it
icalequality
,
onr ecogni zingt hatt hepoor estandt hel easteducat edhast hesamest at
usast her ichandt he
educat ed.Peopl ear enotsubj ectsofar uler,theyar et her uler st hemsel ves.Ev enwhent heymake
mi stakes, theyar er esponsi blef ort heirconduct .

Answert
hef
oll
owi
ngMCQ’
Sbychoosi
ngt
hewr
it
eopt
ions.

25(i)Whichoft hefollowingi st hebestar gumenti nfavourofdemocr acy?

a)Armyi st hemostdi scipli
nedandcor r
uption-f
reeor ganizationinthecount ry
.Theref
orear my
should rulethecount ry.
b)Thegov ernmentownst her adioandt elevisi
onint hecount r
y.All
t henewspaper shav et oget
permissiont hegov ernmentt opubl ishanynewsaboutgov ernment’spoliciesandpr ot
ests.
c)Ruleoft hemaj oritymeanst herul eofignorantpeopl e.Whatweneedi st herul
eofthewi se,
evenif theyar ei nsmal lnumber s.
d)Peopl ear enotsubj ectsofar ul
eri nademocr acy,theyar et heruler
st hemselves.Theycan
re corr
ectt heirmi stakes.
25( i
i)“Therei snoguar ant eet hatmi stakescannotbemadei ndemocr at
icf orm ofgov ernance.
Howev ersti
lldemocr acyi sthebestwayofsol v
inganyki ndofdi sagreement ”
.Whi chofthefollowing
stat
ementf i
tbestt othegi v
enar gument .
a)Peopl earenotsubj ectedtoar uler.
b)Allci
t i
zenshav er i
ghtt ov ote.
c)Decisionsar emadewi thdiscussi onsandconsul t
ations.
d)Peopl edon’thav echoi ces.
25(i
ii)Assessthecondi t
iont hatappliedt othewayademocr at
icgov
ernmenti
srunaf
tert
he
el
ect
ions.
a)Peoplecannotcri
ti
cizethegov ernment.
b)Peopleri
ghtsshouldber espectedanditmustbepr
otect
edbyl
aw.
c)Realpowerli
esinthehandsofl eader
s
d)Alloft
heabov e

25(
iv)Whatdoy ouunderst
andbyr oom ofcor r
ecti
on?
a)I
nparli
amentarymeetingsdiscussionswill
bemade
b)Democracyisbasedonequal it
yandgi vi
ngequalr
ight
s
c)I
tisonl
yindemocr acythemi st
akesar eadmitt
edandcor
rect
ed.
d)Repr
esentat
ivefor
m ofdemocr acyisbestfor
m.

26.Readt hesour cegivenbel owandanswert hequest ionst hatfoll

ow: (4)
Unempl oy menti ssai dtoexi stwhenpeopl ewhoar ewi ll
ingt owor katt hegoi ngwagescannotf ind
j
obs.Thewor kforcepopul ationi ncludespeopl ef r
om 15y earst o59y ears.IncaseofI ndia,wehav e
unempl oy menti nr uralandur banar eas.Howev er,thenat ureofunempl oymentdi ffersi nruraland
urbanar eas.Int hecaseofr uralar eas,therei sseasonalanddi sguisedunempl oy ment .Ur banar eas
havemost lyeducat edunempl oy ment .Seasonalunempl oymenthappenswhenpeopl ear enotablet o
fi
ndj obsdur i
ngsomemont hsoft hey ear.Peopl edependantuponagr icult
ureusual l
yf acesuchki nd
ofpr obl
em.Ther ear ecertainbusyseasonswhensowi ng, harvesti
ng, weedingandt hreshi ngaredone.
Certainmont hsdonotpr ov idemuchwor kt ot hepeopl edependantonagr icult
ur e.Incaseof
disguisedunempl oy mentpeopl eappeart obeempl oyed.Theyhav eanagr i
culturalpl otwher et hey
fi
ndwor k.Thisusual l
yhappensamongf amilymember sengagedi nagr i
cult
uralact i
v i
ty.Thewor k
requirest heser v i
ceoff i
v epeopl ebutengagesei ghtpeopl e.Thr eepeopl ear eext ra.Theset hree
peopl eal sowor kint hesamepl otast heot her s.Thecont ributi
onmadebyt het hreeext rapeopl e
doesnotaddt othecont r
ibutionmadebyt hef iv
epeopl e.Ifthr eepeoplear eremov edt hepr oductivit
y
ofthef ieldwi l
lnotdecl ine.Thef i
eldr equirest heser vi
ceoff i
vepeopl eandt het hreeext rapeoplear e
disguisedasunempl oyed.I ncaseofur banar easeducat edunempl oymenthasbecomeacommon
phenomenon.Manyy outhswi thmat r
iculati
on,gr aduationandpost -
graduationdegr eesar enotabl e
tofindaj ob.

Answert
hef
oll
owi
ngMCQsbychoosi
ngt
hemostappr
opr
iat
eopt
ion:

26.(
i)I
nwhi
choft
hef
oll
owi
ngf
iel
dsi
sdi
sgui
sedunempl
oymentf
ound?

a) I
ndustr
ies
b) Agri
cul
tur
e
c) Mini
ng
d) Fi
sheri
es

26(i
i
)Ifaper
soninrur
al ar
eascannotf
indj
obsdur
ingsomemont
hsoft
hey
ear
,whi
cht
ypeof
employ
mentist
hiscal
led?

a) Struct
ural
unempl
oyment
b) Educatedunempl
oyment
c) Seasonalunempl
oyment
d) Disgui
sedunemploy
ment
 26.(
ii
i)Theper
sonswhoar
enotwor
kingbychoi
cear
ecov
eredunder_
___
___
_.

a)seasonalunempl
oyment
b)disgui
sedunemploy
ment
c)educatedunempl
oyment
d)noneofthese

26.(
iv)AtPal
ampurvi
l
lage,
inanagr
icul
tur
alfi
eld6menar
erequi
redf
orweedi
ng,
but10peopl
ear
e
doi
ngt hewor
k.Thi
ski
ndofemploymentisknownas:

a) Disgui
sedunempl oy
ment
b) Seasonal unemployment
c) Ruralunempl oy
ment
d) Allofthese

SECTI
OND
(5x5=25)
27WhowasTsarNi
col
asI
I?El
abor
atet
her
easonswhyTsar
istaut
ocr
acysubsi
desi
n1917?
(5)

28.“TheI
ndi
anl
andmasshasacent
rall
ocat
ionbetweent
heeastandt
hewest
”.Howdi
dther
out
es
acr
osstheHi
malay
asandtheTr
ansIndi
anOceanrouteaf
fect
hecount
ry?
(5)

29.Wr
it
eanyf
ivear
gument
sagai
nstdemocr
acy
.
(5)

30Expl
aint
het
ermsSov
erei
gn,
Soci
ali
st,
Secul
ar,
Democr
ati
candRepubl
i
c.
(5)

31Howdi
dthespr
eadofel
ect
ri
cit
yhel
pfar
mer
sinPal
ampur
?
(5)

SECTI
ON-
EMAPSKI
LLBASEDQUESTI
ON
(
2+3=5)
32(
a)Ont
hewor
ldmapmar
ktheal
l
iedpower
sinv
olv
edi
nWor
ldWarI
.
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b)Ont
heout
li
nemapofI
ndi
a,mar
kandl
abel
thef
oll
owi
ng:

(
i) Westernmostext
entofI
ndi
a
(
ii
)Ar av
aliranges
(
ii
i)Tapiri
ver