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First Term Exam (2021-22)

CBSE Class 10 Social Science
Sample Paper - 06 (MCQ Based)

Maximum Marks: 40 Marks

Time Allowed: 90 Minutes

General Instructions:

i. This question paper is prepared by the team of teachers at myCBSEguide.

ii. It contains 40 questions including MCQ, Case Study, Map and Assertion & Reasoning.
iii. myCBSEguide questions 1-28 are based on Multiple Choice Questions.
iv. myCBSEguide questions 29-33 are based on Assertion & Reasoning Questions.
v. myCBSEguide questions 34 to 37 are based on Case Study Questions.
vi. myCBSEguide questions 38 to 40 are based on Maps.

1. What is Suffrage?
a. The right to information
b. The right to speech
c. The right to vote
d. The right to freedom
2. Which one of the following is not the benefit of power-sharing?
a. Ensures political stability in the long run
b. It upholds the spirit of democracy
c. All political parties get their expected share
d. Reduces the possibility of conflicts between social groups
3. Data for two countries A and B are given below:
Monthly incomes of citizens of A & B:
I II III IV V

A: 9500 9600 10000 10400 10500

B: 3000 2000 5000 4000 36000

Based on the data which of the countries is more happier?
a. Neither of these
b. Both
c. A
d. B
4. Who was frightened by the Mazzini’s relentless opposition to monarchy and his vision of democratic
republics?
a. Aristocrats
b. Moderates
c. Liberals
d. Conservatives
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5. Slash and burn, shifting farming is referred to as ________ in north-eastern states like Assam,
Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Nagaland.
a. primitive
b. tribal
c. jhumming
d. pamlou
6. This soil cover the plateaus of Maharashtra, Saurashtra, Malwa, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh:
a. Alluvial soils
b. Black soils
c. Laterite soils
d. Red soils
7. ________ is the political head of the municipality.
a. District Collector
b. Panch
c. Municipal chairperson
d. Sarpanch
8. Increase in income level leads to:
a. Increase in underemployment
b. Widening of the gap between rich and poor
c. Increase in population
d. The demand for services like eating out, tourism, shopping, private hospitals, schools, etc.
9. Read the following events relating to the year 1848 and tick the incorrect event.
a. Barricades were erected and Louis Philippe was forced to flee
b. National workshops to provide employment were set up
c. Food shortages and widespread unemployment brought the population of Paris out on the roads
d. National Assembly proclaimed a Constitutional Monarchy, granted suffrage to all adult males
above 18 and guaranteed the right to work
10. In states like Assam, West Bengal, and Odisha, which three crops of paddy are grown in a year?
a. Jiman, Paddy, Super
b. Jass, Bora, Asan
c. Aus, Aman, and Boro
d. Kora, Pora, Uman
11. In India, the third tier of the government is called:
a. Union or Central
b. Provincial or State
c. Panchayat or Municipality
d. Official or Public
12. Only income is not the proper indicator of the development of the country. Which of the following is
not correct in the context of the above statement?
a. Money cannot ensure a pollution-free environment for individuals
b. Money does not ensure respect and dignity for individuals
c. Some people earn more than others do
d. Money helps us buy only material goods and services
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a. 60%
b. 39%
c. 80%
d. 59%
14. Sector having a formal process and procedure:
a. Household sector
b. Agricultural sector
c. Unorganized sector
d. Organized sector
15. The panchayat works under the overall supervision of the:
a. State government
b. Gram sabha
c. Block level
d. Zilla parishad
16. ________ is the staple food crop of a majority of the people in India.
a. maize
b. jowar
c. wheat
d. rice
17. While calculating GDP, we do not add the value of:
a. Final goods
b. Final services
c. Final goods and services
d. Intermediate goods
18. Consider the following two statements on power sharing and select the answer using the codes given
below:
A. Power sharing is good for democracy.
B. It helps to reduce the possibility of conflict between social groups.
Which of these statements are true and false?
a. Both A and B are true
b. Both A and B are false
c. A is true but B is false
d. A is false but B is true
19. Which of the following is a private enterprise?
a. Indian Postal department
b. Indian Railways
c. MTNL
d. WIPRO
20. The given statements pertains to "Hunger, Hardship and Popular Revolt"
i. The 1840s were years of great economic hardship in Europe.
ii. In most countries there were more seekers of jobs than employment
iii. In 1845, weavers in Silesia had led a revolt against contractors who supplied them raw material
and gave them orders for finished textiles but drastically reduced their payments.
a. Both i and ii
b. ii and iii
c. i only
d. iii only

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21. The Union and State governments have the power to raise resources by ________ in order to carry on the
government.
a. demanding money
b. threatening
c. levying taxes
d. selling goods
22. Which of these is a characteristic of unorganised sector?
a. Provision for paid leave
b. Employment is not secure
c. Job security
d. Registered by government
23. What do you mean by Cultruable wasteland?
a. Land left cultivated for more than ten agricultural years
b. Land left uncultivated for more than five agricultural years
c. Land left cultivated for more than five agricultural years
d. Land left uncultivated for more than ten agricultural years
24. It is the law-making organ of the government.
a. Defence
b. Legislature
c. Executive
d. Judiciary
25. Oranges of which place in India has great demand in the market?
a. Hyderabad and Chennai
b. Bombay and Banglore
c. Nagpur and Cherrapunjee
d. Delhi and Shimla
26. Sri Lanka is an island nation, just a few kilometres off the southern coast of:
a. Karnataka
b. Maharashtra
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Kerala
27. What is the full form of HDI?
a. Human decision index
b. Human delimitation index
c. Human develop index
d. Human development index
28. Identify the personality from the given information.
i. He led the movement to unify the regions of Italy was neither a revolutionary nor a democrat.
ii. Through his tactful diplomatic alliance with France, Sardinia-Piedmont succeeded in defeating the
Austrian forces in 1859.
a. Giuseppe Garibaldi
b. Victor Emmanuel II
c. Cavour
d. Otto von Bismarck

For question numbers 29-33, two statements are given- one labeled Assertion (A) and the other labeled
Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given

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below:

a. Assertion and reason both are correct statements and reason is correct explanation for assertion.
b. Assertion and reason both are correct statements but reason is not correct explanation for assertion.
c. Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.
d. Assertion is wrong statement but reason is correct statement.

29. Assertion: Germany, Italy, and Switzerland were divided into kingdoms, duchies, and cantons whose
rulers had their autonomous territories.
Reason: They were closely bound to each other in spite of their autonomous rule.
30. Assertion: India has experienced some significant changes in the contribution to GDP by the primary
sector
Reason: In terms of GDP, the service sector emerged as the largest producing sector in India replacing the
primary sector.
31. Assertion: Suppose the literacy rate in a state is 78% and the net attendance ratio in the secondary stage is
47%.
Reason: More than half of the students are going to other states for elementary education.
32. Assertion: Controlling mining activities doesn't control land degradation.
Reason: In states like Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra deforestation has occurred
due to overgrazing, not mining.
33. Assertion: India is a federation.
Reason: Power resides with the central authority.

Answer questions 34-37 based on the following case study:

Read the source given below and answer the questions that follow:
Parallel to the revolts of the poor, unemployed and starving peasants and workers in many European countries
in the year 1848, a revolution led by the educated middle classes was underway. Events of February 1848 in
France had brought about the abdication of the monarch and a republic based on universal male suffrage had
been proclaimed. 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. In the German regions, a large number of political associations whose
members were middle-class professionals, businessmen and prosperous artisans came together in the city of
Frankfurt and decided to vote for an all-German National Assembly. On 18 May 1848, 831 elected
representatives marched in a festive procession to take their places in the Frankfurt parliament convened in
the Church of St Paul. They drafted a constitution for the German nation to be headed by a monarchy subject to
a parliament. When the deputies offered the crown on these terms to Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia, he
rejected it and joined other monarchs to oppose the elected assembly. While the opposition of the aristocracy
and military became stronger, the social basis of parliament eroded. The parliament was dominated by the
middle classes who resisted the demands of workers and artisans and consequently lost their support. In the
end, troops were called in and the assembly was forced to disband.
Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option:

34. Why did the Frankfurt Parliament fail to achieve its goal?
a. Women were excluded from the membership
b. It did not have the support of the peasants
c. Kaiser William refused to accept the crown and opposed the assembly

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d. None of the above

35. What was the strong demand of the emerging middle-classes in Europe during the 19th century?
a. Demands of constitutionalism with national unification
b. Demands of new commercial classes
c. Demands of a unified economic province
d. All of these
36. Which of the following is not true with respect to the "Frankfurt Parliament"?
a. A large number of political associations decided to vote for an all-German National Assembly
b. The Frankfurt parliament convened in the church of St Paul
c. The opposition of the aristocracy and military to the parliament grew stronger
d. The social basis of parliament eroded because it was dominated by the prosperous artisans
37. Which of the following title best describes the given extract?
a. A New Conservatism after 1815
b. The Aristocracy and the New Middle Class
c. The Revolution of the Liberals
d. Nationalism and Imperialism

Answer questions 38-40 based on the following Maps

On the map of India, some places are labelled as A, B and C. Answer the questions below based on these labels.

38. In this map, label A represents:

a. Salal Dam
b. Bhakra Nangal Dam
c. Tehri Dam
d. Rana Pratap Sagar Dam
39. In this map, label B represents:
a. Maharashtra - Major Cotton Producer

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b. Gujarat - Major Cotton Producer

c. Madhya Pradesh - Major Cotton Producer
d. Karnataka - Major Cotton Producer
40. In this map, label C represents:
a. Laterite Soil - Western Maharashtra
b. Laterite Soil - Odisha
c. Arid Soils - Western Rajasthan
d. Laterite Soil – Manipur

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Sample Paper - 06 (MCQ Based)

Class 10 - Social Science

Solution

1. (c) The right to vote

Explanation: Suffrage - The right to vote
2. (c) All political parties get their expected share
Explanation: Firstly, power-sharing is good because it helps to reduce the possibility of conflict
between social groups. Since social conflict often leads to violence and political instability, power-
sharing is a good way to ensure the stability of political order. It also upholds the spirit of democracy.
3. (c) A
Explanation: Both the countries have equal per capita income but A has more equitable distribution of
income while in B most of the income is concentrated with person V. Therefore in case of country A all
citizens would be happy, however in case of B only person V will be happy.
4. (d) Conservatives
Explanation: Mazzini’s relentless opposition to monarchy and his vision of democratic republics
frightened the conservatives.
5. (c) jhumming
Explanation: It is Jhumming in north-eastern states like Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Nagaland;
Pamlou in Manipur, Dipa in Bastar district of Chhattishgarh, and in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
6. (b) Black soils
Explanation: Black Soils cover the plateaus of Maharashtra, Saurashtra, Malwa, Madhya Pradesh, and
Chhattisgarh and extend in the southeast direction along the Godavari and the Krishna valleys. It
has been developed by the weathering of the Deccan lava. The soil is suitable for growing cotton. These
soils cover an extensive area of 300,000 km sq.
7. (c) Municipal chairperson
Explanation: A Municipal Chairperson is the political head of the municipality. He inspects all the
records of the municipality and directs the secretary to submit all the records necessary for the
inspection by the government.
8. (d) The demand for services like eating out, tourism, shopping, private hospitals, schools, etc.
Explanation: An increase in income leads to the development of the tertiary sector or services sector
as the increase in income demand for the services will increase which in turn will lead to the
development of the tertiary sector.
9. (d) National Assembly proclaimed a Constitutional Monarchy, granted suffrage to all adult males above
18 and guaranteed the right to work
Explanation: National Assembly proclaimed a Constitutional Monarchy, granted suffrage to all adult
males above 21 and guaranteed the right to work.
10. (c) Aus, Aman, and Boro
Explanation: Recently, paddy has also become an important crop of Punjab and Haryana. In states like
Assam, West Bengal and Odisha, three crops of paddy are grown in a year. These are Aus, Aman, and
Boro.
11. (c) Panchayat or Municipality
Explanation: In India, we have a three-tier government. Union level, State level, and Local level
(Panchayati Raj).
12. (b) Money does not ensure respect and dignity for individuals
Explanation: Development goals that people have are not only about better income but also about

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other important things in life. Income criteria take into account only the economic aspect of life and
ignore the social, aspect of life.
13. (d) 59%
Explanation: The ETHNIC composition of Belgium is very complex. Of the country’s total population,
59 percent live in the Flemish region and speaks the Dutch language.
14. (d) Organized sector
Explanation: An organised sector covers those enterprises or places of work where the terms of
employment are regular and therefore, people have assured work. The number of working hours is
fixed and if workers work for extra hours they are to be paid overtime by the employer. Organised
sectors are registered by the government and have to follow its rules and regulations which are given
in various laws such as the Factories Act, Minimum Wages Act, Payment of Gratuity Act, Shops Act, etc.
They are called organised because they have some processes and procedures.
15. (b) Gram sabha
Explanation: Gram Sabha is the decision-making body for the entire village. The panchayat works
under the overall supervision of the Gram Sabha.
16. (d) rice
Explanation: Rice is the staple food crop of a majority of the people in India. Our country is the second
largest producer of rice in the world after China.
17. (d) Intermediate goods
Explanation: Intermediate goods and services, which are used in the production of final goods and
services, are not included in the expenditure approach to GDP because expenditures on intermediate
goods and services are included in the market value of expenditures made on final goods and services.
Therefore in order to avoid the double-counting value of intermediate goods is not included.
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18. (a) Both A and B are true
Explanation: Power-sharing in democracy describes a system of governance in which different
segments of society are provided with a share of power. Power-sharing is good for democracy. Power-
sharing helps to reduce the possibility of conflicts between social groups. Power-sharing makes people
dependent and responsible.
19. (d) WIPRO
Explanation: WIPRO is a private sector enterprise that is managed, controlled, and owned privately.
20. (c) i only
Explanation: i is in incorrect. ii and iii are correct. The 1830s were years of great economic hardship in
Europe.
21. (c) levying taxes
Explanation: The Union and State governments have the power to raise resources by levying taxes in
order to carry on the government and the responsibilities assigned to each of them.
22. (b) Employment is not secure
Explanation: Unorganised sector is one where the employment terms are not fixed and regular, as
well as the enterprises, are not registered with the government. In short, we can say that employment
is subject to a high degree of insecurity in an unorganised sector.
23. (b) Land left uncultivated for more than five agricultural years
Explanation: The arable land that is not taken up for cultivation is called culturable wasteland. The
land once used for cultivation but was unploughed for five years also fell in this same classification.
Such land may either follow or overturned with shrubs and weeds.
24. (b) Legislature

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Explanation: The different organs of the government:-

a. Legislature - makes laws
b. Executive - enforces those laws
c. Judiciary - interprets those laws
25. (c) Nagpur and Cherrapunjee
Explanation: India is a producer of tropical as well as temperate fruits. Mangoes of Maharashtra,
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal, oranges of Nagpur and Cherrapunjee
(Meghalaya), bananas of Kerala, Mizoram, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu, lichi and guava of Uttar
Pradesh and Bihar, pineapples of Meghalaya, grapes of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra,
apples, pears, apricots and walnuts of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh are in great demand
the world over.
26. (c) Tamil Nadu
Explanation: Sri Lanka is an island nation, just a few kilometres off the southern coast of Tamil Nadu.
27. (d) Human development index
Explanation: The Human Development Index is a statistic of life expectancy, education, and per capita
income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.
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28. (c) Cavour
Explanation: Chief Minister Cavour who led the movement to unify the regions of Italy was neither a
revolutionary nor a democrat. Through a tactful diplomatic alliance with France engineered by Cavour,
Sardinia-Piedmont succeeded in defeating the Austrian forces in 1859
29. (c) Assertion is a correct statement but the reason is a wrong statement.
Explanation: Germany, Italy land Switzerland, divided into kingdoms, duchies, and cantons whose
rulers had their autonomous territories. Diverse people lived within the territories. They did not share
a collective identity or a common culture. They spoke different languages belonged to different ethnic
groups, were no close ties binding them. The assertion is true but the reason is false.
30. (a) Assertion is INCORRECT but, reason is CORRECT.
Explanation: Assertion is INCORRECT but, reason is CORRECT.
31. (c) Assertion is a correct statement but the reason is a wrong statement.
Explanation: Net Attendance Ratio is the total number of children of age group 14 and 15 years
attending school as a percentage of a total number of children in the same age group. If the students
were going to other states for higher education, the total students available in the state would go down
and the net attendance ratio would not be so low. The low net attendance ratio is indicative of students
dropping out of elementary school. The assertion is correct but the reason is wrong.
32. (d) Assertion is a wrong statement but the reason is a correct statement.
Explanation: Activities of mining control land degradation because mining sites are abandoned after
excavation work is complete leaving deep scars and traces of over-burdening. In states like Gujarat,
Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra overgrazing are one of the main reasons for land
degradation.
33. (a) Assertion and reason both are correct statements and the reason is the correct explanation for
assertion.
Explanation: India is a federal government and there is a three-tier system of power-sharing with
central government, state government, and local self-government. The Constitution declared India as a
Union of States. Although it did not use the word federation, the Indian Union is based on the principles
of federalism. The federations that are formed by ‘holding together’ do not give equal power to their
constituent units. Thus, all states in the Indian Union do not have identical powers and the important

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subject lies with the Central authority. Both the assertion and the reason are correct.
34. (c) Kaiser William refused to accept the crown and opposed the assembly
35. (a) Demands of constitutionalism with national unification
36. (d) The social basis of parliament eroded because it was dominated by the prosperous artisans
37. (c) The Revolution of the Liberals
38. Bhakra Nangal Dam
39. Gujarat - Major Cotton Producer
40. Arid Soils - Western Rajasthan

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