Sindhi High School, Bangalore

III Pre-Board Examination – 2020 – 2021

SOCIAL SCIENCE (CODE 087)
Set-B
Class: X Marks: 80
Date: 1/4/2021 Reading Time: 8.00 -8.15AM
No. of sides: 8 Writing Time: 8.15-11.15AM
General Instruction –
i) Question paper comprises five Sections – A, B, C, D and E. There are 32 questions in the
question paper. All questions are compulsory.
ii) Section A – Question no. 1 to 16 are Objective Type Questions of 1 mark each.
iii) Section B – Question no. 17 to 22 are short answer type questions, carrying 3 marks each.
Answer to each question should not exceed 80 words.
iv) Section C – Question no. 23 to 26 are source-based questions, carrying 4 marks each
words.
v) Section D – Question no. 27 to 31 are long answer type questions, carrying 5 marks each.
Answer to each question should not exceed 120
vi) There is no overall choice in the question paper. However, an internal choice has been
provided in few questions. Only one of the choices in such questions have to be
attempted.
vii) Section E – Question no. 32 is map based, carrying 5 marks with two parts, 32.1 from
History (2 marks) and 32.2 from Geography (3 marks).
viii) There is no overall choice given in the question paper. However, an internal choice is
provided for a few questions. Only one of the choice questions has to be attempted.
ix) In addition to this, separate instructions are given with each section and question,
wherever necessary

Section – A 1X16=16
Germania wears a crown of oak leaves, as the German oak stands for-
a) Liberty
1. b) Heroism (1)
c) unity
d) justice
Who among the following formed the secret society called Young Italy
a) Ottovan Bismark
2. b) Giuseppe Mazzini (1)
c) Count Cavour
d) Garibaldi.
The reason for Simon commission greeted with slogan Go back Simon was
a) The commission did not have a single Indian member.
3. b) The commission did not satisfy Indians. (1)
c) The commission consisted of only Muslims.
d) The commission consisted of only Hindus.
Fill in the blank:
4. (1)
The first cement plant was established at ________________

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 Which one of the following is announced by the government in support of a crop:
a) Maximum Support Price.
5. b) Minimum Support Price (1)
c) Moderate Support Price.
d) Influential Support Price
Grouping of small land holdings in to a bigger one is called: a)
Ceiling of land holding.
6. b) Collectivization. (1)
c) Cooperative farming.
d) Consolidation of land holdings.
Under which of the following tidal energy can be put?
a) Replenishable.
7. b) Human-made. (1)
c) Abiotic.
d) Non-recyclable.

Complete the information given in the table-

Rice Annual rainfall Cropping season Temperature
8. required required for its (1)
growth
100 cm A=? B=?

The word ethic’ signifies-

a) different religions
9. b) social division on shared culture (1)
c) a violent conflict between opposite groups
d) a careful calculation of gains and losses,

Define Community government?

OR
10. (1)
Name any one factor responsible for increasing the feeling of alienation among Sri
Lankan Tamils.

What are Residuary powers?

11. OR (1)
What is separation of powers?

12. Which institution publishes Human Development Report? (1)

Banks provide a higher rate of interest on which of the following accounts

a) Saving account
13. b) Current account (1)
c) Fixed deposits for long period
d) Fixed deposits for very short period

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 The informal source of credit does not include which one of the following?
a) Traders b)
Friends
c) Cooperative Societies
d) Moneylenders
OR (1)
14.
Which among the following authorities issues currency notes on behalf of the
government?
a) Government of India
b) The State Bank of India
c) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
d) Reserve Bank of India

15. Investments made by MNCs are termed as:

a) Indigenous investment
15. b) Foreign investment (1)
c) Entrepreneur’s investment
d) None of the above

16. Countries with higher income are ________ than others with less income.
a) Less developed
b) More developed
16. c) Less stronger (1)
d) More organized

SECTION – B 3X6=18

17. Evaluate the role of artists in personification of Bharat Mata. (3)

Analyse the main changes brought by the Vienna treaty.

18. OR (3)
Ireland was incorporated into the United Kingdom in 1801.Infer

Provide a suitable classification of resources on the basis of ownership. Mention

19. (3)
main features of three types of such resources.

Distinguish between Coming together and Holding together federation?

20. OR (3)
Critically analyse the centre –state relations prior to 1990 and after 1990.

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21. Explain the difference between formal and informal sources of credit. (3)

How is it that the average person in Maharashtra has more income than the average
22. person in Kerala but it lags behind in many other crucial areas (3)

SECTION – C 4X4=16

Read the source given below and answer questions that follow:

In 1848, Frederic Sorrieu, a French artist prepared a series of prints visualizing his
dreams of a world made up of “democratic and social republics”, As he called
them. The first print of the series, shows the peoples of Europe and America-men
and women of all ages and social classes- marching in a long train and offering
23. homage to the statue of Liberty as they pass by it. As you would recall, artists of
the time of the French Revolution personified Liberty as a female figure- here you
can recognize the torch of Enlightment she bears in one hand and the Charter of the
Rights of Man in the other. On the earth in the foreground of the image lie the
shattered remains of the symbols of absolutist institutions. In Sorrieu’s utopian
vision, the peoples of the world are grouped as distinct nations, identified through
their flags and national costume.

Answer the following MCQs by choosing the appropriate option.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT Describe Absolutist’?

a) A system of rule where citizens control the political power.
23.1 b) A system of rule that has no restrains on the power exercised. (1)
c) A system of rule under the wealthy class.
d) A system of rule where one community exercise control over other

A vision of a society that is so ideal that it is unlikely to actually exit. Choose the
correct term for the statement.
a) Personification
23.2 (1)
b) Romanticism
c) Enlightment
d) Utopian.

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 Men and women of all ages and social classes- marching in a long train, and
offering homage to the statue of Liberty as they pass by it. What does it represent?
a) Campaign to form Jacobin clubs
23.3 (1)
b) Unification of countries into nation-states under a democratic constitution.
c) Transfer of sovereignty to the monarchy,
d) Declaration of French revolution.

Which of the following countries were already the nation states’?

a) France and Germany
23.4 b) Britain and France (1)
c) United States and Switzerland
d) Italy and Greece.

Read the following extract and answer the questions-

The electronics industry covers a wide range of products from transistor sets to
television, telephones, computers and many other equipments required by the
24.
telecommunication industry. Bengaluru has emerged as the electronic capital of
India. Other important centres for electronic goods are Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad,
Pune, Chennai, Lucknow and Coimbatore. By 2010-11 Software Technology Parks
of India have come up across 46 locations at different centres of India.

IT specialises in –
a) Foreign Exchange earner.
b) Higher productivity of labour.
24.1 (1)
c) Ecological monitoring of reviews and online data base management.
d) Research and Development, manufacture of electronics and production of
hardware and software.

Which of the following has been the major impact of the IT industry?
a) Food Security.
24.2 b) Industrial Development. (1)
c) Employment generation.
d) Development in transport and communication.

The software technology parks provide which of the following service?

a) Internet connections.
24.3 b) Single window service and high data communication facility to software experts. (1)
c) Transfers information between internet users.
d) Conducts research in curbing pollution.

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 What is unique about IT industry in terms of women empowerment?
a) It is one major contributors of industrial pollution.
24.4 b) About 30% of the people employed in this sector are women. (1)
c) It stimulated the demand for vehicles in the market.
d) It is its own largest consumer.

Read the following extract and answer the questions-

There are some things that democracy must provide. In a democracy, we are most
concerned with ensuring that people will have the right to choose their rulers and
people will have control over the rulers. Whenever possible and necessary, citizens
25. should be able to participate in decision making that affects them .Therefore, the
most basic outcome of democracy should be that it produces a government that is
accountable to the citizens, and responsive to the needs and expectations of the
citizens. Democracy ensures that decision making will be based on norms and
procedures. So, a citizen who wants to know if a decision was taken through the
correct procedure can find out this.

What practices and institutions are the basis to measure the expected outcomes of
democracy?
a) Parliament and Judiciary
25.1 (1)
b) Secularism and majority rule
c) Ensuring regular, free and fair elections and open public debate
d) There are many political parties to rule the country.

There is an overwhelming support for the idea of democracy all over the world as it
is-
a) Very slow in decision making,
25.2 (1)
b) people’s own government.
c) the only alternative
d) good in principles.

Democratic government is a transparent government because it ensures that-

a) policies are to be made for all
b) it holds elections
25.3 (1)
c) people are free to express their needs and expectations
d) the citizens have the right and the means to examine the process of decision
making.

Some delay is bound to take place in democracy because-

a) everyone is not interested in working
25.4 b) democracy is based on the idea of deliberation and negotiation (1)
c) democratic countries are very big in size,
d) it is not transparent in functioning.

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 Read the source given below and answer the following questions-

A large MNC, producing industrial equipment, designs its products in research

26. centres in the USA and then has components manufactured in China. These are
then shipped to Mexico and Eastern Europe where the products are assembled and
the finished products are sold all over the world. Meanwhile the company’s
customer care is carried out through call centres located in India.

The passage given above relates to which of the following options.

a) Simple production process followed by an MNC.
26.1 b) Controlling the production process by an MNC. (1)
c) Spreading of production by an MNC.
d) Employment generation by an MNC.

Why do MNCs follow this approach?

a) To increase the cost of the product.
26.2 b) To ensure cost reduction and greater profits. (1)
c) To ensure equal distribution of resources.
d) To help poor countries get rich.

The production process by MNCs is organised in

26.3 a) Restricted ways. b) Unfair ways. (1)
c) Simple ways. d) Complex ways.

India is best suited for the MNCs to set up offices and factories because it has
a) Huge population to provide foreign investment.
b) Large areas to set up offices and production units.
26.4
c) Highly skilled engineers to understand the technical aspects of production and
educated English speaking youth to provide customer care services.
d) Rich raw material source.

SECTION – D 5X5=25

(5)

Evaluate the role of business classes in the civil disobedience movement.

OR
27.
How did the non- co-operation movement start with participation of middle-class
people in the cities? Explain its impact on the economic front?
(3+2=5)

Air travel is more popular in the north eastern states of India. Explain.
OR (5)
28.
What is mass communication? What are the different means of mass (1+1+3)
communication? What is the significance of mass communication in a country like

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 India?

29. Describe the major challenges which the political parties face in the present era (5)

30. Powersharing is good for democracy. Give reasons. (5)

How can the workers in the unorganised sector be protected? Explain

31. OR (5)
Compare the service condition of the organised sector with the unorganised sector.
SECTION – E (2+3=5)

32. Map Skill Based Question

Two places A and B have been marked on the given outline map of India
32.1 A) Place where Gandhiji broke the Salt law. (2)
B) Indian National Congress session held in September 1920.

On the outline map of India locate and label any three of the following with
suitable symbols
a) Salal dam.
32.2 b) Rawat Bhata nuclear power plant. (3)
c) Bhilai iron and steel plant.
d) Kochi port.
e) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose airport.

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