THE EMIRATES NATIONAL SCHOOL - SHARJAH Model Examination (September) SOCIAL SCIENCE SET I

Class: Date:

X 27.09.11
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Marks: 50 Time: 2 Hrs.

General instructions: 1. The question paper has 24 questions in all. All questions are compulsory. 2. Marks are indicated against each question. 3. Question number from 1 to 10 are multiple choice questions each question carries }A marks. 4. Questions from serial no. 11 to 20 are 3 marks questions. 5. Questions from serial no. 21 to 23 are 4 marks questions. 6. Question no. 24 is a map question of 3 marks, (attach the map inside your answer book). . In which of the following states has overgrazing caused land degradation? a) Orissa sbQRajasthan c) Chhatisgarh d) None of these f Which has the largest area undet^permanent forests?

a) Arunachal Pradesh

<Jb>Madhya Pradesh

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Karnataka

By what name is^fwrapiing known as in the Himalayan belt? a) Milpa ^j^Chil c) Kuruwa JjfPenda C Who wrote "The Bitter Cry of Outcast London"? L^ Gcireth Jones. \s M~Andrew Mearns cA Charles Dickens Who collected the popular Scottish ballads? a) Thomas Hardy b) Henry Fielding ^Walter Scott

d) None of these

d) Charles Dickens

S Kabirlarai (poetry contests) was patronized by merchant elite of which of the following cities9 a) Bombay tb^Calcutta c) Madras d) Banaras *Which one of the following statements about community government is true? a) Power is shared among different organs of government. b) Power is shared among governments at different levels. vf^KPower is shared by different social groups. d) Power is shared by two or more political parties. /Which one of the following is not a cause of communalism? a) Religion is taken as the basis of the nation. i one religion is discriminated against other. : has no official religion. <s[XJDemands of one religions group are formed in opposition to another.
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Which one of the following is the most important attribute while comparing development of various countries? a) Population b) Social Status of the people c) Political Status \$) Per Capita Income

UK Oa which of the following economic basis the sectors are classified into organized and unorganized sector? a) The nature of economic activity. b) J^wnership of enterprises. conditions. (Marks) /hat were the issues raised by the novel Tndulekha' written in Malayalam? How did the development of cities influence the ecology and environment in late L9* century? Explain your answer by giving the example of Calcutta. T^r The functions and shape of the family were completely transformed by life in the industrial city of Britain in the 18th century" Explain this statement. Describe any three main characteristics of black soil in India. any three methods of forest and wildlife conservation adopted by the government after independence. f ^ / S\ ^K. What are the soIUy'pe, climatic and rainMT conditions required for the cultivation of tea? Write two-States of India where tea grows? (JJ7-: "Federal power sharing is more effective today than it was in the early years after the constitution came into force". Justify the statement by analyzing the situation before and now. }%. Hp\ is caste politicised? Explain any 3 points. /19/fn what respect is the criterion used by UNDP for measuring development different /from the one used by the World Bank?
^C\) Write two groups of people working in the unorganized sector who are in need of
y -protection?

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How can the government protect them? Si. How did novels make themselves relevant to young boys and girls in the 19 Century? (4) Q2\w was the ethnic problem solved in Belgium? How is Sri Lanka a contrasting (4) x^xampleofthis? 06. Why has the government taken up the responsibility of public sector activities in a (4) 'country like India? Explain with reasons. fA. Q Three features^ith seria^number 1 to S^are marked or^he given poetical outline (3) of India. itify these features with tn^ help of the Allowing information and wH^e their correct names on the lines 1) A type of soil. 2) A type\ forest classified by fore^. department f>f India. 3) One food\rop. OR -/#) Lopate and label the following items with appropriate symbols on the map. ij^ySalal dam. J?f Corbett Tiger Reserve c_XDne major tea producing state of North - east.