S.S.L.C.

MODEL EXAMINATION, FEBRUARY - 2024

SOCIAL SCIENCE
Time : 2½ Hours
( ENGLISH) Total Score: 80

Instructions:
• The first 15 minutes is the cool-off time. You may use the time to read the questions and plan your
answers.
• Answer all questions in Part-A. Answer any one from the questions given under each question
number in Part-B.

Score

PART - I
Questions from 1 to 10 carry 1 score each.
(A) Answer any 5 questions from 1 to 6. (5  1= 5)
1. Identify the correct statement regarding Tata Iron and Steel Company:
(a) First public sector Iron and Steel plant.
(b) The first Iron and Steel plant in South India.
(c) Established in collaboration with Germany.
(d) The largest Iron and Steel plant in private sector.
2. The leading rubber producing state in India:
(a) West Bengal (b) Assam
(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Kerala
3. 'Village Drummer' is the painting of
(a) Raja Ravi Varma (b) Abanindranath Tagore
(c) Nandalal Bose (d) Amritha Sher-Gil
4. Which among the following activities reflect civic consciousness?
(a) Garbage disposal in public places (b) Respecting aged people
(c) Not obeying traffic rules (d) Corruption
5. Identify the leader of the Ghadar Party :
(a) C.R. Das (b) Surya Sen
(c) Lala Hardayal (d) Raj Guru
6. The financial statement showing the expected income and expenditure of the government
during a financial year is known as:
(a) Tax (b) Non-developmental expenditure
(c) Budget (d) Interest
(B) Answer all questions from 7 to 10. (41 = 4)
7. The physiographic division known as 'the store house of minerals':
(a) Coastal plains (b) Northern Great plains
(c) Northern mountain region (d) Peninsular plateau
8. Which among the following countries was a member of Triple Entente ?
(a) France (b) Germany (c) Italy (d) Austria-Hungary
9. The ‘Kudumbasree’ is an example of
(a) Micro finance (b) Mutual Fund Institutions
(c) Insurance Companies (d) Non-banking Financial Institutions
10. Name the major season experienced during 23 rd September to 22 nd December in the Northern
Hemisphere.
(a) Summer (b) Autumn (c) Spring (d) Winter

PART - II
Questions from 11 to 15 carry 2 score each. Answer any 3 questions. (3  2 = 6)
11. Mention the advantages of water transport.
12. Prepare a short note on Goods and Services Tax (GST).
13. Name any two departments and institutions working for the protection of Consumer's interest.
14. Write any two uses of topographic maps.
15. Elucidate the role of family in fostering civic consciousness.

Questions from 16 to 19 carry 3 score each. Answer any 3 questions from 16 to 19. (3  3 = 9)
16. Which longitude is considered as the standard meridian of India? Estimate the standard time in
India, when it is 12 mid-night at Greenwich.
OR
Write a note on Westerlies
17. What are the features of bureaucracy?
18. Mention any three reasons that led to the decline of Indian textile Industry.
OR
What are the recommendations of the National Policy on Education 1986 ?
19. What is citizenship? Identify the two types of citizenship.

PART - III
Questions from 20 to 25 carry 4 score each. Answer any 4 questions. (4  4 = 16)
20. Write a note on Electronic Banking (E-Banking).
OR
Explain why are population studies conducted.
21. Mention four advantages in developing human resource.
22. Explain the importance of Vaikom Satyagraha and Guruvayur Satyagraha.
23. Compare the obligatory functions and the discretionary functions of state.
OR
Elucidate the importance of the Right to Information Act.
24. What are the characteristic features of Himalayan rivers?
25. Write a short note on the soils of peninsular plateau.
 PART - IV

Questions from 26 to 32 carry 6 score each. (3  6 = 18)

(A) Answer any 3 questions from 26 to 29.
26. Explain the Civil Disobedience Movement based on the following hints.
Hints:
• Lahore Session of Indian National Congress
• Salt as a powerful weapon
27. Explain the following :
(a) Features of permanent land revenue settlement
(b) Mahalwari System
28. Write an essay on the Chinese revolution based on the following hints.
• Role of Sun Yat-Sen.
• Mao Zedong and the formation of the People's Republic of China.
OR
Explain the causes of the First World War.
29. Explain the factors that led to the American War of Independence..
Hints:
• Mercantilist laws
• Continental congress
OR
Analyse the growth of Nazism in Germany.
Areas to be considered :
• Factors that helped Hitler to come to powerr in Gewrmany.
• Policy of Hitler in Germany.
(B) Answer any 2 questions from 30 to 32.
30. Explain how its mercantilist policies caused its out break of its American war of Independence.
OR
How did Fascism and Nazism become a threat to world peace?
31. Explain the French revolution based on the following hints.
Hints:
• Three Estates of the French Society
• Thinkers
32. Explain the features of Fascism.