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Practice Paper For Board Exam-2024

SUBJECT: SOCIAL SCIENCE MAX. MARKS : 80

CLASS : X DURATION : 3 HRS
General Instruction:
1. Question paper comprises five Sections – A, B, C, D and E. There are 37 questions in the
question paper. All questions are compulsory.
2. Section A – From question 1 to 20 are MCQs of 1 mark each.
3. Section B – Question no. 21 to 24 are Very Short Answer Type Questions, carrying 2 marks
each. Answer to each question should not exceed 40 words.
4. Section C contains Q.25to Q.29 are Short Answer Type Questions, carrying 3 marks each.
Answer to each question should not exceed 60 words
5. Section D – Question no. 30 to 33 are long answer type questions, carrying 5 marks each.
Answer to each question should not exceed 120 words.
6. Section-E - Questions no from 34 to 36 are case based questions with three sub questions and
are of 4 marks each
7. Section F – Question no. 37 is map based, carrying 5 marks with two parts, 37a from History (2
marks) and 37b from Geography (3 marks).
8. 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.
9. In addition to this, separate instructions are given with each section and question, wherever
necessary.

SECTION – A
Questions 1 to 20 carry 1 mark each.
1. Observe the caricature image given below. What is the caricaturist trying to depict?

(a) The Jacobin Club, (b) The Club of Thinkers, 1820

(c) The Vienna Congress, 1815 (d) The National Assembly meeting, 1789

2. Identify the soil with the help of clues given below:

 develops in areas with high temperature and heavy rainfall
 is low in humus content
 found in the hilly areas of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu
(a) Forest soil (b) Yellow soil (c) Black soil (d) Laterite soil

3. Which of the following statements are incorrect with regard fo placer deposits?
(i) They occur as alluvial deposits
(ii) They are corroded by water
(iii) They occur in ocean beds
(iv) They are found in sands of the valley floors and the base of hills.
Options:
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 (a) (i) and (ii) (b) (ii) and (iii) (c) (iii) and (iv) (d) (i) and (iv)

4. Match Column I to Column II

Column I Column II
(A) Cultivation of cotton (i) industrial activity
(B) Dairy (i) generate services rather than goods
(C) Weave cloth, make sugar (iii) provide personal services
(D) Transport, storage and (iv) biological process of the animals and
communication availability of fodder
(E) Washermen, barbers, cobblers (v) rainfall, sunshine and climate
and lawyers
(a) (A)-(v), (B)-(iv), (C)-(iii), (D)- (i), (E)-(ii)
(b) (A)-(v), (B)-(iv), (C)-(ii), (D)- (i), (E)-(ii)
(c) (A)-(v), (B)- (iv), (C)-(i), (D)- (ii), (E)-(iii)
(d) (A)-(iii), (B)-(v), (C)-(iv), (D)- (i), (E)-(ii)

5. Which is the following statements is/are true regarding language policy of the Indian
Government?
(i) English is our national language
(ii) Citizens are free to choose any language as national language
(iii) Hindi is our national language
(iv) Constitution of India did not declare any language as national language.
(a) (i) and (ii) (b) (ii) and (iii) (c) Only (iv) (d) Only (i)

6. What is true regarding sources of revenue in a federal system?

(a) States have no financial powers or independent sources of revenue
(b) States are dependent for revenue or funds on the central government
(c) Sources of revenue for each level of government are clearly specified to ensure its financial
autonomy
(d) States have no financial autonomy

7. The first and major test for democratic politics in our country was the
(a) caste problem (b) language problem
(c) problem related to union territories. (d) creation of linguistic state

8. Identify the administrative system of Indian Government with the help of the following
information:
 Power shared between Central and State Governments to Local Governments.
 It is called as a third tier of the Government.
 The State Governments are required to share some powers and revenue with them.
Select the appropriate option from the following.
(a) Federal system (b) Unitary Federal system
c) Decentralized system (d) Unitary system

9. Two statements are given in the question below as Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
Read the statemen5ts and choose the appropriate option:
Assertion (A): French speaking community in Belgium was rich and powerful
Reason (R): Belgium Government favoured French speaking community
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

10. In most of the political parties, the top posts are always controlled by the members of one
family, which is very unfair to other members. This type of challenge is referred to as
(a) Money and muscle power (b) Lack of internal democracy
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 (c) Absence of a meaningful choice (d) Dynastic succession

11. Study the picture and answer the question that follows:

What is the percentage of share of the primary sector in the 1973-74 and 2013-14?
(a) 11% and 20% (b) 40% and 11%
(c) 49% and 69% (d) 40% and 20%

12. Consider the statements given b

Statement (I): Language played an important role in developing nationalist sentiments.
Statement (II): Johann Gottfried Herder was famous Russian philosopher during eighteenth
century
(a) Statement (I) is correct and (II) is incorrect
(b) Statement (I) is incorrect and (II) is correct
(c) Both (I) and (II) are incorrect.
(d) Both (I) and (II) arc correct

13. Why did the weavers in Silesia revolt against contractors in 1845? Identify the from the
following options.
(a) Contractors did not pay their dues, (b) Contractors appointed few on high posts
(c) Contractors used government policies. (d) Contractors gave them loans on high interests.

14. Members can take small loans from the group itself to their needs, The group charges interest on
these loans but this is still less than what the moneylenders charge. After a year or two, if the
group is regular in savings, it becomes eligible for availing loan from the bank. Loan issanctioned
in the name of the group and is meant to create self-employment opportunities forthe members.
Analyse the information regarding activities of the SHG given above and tell when does it
become eligible to get loan from the bank?
(a) If it gives some portion of farm produce to bank
(b) If it enrolls large number of women members in the group.
(c) If it is doing good social work
(d) If it is regular in Savings

15. Why was Satyagraha organised in Champaran in 1916?

(a) To oppose the British laws (b) To oppose the indigo plantation.
(c) To oppose high land revenue (d) To protest against the oppression of the mill workers

16. On which of the following economic basis the sectors are classified into organised and
unorganised sector?
(a) The nature of economic activity (b) Ownership of enterprises
(d) Employment condition (d) Number of workers employed in the enterprises

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17. The total number of children of age group of 14 and 15 years attending school as a percentage
of total number of children in the same age group is called
(a) Net Attendance Ratio (b) Literacy Rate
(c) Gross Enrolment Ratio (d) Level of education

18. A man is employed on a food processing farm where he has to do a lot of manual work. His
wife and daughter also help him in his work on the farm every day. Which type of employment is
this example?
(a) Disguised employment (b) Seasonal employment
(c) Over employment (d) Cyclical employment

19. In which the following system exchange of goods is done without use of money?
(a) Credit system (b) Barter syst
(c) Banking system (d) Collateral system

20. Arrange the following statements in sequential order based on the events that shaped the Non-
cooperation Movement.
(i) Congress session at Nagpur, a compromise was worked out and the Non-Cooperation
programme was adopted
(ii) Khilafat committee was formed in Bombay
(iii) Jallianwala Bagh incident took place
(iv) Alluri Sitaram was captured and executed
Options:
(a) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv) (b) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(c) (iii), (iv), (i), (ii) (d) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)

SECTION – B
Questions 21 to 24 carry 2 marks each.
21. "Dynastic succession is one of the most serious challenges before the political parties." Analyse
the statement.

22. Classify industries into two categories on the basis of source of raw material used. Mention two
features of each category.
OR
Explain the importance of soil as a resource.

23. Examine any two situations in which credit helps in the development of agriculturists

24. Why did the Non-Cooperation Movement gradually slow down in towns and cities?

SECTION – C
Questions 25 to 29 carry 3 marks each.
25. "Mahata Gandhi used 'Salt’ as a powerful symbol to unite the nation.” Justify the statement.
OR
Why did the industrialists participate in the Civil Disobedience Movement? Explain any three
reasons.

26. How classified on the basis of structure and material used?

27. In what ways does the Reserve Bank of India supervise the functioning of banks? Why is this
necessary?

28. Describe any three advantages of the Self-Help Groups (SHGs) for the poor.

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29. What are the conditions under which democracies accommodate Social diversities?

SECTION – D
Questions 30 to 33 carry 5 marks each.
30. Explain the types of forest in India.
OR
How do industries pollute the environment and fresh water resources?

31. How can we measure democracy on the basis of its expected outcomes?
OR
What outcome can one reasonably expect of democracies?

32. Barriers on foreign trade and foreign investment were removed to large cxtent in India around
1991. Justify the statement
OR
Should more Indian companies emerge as MNCs? How would it benefit the people in the
country?

33. Explain the role of women in nationalist struggles.

OR
How did the Greek War of Independence mobilise nationalist feeling among the educated across
Europe?

SECTION – E (Case Study Based Questions)

Questions 34 to 36 carry 4 marks each.
34. Case Study – 1

Read the given extract and answer following questions.

The electronics industry covers a wide range of products from transistor sets to television,
telephones, cellular telecom, telephone exchanges, radars, computers and many otherequipments
required by the telecommunication industry. Important centres for electronic goods are
Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow and Coimbatore. The
major industry concentration is at Bengaluru, Noida, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune. A
major impact of this industry has been on employment generation. The continuing growth in the
hardware and software is the key to the success of IT industry in India.
(a) Which industry has been a major foreign exchange earner in the last few years? [1]
(b) What does the software technology park provide? [2]
(c) Which city has emerged as the “Electronic Capital of India"? [1]

35. Case Study – 2

Read the given extract and answer following questions
Moved by the Swadeshi movement, Abanindranath Tagore painted his famous image of Bharat
Mata. In this painting Bharat Mata is portrayed as an ascetic figure, she is calm, composed, divine
and spiritual. In subsequent years, the image of Bharat Mata acquired many different forms, as it
circulated in popular prints and was painted by different artists. Devotion to this mother figure
came to be seen as evidence of one's nationalism.
Ideas of nationalism also developed through a movement to revive Indian folklore. In the late
nineteenth-century India, nationalists began recording folk tales sung by bands and they toured
villages to gather folk songs and legends.
(a) Why did the nationalists in the late-nineteenth century India begin recording folk tales and
gather folk songs and legends? [1]
(b) Name the collection of Tamil folk tales published by Natesa Sastri. [1]
(c) Why was it considered essential to preserve this folk tradition? [2]

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36. Case Study – 3
Read the source given below and answer the question that follows:
Belgium is a small country in Europe, smaller in area than the state of Haryana. It has borders
with France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg. It has a population of a little over one
crore, about half the population of Haryana. The ethnic composition of this small country is very
complex. Of the country’s total population, 59 percent lives in the Flemish region and speaks
Dutch language. Another 40 percent people live in the Wallonia region and speak French.
Remaining one percent of the Belgians speak German, In the capital city Brussels, 80 percent
people speak French while 20 percent are Dutch speaking
Just imagine what could happen in situations like this. In Belgium, the Dutch community could
take advantage of its numeric majority and force its will on the French and German-speaking
population
(a) What was the problem in Brussels? [1]
(b) With which countries does Belgium share its boundaries? [1]
(c) The ethnic composition of Belgium is very complex. Justify the statement [2]

SECTION – F (Map Skill Questions) – 2 + 3 = 5

37. (a) Two features (A) and (B) are marked on the given outline map of India. Identify these features
with the help of the following information and write their correct names on the lines marked near
them
(A) Place associated with Congress session of 1927
(B) Place associated with Indigo Planters Movement
(b) On the same outline map of India, locate and label any THREE of the following with
suitable symbols.
(i) Namrup Thermal Plant (ii) Iron and Steel Plant - Bhilai
(iii) Major Sea Port - Tuticorin (iv) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

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