SOCIAL SCIENCE -TEST

(SET-1)

SOCIAL SCIENCE
Class- X
(Session – 2024-25)
Maximum Marks: 40

General Instructions:
(i) This question paper consists of 16 questions in 5 sections.
(ii) All questions are compulsory.
(iii) Section A consists of 4 questions carrying 1 mark each.
(iv) Section B consists of 5 Very Short questions carrying 02 marks each. Answers to these
questions should be in the range of 30 to 50 words.
(v) Section C consists of 4 Short Answer type questions carrying 03 marks each. Answers to
these questions should be in the range of 50 to 80 words.
(vi) Section D consists of 2 Long Answer type questions carrying 05 marks each. Answer to
these questions should be in the range of 80 to 120 words.
(vii) Section E consists of 1 question carrying 04 marks these question should be in the range of
90 to 100 words.

Section – A
(Q. no. 1 to 4 are 1 mark Questions.)

Q. 1. What was the Rowlatt Act? [1]

Q. 2. Why was the Khilafat movement

started? [1]

Q. 3. What measure was adopted by the democratically elected government

of Sri Lanka to establish Sinhala Supremacy? [1]

Q. 4. What is the language spoken by the people residing in the Wallonia

region of Belgium?
[1]

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Section – B

(Q. no. 5 to 9 are very short answer questions.)

Q. 5. What is meant by the system of ‘checks and balances’? [2]

Q .6. What is vertical division of power? [2]

Q. 7. What was the main reason to withdraw the Non-cooperation

Movement?
[2]
Q. 8. Name two main ‘Satyagraha’ movements organized by Mahatma
Gandhi successfully in favour of peasants in 1916 and 1917.
[2]

Q. 9. Explain the idea of Satyagraha according to Gandhiji. [2]

Section – C

(Q.no. 10 to 13 are short answer questions.)

Q. 10. Explain any three problems faced by the peasants of Awadh. [3]

Q. 11. How did the plantation workers understand the idea of ‘Swaraj' ? [3]

Q. 12. Explain any three consequences of the majoritarian policies adopted

by the Sri Lankan government. [3]

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Q. 13. Why is the ethnic composition of Belgium complex? [3]

Section – D
(Q.no. 14 to 15 are long answer questions.)

Q. 14. Describe the role of the peasants in Awadh in the Non-cooperation

Movement. [5]

Q. 15. “Power Sharing is the very spirit of democracy”. Justify the

statement. [5]

Section – E

(Q.no. 16 is a 4 marks question)

Q. 16. Explain any three effects of the Non-cooperation Movement on the

economy of India. [4]

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