BALAVIKAS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

FINAL EXAMINATION
CLASS X SOCIAL SCIENCE (CODE 087)

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Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 80

General Instructions:
1. The question paper comprises Six Sections – A, B, C, D, E and F. There are 37 questions in the Question paper. All
questions are compulsory.
2. Section A – From questions 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.25 to 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.
Answer to each question should not exceed 100 words.
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.

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SECTION-A (MCQ)

1) Which of the following soils has self-aeration capacity?

(a) Alluvial
(b) Red soil
(c) Black soil
(d) Mountain soil

2) Which one of the following is not an adverse effect of irrigation?

(a) Irrigation changes cropping pattern
(b) Water intensive crops are grown in dry areas
(c) Salinisation of soil
(d) Increases crop yield

3) Consider the following statements about the ethnic composition of Sri Lanka:
A. Major social groups are the Sinhala- speaking (74%) and Tamil-speaking (18%)?
B. Among the Tamils, there are two sub-groups, Sri Lankan Tamils and Indian Tamils.
C. There are about 7% Christians, who are both Tamil and Sinhala.
D. Most of the Sinhala-speaking are Hindus or Muslims and most of the Tamil-speaking are Buddhists.
Which of the above statements are correct?
(a) A, B, C
(b) A, B, D
(c) B, C, D
(d) A, B, C, D

4) Arrange the following events related to the Formation of Britain as a nation, in chronological order.
(i) The Act of Union between England and Scotland
(ii) The English parliament, which had seized power from the monarchy
(iii) Ireland was forcibly incorporated into the United Kingdom
(iv) Catholic revolts against British dominance
(a) iii - i – ii – iv
(b) i – ii – iii – iv
(c) iv – i – ii – iii
(d) ii – i – iv – iii

5) Column I Column II
(i) Ethnic (a) When an abstract idea is expressed through a person or thing
(ii) Allegory (b) Relates to a common racial, tribal or cultural origin or background that a community
identifies with or claims
(iii) Ideology (c) System of ideas reflecting a particular social and political vision
(iv) Feminist (d) Awareness of women’s rights and interests based on the belief of the social,
economic and political equality of the genders.
(a) i - (a) ii - (b) iii - (c) iv - (d)
(b) i - (b) ii - (c) iii - (d) iv - (a)
(c) i - (b) ii - (a) iii - (c) iv - (d)
(d) i - (d) ii - (a) iii – (b) iv - (c)

6) Which of the following examples does not fall under unorganized sector?
(a) A farmer irrigating his field.
(b) A daily wage labourer working for a contractor.
(c) A doctor in a hospital treating a patient.
(d) A handloom weaver working on a loom in her house.

7) Consider these statements about the Image given below’

1) Title of this caricature is “The Club of Thinkers”.

2) The plaque on the left bears the inscription: ‘The most important question of
today’s meeting: How long will thinking be allowed to us?”
3) This was a caricature of meeting called by liberals.
4) This caricature was created in 1820.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (c) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) 1, 2 And 4

8) “The Balkan area became an area of intense conflict”. Find out the reason(s) for conflict.
(i) Different Slavic nationalities struggled to define their identity and independence
(ii) Each Balkan state hoped to gain more territory at the expense of the others
(iii) The Balkans also became the scene of big power rivalry
(a) (i) and (i) are correct
(b) (i) and (iii) are correct
(c) All the above are correct
(d) None of the above

9) Why did Gandhiji withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement?

(a) Gandhiji realised that people were losing interest in the movement.
(b) Gandhiji felt that the movement was turning violent in many places.
(c) Some Congress leaders wanted to participate in elections to Provincial Councils.
(d) Some Congress leaders wanted more radical mass agitations.

10) Human beings have indiscriminately used resources which have. This has led to which of the
following major problems.
(a) Depletion of resources for satisfying the greed of a few individuals.
(b) Accumulation of resources in few hands, which, divided the society into two segments i.e. haves and
have nots
(c) Both A) and B)
(d) None of the above

11) Which of the following was not a provision of the Act of 1956 passed in Sri Lanka?
(a) Sinhala was recognised as the only official language
(b) Buddhism was to be protected by the state
(c) Provinces autonomy was given to Tamils
(d) Sinhala’s were favoured in government jobs

12) Which major step towards decentralisation was not taken in 1992.
(a) it is constitutionally mandatory to hold regular elections to local government bodies.
(b) At least 1/3 of all positions are reserved for women.
(c) The State governments are required to share some powers and revenue with local government bodies
(d) 2/3 seats are reserved for Other Backward classes.

13) Match the following and choose the correct option.

14) Choose the improper group from the following

(a) Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors and Volkswagan
(b) Indian Railways, TSRTC, and Indian Airlines
(c) Agriculture, Lumbering and Mining
(d) BSNL, Hero Honda and Amul Dairy

15) The ‘Simon Commission’ was boycotted because

(a) there was no British Member in the Commission.
(b) it demanded separate electorates for Hindus and Muslims.
(c) there was no Indian Member in the Commission.
(d) it favoured the Muslims over the Hindus.

16) What can be called a resource?

(a) Human environment
(b) Man Made products
(c) Extracts from environment that are technologically accessible, economically feasible and culturally
acceptable
(d) Anything from which a product can be manufactured

Directions: In the following questions, A statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of

Reason (R).
Mark the correct choice as:
(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 correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false and R is true.

17) Assertion (A): Dyer entered the area, blocked the exit points and opened fire on the crowd, killing
hundreds.
Reason (R): His object, as he declared later, was to ‘produce a moral effect’, to create in the minds of
satyagrahis a feeling of terror and awe.

18) Assertion (A): The most serious source of nationalist tension in Europe after 1871 was the area called
the Balkans
Reason (R): A large part of the Balkans was under the control of the Ottoman Empire.

19) Assertion (A): Primitive Subsistence Farming is also called ‘Slash and Burn’ agriculture.
Reason (R): Farmers clear a patch of land for cultivation. When this piece of land loses its fertility,
another piece of land is cleared for plantation.

20) Assertion(A): Both the union as well as the state Governments can make laws on the subjects
mentioned in concurrent list.
Reason (R): According to our constitution the state government has the power to legislate on these
residuary subjects.

SECTION-B

21) “Deposits with the banks are beneficial to the depositors as well as to the nation”. Examine the
statement. (2016 OD, 2015 D)
22) Explain the contribution of Giuseppe Mazzini in spreading revolutionary ideas in Europe.
23) ‘Trade flourished and markets expanded in the late 19th century, but there was a darker side to this
process’. Substantiate.
24) How did the Salt March become an effective tool of resistance against colonialism? Explain.

SECTION-C
25) “The plantation workers in Assam had their own understanding of Mahatma Gandhi and the notion
of Swaraj”. Support the statement with arguments.
26) Explain four types of resources based on ownership and give one example of each type. (2014)
27) “The problem of underemployment is not confined only to agriculture”. Support the statement with
examples. (2013)
28) What is Credit? Why is cheap and affordable credit important for the country’s development? Give
four reasons. (2012 D)
OR
What is credit? Explain with an example, how credit plays a vital and positive role for development.
(2014 OD)
29) How is Belgium’s power-sharing path different from any other country?
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Explain the four elements in the Belgian power-sharing model.

SECTION- D
30) Which five provisions of the constitutional amendment of 1992 really strengthened the third tier of
democracy in India? Explain. (2015, 2013, 2012)
OR
Explain the important features of Decentralisation.
31) “The Civil Disobedience Movement was different from the Non-Cooperation Movement”. Support
the statement with examples. (2016 D)
32) State any five features each of public sector and private sector. (2015)
OR
Compare the employment conditions prevailing in the Organized and Unorganized sectors. (NCERT
Question)
SECTION-E

34) Read the following passage and answer the following questions
Not all social groups were moved by the abstract concept of swaraj. One such group was the nation’s
‘untouchables’, who from around the 1930s had begun to call themselves dalit or oppressed. For long the
Congress had ignored the dalits, for fear of offending the sanatanis, the conservative high-caste Hindus.
But Mahatma Gandhi that swaraj would not come for a hundred years if untouchability was not eliminated.
He called the ‘untouchables’ harijan, or the children of God, organised satyagraha to secure them entry into
temples, and access to public wells, tanks, roads and schools. He himself cleaned toilets to dignify the work
of the bhangi (the sweepers), and persuaded upper castes to change their heart and give up ‘the sin of
untouchability’. But many dalit leaders were keen on a different political solution to the problems of the
community.
They began organising themselves, demanding reserved seats in educational institutions, and a separate
electorate that would choose dalit members for legislative councils. Political empowerment, they believed,
would resolve the problems of their social disabilities. Dalit participation in the Civil Disobedience
Movement was therefore limited, particularly in the Maharashtra and Nagpur region where their
organisation was quite strong. Dr B.R. Ambedkar, who organised the dalits into the Depressed Classes
Association in 1930, clashed with Mahatma Gandhi at the second RoundTable Conference by demanding
separate electorates for dalits.
a._________________ called untouchables as harijans.
A) Jawaharlal Nehru C) B R Ambedkar
B) Gandhiji D) None of the above

b. Who was the founder of Depressed class association?

A) Jawaharlal Nehru C) B R Ambedkar
B) Gandhiji D) None of the above

c. Gandhiji and Ambedkar clashed over the question of Separate electorate in the ___________
A) First Round Table Conference C) Third Round Table Conference
B) Second Round Table Conference D) Fourth Round Table Conference

d. Which among the following statement is wrong?

A) Gandhiji organised satyagraha to secure the harijans the right to enter temples
B) Gandhinji cleaned the toilets to dignify the work of bhangis
C) Congress supported the demands of untouchables.
D) Ambedkar demanded for separate electorate for Dalits
35) Irrigation has also changed the cropping pattern of many regions with farmers shifting to water
intensive and commercial crops. This has great ecological consequences like Stalinization of soil. At the
same time, it has transformed the social landscape for e.g.; increasing the social gap between the richer
land owners and landless poor. As a result, we can see, the dams did create conflicts between people
wanting different uses and benefits from the same water resources. In Gujarat, the Sabarmati basin farmers
were agitated and almost caused a riot over the higher priority given to water supply in Urban areas,
particularly during droughts. Inter-state water disputes were also becoming common with regard to sharing
the costs and benefits of multi-purpose projects.

(i) How did cropping pattern change by irrigation?

(ii) Analyse the statement “Dams created conflict between people.”
(iii) What are the consequences of irrigation on Soil and social landscape

36) Government measures, coming one after the other, gradually increased the feeling of alienation among
the Sri Lankan Tamils. They felt that none of the major political parties led by the Buddhist Sinhala leaders
were sensitive to their language and culture. They felt that the constitution between the Sinhala and Tamil
communities strained over time. The Sri Lankan Tamils launched parties and struggles for the recognition
of Tamil as an official language, for regional autonomy and equality of opportunity in securing education
and jobs. But their demand for more autonomy to provinces populated by the Tamils was repeatedly
denied. By 1980s several political organisations were formed demanding an independent Tamil Eelam
(state) in northern and eastern parts of Sri Lanka. The distrust between the two communities turned into
widespread conflict. It soon turned into a CIVIL WAR. As a result thousands of people of both the
communities have been killed. Many families were forced to leave the country as refugees and many more
lost their livelihoods.

1 What is not the geographical location of Sri Lanka as compared to India?

A) Sri Lanka is an island nation.
B) It is about 20kms from Rameshwaram, the Southern coast of Tamil Nadu
C) It lies in the Indian Ocean.
D) None of the above.

2 What happened when demand of Tamils, for more autonomy, repeatedly denied by the government?
A) It soon turned into a Civil war. Thousands of people of both the communities have been killed.
B) Many became refugees.
C) It improved the social, cultural and economic life of the country.
D) Both (A) and (B)

3 Which of the following was not a provision of the Act of 1956 passed in Sri Lanka?
A) It recognises Sinhala as the only official language
B) The government followed preferential policies that favoured Sinhala applicants.
C) A new constitution stipulated that the state should protect and foster Buddhism.
D) Provincial autonomy was given to Tamils.

4 The Sri Lankan Tamils launched parties and struggles for

A) For regional autonomy
B) Equality of opportunity in securing education and jobs.
C) The recognition of Tamils as an official language.
D) All of the above

SECTION-F
37)Identify: a) Sathyagraha location in the support of Cotton Mill workers b) Congress session 1927

On the Map of India Locate a) Raja Sansi Airport b) Kandla Sea port and Sardar Sarovar Dam
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