Economics 2025
Economics 2025
ECONOMICS
Class 10 - Social Science
Time Allowed: 1 hour and 30 minutes Maximum Marks: 40
1. Mention the limitations of per capita income as an indicator of development.
2. What is human development index? Who has prepared it? Write about basic
components of human development measurement.
3. Assertion (A): Different persons can have different developmental goals.
Reason (R): The son of the family expects to get a new mobile phone if he secures
good marks in the exam while his sister wants to let her education continue further.
a) Both A and R are true and R is b) Both A and R are true but R is
the correct explanation of A. not the correct explanation of
A.
7. Evaluate the impact of selling electricity at the cost of generation by identifying the
appropriate statements among the following options:
i. Many small-scale units may have to shut down.
ii. It may push up the costs of production of goods in many industries.
iii. It may over-burden the government to bear the cost.
iv. It may bring down the profit generated through it.
a) Statements i and ii are b) Statements i, ii and iii are
appropriate. appropriate.
c) All the statements are d) Only statement iv is
appropriate. appropriate.
List-I List-II
(Global Aspect) (Description)
I. Technological
a. Interaction of ideas, values and traditions
Advancement
II. Liberalization of Trade b. Companies operating in many countries
c. Innovation in manufacturing, communication and
III. Cultural Exchange
information
IV. Multinational
d. The removal of restriction on trade
Corporations
a) (I) - (d), (II) - (c), (III) - (b), (IV) - b) (I) - (a), (II) - (b), (III) - (c), (IV) -
(a) (d)
c) (I) - (b), (II) - (a), (III) - (d), (IV) - d) (I) - (c), (II) - (d), (III) - (a), (IV) -
(c) (b)
13. “The impact of globalisation has not been uniform”. Explain this statement.
14.
16. Evaluate the ways MNCs play a major role in the globalization process by identifying the
appropriate statements among the following options:
i. They take over some local companies in the existing country.
ii. Influencing the government’s foreign policies of trade restrictions.
iii. Removing tax barriers from developing countries.
iv. They set up production in more than one country thus interlinking the economies.
a) Statements i, ii and iii are b) All the statements are
appropriate. appropriate.
17. Read this newspaper report and answer the question that follows:
A vessel dumped 500 tonnes of liquid toxic wastes into open-air dumps in a city and in
the surrounding sea. The fumes from the highly toxic waste caused nausea, skin rashes,
fainting, diarrhoea, etc. After a month seven persons were dead, twenty in hospital and
twenty-six thousand treated for symptoms of poisoning. Identify in which city of Africa
this happened.
a) Jacqueville b) Abidjan
c) Grand-Lahou d) Grand-Bassam
18. Globalisation is the process of rapid integration between countries. Examine the
statement.
19. Production of a commodity, mostly through the natural process, is an activity in
________ sector.
a) Tertiary b) Primary
c) ₹46,000 d) ₹45,000