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Sample Paper – 2010
Class – X
Subject – SOCIAL SCIENCE

Time : 2:30 Hrs Max Marks : 80

General Instructions :-

(a) There are 29 ques in all. All ques are compulsoriAll questions are compulsory.

(b) Ques from serial nos 1 to 10 are 1 mark ones ans to these may be from 1 work to 1 sentence

(c) Ques from serial Nos 11 to 18 are 3 marks ques, ans not to exceed 60 to 80 words

(d) Ques from serial Nos 19 to 28 are 4 marks ques; ans not to exceed 100 to 120 wlrds..

(e) Ques No 29 is map-based ques. Attach the map inside your answer book

Q1. What were silk routes? : (1)

OR
Why women workers attacked the spinning jenny, a
machine introduced in Britain?
OR
What were Chawls.
Q2. What is calligraphy? : (1)
OR
Name a book written by Rokeya Hossein. What was its theme?
Q3. How is land a natural resource of utmost importance. Explain : (1)
with 2 facts?
Q4. Mention any 4 factors which have led to the decline of : (1)
India’s biodiversity
Q5. Mention any 2 factors responsible for water scarcity. : (1)
Q6. What are software technology parks? : (1)
Q7. Mentiond any 2 factors responsible for the origin social : (1)
difference.
Q8. What is caste hierarchy? : (1)
Q9. Why Per Capita income is calculated in dollars for all countries : (1)
Q10. When is National consumer day celebrated in India? : (1)
Which Act was enacted on that day?
Q11. “Large sections of Muslims did not respond to the call for a : (3)
united struggle during the civil disobedience movement” explain?
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Q12. “Plantation workers too had their own understanding : (3)
of Gandhiji’s notion of Swaraj” Explain
Q13. Explain the causes of great Depression : (3)
OR
Describe the peculiarities of Industrial Growth in India.
OR
Give 3 reasons why the population of London expanded
from the middle of the 18th C.
Q14. Explain how print culture assisted the growth of nationalism : (3)
in India?
OR
Discuss, how the issue of caste was included in the novels in India?
Q15. How awere the ethnic problems salved in Belgium? : (3)
Mention any 3 stems which were taken by the govt to solve
the problems?
Q16. How is Federalism practiced in India? Explain : (3)
Q17. ‘Human development is the essence of social development? : (3)
explain
Q18. What is standardization? Name any 2 agencies responsible : (3)
for the standardization of products in India.
Q19. Why is the time period from 1830 to 1848 known as the : (4)
age of revolution ? explain.
OR
Why was a new education policy introduced by the French in
Vietnam? What were the limitations or drawbacks of the new
education policy introduced by the French in Vietnam.

Q20. Describe how communities have conserved and : (4)

protected forests and wildlife in India?
OR
What is plantation agriculture? Write 3 features of
plantation agriculture
Q21. What is the importance of Jute Industry? : (4)
OR
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In a power deficient country like India, natural gas is a
precious gift. Discuss.
Q22. State 4 points regarding the importance of pipelines : (4)
in transportation.
Q23. Distinguish between overlapping and cross cutting differences : (4)
OR
“The focus on caste in politics can sometimes given an
impression that elections are all about caste and nothing
else. “That is far from true” Explain.
Q24. “In a democracy, several different p kind of organizations : (4)
work behind any big struggle” Explain by giving example of
Nepal and Balivia.
OR
Why is Dynastic succession in Political parties bad for democracy?

Q25. How are complaints treated as testimony to the success of : (4)

democracy? Explain.
OR
What is meant by the term chaliegences to democracy?
Explain the challenge of expansion.
Q26. What is NREGA? What are its objectives? : (4)
Q27. What are the 2 modern forms of currency in India? Why : (4)
is it accepted as a medium of exchange? How is it executed.
Q28. What role can the Govt play in making globalization a success? : (4)
Q29. Map Work : Twelve features with serial Nos 1 to 12 are : (6)
marked on the given outline map of India. Identify these
features with the help of map key and write their correct name
on the lines marked.
(a)Place where ‘No tax’ campaign was held by Sardar Patel.
(b)Session of National Congress (1927)
(c) Place where cotton mill workers satyagraha was held by Gandhiji.
(d)Place where Gandhiji called off the non-cooperation movement
(e) A rubber producing state.
(f) An international Air port.
(g)A seaport.
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(h)Eastern Terminal of East West Corridor.
(i) An Iron and Steel plant.
(j) A Nuclear Power Plant.
(k) The oldest oil field
(l) A silk textile Industry.