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SECTION-A
(Each Questions are One Marks)
1. Where was the Non- Cooperation movement turned violent?
(a) Kheda in Gujarat
(b)Nagpur in Maharashtra
(c) Champaran in Bihar
(d) Chauri Chaura in U.P
2. The weavers of Silesia led a revolt in 1845 against whom?
(a) Wealthy people
(b) Social workers
(c) Contractors
(d) Farmers
3. Who painted the image of Bharat Mata?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(c) Abanindranath Tagore
(d) Natesa Sastri
4. Fill in the blank
Liberalisation and ____________have given boost to the industry with the efforts of private entrepreneurs.
OR
____________has demonstrated how conversation of environment and natural resources can happen simultaneously with industrial growth
5. Choose the correctly matched pair about the industries and their locations from the following options
(a) Software Technology Park - Durgapur
(b) Cotton Industry Ahmedabad
(c) Iron and Steel Plant Noida
(d) Silk Industry - Ludhiana
6. Fill in the blank
Rearing and breeding of fishes Pisciculture. Honeybee farming Apiculture, Cultivating of silkworms :_________
(a) Silk culture
(b) Mulherryeulturv
(c) Sericulture
(d) Wormculture
7. Identify the soil with the help of the following features
- It is deposited by surface water.
- The soil is porous became of its loamy nature
- The proportion of potash, phosphoric acid and alkalies are adequate
8.A during which season crops tike watermelon, muskmelon, cucumber, vegetables and fodder crops are produced ?
(a) Zaid season
(b) Kharif season
(c) Rabi season
(d) All of these
9.Today democratic countries are worried about the increasing role of_____________
(a) rich people and political parties
(b) rich people and large companies
(c) poor people and political parties
(d) political parties and leaders
10. When the third tier of democracy made more powerful and effective ?
OR
How do the Central and State Governments enjoy their power in federal system ?
11 Give two importance of resources ?
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Why has an equitable distribution of resources become essential ?
12. Study the table and find out the occupations that come under primary sectors from the options given below
Tailor Workers in match factory
Basket weaver Moneylender
Flower cultivator Garden
Milk vendor Potter
Fishermen Bee-keeper
Priest Astronaut
Courier Call centre employee
(a) Tailor, Milk vendor, Pries. Courier, Money lender. Call centre employee
(b) Flower cultivator, Fisherman. Garden Potter
(c) Basket weaver, Workers in match factory, Bee Keeper
(d) Milk vendor, Flower cultivator, Bee-keeper, Fishermen
13. Read the information given below and select the correct option
Rita has taken a loan of 7 lakhs from the bank to purchase a car The annual interest rate on the loan is 145 per cent and the loan is to be repaid in 3 years in monthly installments The bank retained the papers of the new car as collateral, which will be returned to Rita only when she repays the entire loan with interest.
Analyses the loan information given above, considering one of the following
(a) Mode of re-payment
(b) Interest on loan
(c) Terms of credit
(d) Deposit criteria
14. Which one f the following agencies markets for the public sector steel plants ?
(a) SAIL
(b)TATA Steel
(c) HAIL
(d) MNC
15. Choose the current statements about factors regarding globalisation in India
1. Improvement in transportation technology
2. Liberalisation of foreign trade and foreign investment
3. Favourable rules of WTO towards India in comparison to developed countries
Options
(a) Only I and 2
(b)Only 2 and 3
(c) Only I and 3
(d) Only 3
16. In the question given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R) Read the statements and choose the correct option
Assertion (A): MNC owns and controls production in more than one country
Reason (R): Investment made by an MNC is called foreign investment
Options :
(a) Both A and R are true and 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 but R is true
SECTION-B
(Each Questions are 3 Marks)
17. Explain Mahatma Gandhi's view on Satyagraha .
18. Mention any three measures adopted by the French revolutionaries to create a sense of collective identity among the French people
OR
How was Balkan issue responsible for the First World War
19. What geographical conditions are required for the cultivation of sugarcane Name producing states of sugarcane in lndia?
20. The new system of local government is the largest element in our country Explain?
OR
What do you understood by the federal form of government?
21. A wide ranging choice of goods are available in the Indian markets Support the with examples in context of globalisation?
22. Why is the issue of sustainability important for the development
SECTION-C
(Each Questions are 4 Marks)
23.Read the source given below and answer the questions that follows.
. "In 1930, Sir Muhammad lqbal, as president of the Muslim League, reiterated the importance of separate electorates for the Muslims as an important safeguard for their minority political interests the statement is supposed to have provided the intellectual justification for the Pakistan demand thus carne up in subsequent yean This is what he said "I have no hesitation in declaring that if the principle that the Indian Muslim is entitled to full and free development on the lines of his own culture and tradition in his own Indian home-lands is recognised as the basis of a permanent communal settlement, he will be ready to stake has all for the freedom of India The principle that each group is entitled to free development on its own lines is not inspired by any feeling of narrow communalism A community which inspired by feelings of ill-will towards other communities is low and ignoble I entertain the highest respect for the customs, laws, religions and social institutions of other communities Nay, it is my duty according to the teachings of the Quran, even to defend their places of worship, if need be Yet I love the communal group which is the source of life and behavior and which has formed me what I am by giving me its religion, its literature is thought, its culture and thereby its whole past as a living operative factor in my present consciousness Communalism in its higher aspect then, is indispensable to the formation of a harmonious whole in a country like India The units of Indian society are not territorial as in European countries The principle of European democracy cannot be applied to India without recognizing the fact of communal groups The Muslim demand for the creation of a Muslim India within India is therefore, perfectly justified The Hindu thinks that separate electorates are contrary to the spirit of nationalism, because he understands the word nation to mean a kind of universal amalgamation in which no communal entity ought to retain its private individuality Such a state of things, however does not exist India is a land of racial and religious variety Add to this the general economic inferiority of the Muslims, their enormous debt, especially in the Punjab, and their insufficient majorities in some of the provinces, as at present constituted and you will begin to see clearly the meaning of our anxiety to retain separate electorates.
Answer the following MCQ by choosing the most appropriate option.
23.1. When did Muhammad Iqbal became the president of All India Muslim League
(1) 1931
(2) 1930
(3) 1931
23.2. Which among the following statements justify the demand for separate electorates by Muslim League
(a) Communalism in t he aspect then indispensable to the formation of a harmonious whole in a country like India
(b) The units of Indian society are not higher as in European countries
(c) The principle of European democracy can be applied to India with recognizing the fact of communal groups
(d) Both (a) and (h)
23.3. Which of the following was were of the territories during British India
(a) British India
(b) Governor-General Territories
(b) Princely States
(d) Both (a) and (b)
23.4. What is nation as per the given source ?
(a) A kind of universal amalgamation
(b) It is a private choice
(c) Communal entity ought to retain
(d) A land of social and religious variety
24. Read the text given below and answer the following questions,
The exchange of goods among people, states and countries is referred to as trade The market is the place where such exchanges take place Trade between two countries is called international trade It may take place through sea, air or land routes. While local trade is carried in cities, towns and villages, state level trade is carried between two or more states Advancement of international trade of a country is an index to its economic prosperity It is therefore, considered the economic barometer for a country. As the resources are space bound, no country can survive without international trade Export and import are the components of trade The balance of trade of a country is the difference between its export and import. When the value of export exceeds the value of imports is called a favourable balance of trade On the contrary, if the value of imports exceeds the value of exports termed as unfavorable balance of trade .
Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option.
24.1. Trade came in the cities, towns and villages is called _____trade
(a) National
(b) Local
(c) International
(d) Regional
24.2 Trade or international trade can be mostly done through the ports and airports. Identify the following ports and airports with their location
Ports / Airports Location
a Deen Dayal Port 1 Delhi
b Raja Sansi International Airport 2 Karnataka
c New Mangalore Port 3 Amritsar
d Indira Gandhi International Airport 4 Gujarat
Choose the correct option
(a) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
(b) a 4. b-1, c 3, d-2
(c) a-1, b-4, c-2, d-3
(d) a-1, 6-4, e 3, d-2
24.3. International trade is considered as the economic barometer for a country. Why is it called so? Choose the correct option from the following
(a) Advancement of International of a country is an index to it economic prosperity
(b) The more a country trade the more it gain
(c) The value of export make a country prosperous
(d) The value of import make a country very prosperous
24.4. When the value of export exceeds the value of import is called
(a) export trade
(b) favourable balance of trade
(c) unfavorable balance of trade
(d) import-export balance of trade
25. Read the given extract and answer the following questions.
Power is shared among different organs of government, such as the legislature, executive and judiciary Let us call this horizontal distribution of power because it allows different organs of government placed at the same level to exercise different powers Such a separation ensures that none of the organs can exercise unlimited power Each organ checks the others This results in a balance of power among various institutions Last year we studied that in a democracy even though ministers and government officials exercise power they are responsible to the Parliament State Assemblies . Similarly, although judges are appointed by the executive they can check the functioning of executive or laws made by the legislature This arrangement is called a system of checks and balances.
Answer the following MCO by choosing the most appropriate option
25.1. The above extract related to which of the following options
(a) Horizontal power sharing
(b) Vertical power sharing
(c) Regional power sharing
(d) Local self government
25.2 Which among the following options id correct regarding horizontal power sharing ?
(a) When power shared among government at different levels
(b) When power shared among different organs of the government.
(c) The division of the power has higher and lower levels of government
(d) All of the above
25.3. Horizontal power during is called as because it allows different or of government placed at the same level to exercise different powers
(a) vertical distribution of power
(b) traditional distribution of power
(c) horizontal distribution of power
(d)regional distribution of power
25.4. Which among the following is called a system of cheeks and balances?
(a) The judges are appointed by the executive and further judges can cheek the
functioning of executive or laws made by the legislature .
(b) The President of India appoints the Prime Minister and further the Prime Minister checks the powers of the President
(c) The Supreme Court Judges check the powers of the High Court Judges td
(d) All of the above
26. Read the source given below and answer the following questions.
In recent years, people have tried out some newer ways of providing loans to the poor. The idea is to organise rural poor , in particular women, into small Self Help Groups (SHGs) and pool collect their savings. A typical SHG has 15-20 members, usually belonging to new neighborhood, who meet and save regularly Saving per member varies from 25rs to 100 rs or more depending on the ability of the people to save Members can take small loans from the group itself to meet their needs The group charges interest on the these loan but this is still less than what the money fender charges. After a year or two, if the group is regular in saving ,it becomes eligible for availing loan from the bank
Answer the following MCOs by choosing the most appropriate option
26.1. Which of the following statements is correct about Self-Help Groups?
(a) The SHGs help borrowers overcome the problem of lack of collateral
(b) The SHGS are the building blocks of organisation of the rural poor
(c) The SHGS is the group which is not responsible for the repayment of the loan
(d) Both (a) and (b)
26.2. Which among the following is the basic idea behind the SHGs for poor
(a) Help to reduce the functioning of informal sectors of credit
(b) Help to reduce the functioning of formal sectors of credit
(c) Help the men to become self-retiant
(d) Organise urban poor people particularly women
26.3. Which of the following options signifies the definition of SHGS?
(a) It is the small groups of 15 to 20 members
(b) It is mostly active in rural areas especially woman for the improvement of them economic and social conditions
(c) It is able to create sell-employment opportunities for the members
(d) All of the above
26.4. Which of the following is the reason for the banks willing to provide and to the self-help groups without collateral ?
(a) SHGS used to be regular in saving
(b) The group decides the loan activities and in case of repayment of the loan is taken surety by the group members
(c)This group helps the poor rural women to become economically self-reliant and women empowerment
(d) All of the above
SECTION-D
(Each Questions are 5 Marks)
27. Discuss the Salt March to make clear why it was an effective symbol of resistance against colonialism
OR
Discuss the factors that deteriorated the relations between Hindus and Muslims
28. Describe the growing importance of road transport
OR
Explain the importance and advantage pipeline transportation in India
29. State the various functions that political parties perform in a democracy ?
30. "Democracy is based on the idea of deliberation and negotiation" Examine the statement ?
31. What is liberalisation? What steps were taken by the government to liberate the Indian economy
OR
What is SEZ? The setting of SEZ has been opposed by some people in India Why? Explain
SECTION-E
Map Skill Based Question
32.1 Two places A and B have been 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 2 marked near them
(A) The place where cotton mill workers organised Satyagraha
(B) The city where Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place
32.2 On the same outline map of India locate and label any THREE of the following with suitable symbols
(a) Kerala-the largest rubber producing state
(b) Meenam Bakkam International Airport
(c) Durgapur Iron and Steel Plant
(d)Hyderabad Software Technology Park