SAMPLE PAPER - 10

Class : X SOCIAL SCIENCE (Code 087) Max. Marks: 80

MARKING SCHEME
Q.No. Answers Marks
Allocation

Q.1. (d) ii – i – iv – iii 1

Q.2. (a) Swaraj Party wanted members of Congress to return to Council Politics. 1

Q.3. (b) Statement I is incorrect and Statement II is correct. 1

Q.4. (c) China 1

Q.5. (d) 1, 2 and3 only 1

Q.6. (d) Over-utilisation 1

Q.7. (b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not correct 1
explanation of Assertion (A).
Q.8. (c) Provinces autonomy was given to Tamils 1

Q.9. (d) 1.d) , 2.c) ,3. b) ,4. a 1

Q.10. (c) Concurrent List 1

Q.11. (d) Caste factor played important role in the formation of Central 1
Government
Q.12. (a) Political, social and economic outcome 1

Q.13. (c) Assertion (A) is true and Reason (R) is false. 1

Q.14. (b) It is the total value of all final goods and services produced during a 1
particular year.
Q.15. (a) Kerala 1

Q.16. (c) Organised sector 1

Q.17. (c) Only I 1

Q.18. (d) Asset as guarantee for loan 1

Q.19. (c) To improve the performance of domestic producers. 1

Q.20. (a) Buyers 1

Q.21.  Silk routes were ancient Trade routes that connected east and west. 2
 Between China and India with west Asia, north Africa and Europe.
Q.22.  Black soil is the dominant soil of Maharashtra. 2
 It is ideal for cotton cultivation.
or  Removal of top soil by the wind and flowing water is soil erosion. 2
 This leads to soil fertility thus affects the vegetation growth.
Q.23.  A mis-belief that the majority community should rule a country 2
  This disregards the interests of the minorities and damages the unity.
Q.24.  Removal of restrictions and barriers on trade. 2
 Allowing the foreign trade and investments to ease the globalisation.
Q.25. (i) In Awadh the movement was against talukdars and landlords. It was led 3
by Baba Ramchandra.
(ii)In Gudem Hills of Andhra Pradesh, tribals organised a militant guerrilla
movement against the forest laws. It was led by Alluri Sitaram Raju.
(iii) The plantation workers in Assam, broke the British Emigration Act.
Plantation workers left their estates and headed home. They were caught
and beaten brutally.
Q.26. Conventional sources of energy has Non-conventional sources of energy 3
been used from long time in usage during the modern times.
Example : fuel wood, coal, Example :Solar energy, wind energy,
petroleum, hydel power etc. tidal energy, nuclear energy etc.
Environment pollution is there No environment pollution
except in hydel power.
They are mostly exhastible. They are non-exhastible
Q.27. The three fold distribution of legislative powers in India are 3
(i) The Union List, (ii)The State List and (iii) The Concurrent List
(i) The Union List: Subjects of national importance .Defense, foreign affairs,
banking, currency, railways and communications etc. The Parliament makes
laws relating to these subjects.
(ii)The State List: Subjects of regionsl importance such as police, trade,
commerce, agriculture, irrigation etc. The State Legislative Assemblies make
laws on these subjects
(iii)The Concurrent List: It includes subjects of common interest to both
Central as well as the state governments, such as education, forest,
tradeunions, marriage, adoption and succession.
Q.28. Human Development Index (HDI) is a criterion that developed by the United 3
Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
It is used to compare the development of different countries since 1990.
Main components of Human Development Index are :-
(i) Educational levels of the people, (ii) Health status of the people
(iii) Skills development of people, (iv) Infrastructure and
(v) The Per capita income of the country.
Q.29. Unorganised sector includes a large number of people who are employed on 3
their own doing small jobs. Such as
In the rural areas, the landless labourers, small and marginal farmers,
artisans, etc.
In the urban areas, daily wage earners, street vendors and hawkers, or doing
repair work, casual workers in trade, transport and construction, workers in
private sector and small-scale industry, etc.
Q.30. Napoleon introduced the Civil Code of 1804, (the ‘Napoleonic Code’). 5
  Removed the privileges based on birth, established equality before law.
 Abolished the feudal system, serfdom and manorial dues.
 Simplified administrative divisions and secured the right to property.
 Guild restrictions were removed from towns.
 Introduced common currency and uniform weights and measures, banking
system etc.
or The term ‘liberalism’ derives from the Latin root liber meaning free. 2+3
The liberalism was expressed in different spheres in different ways. Such as :
 Politically, the liberalism was felt as a government based on the
Constitution, a parliamentary system
 Socially, the new middle class people preferred freedom of individuals,
equality before the law and end of privileges for aristocracy
 Economically, the traders expected the liberalism as freedom of markets,
free movement of goods and capital, common currency etc.
Q.31. Tea and coffee are the two major beverage crops cultivated in India. 5
Geographical conditions for the growth of tea :
 Climate : Tea grows in tropical and subtropical climate. Temperature
between 20°C-30°C moist and frost-free climate.
 Annual rainfall : between 150 – 250 cm and frequent showers throughout
the year
 Soil : well-drained hill slopes are favourable for its cultivation.
Producing areas : Assam, Darjeeling in West Bengal, Nilgiri hills of Tamil
Nadu and Kerala.
or Plantation farming is a part of commercial farming. 5
 In this type a single crop is grown on a large land area.
 Capital intensive inputs are used and cheap labourers are employed.
 It requires well-developed transport network and marketing system.
Major plantation crops in India : tea, coffee, rubber, sugarcane, banana, etc.
Q.32. Major functions of the political parties are : 5
 Political parties contest elections.
 Political parties put forward different policies and programmes in front of
the voters to elect them.
 Political parties play a decisive role in making laws.
 The winning parties form and run the government throughthe council of
ministers.
 The loosing parties function as opposition and check the functions of the
ruling party and criticize their policies.
 The political parties provide accessibility for the people with the
government welfare schemes.
 Political parties shape the public opinion on relevant issues.
or A national political party is a country-wide party. It has its units in various 5
states. Conditions required for a party to become a national party are :
A party that secures at least six per cent of total votes polled in the Lok
Sabha elections or Assembly elections in four states.
 It has to win at least four seats in the Lok Sabha to be recognised as a national
party. Some of the recognised national political parties in India are
(i)Indian National Congress (1885), (ii)Communist Party of India-Marxist
(1964), (iii) Bhartiya Janata Party (1980) , etc.
Q.33. Credit refers to an agreement in which the lender supplies the borrower
with money, goods or services in return for the promise of future payment. 5
The four terms of credit are:
(i) Rate of Interest: The borrower has to pay a sum of money as interest
along with the principal amount.
(ii) Collateral: It is an asset that the borrower owns and uses this as a
guarantee to the lender untill the loan is repaid.
(iii) Documentation: Proper documents of borrowing with all the terms and
conditions must be submitted.
(iv) Mode of repayment: The mode through which the borrower will repay
the loan must be clearly mentioned.
or Self-Help Groups are formed at the village level particularly by women. 5
Around 15-20 members meet and save their money regularly.
Some of the functioning of Self-Help Groups are :
 These groups help pool their savings
 Banks provide loans to the Self-Help Groups without collateral.
 These groups help the borrowers to overcome the problem of collateral
 These groups also discuss different social issues especially of women and
try to solve them.
Q.34.1 Printing Press 1
Q.34.2 1. wine and olive presses and 2. lead moulds 2
Q.34.3 Bible 1
Q.35.1 Reserved and protected forests 1
Q.35.2 Madhya Pradesh 1
Q.35.3 They are on the threatened list and they are on the verge of extinction 2
Q.36.1 housework 1
Q.36.2 fetching water, collecting fuel and working in fields etc. 1
Q.36.3 Allocation of specified work to be done by men or by women etc. 2
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