SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER

SOCIAL SCIENCE (CODE 087)

CLASS X – SESSION 2022-23

Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum

Marks: 80

General Instructions :
i. Question paper comprises Six Sections – A, B, C, D, E and F. There are 37 questions in
the question paper. All questions are compulsory.
ii. Section A – From questions 1 to 20 are MCQs of 1 mark each.
iii. Section B – Questions no. 21 to 24 are Very Short Answer Type Questions, carrying 2
marks each. The answer to each question should not exceed 40 words.
iv. Section C contains Q.25to Q.29 are Short Answer Type Questions, carrying 3 marks
each. The answer to each question should not exceed 60 words
v. Section D – Questions no. 30 to 33 are long answer-type questions, carrying 5 marks
each. Answers to each question should not exceed 120 words.
vi. Section-E - Questions no from 34 to 36 are case-based questions with three
sub-questions and are of 4 marks each
vii. 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).
viii. There is no overall choice in the question paper. However, an internal choice has been
provided in a few questions. Only one of the choices in such questions has to be attempted.
ix. In addition to this, separate instructions are given with each section and question,
wherever necessary.

SECTION A
MCQs (1X20=20)

1. Baba Ramchandra, a sanyasi, was the leader of which of the following movements?
(a) Khilafat Movement
(b) Militant Guerrilla Movement of Andhra Pradesh
(c) Peasants’ Movement of Awadh
(d) Plantation Workers’ Movement in Assam

2. The assembly line method is associated with the name of

(a) Henry Ford
(b) Rosa Parker
(c) Barry Parker
(d) E.T. Paull
3. The main theme of the book ‘Chhote aur Bade Ka Sawal’ written by Kashibaba, a Kanpur
mill worker, was:
(a) The life of the elite upper castes.
(b) The link between caste and class exploitation.
(c) Restrictions on the Vernacular Press.
(d) Injustices of the caste system.

4. Why was the Vernacular Press Act passed by the British Government in India?
(a) The Vernacular Act was passed to promote vernacular languages.
(b) The Vernacular Act was passed by the British government to put some check on
vernacular newspapers which had become assertively nationalist.
(c) The Vernacular Act was passed to please the Indians who wanted to promote Indian
languages.
(d) The Vernacular Act was passed to consolidate British rule in India.

5. Which one of the following is a renewable resource?

(a) Coal
(b) Petroleum
(c) Solar energy
(d) Fossil fuels

6. The Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal has been threatened by the loss of habitat of many
species due to
(a) Industrial development
(b) Agricultural expansion
(c) Port activities
(d) Mining

7. The main food crop of the Kharif season is:

(a) Mustard
(b) Pulses
(c) Rice
(d) Wheat

8. System of ‘checks and balances’ means:

(a) Horizontal distribution of powers.
(b) Separation of powers.
(c) Put a check on the exercise of unlimited powers of the organs of government by
maintaining a balance of power among various institutions.
(d) Federal division of powers

9. Power sharing is:

(a) the very spirit of democracy
(b) separation of powers at different levels.
(c) system of checks and balances.
(d) a type of balancing power.

10. ‘Holding together federations are not found in

(a) India
(b) Spain
(c) Belgium
(d) Australia

11. What is a society with similar kinds of people called?

(a) Homogeneous
(b) Heterogeneous
(c) Humane
(d) Humble

12. To show his support for the protesting. American athletes during the award ceremony of
the Mexico Olympics, Peter Norman
(a) wore no socks
(b) wore a human right badge
(c) wore a black scarf
(d) wore a string of beads

13. Identify two reasons that state that caste alone cannot determine elections in India.
A. No party wins the votes of all the voters of
a caste or community. i
B. Some political parties are known to favour some castes and are seen as their
representatives.
C. No parliamentary constituency in the country has a clear majority of one single caste.
D. Mobilising and securing political support has brought new consciousness among the lower
castes.
(a) A and C
(b) A and D
(c) B and C
(d) B and D

14. Which one of the following statements defines ‘Literacy Rate’?

(a) Total literate population divided by the total population
(b) Total literate population divided by literate population
(c) Proportion of illiterate population in the 18 and above age group.
(d) It measures the proportion of literate proportion in the 7 years and above age group.

15. Which one of the following is not a feature of a developing country?

(a) Agriculture as the major occupation
(b) High technological development
(c) Mass poverty
(d) Mass illiteracy

16. Which of the following sectors is the largest employer in India?

(a) Primary Sector
(b) Secondary Sector
(c) Tertiary Sector
(d) IT Sector

17. The task of measuring GDP is undertaken by the

(a) Central government
(b) state government
(c) provincial government
(d) all of the above

18. Which of the following industries have been hard hit by foreign competition?
(a) Dairy products
(b) Leather industry
(c) Cloth industry
(d) Vehicle industry

19. Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are being set up to attract

(a) foreign tourists
(b) foreign investment
(c) foreign goods
(d) foreign policies

20. Which of the following is the main informal source of credit for rural households in
India?
(a) Friends
(b) Relatives
(c) Landlords
(d) Moneylenders

SECTION B
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2X4=8)
21. When did the Great Irish Potato Famine take place and what were its results?
22. Define the term ‘ore’.
OR
How do minerals occur in sedimentary rocks?
23. How do we get the total production of a sector for a particular year?
24. State one result of the division of labour.

SECTION C
SHORT ANSWER-BASED QUESTIONS (3X5=15)

25. How did the plantation workers understand the idea of ‘Swaraj’? Explain.

26. “Railways are the principal mode of transportation in India.” Explain.

27. “Economic activities, though grouped into three different categories, are highly
interdependent.” Discuss. Do you agree with the view that primary, secondary and tertiary
sectors are dependent on each other?
OR
With the example of sugarcane, explain the interdependence of all three sectors of the
economy.

28. What changes have taken place in our markets during the last few years ?
OR
Write any three advantages of globalization.

29. “In a democracy, political expression of social division is very normal and can be
healthy”. Justify this statement with suitable arguments.

SECTION D
LONG ANSWER-BASED QUESTIONS (5X4=20)

30. What were the reactions of the local populations to the French rule in the conquered
territories?
OR
Describe the significance of the Statue of Liberty in Frederic Sorrieu’s painting “The dream
of worldwide democratic and socialist republics”?

31. What is manufacturing? To which sector of the economy does it belong?

32. Why do we need to expand formal sources of credit in India?

33. Social diversities in a country need not be seen as a source of danger. Discuss.

SECTION-E

CASE BASED QUESTIONS (4x3=12)

34. Apart from the Central and the State governments, there is a third kind of government.
This ‘community government’ is elected by people belonging to one language community –
Dutch, French and German-speaking – no matter where they live. This government has the
power regarding cultural, educational and language-related issues. You might find the
Belgian model very complicated. It indeed is very complicated, even for of people living in
Belgium. But these arrangements have worked well so far. They helped to avoid civic strife
between the two major communities and a possible division of the country on linguistic lines
(a) This ‘community government’ is elected by-
(b) This government has the power regarding ………, educational and language-related
issues.
(c) You might find the ………. model very complicated.
(d) They helped to avoid civic strife between the ……. major communities and a possible
division of the country on linguistic lines

35. The dimensions of deforestation in India are staggering. The forest and tree cover in the
country is estimated at 807276 sq km which is 24.56 per cent of the total geographical area
(dense forest 12.4 per cent; open forest 9.26 per cent; and mangrove 0.15 per cent).
According to the State of Forest Report (2019), the dense forest cover has increased by 3,976
sq km since 2017. However, this apparent increase in the forest cover is due to conservation
measures, management interventions and plantations, etc., by different agencies

(A) The dimensions of ………. in India are staggering.

 (B) The forest and tree cover in the country is estimated at ……… sq km which is 24.56
per cent of the total geographical area

(C) According to the State of Forest Report (2019), the dense forest cover has increased
by 3,976 sq km since …………..

36. A series of inventions in the eighteenth century increased the efficacy of each step of the
production process (carding, twisting and spinning, and rolling). They enhanced the output
per worker, enabling each worker to produce more, and they made possible the production of
stronger threads and yarn. Then Richard Arkwright created the cotton mill. Till this time, as
you have seen, cloth production was spread all over the countryside and carried out within
village households. But now, the costly new machines could be purchased, set up and
maintained in the mill.
(a) What is the step of production?
(b) Then Richard Arkwright created the ……. mill.
(c) But now, the costly new ……. could be purchased, set up and maintained in the mill.

SECTION-F
MAP SKILL-BASED QUESTION (2+3=5)

37. Locate Allahabad on the given map.

38. Locate Kallanai Dam on the given map.
39. Locate Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport on the given map.
40. Locate Bokaro on the given map.
41. Locate Mumbai on the given map.

ANSWER KEY:-
1:- Option C
2:- Option A
3:- Option B
4:- Option B
5:- Option C
6:- Option D
7:- Option C
8:- Option C
9:- Option A
10:-Option D
11:-Option A
12:-Option B
13:-Option A
14:-Option C
15:-Option B
16:-Option C
17:-Option A
18:- Option A
19:-Option B
20:-Option D

21:- The Great Irish Potato Famine took place during 1845-1849. As a result of it, around
1,000,000 people died of starvation in Ireland and double the number emigrated in search of
work.

22. The term ‘ore’ is used to describe an accumulation of any mineral mixed with other
elements
OR
In sedimentary rocks, numbers of minerals occur in beds or layers. They have been formed
as a result of deposition, accumulation and concentration in horizontal strata. For example,
coal, and iron ore.
23. The value of final goods and services produced in each sector during a particular year
provides the total production for that year.

24. The result of the division of labour is that although women constitute half of humanity,
their role in public life, especially politics, is minimal in most societies.

25. For the plantation workers of Assam, “Swaraj” meant freedom to move freely in and out
of the confined space in which they all were enclosed and also to be able to keep the link
with their native village intact. Under the Inland Emigration Act of 1859, plantation workers
were not allowed to leave their tea gardens without permission, which they were rarely given

26. Means of transport include all kinds of vehicles, trains, aeroplanes and ships. Means of
transport are used for the movement of people, goods and services from one place to another.
These are developed on three important domains of the earth, i.e., land, water and air. Based
on these, transport can also be classified into the land, water and air transport.
27. Primary, secondary and tertiary sectors are interdependent as mentioned below :
1. When we produce goods by exploiting natural resources, it is an activity of the
primary sector. It is primary because it forms the base for all other products that
we subsequently make.
2. The secondary sector covers activities in which natural products are changed
into other forms manually or by machines. For example wheat is used to
manufacture bread. So there is mutual dependency between primary and
secondary sectors.
 3. The activities that help in the development of the primary and secondary sectors
fall under the tertiary sector. These activities by themselves do not produce a
good but they are an aid or a support for the production process. Transport,
storage, communication and banking are some examples of tertiary activities.

OR

1. The primary sector involves production at the most basic level, i.e., through
exploitation of natural resources. Cultivation of sugarcane is an agricultural activity
which comes under the primary sector. Raw materials from the primary sector are
converted into processed goods through manufacturing in the secondary sector. Using
sugarcane as raw material, jaggery and sugar is made in the factories. The tertiary or
service sector provides support to the process of production. It includes transportation,
storage, marketing and sale of products. For instance, transportation of sugarcane
from the fields to the sugar mills. Further on, the transportation of jaggery and sugar
from factories and sugar mills to the markets.
2. The farmer (Primary sector) also needs fertilisers and seeds which are processed in
some factory (Secondary sector) and which will be delivered to his doorstep by some
means of transportation (Tertiary sector). In this way, for every little process there is
interdependence of the three sectors of the economy on each other.
3.

28. In the last few years, our markets have been transformed as mentioned below :
● There is a wide choice of goods and services in the markets.
● The latest models of digital cameras, mobile phones and televisions made by
the leading manufacturers of the world are available in the markets. Not only
this these products are affordable and within reach of the people.

Thus a few years back, there were only few brands of different goods in the markets. A
consumer did not have real choice and had no option to purchase a particular brand. But now
he has a number of options between Indian as well as foreign brands.

OR
● Under this process, goods and services along with capital, resources and technology
can move freely from one nation to another.
● It has increased the movement of people between countries. People usually move
from one country to another in search of better income, better jobs or better education.
Earlier the movement of people between countries was less due to various restrictions.
● Rapid improvement in technology has been one major factor that has stimulated the
globalization
process. For instance, advancement in transportation technology has made much
 faster delivery of goods across long distances possible at lower costs. Container
services have led to a huge reduction in port handling costs. The cost of air transport
has fallen which has enabled much greater volumes of goods to be transported by
airlines.

29. In a democracy, the political expression of social divisions is very normal and can be
healthy. This allows variously disadvantaged and marginal social groups to express their
grievances and get the government to attend to these.
Taking the examples of Belgium and Sri Lanka, if the rulers are willing to share power and
accommodate the reasonable demands of the minority community, social divisions become
less threatening to the country. In fact, it may prove healthy for a democracy.

30. The reactions of the local peoples in the conquered territories by the French were mixed.
In the beginning, in Holland, Switzerland, Brussels, Mainz, Milan and Warsaw, people
welcomed the French armies as harbingers of liberty. Political freedom was advantageous but
more taxes, censorship and forced conscription into the French armies for conquering the rest
of Europe made the local population hostile to them because it became clear that the new
administrative arrangements did not go hand in hand with political freedom. Increased
taxation, censorship, and forced conscription into the French armies required to conquer the
rest of Europe, all seemed to outweigh the advantages of the administrative changes.
OR
In Sorrieu’s paintings, the ‘Statue of Liberty is personified as women bearing the Torch of
Enlightenment in one hand and the Charter of Rights in the other. The statue signifies the rise
of nationalism to establish nation-states based on democratic principles with inalienable
human rights.
31. Manufacturing is referred to as the production of goods in large quantities after
processing from raw materials to more valuable products is called manufacturing.
Manufacturing belongs to the secondary sector in which the primary materials are processed
and converted into finished goods.
32. We need to expand formal sources of credit in India:
1. To reduce dependence on informal sources of credit because the latter charge high
interest rates and do not benefit the borrower much.
2. The Reserve Bank of India supervises the functioning of formal sources of loans. In
contrast, there is no organisation which supervises the functioning of informal source
of loans or the credit activities of lenders in the informal sector.
3. After taking loans from informal lenders sometimes, leads the borrowers to debt trap
because of the high interest rates.
In India, the formal sector sources of credit are still only about half of the total credit needs of
the rural people. Thus, it is necessary for the formal sources of credit to expand their lending
especially in rural areas, so that the dependency on the formal sources of credit are increased,
which would benefit the development of the country on a wider scale.
33.Political expression of social divisions can be healthy and is very normal in a democracy.
This proves as a bridge of understanding between various disadvantaged and marginal social
groups, as it allows expressing their grievances and getting the government to attend those
aspects at the earliest.

When one social group expresses itself, it challenges the other groups to do the same.
Democracy is strengthened by this .

But a positive attitude towards diversity and a willingness to accommodate does not come
about easily. People who feel segregated must fight this. This fight should take the
democratic path, and the people should voice their demands in a peaceful and constitutional
manner and seek a fair position through elections.

34. (a) People belonging to one language and culture

(b) Cultural
(c) Belgian
(d) Two

35. (A) Deforestation

(B) 807276
(C) 2017

36. (A) carding, twisting and spinning, and rolling

(B) Cotton
(C) Machines