CBSE X | Social Science

Sample Paper 1

CBSE
Class X Social Science
Term 1
Sample Paper 1
Time: 3 hours

Total Marks: 90

General Instructions:
i)
There are 30 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
ii)
Marks for each question are indicated against the question.
iii)
Questions from serial number 1 to 9 are multiple choice questions (MCQs).
Each question carries 1 mark. Every MCQ is provided with four alternatives.
Write the correct alternative in your answer book.
iv)
Questions from serial number 10 to 21 are 3 mark questions. Answers of these
questions should not exceed 80 words each.
v)
Questions from serial number 22 to 29 are 5 mark questions. Answers of these
questions should not exceed 120 words each.
vi)
Question number 30 is a map question of 5 marks (2 marks from History and 3
marks from Geography).
vii) Attach the filled-up maps inside your answer book.
Set I
Question 1 What was the real name of George Eliot?
a) Charlotte Bronte
b) Mary Ann Evans
c) Mary Shelley
d) Somerset Maugham

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Question 2 Which among the following is considered as the most important attribute for
calculating the development of a country?
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a) Per capita income of the people
b) Availability of natural resources
c) Population
d) Existence of a democratic structure in a country
Question 3 In which year was the Indian Wild Life Protection Act was passed?
a) 1972
b) 1774
c) 1976
d) 1978

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Question 4 Which federal institution oversees the implementation of Constitutional

provisions and procedures?
[1]
a) Legislature
b) Executive
c) Judiciary
d) Cabinet
Question 5 In country A, one million children were born in the year 2005. Out of these,
50,000 children died before the age of one. What is the infant mortality rate of country A?
[1]
a) 40
b) 50
c) 55
d) 60
Question 6 The black gloved and raised clenched fists of Tommie Smith and John Carlos
were meant to symbolize ___________.
[1]
a) Black Power
b) Environmental awareness
c) Ku Klux Klan
d) Racial harmony
OR
Which species of animals have no legal protection against hunting and trade throughout
India?
[1]
a) Asiatic lion
b) Bengal tigers
c) Rhinoceros
d) Cattle
Question 7 What was used by Manchester industrialists to make the place of
manufacture and the name of the company familiar to the Indian buyers?
[1]
a) Pamphlets
b) Radio advertisements
c) Labels
d) None of the above

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Question 8 Under which scheme are people in need of employment guaranteed 100 days
of employment in a year by the government?
[1]
a) Prime Minister Rozgar Yojna
b) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005
c) Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna
d) Rural Employment Generation Programme
Question 9 Apart from the Central and State Government, what is the third kind of
government existent Belgium?
[1]
a) Counseling government
b) Communal government
c) Corporation government
d) Community government
Question 10 Which three historical processes have shaped modern cities in decisive
ways?
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Question 11 Elaborate on the educational status of women in India.

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Question 12 What is an organised sector? Describe its working conditions.

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Question 13 Name any five crops which werent historically available in India but have
now become a part of the daily diet of Indians.
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Question 14 Mention three important steps of resource planning.

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Question 15 Who was Martin Luther?

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OR

What is platen?
Question 16 What is Public Distribution System? State its main function.

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Question 17 Explain how social divisions are resolved by a mature government response
to them.
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Question 18 Distinguish between primary and secondary sectors by stating three points
of distinction.
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Question 19 Mention six ways by which we can check land degradation.

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Question 20 What is a coalition government?

Question 21 Study the data given below
follows:
State
Infant
mortality
Rate
(2003)

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in the table and answer the question that

Literacy
Rate (%)
(2001)

Punjab

49

70

Net
Attendance
Ratio for
class I-V
(1995-96)
81

Kerala

11

91

91

Bihar

60

47

41

1. Which state has the highest mortality rate?

2. Why has this state the highest mortality rate? Give two reasons.

Question 22 How do various communities in the past have conserved water?

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Question 23 What majoritarian policies were adopted by the Buddhist Sinhala political
leadership in Sri Lanka?
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Question 24 Is it correct to use the per capita income of the country as an index of
measuring the development of the country? Why? Explain with the help of an example. [5]
Question 25 Explain how a close relationship developed between the town and
countryside under the proto-industrial system.
[5]
Question 26 What steps have been taken by the Government of India to conserve and
protect wildlife?
[5]
OR
Elaborate on the phenomenon of the serialization of novels in magazines.

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Question 27 What do you understand by the organised sector? List four main features of
the organised sector?
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Question 28 What did the feminist movements struggle for?
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Question 29 Explain how the shape and function of the family transformed under the
forces of industrialisation and urbanisation.
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Question 30
(30.1) Two features A and B are marked in the political outline map of India.
Identify these features with the help of the following information and write
their correct names on the lines marked in the map:
a) The following port lost its importance under the colonial rule.
b) Associated with trade on the eastern coast of India.
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(30.2)On the political outline map of India, mark the following:
a) The areas where alluvial soils are found.
b) Any four places where bird sanctuary can be found.
c) The coffee producing area.

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