3. 1. The following characteristics of Marianne were drawn
from those of Liberty and of the Republic
A. The red cap. The broken chain. The oak leaves
B. The red cap. The tricolour, The cockade
C. The broken chain. The tricolour. The cockade
D. The oak leaves. The cockade. The tricolour
4. 2. Which of the following statements are true about
MNCs?
a) An MNC is a Company that owns or controls
production in more than one nation.
b) MNC’s set up offices and factories for production in
regions where they can get cheap labor and other
resources
c) This is done so that the cost of production is low and
the MNCs can earn greater profits.
d)All of the above
5. 3.Which statement is NOT true about Panchayati Raj?
(A) They are directly elected by all the adult population
living in that ward or village.
(B) It is the decision-making body for the entire village.
(C) The panchayat works under the overall supervision of
the gram sabha.
(D) It has to meet at least once in a year to approve the
annual budget.
6. 4. In the semi-arid and arid regions of Rajasthan,
particularly in Bikaner, Phalodi and Barmer, where was
drinking water stored?
A. Wells
B. Underground tanks or tankas
C. Small village pond
D. Rooftop tanks
7. 5. There are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
Mark your answer as per the codes provided below:
Assertion (A): "Project Tiger", one of the most well-publicized wildlife
campaigns in the world, was launched in 1973.
Reason (R): Tiger conservation has been viewed not only as an effort to
save an endangered species but with equal importance as a means of
preserving biotypes of sizeable magnitude.
A. Both A and R are true and R 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
8. 6. Choose the incorrect statement about the image given below.
A. This image is from an English caricature of 1834
B. In this image Garibaldi helping King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia-
Piedmont to pull on the boot named ltaly.
C. In 1867, Garibaldi led an army of volunteers to Rome to fight the last
obstacle to the unification of Italy.
D. The artist has portrayed King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia-
Piedmont, whom Garibaldi supported in his efforts to unify the Italian
states.
9. 7. Which one of among the following is a far-reaching change in
the policy made in India in 1991?
A. Removing barriers or restrictions set by the government
which is known as liberalisation.
B. Put barriers to foreign trade and foreign investments.
C. Restrictions set by the government to protect the producers
within the country from foreign competition.
D. By giving protection to domestic producers through a variety
of means
10. 8.Complete the following table –
Options
a) Friends
b) Relatives
c) Money Lender
d) Government
FUNCTIONS SOURCE
Women become self-reliant financially
and get a social platform too.
Self Help groups
The debtor often gets into a debt trap ?
11. 9. Identify the political party with the help of the following features:
Formed in 1999 following a split in the Congress Party.
A major party in Maharashtra.
A member of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) since 2004.
Won 1.4% votes and 5 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Options:
(a) Shiv Sena
(b) Janata Dal (Secular)
(c) Nationalist Congress Party
(d) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
12. 10. The distinguishing feature of communalism is...?
A. Followers of a particular religion must belong to one community.
B. Communalism leads to the belief that people belonging to
different religions can live as equal citizens within one nation
C. A communal mind does not lead to a quest for political
dominance of one’s own religious community.
D. A secular constitution is sufficient to combat communalism.
13. 11. Match the Columns-
A) i-c, ii-d, iii-a, iv-b.
B) i-a, ii-b, iii-c, iv-d
C) i-d, iic, iii-b, iv-a
D) i-b, ii-a, iii-c, iv-d
COLUMN-A COLUMN-B
i) Number of girl children per thousand
boys in a given period
a) Feminist
ii) Laws that deal with family related
matters such as marriages, divorce, etc
b) Patriarchal
iii) Male-dominated society c) Family laws
iv) A woman or a man who believes in
equal rights and opportunities for
women and men.
d) Child sex ratio
14. 12. What do you mean by the term "Begar
(a) An Act to prevent plantation workers to leave the tea
gardens without permission.
(b) The forced recruitment of soldiers in rural areas during
World War I.
(c) Labour that villagers were forced to contribute without
any payment.
(d) Refusal to deal and associate with people, or
participate in activities as a form of protest.
15. 13. There are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
Mark your answer as per the codes provided below:
Assertion (A): Banks keep only a small proportion of their deposits as
cash with themselves
Reason (R): Banks in India these days hold about 15 percent of their
deposits as cash.
A. Both A and Rare true and R 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.
16. 14. Observe the caricature image given below. What is the caricaturist
trying to depict?
a) Political leaders treat people belonging to a caste as ‘Vote Banks’.
b) In elections, political parties give tickets to the candidates based on
caste.
c) Candidates in elections make appeals to caste sentiment to muster
support.
d) None of the above
17. 15. Who said “Printing is the ultimate gift of God and the
greatest one"
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Martin Luther King
c) Louis Sebastien Mercier
d) Giuseppe Mazzini
18. 16. Match Column A with Column B and select the correct answer
using the codes below in the lists:
1. A- iv, B-i, C-ii, D-ii
2. A- ii , B-iii, C-i, D-ii
3. A- iii, B-iv, C-ii, D-i
4. A- iv, B-ii, C-ii, D-i
COLUMN-A COLUMN-B
A) Ethnic One level of the government
B) Majoritarianism A violent conflict between
opposing groups within a
country
C) Civil war Belief that the majority the community
should be able
to rule a country
D) Unitary system A social division based
on shared culture
19. 17. An Affidavit signifies:
a) Signed document where a person makes a sworn statement
regarding his or her antecedents.
b) A law to check the menace.
c) Legal document to declare the academic qualification.
d) All of the above.
20. 18. Observe the following image given below –
Transformation of things available in our environment involves an
interactive relationship between………………….?
A). Nature and technology
B). Nature, technology and institutions
C). Nature and institutions
D). Environment and human being
21. 19. Which of the following statements is correct about the
Belgian model?
a) It helped to avoid civic strife between two major
communities.
b) It led to civil war.
c) It led to the conflict between two communities.
d) It led to the alienation of Dutch speaking community
22. 20. Even though the share of Secondary and Tertiary sectors
has increased in the last forty years why has similar shift not
taken place in the case of employment?
A. It is because not enough jobs were created in the
secondary and tertiary sectors.
B. The Secondary and Tertiary sectors have to develop more.
C. People in India are more attached to land and want to
continue in agriculture.
D. People are not interested in working in the secondary and
tertiary sectors.
24. 21. "The new crops could make the difference between life and
death". Explain the above statement in context of Irish Potato
Famine.
Ans:
The new crops could make the difference between life and
death as when the potato was introduced in Ireland:,
its poorest peasants became so dependent on potatoes
that when disease destroyed the potato crop in the mid-
1840s, hundreds of thousands died of starvation
25. 22. Different forms of power sharing has become an essential
feature of modern democracies? Explain with the help of
examples.
26. 23 Mention any two reasons to prove that India is a federal
country.
Ans:
1. Division of powers
2. Independent judiciary
3. Representation of states
4. Special status to states
27. OR
List any two differences between the local government before
and after the Constitutional amendment in 1992.
Ans:
1. Conducting regular elections to local government bodies
has become mandatory.
2. One-third of the posts are reserved for women.
28. 24. Establish the reason why pulses are mostly grown in
rotation with other crops.
Ans:
Pulses are leguminous crops and help in restoring the
fertility of the soil by fixing nitrogen from the air in the
roots.
Thus they are grown in rotation with other crops so as to
maintain the fertility of the soil.
30. 25. "Not everyone welcomed the printed book, and those who
did also had fears about it." Justify the statement by giving
three arguments.
Ans:
1. He opined that easy availability of printed book was
harmful to serious scholarship.
2.It was feared that if there was no control over what was
printed and read, religious and radical views might
spread.
3. It would lessen the authority of valuable literature and
the valuable literature would be destroyed
31. 26. "Democracies are not appearing to be very successful in reducing
economic inequalities."
Analyze the statement.
Ans:
Democracies and the economic outcomes:
i Slow economic development and economic growth due to
the excessive population.
ii Basic needs to live such as food clothing shelter are
difficult to make.
iii Prevalence of economic inequalities.
iv In democracies poverty is still a big issue as the difference
in incomes is too much and economic inequalities do exist.
v Allocation of resources is in few hands.
32. 27. Distinguish the service conditions of the organised sector
with that of unorganized sector.
33. 28. Suggest some ways through which environmental
degradation can be reduced.
34. 29. In your opinion whether the MGNREGA 2005 has helped
the government in combating unemployment in India? Give
three reasons in supporting your answer.
36. 30 Analyze the decisions taken by the conservatives at the
Congress of Vienna in the year 1815.
37. OR
Highlight the role of the growth of cultural movement for the rise of
nationalism in Europe. Support your answer with examples.
Ans:
i Art and poetry stories music helped in shaping nationalist
feelings in Europe.
ii Romanticism was a cultural movement which played a role
in this context. Romantic poet and artists were critical of
reason and science.
iii A sense of shared collective heritage was developed.
iv Folk dance Folk poetry Folk songs were considered the true
expression of the spirit of the nation.
v Speaking in the vernacular language was another expression
of nationalism.
38. 31 "Political parties perform many crucial functions in a
democracy". Justify the statement.
OR
39. OR
"Illustrate the recent efforts and suggestions in our country to
reform political parties and its leaders.
41. Highlight the importance of petroleum. Explain the occurrence of petroleum in
India.
Ans:
Importance of Petroleum:
i Petroleum is the major energy source in India
ii Provides fuel for heat and lighting
iii Provides lubricant for machinery.
iv Provides raw material for a number of manufacturing industries.
v Petroleum refineries act as a nodal industry for synthetic textile fertilizer
and chemical industries.
Its occurrence:
i Most of the petroleum occurrences in India are associated with anticlines
and fault traps.
ii In regions of folding anticline or domes it occurs where oil is trapped in
the crest of the upfold.
iii Petroleum is also found in fault traps between porous and non-porous
rocks.
42. 33. "Credit sometimes pushes the borrower into a situation from which recovery is
very painful.” Support the statement with suitable examples.
Ans:
Bank usually refered as a formal source of credit and in some situations the
borrower would not able to repay loan. This pushes them in the situation of
dept trap. Example:
(i) In case of rural areas if crop fails due to natural factors it will be difficult
for the farmers to pay loan.
(ii) In case of failure of a business. It will be difficult for the businessman to
repay the credit.
(iii) In case of informal sector, rate of interest is very high. If due to crop
failure previous loan is not repaid interest rate further mounts.
(iv) In case of high risk activities failure without some support can push
borrower in painful situation.
(v) In many cases people has to sell their land and fixed assets to repay
loan
