CBSE Sample Papers for Class 10 Social Science Paper 6

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CBSE Sample Papers for Class 10 Social Science Paper 6

Board	CBSE
Class	X
Subject	Social Science
Sample Paper Set	Paper 6
Category	CBSE Sample Papers

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Time Allowed: 3 hours
Max. Marks: 80

General Instructions:

• This question paper consists of 28 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
• Questions from Serial No. 1 to 7 are very short answer type questions. Each question carries 1 mark.
• Questions from Serial No. 8 to 18 are of 3 marks questions. Answer to these questions should not exceed 80 words each.
• Questions from Serial No. 19 to 25 are of 5 marks questions. Answer should not exceed 100 words each.
• Questions No. 26 and 27 are map questions carrying 1+1= 2 marks from History. After completion, attach the maps inside your answer books.
• Questions No. 28 is a map question of 3 marks from geography.

Question 1.
What was the main aim of Treaty of Vienna 1815?
                                    OR
Name the most influential book of Phan boi Chau.

Question 2.
Which movement of Andhra Pradesh did it Mahatma Gandhi join in NCM?
                                                   OR
Why was Tonkin free school established?

Question 3.
Which city was chosen as headquarters of the European Union?

Question 4.
Explain the term ‘holding together federation’.

Question 5.
How does social division affect politics?

Question 6.
What do you understand by the term ‘National Income’?

Question 7.
Who is measuring GDP of India?

Question 8.
How did European handle the problem of shortage of labour in Africa?
                                                  OR
How did factories emerge on the landscape of England?

Question 9.
What was the role of new ‘Visual Image Culture’ in printing in India?
                                                     OR
How did novels help in establishing a relationship with the past?

Question 10.
Highlight any three hydraulic structures as a part of water management programmes initiated in ancient India.

Question 11.
Distinguish between primitive subsistence farming and intensive subsistence farming.

Question 12.
Why do we need to conserve mineral resources?

Question 13.
How is power shared in a coalition government?

Question 14.
How do ideas, ideals and values play a role in politics?

Question 15.
What role does opposition party plays in a democracy?

Question 16.
What is an organised sector? Give any three benefits of the organised sector.

Question 17.
Why does the formal or informal sector ask for a collateral?

Question 18.
What is the impact of globalisation on the consumers of India?

Question 19.
Explain the statement ‘when france sneezes, the rest of Europe catches cold’.
                                                                OR
Write an evaluation of Vietnamese war against the US from the point of view of a woman soldier.
                                                                OR
What do you know about the peasant movement in Awadh?

Question 20.
Why did the muslims feel alienated from the congress during the Civil Disobedience Movement?
                                                                OR
Explain the causes of the rise of nationalism in India.

Question 21.
Suggest steps to minimise the environmental degradation caused by the Industrial development in India.

Question 22.
What are the advantages of airways? Give names of any four International Airports of India.
                                                                       OR
Why are means of transportation and Communication called the lifelines of national Economy? Give any five reasons to support your answer.

Question 23.
Describe any three demands of the Sri Lankan Tamils. How did they struggle for their demands?

Question 24.
“The most distinctive fact about democracy is that its examination never gets over”. Comment.
                                                                     OR
Describe the three-fold distribution of legislative powers between the Union government and State government.

Question 25.
How can ‘Right to Safety’ be practised? Give a suitable example.
                                                                OR
Why rules and regulations required in the market place? Illustrate with few examples.

Question 26.
On the given outline map of India, mark the place where Congress Session of September 1920 held.

Question 27.
On the given outline map of India, mark the place where peasants Satyagrah took place.

Question 28.
On the given political map of India identify the following:
(a) Southernmost part of North South corridor.
(b) An International Airport.
(c) A Software Technology Park.
(d) Nellore (Mica Mines)

Answers

Answer 1.
The aim of the Treaty of Vienna was to reverse most of the changes that had come about in Europe during the Napoleonic War. The Borebon dynasty, which had been deposed during the French Revolution was restored to power.
                                                                             OR
‘The History of the loss of Vietnam’ was written by Phan Boi Chau. He had written this book under the strong influence and advice of Chinese reformer Liang Qi-chao.

Answer 2.
In the Gudem Hills of Andhra Pradesh, militant guerilla movement spread in the early 1920’s was not a form of struggle that the Congress could approve.
                                                                              OR
The Tonkin free school was established in 1907 to provide a Western style education.

Answer 3.
Brussels, the capital city of Belgium was chosen as headquarters of the European Union.

Answer 4.
When a large country decides to divide its power between the constituent states and the national govt, it is called ‘holding together federation.’

Answer 5.
If in a democracy, people start competing in terms of some existing social divisions, it can make social divisions into political divisions and lead to conflict, violence of over disintegration of the country.

Answer 6.
The sum total of all goods and services produced within a country or nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) plus net income received from overseas during a period of one year.

Answer 7.
In India the mammoth task of measuring GDP is undertaken by a Central Government Ministry. This ministry with the help of various government departments of all India states and union territories, collects information relating to total volume of goods and services and their prices and then estimates the GDP.

Answer 8.

1. Heavy taxes were imposed on Africans, which could be paid only by working for wages on plantations and mines.
2. Inheritance laws were changed so that peasants were displaced from their lands.
3. Only one member of a family was allowed to inherit land, as a result of which the others were pushed into the labour market.

OR

1. In the early 19th century, factories increasingly became an intimate part of English landscape.
2. The new mills were so magical that the sight of those factories or developing new technology, dazzled the people.
3. They concentrated their attention on the mills, almost forgetting the by laws and the workshops where production skill continued.

Answer 9.

1. By the end of 19th century, a new visual culture had started.
2. With the increasing number of printing presses, visual images could be easily reproduced in multiple copies.
3. Painters like ‘Raja Ravi Verma’ produced images for mass circulation.
4. Cheap prints and calendars were bought even by the poor to decorate the walls of their house.

OR

1. Many novels told thrilling stories of adventure and intrigues set in the part.
2. Through glories account of the part, these novels helped in creating a sense of national pride among their readers.
3. At the same time, people from all walks of life could read novels so long as they shared a common language. This helped in creating a sense of collective belonging on the basis of one’s language.

Answer 10.
Three Hydraulic structures initiated in ancient India, as a part of water
management.

1. Guls or Kuls: In hilly and mountaineers regions, people built diversion channels called Kuls and Guls in the Western Himalayas. A Kul or Gul leads to a circular village tank, from which water is released as and when required.
2. Khadins and Johads: In arid a semi arid regions, agricultural fields were converted into rain fed storage structures that allowed the water to stand and moisten the soil, called ‘Khadin’s in Jaiselmer and johads’ in other parts of Rajasthan.
3. Tankas: In Bikaner, Phalodi and Barmer of Rajasthan, almost all houses traditionally had underground tanks or tankas for storing rainwater which can be used for drinking and other purpose.

Answer 11.

Primitive Subsistence Farming	Intensive Subsistence Farming
(i) It is practised on small patches of land.	(i) It is practised on bigger land holdings.
(ii) Primitive tools like hoe, digging sticks and family community labour are used.	(ii) Modern inputs like HYV seeds, chemicals, fertilizers, insecticides etc. to obtain higher productivity are used.
(iii) In this type of farming farmers depend on the monsoons and natural fertility of the soil.	(iii) In intensive subsistence irrigation facilities, like tube wells, canal irrigation is used.

Answer 12.

1. Minerals resources is a basic requirements for economic development.
2. Every sector of the national economy – agriculture, industry transport – Commercial and domestic – needs inputs of mineral resource.
3. The economic development plans implemented since independence necessarily required increasing amounts of minerals to remain operational. As a result consumption of minerals in all forms has been steadily rising all over the country and we need to conserve if of the future.

Answer 13.

1. After 1990, these was the rise of regional political, parties as well as the beginning of the era of ‘Coalition Govts’ at the centre.
2. Since no single party got a clear majority in the Lok Sabha, the major national parties had to enter into an alliance with many parties including several regional parties to form a government at centre
3. This led to a new culture of power sharing and respect for the autonomy of state governments.
4. Thus trend was supported by a major judgement of the Supreme Court that made it difficult for the Central Govt, to dismiss state governments in an arbitrary manner.
5. Thus federal power sharing is more effective today than it was in the early years after the constitution came into force.

Answer 14.

1. Ideas, ideals and values drawn from various religions, as Gandhiji said, can play a pivotal role in politics.
2. As the members of religious community, people can express their ideas, needs, beliefs and demands in politics.
3. In politics also, those who hold political power can regulate the religions practice in order to prevent discrimination and oppruvin.

Answer 15.
Following roles played by opposition party in a democracy are:

1. Opposition party mobilises opposition to the government
2. It puts its different views in the Parliament and criticisms the government for its failures or wrong policies.
3. By doing this, it can keep a check on the ruling party, which is made to move on the track.

Answer 16.
Organised Sector covers those enterprises or plans of work where the terms of employment are regular therefore, people have assured work. They are registered by the government.
Benefits of the Organised Sector:

1. Workers enjoy security of employment. They are expected to work only for a fixed number of hours.
2. If they work more, they have to be paid overtime by the employee.
3. They get paid leaves, payment during holidays, provident fund, gratuity etc.

Answer 17.

1. Every loan agreement specifies an interest rate which the borrower must pay to the lender along with the repayment of the principal.
2. In addition lenders may demand a collateral or an asset that the borrower owns to use it as a guarantee until he repays the loan.
3. Interest rate, collateral and documentation requirement and the mode of repayment are the terms of credit required for formal or informal sections for loans.

Answer 18.
Impact on globalisation on the consumers of India as.

1. Cdobalisation and great competition among produces – both local and foreign – have been of advantage to consumers, particularly the well-off sections in the urban areas.
2. There is a great choice before these consumers who new enjoyed improved quality and lower prices of several products.
3. As a result, these people today enjoy much high standards of living than was possible earlier.

Answer 19.

1. Most of the European countries followed France persistently.
2. The first upheaval took place in France in July 1830.
3. The Bourbon kings who had been restored to power during the conservative reaction after 1815, we new over thrown by liberal revolutionaries, who installed a constitutional monarchy with Louis Philippe as its lead.
4. When France sneezes the rest of Europe catches cold was spoken by Metternich.
5. The July revolution sparked an uprising in Brussels which led to Belgium breaking away from the United Kingdom of Netherlands.
6. An event that mobilised nationalist feelings among the educated elite across Europe was the Greek war of Independence.

OR

A woman soldier:

1. I am one of the 1.5 million Vietnamese, a brave women soldiers to fight our war against US and get independence from this long lasting war. I am one of the women workers engaged as porters, nurses and construction workers, spread in the regular army, the militia, the local forces and professional teams.
2. I am a brave women soldier, who can single handedly kill the enemy. We women soldiers could construct six air strips, neutralised almost thousands of bombs and can easily shoot down around fifteen planes. We have proved it.
3. As I am working on the Ho Chi Minh trail, I can shoot a US Jet with few bullets.
4. I am a young, brave and dedicated soldier.
5. I am so powerful that being woman soldier I can carry a rifle in our hand and a hammer in the other.
6. Fighting as selfless soldier, I can fight to save my country.

OR

1. In Awadh, the peasant movement was led by Baba Ramchandra—a sanyasi who had earlier worked in Fiji as an indentured labourer.
2. The movement here was against talukdars and landlords who demanded high rents from the peasants.
3. Peasants had to do begar at landlords’ farms.
4. The peasant movement demanded reduction of revenue, abolition of begar and social boycott of oppressive landlords.
5. In many places nai-dhobi bandhs were organised to deprive landlords of the services of even washermen and barbers.
6. Jawaharlal Nehru began talking to the villagers and formed Oudh Kisan Sabha.
7. Within a month, over 300 branches had been set up in the villages around the region.
8. As the movement spread in 1921, the houses of talukdars and merchants ^ were attacked, bazaars were looted and grain hoards were taken over.

Answer 20.
Muslims felt alienated from Congress during SDM:

1. Some of the Muslim political organisations in India were also lukewarm in their response to the Civil Disobedience Movement.
2. After the decline of Non-cooperation and Khilafat Movement, a large section of Muslims felt alienated from the Congress.
3. The important differences were over the question of representation in the future assemblies that were to be elected.
4. Mohammad Ali Jinnah, one of the leaders of the Muslim League, was willing to give up the demand for separate electorate, if Muslims were assured reserved seats in the Central Assembly and representation in proportion to population in the Muslim-dominated Provinces.
5. Negotiations over the questions of resolving the issue at the All Party Conference in 1928 disappeared when M.R. Jayakal of the Hindu Mahasabha strongly opposed efforts for compromise.

OR

Causes of rise of Nationalism in India:

1. The growth of nationalism is intimately connected to the anti-colonial movement.
2. People began discovering their unity in the process of their struggle with colonialism.
3. The sense of being oppressed under colonialism provided a shared bond that tied many different groups together.
4. It also meant a change in people’s understanding of who they were and what defined their identity and sense of belonging.
5. Though with diverse notions each class and group pursued nationalism to gain political empowerment.

Answer 21.
Steps to minimise the environmental degradation caused by industrial development in India are:

1. Minimising use of water for procuring by reserving and recycling it in two or more successive stages.
2. Heavenly of rain water can be done to meet water requirement.
3. Treating hot water and efficient before releasing them in rivers and ponds.
4. Particulate matter in the air can be reduced by fitting smoke stacks to factories with electrostatic.
5. Smoke can be reduced by using oil and natural gas instead of coal in factories.
6. Machinery and equipment can be redesigned to increase energy efficiency and reducing noise.

Answer 22.
Advantages of Airways:

1. Today air travel is the fastest most comfortable and the prestigious mode of transport.
2. It can cover very difficult terrain like high mountains, dreary deserts, dense forests and also long oceanic stretches with great ease.
3. In north eastern part of India, there are big rivers, dissected relief, dense forests and frequent floods and international frontiers.
4. In such situations, air transport is considered to be the best option. Govt, of India has made special provisions to make air travel pocket friendly to north-eastern states of India.

Four International airports of India are:

1. Indira Gandhi lateral Airport (Delhi)
2. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (Kolkatta)
3. Chatrrapati Shivaji International Airport (Mumbai)
4. Meenabakkam International Airport (Chennai)
5. Rajasarsi International Airport (Amritsar).

OR

Means of transport & Communication are called lifelines of national economy because:

1. They bring far-flung ares of a country quite closes to each other.
2. Movement of goods and services from their supply locations to demand locations necessitates the need for transport.
3. The pace of a country depends upon the production of goods and services as well as their movement over space.
4. Therefore efficient means a transport and communication are prerequisite for fast development.
5. In war times, they bring the whole country at the back of the armed forces and facilitate the movement of arms, ammunition and other supplier.

Answer 23.
Three demands of Sri Lankan were:

1. Recognition of Tamil and official language.
2. Regional autonomy.
3. Equality of opportunity in securing education and jobs.

Tamil’s struggle to get their demands fulfilled:

1. Several political organisations were formed demanding an Independence Tamil Ealam or state in north-eastern part of SriLanka.
2. The distrust between two communities of Sinhalas and Tamils soon turned into Civil War.
3. As a result thousands of people from both communities were killed.

Answer 24.

1. As democracy passes one test, it produces another test.
2. As people get some benefits of democracy, they ask for more and want to make democracy even better.
3. That is why, when ask people about the way democracy functions, they always come up with more expectations and many complaints.
4. The fact that people are complaining is itself a testimony to the success of democracy. It shows that people have developed awareness and the ability to expect and to look at power holders critically and the high and the mighty.
5. A public expression of dissatisfaction with democracy shows the success of the democratic project; it transforms people from the status of a subject into that of a citizen.

OR

It contains three lists:

1. Union List: It includes subjects of national importance such as defence of the country, foreign affairs, banking, communications and currency. They are included in this list because we need a uniform policy on these matters throughout the country.
2. State List: The list contains subjects of state and local importance such as police, trade, commerce, agriculture and irrigation. The state governments alone can make laws relating to the subjects mentioned in the state list.
3. Concurrent List: Includes subjects of common interest to both, the Union government as well as the State government such as education, forests,
   trade unions, marriage, adoption and succession. Both the Union as well as State governments can make laws on the subjects mentioned in this list. If their laws conflict with each other, the law made by the Union government prevails.

Answer 25.
Right to Safety:

1. While using many goods and services, we as consumers, have the right to be protected against the marketing of goods and delivery of services that are hazardous to life and property.
2. Producers need to strictly follow the required safety rules and regulations.
3. These are many goods and services that we purchases that require special attention to safety.
4. For example: Pressure workers have a safety valve which if defective can cause a serious accident. The manufactures of the safety valve have to ensure high quality. We also need public or government action to see this quality is maintained.
5. Whatever goods cause any human loss, should not revolve in the market, it should be immediately withdrawn.

OR

Rules and Regulations are required for the protection of consumers in the market place.
Incident One: I bought a pair of shoes from a reputed showroom of woodlands which was pretty expensive. After few months I realized that I developed corns on my feet, which started hurting. Soon I went to doctor to get treatment and he advised immediately discard those shoes. They were pretty expensive. So fortunately I had cash memo and went to the shop to get my defective shoes replaced which he refused once. I just warn him of circumstances if I complaint to the consumer unit, he immediately got my shoes replaced. In such a situations I strongly felt the need for rules and regulations.

Incident Two: A company claimed to reduce weight to my friend within 15 days and took huge amount with promise. Besides the weight loss, she gained more weight and her promises were false. When asked that company refused to pay back refunds. So we decided to go to the court and after sometime were able to get our entire money refunded. Hence there is need for rules and regulations to ensure consumers protection.

Answer 26.

Answer 27.

Answer 28.

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