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Guess Paper – 2010

Class – X

Subject – Social Science

1. What is a nation state ?

OR

What is Ordinance 10 ?

2. Under Project Tiger, how many reserves have been set up ?

3. What is Silt?

4. What do you mean by agglomeration economies?

5. Name an act that empowers the people to find out what is happening in the government and act as

the watchdog of democracy.

6. What is the most basic outcome of democracy?

7. What were the differences between Nepal and Bolivia’s movement?

8. What were ‘Biliotheque Blue’?

9. Define the term ‘Average Income’.

10. What are basic services ?

11. Why did Gandhiji decide to withdraw the Non-Cooperation movement ?

12. Why were Indians outraged by the Rowlatt Act ?

Note : Below are given three groups – A,B and C for question numbers 13 and 14. Select any

one group for answering these two questions.

GROUP - A

Q.13. Why did the Industrial production in India increase during the First World War ?

Q.14. The port of Surat declined by the end of the eighteenth century. Explain.

GROUP – B

Q.13. Explain what is meant by the Haussmanization of Paris. To what extent would you support or

oppose this form of development ?

Q.14. What forms of entertainment came up in the nineteenth century England to provide leisure

activities for the people ?

GROUP – C

Q.13. Explain how the print culture assisted the growth of nationalism in India.

Q.14. Discuss some of the social changes in the nineteenth century Britain which Thomas Hardy and

Charles Dickens wrote about.

15. How does foreign trade lead to the integration of markets across countries ? Explain with an example other than those given here.

16. How does democracy produce an accountable, responsive and legitimate government ?

17. How are integrated steel plants different from the mini steel plants ? What problems does the

industry face ?

18. Explain what is meant by the 1848 revolution of the liberals. What were the political, social and economic ideas supported by the liberals?

OR

What was the role of women in the anti-imperial struggle in Vietnam? Compare this with the role

of women in the nationalist struggle in India.

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19. Discuss three factors that determine the outcome of politics of social divisions.

20. Why did some people fear the effect of easily available printed books ? Choose one example from Europe and one from India.

OR

In what ways was the novel in colonial India useful for both the colonizers as well as the

nationalists.

21. Discuss Land Degradation. And suggest the steps to be taken to control it to some extent.

22. Why are the means of transportation and communication called the lifelines of a nation and its economy ?

23. Explain the main characteristics of a political party.

24. Explain how the activities of pressure groups are useful in the functioning of a democratic govt.?

25. What is the main difference between a federal form of government and a unitary one ? Explain with an example.

26. Workers are exploited in the unorganised sector. Do you agree with this view? Give reasons in support of your answer.

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

28. In what respect is the criterion used by the UNDP for measuring development different from the one used by the World Bank ?

29. On the outline map of India and label the following :

a) No tax campaign.

b) Indian National Congress Session of 1929.

c) An Iron and Steel plant located in Chattisgarh.

d) Thermal power plant in Tamil Nadu.

e) Software Technology Part in U.P.

f) An International Airport in Andhra Pradesh

g) Oldest oil field in India.

h) The only Woollen Textile of Southern India.

Note : The following question is for the Blind candidates only in lieu of Q.No.29

29.1. Name any two important centres of overseas trade in India in the seventeenth century.

29.2. Name the place whereafter the incident, the Non-Cooperation Movement was called off.

29.3 Name the state where the Sardar Sarovar Dam is built.

29.4 In which state is the Ludhiana Woollen Industry located ?

29.5 Write the name of any one Software Technology park of Karnataka State.

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Paper Submitted by: Chandrakant M. Paneru

Email : chandrakant_paneru@

Ph No. : 9528962353

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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS :

i) There are 29 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.

ii) Questions from serial number 1 to 10 are 1-mark questions. Answer of these questions may be from one word to one sentence.

iii) Questions from serial number 11 to 18 are 3-marks questions. Answer of these questions should not exceed 80 words each.

iv) Questions from serial number 19 to 28 are 4-marks questions. Answer of these questions should not exceed 120 words each.

v) Question number 29 is a map question. Attach the maps inside your answer book.

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