Class X
Class X
Strictly Confidential
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Secondary School Supplementary Examination, July-2024
SUBJECT NAME: Social Science SUBJECT CODE:087 PAPER CODE: 32/S/1
General Instructions: -
1. You are aware that evaluation is the most important process in the actual and correct assessment of
the candidates. A small mistake in evaluation may lead to serious problems which may affect the
future of the candidates, education system and teaching profession. To avoid mistakes, it is
requested that before starting evaluation, you must read and understand the spot evaluation
guidelines carefully.
2. “Evaluation policy is a confidential policy as it is related to the confidentiality of the
examinations conducted, Evaluation done and several other aspects. Its’ leakage to public in
any manner could lead to derailment of the examination system and affect the life and future
of millions of candidates. Sharing this policy/document to anyone, publishing in any magazine
and printing in News Paper/Website etc may invite action under various rules of the Board
and IPC.”
3. Evaluation is to be done as per instructions provided in the Marking Scheme. It should not be done
according to one’s own interpretation or any other consideration. Marking Scheme should be strictly
adhered to and religiously followed. However, while evaluating, answers which are based on
latest information or knowledge and/or are innovative, they may be assessed for their
correctness otherwise and due marks be awarded to them. In class-X, while evaluating two
competency-based questions, please try to understand given answer and even if reply is not
from marking scheme but correct competency is enumerated by the candidate, due marks
should be awarded.
4. The Marking scheme carries only suggested value points for the answers.These are in the nature of
Guidelines only and do not constitute the complete answer. The students can have their own
expression and if the expression is correct, the due marks should be awarded accordingly.
5. The Head-Examiner must go through the first five answer books evaluated by each evaluator on the
first day, to ensure that evaluation has been carried out as per the instructions given in the Marking
Scheme. If there is any variation, the same should be zero after delibration and discussion. The
remaining answer books meant for evaluation shall be given only after ensuring that there is no
significant variation in the marking of individual evaluators.
6. Evaluators will mark( √ ) wherever answer is correct. For wrong answer CROSS ‘X” be marked.
Evaluators will not put right (✓)while evaluating which gives an impression that answer is correct
and no marks are awarded. This is most common mistake which evaluators are committing.
7. If a question has parts, please award marks on the right-hand side for each part. Marks awarded for
different parts of the question should then be totaled up and written in the left-hand margin and
encircled. This may be followed strictly.
8. If a question does not have any parts, marks must be awarded in the left-hand margin and encircled.
This may also be followed strictly.
9. If a student has attempted an extra question, answer of the question deserving more marks should be
retained and the other answer scored out with a note “Extra Question”.
10. No marks to be deducted for the cumulative effect of an error. It should be penalized only once.
11. A full scale of marks _____80_____(example 0 to 80/70/60/50/40/30 marks as given in Question
Paper) has to be used. Please do not hesitate to award full marks if the answer deserves it.
12. Every examiner has to necessarily do evaluation work for full working hours i.e., 8 hours every day
and evaluate 20 answer books per day in main subjects and 25 answer books per day in other
subjects (Details are given in Spot Guidelines).
13. Ensure that you do not make the following common types of errors committed by the Examiner in
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the past:- Giving more marks for an answer than assigned to it.
● Wrong totaling of marks awarded on an answer.
● Wrong transfer of marks from the inside pages of the answer book to the title page.
● Wrong question wise totaling on the title page.
● Leaving answer or part thereof unassessed in an answer book.
● Wrong totaling of marks of the two columns on the title page.
● Wrong grand total.
● Marks in words and figures not tallying/not same.
● Wrong transfer of marks from the answer book to online award list.
● Answers marked as correct, but marks not awarded. (Ensure that the right tick mark is correctly
and clearly indicated. It should merely be a line. Same is with the X for incorrect answer.)
● Half or a part of answer marked correct and the rest as wrong, but no marks awarded.
14. While evaluating the answer books if the answer is found to be totally incorrect, it should be marked
as cross (X) and awarded zero (0)Marks.
15. Any un assessed portion, non-carrying over of marks to the title page, or totaling error detected by
the candidate shall damage the prestige of all the personnel engaged in the evaluation work as also
of the Board. Hence, in order to uphold the prestige of all concerned, it is again reiterated that the
instructions be followed meticulously and judiciously.
16. The Examiners should acquaint themselves with the guidelines given in the “Guidelines for spot
Evaluation” before starting the actual evaluation.
17. Every Examiner shall also ensure that all the answers are evaluated, marks carried over to the title
page, correctly totaled and written in figures and words.
18. The candidates are entitled to obtain photocopy of the Answer Book on request on payment of the
prescribed processing fee. All Examiners/Additional Head Examiners/Head Examiners are once
again reminded that they must ensure that evaluation is carried out strictly as per value points for
each answer as given in the Marking Scheme.
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CBSE SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATION – JULY 2024
Marking Scheme
Class X -Social Science (087)
SET-32/S/1
SET-1 MM:80
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19 (D) Kerala 10 E 1
20 (A) Developed 55 E 1
Section B (4X2=8)
Very Short Answer Type Questions
21 (a) How did the silk route connect the world? 54 H 2X1=2
(i) The silk routes are a good example of vibrant pre-modern trade
and cultural links between distant parts of the world.
(ii) Historians have identified several silk routes, over land and by
sea, knitting together vast regions of Asia, and linking Asia
with Europe and northern Africa.
(iii) Chinese pottery also travelled the same route, as did textiles
and spices from India and Southeast Asia. In return, precious
metals – gold and silver – flowed from Europe to Asia.
(iv) Trade and cultural exchange always went hand in hand. Early
Christian missionaries almost certainly travelled this route to
Asia, as did early Muslim preachers a few centuries later.
(v) Buddhism emerged from eastern India and spread in several
directions through intersecting points on the silk routes.
(vi) Any other relevant point.
(Any two points to be explained)
OR
(i) Traders and travelers introduced new crops to the lands they 54 H 2X1=2
travelled. Even ‘ready’ foodstuff in distant parts of the world
might share common origins.
(ii) It is believed that noodles travelled west from China to
become spaghetti.
(iii) Arab traders took pasta to fifth-century Sicily, an island now in
Italy.
(iv) Similar foods were also known in India and Japan, so the truth
about their origins may never be known.
(v) Many of our common foods such as potatoes, soya,
groundnuts, maize, tomatoes, chilies, sweet potatoes, and so on
were not known to our ancestors until about five centuries ago.
(vi) These foods were only introduced in Europe and Asia after
Christopher Columbus accidentally discovered the vast
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continent that would later become known as the Americas.
(vii) Sometimes the new crops could make the difference between
life and death. Europe’s poor began to eat better and live
longer with the introduction of the humble potato.
(viii) Any other relevant point.
(Any two points to be explained)
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mobile phones, fax) are used to contact one another around the
world, to access information instantly, and to communicate
from remote areas.
(iii) This has been facilitated by satellite communication devices.
(iv) Computers have now entered almost every field of activity.
(v) With the help of Internet, information can be obtained and
shared
(vi) Internet also allows us to send instant electronic mail (e-mail)
and talk (voice-mail) across the world at negligible costs.
(vii) Any other relevant point.
(Any two points to be analysed.)
Section C (5X3=15)
Short Answer Type Questions
25 (a) Analyse the economic impacts of the Non-Cooperation 34 H 3X1=3
Movement.
OR
(b) “In India, the growth of modern nationalism was intimately 29-H 3X1=3
connected to the anti-colonial movement.” Analyse the statement.
(i) People began discovering their unity in the process of their
struggle with colonialism.
(ii) The sense of being oppressed under colonialism provided a
shared bond that tied many different groups together.
(iii) The Congress under Mahatma Gandhi tried of forge these
groups together within one movement.
(iv) Symbols of nationalism like Bharatmata and Vandemataram
(v) Anti-colonial movements like Non-Cooperation, Civil
Disobedience etc were directed against the British rule
(vi) Any other relevant point.
(Any three points to be analysed.)
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26 How is planning a widely accepted strategy for judicious use of 4 G 3X1=3
resources? Explain with examples.
(i) Planning helps in identifying the available resources and
allocating them efficiently across various sectors.
(ii) It ensures maximising their utility and minimising wastage
during activities.
(iii) Planning allows for a balanced development of different
regions and sectors within the country.
(iv) By prioritizing areas that need development the most, planning
ensures that resources are distributed equitably. For instance,
the planned development during the Green Revolution focused
on enhancing agricultural productivity in regions that were
lagging behind.
(v) Planning involves setting long-term goals and creating
strategies to achieve them.
(vi) Planning facilitates the development of infrastructure such as
roads, railways, ports, and communication networks. This
infrastructure supports economic activities and enhances
connectivity, leading to overall development.
(vii) Any other relevant point
(Any three points to be explained)
27 Why should Indian farmers practice crop rotation? Explain any 29,38G 3X1=3
three reasons.
(i) To increase crop yield.
(ii) To protect fertility of soil.
(iii) To diversify their crop.
(iv) To increase their income.
(v) Any other relevant point
(Any three points to be explained.)
(Any other view of the candidates may also be considered related
to crop rotation.)
28 Explain any three challenges before Indian political parties in the 57-P 3X1=3
present time.
(i) Lack of internal democracy.
(ii) Political parties do not conduct regular internal election and do
not hold meetings.
(iii) Dynastic succession
(iv) Money and muscle power
(v) They do not seem to offer a meaningful choice to the voters.
(vi) Any other relevant point
(Any three points to be explained.)
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29 “People can have different developmental goals.” Explain the 4 E 3X1=3
statement with examples.
(i) Social and cultural needs of every person are different and so
are goals.
(ii) A girl expects as much freedom and opportunity as her brother
and that he also shares in the household work but her brother
may not like this.
(iii) Industrialists may want more dams to get more electricity.
(iv) The people around those water bodies -like tribals, may prefer
small check dams or tanks to irrigate their lands.
(v) Any other relevant point.
(Any three points to be explained.)
Section D (4X5=20)
Long Answer Type Questions
30 (a) “The 1830s were years of great economic hardship in 15 H 5X1=5
Europe.” Support the statement with examples.
(i) The first half of the nineteenth century saw an enormous
increase in population all over Europe.
(ii) In most countries there were more seekers of jobs than
employment.
(iii) Population from rural areas migrated to the cities to live in
overcrowded slums.
(iv) Small producers in towns were often faced with stiff
competition from imports of cheap machine-made goods from
England, where industrialisation was more advanced than on
the continent.
(v) In those regions of Europe where the aristocracy still enjoyed
power, peasants struggled under the burden of feudal dues and
obligations.
(vi) The rise of food prices or a year of bad harvest led to
widespread pauperism in town and country.
(vii) Any other relevant point.
(Any five points to be explained)
OR
(b) “Culture played an important role in creating the ideas of 14 H 5X1=5
a nation in Europe during the early nineteenth century.”
Explain the statement with examples.
(i) Culture played an important role in creating the idea of the
nation: art and poetry, stories and music helped express and
shape nationalist feelings.
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(ii) Romanticism was a cultural movement which sought to
develop a particular form of nationalist sentiment.
(iii) Romantic artists and poets generally criticised the glorification
of reason and science and focused instead on emotions,
intuition and mystical feelings.
(iv) Their effort was to create a sense of a shared collective
heritage, a common cultural past, as the basis of a nation.
(v) Other Romantics such as the German philosopher Johann
Gottfried Herder (1744-1803) claimed that true German
culture was to be discovered among the common people – das
volk.
(vi) It was through folk songs, folk poetry and folk dances that the
true spirit of the nation (volksgeist) was popularised.
Collecting and recording these forms of folk culture was
essential to the project of nation-building
(vii) The emphasis on vernacular language and the collection of
local folklore was not just to recover an ancient national spirit,
but also to carry the modern nationalist message to large
audiences who were mostly illiterate.
(viii) In Poland which had been partitioned at the end of the
eighteenth century by the Great Powers – Russia, Prussia and
Austria, national feelings were kept alive through music and
language.
(ix) Karol Kurpinski, for example, celebrated the national struggle
through his operas and music, turning folk dances like the
polonaise and mazurka into nationalist symbols.
(x) The use of Polish came to be seen as a symbol of the struggle
against Russian dominance.
(xi) Any other relevant point.
(Any five points to be explained)
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establishing industries in tribal and backward areas.
(v) Export of manufactured goods expands trade and commerce,
and brings in much needed foreign exchange.
(vi) Countries that transform their raw materials into a wide variety
of finished goods of higher value are prosperous. India’s
prosperity lies in increasing and diversifying its manufacturing
industries as quickly as possible.
(vii) Any other relevant point.
(Any five points to be explained)
OR
(b) How are industries responsible for air pollution? Suggest any 66 G 2+3=5
three measures to control it.
(i) Air pollution is caused by the presence of high proportion of
undesirable gases, such as sulphur dioxide and carbon
monoxide.
(ii) Airborne particulate materials contain both solid and liquid
particles like dust, sprays mist and smoke.
(iii) Smoke is emitted by chemical and paper factories, brick kilns,
refineries and smelting plants
(iv) Burning of fossil fuels in big and small factories that ignore
pollution norms.
(v) Toxic gas leaks can be very hazardous with long-term effects.
(vi) Any other relevant point.
(Any two points to be explained) (2X1=2)
32 (a) How is democracy better than any other form of government? 64P 5X1=5
Explain with examples.
(i) It Promotes equality among citizens;
(ii) It Enhances the dignity of the individual
(iii) It improves the quality of decision-making
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(iv) It Provides a method to resolve conflicts
(v) It allows room to correct mistakes.
(vi) Accommodates social diversity
(vii) Is an accountable and legitimate form of government
(viii) Enhances freedom of citizens.
(ix) Any other relevant point.
(Any five points to be explained)
OR
33 (a) Explain the rising importance of the tertiary sector in India. 24 E 5X1=5
(i) In any country several services such as hospitals, educational
institutions, post and telegraph services, police stations, courts,
village administrative offices, municipal corporations, defense,
transport, banks, insurance companies, etc. are required. These
can be considered as basic services.
(ii) In a developing country the government has to take
responsibility for the provision of these services.
(iii) The development of agriculture and industry leads to the
development of services such as transport, trade, storage and
the like.
(iv) Greater the development of the primary and secondary sectors,
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more would be the demand for such services.
(v) As income levels rise, certain sections of people start
demanding many more services like eating out, tourism,
shopping, private hospitals, private schools, professional
training etc.
(vi) Over the past decade or so, certain new services such as those
based on information and communication technology have
become important and essential. The production of these
services has been rising rapidly.
(vii) Any other relevant point.
(Any five points to be explained)
OR
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(v) They are expected to work only (v) There are no fixed
for a fixed number of hours working hours
(vi) If they work more, they have to (vi) There is no provision for
be paid overtime by the employer. overtime
(vii) They also get several other (vii) No extra benefits are
benefits from the employers given
(viii) They get paid leave, payment (viii) The workers do not get
during holidays, provident fund, paid leave, holidays, leave
gratuity etc due to sickness etc
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Buddhism? (2X1=2)
(i)Jikji contains the essential features of Zen Buddhism.
(ii) About 150 monks of India, China and Korea are mentioned in the
book.
(iii) Any other relevant point.
(Any two point to be explained.)
35 Read the given source and answer the questions that follow: 39 P 1+1+2=4
Social and Religious Diversity
The Census of India records the religion of each and every Indian
after every ten years. The person who fills the Census form visits
every household and records the religion of each member of that
household exactly the way each person describes it. If someone
says she has ‘no religion’ or that he is an ‘atheist’, this is exactly
how it is recorded. Thus we have reliable information on the
proportion of different religious communities in the country and
how it has changed over the years. The record shows the
population proportion of six major religious communities in the
country. Since Independence, the total population of each
community has increased substantially.
36 Read the given source and answer the questions that follow: 14 E 1+1+2=4
Sustainability of Development
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“Recent evidence suggests that the groundwater is under serious
threat of overuse in many parts of the country. About 300
districts have reported a water level decline of over 4 meters
during the past 20 years. Nearly one-third of the country is
overusing their groundwater reserves. In another 25 years, 60
percent of the country would be doing the same if the present way
of using this resource continues. Groundwater overuse is
particularly found in the agriculturally prosperous regions of
Punjab and Western U.P., hard rock plateau area of central and
south India, some coastal areas and the rapidly growing urban
settlements.”
(36.3) Mention any two suggestions for the farmers to reduce the
overuse of the groundwater in agriculture. (2X1=2)
(i) Change in crop pattern.
(ii) Use of newer techniques of irrigation like sprinkler, drip irrigation
etc.
(iii) Any other relevant point.
(Any two point to be mentioned.)
Section F (2+3=5)
Map Based Questions
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37 (a) Two places ‘A’ and ‘B’ have been marked on the given political
outline map of India (on page 23). Identify these places with the
help of the following information and write their correct names
on the lines drawn near them:
(i) The place where Gandhiji organized Satyagraha to help the 1
peasants.
(ii) The place where the session of the Indian National 1
Congress was held in 1927.
(PLEASE SEE ATTACHED MAP FOR ANSWERS)
(b) On the same political outline map of India, locate and label any
three of the following with suitable symbols :
(i) Leading Coffee-producing State 3x1=3
(ii) Durg: Major iron ore mines
(iii) Kochi: Major sea port
(iv) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
(PLEASE SEE ATTACHED MAP FOR ANSWERS)
Note: The following questions are for the Visually Impaired 5x1=5
Candidates only, in lieu of Q. No. 37.
Attempt any five questions.
(37.1) Name the place where Gandhi Ji organized Satyagrah to help
the peasants. –KHEDA/ CHAMPARAN 1
(37.2) Name the place where the session of the Indian National
Congress was held in 1927. – MADRAS (CHENNAI) 1
(37.3) Name the leading Coffee-producing state of India. -
KARNATAKA 1
(37.4) Name the state where Durg iron-ore mines are located.-
CHATTISGARH 1
(37.5) Name the state where Kochi sea port is located.-KERALA 1
(37.6) Name the place where Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is
located.-HYDERABAD 1
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