PART TEST-3

Date: 16/11/2024 Time: 3 hour

Subject: SST (Class-10) Total Marks: 80

Syllabus
Full Syllabus
Sec-A (VSAQs) 1mark X 20 = 20 marks
Which city was called the fabled ―City of Gold‖?a. Peru b. Mexicoc. (1)
1.
El Dorado d. Spain
The book Buddhist ‗Diamond Sutra„ was published (1)
2.
in______________.a. 768 CE b.868 CEc. 848 CE d. 752 CE
Who is the author of ‗Gulamgiri„ ?a.Jyotiba Phule b. Dr. B.R (1)
3.
Ambedkarc.Mahatma Gandhi d. E.V. RamaswamyNaicker
Choose the incorrect statement.a. Gutenberg developed the first (1)
4. printing press b. Erasmus was a Greek scholar.c. Menocchio was an
Italian miller. d.Warren Hastings persecuted Hickey
5. Complete the following table. (1)

a.(i) 50-75 cm. (ii)Rabi b.(i)75-100cm, (ii)Rabi

c.(i) 100-200 cm (ii)Zaid d. (i) Above 200 cm (ii) Kharif
Which one of the following pair is correct. (1)
6. a.Black buck- Rare b.Asiatic Cheetah- Extinct
c.Nicobar pigeon- Normal d.Pink head duck- Endangered
7. Match the following and choose the correct option given below: (1)
List A List B
A. Laterite soil 1. High moisture retention
B. Black soil 2.Intensively cultivated
C. Alluvial soil 3. Source of salt
D. Arid soil 4. Problem of leaching
Options
ABCD ABCD
a. 1 1 2 3 b. 2 1 3 4
c. 4 1 2 3 d. 1 4 3 2
8. Assertion A- Power sharing is good for establishing stable (1)
Democracy.
Reason R- Power sharing leads to ethnic tension.
Optionsa. BothAand 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.
9. Match the following and choose the correct option given below: (1)
List I List II
A. Union of India 1. Prime minister
B. State 2. Sarpanch
C. Municipal corporation 3. Governor
D. Gram Panchayat 4. Mayor
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ABCD ABCD
a. 1 3 4 2 b. 1 2 3 4
c. 3 2 1 4 d. 4 1 2 3
10. In India seats are reserved for women in ___________. (1)
a. Lok Sabha b. State Legislature
c. Cabinets d. Panchayati Raj bodies
11. Which of the following is not a National party of India? (1)
a.Bahujan Samaj Party b. Communist party of India
c. Samajwadi party d. Bharatiya Janata party
12. Choose the odd one.Democracies need to ensure _______ (1)
a .Free and fair election b. Dignity of the individual
c. Minority rule d. Equal treatment before Law
13. Which among the following is not a bordering country of Belgium? (1)
a. France b. Germany c. Spain d. Netherland
14. Assume there are five families in a country. The average per capita (1)
income of these families is Rs. 4000. If the income of three families is
Rs. 5000, Rs. 3000 and Rs. 2000 and Rs. 5000 respectively. What is the
income of the fifth family.
a. Rs. 7, 500 b. Rs. 5, 000 c. Rs. 8, 500 d. Rs. 6, 000
15. Read the following data and select the appropriate option from the (1)
following.

How much of the percentage of girl children in rural areas are

illiterate? a. 25% b. 35% c. 13% d. 31%
16. Choose one correct statement from the following: (1)
Underemployment occurs-
a. when people are not willing to work.
b. when people are working slowly.
c. when people are working less than what they are capable
ofdoing.
d. when people are not paid for their jobs.
17. Fill in the blank: (1)

a. Steel Authority of India Limited

b. Reserve Bank of India
c. Tata Iron and Steel Company
d. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
18. Read the information given below and select the correct (1)
option:Rohan works in a Reliance Ltd while Sohan works as a daily
wage earner. Both want a credit of Rs. 30, 000/-. Bank is more likely to
give credit to whom?

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 a. Rohan as he has regular employment.
b. Sohan as he is more needy.
c. Neither Rohan nor Sohan
d. Both Rohan and Sohan
19. Removing barriers or restrictions set by the government is known as (1)
a. Privatization b. Globalization
c. Liberalization d. Socialization
20. Which of the following statements are true about MNCs? (1)
a. An MNC is a company that owns or controls production in
morethan one nation.
b. This is done so that the cost of production is low and the MNCscan
earn greater profits.
c. MNCs set up offices and factories for production in regionswhere
they can get cheap labour and other resources.
d. All of the above.

Sec-B (VSA Questions) 2marks X 4 = 8marks

21. Name the power blocks of world war -II. (2)
22. How are religious differences expressed in politics? (2)
23. How are minerals the indispensable part of our lives? Explain by (2)
giving two examples
OR
How can we conserve the mineral resources for future generations?
24. Highlight any two differences between intermediate goods and final (2)
goods.

Sec-C (SA Questions) 3marks X 5 = 15marks

Why was the Non-cooperation Movement launched by Gandhiji?
25. (3)
Explain any three reasons.
26. ―Road transport preceded railways‖. Justify the statement. (3)
How are local companies benefited by collaborating with
27. (3)
multinational companies? Explain with examples.
―Democracies are not very successful in reducing
28. (3)
economicinequalities‖. Justify the statement.
Why is NREGA called the Right to work? Explain the objectives of
29. (3)
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005. (Two Points).

Sec-D (LA based Questions) 5 X 4 = 20marks

“The Habsburg Empire was a patchwork of different regions and
people‖.” Justify the statement with a suitable example.
OR
30. (5)
“Vernacular language and local folklore carried modern
nationalists' message to large audiences, who were mostly illiterate”.
Justify the statement with suitable examples.
“The economic strength of a country is measured from the
development of its manufacturing industries”. Explain with suitable

31. arguments. (5)

OR
Suggest any five measures to control environmental degradation
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 caused by industries.
“About a hundred years ago there were a few countries that had
hardly any political party. Now there are a few countries that do not
have political parties”. Examine this statement.
32. (5)
OR
Elucidate some of the recent efforts taken in our country to reform
political parties and its leaders.
Which government body supervises the functioning of formal
33. (5)
sources of loans in India? Explain its functioning.

Sec-E (Case based Questions) 4 X 3 = 12marks

34. Read the source given below and answer the question that follows:
By the first decade of the twentieth century , a series of changes
affected the pattern of industrialization. As the Swadeshi Movement
gathered momentum, nationalists mobilized people to boycott
foreign cloth. Industrial groups organized themselves to protect their
collective interests , pressurizing the government to increase tariff
protection and grant other concessions. From 1906, moreover, the
export of Indian yarn to China declined since produce from Chinese
and Japanese mills flooded the Chinese market . So industrialists in
India began shifting from yarn to cloth production. Cotton piece
goods production in India doubled between 1900 and 1912.

34.1When did the nationalists mobilize the people to boycott foreign (1)
cloth?
34.2Why did the export of Indian yarn to China decline ? (1)
34.3With what objective did the industrial groups organize
themselves ? (2)
35. Read the given extract and answer the following questions.Irrigation
has also changed the cropping pattern of many regions with farmers
shifting to water intensive and commercial crops. This has great
ecological consequences like salinisation of the soil. At the same
time it has transformed the social landscape i.e. increasing the
social gap between the rich landowners and the landless poor. As
we can see the dams did create conflicts between people wanting
different uses and benefits from the same water resources. In
Gujarat , the Sabarmati-basin farmers were agitated and almost
caused a riot over the higher priority given to water supply in urban
areas. Particularly during droughts. Interstate water disputes are also
becoming common with regard to sharing the costs and benefits of
the multi-purpose project.

35.1 Why are farmers of many regions shifting to water intensive and (1)
commercial crops?
35.2 Mention any one ecological consequence caused by (1)
irrigation.
35.3 ‗Irrigation has changed the social landscape„. Explain by giving
two examples. (2)

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36. Read the given extract and answer the following.Rural local
government is popularly known by the name Panchayati Raj. Each
village, or a group of villages in some states has a Gram Panchayat.
This is a council consisting of several ward members, often called
panch and a president or sarpanch. They are directly elected by all
the adult population living in that ward or village.It is the
decisionmaking body for the entire village. The panchayat works
under the overall supervision of the Gram Sabha. All the voters in the
village are it’s members.
36.1.What is the rural local government known as?
36.2. Who is the head of Gram Panchayat. (1)
36.3.Who are the members of Gram Sabha? What is it„s main (1)
function (2)

Sec-E (Map Skill based Questions) 5marks

37. Two places A and B have been marked on the given outline map of
India.Identify them and write their correct names on the lines drawn
near them.
A. Indian National Congress session held in 1927. (1)
B. The place where Mahatma Gandhi called off the Non— (1)
Cooperation Movement.

38. On the same outline map of India locate and label any THREE of the
following with suitable symbols. (1)
a. Tungabhadra dam
b. Tuticorin seaport
c. Kakrapara Nuclear power plant
d. Pune software technology park

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