CBSE Set Qa5a Social Science Sample Test Papers For Class 10th for students online

Q4) By whom was Congress Khilafat Swarajya Party (Swarajist Party) joined? What was their main aim. (Marks 2)
Ans4) The Swarajist Party was formed by C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru in December 1922. They aimed to enter the Legislative Councils, obstruct their working according to official plans, expose their weakness, transform them into arenas of political struggle, and thus use them to arouse public enthusiasm.

Q5) Describe the main objective of the League of Nations. (Marks 2)
Ans5) The primary objectives of the League were : -
(1) The promotion of international cooperation, peace and security.
(2) The maintenance of peace requires the reduction of national armaments.
(3) Members of the League undertake to respect and preserve as against external aggression, the territorial integrity and existing political independence of all members.
(4) If any member of the League resorted to war, it shall be deemed to have committed an act of war against all other members of the league.

Q7) Examine the four major features of the 19th century Indian Society.
Ans7) Refer to Q7, C.B.S.E  1999, Set I

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Examine the contribution of Mahadev Govinda Ranade and Jyotiba Phule to social reform. (Marks 4)
Ans. Mahadev Govinda Ranade was one of the founders of Indian National Congress. He was a member of Sarvajanik Sabha and was instrumental in forming Indian Social Congress in 1887. The conference worked as a secular organisation and campaigned for abolition of cast, intercaste marriages, raising of the marriageable age, discouragement of polygamy, widow remarriage, women's education and improvement in the conditions of outcastes.
Jotirao Govindrao Phule questioned the supremacy of Brahmins and the authority of scriptures. In 1873, he organised Satyashodhak Samaj for the upliftment of lower castes and played a role in the spread of education among girls of lower castes.

Q13) Describe the evil effects of over-population on Indian economy. (Marks 3)
Ans13) Population explosion has caused havoc to our economic system.
(a) Population and per capita income - If the population of a country increases, the rate of growth of per capita income fails to keep pace with the rate of growth of national income. It implies that the rising population eats away the rising income. That is what has been happening in India.
(b) Population and pressure on land - Rising population has obstructed improvements in agriculture, which in turn has caused adverse effects on agricultural productivity. It also gives rise to widespread disguised unemployment and under employment in the agricultural sector. Moreover, the gap between the fast rising demand for food on account of growing population and slower rise in the output of food has widened.
(c) Population and unemployment - Increasing population increases the supply of manpower. The current agricultural base and the industrial and commercial superstructure cannot usefully accommodate any more people. Hence, rising population, resulting in larger labour force, has led to rising unemployment but in rural and urban sector.

Q14) What is the role of Election Commission in holding free and fair elections ? (Marks 3)
Ans14) The entire process of election in our country is controlled and conducted by an independent body called the Election Commission. In order to ensure free and fair elections it does the following :-
(1) It conducts and supervises elections and bye-elections to the Parliament, State Legislatures, and to the Office of the President and the Vice-President.
(2) Its responsibility is to fix the election programme, including dates for nomination and scrutiny of candidates, and date of elections, make arrangements for setting up necessary number of polling booths, lay down procedure for the exercise of secret ballot, appoint adequate number of returning officers and declare results after the proper counting and scrutiny of votes.
(3) It prepares guidelines for a code of conduct for political parties, candidates and voters.
(4) It determines the criteria for recognising political parties and then recognise them and decide their election symbols and allocate time to them for the use of radio and television in order to help them reach out to the people on election issues.

Q20) What is the degree of longitude whose local time has been accepted as Indian Standard Time (IST) of India? How did "Tethys' sea disappear from the Indian subcontinent ? Give two point. (Marks 1+2=3)
Ans. 20) There is a difference of about two hours in the local time of the eastern-most parts and the western most parts of India. So we have accepted 82^o30' E longitude as the standard meridian of India and its time as IST.
'Tethys' was an elongated and shallow sea sandwiched between the two giant landmasses - 'the Angaraland' in the north and 'the Gondwanaland' in the south.
(1) For millions of years denudation of these two land masses resulted in deposition of silt into the Tethys.
(2) The two giant landmasses were slowly but steadily heading towards each other. This lateral compressional force acting from two opposite directions made the sea not only shrink further but also buckle up forming a chain of islands to begin with and over millions of years into the mighty folded mountains such as the Himalayas of today.

Q21) Relief has affected the distribution of natural vegetation in the Himalayan Region. Explain it with three examples. (Marks 3)
Ans. 21) Altitude is an important consideration in the distribution of vegetation in mountainous region because temperature decreases with increasing altitude.
(1) The Shivaliks, the foothills of Himalayas, are clothed with tropical moist deciduous flora. Sal & Bamboo trees are most common in the belt.
(2) Between 1,000 & 2,000 meters above the sea level we have the wet hill forests. Evergreen broad leave oaks, chestnuts & apples are common in this belt.
(3) Between 1,600 - 3,300 meters above sea level, pine, cedar, silver fir & spruce are some of the important species. These are the coniferous forests of the temperate region.

Q22) What is a waste land? How is man helping in increasing waste land? Give two points. (Marks 1+2=3)
Ans. 22) Waste land is the land which is not utilized for being rocky, sandy & arid. The high mountains and uneven lands also belong to this category. At times human beings have also been responsible to add to such areas by:-
(1) Extensive deforestation carried out by man, turns land into a waste land.
(2) The dirty & poisonous affluent of his factories in the surrounding areas also turns those lands into waste land.

Section D - ECONOMICS

Q27) Distinguish between Cottage Industries & Small scale Industries. Mention three points. (Marks 3)
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