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Social Studies
10th
grade
GRADE 10, [CBSE] Sample Question Paper- MCQs(Social Science)
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- 1. Multiple Choice
Identify the correct statement with regard to ‘The Act of Union -1707’ from the following options.
A. The British monarchy surrendered the power to English Parliament.
B. The British parliament seized power from Ireland.
C. The formation of the ‘United Kingdom of Great Britain’.
D. The British nation was formed as a result of a war with Scotland and Wales.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following treaty recognized Greece as an independent nation?
A. Treaty of Sevres
B. Treaty of Versailles
C. Treaty of Lausanne
Treaty of Constantinople
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was the reason for calling off ‘the Non-cooperation Movement’ by Gandhiji?
A. Pressure from the British Government
B. Second Round Table Conference
C. Gandhiji’s arrest
D. Chauri-Chaura incident
- 4. Fill in the Blank
Business Processes Outsourcing (BPO) is an example of ---------------------------------------------------------industry in India.
- 5. Fill in the Blank
Green Revolution has helped ------------------------- industry to expand in different parts of India.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Choose the correctly matched pair about the Primitive Cultivation in India from the following options:
A. Dahiya – Madhya Pradesh
B. Kumari-Jharkhand
C. Khil -Andhra Pradesh
D. Koman- Karnataka
- 7. Multiple Choice
Barley: Rabi crop, cotton: kharif, : zaid crop.
A. Wheat
B. Mustard
C. Soya bean
D. Cucumber
- 8. Fill in the Blank
The soil with the following features are------------.
Red to brown in colour
Sandy in texture and saline in nature
Lacks humus and moisture
- 9. Multiple Choice
A type of millet rich in iron, calcium, other micro nutrients and roughage is:
A. Bajra
B. Rajma
C. Jowar
D. Ragi
- 10. Multiple Choice
Population of Sri Lankan Tamils is concentrated in region of Sri Lanka.
A. North and South
B. North and East
C. East and West
D. South and East
- 11. Fill in the Blank
Define Majoritarianism.
- 12. Fill in the Blank
Define Ethnicity
- 13. Fill in the Blank
Which administrative authority legislates on Residuary subjects?
- 14. Fill in the Blank
Which administrative authority legislates on Union list?
- 15. Multiple Choice
Read the information given below and select the correct option -
Mohan is an agricultural labourer. There are several months in a year when he has no work and needs credit to meet his daily expenses. He depends upon his employer, the landowner for credit who charges an interest rate of 5 per cent per month. Mohan repays the money by working physically for the landowner on his farmland.
Over the years his debt will –
A. Increase - because of increasing interest and non-payment of monthly amount
B. Remain constant - as he is working for the employer but is repaying less
C. Reduce - as amount equivalent to his salary is being counted as monthly repayment
D. Be totally repaid - as he is repaying the debt in the form of physical labour
- 16. Multiple Choice
Most of the agricultural labourers like Mohan depend upon loans from informal sector. Which of the following statements about this sector is correct –
A. There are govt. bodies to supervise informal sector
B. Money lenders ask for a reasonable rate of interest
C. Cost of informal loans to the borrower is quite high
D. Money lenders use fair means to get their money back
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which one of the following options describe ‘Collateral’?
A. Double coincidence of wants
B. Certain products for barter
C. Trade in barter
D, Asset as guarantee for loan
- 18. Multiple Choice
Read the given statements in context of ‘globalization’ and choose the correct option -
A. It is the only way for economic development of the country
B. Interlinks only production based activities in dispersed locations in the world
C. It has always given only positive results in all the countries
D. Leads to spread of technology, cultures and diseases from a region to another
- 19. Multiple Choice
In the question given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason ®. Read the statements and chose the correct option:
Assertion (A): Different people have different development goals.
Reason ®: People want freedom, equality, security and respect
Options:
a. Both A and 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.
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