Grade: X 2009 JANUARY

SECOND TERM EXAMINATION, JANUARY 2008-09
Class: X SOCIAL SCIENCE Max. Marks: 80
Date: / / Duration: 3 Hrs.
Roll No.

General Instructions:

All questions are compulsory
Marks are indicated against each question
a) Answer to questions of 1 mark may be from one word to one sentence.
b) Answer to questions of 3 marks should not exceed 80 words.
c) Answer to questions of 4 marks should not exceed 100 words
Attach map provided with the answer sheet.
There is no overall choice. However internal choice is provided in some questions.
Write the same question number as given in the question paper while answering a question in your answer book.

Give any two advantages of democracy. 1
Name the founder of BSP. Name any one of the persons who inspired the party. 1
What is the principal concern of public interest groups? 1
What is meant by the Equal Wages Act? 1
Define the federal government. 1
What is the significance of the border roads? 1
What is called a public sector industry? 1
What is meant by the right to information? 1
What enabled Ranbaxy and Infosys to become multinational companies? 1
Define GDP. 1

How is coal formed? Classify the types of coal. 3
Why do some movements oppose the multi-purpose river projects? Name any two of such movements. 3
Compare the aims and objectives of BJP and CPI-M. 3
How can government play a major role in making globalization ‘fair’? 3

Answer any two questions: (2x3=6)
a. Why did nationalist tension emerge in the Balkans?
b. How did the developments in China inspire the Vietnamese nationalists?
c. What was the role of women in national movement? What was Gandhiji’s view on the
responsibilities of women?

Answer any two question: (2x3=6)
a. Explain how the global transfer of disease in the pre-modern world helped in the colonies
of the Americas.
b. How was the capital accumulated for the establishment of early factories in India?
c. Why did industrial production in India increase during the First World War?
In what ways do pressure groups and movements exert influence on politics? 4
Evaluate the overlapping and cross cutting differences in the light of developments in Northern Ireland and the Netherlands. 4
a. How does democracy produce an accountable, responsive and legitimate government?
Or
b. What are the different forms of power sharing in modern democracies? Give an example
of each of these. 4
Based on the below given table, evaluate the infant mortality rate, literacy rate and net attendance ratio for class I-V in Punjab, Kerala and Bihar. 4
State
Infant Mortality Rate
per 1,000(2003)
Literacy Rte (%) 2001
Net Attendance Ratio for Class I-V(1995-96)
Punjab

49

70

81

Kerala

11

91

91

Bihar
60

47
41

Analyse the role of credit for development. 4
a. Critically examine the progress of consumer movement in India.
Or
b. Compare the employment conditions prevailing in the organized and unorganized sectors.
Write any two problems of unorganised sector. 4
What are the biotic and abiotic resources? How have technical and economic developments led to more consumption of resources? 4
a. How is the biological loss correlated with the loss of cultural diversity?
Or
b. Why are the means of transportation and communication called the lifelines of a nation and its
economy? 4
a. In what ways was the novel in colonial India useful for both the colonisers as well as the nationalists?
Or
b. Analyse the role of women in English novels in the background of Jane Austen’s writing and her ‘Pride and Prejudice’. 4
a. Why was the export of cotton textiles from India declined in the beginning of the 19th Century?
Or
b. Why did political leaders differ sharply over the question of separate electorates in India? 4
On the given outline map of India locate:
a. the centre of Mopla Revolt in South India,
b. the place from where Gandhiji started Dandi March,
c. the place where Gandhiji launched a movement against indigo planters,
d. the centre from where the revolt of 1857 started. 2
On the given outline map of India locate:
a. a major coal field in Tamilnadu,
b. Rubber cultivating region in India,
c. Jute cultivating region in West Bengal,
d. the state having the highest intensity of cropping,
e. a state leading producer of tobacco,
f. Indira Gandhi Canal,
g. the type of vegetation in Jammu and Kashmir,
h. the international airport in Gujarat. 4