AP 10th Class Social Model Paper Set 1 with Solutions

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AP 10th Class Social Model Paper Set 1 with Solutions

Time: 3 Hours, 15 Minutes
Max. Marks: 100

Instructions:

1. In the duration of 3 hours 15 minutes, 15 minutes of time is allotted to read the question paper.
2. All answers shall be written in the answer booklet only
3. Question paper consists of 4 sections and 33 questions.
4. Internal choice Is available in section IV only.
5. All answers shall be written neatly and legibly.

Section I (12 × 1 = 12 M)

Note: 1) Answer all the questions.
2) Each question carries 1 mark.

Question 1.
Which type of soil Is Ideal for growing cotton?
Answer:
Black soil is ideal for growing cotton.

Question 2.
Find the odd one out
A) Wind
B) Water
C) Solar Energy
D) Metal
Answer:
D) Metal

Question 3.
Which Industry uses bauxite as a raw material?
Answer:
The Alutniniunt industry uses Bauxite as a raw material.

Question 4.
Who hosted the Congress of Vienna In 1815?
Answer:
The Congress of Vienna was hosted by Austrian Chancellor Duke Metternich.

Question 5.
Expand IMF.
Answer:
international Monetary Fund.

Question 6.
What Is “El Dorado” In South America famous for?
Answer:
E/ Dorado in South America is famous for The Fabled City Of Gold.

Question 7.
Find out the mismatched pair:
Tata Motors – Automobiles
Ranbaxy – IT
Asian paints – Paints
Answer:
Ranbaxy – IT

Question 8.
What is the oldest political party In India?
Answer:
Indian National Congress is the oldest party in India.

Question 9.
Who presides over the meetings of a Municipal Corporation?
Answer:
Mayor is the political head of the Municipal Corporation, Mayor presides over the meetings of a Municipal Corporation.

Question 10.
Not an Indian MNC :
A) Apple
B) Ranbaxy
C) Sundaram Fasteners
D) Infosys
Answer:
(A) Apple

Question 11.
Based on the first pair fill the second pair.
Coming together federations : USA:: Holding together federations : _______
Answer:
India.

Question 12.
Rewrite the following countries from West to East based on their location.
Answer:
Mexico, France China, Japan.

Section II (8 × 2 = 16 M)

Note: 1) Answer all the questions.
2) Each question carries 2 marks.

Question 13.
What are basic industries ? Give any two examples.
Answer:
The industries which supply their products as raw materials to manufacture other goods are known as basic good industries,
Ex;
(1) iron and Steel
(2) Copper smelting
(3) Aluminum smelting etc,

Question 14.
State any two merits of roadways.
Answer:
Two merits of roadways:
1) Roadways provides door to door service,
2) Construction cost of roadways is much lower than that of railways,
3) Road transport is also used as a feeder to other modes of transport, (etc)

Question 15.
Mention the movements or flows within international economic exchange.
Answer:
Movement Or Rows within international economic exchange :
1) The first is the flow of trade in goods, (eg, Cloth or Wheat),
2) The second is the flow of labour,
3) The third is the movement of capital for shore-term (or) long-term investments,

Question 16.
What was the contribution of printing press in spreading knowledge In Europe?
Answer:
Contribution of printing press in spreading knowledge in Europe :
1) inabling the mass production of affordable books,
2) increased the literacy rate,
3) Making them more accessible to a wider audience,

Question 17.
List the subjects included in the state list and the union list.
Answer:
State List:
i) Police
2) Trade
3) Commerce
4) Agriculture
5) irrigation etc,

Union List:
1) Foreign affairs
2) tanking
3) Communications
4) Currency etc

Question 18.
“Caste alone cannot determine election results in India.” – Justify.
Answer:
Caste alone cannot determine election results In India:

1. No parliamentary constituency in the country has a clear majority of one single caste.
2. No party wins the votes of all the voters of a caste or community.
3. Some voters have more than one candidate from their caste while many voters have no candidate from their caste.
4. The ruling party and the sitting MP or MLA frequently lose elections in our country.

Question 19.

“We will shift this factory to another country. It has become expensive here. ”Analyse the picture in the context of globalisation.
Answer:
Analysis about picture in the context of globalisation :
Globalisation allows multinational companies (MNCs) to relocate production to countries with lower labour costs, driven by the desire for profit maximization, even if it leads to job losses in higher – wage countries and increased employment in lower- wage countries.

Question 20.
Prepare any 2 slogans to alert consumers.
Answer:
Slogans to Alert Consumers :
1) “Think before you buy”
2) “Alert today, safe always”
3) “Stay Aware, shop with care”

Section – III (8 × 4 = 32 M)

Note: 1) Answer all the questions
2) Each question carries 4 marks.

Question 21.
How have human activities affected the depletion of flora and fauna? Explain.
Answer:

1. Various river valley projects have affected the flora and fauna.
2. Many illegal mining projects have depleted the flora and fauna.
3. Too many development projects for leisure activities in the forests have negatively affected.
4. Too many human activities in the forest area due to rising population and lack of space has created human – animal conflict.
5. Human activities such as deforestation, housing plans, factories infrastructure, commercial, scientific forestry have resulted in the depletion of flora and fauna.
6. Hunting of animals for their skin, tusk, bone teeth and horns has brought several species on the verge of extinction.
7. Increasing environmental pollution and forest fires due to global wanning resulted in the depletion of valuable forest and wildlife. Thus, human activities have affected the depletion of flora and fauna.

Question 22.
Describe the distribution of coal in India.
Answer:
Distribution of Coal In India : In India, distribution of coal is based mainly on two geological ages. These are :
a) Gondwana Coal Deposits: These are about 200 million years old. The Gondwana Coal are located in Damodar Valley (West Bengal – Jharkhand) Jharia, Raniganj, Bokaro are important coal deposit fields. Besides, the Godavari, Mahanadi, Son and Wardha Valleys contain such coal deposits.

b) Tertiary Coal Deposits : These are around 55 millions years old. Tertiary coal deposits are found in north-eastern states of Meghalaya, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland.

Question 23.
The ideals of the French Revolution are still relevant in present – day India. Explain how
Answer:
Direct influence on India.

1. India’s constitution explicitly incorporated the ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity which were directly inspired by French Revolution.
2. Indian nationalist leaders and reformers drew heavily on the French Revolution principles during the freedom movement.
3. The French Revolution promoted the idea of popular sovereignty.
4. India’s legacy of social reform movements and its democratic governance characterized by citizen sovereignty and secularism also echo the impact of the French Revolution.

Question 24.
Analyse the living conditions of the workers during the Industrialisation.
Answer:
Living conditions of the workers during the industrialisation: Workers faced harsh living conditions characterized by low wages, long working hours – (12 -16 hrs), dangerous work environments and overcrowded, unsanitary housing in urban centers.

Question 25.
Mention different aspects of life in which women are discriminated or disadvantaged in India.
Answer:
In India, women face discrimination and disadvantage in various aspects of life, as highlighted in the document snippets:

1. Women have lower literacy rates compared to men, with only 54% of women being literate compared to 76% of men.
2. Women have limited access to higher education, with a smaller proportion of girls pursuing higher studies.
3. Women’s participation in public life, while high, still lags behind men in terms of representation and decision-making roles.
4. Women face harassment, exploitation, and violence, particularly in urban areas. They are not safe even within their own homes.
5. Women’s political representation in legislative bodies is very low, with less than 5% of seats occupied by women in State Assemblies and only 14.36% of elected women members in the Lok Sabha.
6. Women’s unpaid work, primarily in household-related tasks, is undervalued and invisible.
7. These examples illustrate the gender disparities and discrimination that women continue to face in Indian society.

Question 26.
Industrialised countries can afford democracy but the poor need dictatorship to become rich. Give arguments to support or oppose this assertion.
Answer:

• Arguments to support the Assertion :
  1. Dictatorship can implement significant economic reforms quickly Without delay.
  2. Authoritarian regimes can direct national resources and focus on specific economic goals without the need for extensive public consensus.
• Arguments to oppose the Assertion :
  1. In democracy the governments are accountable to their citizens.
  2. The democratic government aim to represent the interest of all citizens.
  3. Their main aim to reduce inequality.
  4. They gave importance to sustainable economic growth.

Question 27.
Desigrva development model for a poor nation in the context of economic development.
Answer:
Development model for a poor nation :
1) Focus on human resource development.
Ex: Invest on education, healthcare and skills & training etc.

2) Appropriate Technology:
Focus on implementing technologies and innovations that are suitable for local resources.

3) Build and manage physical infrastructure.
Ex: Roads, communications.

4) Establish and strengthen local institutions and governance structures that are responsive to community needs and promote rule of law.

Question 28.
Mention a few factors which causes exploitation of consumers.
Answer:
Producers who are powerful and have a strong market presence can exploit consumers.

1. False information and misleading advertising can deceive consumers.
2. Unfair trade practices, such as selling adulterated or defective goods, can exploit consumers.
3. Lack of rules and regulations to protect consumers can lead to exploitation.
4. Poor enforcement of existing regulations can allow exploitation to occur.
5. Unequal power dynamics between producers and scattered consumers can contribute to exploitation.

Section – IV (5 × 8 = 40 M)

Note:
1) Answer all the question
2) Each question carries 8 marks
3) Each question has an internal choice
4) in question No. 33 both A and B (India map and World map) should be answered separately.

Question 29.
A) Illustrate how rain water harvesting in semi arid regions of Rajasthan is carried out.
Answer:
Rooftop rainwater, harvesting’ was commonly practiced to store drinking water, especially in semi-arid and arid regions like Bikaner, Phalodi and Barmer in Rajasthan.

1. In the semi-arid and arid regions all the houses had undergone tanks or ‘tankas’ for storing drinking water built inside the house. They were the part of the well- developed rooftop rainwater harvesting system.
2. The tankas could be as large as a big room. One household in Phalodi had a tank that was 6.1 metres deep, 4.27 metres long and 2.44 metres wide.
3. The tankas were built inside the main house or the courtyard.
4. The tankas were connected to the sloping roofs of the houses through a pipe. The falling rain would travel down the pipes and get stored in the underground ‘tankas. The first spell of rain would not be collected as it cleaned the roof and pipes. The rainwater from subsequent showers was collected.
5. Many houses constructed underground rooms adjoining the tanka to beat the summer heat as it would keep the room cool.

(OR)
B) Explain the geographical conditions required for the growth of rice.
Answer:
The geographical conditions required for the growth of rice are as follows :

1. It is a Kharif Crop. It requires hot and humid climate for cultivation of rice crop.
2. Rice requires high temperature, (above 25° C) and high humidity with annual rainfall above 100 cm. are favourable for the growth of rice.
3. In areas with less rainfall, it grows with the help of dense network of canal irrigation and tubewells.
4. Rich alluvial soil is the best for rice cultivation.
5. Abundant rainfall or good water supply is necessary during the earlier part of its growing season in June – July.
6. Plains of North and North-Eastern India, Coastal areas and the deltaic regions are ideal for rice cultivation.

Question 30.
A) “The Salt March was an effective symbol of resistance against colonisation” – Justify.
Answer:

1. Salt is consumed by rich and poor alike. Gandhi found salt as a powerful commodity that could unite the nation.
2. Gandhi declared that the tax on salt and the government s monopoly over it’s production was the most oppressive face of British rule.
3. Gandhiji sent a letter to Viceroy Irwin stating eleven demands. The most important among them was to abolish the tax on salt.
4. As, Irwin was unwilling to negotiate Gandhi started Salt March and reached Dandi on 12th March 1930 and violated Salt law by manufacturing salt from sea water.
5. Breaking the salt law was apparent defiance of British authority and was a direct challenge to the colonial rule in India. It had a far-reaching effect on the whole structure of colonialism.
6. By the Salt March, Gandhi set forth an example to the whole nation or how the oppressor could be confronted in a non-violent manner. Later this led to the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930.

(OR)
B) “Some people fear the effect of easily available printed books”. Examine the statement.
Answer:
The people who feared the effect of easily available printed books were the ones who held some power, whether in terms of religion, caste, class or politics. The fear was that their power and authority would get eroded if ideas questioning their power and authority gained mass popularity. In Europe, for example, the Roman Catholic Church conveyed its sense of apprehension for the print medium by stating that the promotion of new “printed” radings of faith would lead to blasphemous questionings of faith and encourage heretical ideas. It considered itself to be the sole authority for interpreting religion. Hence, it set up the index of Prohibited Books in 1558 to repress any published material that it felt corroded this authority.

In India, apart from the colonial government which did its bit in regulating and suppressing newspapers and books that questioned and criticised colonial authority, the religious leaders and the upper castes also displayed their fear of the print medium. They understood that their religious and social superiority was in danger due to the easily accessible “printed” ideas contradicting their systems of beliefs. They knew that the popularisation of such ideas would incite people to rebellion.

Question 31.
A) Analyse the graph given below.
Graph : GDP by Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sectors

Answer:

1. The Graph shows to us from 1973-74 and 2013-14 how Is the share of 3 sectors in GDP.
2. 1973-74 -y The share of primary sector is more compare with Secondary & Tertiary sectors.
3. in 2013-14 while production in all the three sectors has increased.
4. It has increased most in the tertiary sector.
5. As a result in the year 3913-14, the tertiar y sector has emerged as the largest producing sector in India replacing the primary sector.
6. Because every country at first provide some services which are inevitable.
   Ex : Hospitals, educational institutions, post and telegraph, banks, defence etc. These can be considered as basic services,

B) Study the pie charts and write your observations.

Answer:

1. The given pie diagram shows the Importance of formal and informal sources of credit for people in urban areas.
2. The people are divided into four groups, from poor to rich, as shown in the graph.
3. We can see 54%, of the loam taken by informal sources and 46% are formal by poor households.
4. Only 17% of loam are from informal 113% are from formal sources in rich households..
5. A similar pattern is also found in rural areas.
6. The rich households are availing cheap credit from formal lenders whereas the poor house holds have to pay a large amount for borrowing.

Question 32.
A) State one prudential reason and one moral reason for power sharing with an example from the Indian context.
Answer:

• Prudeutial reason :
  1. fits based on careful calculation of gains and losses.
  2. This reason for power sharing is good because it helps to reduce the possibility of conflict between soda! groups.
     Example:
     Reserved constituencies for minorities and women in Assemblies and Parliament is the best example.
• Moral reason:
  1. Power sharing is the very spirit of democracy.
  2. People have a right to be consulted on how they are to be governed.
     Example : Decentralisation of powers in India is the best example.

B) Suggest some reforms to strengthen parties, So that they perform their functions welt.
Answer:
Some of the leccut efforts and suggestions In our country to reform political parties and lts leaders:
1) Anti Detection : The constitution was amended to prevent dected MLAS and MPs from diangbg parties.
Now the law says that if any MIA or MP changes parties, he or she will lose the seat An the legislature.

2) Affidavit : It b mandatory for every candidate who contests elections to file an giving details an his property and criminal cases pending against him.

Question 33.
A) Locate the following in the given outline map of India.
1) Punjab
2) Jamshedpur
3) Bangladesh
4) Mumbai
(OR)
5) Kolkata
6) Manipur
7) Kerala
8) Narmada river

B) Locate the following in the given outline map of World :
1) London
2) Italy
3) China
4) South Africa
(OR)
5) Sicily
6) Bed Sea
7) USA
8) Sri Lanka
Answer:
B.