TS 10th Class Social Question Paper June 2024

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TS 10th Class Social Question Paper June 2024

Part – A & B

Time: 3:00 hrs.
Max. Marks: 80

Instructions:

1. Read the questions carefully, understand them and answer.
2. Write the answers for the questions in Part – A in the answer sheet.
3. Attach the Maps given to Part – A answer sheet.
4. Attach Part – B to Part – A answer sheet.
5. Part – A consists of I, II and III Sections.
6. Write the answers clearly duly following the instructions given for each section.

Part – A
Section – I (6 × 2 = 12 M)

Time : 2.30 hrs.
Marks : 60

Instructions :
i) Answer all questions.
ii) Answer each question in 3 – 4 sentences.
iii) Each question carries 2 marks.

Question 1.
Differentiate National income and Percapita income.
Answer:

1. National income is the total value of a country’s final out put of all goods and services produced in a year.
2. Simply National income is the total of income of all the residents of the country.
3. The average income of a country is called the percapita income.
4. The average income is calculated by diving national income by total population.

Question 2.
How does the altitude of a place influence climate of the place?
Answer:

1. The temperature decreases as the altitude increases.
2. For every 100 mts rise in altitude, the temperature of the atmosphere decreases by one degree Celsius.
3. Hence hilly and mountaneous areas have lower temperature than plain areas.

Question 3.
Create two slogans on ‘protection of environment’.
Answer:

1. If you cannot reuse, refuse.
2. Better environment, better future.
3. Let us nurture nature to have a nurturing future.

Question 4.
Suggest two measures to improve ground water levels.
Answer:

1. Construction of rain water structures on large scale.
2. Contour field bunding.
3. Plantation in waste lands.
4. Avoiding cemented furrow for both irrigation and sewage water.

Question 5.
Observe the given graph and answer questions a and b.
Graph : Distribution of workers as per Census – 2011

a) What does the graph show?
Answer:
The above graph shows the distribution of workers as per census 2011 and the percentage of workers in different fields.

b) Why is the percentage of agricultural labourers more than the cultivators?
Answer:
As there are more landless people, hence the percentage of agriculture labour is more than the cultivators.

Question 6.
Draw the outline map of Telangana.
Answer:

Section – II (6 × 4 = 24)

Instructions :
i) Answer all questions.
ii) Answer each question in 5 – 6 sentences.
iii) Each question carries 4 marks.

Question 7.
Explain the impact of Cold War on the World.
Answer:

1. Cold War created mutual hatred, misbelief and enmity between Communist Russia and Capitalist USA.
2. Cold War produced new millitary alliances and treaties. Ex: NATO, WARSAW.
3. The rival powers accumulated destructive weapons.
4. So the world was lived in constant fear of war.

Question 8.
Why was difficult to conduct first General Elections?
Answer:

1. The first General Elections were difficult because of the social dimensions.
2. A larger section of population did not know how to read and write.
3. Woman did not have any independent identity.
4. Preparing of Electoral roll was also difficult.
5. Thus Election Commission was setup, –
6. For each candidate separate ballot box with their symbol stick outside were used to overcome the problem of literacy.

Question 9.
Read the given text, understand and interpret.

The national average calories levels in both rural and urban areas are below the needed calorie requirements. Also, the consumption of calories has gone down between 1983 and 2004. This is shocking since as we have seen our economy is growing at a rapid rate.

Answer:

1. A standard of 2100 kilo calories per day in urban areas and 2400 kilo calories in rural areas is the recommended food intake per day.
2. The national average calories levels in both rural and urban areas are very low.
3. The consumption of calories has gone down between 1983 and 2004.
4. Food production has increased and our economy is growing, so it is a big shock.
5. This indicates disparities in the society.
6. The main reason for low calorie intake is the lack of purchasing power of the people due to poverty, unemployment etc.
7. Hence public distribution system is introducted to overcome the problem.

Question 10.
Prepare a pamphlet to curb corruption.
Answer:

Question 11.
Locate the following in the given World outline map.
1) China
2) Chile
3) Country for which Gamal Abdel Nasser was a leader.
4) Finland
Answer:

Question 12.
Observe the given table and analyse.
Table : Progress in Himachal Pradesh (Literacy percentage)

Gender	Himachal Pradesh		India
	2001	2011	2001	2011
Females	67	76	54	65
Males	85	89	75	82

Answer:

1. The above table compares the literacy progress in Himachal Pradesh with the average of the Indian states.
2. There has been greater development in schooling and spread of education in Himachal Pradesh than India as a whole.
3. Gender bias is also less in Himachal Pradesh when compared with other states.
4. The literacy rate in Himachal Pradesh in both female and male is 76% and 89% when com pared with India which is 65% and 82% respectively as per 2011 census.
5. With the above table we can analyse that the government of Himachal Pradesh has given high priority to education.

Section – III (4 × 6 = 24)

Instructions:
i) Answer any 4 questions.
ii) Answer each question in 8 -10 sentences.
iii) Each question carries 6 marks.

Question 13.
Explain the key points of Code of Conduct of Elections.
Answer:
The contesting candidates shall abide by certain rules and regulations of the Election Commission. Some key points are :

1. The contesting candidates shall not make any statement pertaining to caste, creed religion etc.
2. No personal comments shall be made.
3. No candidate should canvas in places like schools, churches, mosques temples etc.
4. No candidate shall influence the voter by giving cash or any articles.
5. No campaigning within 100 mts on the day of polling.
6. No politicalparty shall either get voters to the polling station or drop the voter from the polling station.
7. Taking out rallies in residential areas and picketing is against the rules.
8. No campaigning after or before the permitted hours.

Question 14.
Explain the merits and demerits of Globalisation.
Answer:
Globalization is a process of rapid integration or interconnection between the countries. But it has both merits and demerits.
Merits of Globalization:

1. Globalization is advantageous to well off sections in the urban areas.
2. The people in urban areas enjoy improved quality of products at lower prices.
3. Industries like cell phones, automobiles, electronics, fast food etc. are developed.
4. Several Indian companies benefited from increased competition.
5. Some large Indian companies emerged as MNCs.
6. Employment opportunities increased widely.

Demerits of Globalization:

1. Thousands of small producers closed their units and met losses.
2. Many employees lost their units and met losses.

Question 15.
Read the given text and comment.
While industrialisation has brought a lot of material comforts, at least to some, it has resulted in a world where natural resources are threatened and now even the climate is being disrupted. This pattern of growth clearly cannot continue.
Answer:

1. Industrialization has brought a lot of material comforts for humans to lead a happy life.
2. Man has invented materials from raw materials and metals obtained from agriculture and mining respectively. .
3. As a result minerals are reducing in their quantity.
4. Over extraction of minerals has led to several natural calamities.
5. Industrialization has led to damage our ozone layer and also damaged our global environment.

Conclusion: This type of growth does not create sustainable development and it becomes unjustifiable in degrading our environment.

Question 16.
Observe the given table and analyse.
Net irrigated area in lakh hactares 2007

Region	Wells	Canals	Tanks	Others
Andhra	5	13	2.5	2.5
Telangana	14	2.5	2	0.5

Answer:

1. The above table explains how many irrigated resources are there in A.P. It Telangana. Comparing the both the states,
2. In AP – wells are less but in Telangana irrigation on well is more.
3. In AP canal irrigation is more when compare with Telangana.
4. Tank irrigation is also more in A.P.
5. Other sources are also more in A.P.

Finally, the existing source of farmers in Telangana is only wells. The other source are very less. Therefore the Govt, has to take some measures to improve the other sources for irrigation in Telangana.

Question 17.
What are the problems in public distribution system ? Suggest measures to overcome them.
Answer:

1. Public distribution system is introduced by our government to satisfy the food needs of the people.
2. Ration shops are important part of PDS.
3. The problems in PDS are
   • Poor quality of commodities supplied.
   • Malpractice done by “fair shop” dealers.
   • More wastage.
   • And material gets spoiled due to poor storage facilities.
   • Mai practices in the identification of BPL people.
   • Lack of centralized system.
4. Measures to improve
   • A centralized system of PDS in all states.
   • Proper identification of BPL people.
   • Check the malpractices in fair shops.
   • Provision of proper storage facilities.

Question 18.
Locate the following in the given India outline map.
a) Aravalli ranges
b) City in which National Institution of Nutrition is.
c) River Brahmaputra
d) Manipur
e) Chota Nagpur plateau
f) Utkal Coast
Answer:

Part – B

Time : 30 Minutes
Marks : 20

Introduction:
1. Answer all questions.
2. Choose the correct option from the given four options and write the letter (A, B, C or D) in CAPITAL LETTER in the brackets.
3. Each question carries 1 mark.
4. Write the answers in the question paper itself.
5. Marks are not given to corrected, dismissed or erased answers.

Question 1.
Nallamala hills are the part of ______ (  )
A) Eastern Ghats
B) Western Ghats
C) Vindhya Ranges
D) Aravalli Ranges
Answer:
A) Eastern Ghats

Question 2.
Liberation struggle of “Mukthi Bahini” took place in ______ (  )
A) West Pakistan
B) East Pakistan
C) Srilanka
D) Nepal
Answer:
B) East Pakistan

Question 3.
Match the following. (  )

1) Glasnost	a) Cuba
2) Fidel Castro	b) Palestine Liberation Organisation
3) Panchsheel	c) USSR
4) Yasar Arafat	d) China

A) 1 – a, 2 – b, 3 – c, 4 – d
B) 1 – b, 2 – c, 3 – a, 4 – d
C) 1 – c, 2 – a, 3 – d, 4 – b
D) 1 – b, 2 – a, 3 – c, 4 – d
Answer:
C) 1 – c, 2 – a, 3 – d, 4 – b

Question 4.
Indira Gandhi International Airport is located at (  )
A) Hyderabad
B) Bangalore
C) Delhi
D) Mumbai
Answer:
C) Delhi

Question 5.
Removing trade barriers or restrictions set by the government is known as (  )
A) Liberalisation
B) Globalisation
C) Privatisation
D) Colonisation
Answer:
A) Liberalisation

Question 6.
Number of persons per unit area is called as (  )
A) Population Growth
B) Population Density
C) Population Dividend
D) Population Migration
Answer:
B) Population Density

Question 7.
After the failure of the Cripps Mission, the movement started against British was (  )
A) Non Co-operation Movement
B) Quit India Movement
C) Home Rule Movement
D) Khilafat Movement
Answer:
B) Quit India Movement

Question 8.
Chernobyl accident took place in (  )
A) USA
B) USSR
C) Great Britain
D) France
Answer:
B) USSR

Question 9.
Tungabhadra river water conflict is between (  )
A) Tamilnadu, Kerala, Karnataka
B) Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
C) Telangana, Tamilnadu
D) Andrha Pradesh, Tamilnadu
Answer:
B) Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka

Question 10.
Arrange the following from West to East. (  )
1) myanmar
2) India
3) China
4) Pakistan

A) 3, 4, 2, 1
B) 4, 3, 2, 1
C) 4, 2, 3, 1
D) 2, 4, 3, 1
Answer:
C) 4, 2, 3, 1

Question 11.
The book ‘Silent Spring’ written by Rachel .Carson is about (  )
A) Impact of Industrialisation.
B) Impact of spraying DDT on mosquitoes.
C) Impact of Technology.
D) Impact of Colonisation.
Answer:
B) Impact of spraying DDT on mosquitoes.

Question 12.
The headquarters of Green Peace Movement Organisation is (  )
A) New York
B) London
C) Amsterdam
D) Geneva
Answer:
C) Amsterdam

Question 13.
The following is NOT a factor that affects climate. (  )
A) Latitude
B) Land water relationship
C) Longitude
D) Upper atmospheric circulation
Answer:
C) Longitude

Question 14.
Using sugarcane as raw material, we make sugar or jaggery, which sector does this activity indicates? (  )
A) Primary sector
B) Secondary sector
C) Tertiary sector
D) Service sector
Answer:
B) Secondary sector

Question 15.
The following is NOT the part of‘New Deal Policy’. (  )
A) Relief to the victims of depression.
B) Reform of financial institution.
C) Recovery of economy.
D) Reorganisation of Governments.
Answer:
D) Reorganisation of Governments.

Question 16.
The recommended food intake per day for Rural and Urban areas respectively. (  )
A) 2100 k.cal and 2400 k.cal.
B) 2700 k.cal and 2900 k.cal.
C) 2400 k.cal and 2100 k.cal.
D) 2900 k.cal and 2700 k.cal.
Answer:
C) 2400 k.cal and 2100 k.cal.

Question 17.
Arrange the following in chronological order. ( )
1) Hitler’s attack on USSR.
2) Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbour of USA.
3) Battle of Stalingrad.
4) German army entry into Poland.

A) 3, 2,1, 4
B) 4, 2,1, 3
C) 3, 4,1, 2
D) 4,1, 2, 3
Answer:
D) 4,1, 2, 3

Question 18.
In Nigeria, Yoruba tribes are in majority in _______. (  )
A) South western region.
B) Northern region.
C) South eastern region.
D) Central region.
Answer:
A) South western region.

Question 19.
Thre present Chief Election Commissioner of India is ________ (  )
A) Uday Umesh Lalit
B) N. Venkata Ramana
C) Rajiv Kumar
D) Ranjan Gogoi
Answer:
C) Rajiv Kumar

Question 20.
Recently, there was a war between (  )
A) USA – Russia
B) Israel – Palestine
C) Israel – USA
D) Palestine – Iran
Answer:
B) Israel – Palestine