CBSE Section
Subject
Topic
Social Science
Model Paper – 3
Max. Marks: 90
Test – KA
CBSE – 10 – SS
CBSE1020170218
Date
Duration: 3 Hours
General Instructions
This paper is formatted as follows:
1. The question paper contains 2 sections A and B, in which section B contains the questions
based on the practical performed.
2. All the questions are compulsory.
3. Consists of Descriptive type of Questions only
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Questions 1 to 8 carries 1 mark per question. Answer in one word or in one sentence.
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Questions 9 to 20 carries 3 marks per question. Answer in about thirty to forty words.
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Questions 21 to 28 carries 5 marks per question. Answer in seventy to hundred words.
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Questions 29 to 30 are map based questions which carries 3 marks per question, from history
and Geography both.
4. Answers without relevant diagram / figure / circuit wherever necessary will not carry any
marks.
5. There is no overall choice.
6. No clarification will be entertained during the examination. Doubts in the paper can be
reported to the coordinator after the exam.
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CBSE Section
Subject
Topic
Social Science
Model Paper – 3
Test – KA
CBSE – 10 – SS
CBSE1020170218
Date
Section – A
Answer the questions in one word or in one sentence. Each correct answer carries 1 mark.
1x8=8
1.
Which of the two steel plants are in collaboration with Russia?
2.
What do democracies ensure regarding decision making?
3.
Name the organisation which sets standards of products at the international level.
4.
What was the main aim of revolutionaries of Europe during the years following 1815?
OR
What were the two bases of colonial economy in Vietnam?
5.
Differentiate between 'Sectional interest groups' and 'Public interest groups'.
6.
Give one feature which distinguishes a pressure group from a political party.
7.
What was the major issue taken up by the liberal nationalists?
OR
Why were Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces called the electrical fuses of Vietnam?
8.
What are the two forms of modern currency?
Answer the questions in about thirty to forty words. Each correct answer carries 3 marks.
3 x 12 = 36
9.
Differentiate between national and regional parties.
10. "Culture had played an important role in the development of nationalism in Europe during
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries." Support the statement with example.
OR
"French tried to solve educational problems in Vietnam in different ways." Support the statement
with examples.
11. Mention any three major Iron-Ore belts of India. Write any three characteristics of the southernmost
iron-ore belt
OR
What is the importance of natural gas as source of fuel?
12. Classify industries on the basis of capital investment. How are they different from one another?
Explain with examples.
13. How does foreign trade integrate the markets of different countries? Explain with examples.
14. Can or should democracy be judged by its outcome?
15. “Technology has stimulated the globalisation process.” Support the statement with examples.
16. How did women participate in Civil Disobedience Movement? Explain.
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CBSE Section
Subject
Topic
Social Science
Model Paper – 3
Test – KA
CBSE – 10 – SS
CBSE1020170218
Date
17. Describe three major problems faced by the road transport in India.
18. Describe any three main features of two-party system.
19. Explain the circumstances which compelled Mahatma Gandhi to call off the Non-Cooperation
Movement in 1930.
20. What is a political party? State any two points of the ideology of BhartiyaJanta Party.
Answer the questions in seventy to hundred words. Each correct answer carries 5 marks.
8 x 5 = 40
21. "Pressure groups and movements exert influence on politics in different ways." Support the
statement with suitable examples.
22. Describe the major problems created by the globalization for a large number of small producers and
workers.
23. Why did Gandhiji decide to launch a nationwide satyagraha against the proposed Rowlatt Act 1919?
How was it organised? Explain.
24. How did a variety of cultural processes play an important role in making of nationalism in India?
Explain with examples.
25. Examine any two institutional amendments made by different institutions to reform political parties
and their leaders.
26. Describe the major problems created by the globalization for a large number of small producers and
workers.
27. “The idealistic liberal-democratic sentiment of nationalism in the first half of the nineteenth century
became a narrow creed with limited ends.” Examine the statement.
OR
“The roles of women varied in the anti-imperialist movement in Vietnam.” Examine the statement.
28. Explain with example the impact of the Right to Information Act (R.T.I.).
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CBSE Section
Subject
Topic
Social Science
Model Paper – 3
Test – KA
CBSE – 10 – SS
CBSE1020170218
Answer the map based questions. Each correct answer carries 3 marks.
29. On the given political outline map of India locate and
label the following appropriately:
(a) Bhubaneshwar- Software Technology Park
(b) Indore-Software Technology Park
(c) Srinagar-Software Technology Park
(d) Guwahati
30. On the given political outline map of India name the following:
• Iron ore field
• Oil field
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Date
2x3=6