CBSE Class 10 Social Science Question Paper Solved 2020 Set A

 SECTION A

1. Who prepared a series of four prints visualising a world made up of „democratic and social republics?
                   

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What did Paul Bernard think was necessary for the economic development of the colonies?

2. How did the „silk route‟ acquire its name?

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What is meant by Proto-Industrialisation.

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Which process changed the Characteristics of present cities or towns?

3. What is meant by bad land?

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What is meant by Gross Cropped area?

4. Define the concept of Patriarchy.

5. State the developmental goals of people other than income? 

6. Which occupation belongs to the primary sector? Mention any one example.

7. Define the term „Collateral.‟

SECTION B 

8. Analyse the social and political conditions of the landed aristocracy and the peasants living in Europe in the mid-18thcentury.

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What was the contribution of indentured Vietnamese labourers in rubber plantations?

9. What were the crucial influences that shaped post-World War II reconstruction?

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Why did some Industrialists in nineteenth-century Europe prefer hand labour over machines?

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Mention the advantages that Londoners got from the introduction of underground railways.

10. Describe the type of resources classified on the basis of exhaustibility.

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Examine the three major problems that have been created due to the indiscriminate use of resources by human beings.

11. What is a multi-purpose project? Mention any two purposes served by a multi-purpose project.

12. What led to the tension between the Dutch- speaking and the French – speaking communities of Belgium during the 1950s and 1960s?

13. Which are the units of Indian Union that enjoy very little power? Why? 

14. How does social division affect politics? Give two examples. 

15. What is the main criterion used by World Bank in classifying different countries? 

16. Why is that “only value of final goods and services” taken while calculating G D P? 

17. Evaluate the shifts that have taken place in different sectors of Economy during the last hundred years.

18. Define a cheque. How does it act as money? 

SECTION C 

19. Examine the effects of the first world war on the economic and political condition of India

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What lead to the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre? Explain the significant features of the incident.

20. Discuss the objectives of the Treaty of Vienna 1815.

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How did France consolidate its position in Vietnam in the 18th century? Describe.

21. Explain why iron and steel industry concentrated in Chotanagpur Plateau region. 

22. Explain any five characteristics of commercial farming in India. 

23. Analyze the main functions of a political party in a democratic system.

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Briefly describe the challenges faced by political parties.

24. It is not the politics that gets „caste-ridden; it is the caste that gets politicised‟. Explain the statement.

25. What is a demand deposit? Why is it considered as money?

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How do the banks mediate between those who have surplus money and those who are in need of money?

SECTION D

26 a) Two features a and b are marked on the given political outline map of India. Locate and label these features with the help of the following information and write their correct names on the lines marked near them.

i) The venue where Indian National Congress Session was held in December 1927

ii) A place in Bihar where Gandhiji rganized a Satyagraha Movement for the Indigo planters.

26 b) Label and locate ANY THREE of the following with appropriate symbols on the same given outline map of India.

i) Arid Soil region in Rajasthan ii) Tungabhadra Dam iii) Ahmedabad Cotton Textile

Map Q. 26 (A),(B) Final Term Examination . Nov 2018

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