CBSE Class 10 Social Science Sample Paper 2012 Set 08

1. People‟s livelihoods and local economy of which one of the following was badly affected by the disease named „Rinderpest‟ ?

(a) Asia (b) Europe

(c) Africa (d) South America

2. Which one of the following powerful weapons was used by the Spanish conquerors to colonise America during the mid seventeenth century ?

(a) Conventional Military Weapons

(b) Modern Military Weapons

(c) Biological Weapons (Germs of small pox)

(d) Nuclear Weapons

3. Who said „Printing is the ultimate gift of God and the Greatest one‟ ?

(a) E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker

(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(c) Martin Luther

(d) Erasmus

4. Which one of the following statements is true ?

(a) A children press, devoted to literature for children alone, was set up in France in 1757.

(b) Penny magazines were especially meant for men.

(c) Lending libraries had been in existence from the Seventeenth century onwards.

(d) None of the above.

5. Which of the following crops is grown in the black soil ?

(a) Rice

(b) Wheat

(c) Cotton

(d) Tea

6 Which of the following is NOT a reason for depletion of forests ?

(a) Mining

(b) Multi-purpose river valley projects

(c) Grazing

(d) Creation of shelter belts

7. Rooftop rainwater harvesting is a technique to recharge:

(a) Sea water

(b) Groundwater

(c) Lake water

(d) River water

Please refer to attached file for CBSE Class 10 Social Science Sample Paper 2012 Set H