CHRIST INTERNATIONAL SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL

Ramanathapuram Revenue Village, Thondamanatham (PO)

Villianur Commune, Puducherry – 605 502
REVISION TEST – II
NAME: DATE:
SUBJECT: SOCIAL SCIENCE TIME:3 Hrs
GRADE: X-A TOTAL MARKS: 80

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS: 10×1=10

1. Certain events or given below choose the appropriate chronological order
I. Coming of Simon Commission to India
II. Demand of Purna Swaraj in Lahore session of INC
III. Government of India Act 1919.
IV. Champaran Satyagraha
Choose the correct option
(a) III-II-IV-I (b) I-II-IV-III (c) II-III-I-IV (d) IV-III-I-II
2. Choose the correct pair among the following
(Country) (Administration)
(a) Russia -- unitary
(b) China -- federal
(c) Canada -- unitary
(d) Argentina -- federal
3. Which of the following subjects is included in the state list?
(a) banking (b) business (c) currency (d) communication
4. Assertion: the Government of India buys wheat and rice from formers at fair price
Reason: public sector contributes to the economic development
(a) both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) both assertion and reason are a false.
5. Vijay is under arrest as his weight is 45 kgs and his Heights is 1.78 M find out his body mass
index (BMI) from the following options
(a) 12.6 (b) 13.5 (c) 14.2 (d) 15.2
6. Assertion (A) : different people have different development goals
Reason(R) : people want freedom equality security and respect
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true, but R is false.
(d) A is false, but R is true
7. Fill in the blank

Sector Criteria used

Primary secondary and tertiary Nature of economic activity
Organised and unorganised ?
OPTIONS:
(a) nature of employment activities (b) nature of social activities
(c) nature of production activities (c) nature of political activities
8. Observe the given picture and choose which step can be taken to reduce the pollution caused
by this type of forming.

(a) burning should be encouraged (b) more crops could be cultivated

(c) organic fertilizers could be added to the soil for it to regain its fertility rather than abandoning
it
(d) crops cultivated could be diversified

9. Which of the following movement is also known as the bloodless revolution

a) Boodan gramdan movement b) Russian Revolution c) Second World War

d) French Revolution
10. Why did the Simon Commission come to India?
a) to control the campaign against the British in cities
b) to look into the functioning of the British
(c) to initiate salt law in India
d) to suggest changes in the functioning of the constitutional system in India
11.Who among the following wrote the Vande Mataram
(a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Bankim Chandra Chattropadhay
(c) abindranath Tagore (d) Dwarakanath Tagore
12. Choose the correct option from column A and column B
Column a Column B
(a) prosperous farmers (i) more days of work
from Punjab and better wages
(b) Landless rural (ii) Availability of
labourers additional sources
of irrigation
facilities
(c) Farmers who depend (iii) Higher support
only on rain for prices for their
growing crops crops for farmers.
(d) A girl from a reach (iv) She gets as much
urban family freedom as her
brother

13.Which one of the following is the correct meaning of average income?

(a) the total income of the country divided by its earning population
(b) the total income of the country divided by its total population
(c) the total income of all residents of the country
(d) the total income from the domestic and foreign sources.
14. Look at the world map given below and answer the following question

Which of the following dedication can definitely be made from the map?
(a) Argentina is the largest Federal country in South America
(b) Germany has states that share power with the centre
(c) Asia has the maximum number of Federal Nations
(d) China does not have provincial administrations

15. Assertion(A): India has a federal system

Reason(R): there are three levels of government.
(a)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b)Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c)A is true, but R is false.
(d)A is false, but R is true
16. Which of the following statements accurately distinguishes between wheat and rice crop?
(a) wheat is the most important crop of the country whereas rice is second important crop
(b) India is second largest producer of Wheat whereas it holds first position in the production of
rice in the world
(c) wheat requires 50 to 75 cm of annual rainfall and for rice should be more than 100 cm
(d) wheat is kharif crop whereas Rice is Rabi crop.
17. Which of the following states possess most of the petroleum deposits?
(a) Rajasthan and Kerala (b) Assam and Gujarat
(c) Gujarat and Goa (d) Odisha and Punjab
18.Assertion(A): groundwater observes heat from the rocks and becomes hot.
Reason(R): geothermal energy exist because the earth grows progressively hotter with
increasing depth this sheet warms the water.
(a)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b)Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.

©A is true, but R is false.

(d)A is false, but R is true

19. Read the following informations and identify the crop
(i) it is the staple food crop of majority of people in India.
(ii) India is the second largest producer of this crop.
(iii) it is a kharif crop .
(iv)It requires high humidity with 100 cm of annual rainfall.
Crops :
(a) Ragi (b) Bajra (c) wheat (d) rice
20. Fill in the blank by choosing the most appropriate option
A……………… is interested in the formation of minerals there age and physical and
chemical composition.
(a) Geographer (b) oceanology
(c) geologist (d) environmentalist
SECTION B
I. VERY SHORT ANSWER:(ANY FIVE) 5×3=15
21. Why did Gandhiji support the Khilafat issue?write main reason.
22. Why did Mahatma Gandhi decide to call of the civil disobedience movement in 1931?
23. Mention that dual objectives of federal system of government?
24.What is the advantage of knowing per capita income ? mention anyone.
25.In what ways government can increase employment in the rural sector?
26. Mention two characteristics of intensive subsistence forming?
SECTION C
III. SHORT ANSWER: 5×4=20
27. Which crop in India is known as Golden fibre? mention any two geographical conditions that
it requires for its growth.what or its uses?
28. Observe the given picture and answer the following questions.

(A)Identify the plant given in the picture

(B) how can we help conserve the environment by using it?
29. Read the given source and answer the questions that follow:
Language diversity of India
How many languages do we have in India? The answer depends on how one counts it. The
latest information that we have is from the Census of India held in 2011. This census
 recorded more than 1300 district languages which people mentioned as they are mother
tongues. These languages were group together under some major languages. For example
languages like Bhojpuri, Magadhi, Bundelkhandi, Chhattisgarhi, Rajasthani and many
other where group together under Hindi. Even after this grouping the census found 121
major languages. Of these 22 languages or now included in the 18 th schedule of the Indian
constitution and are therefore called scheduled languages. Others are called Non-
scheduled languages. In terms of languages India is perhaps the most diverse country in the
world.
(i) Explain the importance of language diversity in India
(ii) Differentiate between scheduled and non scheduled languages.
(iii) The fusion of languages has United the country into one cultural entity explain
the statement with an example.
30. Describe any two Satyagraha movements launched by Gandhiji just after his return
to India from South Africa.
31. State any three factors other than income that or important in life?
32. Classify the economic sectors on the basis of nature of activities mention the main
features of each.

SECTION D
IV. LONG ANSWER :( ANY FOUR) 4×5=20
33. Highlight any five features of public sector?
34. What is sustainable development? why is the issue of sustainability important for
development? Explain.
35. Federalism is a system of government in which the power is divided between a central
authority and various constituent units of the country support the statement in reference of
India?
36. Explain the response of the plantation workers to the non cooperation movement started by
Gandhiji what did freedom mean for them?
37.Name any four oil seeds produced in India state the importance of oil seeds in our day today
life?
SECTION E
V. CASE STUDY QUESTIONS:
Read the source given below and answer the questions that follow: 3
25. Read the given extract and answer the following questions.
In the Durg- Bastar -Chandrapur belt in the central parts of India high grade hematite iron ore
is found. The Bailadila range of hills in the Baster district of Chhattisgarh has enormous
deposit of high grade iron ore. This region is being developed as an important iron ore mining
and Industrial Area due to its proximity to the east coast. However the mining activities and
the industrial development have also raised concerns about the impact on the local tribal
populations and the environment.
(A) what is the main mineral extracted from the Bailadila range of hills
according to the passage?
(B) what industrial progress is
correalted with the
extraction of iron ore in
this particular region?
[Get your reader’s attention with a great quote from the document or use this space to em
(C) Discuss the potential
impacts of mining
activities on the local
tribal populations and the
environment. suggest one measure to addresses this concerns.
Section F

Map skill

26. Four places from 1 to 4 or marked on the given political outline map of India identify this
places with the help of the following information and write their correct names on the lines
marked near them

1. A place in Gujarat where Satyagraha movement was held for the Cotton mill workers.
2. A place where session of Indian National Congress was held in 1927.
3. The place where a session of Indian National Congress was held in September 1920.
4. The place where a session of Indian National Congress was held in December 1920.

II.Iron ore Mines

(1) Mayurbhanj
(2) Durg.