MOCK QUESTION PAPER – 3

CLASS – 10th
SOCIAL SCIENCE (E)

ANSWER KEY
SECTION-A
MCQs (1 × 20 = 20)
1. (d) Revolutionary war
2. (d) Both (i) and (ii)
3. (c) E.T. Pauli
4. (b) (iii), (ii), (i),
5. (C) (i) (d), (ii) (c), (iii) (b), (iv) (a)
6. (b) Involving local communities in the management and restoration of degraded forests
7. (A) (i) - (b) (ii) -(d) (iii)-(a) (iv) -(c)
8. (b) Legislature, executive, judiciary.
9. (d) The fundamental provisions of the Constitution can be unilaterally changed by the Union Government.
10. (b) A system that values men more
11. (B) (i) - (d) (ii) - (c) (iii) - (a) (iv) - (b)
12. (a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of the assertion (A).
13. (a) It is people’s own government.
14. (c) Kerala
15. (a) US $ 955
16. (d) Organized Sector
17. (d) Are working less than what they are capable of doing
18. (a) Reserve Bank of India.
19. (c) All substandard domestic producers
20. (c) Only (iii)
SECTION-B
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2×4=8)
21.  Before 1870’s animals were shipped live from America to Europe and then slaughtered. Live animal took up
a lot of ship space. Many also died in voyage, fell ill, lost weight or became unfit to eat.
 Prices of meat was also very high.
22. Leaching is a process by which the nutrients in the soil are washed away by heavy rains. Laterite soils develop
due to leaching.
23. 1. Role of norms and procedures : An ideal government should take all its decisions based on norms and
procedures. The citizens should have the right and the means to examine the process of decision making.
This is known as transparency. In India citizens have been empowered through Right to Information Act.
2. Educating the people : An ideal government should educate the people about the ill-effects of corruption
and black money.
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OR
1. Non-accountable : Non-democratic government is not an accountable government. The rulers or
representatives are not answerable to the people. The people don’t have the right to change their
representatives.
2. Non-responsive government : A non- democratic government takes decision without following norms
and a proper procedure. Transparency is often missing in a non-democratic government.
24. The number of children that die before the age of one year per 1000 children born alive in a particular year is
called as Infant Mortality Rate.
Measures : The various measures to keep infant mortality rate low are as given :
(i) Provision of basic health amenities.
(ii) Provision of proper educational facility.
(iii) Proper functioning of Public Distribution System.
SECTION-C
SHORT ANSWER BASED QUESTIONS (3×5=15)
25. The French Revolution took place in 1789.
Impact on Europe :
1. Formation of Jacobin Clubs : When the news of the Revolution reached the different cities of Europe,
students and other members of educated middle classes began setting up Jacobin Clubs. Their activities
and campaigns prepared the way for the French armies which moved into Holland, Belgium, Switzerland
and much of Italy in the 1790s.
2. Liberalisation of people : The revolutionaries further declared that it was the mission and the destiny of the
French nation to liberate the peoples of Europe from depotism, in other words to help other peoples of
Europe to become nations.
3. Rise of Napoleon and its impact : The conditions created by the revolution paved way for Napoleon who
took several steps to reform the economy of Europe. He introduced uniform laws, standardised weights and
measures, and a common national currency.
OR
Jacobin Club was a political club that came into existence in the aftermath of the French Revolution. The
activities and campaigns of this club helped spread the idea of nationalism abroad in the following manner :
(i) A collective identity among the French was created by the club members.
(ii) The notion of equal rights for the people was stressed upon by the club members giving rise to a centralised
idea of equality among people.
(iii) Their activities and campaigns prepared the way for the French armies which moved into Holland, Begium,
Switzerland and much of Italy in the 1790s.
26. (i) The Border Roads Organization, a Government of India undertaking, constructs and maintains the roads.
(ii) The organization was established in 1960 for the development of the roads of strategic importance in the
northern and the northeastern border areas of India.
(iii) These roads have improved accessibility in the areas of difficult terrain.
27. Multinational corporations have played a leading role in changing the world economy. It has established multiple
links between the economies of various countries. Before the entry of the MNCs, production was largely organised
within a country. Countries used to trade in raw materials, food stuff and finished goods. But with the entry of the
MNCs economic activities of companies are spread over many countries. The goods and services are being
produced globally.
28. A democratic government can take more time to take a decision as compared to other forms of governments, but
there is a less possibility of resistance from the people because the government has followed a proper procedure.
On the other hand, the non-democratic governments can take decisions quickly, but there is a possibility that it
is not accepted by the people because no procedure has been followed.
Transparency is the most important feature of a democratic government. Under democracy, a citizen, who wants
to know if a decision was taken through the correct procedures, can find this out. He/She has the right and the
means to examine the process of decision making. This is known as transparency. This factor would often be
missing from a non-democratic government.
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29. (i) The medium of exchange is an important function of money. It means that money acts as an intermediary for
the goods and services in an exchange of transaction. Use of money as a medium of exchange has removed
the major difficulty of double coincidence of wants in the barter system.
(ii) The ‘medium of exchange’ function of money implies that money is generally acceptable by the people.
They can buy goods and services they need using money. That is, money facilitates multilateral trade.
(iii) Money also offers economic freedom to the people.
SECTION-D
LONG ANSWER BASED QUESTIONS (5×4=20)
30. (i) In one of his print he has shown people of Europe and America offering homage to the statue of Liberty
which is a symbol of democracy and liberty.
(ii) As per his vision absolutist institutions will also perish.
(iii) People of the world will be identified through the national flags and national costumes.
(iv) People of United States and Switzerland with their flags have passked the statue of liberty symbolizing they
are already democratic nation states.
(v) Flags and other allegories will unify a nation.
OR
(i) The ideology of liberalism was an important factor which promoted the sense of nationalism, and the
nation-state. The term, liberalism has been derived from the Latin word, ‘liber’ meaning ‘free’. Different
people interpreted the meaning of liberalism differently in their own ways.
(ii) For the new middle classes liberalism stood for the freedom of the individual and equality of all before the law.
(iii) Politically, it meant the concept of government by consent.
(iv) For some, it meant having the right of private property.
(v) In the economic sphere, liberalism stood for the freedom of markets. The traders demanded free move-
ment of goods and capital
31. Difference between Agro-based and Mineral Based Industries is as given :
Agro-based Industries Mineral-based Industries
(i) These industries derive their raw materials from (i) These industries derive their raw materials from
agriculture. minerals.
(ii) They generally provide employment in rural (ii) They usually provide employment both in rural
areas. and the urban areas.
(iii) They mostly produce consumer goods. (iii) These industries produce both consumer and
value based goods.
(iv) Examples : Iron and steel, engineering ship-
(iv) Examples : Sugar, jute, textile, vegetable oil etc.
building, machine tools, etc.

OR
The statement given can be supported by given points :
1. Employment: Manufacturing industry is the main source of employment for a large number of skilled as well
as unskilled workers.
2. Foreign exchange : Export of manufactured goods brings foreign exchange to India.
3. Reduction of pressure on land : Manufacturing industry reduces pressure on land by providing
employment to workers.
4. Daily needs : Manufacturing industry produces products of daily needs, and helps the common people to
fulfil their basic needs.
5. Utilization of Natural Resources : Utilization of huge volume of natural resources has become possible
with the development of industries in the country.
32. (i) Since most political parties do not practice open and transparent procedures for their functioning, there are
very few ways for an ordinary worker to rise to the top in a party.
(ii) Those, who happen to be the leaders, are in a position of unfair advantage to favour people close to them or
even their family members. In many parties, the top positions are always controlled by members of one
family. This is unfair to other members of that party.
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(iii) Dynastic succession does not allow the grass root level workers to reach at the top. If one looks at the
database of all the MPs in the Parliament, one can find that less than 50% of the MPs come into politics from
the grass root levels. While most of the women MPs entered the politics through family connections.
(iv) Dynastic succession is the major factor responsible for lack of internal democracy in a political party. Due to
lack of internal democracy some leaders assume greater power to make decisions in the name of the party.
(v) Due to dynastic succession many parties are unable to hold regular elections for the top leader.
OR
(i) Regional political parties have made the Parliament of India politically more and more diverse.
(ii) Many of these regional parties are the coalition partners of the ruling National Parties at the Centre. This has
contributed to the strengthening of federalism and democracy in our country.
(iii) Regional parties provide access to government machinery and welfare schemes implemented by the Union
Government.
(iv) Regional parties helps in shaping public opinion.
(v) Regional parties are the budding ground for the National parties. Most of the National Parties have emerged
from the local parties.
33. (i) Accepting deposits and lending money are the primary functions of a bank.
(ii) Banks keep only a small proportion of their deposits as cash with themselves. For example, banks in India
these days hold about 15 per cent of their deposits as cash. This is kept as a provision to pay the depositors
who might come to withdraw money from the bank.
(iii) Banks use the major portion of the deposits to extend loans. Banks make use of the deposits to meet the
loan requirements of the people.
(iv) In this way, banks mediate between those who have surplus funds (the depositors) and those who are in
need of these funds (the borrowers).
(v) Banks charge a higher interest rate on loans than what they offer on deposits. The difference between what
is charged from the borrowers and what is paid to the depositors is their main source of income.
OR
Self help groups are informal associations of people who choose to come together to find ways to improve their
living conditions. Importance of self help groups can be highlighted from given points :
(i) Absence of collateral is one of the major reasons which prevents the poor from getting bank loans. Whereas,
there is no need for collateral or difficult paper work to take loans from SHGs.
(ii) SHGs have lower interest rate than that of moneylenders or traders. They can get timely loans for a variety
of purposes.
(iii) It creates employment opportunities for the members who are rural poor, particularly women.
(iv) It encourages regular savings of the rural poor.
(v) SHGs help rural women not only to become financially self-reliant but also, the regular meetings of the group
provide a platform to discuss and act on a variety of social issues such as health, nutrition, domestic
violence, etc.
SECTION-E
CASE BASED QUESTIONS (4x3=12)
34. 34.1 The Corns Laws were British trade laws to regulate the export or import of corn.
34.2 The scrapping of Corns Laws led to free trade of food grains. After the abolition of Corns Laws, food
could be imported into British more cheaply than it could be produced within the country.
34.3 Because restriction of imports led to high food prices. These laws restricted the free trade.
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35. 35.1 Shortage of water as compared to its demand is known as water scarcity.
35.2 Rainwater harvesting can solve the problem of water scarcity in urban area.
35.3 (i) Over exploitation
(ii) Excessive use
(iii) Unequal access to water
36. 36.1 The concept of providing a permanent share of power in the government different communities or
regions is termed as power sharing.
36.2 Yes, It reduce the possibility of conflict between social groups. Imposing the will of majority community
over the minority may look like an attractive option in the short run, but in the long run, it undermines the
unity of the nation.
36.3 (i) Power sharing is the basic spirit of democracy. A democracy rule involves the sharing of power with
those affected by its exercise and those who have to live with its effects.
(ii) It helps to reduce the possibility of conflict between social groups.
SECTION-F
MAP SKILL BASED QUESTION (2+3=5)
37. (a) 68o 72o 76o 80o 84o 88o 92o 96o
(b) 36o
36o

INDIA
32o
32o

(c) Amritsar 

28o
28o

24o
24o

Ahemdabad
B.

20o
20o
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(b) Tarapur

16o
16o


(d) Tungabhadra Madras

12o  A.
12o

(a)
N
Bengaluru
8o
8o

72o 76o 80o 84o 88o 92o

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