Bright Day School, Vadodara

CBSE Unít - Va sna

Academic Year: 2023-2024
Périodic Test-I
Subject: SocialScience Std: X
Date: 20/07/2023 Marks: 40
Time: 1Hr 20min.
General Instructions:
1. The question There are 28
paper comprises Six Sections - A, B, C, D and E.
questigs in the Question paper. All questions are conpus07
Section A - From questions 1 to 20 are MCOs of 1 mork eac.
rnarks
P o - Question no. 21 to 24 are Very Short Answer Type Questions, carrying 2
each, Answer to each guestion should not exceed 40 Woras.
section C contains Q.25 and O.26 are short Answer Type QuestionS, carrying 3 marks each.
Answer to each question should not exceed 60 words
ecGón D - Question no. 27 is case based aupstion yith four sub questions and is of 4 marks.
D. Section E - Question no. 28 is rnap based. carrving 2 marks from Geograpny.
7 Tnere is no overal! choice in the question paper. Hov. ever, an internal chOiCe naS
Deen provided in few questions. Only oe of the choi es in such questions have to be
attempted.
Þ. In addition to this, separate instructions are aiven with each section and question,
wherever
necessary.

SECTION A
1. Who among the MCQs (1X20=20)
following leaders formed a secret society called "Young
a) Victor Emmanuel II Italy'?
b) Count Cavour c) Guseppe Mazzini
2. Assertion: In the areas conquered by d) Gjuseppe Garibaldi
were rmixed. Napoleor the reactions of the local
population
Reason: Increased taxation,, Censorship etc.
administrative changes. outweigh the advantages of
i) Both Aand R are true
and R
ii) Both Aand R are true and Ris the correct exTlanation of the assertion.
0S not the corret
iii) Ais true but R is false. explanation of the assertion.
iv) A is false but R is true
3. Elle, the
measuring unit in Germany wasS used to
a) Cloth b) Thread c) Landmeasure:
d) Height
4, Following the defeat of Napoleon in 1815,
spirit of European governments were driven by a
a) Liberalism b) Conservatism Imperialism
5. Who headed the Vienna d) Globalisn
Congress of 1815?
a) The Austrian Chancellor Duke
b) The German Chancellor Duke Metternich
Metternich
c) The French Chancellor Duke Metternich
d) The Australian Chancellor Duke
6. Where is arid soil found? Metternich
a) Gujarat b) Kerala c) Rajasthan
7. Which type of soil has a good capacity to hold d) Odisha
a) alluvial soil b) arid soil rnoisture?d} black soi!
c) forest soil
8. Land not available for cultivation is called
a) forest b) barren and waste lands d) net SOWn area
C) folow lands
 9. Which is the most important soil of India?
a) black soil b) alluvial soil c) red soil d) laterite soil
10. Which soil is also known as cotton soil?
a) Aluvial soil b) Black soil c) Red soil
11. Most of the Sinhala speaking people of Sri d) Laterite soil
a) Christians Lanka are
b) Muslims c) Buddhists d) Hindus
12. Belgium shares its borders with
a) India
b) Brazil
Netherland, France and
13. c) Pakistan d) Germany
decisions are usually contrasted with those decisions based purely on
m¡ral considerations.
a) Moral b) Group
Sri Lanka emerged as an c) Prudential d) Individual
a)1956 independent
b) 1947
country in
15. In 1948 d) 1950
power
a) Federal government
is shared by two or more political parties.
c) Coalition government b) Community government
16. The HOR d) All of the above
based
(Human Development Report) produced by the UNDP
on literacy rate, health
compares countries
a) National Income status and
c)AIl of the Above b) Per Capita Income
17. Suppose there are four d) None of these
families in
families is 10,000. If the Income of your locality, the average per
What is the income of the fourth the three families are 6000,capita income of these
family? 28000 and 14000.
a) 5,000 b) 10,000
18. Consider the following c) 12,000 d) 15,000
statements about
would last only 50exhaustion
a) Crude oil resources of natural resources.
b) Oil Extraction is Years more.
c) undertaken by Middle East region at a very fast pace.
Non-Conventional fuel sources should be
gives an ideaencouraged
Which of the above statements that reduces use of Crude
about sustainable
d) Only development.
a) Only a b)Only b c) Onlyc
19. If industrialists want more dams,
then why do local people resist ait?
and b
a) They will be displaced
b) Their lands will be submerged
c) There will be no source of earning for them
d) All of the above
0 The total number of children attending
of children in the same age group is called
school as a percentage of total number
a) net attendance ratio.
b) literacy rate
C) grosS enrolment ratio d) level of education

SECTION B
VERY SHORT ANSWER OUESTION
(2X4=8)
O21 What was Sorrieu Utopian vision? Name the nations which were leading the
procession whenIt passed
OR
the Statue of Liberty.
Mention any twO proposals of the Vienna Congress of 1815.
Q22. Why is it essential to have resource planning? Explain any 2 reasons
listIt's 2
Q23. What is agenda 21? OR principles
Name the different types of soils found in India and alsO mention the regions
they are found
Q24. Money cannot buy all the go0ds and services that we need to live well'
Explain.
 SECTION C
SHORT ANSWER-BASED OUESTIONS (3x2=b)
Q25. Explain any three provisions of the Napoleon Civil Code of o
OR
Explain the ideas associated with liberaljism in early 19h century Europe.
Q26. Why is per capita Income not an adeguate incicator of economic development
of aCountry?
OR
What is Sustainable economic development? Write any three measures to
control environmental degradation.
SECTION D
CASE-BASED OUESTIONS (4X1=4)
Q27. Read the passage and answer the following
questions.
Constitution prescribes that the number of Dutch and French speaking ministers
shall be equal in the Central government. Sorne special laws require the support of
majority of members from each linguistic group. Thus, no single community can
make decisions unilaterally.
Many powers of the Central government have been given to the state
of the two regions of the country. The state governments
Central government. governments are not subordinate to the
Brussels has a separate government in which both the communities have
representation. The French speaking people accepted equal representationequal
in
Brussels because the Dutch speaking community has
in the Central government. accepted equal representation
Apart from the Central and the State government, there is
This community government is elected by people third kind of government.
community- Dutch, French and German speaking belonging
-no
to one language
matter where they live.
1. Why was power shared equally
Belgium?
between Dutci and French speaking people in
2. What is the capital of
Belgium?
3. Community government is an 1
4. Who were the majority in example of which form of power sharing? 1
Brussels? 1
SECTION E
MAP
028. Read the following featuresSKILL-BASED
of a soil andQUESTION (2)
the political map of India. identifv the following soils on
a) Soil develops in high rainfall area.
b) Soils range from red to brown in
colour andsaline in nature.