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This question paper contains 37 and folow M.M:80 marks

questivas. Al them:
Question paper comprises six Sections -, A, B,C,questions are
Section A-Question no. 1 to 20 are MAtiple D,E and F. compulsory.
Section 8-Question no. 21 to 24 are Very ShortChoice Questions of 1 markeach
each. Answer to each question should not exceedAnswer Type
40 words. Questions, carrying 2 marks
Section C-Question no, 25 to 29 are Short Answer Type
Answer to each question should not exceed 60 words. Questions, carrying 3 marks each
Section D-Question no. 30 to 33 are Long Answer Type
Answer to each question should not exceed 120 Questions, carrying S marks each
Section E-Question no. 34 to 36 are Case words.
questions and are of 4 marks each. based/Source based questions with three sub
Section F-Question no. 37 is map skill based, carrying 5 marks
History (2 marks) and 37(1) from Geography (3 with two parts, 37)from
marks).
There is no overallchoice in the Question paper. Howeve, an
internal choice has been
prOed in few questions. Onty one of the choices in such questions
In addition to this, separate instructions are has to be attempted.
given with each Section and Question,
wherever necessary.
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SECTION-A
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (20X1=20 marks)
1. Which estate in France comprised the clergy?
a) First Estate b) Second Estate cThird Estate d) Fourth Estate
2. Who was the President of Constituent Assembly?
a). Dr. Rajendra Prasad (b} Dr. B.R. Ambedkar c) Jaipal Singh d) H.C Mookherjee
3. Match the following items in column Awith those in column Band choose the correct
answer from the options given below:
Column A Column
()Land boundary of India (a) 751'%S km2
() Total length of the coastline (b) 2933 kms
(n) West to East extension (c) 3214 kma
(iv) North to South extension (d) 15,200
a) (0)-(b) (ü)-(c) (ii)-(d) (iv)-(a)
b)d) (u)-(a) (ü)-(b) (iv)-c)
c) (i)4c) (n}-(a) (i)-{d) (iv)-(b)
d) (i-4d) (i)-(b) (iü)-(a) (iv)-(c)
4. Into how many Constituencies India is divided into during the Lok Sabha elections ?
a) 543 b) 545 c) S50 d) S30
5. is a triangular landmass that lies to the south of the river Narmada.
(a) The Deccan Plateau (b) The Malwa Plateau
20. Who wrote "the Soial Contract'?
(a) ohn tocke (b) lacques Rousseau (e) Voltalre
Sectlon (d) George (Danton
I,Very Short Type Questlons
AWhich was the most important legay u the French (2X4-# marko)
Revolutlont
22, Which tsland group of lndia lies to its South West and
23. Why was Nelson Mandela sentenced to ite South tast.
lnprisonnent?
24. How is human capital superior to other resources?
Sectlon-C
. Short Answer Type Questlons (5X3=15 marks)
25.Distinguish between Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats.
26. India is a " Sovereign, Soclalist, Secular, Democratic Republic. "Justity.
27. What are the various activitles undertaken in the primary, secondary and the tertiary
sectors ?
28. What is the difference between economic activitles and non-economic activities.
29. Draw a list of democratic rights we enjoy today, whose origin could be traced to the French
Revolution.
OR
Howdid the soread of electicity heip farners in Palampur ?
Section-D
IV. Long Answer Type Questions (4X5=20 marks)
30.Describe the circumstances leading to the outbreak of revolutionary protest in France.
OR
Explain the achievements of Napolean Bonaparte of France.
31. Give an account of the Northern Plains of India.
OR
rivers.
Discuss the significant differences between the Himalayas and the Peninsular
free and fair elections.
32. Explain the major challenges to
peculiar froblem of lndia ?
33. Why is educated unemployment, a
OR
same piece of land 2 Use
what are the different ways of increasing prodetion on the
examples to explain. Section-E
(3XA=12 marks)
V. Case based questions answer the questions:
34. Read the following passage and negotiations with the
Although Louis XVI had signed the Constitution, he entered into secret
were worried by the develonmente
King of Prussia. Rulers of other neighbouring countries too
events that had been taking place
in France and made plans to send troops to put down the
happen, the National Assembly voted in
there since the summer of 1789. Before this could Ihousands of volunteers thronged from
Austrha.
April 1792to declare war against Prussia and kings and
saw this as a War or the people against
the provinces to join the army. They
the patriotic.songs they sang was the Marseilaise,
aristocracies all over Europe. Among
 (e) fhe
6.
India (hofta
is the Nag ate
(a) Eighth GTtetan Patt worid.
1.
Mow mary seats are Jargest coutry pf the
(a)One fourth seve
8. Which Gt the (b)Two Thard ndtes in rural and urban iocal bodies?
(6) Ffty Percent
foilowing in not a
(b}Garga Mimalafan fhue:a
9. Assertion (c) Braheraputra raveri
for question Reasoning Baved Ouestions:
numbers 1to 4 labelled, Assertion (A) and the
other labelled Reason (R) two taternents are gen-one
these questions from the codes ().
(). () and () as Select the corect aswe
() gvern below
BothA and Rare true and Ris the Ezplantion of1the assertion.
correct
BothA and Rare true tbut Ris not the Correct erplanation of the assertion.
() A is true but Ris
false
(iv) A is false but Ris true
Q.1. Assertion: A dernocratic government is a better government.
Reason: It is rnore accountable forrn of
10. The government.
js the largest Peninsular river.
(a) Tapi (b) Narrnada (Cj Inius (d) 2dava:i
11. Which one of the following terms is
used for measuring crop produced on a given
of land during a single season? piece
(a) Yield
12. In 1804,_
(hyproductivity (c) Cultivation (d) Output
(a)
Crowned himsetf Emperor of France.
Robespierre (b) Napoleon (c) Louis XVI (d)
Locke
13. In democracy, the final
(a) Monarch decision-making powers rests with
(b) President
(c) Arny General (d) Elected
the people representatives of
14. Which one of the following inputs is not a
(a) Machine (b) Raw materials
working capital?
15. Which is the highest peak of India? (c) Money (d) None of these
(a) Mt. Everest (b) Kanchenjunga
16. The lndian Constitution came into (c) Míakalu (d) Dhaulgiri
(a) January 26, 1949 (b) January 26, effect .n:
17. Where from do most of the 1950 (c) January 26, 1951 (d) January 26, 1952
small farmers borrow money to
Palampur? arrange for the in capital
(a) Banks (b) Co-operative societies (c) Village money lenders
relatives (d) Friends and
18.
encourage
has
been Implemented to
children and improve thelr attendance retention of
and
(a) Morning, meal scheme nutritlonal status.mealsscheme
(c) Mid day meal (b) Afternoon scheme
19.Which is the scheme (d) Regular meal
Sectorofthe Indian economy.
most labour
(a) Secondary selor absorbing (c) Public sector (d) Primary sector
(b) Terthary setor
 composed by the
Marseilles as theypoet
marched
Rogetintode Paris and
It so got its name. The Marseillaise is now the national
volunteers from
anthem of France. The VIsle. was sung forthefirst time by
people.
revolutionary
While the men were wars
tasks of earning a living away fighting brought
losses and economic
difficulties to the
at the front, women were left to cope with the
and looking after their
convinced that the revolution had to be carriedfarnilies.
fu:ther, Large
as the sections
Constitution 1791 gave were
of theofpopulation
political rights only to the richer sections of society. Political clubs became an important
rallying point for people who wished to clubs
government policies and plan their own formns
of action. The most successful of these discuss that of the Jacobins, which got its name from
Was
the former convent of St. Jacob in Paris. Women to0, who had been active throughout this
period, formed their own clubs.
A e d tne volunteers from various provinces see war
against Prussia and Austria?
a
a. As a war to endanger the basic means of livelihoou
a As a war of the people against kings and aristocracies all over Europe.
C. As a direct consequence of measures taken by the government.
d. As a matter of political tension in the whole of Europe.
Q. 2. What is the national anthem of France?
a. Chateaux b. Marseillais e c. Sans-culottes
d. Taille
Q.3. How did the Jacobin club get its name?
From the society of the friends of the Constitution.
b. From the former convent of St. Jacob in Paris.
c. From the active women who formed their own clubs.
d. From the fashionable sections of society
especialy nobles who wore knee length breeches.
Q.4. Name the poet who composed the patrioticC Song,
a. Louis XVI b. Mirabeau
Marseillaise.
c. Abbé Sieyès d. Roget de L'Isle
35. Read the following passage and
answer the questions that follows:
Farming requires a great deal of hard work.
their own fields. Thus, they provide the Small farmers along with their families cultivate
large farmers hire farm labourers to worklabour required for farming themselves. Medium and
on their fields.The
hectare of land are known as marginal and farmers who own less than 2
Farm labourers come either from small farmers.
landless
Land, labour and capital are the three families or families cultivating small plots of land.
facto:: of
not frove a right over the crops
grown production.Unlike
on tne land. Instead they are
farmers, farm labourers do
tor whon they work. Wages can be in paid wages by the farmer
cash or in kind e.g. crop.
trom crop to crop,Sometimes
also. Wages vary widely from labourers get meals
another. Wages of farm regionvary region,
to
from one farm activity to
Work among the farm labourers and are very low because of
tough
1. The labourers.
farmers who own less than 2
competition for
2. ldentify any hectare of land are known as
3. Why does thethree factors of
mentionediin the given extract.
4. Who are
production
wages of the farm varyand very low?
the farm labourersthe questions
36.Read the followinglabourers? that follows:
passage and answer
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l The headwaters of the Ganga, called the 'Bhagirathi' is fed by the Gangotri Glacier and joined
by the Alaknanda at Devaprayag in Uttarakhand. At Haridwar the Ganga emerges from the
from the Himalayas, a few
mountains on to the plains. The Ganga is joned by many tributariesGandak and the Kosi. The
Yamuna, the Ghaghara, the
of them being major rivers such as the Ganga
from the Yamunotri Glacier in the Himalayas. It flows parallel to the
river Yamuna rises Gandak and
tributary, meets the Ganga at Allahabad. The Ghaghara, the northern
and as a right bank They are the rivers, which flood parts
of the
Nepal Himalaya. enriching the soil for
the Kosirise in the widespread damage to life and property but
plains every year, causing The main tributaries, which come from the peninsular
lands. areas, have
the extensive agricultural Betwa and the Son. These rise from semi-aridwaters from its right
uplands, are the Chambal, the Enlarged with the
water in them. This is the
shorter courses and do not carry much till Farakka in West
Bengal.
Ganga flows eastwards Bhagirathi-Hooghly (a
and left bank tributaries, the river bifurcates here: the
delta. The
northernmost point of the Ganga deltaic plains to the Bay of Bengal. The Further
through the
distributary) flows southwards Brahmaputra.
Bangladesh and is joined by the from the Ganga, and
mainstream, flows southwards into waters
Meghna. This mighty river, with known as
downstream, it is known as the The delta formed by these rivers is
into the Bay of Bengal.
the Brahmaputra, flows
delta.
the Sunder ban
Questions:
Ganga is fed by? None of the above
()What glacier Ladakh (c) Gangotri (d) Ganga?
joins
(a)Himalayan (b) tributaries, mentioned in the paragraph,
the
(ii)Which is one ofNarmada (c) Tapi (d) Allthe above
(a) Ghaghara (b)Yamuna rise from? Yamunotri
(iii) Where does Himalaya (c) Chenab (d)
(b)) Ganga delta?
(a) Gangotri the northernmost point of the None of the above
(iv) What is (d)
(b) Tamil Nadu (c) Farakka
Section-F
(a) Bangladesh (5X1=5 marks)
Questions :
Based france, locate the following cities
VI. Map Skill given outline map of
37.(i) Onthe
1.8ordeaux the
2.Nantes India locate and label following items on the given map.
outiline map of
(ii) On the fresh lake in India.
1. Largest
Peninsular river India.
2. A
mountain peak of Himalaya in
3. The highest