SOCIAL SCIENCE SAMPLE PAPER 1
SECTION-A ( 1×16= 16)
1. What was the main intention behind " Treaty of Vienna of 1815"?
a) Restore republics
b) Restore democracies
c) Restore Monarchies
d) None of these
Ans: Restore of monarchies
2. Who was proclaimed German Emperor after its Unification?
a) The Prussian king - Williams-I
b) The French King - Louis Philippe
c) Victor Emmanuel II
d) None of these
Ans: The Prussian king- William-I
3. Why was the slogans demanding " Swatantra Bharat " Important?
a) It showed the Greatness of Mahatma Gandhi
b) They were going beyond their own locality and emotionally identifying with an all-India movement
c) They were a unifying force of the Non-Cooperation Movement.
d) The Various ways in which ' Swaraj' was interpreted by different people
Ans: They were going beyond their own locality and emotionally identifying with an all-India movement
4)Fill in the blank :
Ford Motors set up its first plant in India at _____________.
Ans: Chennai
Or.
The most common route for investments by MNCs in countries around the world is to ____________.
Ans: but up local companies
5) Choose the correctly matched pair of the state with its crop grown in India from the following:
a) Rajasthan- Millets
b) Tamilnadu- Rice
c) Madhyapradesh- Maize
d) Punjab - Pluses
Ans: Madhyapradesh - Maize
6) Fill in the blank :
Rubber : equatorial, Cotton : _________, Jute : Golden fibre
Ans: Fibre crops
7) Identify the soil with help of the following features.
• is found in eastern coastal plains
• consists of various proportion of sand, slit and clay
• contains adequate proportion of potash, phosphoric acid and lime
Ans: Alluvial soil
8) Which of the following crops is used both as a food and as a fodder?
a) Jowar b) Wheat
c) Maize d) Tea
Ans: Maize
9) Which level of government in India has the power to legislate on the 'residuary ' subject?
a) Union Government
b) State government
c) Local self-government
d) Both (a) and (b)
Ans: Union Government
10) What are 'Union Territories'?
Ans: These areas are too small to become an independent state but they could not be merged with any of the existing states. These areas are called Union Territories.
Or.
What is a Panchayat Samiti?
Ans : A few Gram Panchayats are grouped together to form a Panchayat Samiti or a Block.
11) Which aspect of dictatorship is better than democracy?
Ans: The aspect of dictatorship is better than democracy is that dictatorship regimes have had a slightly better record of economic growth and they are more efficient.
Or
Which provision of the Indian Constitution grants equal status to all citizens?
Ans: Equality before law for all and provision of equal opportunities to all of the Indian citizens.
12. Read the given data and find out which country has most equitable distribution of income
Countries Income of citizens in four countries in 2106
Citizen I Citizen II Citizen III citizen IV citizen V Average
Country A 600 900 400 1200 700 760
Country B 500 700 600 800 600 640
Country C 11500 12000 9000 12000 9000 10700
Country D 600 400 800 2000 4000 1560
a) Country A b) Country B
c) Country C d) Country D
Country C
13. Read the information given below and select the correct option -
Mukesh is an agricultural labourer. There are several months in a year when he has no work and needs credit to meet his daily expenses. He depends upon his employer, the landowners for credit who charges an interest rate of 8 per cent per month. Mukesh repays the money by working physically for the landowner on his farmland.
Over the years his debt well
a) Be totally repaid - as he is repaying the debt in the form of physical labour
b) Reduce- as amount equivalent to his salary is being counted as monthly repayment
c) Increase- because of increasing interest and non-payment of monthly amount
d) Remain constant - as he is working for the employer but is repaying less
Ans: Increase- because of increasing interest and non-payment of monthly amount
Or.
Most of the agricultural labourers like Mukesh depend upon loans from informal sector. Which of the following statement about this sector is correct_
a) There are government bodies to supervise informal sector
b) Cost of informal loans to the borrower is quite high
c) Money lenders ask for a reasonable rate of interest
d) Money lenders use fair means to get their money back
Ans: (b) Cost of informal loans to the borrower is quite high
14) Which one of the following is the newer way of providing loans to the rural poor, particularly women?
a) Cooperative Banks
b) Germeen Banks
c) Self-help Groups
d) Money lenders
Ans: c) Self-help Group
15) Globalisation has led to improvement in
a) Choice to consumers
b) quality of goods and services
c) foreign investment
d) all the above
Ans: d) all the above
16) In the question given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R) . Read the statements and choose the correct options:
Assertion (A) : We compare the average income which is unevenly distributed income of the country divided by half of its population.
Reason (R) : The average income is also called per capita income.
Options:
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.
Ans: d) A is false but R is true.