Time : 3 Hrs Max. Marks - 90
General Instructions
1. The question paper has 30 questions in all. All questions are compulsory
2. Questions from serial no 1 to 8 are Very Short Answer Type Questions. Each questions carries one mark
3. Questions from serial number 9 to 20 are 3 marks questions. Answers of these questions should not exceed 80 words each
4. Questions from serial number 21 to 26 are 5 marks questions. Answers of these questions should not exceed 120 words each
5. Questions number 27 and 28 are map based questions of 3 marks each from History and Geography respectively.
6. Question number 29 and 30 are related to Open Text Based Assessment and each questions is of 5 marks
1. Who are Nomadic pastoralists ?
Or
Which forests were regarded as the best forests ?
Or
Who was Captain Swing ?
2. What is Census ?
3. What is meant by Model Code of Conduct ?
4. What is the tenure of a Judge of the Supreme Court ?
5. Under which Right, right to establish educational institutions comes ?
6. Name any two cooperatives in India
7. Name three states where poverty ratio is the highest
8. When was the National Food for Work Programme was launched ?
9. Highlight the new developments in Forestry since the 1980s.
Or
How did the denial of free movement affected the lives of African Pastoralists?
Or
What was the importance of commons for all villagers
10. Describe one way in which in the nineteenth century technology brought about a change in the cricket equipment and give one example where no change in equipment took place
Or
Explain how some of the sumptuary laws in Europe were made to protect the domestic production from imports ?
11. Why did not the popularity of cricket go beyond the colonies ?
Or
Why did Mahatma Gandhi's dream of clothing the nation in Khadi appeal only to some sections of Indians ?
12. Describe the features of Hot weather season.
13. Write a note on the commonly used plants in India
14. Discuss the major components of population growth
15. Discuss the drawbacks of political competition
16. Explain the powers of Lok Sabha which makes it more powerful than Rajya Sabha
17. Why are the Rights contained in the Part III of the Indian Constitution called Fundamental Rights
18. Describe current government's strategy of poverty elimination
19. Which are the people more prone to food insecurity ?
20. What happens to the supply of food when there is a disaster or a calamity ?
21. Who were Dangars ? What was their occupation and why were they continuously on the move ?
Or
Describe Dietrich Brandis's proposal for the management of forests ?
Or
Who was Captain Swing ? What did his name symbolize or represent ?
22. How have advances in technology, specially in television technology, affected the development of contemporary cricket ?
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Winston Churchill described Mahatma Gandhi as a 'Seditious Middle Temple Lawyer' now 'posing as a half naked fakir'.
What provoked such a comment and what does it tell you about the symbolic strength of Mahatma Gandhi's dress ?
23. Describe the regional variations in the climatic conditions of India with the help of suitable examples
24. Write down the major steps taken by the Indian government to conserve our flora and fauna
25. What do you mean by independence of Judiciary ?
26. Describe the powers of the President
27. Two features are shown on the political outline map of India. Identify these features with the help of the following information and write their correct names on the lines marked in the map
(1) State : Gaddi shepherds belonged to
(2) State : Maldharis belonged to
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Locate and label the following on the same map of India -
(1) The state where Bhotiyas belonged to
(2) The state where Dhangars belonged to
28. On the given political map of India locate and mark
(a) The state which has the highest literacy rate
(b) The state which has the lowest literacy rate
Open Text Based Assessment (OTBA)
29. Give an account of milk supplying chain
30. How has science and technology given a boost to Milk Revolution
