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Time: 2 Hours
Maximum Marks; 40
Social Science
CBSE
Sample Question Paper
Solution of Question Paper 1
Section A
Very Short Answer Questions
1. Role of Jobbers:
Industrialists usually employed jobbers to get new recruits. They became persons with some authority and power. They were old and trusted workers. They got people from their villages. They ensured them jobs. They helped them to settle in the city. They also provided them money in times of crisis. (2)
2. Classification of industries on the basis of ownership:
(i) Public Sector Industries: BHEL, SAIL, etc.
(ii) Private Sector Industries: TISCO, Bajaj Auto Ltd.
(iii) Joint Sector Industries: Oil India Ltd.
(iv) Cooperative Sector Industries: Sugar Industry in Maharashtra; AMUL, etc. (Any Two Points) (1 × 2=2)
3. The expected outcomes of democracy are as follows:
(i) A government that is chosen and accountable to the people is called a Democratic government.
(ii) A government that is responsive to the needs of the people.
(iii) Economic growth and development reducing all forms of Inequality and end of Poverty. (2)
Commonly Made Error Students have misunderstood the question. They have written about social and political Outcomes, etc.
Answering Tip The students should mention about the accountability of the government in a Democratic set up.
4. A demand deposit account is a bank account where you can withdraw any time you want, without paying any additional charges for it. Its important features are:
(i) Banks accept the deposits and also pay an interest rate on the deposits. In this way, people’s money is safe with the banks and it also earns interest.
(ii) The facility of cheques against demand deposits makes it possible to directly settle payments without the use of cash. Since, demand deposits are accepted widely as a means of payment, along with currency, they constitute money in the modern economy. (Any One Point) (1+1=2)
5.1 Tourism Industry in India has grown substantially over the last three decades:
(i) Foreign tourism arrival in the country had seen an increased inflow of foreign exchange.
(ii) More than 15 million people are directly engaged in tourism industry.
(iii) Tourism also promotes national integration and provides support to Local Handicrafts. (Any one point) (1)
5.2 Tourism promotes various industries like handicraft industry, sculpture, seashell, regional handloom among others. Indian handicraft and handloom in particular hold a special attraction for the western tourists. (1)
Section - B
Short Answer Type Questions
6. Merchants from towns in Europe began employing peasants and artisans within the villages as:
(i) Cottagers and villagers were looking for new alternatives of income.
(ii) Tiny plots of land with the villagers could not provide work for all members of the family.
(iii) Advances offered by the merchants made the villagers readily agree to produce goods for them.
(iv) By working for the merchants, they could continue to remain in the villages and do cultivation also.
(v) It was possible to have full use of family labour force. (Any Three Points) (1 × 3=3)
7. Democratic governments in practice are accountable because:
(i) It is right to expect Democracy to form a government that follows procedures and is accountable to the people.
(ii) It is also expected that the Democratic government develops mechanisms for citizens to take part in decision making whenever they think it is fit.
(iii) The democratic government is accountable to the people. If it ignores the will of the people, they will not elect their ruler in the next General Election.
(iv) The procedures and decision-making process should be transparent for a democratic government to be accountable to the people. (3)
8. Banks and cooperative societies need to lend more as:
(i) This would lead to higher incomes.
(ii) People would be able to borrow cheaply for a variety of needs.
(iii) They would be able to grow crops and set up small-scale industries, etc.
(iv) Cheap and affordable credit is crucial for the country’s development.
(v) To save and reduce the dependence on informal sources of credit.
(vi) It is important that the formal credit is distributed more equally so that the poor can benefit from the cheaper loans. (3)
Commonly Made Error Banks and cooperatives role in rural areas should be discussed and not the urban issues.
Answering Tip Banks and cooperatives are formal sources and not informal sources.
OR
While globalisation has benefited well off consumers and also producers with skill, education and wealth, many small producers and workers have suffered as a result of the rising competition. Removal of trade barriers and liberalisation policies of the governments to facilitate globalisation have hit the local producers and manufactures hard. Globalisation and the pressure of competition have changed the lives of workers. Faced with growing competition, most employers these days prefer to employ workers ‘flexibly’. This means that workers’ jobs are no longer secure. E.g., MNCs and workers, MNC’s and local manufactures/industries, withdrawal of subsidies, etc. (3)
Section - C
Long Answer Type Questions
9. Political parties perform many crucial functions in democracy.
(i) It contest elections parties choose candidates to contest elections. The process of choosing candidates varies, e.g., in the USA, party members choose the candidates while in India top party leaders choose.
(ii) It puts forward policies and programmes and people choose them. They pile up similar opinions into a major stances that the parties support usually on the line of the ruling.
(iii) They make laws. Legislature makes laws since the majority of the members are from a party, they go by the lines parties take. Moreover, they train and make people (party members) leaders who constitutes the executive.
(iv) Parties form and run governments. Parties recruit leaders, train them and then ministers to run government in the way they want.
(v) They form oppositions. They play their role by voicing different views and criticising government for its failures or wrong policies. They also mobilise opposition to the government. (1 × 5=5)
Commonly Made Error Instead of the needs to have Political Parties in a Democracy, students have written role of Ruling Parties in their answers.
Answering Tip The important needs to have Political Parties in a Democracy should be discussed here.
10. The deposits with banks are beneficial for the individual as well as for the nation:
(i) Banks accept deposit and also pay an amount as interest and in this way people earn money.
(ii) People’s money is safe with banks.
(iii) It is easy for individuals to get credit who have savings and current account in the banks.
(iv) Poor people who are engaged in production need credit.
(v) Credit provided by the banks for government projects helps in the development of the nation.
(vi) Banks provide loans for the promotion of International trade.
(vii) Development of infrastructure is undertaken with the loans provided by the banks. (5)
OR
Five facilities available in the Special Economic ones (SEZs) by the central and state governments to attract foreign investment are:
(i) Duty free import and domestic procurement of goods for the development, operation and maintenance of the company.
(ii) 100 percent income tax exemption on export income for first five years, 50 percent for five years thereafter, and 50 percent of the export profit reinvested in the business for the next five years.
(iii) Exemption from the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and levies imposed by state government. Supplies to SEZs are zero rated under the IGST Act, 2017, meaning they are not taxed.
(iv) External commercial borrowing (ECB) is allowed up to US$500 million a year without restriction. For developers of an SEZ, the ECB channel may be availed after receiving government approval, and only for providing infrastructure facilities in the zone. However, ECB will not be permissible for development of integrated township and commercial real estate within the SEZ.
(v) Permission to manufacture products directly, as long as the goods you are producing fall within a sector which allows 100 percent FDI. (5)
Section - D
Case Based Questions
11. 11.1 Uniforms. (1)
11.2 Aristocrats and bourgeoisie were considered as the upper classes. (1)
11.3 In Victorian Britain, the upper classes preferred things produced by hand because handmade products came to symbolise refinement and class. They were better finished, individually produced and carefully designed. (2)
12. 12.1 Treatment of industrial effluents can be done in three phases- Primary, Secondary and Tertiary. (1)
12.2 In order to reduce pollution of machinery and equipment generators fitted with silencers can be used. (1)
12.3 (i) Harvesting of rainwater to meet water requirements.
(ii) Treating hot water and effluents before releasing them in rivers and ponds. Treatment of industrial effluents can be done in three phases.
(iii) Primary treatment by mechanical means: It involves screening, grinding, flocculation and sedimentation.
(iv) Secondary treatment by biological process. Tertiary treatment by biological, chemical and physical processes. This involves recycling of waste water. (2) (Any one)
Section - E
Map Skill Based Question
13.1 (A) Dandi
13.2
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