32/1/2 2022 Class 10 Social Science Question Paper Solution
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SECTION—A
(Very Short Answer Questions )
1) Why has India adopted multi-party system? Explain.
Ans: (i) India is a large country.
(ii) It has geographical diversity.
(iii) It has social diversity.
(iv) Due to historical reasons.
2.) Examine the significance of air transport.
Ans: (i) The air travel is the fastest transport
(ii) It is the most comfortable and prestigious mode of transport.
(iii)It can cover very difficult terrains like mountains, deserts, forests with great ease.
(iv)Air travel has made access easier.
(v) International frontiers are connected through air travel
3.) How do political parties shape public opinion?
Ans: (i) Parties raise and highlight issues.
(ii) Parties have lakhs of members and activists spread all over the country.
(iii) Many of the pressure groups are the extensions of political parties.
(iv) Parties sometimes launch movements for the resolution of problems faced by people.
4.) Why did Indian merchants and industrialists support the Civil Disobedience Movement? Explain.
Ans: (i) They wanted protection against imports of foreign goods.
(ii) They wanted protection against rupee-sterling foreign exchange ratio to discourage imports.
(iii)They formed FICCI to organize their business interests.
(iv)They criticised colonial control over the Indian economy
(v) They saw Swaraj to end colonial restrictions on business.
5.) Study the given flow chart and answer the questions that follow.
5.1) Which is the basic material required for garment manufacturing?
Ans: Raw Fibre.
5.2) Give one example of value addition in the textile industry.
Ans: Spinning/ Weaving/ Dyeing/ Stitching and Finishing.
SECTION—B
(Short Answer-Type Questions)
6.) It was essential to preserve folk tradition in order to discover one’s national identity and restore a sense of pride in one’s past.” Support the statement in reference to India.
Ans: (i) Idea of Nationalism was based on the revival of Indian folk lore.
(ii) Folk tales, folk songs and legends were sung by bards.
(iii) Rabindernath Tagore collected ballads, rhymes and myths.
(iv) In Madras, Natesa Shastri published massive four volume collection of Tamil folk tales (The Folklore of Southern India).
(v) Folklore was considered as manifestation of people’s real thought and characteristics.
(vi) Many Indian tried to instil a sense of pride in the Indian folk history.
7.) (a) Differentiate between formal and informal sources of credit.
Ans: (i) Banks and cooperatives are formal sources of credit while the informal include moneylenders, traders, employers, relatives, friends etc.
(ii) The Reserve Bank of India supervises the functioning of formal sources of loan whereas no organisation supervises informal sector.
(iii) Formal sources charge nominal rate of interest while Informal lenders charge a much higher interest on loans.
(iv) Mostly urban households are availing credit from formal lenders whereas the rural households avail credit from informal lenders.
(v) Collateral is an essential condition to get loans in the formal sector while it is not essential in the informal sector.
b) How does bank work as a key component of the financial system?
Ans: (i) People hold money as deposits with banks which pay an interest rate on them.
(ii) The major portions of the deposits in banks are used to extend loans.
(iii) Banks mediate between those who have surplus funds called depositors and those who are in need of these funds called borrowers.
(iv) Banks charge interest rate on loans than what they offer on deposits.
(v) Banks facilitate different sectors of economy.
8.) Explain any three features of one-party system.
Ans: (i) Only one party is allowed to control and run the government.
(ii) The electoral system does not permit free competition for power.
(iii)This is not considered as a democratic option
(iv)Ex-in China, only the Communist Party is allowed to rule.
SECTION—C
(LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS)
9) (a) “Democracy is a better form of government than any other alternative”. Analyse the statement.
Ans: (i) Promotes equality among citizens (ii) Enhances the dignity of the individual (iii) Improves the quality of decision-making (iv) Provides a method to resolve conflicts (vi) Allows room to correct mistakes (vii) Accountable, transparent and legitimate governance.
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(b) Analyse the reasons for the overwhelming support for the idea of democracy all over the world.
Ans: (i) Democratic government is peoples’ own government.
(ii) Countries want to elect their representative by themselves.
(iii) Democracy provides dignity and freedom to its citizens.
(iv) Democracy accommodates social diversity.
(v) Democracy is based on the idea of discussion and negotiation.
(vi) Decision-making is based on norms and procedures and its transparency.
10.) (a) Assess the globalization in terms of foreign trade and integration of markets.
Ans: (i) Foreign trade has been the main channel connecting countries.
(ii) It creates an opportunity for the producers to reach beyond the domestic market.
(iii)Foreign market can be integrated through globalization.
(iv)Expansion of choice of goods for the consumers.
(v) Trade and goods travel from one market to another.
(vi)Choice of goods in the markets rises.
(vii) Prices of similar goods in the two markets tend to become equal.
(viii)More employment opportunities for the people across the world
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(b) MNCs have been a major force in the globalisation process connecting distant regions of the world. Justify the statement with suitable arguments.
Ans: (i) MNCs are spreading their production and interacting with local producers in countries
(ii) By setting up partnerships with local companies
(iii)By using the local companies for supplies
(iv)MNCs sometimes determine the price, quality, delivery and labour conditions for distant producers
(v) By competing with the local companies or buying them up
(vi) MNCs can provide money for additional investments
(vii) MNCs bring latest technology for production
SECTION—D
(SOURCE BASED)
11.) Read the case given below carefully and answer the questions that follow :
Lifelines of National Economy
For a long time, trade and transport were restricted to a limited space. With the development in science and technology, the area of influence of trade and transport expanded far and wide. Today, the world has been converted into a large village with the help of efficient and fast-moving transport. Transport has been able to achieve this with the help of equally developed communication system. Therefore, transport, communication and trade are complementary to each other.
Today, India is well-linked with the rest of the world despite its vast size, diversity and linguistic and socio-cultural plurality. Railways, airways, water- ways, newspapers, radio, television, cinema and internet, etc., have been contributing to its socio-economic progress in many ways. The trades from local to international levels have added to the vitality of its economy. It has enriched our life and added substantially to growing amenities and facilities for the comforts of life.
11.1) How has science an important factor in the development of transport?
Ans: (i) The trade and transport expanded far and wide.
(ii) Efficient and fast moving transport.
11.2) How has transport integrated socio-cultural plurality?
Ans: (i) India is well linked with rest of world. (ii) Helps in the development of assimilation of cultures.
11.3) Analyse the significance of communication for a nation.
Ans: (i) It is a source of information.
(ii) It enables communication, trade and other forms of exchange.
(iii) It plays an important role in economic growth.
(iv) It offers social, economic, political and cultural advantages.
(v) It makes the world closer to each other
12.) Read the case given below carefully and answer the question that follow :
The Independence Day Pledge, 26 January 1930
‘‘We believe that it is the inalienable right of the Indian people, as of any other people, to have freedom and to enjoy the fruits of their toil and have the necessities of life, so that they may have full opportunities of growth. We believe also that if any government deprives a people of these rights and oppresses them, the people have a further right to alter it or to abolish it. The British Government in India has not only deprived the Indian people of their freedom but has based itself on the exploitation of the masses, and has ruined India economically, politically, culturally and spiritually. We believe, therefore, that India must sever the British connection and attain Purna Swaraj or Complete Independence.’’
12.1) Why was freedom considered inalienable right of Indian people?
Ans: (i) Freedom was considered as an inalienable right as it provides full opportunities of growth.
12.2) Why was Purna Swaraj considered essential by People of India?
Ans: (i) The colonial power had ruined India economically, politically, culturally and spiritually.
(ii) Indians wanted sovereignty and self-govt. or complete independence.
12.3) Explain the significance of Lahore Session of Congress (1929)
Ans: (i) The Congress approved a motion for Complete Independence.
(ii) Congress decided to observe 26th January, 1930 as the total Independence or Purna Swaraj Day.
(iii)Hoisting of flag.
SECTION—E
( Map Skill-Based Question )
13.) (i) On the given political outline map of India (on page 11), identify the place marked as A with the help of the following information and write its correct name on the line marked near it.
A.) The place where Non-Cooperation Movement was called off due to violence.
(ii) On the same given map of India, locate and label the following :
(a) (I) Narora Nuclear Power Plant
OR
(II) Bengaluru Software Technology Park
(b) Indira Gandhi International Airport