MOCK QUESTION PAPER (3) - TERM 2

CLASS X- SST

Section A- 2 marks

1. Prove with an argument that there is a great need to expand formal

sources of credit in rural India.
2. Differentiate between one party and two-party systems.
3. Study the table given below and answer the questions that follow:

a) According to the given data, which country does not prefer

democracy over dictatorship?
b) “The people prefer a democratic form of government.” Give any one
reason to support this statement.
4. What is Martial Law? What role did it play in the Jallianwala Bagh
incident?
5. Classify roads on the basis of the type of material used for their
construction.

Section B- 3 marks

6. Imagine yourself to be XYZ, a member of a women Self- Help Group.

Analyse the ways through which your group provides loans to the
members.
 OR
Explain the term debt-trap. Why is it more rampant in rural areas?
Give two reasons.

7. Distinguish between National Highways and State Highways.

8. Explain how globalisation can be made fairer.

Section C- 5 marks

9. How did people belonging to different communities, regions or

language groups develop a sense of collective belonging in 19th
century India? Explain.

OR
Explain the meaning and notion of ‘Swaraj’ as perceived by the
plantation workers. How did they respond to the call of the Non-
Cooperation Movement?

10. In recent years how our markets have been transformed? Explain
with examples.
OR

How has foreign trade been integrating markets of different

countries? Explain with examples.
Section D- CASE BASED QUESTION

11. Read the given text and answer the following questions:

The failure of the Cripps Mission and the effects of World War II created widespread
discontentment in India. This led Gandhiji to launch a movement calling for complete
withdrawal of the British from India. The Congress Working Committee, in its meeting in
Wardha on 14 July 1942, passed the historic ‘Quit India’ resolution demanding the
immediate transfer of power to Indians and quit India. On 8 August 1942 in Bombay, the
All India Congress Committee endorsed the resolution which called for a non-violent
mass struggle on the widest possible scale throughout the country. It was on this
occasion that Gandhiji delivered the famous ‘Do or Die’ speech. The call for ‘Quit India’
almost brought the state machinery to a standstill in large parts of the country as people
voluntarily threw themselves into the thick of the movement. People observed hartals,
and demonstrations and processions were accompanied by national songs and
slogans. The movement was truly a mass movement which brought into its ambit
thousands of ordinary people, namely students, workers and peasants. It also saw the
active participation of leaders, namely, Jayprakash Narayan, Aruna Asaf Ali and Ram
Manohar Lohia and many women such as Matangini Hazra in Bengal, Kanaklata Barua
in Assam and Rama Devi in Odisha. The British responded with much force, yet it took
more than a year to suppress the movement.

11.1. Which National Movement does the passage relate to?

11.2. What led to the call to Quit India?
11.3. State the features of the Quit India Movement.

12. Read the given text and answer the following questions:

Source A: Industrial Pollution and Environmental Degradation

Every litre of wastewater discharged by our industry pollutes eight times the quantity of
fresh water. How can the industrial pollution of freshwater be reduced? Some
suggestions are-
(i) minimising use of water for processing by reusing and recycling it in two or more
successive stages
(ii) harvesting of rainwater to meet water requirements
(iii) treating hot water and effluents before releasing them in rivers and ponds.
Treatment of industrial effluents can be done in three phases (a) Primary treatment by
mechanical means. This involves screening, grinding, flocculation and sedimentation.
(b) Secondary treatment by biological process (c) Tertiary treatment by biological,
chemical and physical processes. This involves the recycling of wastewater.
Overdrawing of groundwater reserves by industry where there is a threat to
groundwater resources also needs to be regulated legally. Particulate matter in the air
can be reduced by fitting smoke stacks to factories with electrostatic precipitators, fabric
filters, scrubbers and inertial separators. Smoke can be reduced by using oil or gas
instead of coal in factories. Machinery and equipment can be used and generators
should be fitted with silencers. Almost all machinery can be redesigned to increase
energy efficiency and reduce noise. Noise absorbing material may be used apart from
personal use of earplugs and earphones. The challenge of sustainable development
requires the integration of economic development with environmental concerns.

12.1. How could particulate matter in the air be reduced?

12.2. What could be done to reduce pollutants from machinery and
equipment?
12.3. How many treatments are there for industrial effluents? Name them.
 Section E- MAP SKILL

13.1. On the given outline Political Map of India, 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 centre/place of calling off/withdrawing of the Non-Cooperation

Movement.

13.2 On the same given map of India, locate the following:

(I) Chhatrapati Shivaji- International Airport

OR

Vishakapatnam Port

(II) Noida- Software Technology Park