VIVEKANANDA VIDHYAPEETH SCHOOL, DANKAUR

CLASS X M.M. 80
HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION 2020-21
SOCIAL SCIENCE
(Three hours)
INSTRUCTIONS:
Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.
This time is to be spent in reading the Question Paper.
The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.
All the questions are compulsory.

SECTION-A (2 Marks Each)

1. How did the French control Vietnam?
2. What was Hoa Hoa Movement?
3. What kind of parties and journals were formed by students of Vietnam to protest against
French?
4. What innovative ideas were discussed by the Vietnamese to earn profit from Rat Hunt?
5. What were the ideas of Romantic artists and poets on nationalism?
6. What is an Allegory? State any one example to clarify the same.
7. Explain the Khilafat Movement.
8. Who was Giuseppe Mazzini?
9. What were the causes of the French defeat in the battle of Dien Bien Phu?
10. What was Mahatma Gandhi’s reaction on ‘Rowlatt Act’?
11. How are changes made in power sharing arrangement of a country?
12. Give the subjects of concurrent list.

SECTION-B (3 Marks Each)

13. Explain the ‘Idea of Satyagraha’.
14. Why is there a need of planning resources in India?
15. How are resources associated with colonialism?
16. Name any two kinds of forests and describe their characteristics.
17. Write any two characteristics of the forest policy of India.
18. What are ‘tankas’?
19. Which institutional reforms were introduced for farmers?
20. What was the result of civil war in Sri Lanka?
21. Write examples of the difference between the federal and the unitary form of governments.
22. List the salient features of the Amendment Act of 1992.
 SECTION-C (4 Marks Each)
23. Explain the different functions of the Gram Sabha.
24. Describe the different forms of power sharing in modern democracies.
25. What were the significant contributions of the Indian National Congress at its following
sessions:
a) The Lahore Session of 1929
b) The Karachi Session of 1931
26. What is the need of conserving our resources?

SECTION-D (5 Marks Each)

27. On the outline map of India mark the following:
i) Area covered with black soil
ii) Kajiranga national park
iii) Areas of mountaineous forests
iv) Nilgiri bio-reserve
v) Valley of flowers
28. Where are sugarcane, jute, cotton and tea grown in India. Give reasons..

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