10th Class Social Gunshot 8M Questions

1. What are the similarities and differences between Eastern coastal plains and Western coastal plains?
2. Write about the main reasons which are responsible for the two World Wars.
3. Explain the impact of climate change on India.
4. What are the examples and explanations of the basic features of the Indian Constitution?
5. a) Observe the graph and answer the following questions.

SEX RATIO, 1951-2011

950
946
No.of Females per 1000 Males

945 943
941
940

934
935 933
930
929
930

925

920
1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
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SEX RATIO, 1951-2011

i) What does the graph reveal?

ii) What does the changes in sex ratio indicates when we compare 1991 with 2011?
iii) Define Sex ratio.
iv) In which year lowest sex ratio recorded?
6. Observe the timeline and answer following questions.

7. "Among producers and workers, the impact of globalization has not been uniform". Write your
opinions on it.
8. "Religions have been playing a prominent role since the partition of India". Write your pieces of
evidence.
9. How the Himalayas influences Indian agriculture?
10. What are the various reasons for the partition of India and Pakistan?
11. How liberalisation of trade and investment policies helped the globalisation?
12. Write a short note on basic principles of our Constitution.
13. Observe the graph and write your observations. ( 2mp-31a)

14. Read the time line and answer the following questions. (2mp-31b)

15. "Rapid extraction of minerals and other natural resources would adversely impact the future". Do you agree
or differ? Justify your comment.
16. "One party dominance is not preferable to the Indian democracy". Do you agree or differ? Comment.
17. How the service sector is different from the other sectors? Explain with some examples.
18. Write about the main causes which are responsible for the two world wars.
19. What is Global Warming? What measures do you suggest to reduce the effect of global warming?
20. “Religion has been playing a prominent role since the partition of India”. Write your evidences.
21. Observe the graph diagram. Write a brief note on the inequality in India based on the graph. (3mp-31a)

22. Read the time line and answer the following questions. (3mp-31b)

23. "Water a natural resource for production, particularly in agricultural production, now requires greater
capital for its use". Do you agree?
24. Do you think America was justified in using chemical weapons like Napalm and Agent Orange on civilian
population and jungles? Do you agree? Justify your answer.
25. “Gender bias is still prevailing in India. But it is gradually decreasing” – Do you agree with this? Justify
your opinion.
26. Read the following paragraph and comment.
The Great Depression began around the end of 1929 and lasted almost till 1939 when the second world
war began. During this decade there was a worldwide economic decline triggered by a decline/demand and
fall in prices. The decline in demand led to closure of factory production which in turn meant further
decline in the purchasing power of people leading to further decline.
27. Write the similarities and differences between Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats.
28. What measures were taken to bring in socio economic change during the initial years after independence?
29. Study the information given below and write your observations. (4mp-31a)

30. Read the following information and write your answers. (4mp-31b)

i) Which parties participated in the governments of the National Front?

ii) When was the first coalition government formed in India?
iii) Which party was a partner of Government in all the three Coalition Governments?
iv) To which state Trinamool Congress belongs to?
31. What is the influence of globalization on the Indian economic system? What are the advantages of
extending globalization to India? Express your opinion.
32. Is Veto Power to a few countries in the UNO, helping or barrier for world peace? Discuss.
33. What is the influence of the Himalayas on the climate and agriculture in India?
34. The 20th century was a period of great expectations, experiments and dangerous developments. Explain.
35. ‘The current laws about groundwater in many states are both outdated and inappropriate’. Do you agree
with this statement? Justify your answer.
36. ‘There is an argument that once high economic growth and prosperity is achieved, pollution and
environmental degradation can be handled. One can spend money and clean up the air and rivers,
drink bottled water and build cars that are fuel efficient. After all this is the route the developed
countries have taken’. Comment.
37. “The impact of globalisation has not been uniform”. Explain this statement.
38. Write a short note on the basic primciples of Indian Constitution.
39. Observe the graph and write your observation. (5mp-32a)

40. Observe the timeline and answer the given questions. (5mp-32b)
 i) When was Economic Liberalisation started in India?
ii) Who was the first non congress Prime Minister in India?
iii) Which Prime Minister had relation with Operation Blue Star?
iv) Who led the NDA government?
41. Locate the following in the given outline map of India.
1) Vindhya Ranges 2) Krishna River 3) Sikkim 4) Thar Desert 5) Aravalis
6) Godavari River 7) Andaman and Nicobar Islands 8) Tropic of Cancer 9) Tropic of Capricorn
10) Lakshadweep 11) Palk Strait 12) New Delhi 13) Mount Everest 14) Manipur
15) The Malwa Plateau 16) Lakshadweep 17) Nilagiri hills 18) Andaman, Nicobar Islands
19) Himachal Pradesh 20) Deccan Plataeu 21) Circar Coast 22) Mizoram 23) Narmada River
24) Aravali Ranges 25) Doddabetta 26) Kolkata 27) River Luni 28) Konkan Coast
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29) Deccan Plateau 30) Tropic Of Cancer 31) 82 2 Eastern Longitude 32) Mt. K2
33). River Krishna 34). Kolkata 35). Tripura state 36). Mount Everest
37). Lakshdweep islands 38). Aravali mountains 39). Mumbai 40). River Tapti
42. Locate the following in the given outline map of World.
1) Indonesia 2) Turkey `3) Japan 4) Germany 5) Indian Ocean 6) Nigeria
7) Vietnam 8) France 9) Mediterranean Sea 10) Nigeria 11) China 12) South Africa
13) Egypt 14) Indonesia 15) Atlantic Ocean 16) New York 17) England 18) Norway
19) Egypt 20) China 21) Cuba 22) Italy 23) Brazil 24) Portugal
25) Bangladesh 26) Israel 27) Black Sea 28) Manchuria 29) Poland 30) New York
31) Greece 32) Nepal 33) Portugal 34) USA 35) Nigeria 36) China
37) Japan 38) Germany 39) Chile 40) England