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COMMON REHEARSAL EXAMINATIONS 2024
(ALL INDIA SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATION)
SOCIAL SCIENCE (CODE 087)

Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum marks: 80

General Instructions:
1. The question paper comprises Six Sections – A, B, C, D, E, and F. There are 37
questions in the Question paper. All questions are compulsory.
2. Section A – From questions 1 to 20 are MCQs of 1 mark each.
3. Section B – Questions no. 21 to 24 are Very Short Answer Type Questions, carrying 2
marks each. The answer to each question should not exceed 40 words.
4. Section C contains Q.25to Q.29 are Short Answer Type Questions, carrying 3 marks
each. The answer to each question should not exceed 60 words.
5. Section D – Questions no. 30 to 33 are long answer type questions, carrying 5 marks
each. The answer to each question should not exceed 120 words.
6. Section-E - Questions no from 34 to 36 are case-based questions with three sub
questions and are of 4 marks each. The answer to each question should not exceed 100
words.
7. Section F – Question no. 37 is map-based, carrying 5 marks with two parts, 37a from
History (2 marks) and 37b from Geography (3 marks).
8. There is no overall choice in the question paper. However, an internal choice has
been provided in a few questions. Only one of the choices in such questions has to be
attempted.
9. In addition to this, separate instructions are given with each section and question,
wherever necessary.
10. Note: CBQ stands for “Competency Based Question”. 50% weightage allocated for
competency-based questions.

SECTION A
MCQ (1x20=20)
1 A political philosophy that stressed the importance of tradition, 1
established institutions, and customs and preferred gradual
development to quick change

(a) Romanticism
(b) communism
(c) Conservatism
(d) Socialism

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2 Match the following: 1

a) Larger occurrences of minerals of i) Veins

igneous and metamorphic rocks.
b) Smaller occurrences of minerals in ii) Placer deposits
rocks
c) Minerals that occur in the sands of iii) Ferrous
valley floors and the base of hills
d) Minerals that provide a strong iv) Lodes
base for metallurgical industries.

(a) (a)- (ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)

(b) (a)- (i), (b)- (iv), (c)- (ii), (d)- (iii)
(c) (a)- (iii), (b)- (iv), (c)- (i), (d)- (ii)
(d) (a)- (iv), (b)- (i), (c)- (ii), (d)- (iii)

3 Read the information given below and select the correct option: 1
Karan has taken a loan of Rs.5 Lakhs from the bank to purchase a house at
12% rate of interest. He has to submit documents about a new house and
salary records to the bank. What is this process called?
(a) Principal amount
(b) Collateral
(c) Interest rate
(d) Instalments

4 Analyze the given data and find out what percentage of barren and 1
unculturable land has decreased from 1960-61 to 2014-15.

General Land Use Percentage (1960-61) Percentage

Categories (2014-15)
Current Fallow 3.73 4.9
Culturable Wasteland 6.23 4.0
Barren and Unculturable 18.11 5.5
Land
Net Sown Area 46.26 45.5
Forest Area 18.11 23.3

(a) 23.61
(b) 5.5
(c) 18.11
(d) 12.61

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5 The Constitution permits the state to interfere in religious matters to 1
ensure equality within and among religious communities. In which of the
following situations did the state interfere in a religious matter?
(a) Ban on religious festival celebration
(b) Ban on inter-caste marriage
(c) Ban on religious institutions
(d) Ban on untouchability

6 Why is the cost of time that democracy pays for arriving at a decision 1
worthwhile?

(a) Decisions are taken following due procedures.

(b) Decisions are always in favour of people.
(c) Decisions are more likely to be acceptable to the people and more
effective.
(d) All of the above

7 Which of the following statement about India as a secular state is incorrect? 1

(a) Allows freedom to practice any religion

(b) There is no official religion
(c) Prohibits discrimination on religious grounds
(d) It reserves seats for religious minorities

8 Which of the following Acts would not apply to a company like TISCO? 1

(a) Minimum Wages Act

(b) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
(c) Factories Act
(d) Payment of Gratuity Act

9 Which one of the following statements about power-sharing 1

arrangements is correct?

(a) Power sharing is necessary only in societies, which have religious,

linguistic or ethnic divisions.
(b) Power sharing is suitable only for big countries that have regional
divisions.
(c) Every society needs some form of power-sharing even if it is small
or does not have social divisions.
(d) Power-sharing is not necessary at all.

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10 1

The above picture is of Giuseppe Mazzini and the founding of Young

Europe in Berne 1833. Identify the painter:
(a) Giacomo Mantegazza.
(b) Andreas Rebmann
(c) Frédéric Sorrieu
(d) Karl Kaspar Fritz
Note: The following question is for Visually Impaired Candidates only in
lieu of Q. No. 10
Which of the following countries did not attend the Congress of Vienna?
A. Britain
B. Russia
C. Prussia
D. Switzerland

11 Which one of the following is true about development? 1

(a) The notion of development can never be conflicting for people from
different sections of society
(b) The notion of development is only associated with higher income.
(c) The notion of development is different for people from different
sections of society.
(d) The notion of development always goes hand in hand with
industrialists and tribal people
12 In the question given below, there are two statements marked as 1
Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct
option.
Assertion (A): Expectations from democracy also function as the criteria
for judging any democratic country.
Reason(R): It transforms people from the status of a subject into that of a
citizen.
Options:
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true
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13 The plantation workers were not permitted to leave the tea gardens
without permission as per .
(a) Inland Emigration Act of 1859
(b) Inland Emigration Act of 1866
(c) Inland Emigration Act of 1879
(d) Inland Emigration Act of 1869
14 Look at the picture given below and answer the question that follows: 1

Which of the following goals for development should be prioritized in

this area?

(a) Reducing income disparities

(b) Combatting climate change
(c) Ending gender discrimination
(d) Ensuring caste equality

15 Tremble, therefore, tyrants of the world! Tremble before the virtual 1

writer.’ Whose words are these and what warning is given through
them?

(a) Mercier, a French novelist of the 18th century, believed that the
printing press was so powerful that it would sweep despotism
away.
(b) Louise Sebastien Mercier, a novelist of 18th century England, who
gave this warning to despots.
(c) Mercier, an American novelist of the 18th century, who believed
in the power of print and warned against despotism.
(d) A French novelist Mercier (19th century), believed in the power of
print.

16 The type of coal which is mainly used for generating electricity is 1

………………..
(a) Peat
(b) Lignite
(c) Bituminous
(d) Anthracite

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17 Which of the following statements are true about political parties? 1

(a) The proportion of those who said they were members of some
political party was lower in India than in many advanced
countries like Canada and Japan.
(b) Over the last three decades, the proportion of those who report to
be members of political parties in India has gone down steadily.
(c) The proportion of those who say they feel ‘close to a political
party’ has also gone down in India.
(d) None of the above.

Read the given data and find out which country has the most equitable 1
18 distribution of income.

(a) Country A
(b) Country B
(c) Country C
(d) Country D

19 Identify the best option for ‘Alliance’. 1

(a) Two parties together form the government.

(b) Leftists and Rightists together form the government.
(c) When state and national parties together form the government
(d) When several parties in a multiparty system join for the purpose
of contesting election and winning power

20 A party that secures at least 6% of the total votes in Lok Sabha election or 1
Assembly elections in four states and wins at least 4 seats in the Lok Sabha
is recognized as:
(a) State Party
(b) Regional Party
(c) National Party
(d) Left Front Party

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 SECTION B
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTION (2x4=8)

21 Examine the reasons for the alienation of Sri Lankan Tamils. 2

22 Prove how Silk Routes are a good example of pre-modern trade between 2
different countries of the world.

23. ‘Agriculture and industry are not exclusive to each other’. Justify the 2
statement.

24. Distinguish between holding together federation and coming together 2

federation.

SECTION C

SHORT ANSWER QUESTION (3x5=15)

25. The print revolution has transformed the lives of people. Changing their 3
relations to information and knowledge,’ Analyse the statement.

26. Enumerate and explain any three causes of rural unemployment in India. 3

Establish the difference in three points between Primitive Subsistence

27. farming and Intensive Subsistence farming. 3

28. Explain any 3 provisions of the Constitutional Amendment of 1992 that 3

strengthened the third tier of the Indian government.

29. Explain the meaning of the Debt Trap by giving an example. 3

SECTION D

LONG ANSWER QUESTION (5x4=20)

30. Conservation strategies are not new in our country. Keeping this 5
statement in mind, describe how communities have conserved and
protected forests and wildlife in India.

OR
‘Conservation in the background of rapid decline in wildlife population
and forestry has become essential’ In light of the above statement, state
the need to conserve forest and wildlife.

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31. Trace the geographical and ethnic variations of the Balkan region. Why 5
did this region become politically explosive?

OR

The development of nationalism did not come about only through wars
and territorial expansion. Culture played a significant role in creating the
idea of the Nation.’’ Elucidate the given statement with suitable
arguments.
All over the world, people express their dissatisfaction with the failure of 5
32. political parties to perform well. Analyze the given statement with
suitable arguments.
OR
About a hundred years ago there were few countries that had hardly any
political party. Now there are few countries that do not have political
parties.” Examine this statement.
" There are several things needed by the society as a whole". In the light of 5
33. the statement explain as to who can provide them at a reasonable cost, the
private or the public sector and why?
OR

India is witnessing the rising importance of the tertiary sector in this

century. Justify the statement.
SECTION E

CASE-BASED QUESTION (4x3=12)

34. Read the given text and answer the following questions: 4

The non-cooperation movement started with middle-class participation

in the cities. Thousands of students left government-controlled schools
and colleges, headmasters and teachers resigned, and lawyers gave up
their legal practices. The council elections were boycotted in most
provinces except Madras, where the Justice Party, the party of the non-
Brahmans, felt that entering the council was one way of gaining some
power – something that usually only Brahmans had access to. The effects
of non-cooperation on the economic front were more dramatic. Foreign
goods were boycotted, liquor shops picketed, and foreign cloth burnt in
huge bonfires. The import of foreign cloth halved between 1921 and
1922, its value dropping from Rs 102 crore to Rs 57 crore. In many places,
merchants and traders refused to trade in foreign goods or finance
foreign trade. As the boycott movement spread, and people began
discarding imported clothes and wearing only Indian ones, the
production of Indian textile mills and handlooms went up.

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 1. When did the non-cooperation movement begin? (1)
2. Why were the council elections boycotted in most provinces (1)
except Madras?
3. Why did the import of foreign cloth halve between 1921 and (2)
1922?
35. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: 4
Dams were traditionally built to impound rivers and rainwater that
could be used later to irrigate agricultural fields. Today, dams are built
not just for irrigation but for electricity generation, water supply for
domestic and industrial uses, flood control, recreation, inland navigation
and fish breeding. Hence, dams are now referred to as multi-purpose
projects where the many uses of the impounded water are integrated
with one another. For example, in the Sutluj-Beas river basin, the Bhakra
– Nangal project water is being used both for hydel power production
and irrigation. Similarly, the Hirakud project in the Mahanadi basin
integrates conservation of water with flood control. Multi-purpose
projects, launched after Independence with their integrated water
resources management approach, were thought of as the vehicle that
would lead the nation to development and progress, overcoming the
handicap of its colonial past.

1. Name the environmental movements that have been caused due (1)
To the construction of multi-purpose projects.
2. Why dams were proclaimed as the ‘temple of modern India’ (1)
3. State 2 reasons as to why the construction of multi-purpose (2)
projects and large dams have come under great scrutiny.

36. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: 4

Tax on imports is an example of trade barrier. It is called a barrier because some
restriction has been set up. Governments can use trade barriers to increase or
decrease (regulate) foreign trade and to decide what kinds of goods and how
much of each, should come into the country. The Indian government, after
Independence, had put barriers to foreign trade and foreign investment.
This was considered necessary to protect the producers within the country from
foreign competition. Industries were just coming up in the 1950s and 1960s, and
competition from imports at that stage would not have allowed these industries
to come up. Thus, India allowed imports of only essential items such as
machinery, fertilisers, petroleum etc.
Note that all developed countries, during the early stages of development, have
given protection to domestic producers through a variety of means. Starting
around 1991, some far reaching changes in policy were made in India. The
government decided that the time had come for Indian producers to compete
with producers around the globe. It felt that competition would improve the
performance of producers within the country since they would have to improve
their quality. This decision was supported by powerful international
organisations
1. What do you understand by liberalisation of trade? (1)
2. What made the Indian government change their policy after 1991? (1)
3. Why was it necessary for the Indian government to put barrier to (2)
foreign trade and investment?

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 SECTION F
MAP BASED QUESTION (5x1=5)

37 (a) Two features (A) and (B) marked on the given political map of India.
Identify these features with the help of the following information and
write their correct names on the lines marked near them.
1. Call off the Non-Cooperation Movement
2. A place where cotton mill workers organized Satyagraha
37 (b) On the same outline map of India locate/ identify any three of the
following with suitable Symbols.
I. Identify the oil field marked (a) on the map.
II. Locate Kandla port on the given map.
III. Locate the software technology park in Karnataka.
IV. Locate Nagarjuna Sagar on the given map.
Note: The following question is for Visually Impaired Candidates only in lieu of
Q. No. 37 a & b.
37 a. i. Name the place where the Indian National Congress session was held in
September 1920.
ii. Name the place where Mahatma Gandhi Broke the salt law.
37. b.
Answer any 3 of the following.
i. Name the coal mine located at Karnataka
ii. Name the dam built on the river Narmada.
iii. Name the seaport located in Tamil Nadu.
iv. Mention the state where Bengaluru software technology park is located.

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