APPENDIX C – GRADE X

MARKING SCHEME
CENTRE FOR ADVANCEMENT OF STANDARDS IN EXAMINATIONS
(GEMS ASIAN SCHOOLS)
COMMON REHEARSAL EXAMINATIONS 2024

Grade: x
Subjects: Social Science

Points Total
Qn. Value Points wise Marks
No marks

1 (c) Conservatism 1 1

India and the contemporary world II

Page no 10
2 1 1
Ans- (Option- d)- (a)- (iv), (b)- (i), (c)- (ii), (d)-(iii)

Contemporary India II Pg-49

3 (a) Collateral 1 1

Understanding Economic Development – Page 44

4 1 1
Ans- (Option d)- 12.61

Contemporary India II Pg-06

5 1 1
D. Ban on untouchability
Democratic politics II-Page no 49

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Qn. No Value Points Points Total
wise Marks
marks
6 (d) All of the above 1 1

Democratic politics II- Outcomes of Democracy pg 91

7 (d) It reserves seats for religious minorities 1 1

Democratic politics II – Pg 48-49

8 Ans- (Option B) - National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 1 1

Understanding Economic Dev. Pg-33

9 (c) Every society needs some form of power-sharing even if it is small or 1 1
does nothave social divisions.

Democratic politics ii -page 6

10 (a) Giacomo Mantegazza. 1 1

India and the contemporary world II

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11 C. The notion of development is different for people from different sections of society. 1 1

Understanding Economic Development -Pg 4

12 (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correctexplanation of A. 1 1

Democratic politics ii – Outcomes of Democracy Pg 98

13 (a) Inland Emigration Act of 1859 1 1

India and the Contemporary World page no 36

14 a- Reducing income disparities 1 1

Understanding Economic Dev. Pg-07

15 (a) Mercier, a French novelist of the 18th century, believed that the printing 1 1
press wasso powerful that it would sweep despotism away

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 India and the Contemporary World – Pg 115

16 B. Lignite 1 1

Contemporary India II – Pg 50

17 D . None of the above 1 1

Democratic politics ii – Pg 78

18 Ans- (Option a-Country A) 1 1

Understanding Economic Dev. Pg-9

19 (d) When several parties in a multiparty system joinfor the purpose of contesting 1 1
election and winning

power
Democratic politics -II Pg 77

20 C) National Party 1 1

Democratic politics -II Pg 79

Section B

21 i. The government adopted a majoritarianmeasure to establish Sinhala 1+1 2

Supremacy.In 1956, an Act was passed to recognise Sinhala as the only
official language thus disregarding Tamil.

ii. The governments followed preferential politics that favoured Sinhala

applicants for university positions and government jobs.

Democratic Politics – Pg 3

22 I. It was the route through which the Chinese goodsused to travel to the west. 1+1 2

II. It not only transported goods but also culturalvalues and vibrant pre-
modern trade.

III. It was one of the most successful routes in thetrading history of the
world.

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 IV. Goods from various parts of the world wereexported worldwide.

(Any 2 value points)

India and the Contemporary World – Pg 54

23 I. The agro-industries in India have given a majorboost to agriculture by 1+1 2

raising its productivity.
II. They depend on the latter for raw materials andsell their products such as
irrigation pumps, fertilisers, insecticides, pesticides, plastic and PVC pipes,
machines and tools, etc. to the farmers.
III. Thus, development and competitiveness of manufacturing industry has not
only assisted agriculturists in increasing their production but also made the
production processes very efficient.Thus, they both move hand in hand.
Contemporary India II Pg - 58

i. When a large country chooses to divide its authority between the member
24 1+1 2
states and the central government, federalism is regarded as holding together
federalism. E.g. India, Spain and Belgium
ii. Independent states join together on their own to form a larger unit is known as
Coming togetherfederalism. E.g. USA, Switzerland and Australia
Democratic Politics – Pg 15

Section C

The Print Revolution influenced people’s conception and opened new ways of
25 1+1+1 3
looking at things.
i. It transformed the lives of people by opening the door of knowledge to a
vast literate population.
ii. It encouraged debates and discussions on written texts and encouraged
freedom of opinion on important issues.
iii. The ideas of scientists and philosophers now became more accessible to the
common people.
iv. Print popularized the ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers. Collectively, their
writings provided a critical commentary on tradition, superstition and
despotism.
India and the contemporary world ii Pg no – 113-114

26 Ans- (i) Lack of skill and education : The mostimportant factor responsible 1+1+1 3
for rural unemployment is lack of education and skill.
(ii) Domination of primary sector : Most of thepeople of rural areas are
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 involved in primary activities. The possibility of unemployment in primary
sector is more.
(iii) Lack of Industrialization: Even after more than 60 years of independence
more than 80% of the people are dependent on agriculture for theirlivelihood.
The chances of disguised unemployment are very high in agriculture.
Understanding Economic Dev. Pg-25/26

27 1+1+1 3

Contemporary India II Pg-34/35

28 a) Now it is mandatory to hold regular elections to local government bodies. 1+1+1 3

(b) Seatsare reserved in the elected bodies and the executive heads of these
institutions for SCs, STs and OBCs.
(c) At least one-third of all positions are reserved for women.
(d) An independent institution called State Election Commission has been
created in each state to conduct panchayat and municipal elections.
(e)The state governments are required to share some flowers and revenue with
local government bodies.
(any 3 value points)

Democratic Politics – Pg 24

29 Ans- A debt trap is a situation where an individual or organization becomes 2+1 3

trapped ina cycle of debt that they are unable to escape from. This typically occurs
when the borrower takes out a loan or credit but struggles to makethe required
payments due to high-interest rates, fees, or other financial obligations. As a result,
they are forced to take on additional debt to meet their existing obligations, which
can lead to a spiral of increasing debt and financial distress.
For example, a small farmer Swapna took a loan for crop cultivation but due to
some reason, she faced a situation of crop failure. So she took another loan for
spraying pesticides but the production was not enough to repay the loan. So, she
was caught in a debt trap.

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 Understanding Economic Dev. Pg-46

Section D

30 I. In Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan, villagershave fought against mining 1+1+1+1+ 5

by citing the Wildlife Protection Act. 1

II. The Alwar district of Rajasthan have declared 1,200 hectares of forest as OR
the Bhairodev Dakav‘Sonchuri’, declaring their own set of rules and 2+2+1
regulations which do not allow hunting, and are protecting the wildlife
against any outside encroachments.
III. Chipko movement in the Himalayas has notonly successfully resisted
deforestation in several areas but has also shown that community
afforestation with indigenousspecies can be enormously successful.
IV. The Beej Bachao Andolan in Tehri and Navdanya have shown that
adequate levels ofdiversified crop production without the use ofsynthetic
chemicals are possible and economically viable.
V. Joint forest management (JFM) programme furnishes a good example
for involving localcommunities in the management and restoration of
degraded forests.

OR

(i) Loss of cultural diversity: The loss of forestsand wildlife is not just a biological
issue but it is also correlated with cultural diversity. Thereare many forest-
dependent communities, which directly depend on various componentsof the
forests and wildlife for food, drinks, medicines, etc. Many tribal communities
like Muria Gonds, Dhurwas, Bhatras, etc. have losttheir habitat because of the
destruction of forests.
(ii) Complex web of living organisms : We humans along with all living
organisms form acomplex web ecological system in which we are only a part
and very much dependent on this system for our own existence. For example,
the plants, animals and micro- organisms recreate the quality of the air we
breathe, the water we drink and the soil that produce our food without which
we cannot survive.
(iii) Large scale destruction of forests : Between1951 and 1980, according to
the Forest Survey of India, over 26,200 sq. km of forest areas were converted
into agricultural lands all over India.
Contemporary India II Pg-20 or 18

The Balkans was a region of geographical and ethnic variation comprising

31 1+1+1+1+ 5
modern-day Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia-
1
Herzegovina, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro whose inhabitants were broadly
known as the Slavs.

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ii A large part of Balkans was under the control of the Ottoman Empire while
someother parts were under the control of Russiaand Austria carrying a
complex problem.

iii The spread of the ideas of Romantic nationalism in the Balkans together
with thedisintegration of the Ottoman Empire madethe region very explosive.

iv The Balkan people based their claim for independence or political rights on
nationalityand desired to win back their long-lost freedom

v.The Balkans also became the scene of big power rivalry over trade and
colonies as well as naval and military might. Each power- Russia, Germany.
England, and Austria- Hungry was keen on extending the hold of other powers
over the Balkans and extendingits own control over the area. This led to a series
of wars in the region and finally the first world war.

OR

Nationalism developed through culture inEurope for the following reasons:

1) Culture played an important role in creating the idea of the nation, art and
poetry, stories and music helped to express and shapenationalist feelings.
2) Romanticism a cultural movement whichsought to develop a particular
form of nationalist sentiment.

3. Romantic artists and poets generally criticized the glorification of reason

and science and focussed instead on emotions,intuition and mystical
feelings.

4) German philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder claimed that true German

culture wasto be discovered among the common people-das volk. It was
through folk songs, folk poetry and folk dances that the true spirit of anation
was popularized.

5) The emphasis on vernacular language and the collection of local folklore was
used to carry the modern nationalist message to largeaudiences who were
mostly illiterates.

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 India and the contemporary world ii Pg no – 26 OR 13-14

32 It has focused on four areas in the working ofpolitical parties, need to face and 1.25+1.25+ 5
1.25+1.25
overcome these challenges in order to remain effective instruments of
democracy.

1. Lack of Integral Democracy within parties:parties do not keep membership

registers, do not have organisational meetings, and do notconduct internal
elections regularly.

2. Dynastic Succession: A rule in which family’s generation rules forever and

there canbe no change. This is against the democracy.

3. Growing role of Money and Muscle Power: Nowadays, elections are focused
mainly on winning at any cost, so parties try to use shortcuts like using money
and muscle power.

4. Absence of a meaningful Choice: In the present political scenario, there is no

ideological difference among the political parties, so they do not provide a
meaningfulchoice to the voters. Sometimes same set of leaders keep shifting
from one party to another.

OR

I. We can understand the necessity of political parties by imagining a

situation without parties. Every candidate in the election will be
independent. Therefore, no major policy changes will be made.

II. Elected representatives will be accountable totheir constituency but no

one will be responsible for the smooth running of the country.

III. As societies become large and complex, they need an agency to gather views
on various issues and to present them to the government.There is a need
to bring various representatives together so that a responsible government
can be formed.

IV. A mechanism is needed to support or restrainthe government to make

policies, justify or oppose them. Political parties fulfil the needs of a
representative government and are thus anecessary condition for a
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 democracy.

Democratic politics ii – Pg 83-84 OR 74-75

33 Society as a whole needs several things which the private sector will not be able to 5 5
provide at a reasonable cost.
Reasons for this are:

1. Activities in the private sector are guided by the motive to earn profits and not
welfare of the people,
2. There are several services needed by the society which the private sector
cannot provide at a reasonable price. Activities like construction of roads,
bridges, railways, irrigation through dams etc., require huge amount of money
which is beyond the capacity of the Private sector. Private sector charges high
rates for the use of these services.
3. It is difficult for the Private sector to collect money from thousands of people
who use these services.
4. The Private sector sometimes ignores regional balanced development, equality
of income and development of basic industries.
5. Private sector charges include profit margins whereas the government will
charge a reasonable price for services. It is the primary duty of the
government to ensure the provision of public facilities with a service motto.

OR
Tertiary sector or service sector plays a very significant role and its importance is rising day
by day:

1. Greater the development of primary sector and secondary sector more would be the
demand for Services.
2. Tertiary sector has become the largest producer in India because various kinds of
services such as hospitals, educational institutions, post and telegraph services, police
stations, courts, village administrative offices, transport, banks, insurance companies
etc. are required.
3. Even development of agriculture and industry leads to the development of services
such as transport, trade and storage etc.
4. With the rise in income, demand for more services is rising.
For example, eating out in restaurants, tourism, malls and shopping complexes,
schools, professional training.
5. New services like Information Technology and outsourcing have become very
important for modern day trade and industry.
Unfortunately, the rapid growth of the service sector in India has not yet shown the
expected corresponding increase in employment.

Understanding Economic Development – Pg No – 33-34 OR 24-25

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 Section D

34 1. J a n u a r y 1921 1+1+2 4
2. The Justice party of the non-Brahmans, felt thatentering the council was one
way of gaining some power.

3. As people began discarding imported clothes, the import of foreign clothes

halved between 1921 to 1922, its value dropping from ` 102 crore to ` 57 crore.
At that time people began discarding imported clothes and wearing only
Indian clothes, production of Indian textile mills and handlooms went up.

India and the Contemporary world ii page 34

35. Ans1 - Environmental movements like the‘Narmada Bachao Andolan’ and the 1+1+2 4
‘Tehri Dam Andolan’
Ans2- The reason being that it would integratedevelopment of agriculture and the
village economy with rapid industrialisation and growth of the urban economy.
i. Ans3- Regulating and damming of rivers affect their natural flow causing
poor sedimentflow and excessive sedimentation at the bottom of the
reservoir
ii. Dams also fragment rivers making it difficultfor aquatic fauna to
migrate, especially for spawning.
iii. The reservoirs that are created on the floodplains also submerge the
existing vegetation and soil leading to its decomposition over a period of
time etc.
(any 2 value points)
Contemporary India II Pg- 26

36 1. Trade liberalization is the removal or reduction of restrictions or barriers on 1+1+2 4

the free exchange of goods between nations.
2. 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.
3. The Indian government, after Independence, had put barriers to foreign trade
and foreign investment.

a) This was considered necessary to protect the producers within the country
from foreign competition.
b) 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

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 Understanding Economic Development – Pg No - 64

Section E 5

37 A 1. Ahmedabad 1 1

2. Calcutta 1 1

37 B i) Digboi oil field 1 1

ii) Marked on the map 1 1

iii) Marked on the map 1 1

iv) Marked on the map 1 1

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