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DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL - GANDHIDHAM

(Under the aegis of the Delhi Public School Society, New Delhi)
UNIT TEST: 1
SUBJECT: SOCIAL SCIENCE
Sample paper
CLASS: X DATE: 27.06.2019
TIME: 3 Hrs. MM: 80
NAME: ………………………………….…………. ROLL NO. ……............... SEC...................
General Instructions:

a. The question paper has 36 Questions .All the questions are compulsory.
b. Questions from serial no. 1 to 20 are very short questions and each question carries 1 mark.
c. Questions from 21 to 28 are short type questions. Each carries 3 marks. Answer should not exceed
80 words.
d. Questions from 29 to 33 are long type questions. Each carries 5 marks and answer should not exceed
120 words.
e. Question no.34 and 35 are map questions, carries 6 marks.

1. Which act gave enormous power to the government to repress political power?

2. Trace the reason because of which Gandhiji started Satyagraha in 1919.

3. What were the limitations of Rowlatt Satyagraha?

4. By whom was the first image of Bharat Mata was painted?

5. Who announced a vague offer of Dominion status for India in 1929?

6. Who was the president of Muslim League in 1930?

7. Who elects the community government in Bejgium?

8. What is the significance of the word ‘Ethenic’?

9. Who presides over the meetings of Municipal Corporation?

10. Name the countries where we find coming together type of federation.

11. What do you mean by culturable wasteland?

12. Name the intensively leached soil of the monsoon climate.

13. What is meant by current fellow land?

14. Name the most widely spread soil in India.

15. What is the name the dam built across the river Narmada.

16. State any two reasons of water scarcity in India?

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17. Why do some people oppose the construction of dams?

18. Why do people look at a mix of goals for development?

19. What do you mean by national development?

20. Why is per capita income calculated in US Dollars?

21. What was the impact of First World War on India?

22. Why was Khilafat Committee formed in Bombay?

23. Why power sharing is desirable?

24. Explain the structure of rural local government in India.

25. Why degradation of land in India has caused a worry? Explain.

26. Why did Jawahar Lal Nehru proclaim the dams as the ‘Temples of Modern India’? Explain any three
reasons.

27. Write the importance of human development index in three points.

28. What is the meaning of sustainable development? Why the issue of sustainable development is important
for development?

29. Discuss the incident and the impact of Jallianwala Bagh .

30. Give an account of the ethnic composition of Belgium and Sri Lanka.

31. What are two routes that have been adopted for formation of federations in the world. Distinguish
between the both.

32. Explain the features of Indian economy.

33. What is sustainable development? Why is the issue of sustainability important for development?
Explain.

35. Locate and label the following with appropriate symbols on the same given outline political map of
India:

a. Bhakra Nangal dam

b. Tehri

c. Sardar Sarovar

36. On the political map of India locate and label the following:

India National Congress sessions: a) Calcutta (Sep. 1920) b) Nagpur (Dec. 1920) c) Madras (1920)

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