SCERT Kerala Class X Social Science Sample Question Paper 2016

Organisation : State Council of Educational Research & Training
Exam : SSLC Examination
Subject : Social Science
Document Type : Sample Question Paper
Year : 2016
Class : X STD
Website : http://scert.kerala.gov.in/
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Social Science Question Paper :

Instructions :
1. 15 minutes is given as cool off time. This time is to be used for reading and understanding the questions

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2. Write down answers for all questions
3. For questions having choices, only one need to be answered.
4. The score for each question is given along with the question

1. Evaluate how the laws implemented by the British affected the people of the American colonies, based on the following indicators :
** Trade
** Tax policies
** Economic exploitation
** Suppressive rule (4)

2. Explain how the Permanent Settlement introduced by the English East India Company led the cultivators to poverty. (4)

3. Answer the following questions based on the given diagram.
a. Which hemisphere receives vertical rays of the sun?
b. Over which latitude is the position of sun on 21st June?

c. Which hemisphere experience maximum duration of day light on this particular day?
d. By what name is this particular day known?
e. Give reasons for the variations in the duration of day and night?

4. The Right to Information Act 2005 has helped in making administrative activities transparent. Do you agree? Substantiate your answer. (3)

5. How did the imperialist countries exploit the colonies? (3)
6. What is human resource development? Explain any two levels of human resource development. (3)

7. Compare the features of Nazism and Fascism based on the following indicators
i. Annihilation of enemies
ii. Purity of Race

Explain the causes of the French Revolution based on the following indicators :
** Social inequality
** Influence of philosophers
** Rule of dictatorship
** Economic crisis (6)

8. Identify the longitude based on which the Indian Standard Time is determined.
a. 0°
b. 180°
c. 82½° East
d. 82½° West (1)

9. Explain the role of the Swadeshi movement in developing anti-British attitude among the Indians. (4)
10. Compare the policies introduced by the colonial powers in China with those introduced in Latin America and America. (3)

11. The International Date line is marked on the given diagram
a. Which longitude is determined as the International date line?
b. How much is the time diffeence experienced on crossing the International date line?

c. Which are the continental parts shown on either side?
d. Mention the time difference between the Greenwich Mean Time and the local time at the International date line. (4)

12. Match the following on basis of nationality :
1. Gandhiji South Africa
2. Nelson Mandela Kenya
3. Quami N krumah India
4. Jomo Kenyata Ghana (2)

13. The National Rural Health Mission and the National Urban Health Mission are the programmes initiated by the Central Government to ensure better health for all. What are their objectives? (2)
15. Hierarchical organisation is a feature of Bureaucracy. Find out the other features

16. Examine the similarities in the reforms introduced by the National Assembly and by Napoleon in France and evaluate its influence on the common people. (3)
17. Explain the significance of Public Administration. What was Gandhiji’s views on it? (3)

18. The winds blowing between some pressure belts in the Northern Hemisphere are shown in the diagram.
a. Identify the winds indicated as A, B, C?
b. Mention the pressure belts between which each of them blows?
c. There occurs deflection in the direction of these winds. Give reasons

OR
Describe the features of the monsoon winds blowing from the Indian Ocean towards Indian Sub Continent. (6)

19. What is the objective of the Right to Education Act? (1)
20. Explain the appeasement policy that led to the Second World War. (1)
21. Explain the formation of mountain breeze and valley breeze. (4)

22. What are the aims of the Non- Aligned movement that was formed against the bipolar blocks? (3)
22. Write any two common features of the peasant revolts in India during the period of the English East India Company rule. (2)

23. Which of the following statements is wrong about Ombudsman?
a. A retired Judge of the High Court is appointed as Ombudsman.
b. People cannot directly approach the Ombudsman with complaints.

c. In the banking sector, the Ombudsman hears the complaints of the clients and rectifies them.
d. On receiving complaints, the Ombudsman can summon anyone and order enquiry. (1)

24. It is the duty of the Government to provide healthcare to all.
a. Define ‘health’.
b. How does healthcare help to realize economic development of a country? (3)

25. Identify the local winds mentioned below.
a. Hot winds blowing down the slopes of the Alps in Europe
b. Hot winds blowing over the Northern Plains from the Rajasthan Desert (2)