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Academic Year: 2018-2019
Date & Time: 20th March 2019, 2:30 pm
Duration: 3h
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(i) The question paper is divided into four sections. Section A, Section B, Section C and Section D.
(ii) The question paper has 26 questions in all.
(iii) All questions are compulsory.
(iv) Marks are indicated against each question.
(v) Questions from serial number 1 to 7 are very short answer type questions. Each question carries 1 mark. Answers to these should not exceed 30 words.
(vi) Questions from serial number 8 to 18 are 3 marks questions. Answers of these questions should not exceed 80 words each.
(vii) Questions from serial number 19 to 25 are 5 marks questions. Answers of these questions should not exceed 100 words each.
(viii) Question number 26 is a map question of 5 marks with two parts – 26 A from History (2 marks) and 26 B from Geography (3 marks). After completion, attach the map inside your answer book.
Which type of soil is most suitable for growing the crop of cashew nut?
Chapter: [0.01] Resources and Development
Which type of soil in India is most widespread and important?
Chapter: [0.01] Resources and Development
Explain the meaning of 'Currency'.
Chapter: [0.03] Money and Credit
Explain the reason for the necessity of supervision by the Reserve Bank of India of formal sources of loans.
Chapter: [0.03] Money and Credit
Why did Frédéric Sorrieu present a utopian vision in his prints in 1848? Explain one reason.
Chapter: [1.03] Everyday Life, Culture and Politics
Why was the ‘Tonkin Free School’ established in Vietnam in 1907?
Chapter: [1.02] Events and Processes
Name the two major ethnic communities of Sri Lanka.
Chapter: [0.07] Life Lines of National Economy
Why had some parents kept novels away from their children's reach during 19th century in India?
Chapter: [1.03] Everyday Life, Culture and Politics
Why had Englishmen demanded a clampdown on the 'Vernacular Press' in the 19th century?
Chapter: [0.05] Print Culture and the Modern World [1.03] Everyday Life, Culture and Politics
Analyze the contribution of foreign investment in globalization.
Chapter: [0.04] Globalisation and the Indian Economy [0.04] Globalisation and the Indian Economy
Which logo of quality is marked on the packaged food items?
Chapter: [0.04] The Age of Industrialisation [1.01] Livelihoods, Economies and Societies
"Issues of caste discrimination began to be written about in many printed tracts and essays in India in the late nineteenth century." Support the statement with two suitable examples.
Chapter: [0.04] Gender, Religion and Caste
"Premchand's characters in different novels create a community based on democratic values." Support the statement with two suitable examples.
Chapter: [1.03] Everyday Life, Culture and Politics
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Assess any three advantages of globalization.
Chapter: [0.04] Globalisation and the Indian Economy
Assess any three advantages of multinational corporations.
Chapter: [0.02] Sectors of the Indian Economy
Describe the importance of the 'Right to Information (RTI)' for consumers.
Chapter: [0.05] Consumer Rights
Describe the importance of the 'Right to Seek Redressal' for consumers.
Chapter: [0.05] Consumer Rights
Highlight any three differences between primitive subsistence farming and intensive subsistence farming.
Chapter: [0.04] Agriculture [0.04] Agriculture
Explain any three reasons for the banks and cooperative societies to increase their lending facilities in rural areas.
Chapter: [0.03] Money and Credit
"Communal politics is based on the idea that religion is the principal basis of the social community." Justify the statement.
Chapter: [0.03] Democracy and Diversity
"Multi-purpose projects and large dams have been the cause of many new social movements." Highlight the concerns related to such movements.
Chapter: [0.05] Popular Struggles and Movements
"Traditional harvesting system is a useful system to conserve and store water." Highlight the importance of this system with two examples.
Chapter: [0.03] Water Resources
Evaluate the strengths and limitations of local self-government in a democracy.
Chapter: [0.01] Power Sharing
Evaluate the power-sharing system in India.
Chapter: [0.01] Power Sharing
"Complaints are treated as a testimony to the success of democracy." Support the statement with examples.
Chapter: [0.07] Outcomes of Democracy
Describe the role of Romanticism in developing nationalist feelings among Europeans during the nineteenth century.
Chapter: [1.02] Events and Processes
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Describe the Hao Hao movement as a mainstream nationalism of Vietnam.
Chapter: [1.02] Events and Processes
"Average income is useful for comparison but it may hide disparities." Support the statement with suitable arguments.
Chapter: [0.01] Development
Explain the role of Political Parties in a democracy.
Chapter: [0.06] Political Parties
Explain the necessity of Political Parties in a democracy.
Chapter: [0.06] Political Parties
Explain the reasons for the concentration of iron and steel industries in and around the Chotanagpur region.
Chapter: [0.06] Manufacturing Industries
Describe the condition of indentured labour that migrated from India during the nineteenth century.
Chapter: [1.01] Livelihoods, Economies and Societies
Describe the role of early entrepreneurs in India in the development of industries.
Chapter: [1.01] Livelihoods, Economies and Societies
Describe the 'land reclamation' process in Bombay during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Chapter: [1.01] Livelihoods, Economies and Societies
Explain the importance of Roadways as a means of transport.
Chapter: [0.07] Life Lines of National Economy
Describe any five features of 'caste in politics' in India.
Chapter: [0.04] Gender, Religion and Caste [0.04] Gender, Religion and Caste
Why did Mahatma Gandhi start the 'Civil Disobedience Movement'? How did this movement unite the country? Explain.
Chapter: [0.05] Popular Struggles and Movements
Why did Mahatma Gandhi launch the 'Non-Cooperation Movement'? How did this movement unite the country? Explain.
Chapter: [0.05] Popular Struggles and Movements
Highlight any five ways to increase employment in India.
Chapter: [0.02] Sectors of the Indian Economy
(A) Two features ‘a’ and 'b’ are marked on the given political outline map of India(on page 11). Identify these features with the help of the following information and write their correct names on the lines marked near them:
(a) The place where the Indian National Congress Session was held.
(b) The place from where Gandhiji organized Satyagraha in favor of Indigo planters.
Chapter: [1.02] Events and Processes
(B) Locate and label any three of the following with appropriate symbols on the same given political outline map of India:
| (i) Tarapur | – | Nuclear Power Plant |
| (ii) Tungabhadra | – | Dam |
| (iii) Mohali | – | Software Technology Park |
| (iv) Kandla | – | Major Sea Port |
| (v) Durgapur | – | Iron and Steel Plant |
Chapter: [0.05] Minerals and Energy Resources
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