THE DEV PUBLIC SCHOOL

PRE –BOARD EXAM (2024-25)

CLASS 10TH
SUBJECT-S.ST
M.M: 80 Time: 3 hrs
General Instructions:-
Sections A, B, C, D, E and F. There are 37 questions in the Question paper. All
(1) The question paper comprises Six Sections-A,
questions are compulsory.
(2) Section A-From
From questions 1 to 20 are MCQs of 1 mark each.
(3) Section B-Question
Question no. 21 to 24 are Very Short Answer Type Questions, carrying 2 marks each. Answer to each
question should not exceed 40 words.
ins Q.25 to Q.29 are Short Answer Type Questions, carrying 3 marks each.
(4) Section C contains
Answer to each question should not exceed 60 words.
(5) Section D-Question
Question no. 30 to 33 are long answer type questions, carrying 5 marks each.
Answer to each question should not excee
exceed 120 words.
(6) Section-E-Questions
Questions no from 34 to 36 are case based questions with three sub questions and are of 4 marks
each.
(7) Section F - Question no. 37 is map based, carrying 5 marks with two parts, 37(a) from History (2 marks) and 37(b)
from Geography (3 marks).
SECTION-A
Q1. Identify the correct option that describes the act given below.
(i) The Act was passed by the Imperial Legislative Council.
(ii) It gave power to the government to repress political activities.
(iii)
ii) It empowered the government to detain political prisoners without trial.
(A) Rowlatt Act (B) Vernacular Press Act
(C) Government of India Act (D) Inland Emigration Act

Q2. There was a strike announced by the "Transport union" due to which the Lorries refused to transport
vegetables, milk, etc. from the rural areas to the Urban areas. Food became scarce in urban areas whereas
farmers were unable to sell their products.
Which of the following sectors are affected due to the strike carried out by the "Transport Union".
(A) Secondary and Tertiary (B)) Tertiary and Primary
(C)Primary and Secondary (D) Tertiary, Primary and Secondary

Q3.In first printing press in Indiaa was developed by the --

(A) Portuguese (B) Spanish
(C) French (D) British

Q4. Which one of the following up occupation suffers from underemployment?

(A) Teacher (B) Casual labour
(C) Bank employee (D) Police constable

Q5.5. Arrange the following statements in sequential order based on the events that shaped the Non- Non
Cooperation movement.
i. General Dyer opened fire at the large crowd gathered in the enclosed ground of Jallianwalla Bagh.
ii. "Forced recruitment" carried out by the British government and the economic hardships faced by the
people during the First World War.
iii. The defeat of the Ottoman Emperor of Turkey led to the formation of the Khilafat movement.
iv. Gandhiji launched a nationwide Satyagraha against the Rowlatt act.
(A) iv,iii,ii,I (B) ii,i, iii, iv (C) i, iv, iii, ii (D) i,ii,iii, iv
Q6. Development of a country can generally be determined by-
(A) Its per capita income (B) Its average literacy level
(C)Health status of its people (D) All of these

Q7. Which of the following organization publishes Human Development Report?

(A) WTO (B) UNICEF (C) UNDP (D) World Bank

Q8. Until 18th century, which countries were considered the richest in the world?
(A) China and Japan (B) England and France
(C) India and China (D) England and Italy

Q9. There are two statement marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark your answer as per the codes
provided below:
(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 and R is true.
Assertion (A): The Silk Routes are a good example of pre-modern trade and cultural links between distant
parts of the world.
Reason (R): The name 'Silk Routes' points to the importance of West-bound Chinese silk cargos along this
route.

Q10. Study the picture below and answer the question given:
Who printed this famous image of Raja Ritudhwaj and Princess Madalas?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Raja Rammohan Roy
(C) K. T. Ranade (D) Raja Ravi Varma

Q11. The earliest kind of print technology was developed in _______, Japan and Korea, which was a
system of hand printing.
(A) India (B) Britain (C) China (D) Germany

Q12. Area sown more than once in an agricultural year plus net sown area is known as:
(A) Net sown area (B) Forest cover (C) Waste land (D) Gross cropped area

Q13. Black soil is also called:

(A) Bangar (B) Khadar (C) Regur (D) Humus

Q14. Extensive planting of a single commercially valuable species is called:

(A) Jhumming (B) Intensive subsistence farming
(C) Mixed farming (D) Enrichment plantation
Q15. Which one of the following is not responsible for the decline in India's biodiversity?
(A) Mining activities (B) Hunting and poaching
(C) Forest fire (D) Afforestation

Q16. Water of Bhakra Nangal Project is being used mainly for:

(A) hydel power and irrigation (B) fish breeding and navigation
(C) industrial use (D) flood control

Q17. A belief that the majority community should be able to rule a country in whichever way it wants
disregarding the wishes and needs of the minority is:
(A) Power Sharing (B) Central Government
(C) Majoritarianism (D) Community Government

Q18. The system of Panchayati Raj involves:

(A) Village, State and Union levels (B) Village, District and State levels
(C) Village and State levels
(D) Village, Block and District levels

Q19. Which one of the following statements is not correct about social division?
(A) Too many small divisions are better than a single big division.
(B) Politics is a force of unity when expressions of various kinds of social divisions occur.
(C) It is only in countries like India that we have social divisions.
(D) Assertion of social diversities in a country need not be seen as a source of danger.

Q20. The main cause of land degradation in Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh is:
(A) Mining (B) Over irrigation (C) Deforestation (D) Over grazing

SECTION -B
Q21. What is Globalisation? Explain. [2]

Q22. What are the difference between the organised and the unorganised sector? [2]

Q23. Write the major differences between flora and fauna? [2]

Q24. State any two differences between the local government before and after the Constitutional
amendment in 1992. [2]
SECTION -C

Q25. Describe the impact of the Print Revolution in Europe during 15th and 16th centuries. [3]

Q26. ‘’Money cannot buy all the goods and services that a person may need to live well". Explain the
statement with the suitable examples. [3]

Q27. Write the major differences between reserved and protected forests? [3]

Q28What is the main difference between a federal form of government and a unitary one? Explain with an
example. [3]

Q29. What is water scarcity and what are its main causes? [3]
 SECTION -D
Q30. Why was congress reluctant to allow winen to hold any position of authority within the Organisation?
How did women participate in the Civil Dis-obedience Movement? Explain.

Q31. Compare the economic activities of the private sector with that of the public sector.
Or
"Primary sector was the most important sector of economic activity at initial stage of development".
Evaluate the statement.

032. Mention any three features of an ideal federal system?

Q33. How far do you agree with the statement that all social differences are not always an accident? Why
are most countries emerging as multi-cultural countries?

SECTION -D
CASE-BASED QUESTIONS
Q34. New forms popular literature appeared in print, targeting new audiences. Booksellers employed
peddlers who roamed around villages, carrying little books for sale. There were almanacs or ritual calendars,
along with ballads and folktales. But other forms of reading matter, largely for entertainment, began to
reach ordinary readers as well. In England, penny chapbooks were carried by petty peddlers known as
chapmen, and sold for a penny, so that even the poor could buy them. In France, were the 'Bibliotheque
Bleue', which were low-priced small books printed on poor quality paper, and bound in cheap blue over.
Then there were the romances, printed on four to six the more substantial 'histories' which were stories
pages, and about the past. Books were of various sizes, serving many different purposes and interests.
The periodical press developed from the early eighteenth century, combining information about current
affairs with entertainment. Newspapers and journals carried information about wars and trade as well as
news of developments in other places.
1. What is a chapbook?
2. What was the other name for almanacs?
3. Why were "Bibliotheque Bleue' popular in France?

Q35. Study the data given in the table carefully and answer the questions that follow:-
STATE PER CAPITA INFANT LITERACY RATE % NET ATTENDANCE
INCOME FOR MORTALITY 2017-18 RATIO(PER 100
2018-19(IN RS) RATE PER 1000 PERSON) SECONDARY
LIVE BIRTS(2018) STAGE( AGE 14 AND 15
YEARS ) 2017-18

HARYANA 2,36,147 30 82 61
KERALA 2,04,105 7 94 83
BIHAR 0,982 32 62 43

(i) Which state has the highest literacy rate?

(ii) Which state has the highest per capita income and why?
(iii) Which state has the highest infant mortality and why?
Q36. This new system of local government is the largest experiment in democracy conducted anywhere in
the world. There are now about 36 lakh elected representatives in the panchayats and municipalities etc., all
over the country. This number is bigger than the population of many countries in the world.
Constitutional status for local government has helped to deepen the democracy in our country
(i) When was a major step taken towards decentralisation? [1]
(ii) Consider the following statements on the practice of federalism in India. Identify those which hold untrue
for decentralisation. [1]
(iii) In the local government elections at least of all positions are reserved for women? [1]
(iv) An independent institution called the State Election Commission has been created in each State to
conduct Panchayat and municipal elections. (True/False) [1]

SECTION -F
MAP SKILL-BASED QUESTION
Q37. [A] Two places A and B have been marked on the given outline map of India. [2]
Identify them and write their correct names on the lines drawn near them.
(a) National congress session at the place in 1920.
(b) The place where Mahatma Gandhi broke the salt law.

[A]__________
[B]__________ _

[B] Locate and label the following items on the given map with appropriate symbols (3) [Any-three)
(i) Kakra Para - Nuclear Power Plant (ii) ParadiP - Major sea Port
(iii) Bokaro - iron and Steel Plant (iv) Bengaluru - Software Technology Park