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Maharashtra State Board

Class X
History and Political Science
Sample Paper – 1 Reference Solutions (2024)

Solution 1 (A)
(1) Willian Jones founded Asiatic society in Kolkata in 1784.
(2) The blend of the Nagara and Dravida style of temple architecture is known as Vesara
style.
(3) The first archive of India, ‘Imperial Record Department’ was established in the city of
Kolkata.

Solution 1 (B)
(1) Wrong pair- (iii) Maharaja Sayajirao University _________ Pune
(2) Wrong pair-(i) Bharud _______ A traditional Marathi theatrical drama
(3) Wrong pair- (iv) Colonial Historiography ________________ William Jones

Solution 2 (A)
(i) Dictionaries Comprehensive
encyclopedia

Types of
encyclopedia

Encyclopedic Indexes
literature

(ii)

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Historical International
tourism tourism

Types of
tourism

Agro tourism Sports

tourism

(iii) Intangible Cultural

Heritage

Ancient sites
Sculpture

Artefacts Manuscripts

Solution 2 (B)
(1) Marx’s theory of Class Struggle
• According to Marx, all people are not equal in society. It is because sources of
production are controlled by only few people.
• This inequality causes a division of society into various classes
• The rich section of society who control the means of production exploit the poor
section of society.
• This causes class struggle. According to Marx, human history is the history of class
struggle.

(2) Geographic tourism

• Geographic tourism is undertaken to explore various geographic and physical
features of a region.

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• It includes beaches, sanctuaries, valleys and mountains.

• Crater Lake at Lonar and ‘Ranjankhalage’ (naturally carved out cavities in rocks) at
Nighoj in Maharashtra are very famous.

(3) The Mathura School of art

• The Mathura School of art developed during the Kushana period from 1st to 3rd
century CE.
• The main traditional centre of production in this school was Mathura where images
of Buddha, Bodhisattvas, Vishnu Shiva and other deities were produced.
• The Mathura School of Art laid the foundation of Indian iconography.

Solution 3
(1) Since the ancient times, the role of women in history was neglected. Thus, emerged
feminist historiography that emphasised not only on the inclusion of women in history
but also on the rethinking of the male dominated perspective of history. It induced the
historical research to focus on various aspects of women’s life like their role in economy,
society etc. In the historical writings after 1990 women figured as an independent social
class.

(2) Ziauddin Barni expanded the scope of historiography:

• Ziauddin Barniin his book ‘Tarikh-i-Phiruzshahi’ stated that the work of a historian is
not only to write about the bravery of the ruler and his policies of welfare but also
about his failures and incorrect policies.
• Barni also says that a historian should also take into account the teachings of the wise,
the learned and the saints on the cultural lives of the people. He thus, expanded the
scope of historiography.
(3) Major Dhyan Chand was an excellent hockey player under whose captainship India won
several medals in Olympics and various other international competitions. Indian hockey
team won a Gold medal in 1936 at Berlin Olympics under his captaincy. He was also a
part of Indian hockey team in 1928 and 1932 which won God Medals at Olympics. He
was known as the ‘Wizard of hockey’. His birthdate, 29 August is celebrated as the
National Sports Day in India. Because of his contributions in the field of hockey, he was
honoured with ‘Padambhushan’ in 1956.

(4) It is important to have knowledge about the history of industry and commerce because:

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• In past, interactions among various societies increased after the development of trade
and commerce.
• The nature of market and commerce keeps on changing. This also impacts the nature
of human relationships and social organisations.
• Thus, to understand the development of human relationship and the social
organisations, one has to read the history of culture, social organisations and
economic institutions.

Solution 4
Extract- Answers
1. Paintings are considered as an important source of history as it helps us in
understanding various things during the times in which it was developed such as the
lifestyle, attires, customs, etc.
2. Maratha style of painting can be seen at places like Wai, Menavali and Satara in
Maharashtra.
3. Two features of the Maratha style of painting:
• This style consists of coloured paintings and they occur as murals and miniatures
used in manuscripts.
• The Maratha style was influenced by the Rajput and European styles of painting.

Solution 5
(1) Library management is important because:
• Libraries are the storehouses of knowledge and information. It has thousands of
books, journals and other published materials.
• Libraries perform various tasks like collecting books, arranging them systematically,
conservation and preservation of those books, dissemination of information sources
etc.
• Many of these tasks are completed with the help of computerised systems.
• Thus, it is important to properly manage all the reading resources in the library and
to ensure that readers do not face any problem in searching for books.

(2) Origin of the Indian movies

• The technology of motion pictures gave rise to the era of silent movies. Harishchandra
Sakharam Bhatvadekar played an important role in the development of the Indian
movies.

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• Gopal Ramchandra Torane and S.N. Patankar made a movie ‘Pundalik’ after taking
help from the foreign technicians. It was released in 1912.
• Dadasaheb Phalke made ‘Raja Harishchandra’. This was the first to be processed
completely in India. He also made silent movies like ‘Mohini Basmasur, and
‘SavitriSatyavan’.
• Thereafter, several movies began to be made in India. Some of the famous movies in
Hindi were ‘Jugnu’, ‘Sikandar’, ‘Tansen’ etc. Some movies made on Indian struggle for
independence were Andolan and ‘Jhansi ki Rani’.

(3) Sports has been influenced by the process of globalisation in the following ways:
• The international matches of sports like cricket, hockey and football can be watched
on television from any corner of the world.
• Sports fans all over the world have significantly affected the entire structure of sports
economy.
• Live telecast of matches on television have commercialised the sports. Various
industries and entertainment companies advertise their products on TV channels.
• Retired sportspersons are still connected to the game as commentators.

(4) The temple architecture in India began to develop around 4th century CE during the
Gupta period. Its four features were:
• Earlier the Gupta temples had only sanctum sanctorum (Garbhagriha) and a veranda
with four columns.
• The temple architecture in India reached its peak in 8 CE. Kailasa temple at Verul is
one of the finest examples of temple architecture.
• The Nagara style of North India and the Dravida style of South India are two principal
styles. A blend of these two styles is known as Vesara style.
• In Bhoomija style, series of miniature towers are arranged becoming smaller towards
the top.
Solution 6
(1) Justice Party -a non-Brahmin movement was transformed into Dravid Munnetra
Kazhagam Political Party.
(2) In agro tourism people from urban areas travel to rural areas.

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Solution 7
(1) The statement is false. Labour movement in India emerged in the background of
industrialisation. It arose to resolve the issue of the exploitation of workers in the hands
of capitalists and industrialists.
(2) True. The Elections Commission lays down the code of conduct during elections to
ensure free and fair elections. It explains the rules that are to be followed by the
Government, political parties and voters before and during elections.
(3) The statement is false. To make democracy successful in India, it is not just sufficient to
make efforts at the level of government, administration and judiciary. Everyone at social
and individual level should make conscious efforts towards it.

Solution 8
(1) Federalism: Federalism is a democratic form of government in which the power to
govern the country is shared or divided between the Central and the State Governments. Both
these levels of government work independently of each other and derive their powers from
the Constitution of the country.
(2) Two party system: It is a political system in which the electorate gives its votes
largely to only two major parties and in which one or the other party wins the majority in
the legislature. The other political parties exist but they do not get a larger share of votes.

(B) Concept map

(1)

Dravida Munnetra
Shivsena Kazhagam
The Regional
Political
Parties of
Assam Gan Shiromani Akali
Parishad Dal

(2)

Challenges faced by

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the Indian Democracy

1. Terrorism
2. Communalism
3. Corruption
4. Criminalisation of
politics

Solution 9
(1) The nature of farmers’ movement in India
• During the British period, farmers organised themselves because of high revenues and
anti- agricultural policies of the government.
• Though the movement slowed down after independence, it became intense after the
Green Revolution.
• It was because the Green Revolution only benefitted the rich farmers. The
dissatisfaction of the poor farmers led to the beginning of the farmers’ movements.

(2) Important role played by judiciary in maintaining democracy in India are:

• If the Parliament makes any law which is contrary to the democratic principles laid
down in the constitution, the judiciary can declare such laws as null and void.
• The parliament while passing amendments cannot change the basic structure of the
constitution.
• If the fundamental rights of a citizens are denied by the government, the person can
directly file a case against the government in the Supreme Court.
• The Indian judiciary has given judgments on important and crucial matters like rights
of children, protection of human rights, protection of honour and dignity of women
and tribal empowerment.

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