Q 1 – Match the following items given in column I with those in column II.
| Column I |
| Column II |
A. | Supervision of functioning of banks. | 1. | Japan |
B. | First Asian country to be Industrialized. | 2. | Henry Ford |
C. | Pioneer of the system of mass production. | 3. | Secularism |
D | No official religion, constitution does not give any special status. | 4. | Reserve Bank of |
Select the correct option :
(a) A → 1, B → 2, C → 3, D → 4
(b) A → 4, B → 1, C → 2, D → 3
(c) A → 2, B → 3, C → 4, D → 1
(d) A → 3, B → 4, C →1, D → 2
Q 2 – The total geographical area of India is ____.
(a) 328 million square kilometer
(b) 3.28 million square kilometer
(c) 32.8 million square kilometer
(d) 0.328 million square kilometer
Q 3 – Prudential reasons of power sharing stress on the facts that:
A. It ensures the stability of political order.
B. It reduces the possibility of conflict between social groups.
C. It gives a fair share to minority.
D. It is the very spirit of democracy.
Which of the above statements are correct?
(a) A, B
(b) A, C and D
(c) All are correct
(d) A, B and C
Q 4 – Consider these statements about the Image given below
1. Title of this caricature is “The Club of Thinkers”.
2. he plaque on the left bears the inscription: ‘The most important question of today’s meeting: How long will thinking be allowed to us?”
3. This was a caricature of meeting called by liberals.
4. This caricature was created in 1820.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) 1, 2 and 4
Q 5 – Choose the correct statement about the image given bellow.
(a) This image was painted by artist Lorenz Clasen.
(b) This image was painted by artist Julius Hübner
(c) Germania guarding the Rhine was the title of this painting.
(d) Philip Veit, was the artist who have made this painting.
Q 6 – Identify the Country-
- Is a small country in Europe.
- Shares borders with France, Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.
- The government divided the powers equally between Dutch and French speaking populations.
- Power sharing is also seen in political parties.
Select the appropriate option from the following.
(a) Germany
(b) Belgium
(c) Srilanka
(d) India
Q 7 – Which among the following is a developmental goal for the landless rural labourers?
(a) To get electricity and water
(b) To educate their children
(c) More days of work and better wages
(d) To shift to the cities
Q 8 – What are the kinds of routes through which federations have been formed?
(a) One route involves independent states coming together on their own to form a bigger unit.
(b) The second route is where a large country decides to divide its powers between the states and the national government.
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these
Q 9 – Democracy is preferred over dictatorship everywhere except
(a) Nepal
(b) Pakistan
(c) India
(d) Bangladesh
Q 10 – Where is groundwater overuse particularly found?
(a) Punjab
(b) Western U.P.
(c) plateau areas of central and south India
(d) All of these
Q 11 – Read the information given below and select the correct option :
A study in Ahmedabad found that out of 15,00,000 workers in the city, 11,00,000 worked in the unorganised sector. The total income of the city in this year (1997-1998) was 60,000 million. Out of this 32,000 million was generated in the organised section.
The number of workers in organised sector is
(a) 4,00,000
(b) 5,00000
(c) 10,00000
(d) 39,000
Q 12 – Calculate the average income of all members according to the stats in table:
| Member 1 | Member 2 | Member 3 | Member 4 |
Income | 7000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
What is the average income of all members according to the stats in table :
(a) Rs 7,000.
(b) Rs 10,000.
(c) Rs 15,000.
(d) Rs 12,000
Q 13 – From the given option select the functioning activity of the Tertiary sector.
(a) goods that are produced would need to be transported by trucks or trains and then sold in wholesale and retail shops
(b) this sector gradually became associated with the different kinds of industries
(c) activities in which natural products are changed into other forms through ways of manufacturing
(d) produce a good by exploiting natural resources
Q 14 – Which of the following statements is correct?
(a) Service sector contributes more than half of the GDP of India.
(b) The scope of attracting tourists is limited as there is hardly any place of tourist attraction in India.
(c) As an economy grows, first service sector grows and then agriculture and industrial sector grows.
(d) None of the above
Q 15 – Most of the agricultural labourers like Mohan depend upon loans from informal sector. Which of the following statements about this sector is correct –
(a) There are government bodies to supervise informal sector.
(b) Money lenders ask for a reasonable rate of interest.
(c) Cost of informal loans to the borrower is quite high.
(d) Money lenders use fair means to get their money back.
Q 16 – Assertion : The new reading culture was accompanied by a new technology.
Reason : From hand printing there was a gradual shift to mechanical printing.
(a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) Both assertion and reason are false.
Q 17 – Assertion : The economic strength of the country is measured by the development of manufacturing industries.
Reason : India’s prosperity lies in diversifying its manufacturing industries.
(a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) Both assertion and reason are false.
Q 18 – The following table gives the GDP in rupees (crores) by the three sectors
Year | Primary | Secondary | Tertiary |
1950 | 80,000 | 19,000 | 39,000 |
2011 | 9,65,00 | 13,70,000 | 30,10,000 |
The share of primary sector in above GDP table for 1980?
(a) 57.97 %
(b) 59.97 %
(c) 28.26 %
(d) 13.17 %
Q 19 – Which one of the following mediums of exchange is convenient ?
(a) Money
(b) Commodity
(c) Gold
(d) Silver
Q 20 – Consider the following statements regarding collateral and identify the incorrect one from the following:
(a) Collateral is what pushes the borrower into a painful situation
(b) Collateral is the amount that RBI gets from other banks
(c) Collateral is an asset that the borrower owns and uses as a guarantee to a lender
(d) Collateral is deposit facility like cheque
Q 21 – State the basic and main objectives of New Economic Policy.
Q 22 – Interpret any one fear in the minds of religious authorities and monarchs about the printed texts during 16th century in Europe.
Q 23 – Explain the three components of political party.
Q 24 – Define the term ‘Carding.’
Q 25 – Why did Gandhiji start Non-Cooperation Movement? Explain.
Q 26 – How had Indian trade been beneficial for the British during seventeenth century? Explain.
Q 27 – What is the meaning of rain-water harvesting ? State any four points that should be kept in mind for efficient management of water.
Q 28 – How is democracy accountable and responsive to the needs and expectations of the citizens ? Analyze.
Q 29 – “Primary sector’ was the most important sector of economic activity at initial stages of development.”Evaluate the statement.
Q 30 – What has been the contribution of the Indian Wildlife Protection Act in protecting habitats in India ? Explain.
Q 31 – Describe the impact of the First World War on Indian industries.
Q 32 – Is it correct to say that environmental degradation is not just a national issue ? Illustrate with examples.
Q 33 – Why is there a need to develop rainwater harvesting system in India? Explain.
Q 34 – Study the given sources and answer the questions that follow:
This type of farming is still practiced in few pockets of India. Primitive subsistence agriculture is practiced on small patches of land with the help of primitive tools like hoe, Dao and digging sticks, and family/community labor. This type of farming depends upon monsoon, natural fertility of the soil and suitability of other environmental conditions to the crops grown.
The main characteristic of this type of farming is the use of higher doses of modern inputs, e.g., high yielding variety (HYV) seeds, chemical fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides, in order to obtain higher productivity. The degree of commercialization of agriculture varies from one region to another. For example, rice is a commercial crop in Haryana and Punjab, but in Orissa, it is a subsistence crop.
India’s food security policy has a primary objective to ensure availability of food grains to the common people at an affordable price. It has enabled the poor to have access to food. The focus of the policy is on growth in agriculture production and on fxing the support price for procurement of wheat and rice, to maintain their stocks. Food Corporation of India (FCI) is responsible for procuring and stocking food grains, whereas distribution is ensured by public distribution system (PDS).
Questions
- Which type of agriculture is practised on small patches of land with the help of primitive tools?
2. What does commercial farming use in order to obtain higher productivity?
3. What is the primary objective of India’s food security policy?
Q 35 – Study the sources given below and answer the questions that follow:
Source A – Formal Sector Credit in India
The various types of loans can be conveniently grouped as formal sector loans and informal sector loans. Among the former are loans from banks and cooperatives. The informal lenders include moneylenders, traders, employers, relatives and friends, etc.
Source B – Formal and Informal Credit: Who gets what?
The people are divided into four groups, from poor to rich. 85 per cent of the loans taken by poor households in the urban areas are from informal sources. Compare this with the rich urban households.
Only 10 per cent of their loans are from informal sources, while 90 per cent are from formal sources. A similar pattern is also found in rural areas. The rich households are availing cheap credit from formal lenders whereas the poor households have to pay a heavy price for borrowing! What does all this suggest? First, the formal sector still meets only about half of the total credit needs of the rural people. The remaining credit needs are met from informal sources.
Source C – Formal and Informal Credit: Who gets what?
Most loans from informal lenders carry a very high interest rate and do little to increase the income of the borrowers. Thus, it is necessary that banks and cooperatives increase their lending particularly in the rural areas, so that the dependence on informal sources of credit reduces.
Questions
1. Give any one example of formal sector source and of informal sector source of credit in India.
2. Which sector is dominant source of rural credit in India?
3. Why is it necessary to reduce dependence on informal sources of credit?
Q 36 – Read the sources given below and answer the questions that follows:
Source A – Where did the workers come from ?
In most industrial regions workers came from the districts around. Peasants and artisans who found no work in the village went to the industrial centers in search of work. Over 50 per cent workers in the Bombay cotton industries in 1911 came from the neighboring district of Ratnagiri, while the mills of Kanpur got most of their textile hands from the villages within the district of Kanpur. Most often mill workers moved between the village and the city, returning to their village homes during harvests and festivals.
Source B – Dominated industrial production in India
industrial production in India, were interested in certain kinds of products. They established tea and coffee plantations, acquiring land at cheap rates from the colonial government; and they invested in mining, indigo and jute. Most of these were products required primarily for export trade and not for sale in India.
Source C – Industries shifted from yarn to cloth production
From 1906, moreover, the export of Indian yam to China declined since produce from Chinese and Japanese mills flooded the Chinese market. So industrialists in India began shifting from yam to cloth production. Cotton piece-goods production in India doubled between 1900 and 1912.
Questions
- Where did the workers come in cotton mills in India during 1900s?
2. What helped the European Managing Agencies to dominate the Indian markets?
3. Why did industrialists shift from yarm to cloth production ?
Q 37 – (a) Two places (A) and (B) have been marked on the given outline map of India. Identify them and write their correct Name on the line drawn near them.
(A) A place marked by a where the satyagraha movement of former took place.
(B) The place where Indian congress session was held in 1927.
(C) On the same outline map of India locate and label any three of the following with suitable symbol.
(i) Ramagundan-Thermal power plant
(ii) Tarapur-Atomic power plant
(iii) Indore-Cotton textile Industry center
(iv) Bhilai-Iron and steel plant
