2019 question paper with answer key for class 10

2019 question paper with answer key for class 10

sms (smart studies ) January 31, 2021

 

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Secondary School Examination (March- 2019) 

Social Science (087) 

Marking Scheme 32/1/1

QNO 

EXPECTED ANSWERS/VALUE POINTS 

PAGE  

NO.

MARK S

1.

SECTION A 

Concept of liberalization in the field of Economic Sphere: In the economic sphere, liberalization stood for freedom of market and  the abolition of state imposed restrictions on the movement of goods and  capital. 

OR 

Contribution of French in the economic development of Mekong  Delta Region: 

The building of canals and draining lands in the Mekong Delta region  increased cultivation.

H-9 

H-32 

1

2. 

Hand printing technology in Japan: 

Buddhist missionaries from China introduced hand printing technology  in Japan. 

OR 

Translation of novels into different regional languages helped to  stimulate the growth of the novels in new areas.

H-154 

H-187 

1

3. 

Over irrigation responsible for land degradation in Punjab: Over irrigation is responsible for land degradation due to water logging  leading to increase in salinity and alkalinity in the soil. 

OR 

Cement industry responsible for land degradation: 

The mineral processing like grinding of limestone for cement industry is  responsible for land degradation.

G-7 

G-7

1

4. 

Democratic reforms by political conscious citizens: 

1. Increased and improved quality of political participation. 2. Strengthen democratic practices. 

3. Any other relevant point. 

(Any one)

DP-108

1

5. 

Goals of landless rural labourers: 

More days of work and better wages. 

(Any other relevant point) 

OR 

Goal of prosperous farmer of Punjab: 

1. Assured high family income. 

2. Higher support prices for crops. 

3. Able to settle their children abroad. 

4. Any other relevant point. 

(Any one)

E-4 

E-4

1

6. 

Distinguish Primary and Secondary Sector: 

Primary Sector. 

1. Producing goods by exploiting natural resources. 

2. Agriculture. 

(Any one)

E-20 

1



1 


Secondary Sector : 

1. Activities in which natural products are changed into other forms  through manufacturing. 

2. Industries. 

(Any one)



7. 

Banks or Lenders demand collateral against loans. 

Bank or lenders demand collateral against loans as it is used as a  guarantee to a lender until the loan is repaid.

E-44 

1

8.

SECTION – B 

Nepoleonic code exported to the regions under French Control: 1. Simplified administrative divisions. 

2. Abolished feudal system. 

3. Freed peasants from serfdom and manorial dues. 

4. In towns, guild restrictions were removed. 

5. Transport and communication system improved. 

6. Any other relevant point. 

(Any three points to be explained with examples.) 

OR 

Barriers responsible for economic growth in Vietnam: 1. High population level. 

2. Low agricultural productivity. 

3. Extensive indebtness among the peasants. 

4. Any other relevant point. 

(Any three points to be explained with examples)

H-6 

H-33

3x1=3

9. 

Imperial state in China as major producer of printed material: 1. Text books for examinations were printed in vast number. 2. The use of print was diversified and readership enhanced. 3. Import of new western technology and mechanical presses. 4. Any other relevant point. 

(Any three points to be explained with example) 

OR 

Novels easily available for the masses in Europe during nineteenth  century: 

1. Introduction of circulating libraries. 

2. Technological improvements in printing. 

3. Mass production at low cost. 

4. Innovation in marketing led to expanded sales. 

5. Any other relevant point. 

(Any three points to be explained.)

H-154 

H-178 

3x1=3

10. 

Main features of ‘Rabi Crop Season’: 

1. Rabi crops are sown in Winter from October to December. 2. Harvested in Summer from April to June. 

3. Important Rabi crops are Wheat, Barley, Peas, Gram and  Mustard. 

4. Availability of precipitation during winter months due to western  temperate cyclones helps in the success of these crops.

G-36




2


5. Any other relevant point. 

(Any three points to be described) 

OR 

Features of ‘Kharif Crop Season’: 

1. Grown with the onset of monsoon in different parts of the  country. 

2. Harvested in September-October. 

3. Important Kharif crops are Paddy, Maize, Jowar, Bajra, Tur  (arhar) etc. 

4. Any other relevant point. 

(Any three points to be described.)

G-36 

3x1=3

11. 

Water scarcity due to large and growing population in India: 1. Greater demand for water for domestic purposes. 

2. Water resources over exploited to expand irrigated areas. 3. Falling ground water levels. 

4. Any other relevant point. 

(Any three points to be analyzed.)

G-25 

3x1=3

12. 

Assertion of social diversities in a democratic country: 1. This allows various disadvantaged and marginal social groups to  express their grievances. 

2. This get the government to attend grievances of disadvantaged  groups. 

3. Expression of various kinds of social divisions in politics results  in their cancelling one another out and thus reducing their  intensity. 

4. Any other relevant point. 

(Any three points to be justified.) 

OR 

Social divisions affect politics: 

1. Social divisions competing with each other can lead to  disintegration of a country. 

2. Social divisions turned to political divisions lead to conflicts and  violence. 

3. Social divisions affects voting. 

4. People from one community tend to prefer some party more than  others. 

5. Any other relevant point. 

(Any three points to be examined.)

DP-37 

DP-34,36

3X1=3

13. 

Women still lag much behind men in India despite some  improvements since independence: 

A lot has been done to bring women at par with men but still women  face disadvantages, discriminations and oppression in various ways 1. The literacy rate among women still less than men. 

2. Lesser number of girl students go for higher studies. 

3. Unequal wages in some areas of employment. 

4. Less representation of women in elected bodies. 

5. Any other relevant point. 

(Any three points to be analyzed.)

DP-42-44 

3x1=3



3

14. 

Regional and National Parties: 

The election commission gives regulation to the parties as regional and  national party on following basis. 

1. REGIONAL PARTY: 

a. A party to secure at least six percent of the total votes in  an election to the Legislative Assembly of a state and win at least  two seats. 

b. Example : Trinmool Congress, Shiv Sena, DMK etc.  2. NATIONAL PARTY 

a. A party that secures at least six percent of the total votes in Lok Sabha election or Assembly in four states and wins at  least four seats in Lok Sabha. 

b. For example: BJP, Indian National Congress, etc. 

DP-79 

1 ½ +  

1½ =3

15. 

Consequences of Environmental degradation do not respect national  or State boundaries: 

1. The increase in pollution of land water, air, noise and resulting in  degradation of environment cannot be overlooked. 

2. Pollution of river waters effects all as most of the rivers passes  through different states. 

3. Air pollution caused by the presence of high proportion of  undesirable gases adversely affects human health and atmosphere  as a whole. 

4. Thermal pollution of river water effect the aquatic life irrespective of  state and national boundaries. 

5. Any other relevant point. 

(Any three points to be justified.)

G-78 

3x1=3

16. 

Importance of tertiary sector in India: 

1. Development of services such as transport, trade and storage  promote agriculture and industry. 

2. Rise in income level. 

3. Development of information and communication technology. 4. It provide larger number of employment. 

5. Any other relevant point. 

(Any three points to be explained.) 

OR 

Gross Domestic Production: 

1. GDP is undertaken by central government ministry. 

2. The value of all final goods and services produced within a  country during a particular year calculated. 

3. The value of final goods and services in the three sectors are  calculated by the different government departments. 

4. Any other relevant point. 

(Any three points to be explained with example.)

E-24,25 

E-22,23 

1x3=3

17. 

Importance of formal sources of credit in the Economic  Development: 

1. Formal sources provide cheap credit. 

2. Credit at affordable rate is available through formal sources. 3. Terms and conditions of credit through formal sources are  regulated by government.

E-48,49




4


4. Credit from formal source are favourable. 

5. Any other relevant point. 

(Any three points to be described.) 

OR 

Bad effects of informal sources of credit on borrowers: 1. Higher interest rate. 

2. Higher cost of borrowing means a larger part of the earnings of  the borrowers is used to repay the loan. 

3. In certain cases, the high interest rate for borrowing can mean that the amount to be repaid is greater than the income of the  borrower. 

4. This could lead to increasing debt and debt trap. 

5. Any other relevant point. 

(Any three points to be described.)

E-49 

3x1=3

18. 

Right to seek redressal: 

1. Under COPRA, a three tier quasi-judicial machining is set up for  redressal of grievances. 

2. Consumer courts are set up at District, State and National level. 3. Consumer can file case in consumer courts depending upon  amount of claim involved. 

4. Consumer can appeal in higher consumer court/ commission  against the decision of lower court/ commission. 

5. Any other relevant point. 

(Any three points to be explained with example.)

DP-84 

3x1=3

19. 

SECTION C 

Depressed Classes Association was organized by Dr. B. R.  Ambedkar in 1930. 

Achievements: 

1. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar raised the demand of separate electorate for  Dalits. 

2. British government conceded Ambedkar’s demand of separate  electorates for Dalits. 

3. The Depressed classes got reservation of seats in provincial and  Central Legislative Councils. 

4. Ambedkar accepted Gandhiji’s position and as the result Poona  Pact was signed. 

5. Any other relevant point. 

(to be assessed as whole) 

OR 

Civil Disobedience Movement: to disobey the rules of the British  Government: 

Participation of rich and poor peasant. 

1. In the countryside, rich peasant communities like patidars of  Gujarat and Jats of U.P. were active in movement. 

2. Rich peasants participated in the movement as a struggle against  high revenue demand. 

3. Rich peasants organized their community to support Civil 

H-68 

H-65 

1+4=5



5


Disobedience Movement. 

4. The poor peasants participated as they wanted their unpaid rent to  be remitted. 

5. Any other relevant point. 

(to be assessed as a whole)



20. 

Indian trade had played a crucial role in the late nineteenth century: 1. By helping Britain balance its deficits, India played a crucial role  in the late nineteenth century world economy. 

2. Britain trade surplus in India also helped pay the so called ‘home  charges’. 

3. British manufacturers flooded the Indian market. 

4. Increased food grain and raw material exports from India to  Britain. 

5. The value of British exports to India was much higher than the  value of British import from India. 

6. Any other relevant point. 

(Any five points to be explained.) 

OR 

Series of changes affected the pattern: 

1. As the Swadeshi Movement gathered, momentum nationalists  mobilized people to bycott foreign cloth. 

2. Industrial groups organized themselves to protect their collective  interest. 

3. Pressurizing the government to increase tariff protection and  grant other concessions. 

4. The export of Indian yarn to China declined. 

5. Industrialists in India began shifting from yarn to cloth  production. 

6. Cotton piece goods production in India doubled between 1900- 1912. 

7. Any other relevant point. 

(Any five points to be explained.) 

OR 

Industrialization had changed the form of urbanization: 1. The early industrial cities of Britain such as Leeds and  Manchester attracted large number of migrants to the textile  Mills. 

2. Many migrants came from rural areas. 

3. London became a colossal city. 

4. London expanded and became a Powerful magnet for migrant  population. 

5. It became a city of clerks, shopkeeper, skilled artisans, semi  skilled workers. 

6. Apart from the London dockyards, five major types of industries  employed larger number of people from distinctive areas. 7. Any other relevant point. 

(Any five points to be explained.)

 

H-91 

H-121 

H-128- 

129 

1x5=5



6

21. 

Industries responsible for environmental degradation in India: 1. Pollution of land, water and air from industries caused  environmental degradation. 

2. Burning of fossil fuels in big and small factories emit smoke in  the air. 

3. Organic and inorganic industrial wastes and effluents are  discharged into rivers. 

4. Dumping of wastes from industries renders the soil useless. 5. Rain water carrying pollutants from wastes dumped by industries  percolates and contaminated the ground water. 

6. Any other relevant point. 

(Any five points to be explained with examples)

 

G-76,78 

5x1=5

22. 

Roadways have edge over Railways in India: 

1. Roads are easy to build and maintain as compare to railways. 2. Constructions cost of roads is much lower that of railway lines. 3. Roads as compare to railways lines can negotiate higher gradients  of slopes easily and as such can traverse mountains like  

Himalayas. 

4. Road transport is economical in transportation for people and  goods for shorter distance. 

5. Roads provide door-to-door service, which railways cannot do. 6. Road transport is also used as feeder to other modes of transport  and provide a link between air, sea ports and railway stations. 7. Any other relevant point. 

(Any five points to be explained with examples)

G-82 

5x1=5

23. 

Comparison of Belgium and Sri Lanka: 

1. Belgium is located in Europe whereas Sri Lanka is located in  South Asia. 

2. Belgium has a population of little over one crore whereas Sri  Lanka has population of two crores. 

3. In Belgium 59 percent people living in Flemish region and  speaking Dutch language, 40 percent people living in Wallonia  region speaking French and remaining 1 percent Belgian people  speaks German whereas in Sri Lanka 74 percent population are  Sinhalese speakers and 18 percent are Tamil speakers. 

4. In Belgium, French-speaking community are relatively rich and  powerful and in Sri Lanka, Sinhalese-speaking people are  Buddhist and powerful. 

5. In Belgium, Dutch speaking people are in numeric majority  whereas in Sri Lanka, Sinhalese speaking population are in  majority. 

6. Any other relevant point. 

(Any five points to be explained) 

OR 

Idea of Power Sharing Emerged: 

1. The idea of power sharing has emerged in opposition to the  notions of undivided political power. 

Different forms having common arrangements of Power sharing: 1. Power is shared among different organs of government such as  the Legislature, Executive and Judiciary.

DP-2 

DP-8,9

1+1+3= 

5 

1+4=5



7


2. Powers can be shared among governments at different levels ie.e,  at National and Provincial or regional levels. 

3. Power shared among different social groups such as religious and  linguistic groups. 

4. Power sharing arrangements in the way political parties, pressure  groups and movements control or influence those in power. 5. Any other relevant point. 

(Any five points to be explained)



24. 

Importance of Democratic Government: 

1. It produces a government that is accountable to citizens. 2. It responses to the needs and expectations of citizens. 3. It ensures that decision making will be based on norms and  procedures for transparency making it accountable. 

4. It has great success in setting up regular and free elections. 5. Democracy’s ability to generate its own support is the most  positive feature. 

6. Any other relevant point. 

(Any five points to be discussed)

DP-91 

1x5=5

25. 

Offices and factories of MNC’s . 

1. Availability of Raw material. 

2. Availability of skilled and unskilled labor at low costs. 3. Availability of other factors of production is assured like  electricity etc.  

4. Smaller companies are available. 

5. Where government policies are favorable to investors. 6. Any other relevant point. 

(Any five points to be explained)

ECO-57 

1x5=5

26. 

(A)See attached filled map. 

(B) See attached filled map. 

For visually impaired candidates only in lieu of Q.No. 26 1. Punjab 

2. Gujarat 

3. Uttar Pradesh (UP) 

4. Odisha 

5. Karnataka 

6. Uttar Pradesh (UP) 

7. Narmada


1x5=5



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