Summative Assessment (Set II)Social Studies Paper II(contemporary world and India)English versionClass X Marks: 40 Time: 2 hrs 45 min General Instructions:1. This Question paper contains FOUR parts2. Answer all the questions.3. You will have internal choice in the Part I4. Answers to the multiple choice questions to be written in the answer sheet only.5. Out of 2 hrs 45 min, 15 minutes are given to reading the question paper and 2 hrs 30 min are given to writing the answers.PART I 4X 4= 16 MarksNote: i) Answer all the questions.ii) Each question carries Four Marks.iii) Each question has internal choice.iv) Answer each question in eight or ten sentences.1. a) Explain the Social and economic changes in India after independence.(OR)b) Write about any one environmental movement.2. Read the passage given and comment.The most important achievement of this period was the establishment of a stable democracy. The gradual emergence of a competitive multi-party system, with parties representing diverse interests was a real achievement if one were to compare India with other countries that got independence around the same time. India unlike other countries not only had regular, free and fair elections but also had genuine change of governments and leaders as well. The Indian Constitution not only guaranteed civil rights but also had an institutional architecture in place to endure its protection. (OR)b) Read the passage given and express your opinion.The Peoples Republic of China government was established in 1949. It was based on the principles of the New Democracy, an alliance of all social classes opposed to landlordism. Critical areas of the economy were put under government control. Once in power the CCP carried out large scale land reform measures which meant taking away the land of landlords and distributing them among poor peasants. The new government also managed to enact laws to protect women, their rights and abolition of polygamy. This enabled women to assume new roles and enjoy equal status visa a vise men in various fields.

3.a) Write about the relations between China and India.(OR) 3.b) Write down the social service conducted by the present political parties in India. 4 Mark the following in the given World Map:a) i) Bhutan ii) Philippines island iii) America iv) cuba (OR)b) i) New Zealand ii)Bay of Bengal iii)Iran iv)Srilanka PART II 6X 2= 12 MarksNote: i) Answer all the questions.ii) Each question carries Two Marks.iii) Each answer to be written in 4 or 5 sentences

5.Write about any basic principle that you like the most in Indian Constitution6. Explain the good qualities of Gandhiji that you like the most?7. Explain the cold war with examples8. How far industrialization responsible for two world wars?9. Explain briefly Non aligned movement.10. Based on the information given below, prepare a time line chart.In 1933 Hitler became chancellor of Germany. In 1939 September Germany attacked Poland. This is the beginning of Second World War. In June 1941Germany attacked Russia. In December 1941 America entered the Second World War.PART III 7X 1= 7 MarksNote: i) Answer all the questions.ii) Each question carries One Marks.iii) Answer each question in one or two sentences.11. What do you know about Lok AdalatObserve the time line table given below and answer the questions that follow:Debates over Socialism in Russia1850-1880s

Formation of the Russian Social Democratic Workers party1898

The Bloody Sunday and the Revolution1905

2nd March- Abdication of the Tsar. 24th October Bolshevik uprising in Petrograd1917

The Civil war1918-20

Formation of Comintern1919

Beginning of Collectivization1929

12. What is civil war?13. When did Russian Revolution happen?.14. What does socialism say?15. Which revolution took place in 1905?.

Read the map given and answer the questions 16 & 17

16. In which continent is Nigeria?17. Name the types of people in Nigeria?

PART IV 10X = 5 MarksNote: i) Answer all the questions.ii) Each question carries Mark.iii) Each question has four alternatives. Select the right alternative given and write it in the answer sheet along with the question number.

18. Sun Yat Sen programme was called the three principles (San min Chui). It meansA) Nationalism, Democracy, RationalismB) Nationalism , Democracy, SocialismC) Nationalism, Democracy, NazismD) Nationalism, Democracy, Fascism

19. The organization formed between the two world wars A) UNO C) Security CouncilB) League of Nations D) Versailles pact

20. The chemical in Agent or rang isA) Dioxin B) Trioxin C) Bioxin D) Nicotine .

21. The first human to go to space wasA) Neil Armstrong C) Yuri GagarinB) Rakesh Sharma D) Sunitha Williams

22. PLO meansA) Political Liberation organisation C) People Liberation OrganizationB) Violence Liberation Organization D) Palestinian Liberation organization

23. One of the following believed that India would get independence with the help of JapanA) Bala Gangadhar Tilak C) Mahatma GandhiB) Subhash Chandra Bose D) Pt. Jawahar lal Nehru

24. The following is related to social changeA) Elections C) ReservationsB) Employment Generation D) Secularism

25. The following are the Allies power. A) Britain, America, Russia C) Britain, America, Germany B) Britain, America, Japan D) America, Germany, France

26. One of the following is not related to United Nations OrganizationA) UNICEF C) League of NationsB) UNESCO D) ICJ

27. The country that strengthened military power before second world war wasA) Japan C) Russia B) Germany D) Turkey

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