Class X Social Studies Question Paper

GROUP – A 2 MARKS
1. What are the methods of controlling
population?
2. What is the mac mahon line?
3. How many coastal states are there in our
country? What are they?
4. Mention the state where the sun rises first
and the state where the sun raises last? Why
does it happen so?
5. Name the countries which share frontier
with India?
6. What is meant by monsoon burst or break?
7. What is soil erosion? What are the agents
of the soil erosion?
8. Mention any four problems of Indian
agriculture?
9. What are the favorable factors for the
development of cotton textiles in and around
Mumbai and Ahmadabad centers?
10. Distinguish between a harbor and a port?
GROUP – B 2 MARKS
1. What is mixed economic system?
2. What is an unorganized sector?
3. What is economic planning?
4. What are termed as basic industries? Give
examples?
5. What is human development index?
6. Classify industries on the basis of the size of
investments?
7. Classify industries on the basis of output.
8. What are the programmes launched by the
government for promotion of employment?
9. Define poverty line?
One mark questions
1. Expand IRDP, NREP, RLEGP,FERA and TISCO.
2. Difference between pass and dune.
3. What was the first railway line built in
India?
4. Name the west flowing rivers.
5. What is white revolution?
6. What is density of population?
7. What is involuntary unemployment?
8. Define per capita income.
9. What is an industrial region?
10. What is un earned income?
GROUP A 4 MARKS
1. Explain how India can be called a subcontinent?
2. Describe the importance of the Himalayas.
3. Compare the coastal plains of east and
West?
4. What are the problems of population
explosion?
5. What is the need for irrigation
development in India?
5. Explain the importance of agriculture in
India?
6. What are the favorable factors for the
development of cotton textiles in and around
Mumbai and Ahmadabad centers?
7. What are the advantages of road transport
system?
8. Write about the important advantages of
Mumbai to become the largest port in the
country?
9. What are the agents of soil erosion?
Suggest important measures of soil
conversation?
10. What is the need for irrigation
development in India?
Group – B 4 marks
1. What were the characteristics of the Indian
economy during the British period?
2. What is the role of monsoon in Indian
agriculture?
3. Explain the causes for any qualities in
income and wealth in India?
4. Distinguish the various economic systems?
5. Distinguish between the less developed and
developed economies?
6. Describe the occupational structure of the
Indian economy?
7. What is the role of banking and financial
institutions India?
8. Will privatization help?
9. Explain the significance of service sector in
Indian economy?
10. What are the general and specific
objectives of planning in India?
11. What are the achievements and failures of
planning?