Class X

Summative Assessment
(Set I)
Social Studies Paper I
(Resource Development & Equity)
English version
Marks: 40
Time: 2 hrs 45 min

General Instructions:
1. This question paper contains FOUR parts
2. Answer all the questions.
3. Internal choice is given in the Part I
4. Answers to the multiple choice questions in the part IV are to be written in the answer
sheet only.
5. 15 minutes time is given to reading the question paper and 2 hrs 30 min are given for
writing the answers.
PART I
4X 4= 16 Marks
Note: 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) Write about the impact of globalization on India.
(OR)
b) How far public distributions System ensure better food security for people?
Explain.
2. Read the passage given and Comment.
Though there has been an increase in urbanization, the necessity of providing basic
infrastructure that can support this growth is missing. You require roads, drainage,
electricity, water and other public facilities. Government intervention is making some
headway in improving the urban infrastructure particularly those associated with road
transport. However, the provision of electricity, water and health infrastructure is not
sufficient. For poorer people in the cities and towns this situation is even worse.
(OR)
b) Read the passage given and comment.
A village may have tanks, ponds, lakes. These are all surface storages. Most villages in
India draw water from wells and tube wells. They are dependent on ground water storage.
These inflows and storage are connected. While some of the water flowing in is used directly,
one part of this is recharging or replenishing the storage. Similarly, the use of tube wells
draws water from storages and lowers the water availability in them. Depending on
comparative rates of inflow and outflow we can judge what is happening to the stock of

water over many years. The question that we face today is the depletion of ground water
storages and a tendency no to care about the availability for future generations.
3. a) Observe the Pie diagrams given and prepare a table in the information
given..Sectarian shares of employment

Employment in 1972-73 Employment in 2009-10

11%
15%

Industry

Industry
22%

services
Agriculture

53%

74%

Services
Agriculture

25%

(OR)
b) Observe the graph given and answer the questions follows:
India Population: Sex Ratio 1951-2011
No of females for 1000 male
950
945
940
935
930
925
920
1951

i)
ii)
iii)
iv)

1961

1971

1981

1991

2001

2011

For how many years did counting of population take place?

What should be the reason behind the differences in sex ratio?
How many males are there in 1991 to 929 females?
In which year do we find healthy sex ratio?

4. Mark the following in the given Map of India:

a) i) Himalayas ii) River Narmada iii) Lakshadweep iv) Thar Desert
(OR)
b) i) River Godavari ii) shimla iii) Western Ghats iv) Goa
PART II

6X 2= 12 Marks

Note:
i)
ii)
iii)

Answer all the questions.

Each question carries Two Marks.
Each answer to be written in 4 or 5 sentences

5. Examine the role of money in the life of human.

6. Write any four slogans to prevent environmental pollution.
7. How can you say the flexibility in labour laws help the present companies?
8. How does Indian agriculture today influenced by the Himalayas.
9. How did the settlement help the change of human life style?
10. Observe the table given and prepare bar graph with the information given.
Name of the country

Expected years of
schooling
Srilanka
12.7
India
10.7
Pakistan
7.3
Bangladesh
8.1
Note on the table: Number of years of schooling that a child of school entry age can
expect to receive given the present environment rates.
PART III

7X 1= 7 Marks

Note: i) Answer all the questions.

ii)
Each question carries One Marks.
iii)
Answer each question in one or two sentences.
11. Write down the three basic concepts to understand settlements?
12. Name the importance of the third sector in the economic system.
13. Write about urbanization.
14. What is the benefit of Adarsh Gram Yojana?
15. How are latitudes helpful to man?

Read the given world map and answer the questions 16 & 17

(if we were to show the area of countries on the basis of population the world would look like this )

16. Name any two Latin American countries.

17. Why is India looking larger?
PART IV
Note:
i)
ii)
iii)

10X = 5 Marks

Answer all the questions.

Each question carries Mark.
Each question has four alternatives. Select the right alternative given and write it in
the answer sheet along with the question number.

18. Mega city means

A) A city that has more than one crore people
B) A city that has about 40 lakhs people.
C) A city that has more than 10 lakhs people.
D) The urban area where the population is between 5000 to 1 lakh.
19. One of the following has more security in employment
A) Organized sector
C) Agricultural Sector
B) Unorganized sector
D) Transport sector
20. The following is a peninsular river
A) Godavari River
B) The river Ganga
C)The river Krishna
D)The river Brahmaputra
21. The coast of Maharastra, Goa is
A) Canara
C) Malabar
B) Konkan
D) Coramandal
22. One of the following is related to children
A) Teenage Group
C) above 15 years of age.

B) Having no right to vote

23. Globalization means
A) Rapid integration of States
B) Rapid integration of Regions

D) below 15 years of age.

C) Rapid integration of People
D) Rapid integration of Nations (countries)

24. South India is in the following region.

A) Torrid Zone
C) Cold Zone
B) Temperate Zone
D) Half Temperate Zone and half torrid Zone
25. Chipko means..
A) Seperate
B) Revolution

C) Embrace
D) Thinking

26. The following is Multi national company

A) Public sector
C) It controls the product in one country
B) Public and Private sector
D) it controls the product in many countries
27. In India the monsoons start in this month
A) April
C) June
B) May
D) July
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