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1 Tenth Bit Bank Social Studies PAPER - II 1. The following one was the immediate reason for the First World War... A) Murder of Hitler B) Murder of Ferdinand C) Versailles Treaty D) Germany occupied Poland 2. According to Eric Hobsbawm, the 20 th century is called as... A) The age of wars B) The age of peace C) The age of extremes D) The age of republics 3. This country used Nuclear Bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki... A) USA B) Germany C) USSR D) Italy 4. The Great Depression broke out in this year... A) 1919 B) 1939 C) 1949 D) The Russian Revolution took place in this year... A) 1917 B) 1817 C) 1789 D) The leader of the Nazi's was... A) Nazar B) Kemal Pasha C) Mussolini D) Hitler 7. The famous Enabling Act was passed in the year... A) 1923 B) 1933 C) 1927 D) The word 'Genocide' means... A) A rally B) Saving innocent people C) Planting many plants D) Mass murder of innocent people 9. The three 'R's with regard to 'the New Deal' are... A) Relief, Recovery, Reform B) Rehabilitation, Race, Religion C) Racism, Religion, Revolution D) Rural, Revenue, Reforms 10. Many of the Russian People were... A) Industrialists B) Businessmen C) Peasants D) Scientists 11. Rapid industrialization, collectivization of agriculture were taken up in Russia by... A) Lenin B) Gorbachev C) Putin D) Stalin 12. Tsar Nicholas II ruled over... A) Japan B) Russia C) China D) Vietnam 13. DIET is the name of Parliament of... A) Germany B) France C) Italy D) Japan 14. World War I ended with the conference on peace in 1919 at... A) Vienna B) Versailles C) Geneva D) New York 15. On March 8 th, 1917, around 10,000 women took out a procession in St. Petersburg demanding... A) Equal status B) Right to vote C) Peace and Bread D) Freedom of speech 16. The Famous Satire 'Animal Farm' was written by... A) George Orwell B) H.G.Wells C) John Donne D) R.K.Narayan 17. 'Reichstag' is the Parliament of... A) France B) Italy C) USA D) Germany R

2 18. The founder of Modern China was... A) Chiang Kaishek B) Sun-Yat-Sen C) Mao Zedong D) Chow-en-Lie 19. The three principles of Sun Yat Sen were San-Min-Chui, which means... A) Nationalism, Democracy, Secularism B) Nationalism, Democracy, Socialism C) Secularism, Racism, Fascism D) Democracy, Republic, Nationalism 20. Peking University was established in the year... A) 1900 B) 1901 C) 1902 D) The Peoples Republic of China was based on... A) Imperialism B) Capitalism C) Monarchy D) New Democracy 22. In mid 19 th Century, Vietnam came under the direct rule of the... A) British B) French C) Dutch D) Portuguese 23. Capital city of Vietnam is... A) Laos B) Hanoi C) Canberra D) Santiago 24. In Vietnam, bonded labour was widely used in these plantations... A) Coffee and tea B) Rubber C) Cocoa D) Tea & Cocoa 25. In the beginning of 20 th century, China was ruled by the emperors of... A) Manchu Dynasty B) Ming Dynasty C) Kach Dynasty D) Minh Dynasty 26. Long March was held in... A) B) C) D) Northern Nigeria was dominated by... A) Yoruba tribe B) Igbo tribe C) Christians D) Hausa-Fulani people 28. The Muslim League was founded in... A) 1916 B) 1906 C) 1912 D) Tebhaga movement was led by... A) Provincial Kisan Sabha B) Communist Party C) Muslim farmers D) Congress farmers 30. Tebhaga movement took place in... A) Bihar B) Telangana C) West Bengal D) Odisha 31. This movement was started in August A) Civil Disobedience Movement B) Non-cooperation C) Quit India Movement D) Vandemataram Movement 32. Direct Action day was observed in... A) Bengal B) Andhra Pradesh C) Bihar D) Jammu & Kashmir 33. 'Sare Jahanse Achha' song was written by... A) Md. Ikbal B) Ravindranath Tagore C) Chatterjee D) Tilak 34. Muslim League observed the Direct Action Day on... A) 16 th August 1945 B) 16 th August 1946 C) 16 th August 1943 D) 16 th September RSS wishes to unite all... A) Muslims B) Christians C) Both Muslims and Christians D) Hindus

3 36. 'Divide and Rule' policy was adopted by... A) the Indians B) the British C) the Muslims D) the Chinese 37. In 1942, the Prime Minister of Britain was... A) Churchil B) Atley C) Thatcher D) Camaroon 38. Quit India Movement was launched by... A) M.A.Jinnah B) Gokhale C) Mahatma Gandhi D) Subhash Chandra Bose 39. Subhash Chandra Bose took the help of this country to throw out the British from India... A) Russia B) Italy C) Sri Lanka D) Japan 40. Mahatma Gandhi passed away on... A) 28 th February 1948 B) 31 st March 1946 C) 31 st January 1948 D) 30 th January Cabinet Mission was appointed in... A) 1994 B) 1945 C) 1946 D) Our constitution was adopted on... A) 26 th January 1950 B) 26th November 1949 C) 26 th January 1949 D) 26 th November Our constitution came into force on... A) 26 th January 1950 B) 26 th November 1949 C) 26 th January 1949 D) 26 th November The Chairman of Drafting Committee was... A) Babu Rajendra Prasad B) G.V.Mavlankar C) Sachidananda Sinha D) B.R.Ambedkar 45. These words are included in our constitution during 1970s... A) Equality, Freedom B) Secular, Socialist C) Socialist, Justice D) Secular, Equality 46. This is not related to Constituent Assembly... A) Indirect elections B) No universal adult Franchise C) Not represent all sections D) Followed universal adult Franchise 47. Till 2013, the amendments made in our constitution were... A) 26 B) 96 C) 99 D) The women in Switzerland got the right to vote in the year... A) 1971 B) 1961 C) 1951 D) Potti Sri Ramulu demanded for the formation of separate state for... A) Tamil speaking people B) Telugu speaking people C) Kannada speaking people D) Oriya speaking people 50. The First Five Year plan focussed on... A) agriculture B) industries C) employment D) power projects 51. Our Prime Minister after Nehru, was... A) Indira Gandhi B) Rajiv Gandhi C) Charan Singh D) Lal Bahadur Shastri 52. Meghalaya was created in Dec 1969 from this state.... A) Arunachal Pradesh B) Assom C) Nagaland D) Manipur 53. Telecom revolution was initiated by... A) Rajiv Gandhi B) P.V.Narasimha Rao C) Atal Bihari Vajpayee D) I.K.Gujral

4 54. The first co-aliation Government was led by... A) Indira Gandhi B) Lal Bahadur Shastri C) V.P.Singh D) Chandrashekhar 55. Operation Barga was launched in... A) Kerala B) West Bengal C) Madhya Pradesh D) Tamilnadu 56. The first NAM summit was held in... A) Belgrade B) Bangalore C) Mexico City D) Cairo 57. Meire Paibi movement is active in... A) Meghalaya B) Assom C) Odisha D) Manipur 58. Right to Information Act was passed in... A) 2004 B) 2005 C) 2006 D) 'Glasnost' means... A) transparency B) process of reforms C) increase in stockpiles of warheads D) war of chemical weapons 60. In 1990, a 'Rath Yatra' from Somnath was led by... A) P.V.Narasimha Rao B) L.K.Advani C) Narendra Modi D) Manmohan Singh 61. The Indian National Army was led by... A) Vallabhai Patel B) Jawaharlal Nehru C) Lal Bahadur Shastri D) Subhash Chandra Bose 62. Glasnost, Perestroika were introduced by... A) Lenin B) Stalin C) Gorbachev D) Putin 63. The Jews traditionally considered this as their 'Promised Land'... A) Palestine B) Israel C) Jerusalem D) Gaza 64. Medha Patkar is associated with... A) Chipko movement B) Appiko movement C) Narmada Bachao Andolan D) Green Revolution 65. UNO was established in the year... A) 1941 B) 1919 C) 1920 D) 1945 ANSWERS 1-B; 2-C; 3-A; 4-D; 5-A; 6-D; 7-B; 8-D; 9-A; 10-C; 11-D; 12-B; 13-D; 14-B; 15-C; 16-A; 17-D; 18-B; 19-B; 20-C; 21-D; 22-B; 23-B; 24-B; 25-A; 26-C; 27-D; 28-B; 29-A; 30-C; 31-C; 32-A; 33-A; 34-B; 35-D; 36-B; 37-A; 38-C; 39-D; 40-D; 41-C; 42-B; 43-A; 44-D; 45-B; 46-D; 47-C; 48-A; 49-B; 50-A; 51-D; 52-B; 53-A; 54-C; 55-B; 56-A; 57-D; 58-B; 59-B; 60-B; 61-D; 62-C; 63-A; 64-C; 65-D. Writer: A. Laxman Rao

5 Tenth BitBank Social Studies - Paper I MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. The longitude taken as the Indian Standard Meridian is... A) 82 30' W B) 82 30' E C) 23 30' W D) 23 30' N 2. World land forms are originated from... A) Angara land B) Gondwana land C) Angara and Gondwana land D) The Himalayas 3. The highest peak in the Eastern Ghats is... A) Dodabetta B) Aroya Konda C) Anaimudi D) Everest 4. The plateau which lies in between the Aravali and the Vindhya Range is... A) Chotanagpur B) Malwa C) Deccan D) The entire peninsula 5. The second highest peak in the Himalayas is... A) Everest B) Kanchenjunga C) K 2 D) Nanda Devi 6. Which is not a public facility? A) A government school B) Panchayat library C) Television D) Railway 7. The Kudamkulam power plant is of... A) Coal B) Wind C) Biogases D) Nuclear 8. The following is not one of the goals of the people... A) Equal treatment B) Freedom C) Discrimination D) Respect 9. Per capita income = Total Income of the country... A) Total population B) Working people C) All the government employees D) Income of the men 10. An example for service sector is... A) Tilling the land B) Manufacturing C) Tailoring D) Weeding 11. Major contributor to GDP is... A) Agriculture B) Service sector C) Industrial sector D) Mining 12. A climatograph shows... A) Temperature only B) Rainfall only C) Temperature and rainfall D) Population and density 13. Our country is divided into almost two equal parts by... A) The Tropic of Cancer B) The Equator C) The Tropic of Capricorn D) Greenwich 14. Udagamandalam is also called as... A) Gulmarg B) Ooty C) Nainital D) Darjeeling 15. Cyclone depressions which are coming from this sea are called western disturbances... A) The Arabian Sea B) Aegean Sea C) The Baltic Sea D) The Mediterranean Sea R

6 16. The Tamilnadu coast is called as... A) Coramandal Coast B) Malabar Coast C) Konkani Coast D) West Coast 17. The Indus river originates in Kailas Range near... A) Gangotri B) Triambak C) Manasarovar D) Mahabaleshwar 18. The following is not a tributary of the river Ganga... A) Yamuna B) Gomati C) Jhelum D) Ghagra 19. Which of the following is not a peninsular river? A) Godavari B) Cauvery C) Brahmaputra D) Tapti 20. River Narmada joins... A) Indian Ocean B) Bay of Bengal C) Arabian Sea D) Black Sea 21. Tungabhadra water is shared by these two states... A) Karnataka - Andhra Pradesh B) Kerala - Karnataka C) Kerala - Tamilnadu D) Karnataka - Tamilnadu 22. With regard to age structure, the working age is... A) 0-15 years B) years C) above 59 years D) 0-59 years 23. Literacy Rate in India, as per 2011 census is... A) 74.04% B) 70.44% C) % D) 74.44% 24. Population density of India in the year 2011 was... A) 482 persons per sq km B) 382 persons per sq km C) 824 persons per sq km D) 778 persons per sq km 25. Highest population density is found in this state... A) Andhra Pradesh B) Himachal Pradesh C) Haryana D) West Bengal 26. Lowest population density is found in this state... A) Arunachal Pradesh B) West Bengal C) Odisha D) Jammu and Kashmir 27. During 19 th century, the British and the French fought a naval battle over this city... A) Chennai B) Mumbai C) Paradeep D) Vishakhapatnam 28. Mega City means, the city which is having the population of... A) 8 million people B) More than 15 million people C) More than 10 million people D) More than 25 million people 29. Suvarnabhoomi International Airport is in... A) Colombo B) Bangkok C) Dubai D) Cairo 30. People coming to cities and towns and settling there is called... A) Industrialization B) liberalization C) Globalization D) Urbanization 31. Which of the following is not a factor of production? A) Land B) Interest C) Labourers D) Capital 32. If more than one crop is grown in the same piece of land it is called... A) Multiple cropping B) Modern cropping C) Podu agriculture D) Subsistence farming 33. Cargill foods bought this Indian company... A) National foods B) Godrej C) Tata motors D) Parakh foods 34. It is the main channel connecting distant countries... A) tourism B) trade C) roads D) hotels

7 35. Infosys is an MNC in this field... A) Automobiles B) Information Technology C) Paints D) Food items 36. This is not related to Food security... A) Mid day meals scheme B) Ration shops C) Anganwadi D) Free distribution of books 37. Anthyodaya - card holders are entitled to get the food grains of... A) 25 kg per month B) 35 kg per month C) 15 kg per month D) 10 kg per month 38. Calorie intake per day in urban areas is... A) 2000 calories B) 2100 calories C) 1900 calories D) 2400 calories 39. National Institution of Nutrition is located in... A) Warangal B) Kurnool C) Chennai D) Hyderabad 40. National Food Security Act came out in the year... A) 2011 B) 2012 C) 2013 D) The first state in India that is planning to shift completely to organic farming by A) Sikkim B) Assom C) Nagaland D) Tripura 42. According to National Food Security Act, every person of low income family is entitled to get the food grains of... A) 4 kg B) 12 kg C) 8 kg D) 5 kg 43. Mid day meals is provided in government schools to this age group... A) 0-5 B) 6-9 C) 0-14 D) Which of the following is not an environmental issue... A) Deforestation B) Soil erosion C) Decreasing of groundwater level D) Rising of prices 45. The book 'Silent Spring' is written by... A) Rachel Carson B) Mandela C) Carl Louis D) David Hudson 46. The Narmada Valley Development Project is one of the world's largest project of... A) Nuclear power B) Thermal power C) Hydroelectric project D) irrigation only 47. The revolutions took place in Western Asia, Tunisia and Egypt were called as 'Arab Spring' by the... A) Media B) Local political leaders C) Government D) Opposition party 48. Per capita availability of food grains in USA is... A) 700 grams B) 400 grams C) 850 grams D) 1000 grams ANSWERS 1-B; 2-C; 3-A; 4-B; 5-C; 6-C; 7-D; 8-C; 9-A; 10-C; 11-B; 12-C; 13-A; 14-B; 15-D; 16-A; 17-C; 18-C; 19-C; 20-C; 21-A; 22-B; 23-A; 24-B; 25-D; 26-A; 27-D; 28-C; 29-B; 30-D; 31-B; 32-A; 33-D; 34-B; 35-B; 36-D; 37-B; 38-B; 39-D; 40-C; 41-A; 42-D; 43-D; 44-D; 45-A; 46-C; 47-A; 48-C. Write : A. Laxman Rao

BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (AP) SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT - I TENTH SOCIAL STUDIES MODEL PAPER PAPER - II (ENGLISH VERSION)

BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (AP) SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT - I TENTH SOCIAL STUDIES MODEL PAPER PAPER - II (ENGLISH VERSION) Time: 2 hrs. 45 mins. PART - A& B Maximum Marks: 40 Time: 2 hrs. 15 mins. PART -