SHRI VIDHYABHARATHI MAT.HR.SEC.SCHOOL SAKKARAMPALAYAM,AGARAM POST, ELACHIPALAYAM TIRUCHENGODU TALUK, NAMAKKAL DISTRICT 637202. CELL: 9965531727,94432 31727, 9965535967 CENTUM QUESTION 1 X - SOCIAL SCIENCE MARKS:100 TIME:2 ½ Hrs. SECTION 1 [MARKS: 24] I.CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER 14x1=14 1. A great demand for the raw materials was created by a) Industrial revolution b) IT revolution c) French revolution d)agtartan revolution 2. Austria declared war on Serbia on a)28 th June 1914 b)28 th March 1914 c)28 th July 1914 d) 28 th August 1914 3. During the great revolt of 1857 the Governor General of India was a)lord Lytton b) Lord Canning c) Lord Ripon d) Lord Wellesley 4. Home Rule League in Bombay was formed by a) Jawaharlal Nehru b) C.R. Das c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak 5. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru s five principles of peace are named as a)swadeshi b) Panchsheel c) New Deal d) Apartheid 6. Language is the means of a) Transport b) Irrigation c) Communication d) Spirituality 7. World Consumer Rights Day is celebrated on a) March 15 b) March 16 c) March 14 d) March 11 8. The Himalayas are known as a. Abode of snow b) Volcano c) Sahyadri d) Himadri 9. Many cold fields are located in the India. a) South East b) South West c) North East d) North West 10. district is the rice bowl of Tamil Nadu a) Erode b) Kovai c) Vellore d) Thanjavur 11. Major Iron and Steel industries are located in the region. a) Chota Nagpur Plateau b) Deccan Plateau c) Malwa Plateau d) Meghalaya Plateau SHRI VIDHYABHARATHI MATRIC HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 99655 31727 Page 1
12. National Income is otherwise called a) Real Income b) Gross national Product c) Money Income d) National Income 13. Green revolution was introduced in the year a) 1967 b) 1956 c) 1950 d) 1949 14. Bhoodan movement was started by a) Jayaprakash Narayan b) Jawaharlal Nehru c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad d) Acharya Vinobhabhave PART II 2x5=10 15. i) a) Present Secretary General of UNO - Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy b) Ramakrishna Mission - Periyar E.V. Ramasamy c) Fascist leader - Ban Ki-moon d)vaikam hero - Raja Rammohan Roy e)devadasi system - Belur - Musssolini ii) f)southern Railways - Delhi g)mangrove forest - French map makers h) Northern Railways - Assam i) Black soil - Chennai j) Hot air balloon - Sundarbans - Cotton SECTION II (MARKS: 20) Choose Four from Part A, ONE from Part B, Four from Part C, ONE from Part D Part A 16. What is colonialism? 17. What were the four pillars of Fascism? 18. Why did America declare war on Japan? 19. Name the important leaders and centres of the mutiny. 20. What are the services rendered by Arya Samaj? 21. What are the teachings of Vallalar? 22. Mention the importance of Lucknow Session of the Indian National Congress in 1916. 23. Why do we call periyar as vaikam Hero? PART-B 24. India has rendered whole hearted support to the UNO Justify. 25. What are the National parties? SHRI VIDHYABHARATHI MATRIC HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 99655 31727 Page 2
PART-C 26. What are the main physical divisions of India? 27. What do you understand by the term natural resource? 28. What are plantation crops? 29. What is trade? What are the types of trade? 30. Define GIS. 31. What are the by-products of Jute Industry? 32. What is water pollution? 33. Name the regions of very heavy rainfall in India. 34. What is percapita income? 35. What is privatization? PART D SECTION III Distinguish between any FOUR of the following. 4x2=8 36. Western coastal plains and Eastern coastal plains 37. South-west monsoon and North-east monsoon. 38. Renewable resource and Non-renewable resource. 39. Commercial and Subsistence agriculture. 40. Weather and climate. 41. Mineral based and agro based Industries. 42. International trade and Internal trade. 43. Export and Import. SECTION IV Choose any TWO of the following and answer all the questions given under each caption 2x4=8 44. Imperialism a) What became the fashion of the later part of the 19th Century? b) What was the Whiteman s burden? c) Why were the European Nations forced to acquire new colonies? d) What promoted the spirit of Imperialism? 45. Adolf Hitler: a) Where was Adolf Hitler born? b) What was his father? c) What did he organize? d) Name the book written by Hitler. 46. Revolt at Cawnpore: a) Who joined the rebels at Cawnpore and with whom? b) What happened to the English? c) Who defeated Nana Sahib? SHRI VIDHYABHARATHI MATRIC HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 99655 31727 Page 3
d) When was Cawnpore brought under British control? 47. Jallianwala Bagh tragedy: a) Who were the prominent leaders arrested? b) Where did the people gather? c) Who was the British Military Commander of Amirtsar? d) What did Rabindranath Tagore do? SECTION-V (MARKS: 20) Answer ONE from Part A, ONE from Part B, ONE from Part C, and ONE from Part D. PART - I 48. a)write a paragraph about Relief,Recovery and Reforms introduced by Franklin.D.Roosevelt. b)what were the Administrative and Military causes of the Great Revolt of 1857? c)bharathiar is a freedom fighter Prove. PART II 49. a)write a paragraph about Pancha sheel and the policy of Non-Alignment. b)what are the measures taken by the Government of Tamil nadu to protect consumers? c)write a paragraph on national Integration. PART III 50. a) Write the importance of forest. b)what are the benefits of adopting bio-technology in agriculture. c)what are the advantages of remote sensing technology. PART-IV 51. a) Explain the need for the study of National Income. b. Write down the objectives of Eleventh Five year Plan. c. Explain Green Revolution. SECTION VI (MARKS : 5) 52. Any five important events between the year of 1930 1950. SECTION VII 53. a)mark the following places in the given outline map of Asia (5)i)Arabia ii)formosa iii)canton iv)manchuria v)red sea b)mark the following places in the given outline map of India. i)hyderabad ii)meerut iii)surat iv)vedaranyam. v)chauri-chaura SHRI VIDHYABHARATHI MATRIC HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 99655 31727 Page 4
54. Mark any ten places / regions on the given outline map of India. (10) i) Eastern coast plain ii)jamshedpur iii)andaman and Nicobar islands v)jute growing area. iv)gulf of Mannar vi)coffee growing area vii) Kaveri river viii)the headquarters of the Indian Railways ix) Diretction of South west monsoon wind xi) Krishna xiii) Mumbai Kolkata railway line. x) Gulf of Khambat. xii) Neyveli xiv) Kailash range xv)the areas receiving less than 50cm of rainfall. PREPARED BY Mrs.C. RAJAMANI M.Phil., Mrs.S. VASANTHA M.A., B.Ed., DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY SHRI VIDHYABHARATHI MAT.HR.SEC.SCHOOL, SAKKARAMPALAYAM, AGARAM(PO), ELACHIPALAYAM(PO), TIRUCHENGODE(TK), NAMAKKAL(DT). 637 202. CELL NO. 80120-31555, 9965782883 ANSWER KEY WILL BE DECLARED IN OUR WEBSITE http://www.shrividhyabharathi.in SHRI VIDHYABHARATHI MATRIC HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 99655 31727 Page 5