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SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT - II(2015-16) CBSE - X Set - A

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1. Why was the Khilafat committee formed ?

2. Which one of the following is the deepest, land-locked and well-protected port of India ?(A) Haldia (B) Paradip(C) Vishakhapatnam (D) Tuticorin

3. What was the result of of Bolivia’s water war ?

4. Against which issue does BAMCEF campaign ?

5. Which form of government is considered best ?

6. What is Consumer International?

7. Who issues currency notes in India ?

8. What is meant by double coincidence of wants ?

9. Give reasons why the Non-Cooperation Movement slowed down incities ?

10. Explain any three steps taken by the French to achieve their aim toexploit the natural resources of Vietnam.

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10. State two important political and constitutional changes which camein the wake of the French revolution.

11. Mention any two obstacles that the liberal nationalist wanted toovercome. In what way did the (Zollverein) Customs Union of 1834try to overcome these shortcomings.

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11. What was the significance of the Lahore Congress ?

12. Explain any three factors responsible for the concentration of juteindustry in Hugli basin.

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13. Classify energy resources into two categories. Give two examples ofeach category.

14. Why are efficient means of transport pre-requisites for the fastdevelopment of the country ? Explain.

15. State the issue of struggle in Bolivia. Which groups participated init?

16. What type of financial reforms should be brought to strengthendemocracy and why ?

17. State any three merits of democracy.

18. What precautions do you suggest for a consumer to take whilepuchasing medicines from the market ?

19. Describe any three ways in which countries can be linked throughglobalization.

20. Why is modern currency accepted as a medium of exchange withoutany use of its own ? Find out the reasons.

21. Explain the role of women in the Civil Disobedience Movement.

22. Enumerate any three features of the conservative regimes set up inEurope, following the defeat of Napoleon in 1815 ?

OR22. Who was Phan Boi Chau ? Explain the role in arousing anti-imperialist

sentiments.

23. Why is there a pressing need for using renewable energy sources inIndia ? Explain any five reasons.

24. “Advancement of international trade of a country is an index to itsprosperity.”Support the statement with suitable examples.

25. Explain two functions each of the ruling party as well of the oppositionparties.

26. “Democracy has failed to reduce inequality and poverty”. Analyse.

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27. Why are rules and regulations required in the marketplace?Illustrate with few examples.

28. How are multinational corporations (MNCs) controlling and spreadingtheir productions across the world ? Explain.

29. Two features A and B are marked in the given outline political mapof India. Identify these features with the help of the followinginformation and write their correct names on the lines marked inthe map.(A) The place where the salt march of Gandhiji ended.(B) The place where the session of Indian National Congress was

held in 1927.On the same political outline map of India, locate and label thefollowing item with appropriate symbol(C) Lahore

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30. On the same political outline map of India, locate and label thefollowing with appropriate symbols :(i) Narora - a nuclear power plant(ii) Rourkela - an iron and steel plant(iii) Kandla - a major sea-port 3

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PART - I1. The Khilafat committee was formed to defend the Khalifa’s temporal

powers. The Khalifa was the spiritual head of the Islamic world. Itwas formed by a young generation of muslim leaders like MuhammadAli and Shaukat Ali (Ali brother’s).

2. Vishakhapatnam

3. Cancellation of MNC contract and restoration of water supply to themuncipalities.

4. It campaigns against caste distinctions or discrimination.

5. Democracy is the best form of the government.

6. (i) Consumer International is an umbrella body to over 220 membersfrom 115 countries

(ii) In 1985 United Nations adopted, the UN guidelines for ConsumerProtection.

(iii) This was a tool for nations to adopt measures to protectconsumers and for consumer advocacy groups to press theirGovernment to do so.

(iv) At the international level, this has become the foundation forconsumer movement.

7. Reserve Bank of India.

8. It means both parties, the seller and buyers have to agree to selland buy each others commoditites. Goods are directly exchangedwithout the use of money.

9. The movement slowed down in cities because of a variety of reasons:(i) Khadi cloth was more expensive, less durable and expensive to

maintain than mill made cloth. The poor could not afford to buyit and therefore could not boycott mill made cloth for long.

(ii) Boycott of foreign cloth, schools, colleges, courts by lawyerswas an integral part of the Non-Cooperation Movement.

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Boycott of British institutions posed a problem. For themovement to be successful alternative Indian institutions hadto be set up so that they could be used in place of Britishinstitutions. Alternative institutions were slow to come up.Teachers and students had no option except go back togovernment schools.

(iii) Lawyers too joined back work in government courts.

10. (i) The French built canals and drained lands in the Mekong deltato increase rice cultivation. The vast system of irrigation works(canals and earth works) were built with forced labour, to enableexport of rice to the international market.

(ii) Infrastructure projects were undertaken to help transport goodsfor trade, move military garrison and control the entire region.

(iii) Consturction of Trans-Indo China rail network was taken up tolink northern and southern parts of Vietnam and China. Vietnamwas linked to Siam (Thailand) via Phnom Penh capital ofCambodia.

OR10. The political and constitutional changes that came in the wake of

the French revolution of 1789 were :(i) The French revolution gave the people the concept of ‘nation’.(ii) Transfer of sovereignty from the monarchy to a body of French

citizens, i.e., National Assembly.(iii) It was the people who would constitute the nation and shape its

destiny.

11. Obstacles wanted to overcome :(i) Obstacle of each region having its own system of weights and

measures and currencies, which involved time consumingcalculation. Example Elle, the measure of cloth, stood for differentlength in each region.

(ii) State imposed restrictions on movement of goods, people andcapital.Zollverein:

(i) The custom union formed under the initiative of Prussia andjoined by most German states helped in the creation of a unifiedeconomic territory.

(ii) The union abolished tariff barriers and reduced the number ofcurrencies from over thirty to two.

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11. (i) In December 1929, under the Presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru,the Lahore Congress formalised the demand of Purna Swarajor full independence of India.

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(ii) It declared that 26th January, 1930 would be celebrated as theIndependence Day when people would take a pledge to strugglefor complete independence.

(iii) The celebrations attracted very little attention. In a way,Gandhiji’s launching of the Civil Disobedience Movement withthe salt March in 1930, was a way to relate this abstract idea offreedom to more concrete issues of everyday life.

12. The factors responsible for the concentration of jute industry inHugli basin are :(i) Abundant water availability : Abundant water is available in

the Hugli river for the processing of jute fibres.(ii) Jute growing belt : It is the jute growing belt in the country. So,

it is easy for the industrialists.(iii) Availability of cheap labour from kolkata (west bengal) and

adjoining states of Bihar, Uttarpradesh etc.(iv) Cheap transport facility and nearest to the port enables the

easy export of jute textiles.

13. Energy Resources can be classified into two - Conventional andnon-conventional energy resources.(i) Conventional energy resources are the non-renewable energy

resources e.g. Coal, Petroleum, Natural Gas.(ii) Non-conventional energy resources are the renewable energy

resources e.g. Wind energy, Tidal energy.

14. Goods do not travel from supply locales to demand locales on its owngoods are transported from one place to another by different meansof transport. Many people are engaged in this sector of transportinggoods. Efficient means of transport enables the easier transport ofgoods and in turn increases developmet. In olden days, there wereno such efficient transport and thus development was not upto thelevel. So, efficient means of transport are pre-requisites for the fastdevelopment of the country.

15. The world Bank pressurized Bolivian government to privatisemunicipal water supply. (Privatisation of Water) The governmentsold the rights to an MNC Company which increased the price ofwater by four times. Groups-FEDECOR consisting of professionalslike engineers and environmentalists, federation of farmers,confederation of factory worker’s union, students of university ofCochabamba and city’s homeless street children.

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16. The financial accounts of every political party should be made publicThese accounts should be made public. These accounts should beexamined by government auditors.There should be state funding of elections. Citizen should beencouraged to give more donations to parties and to political workerssuch donations should be exempted from income tax.

17. Merits of Democracy :(i) Democracy assures equality in every sphere of life like political,

social and economic.(ii) It upholds basic individual liberties like freedom of speech etc.(iii) Due obedience to laws.

18. While buying / purchasing medicines the following precautionsshould be taken :(i) Price, batch no., date of manufacture.(ii) Address of the manufacturing company.(iii) Expiry date.(iv) Directions of proper use.(v) Information relating to side effects and risk associated with

usage of that medicine.

19. (i) By movement of goods.(ii) By movement of service.(iii) By movement of investments.(iv) By movement of technology.(v) By the movement of people between countries.

20. Modern currency is accepted as a medium of exchange without anyuse of its own because :(i) Modern currency is authorized by the government of a country.(ii) In India, the Reserve Bank of India issues all currency notes on

behalf of Central Government.(iii) No other individual or organization is allowed to issue currency.(iv) The law legalises the use of rupee as a medium of payment

that cannot be refused in settling transactions in India.(v) No individual in India can legally refuse a payment made in

Rupees.

21. (i) Women participated in large numbers in the Civil DisobedienceMovement.

(ii) During the movement thousands of women left the seclusionof their homes to listen to Gandhiji, offered Satyagraha andwalked shoulder to shoulder with men.

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(iii) They participated in protest marches, manufactured salt andpicketed foreign cloth and liquor shops.

(iv) Many courted arrest and were put in jails by the police.(v) While in urban areas women of high caste families participated,

in rural areas they belonged to rich peasant households.(vi) Moved by Gandhiji’s call, they began to see service to the nation

as a sacred duty of women.(vii) The increased public role did not mean any radical change in

women’s position, because the Congress was reluctant to givewomen any position of authority within the organisation.

22. (i) Conservatives believed in the preservation of establishedtraditional institutions of state and society like monarchy,church, social hierarchies and private property.

(ii) They however did not propose to return to society of pre-revolutionary days. They realised, modernisation initiated byNapoleon could be used to make state power more effective andstrong.

(iii) Modern army, efficient bureaucracy, a dynamic economy andabolition of feudalism and serfdom they believed, couldstrengthen autocratic monarchies of Europe.

(iv) The new conservative regimes were autocratic. They did nottolerate criticism or dissent and sought to curb activities thatquestioned the legitimacy of autocratic governments.

(v) At the Congress of Vienna, the Bourbon dynasty’s power wasrestored in France and steps taken to prevent French expansionand creation of new states.

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22. (i) Phan Boi Chau was a Vietnamese nationalist and freedom fighterunder the leadership of Prince Cuong De who formed theRevolutionary Society in 1903.

(ii) He wrote the world famous book “The History of the Loss ofVietnam” under the loss of sovereignity and the severing tieswith China.

(iii) He wanted to use monarchy in order to fight the Frenchcolonists. He was of the opinion that monarchy was still highlyrespected by wealthy landowners.

(iv) In 1905 he travelled to Japan from Vietnam.

23. There is a pressing need for using renewable energy sources inIndia :(i) There is only limited supply of energy resouces in India.

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back so, renewable energy source should be use.(ii) For a sustainable development, one should press on renewable

energy resources because conventional sources should be leftfor future use.

(iii) Most of the conventional sources are pollutants. It causespollution when burnt in air. For e.g - Coal, Petroleum omitscarbondioxide when burnt on air.

(iv) Renewable energy resources are eco-friendly. They can beretained back and also they do not cause pollution. e.g. Solarenergy, Wind energy.

(v) The cost of harnessing electricity (conventional source) is veryexpensive. But renewable source (electricity), initial cost is highbut has a long run.

24. Advancement of international trade is an index to country’s prosperity.International trade means exchangof goods between two or morecountries. Local trade means trade between town and cities. A statetrade means trade between two states. International traderepresents country’s economic growth. A country can develop onlywhen it reduces the trade barriers and allow free-flow of goods intothe country . A country should participate in trade because resourcesare space bound only through trade, resources can be exchangedfrom surplus area to in sufficient area the balance of tradedetermines country’s development. A fair balance of trade is whenthe exports exceeds the value of import. An unfavourable balance oftrade occurs when the value of imports exceeds the value of exports.A favourable balance of trade is requird for development. So,Advancement of international trade of a country is an index of itsprosperity. It is the pre-requisite for development.

25. Functions of the Ruling Parties :(a) They play a major role in making laws for the country.(b) They form the government and run the country.(c) They recruit leaders, train them and then make ministers to

run the governments.Functions of the Oppositon partries :(a) They oppose the goverment by voicing different views.(b) They criticise goverment for its failure and wrong policies.(c) They mobilise opposition to the government.

26. In actual life, democracies do not appear to be reducing inequalities.(a) The poor constitute a large proportion of our voters and no party

likes to lose their votes, yet democratically elected governmentshave not addressed the question of poverty as one would haveexpected them to.

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(b) The people in several poor countries are now dependent on therich countries even for food supplies.

Argument in support :(a) It enhances the dignity of the individuals.(b) It improves the quality of decision-making.(c) It provides a method to resolve conflicts.

27. (i) Rules and regulations are required for the protection ofconsumers, as the individual consumers often find themselvesin a weak position in a market place.

(ii) Whenever there is a complaint regarding a good or service thathas been bought, the seller tries to shift all responsibilities tothe buyer. Their position usually is – “If you didn’t like what youbought, please go elsewhere.” As if the seller has noresponsibilities once the sale is completed.

(iii) Exploitation in marketplace happens in various ways. Forexample, sometimes traders indulge in unfair trade practicessuch as when goods weigh less than what they should or whentraders add charges that were not mentioned before, or whenadulterated/defective goods are sold.

(iv) Markets do not work in a fair manner when producers are fewand powerful whereas consumers purchase in small amountsand are scattered.

(v) This happens especially when large companies are producingthese goods. These companies with huge wealth, power andreach can manipulate the market in various ways. At timesfalse information is passed on through the media, and othersources to attract consumers.

(vi) For example, a company for years sold powder milk for babiesall over the world as the most scientific product claiming to bebetter than mothers milk. It took years of struggle before thecompany was forced to accept that it had been making falseclaims. Similarly a long battle had to be fought with court casesto make cigarette manufacturing companies accept that theirproduct could cause cancer.

(vii) Hence, there is a need for rules and regulations to ensureprotection for consumers.

28. The multinational corporations (MNCs) are controlling and spreadingtheir productions across the world by the following ways :(i) MNCs set up their production units close to market.(ii) MNCs set up production units jointly with local compaines.

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(iii) They set up units where there is skilled and unskilled labouravailable at low cost.

(iv) Large MNCs in developed countries place orders for productionswith small producers.

(v) They have tremendous power to determine price, quality, deliveryand labour conditions for distant producers.

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