Model Paper 2 Social Studies - Model Paper 2

People with extra money deposit it in the banks by opening a bank account in their name. Banks accept deposits and also pay an interest rate on deposits. In this way, people's money is safe with the banks and it earns interest. People also have the provision to withdraw the money as and when they require. Since the deposits in the bank accounts can be withdrawn on demand.
What is the term used in the above, when money can be withdrawn on demand?

Which of the following is false with respect to the Political party?

Shifting from one occupation to another, usually when a new generation takes up occupations other than those practised by their ancestors is referred to as:

Which of the following statements is common about Biju Janata Dal, Sikkim
Democratic Front, Mizo National Front, and Telangana Rashtra Samithi?
Statement i: These parties are not regional in their ideology or outlook.
Statement ii: They are regional in their ideology but have a national outlook.
Statement iii: They all are conscious about their state/regional identity.
Statement iv: They all are conscious about their national identity.

The teacher is asking questions regarding the viewpoints of Gandhiji on resource conservation. She gave students the following clues. She told the students to identify the incorrect clues. The following are the clues:
i. Gandhiji was very apt in voicing his concern about resource conservation.
ii. He said, "There is enough for everybody's need and not for anybody's greed."
iii. He placed greedy and selfish individuals and the exploitative nature of modern technology as the root cause for resource depletion at the global level.
iv. He was against production by the masses and wanted to replace it with mass production.
Identify the incorrect clue.

Describe any three features of federal government.

What are the different names gives to the primitive cultivation in different parts of India?

Define the term Romanticism. How did it facilitate the promotion of nationalist sentiment?

What were the effects of revolutionary upheaval in France in 1830?

Study the map thoroughly and mention which ethnic community is concentrated in the north and east of the country.

Compare Tables "A" & "B" and answer the question given below.
Table- A

Share of Sectors in GDP in %
Year	Tertiary	Secondary	Primary
1973-74	50	10	40
2013-14	68	21	11

Table -B

Share of sectors in employment in %
Year	Tertiary	Secondary	Primary
1977-78	18	11	71
2017-18	31	25	44

A remarkable fact about India is that while there has been a change in the share of the three sectors in GDP, a similar shift has not taken place in employment. Why didn't a similar shift out of the primary sector happen in the case of employment? Substantiate your answer.

"Local governments have made a significant impact on Indian democracy. At the same time there are many difficulties". Explain.

A study in Ahmedabad found that out of 15,00,000 workers in the city, 11,00,000 worked in the unorganized sector. The total income of the city in this year 1997- 1998 was Rs. 60,000 million. Out of this Rs. 32,000 million was generated in the
organized sector. Present this data as a table. What kind of ways should be thought of for generating more employment in the city?

Chemical industries are widely spread over the country. Why do you think it is so?

Explain various functions of banks in India.

Highlight the contribution of the Krishak Cooperative societies to overcome the problem of credit in rural areas?

Describe the recent efforts that have been made in India to reform political parties.

Name the national political party which gets inspiration from India's ancient culture and values. Mention four features of that party.

What happened during the year following 1815 when the fear of repression drove many liberal-nationalists underground? Explain.

Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Recent evidence suggests that the groundwater is under serious threat of overuse in many parts of the country. About 300 districts have reported a water level decline of over 4 metres during the past 20 years. Nearly one-third of the country is overusing their groundwater reserves. In another 25 years, 60 percent of the country would be doing the same if the present way of using this resource continues. Groundwater overuse is particularly found in the agriculturally prosperous regions of Punjab and Western U.P., hard rock plateau areas of central and south India, some coastal areas and the rapidly growing urban settlements. Countries like India depend on importing oil from abroad because they do not have enough stocks of their own. If prices of oil increase this becomes a burden for everyone. There are countries like the USA which have low reserves and hence want to secure oil through military or economic power. The question of sustainability of development raises many fundamentally new issues about the nature and process of development.
i. Explain the significance of the prices of oil in the world market. (1)
ii. Groundwater is an example of renewable resources then how can it be overused?
(1)
iii. The question of the sustainability of development raises many fundamentally new issues about the nature and process of development. Why is the issue of sustainability important for development? (2)

Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Sardar Sarovar Dam is one of the largest water resource projects of India covering four states - Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan. The Sardar Sarovar project would meet the requirement of water in drought-prone and desert areas of Gujarat (9,490 villages and 173 towns) and Rajasthan (124 villages). Narmada Bachao Andolan or Save Narmada Movement is a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) that mobilised tribal people, farmers, environmentalists and human rights activists against the Sardar Sarovar Dam. It originally focused on the environmental issues related to trees that would be submerged under the dam water. Recently it has re-focused the aim to enable poor citizens, especially the oustees (displaced people) to get full rehabilitation facilities from the government. People felt that their suffering would not be in vain... accepted the trauma of displacement believing in the promise of irrigated fields and plentiful harvests. So, often the survivors of Rihand told us that they accepted their sufferings as sacrifice for the sake of their nation. But now, after thirty bitter years of being adrift, their livelihood having even being more precarious, they keep asking: "Are we the only ones chosen to make sacrifices for the nation?"
i. When the Save Narmada Movement first began, what was its primary goal? (1)
ii. Sardar Sarovar dam is built across which river? (1)
iii. Why did the survivors of Rihand accept their sufferings? (2)

Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow:
In his book, Mahatma Gandhi declared that British rule was established in India with the cooperation of Indians, and had survived only because of this cooperation. If Indians refused to cooperate, British rule in India would collapse within a year, and swaraj would come. Non-cooperation became a movement. Gandhiji proposed that the movement should unfold in stages. It should begin with the surrender of titles that the government awarded, and a boycott of civil services, army, police, courts and legislative councils, schools, and foreign goods. Then, in case the government used repression, a full civil disobedience campaign would be launched. Through the summer of 1920, Mahatma Gandhi and Shaukat Ali toured extensively, mobilising popular support for the movement. Many within the Congress were, however, concerned about the proposals. They were reluctant to boycott the council elections scheduled for November 1920. In the months between September and December, there was an intense tussle within Congress. For a while, there seemed no meeting point between the supporters and the opponents of the movement. Finally, at the Congress session at Nagpur in December 1920, a compromise was worked out.
i. What compromise chalked out in the Congress session of December 1920? (1)
ii. In which book did Mahatma Gandhi write that the British rule was established because of Indian's cooperation? (1)
iii. Why were some members of Congress reluctant to boycott the council elections? (2)