CBSE 10 – MOCK TEST
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 80
General Instructions :
1. There are 38 ques ons in the Ques on paper. All ques ons are compulsory.
2. The ques on paper has Four Sec ons – A-History, B-Geography C- Poli cal Science, and D-Economics.
3. Each Sec on is of 20 Marks and has MCQs, VSA, SA, LAs and CBQ.
4. Very Short Answer Type Ques ons (VSA), carry 2 marks each. Answers to each ques on should not exceed 40
words.
5. Short Answer Type Ques ons (SA), carry 3 marks each. Answers to each ques on should not exceed 60 words.
6. Long answer type ques ons (LA), carry 5 marks each. Answers to each ques on should not exceed 120 words.
7. There are case based ques ons (CBQ) with three sub ques ons and are of 4 marks each.
Answers to each question should not exceed 100 words.
8. The map-based ques ons, carry 5 marks with two parts- Q9. In Sec on A-History (2 marks) and Q19. In Sec on B -
Geography (3 marks)
9. There is no overall choice in the ques on paper. However, an internal choice has been provided in few ques ons.
Only one of the choices in such ques ons must be a empted.
10. In addi on to this, NOTE that a separate ques on has been provided for Visually Impaired candidates in lieu of
ques ons having visual inputs, map etc. Such ques ons are to be a empted by Visually Impaired candidates only.
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, SECTION A
HISTORY (20 Marks)
1. Who said ‘‘The Swaraj would not come for a hundred years if untouchability is not eliminated’’. [1 M]
(a) Motilal Nehru (b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) B.R. Ambedkar
2. Match the following and choose the correct option. [1 M]
(Leader) (Role)
A. Victor Emmanuel II 1. Chief Minister of Italy
B. Guiseppe Mazzini 2. Young Italy Movement
C. Guiseppe Garibaldi 3. Conquered the Kingdom of Sicillies
D. Count Cavour 4. Proclaimed as king of Unified Italy
(a) A - 1, B - 4, C - 3, D - 2 (b) A -2, B - 1, C - 4, D – 3
(c) A - 4, B - 2, C - 3, D – 1 (d) A - 1, B - 4, C - 2, D – 3
3. Assertion (A): The oldest Japanese book the 'Diamond Sutra' printed in AD 868. [1 M]
Reason (R): Buddhist missionaries from China introduced printing technology into Japan around AD
768-770.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true and but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is correct and R is Incorrect
(d) A is incorrect but R is correct
4. Identify the painting from the options given below. [1 M]
(a) The Planting of Tree of Liberty (b) The Massacre at Chios
(c) Peasants’ uprising (d) The fallen Germania
5. What is an Allegory? State any one example to clarify the same. [2 M]
6. Gandhiji proposed that the Non-Cooperation should unfold in stages. Explain. [3 M]
7. (a) "Napoleon's administrative measures had revolutionized the whole administration". Comment.
OR
(b) What were the steps taken by the French revolutionaries to create a feeling of collective identity among
the French people? [5 M]
8. Read the given text and answer the following questions: [4 M]
During the 1830s, Giuseppe Mazzini had sought to put together a coherent programmed for a unitary
Italian Republic. He had also formed a secret society called Young Italy for the dissemination of his goals.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE
Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 80
General Instructions :
1. There are 38 ques ons in the Ques on paper. All ques ons are compulsory.
2. The ques on paper has Four Sec ons – A-History, B-Geography C- Poli cal Science, and D-Economics.
3. Each Sec on is of 20 Marks and has MCQs, VSA, SA, LAs and CBQ.
4. Very Short Answer Type Ques ons (VSA), carry 2 marks each. Answers to each ques on should not exceed 40
words.
5. Short Answer Type Ques ons (SA), carry 3 marks each. Answers to each ques on should not exceed 60 words.
6. Long answer type ques ons (LA), carry 5 marks each. Answers to each ques on should not exceed 120 words.
7. There are case based ques ons (CBQ) with three sub ques ons and are of 4 marks each.
Answers to each question should not exceed 100 words.
8. The map-based ques ons, carry 5 marks with two parts- Q9. In Sec on A-History (2 marks) and Q19. In Sec on B -
Geography (3 marks)
9. There is no overall choice in the ques on paper. However, an internal choice has been provided in few ques ons.
Only one of the choices in such ques ons must be a empted.
10. In addi on to this, NOTE that a separate ques on has been provided for Visually Impaired candidates in lieu of
ques ons having visual inputs, map etc. Such ques ons are to be a empted by Visually Impaired candidates only.
1
, SECTION A
HISTORY (20 Marks)
1. Who said ‘‘The Swaraj would not come for a hundred years if untouchability is not eliminated’’. [1 M]
(a) Motilal Nehru (b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) B.R. Ambedkar
2. Match the following and choose the correct option. [1 M]
(Leader) (Role)
A. Victor Emmanuel II 1. Chief Minister of Italy
B. Guiseppe Mazzini 2. Young Italy Movement
C. Guiseppe Garibaldi 3. Conquered the Kingdom of Sicillies
D. Count Cavour 4. Proclaimed as king of Unified Italy
(a) A - 1, B - 4, C - 3, D - 2 (b) A -2, B - 1, C - 4, D – 3
(c) A - 4, B - 2, C - 3, D – 1 (d) A - 1, B - 4, C - 2, D – 3
3. Assertion (A): The oldest Japanese book the 'Diamond Sutra' printed in AD 868. [1 M]
Reason (R): Buddhist missionaries from China introduced printing technology into Japan around AD
768-770.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true and but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is correct and R is Incorrect
(d) A is incorrect but R is correct
4. Identify the painting from the options given below. [1 M]
(a) The Planting of Tree of Liberty (b) The Massacre at Chios
(c) Peasants’ uprising (d) The fallen Germania
5. What is an Allegory? State any one example to clarify the same. [2 M]
6. Gandhiji proposed that the Non-Cooperation should unfold in stages. Explain. [3 M]
7. (a) "Napoleon's administrative measures had revolutionized the whole administration". Comment.
OR
(b) What were the steps taken by the French revolutionaries to create a feeling of collective identity among
the French people? [5 M]
8. Read the given text and answer the following questions: [4 M]
During the 1830s, Giuseppe Mazzini had sought to put together a coherent programmed for a unitary
Italian Republic. He had also formed a secret society called Young Italy for the dissemination of his goals.
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