MODEL PAPER - 8 [2026] Social Studies - MODEL PAPER - 8 [2026]

Select the correct pair from the following Column A and Column B:

Column A	Column B
(A) Jyotiba Phule	Istri Dharm Vichar
(B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy	Sambad Kaumudi
(C) Ram Chaddha	Gulamgiri
(D) Gangadhar Bhattacharya	Chhote Aur Bade Sawal

The Estates-General was elected by the body of active citizens and renamed the National Assembly. New hymns were composed, oaths taken and martyrs commemorated, all in the name of the nation. A centralised administrative system was put in place and it formulated uniform laws for all citizens within its territory. The above events took place during which revolution?

The first three successful Satyagraha movements by Gandhiji in India were:

Explain any three reasons for the nationalist upsurge in the 19th century Europe.

How did food promote long-distance cultural contacts in the pre-modern world? Explain.

Why in the years after 1848, did the autocrats of Central and Eastern Europe begin to introduce the changes that had already taken place in Western Europe before 1815? Explain.

How would you explain the fate of Ireland?

"Some of the Muslim political organizations in India were lukewarm in their response to the Civil Disobedience Movement." Examine the statement.

Explain any five factors which gave rise to the Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930.

For centuries, silk and spices from China flowed into Europe through the silk route. In the eleventh century, Chinese paper reached Europe via the same route. Paper made possible the production of manuscripts, carefully written by scribes. Then, in 1295, Marco Polo, a great explorer, returned to Italy after many years of exploration in China.
China already had the technology of woodblock printing. Marco Polo brought this knowledge back with him. Now Italians began producing books with woodblocks, and soon the technology spread to other parts of Europe. Luxury editions were still handwritten on very expensive vellum, meant for aristocratic circles and rich monastic libraries which scoffed at printed books as cheap vulgarities. Merchants and students in the university towns bought the cheaper printed copies.
The production of handwritten manuscripts could not satisfy the ever-increasing demand for books. Copying was an expensive, laborious and time-consuming business. Manuscripts were fragile, awkward to handle, and could not be carried around or read easily. Their circulation, therefore, remained limited. With the growing demand for books, woodblock printing gradually became more and more popular.
i. Despite the introduction of print-culture, why were luxurious edition still handwritten?
ii. Describe any two drawbacks of handwritten manuscripts in comparison to printed material.
iii. What was Marco Polo's contribution to print culture?

Name the dam shown in picture.

According to National Forest Policy (1952), the desired forest area is 33 per cent of the geographical area. Read the following data and identify what percentage of the area was under forest cover during 1960-61.

General Land Use Categories	Percentage (1960-61)
Current Fallow	3.73
Culturable Wasteland	6.23
Barren and unculturable land	18.11
Net Sown Area	46.26
Forest Area	18.11

In states like Assam, West Bengal, and Odisha, which three crops of paddy are grown in a year?

Arrangement the following in the correct sequence with decreasing order of producer of fertilizers industry in India:-
i. Andhra Pradesh
ii. Gujarat
iii. Maharashtra
iv. Uttar Pradesh

Which of the following options validates the nature worship and existence of sacred groves?
i. Certain societies revere a particular tree that they have preserved from time immemorial.
ii. Some patches of forest or parts of large forests are left untouched by the local people and any interference with them is banned.
iii. The Mundas and the Santhal of Chota Nagpur region worship mahua and kadamba trees.
iv. Sacred qualities are ascribed to springs, mountain peaks and animals like langurs.

Highlight the importance of petroleum. Explain the occurrence of petroleum in India.

Promotion of energy conservation is important plank of sustainable energy. Explain the statement with examples.

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?
ii. Sardar Sarovar dam is built across which river?
iii. Why did the survivors of Rihand accept their sufferings?

Describe the need of resources for human survival.

On the same outline map of India locate and label the following with suitable symbols:
I. Any one of the following:
i. A large concrete gravity dam on the Narmada River in Gujarat.
ii. Steel Plant in Chhattisgarh. It's the first and largest Indian plant to produce steel rails.
II. Any two of the following:
iii. Pune Software Technology Park
iv. Kochi Major Sea Port
v. Indore Cotton Textile Industry

Which of the following statements will be considered as a factor that contributes to strengthening federalism and democracy in our country?
Statement i: Not a single national party is able to secure on its own a majority in the general elections.
Statement ii: Every party in the country registers with the Election Commission.
Statement iii: The Election Commission classifies major parties as 'State parties'.
Statement iv: State parties get an opportunity to be a part of one or the other national-level coalition government.

Identify the reason that can be given in favour of power-sharing.

Assertion (A): Community government in Belgium is elected by one language community.
Reason (R): Community government helped in resolving conflict between different linguistic groups.

Name the 'regional political parties' that are predominant in Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Odisha respectively with their symbols.

"In actual life, democracies do not appear to be very successful in reducing economic inequalities." Explain the statement giving an example.

There is an overwhelming support for the idea of democracy all over the world. Support the statement with examples.

Sri Lanka emerged as an independent country in 1948. The leaders of the Sinhala community sought to secure dominance over the government by virtue of their majority. As a result, the democratically elected government adopted a series of Majoritarian measures to establish Sinhala supremacy. In 1956, an Act was passed to recognise Sinhala as the only official language, thus disregarding Tamil. The governments followed preferential policies that favoured Sinhala applicants for university positions and government jobs. A new constitution stipulated that the state shall protect and foster Buddhism. All these government measures, coming one after the other, gradually increased the feeling of alienation among the Sri Lankan Tamils. They felt that none of the major political parties led by the Buddhist Sinhala leaders was sensitive to their language and culture. They felt that the constitution and government policies denied them equal political rights, discriminated against them in getting jobs and other opportunities and ignored their interests. As a result, the relations between the Sinhala and Tamil communities strained over time.
i. What is the predominant religion in Sri Lanka?
ii. What was the main objective of the Sinhala leaders in Sri Lanka after independence?
iii. How did the majoritarianism policy affect the Sri Lankan Tamils, and what were their main grievances?

Mention any three features of secularism described in the Indian Constitution.

What are the causes responsible for very slow progress of Panchayat Raj System in India?

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?

Evaluate the reason for putting a barrier to foreign trade by identifying the appropriate statements among the following options:
i. To improve the performance of domestic producers.
ii. To create an opportunity for the producers to cover the international markets.
iii. To allow businesses to make decisions on imports and exports freely.
iv. To protect the producers and service providers within the country from foreign competition.

A shoe manufacturer, M. Salim has to make a payment to the leather supplier and writes a cheque for a specific amount. This means that the shoe manufacturer instructs his bank to pay this amount to the leather supplier. The leather supplier takes this cheque and deposits it in his own account in the bank. The money is transferred from one bank account to another bank account in a couple of days. The transaction is complete without any payment of cash. What kind of payment system is indicated here?

Development for one may be the destruction for other. Do you agree with the statement? Justify your answer.

"All of the service sector is not growing equally well in India." Justify the statement with three arguments.

"Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has played a major role in spreading out products and services across countries." Support this statement.

Why do you think that the formal sources of credit provide loans at reasonable interest rates?

The use of money spans a very large part of our everyday life. Support the statement with examples.

Two places A and B have been marked on the given outline map of India. Identify them and write their correct names on the lines marked on the map.
a. The place where the Indian National Congress session was held in 1927.
b. The place where the Non-Cooperation Movement ended abruptly due to violence.