Model Paper 1 Social Studies - Model Paper 1

The landmass of India has an area of?

When people appear to be employed, this kind of unemployment is called:

The event, 'Bloody Sunday' was later on called:

Which of the following is the largest salt water lake in India?

On the political map, A is also marked as the smallest state. Identify it from the following options.

How are food insecure people disproportionately large in some regions of the country?

Which three rights should every citizen of a democratic country get?

Describe the policy of government on higher education as per Eleventh Plan.

What is the role of health in human capital formation?

Describe Purvanchal.

Which institutions are at work in the running of your school? Would it be better if one person alone tools all the decisions regarding the management of your school?

Here are some reports of malpractices in Indian elections. Identify what is the problem in each case What should be done to correct the situation?
a. Following the announcement of elections, the minister promised to provide financial aid to reopen the closed sugar mill.
b. Opposition parties alleged that their statements and campaign was not given due attention in Doordarshan All India Radio.
c. An inquiry by the Election Commission showed that electoral rolls of a state contain name of 20 lakh fake voters.
d. The hoodlums of a political party were moving with guns, physically preventing supporters of other political parties to meet the voters and attacking meetings of other parties.

Explain what measures should be taken to come out of sex unfavorable ratio.

Write a short note on the Liberals.

What was the impact of World War I on Germany's politics and society?

Who led the struggle against apartheid? State practices followed in the system of apartheid in South Africa.

Explain the terms Justice, Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, written in the preamble of India.

Can you suggest some measures in the education system to mitigate the problem of the educated unemployed?

Explain the unemployment problem of urban areas.

What are Western disturbances? How do they affect the climate of India?

Assertion (A): It was finally in 1946 that women in France won the right to vote.
Reason (R): The Constitution of 1791 reduced women to passive citizens.

Two places A and B have been marked on the given outline map of the world. Identify them and write their correct names on the lines drawn near them
A. The allied power country of the second world war
B. The central power country of the first world war

On the outline map of India locate and label ANY THREE of the following with suitable Symbols.
a. Chotta Nagpur Plateau - Plateau
b. Konkan - Coastal Plains
c. Tropical Evergreen Forest - Vegetation Type
d. c-Bird Sanctuaries

Poverty in India also has another aspect or dimension. The proportion of poor people is not the same in every state. Although state-level poverty has witnessed a secular decline from the levels of the early seventies, the success rate of reducing poverty varies from state to state. Recent estimates show while all India Head Count Ratio (HCR) was 21.9 percent in 2011-12 states like Madhya Pradesh,
Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Odisha had above all India poverty level. Bihar and Odisha continue to be the two poorest states with poverty ratios of 33.7 and 32.6 percent respectively. Along with rural poverty, urban poverty is also high in Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh. In comparison, there has been a significant decline in poverty in Kerala, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and West Bengal. States like Punjab and Haryana have traditionally succeeded in reducing poverty with the help of high agricultural growth rates. Kerala has focused more on human resource development. In West Bengal, land reform measures have helped in reducing poverty. In Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, the public distribution of food grains could have been responsible for the improvement.
i. What state has the highest rate of poverty among Bihar, Odisha, Punjab, and Assam? (1)
ii. Is it accurate to say that Kerala has eradicated poverty through the distribution of food at highly subsidized rates? (1)
iii. In which Indian states is poverty most prevalent? (2)

All other coloured people were placed in between depending upon their external features. Hitler's racism borrowed from thinkers like Charles Darwin and Herbert
Spencer. Darwin was a natural scientist who tried to explain the creation of plants and animals through the concept of evolution and natural selection. Herbert Spencer later added the idea of survival of the fittest. According to this idea, only those species survived on earth that could adapt themselves to changing climatic conditions. We should bear in mind that Darwin never advocated human intervention in what he thought was a purely natural process of selection. However, his ideas were used by racist thinkers and politicians to justify imperial rule over conquered peoples.
i. Which race was at the top of the Nazi racial hierarchy? (1)
ii. Who were undesirables for the Nazis? (1)
iii. What steps did the Nazis take to establish a racial state after coming into power? (2)