Model Paper 2 Social Studies - Model Paper 2

Kavarati is situated in

Which class majority have meager education and low skill formation?

A special secret police was formed by Bolsheviks called:

Which of the following is known as the twin of the Narmada?

On the political map of India, identify the latitude marked as A which divides the country into almost two equal parts.

Write a short note on the National Food Security Act 2013.

What dirty practices were used by IRP to win the elections in Mexico?

Write in brief about Tertiary economic activity.

What does a 'virtuous cycle' created by educated parents mean? Explain.

Write a short note on Shiwalik.

A teacher has to organise a mock parliament. She can either hold a mock parliament of Rajya Sabha or Lok Sabha. Which one should the teacher choose and why?

Differentiate between the General Election and by-election.

Identify the different problems faced by the Adolescent population of India?

Which social factors contributed to the Russian Revolution?

The Russian revolution advocated a society based on some socialistic values. What were those values?

State any five ways by which the Africans were discriminated in South Africa.

Write a short note on the main features of the Preamble, of the Indian Constitution.

What is the impact of unemployment?

Describe the unfavourable effects of population growth in a country like India.

What are the features of hot weather season in India?

Assertion (A): The eighteenth century witnessed the emergence of a new social group called the middle class.
Reason (R): Philosophers like John Locke and Jean and Jacques Rousseau envisaged ideas of a society based on freedom and equal laws.

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 Northernmost epicentre of the main panic movement.
B. Territories under German expansion.

On the outline map of India locate and label ANY THREE of the following with suitable Symbols.
a. Chilika - Lakes
b. Simlipal - National Park
c. Sariska - Wild Life Sanctuaries
d. K2 - Mountain Peaks

At the centre of the discussion on poverty is usually the concept of the poverty line. A common method used to measure poverty is based on income or consumption levels. A person is considered poor if his or her income or consumption level falls below a given "minimum level" necessary to fulfill the basic needs. What is necessary to satisfy the basic needs is different at different times and in different countries. Therefore, the poverty line may vary with time and place. Each country uses an imaginary line that is considered appropriate for its existing level of development and its accepted minimum social norms. For example, a person not having a car in the United States may be considered poor. In India, owning a car is still considered a luxury. While determining the poverty line in India, a minimum level of food requirement, clothing, footwear, fuel and light, educational and medical requirement, etc., are determined for subsistence. These physical quantities are multiplied by their prices in rupees. The present formula for food requirement while estimating the poverty line is based on the desired calorie requirement. Food items, such as cereals, pulses, vegetables, milk, oil, sugar, etc., together provide these needed calories. The accepted average calorie requirement in India is 2400 calories per person per day in rural areas and 2100 calories per person per day in urban areas. For the year 2011-12, the poverty line for a person was fixed at ₹ 816 per month for rural areas and ₹1000 for urban areas. In the year 2011-12, a family of five members living in rural areas and earning less than about ₹ 4,080 per month will be below the poverty line. A similar family in the urban areas would need a minimum of ₹ 5,000 per month to meet their basic requirements. The poverty line is estimated periodically by conducting sample surveys. These surveys are carried out by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO).
i. How is the poverty line calculated or estimated periodically? (1)
ii. Which factors are used to measure the poverty line? (1)
iii. What is the accepted average calorie requirement in rural areas? Why do rural areas have a higher calorie requirement than urban areas? (2)

In the spring of 1945 , a little eleven-year-old German boy called Helmuth was lying in bed when he overheard his parents discussing something in serious tones. His father, a prominent physician, deliberated with his wife whether the time had come to kill the entire family, or if he should commit suicide alone. His father spoke about his fear of revenge, saying, 'Now the Allies will do to us what we did to the crippled and Jews.' The next day, he took Helmuth to the woods, where they spent their last happy time together, singing old children's songs. Later, Helmuth's father shot himself in his office. Although Helmuth may not have realised all that it meant, his father had been a Nazi and a supporter of Adolf Hitler.
i. What was Hitler's determination and ambition towards his nation? (1)
ii. Which court was set up at the end of the Second World War? What was the work entrusted to it? (1)
iii. What happened to Hitler after Germany surrendered to the Allies? (2)