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SOCIAL SCIENCE CLASS X PRACTICE PAPER (LOGICAL)

WHO SHOULD BE TRYING THIS : STUDENTS WITH GOOD REASONING SKILLS

HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE GOOD REASONING SKILLS  :if you are able to answer the questions and find this question interesting or to your taste then it means that you think logically .

THE QUESTIONS HAS TWO STATEMENTS ASSERTION (A) AND REASON (R)

INDICATE YOUR ANSWER USING THE CODES GIVEN BELOW

A.  BOTH AS AND RE ARE TRUE AND RE IS THE CORRECT EXPLANATION OF AS.
B.  BOTH AS AND RE ARE TRUE AND RE IS NOT THE CORRECT EXPLANATION OF AS . 
C. AS IS TRUE BUT RE IS FALSE.
D. AS IS FALSE . RE IS TRUE 

The last two are the easiest one .

note  *** :  I assure you that in in all situations either A or R will be true . There won't be situations where both the statements will be false.

PLEASE LOOK AT THE BELOW EXAMPLE:
SET  1
AS. FROG IS AN AMPHIBIAN
RE. IT LIVES IN BOTH LAND AND WATER .
SET 2
AS. FROG IS AN AMPHIBIAN 
RE.  FROG NEEDS WATER TO COMPLETE ITS LIVE CYCLE .



WHICH OF THE ABOVE SET WOULD YOU QUALIFY AS A .
IT APPARENTLY APPEARS  THAT SET 1 WOULD QUALIFY AS A. CROCODILES LIVE IN LAND AND WATER BUT WILL YOU CONSIDER IT AS AMPHIBIAN ? OF COURSE NOT.

SET 2 WOULD QUALIFY AS A BECAUSE FROG AND OTHER AMPHIBIANS NEED WATER TO COMPLETE THEIR LIFE CYCLE i.e larval stage .

Q 1.
AS. AIR TRANSPORT IS POPULAR IN NORTH EASTERN PART OF OUR COUNTRY.
RE. NORTH EAST IS THE MOST PROSPEROUS PART OF THE COUNTRY.

Q 2.
AS. NEW MANGALORE PORT WAS DEVELOPED FOR EXPORT OF IRON ORE.
RE. KARACHI PORT WENT TO PAKISTAN AFTER INDEPENDENCE .

Q 3.  
AS. WATER TRANSPORT IS VERY USEFUL  AND POPULARLY USED  FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE . 
RE. WATER TRANSPORT IS THE CHEAPEST MODE OF TRANSPORT AND CAN CARRY HEAVY GOODS.

Q 4 .
AS. WHEN THE EXPORT IS MORE THAN IMPORT THEN THE BALANCE OF TRADE IS CONSIDERED TO BE FAVOURABLE .
RE.  IN RECENT YEARS  INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE  HAS EMERGED AS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF EXPORTS.

Q 5 .
AS . THE BOOK SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL  BY E.F SCHUMACHER IS BASED ON GANDHIAN PHILOSOPHY.
RE. GANDHIJI BELIEVED IN MASS PRODUCTION THAN PRODUCTION OF THE MASSES.

Q 6.

AS. BOYCOTTING  AN IMPORTANT STRATEGY ADOPTED DURING THE NON COOPERATION MOVEMENT WAS  FAILURE .
RE. NON COOPERATION MOVEMENT WAS A FAILURE BECAUSE NATIONALIST  COULD NOT PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES TO THE PEOPLE .

Q 7.
AS. TOURISM IS A FAST GROWING INDUSTRY IN INDIA .
RE. INDIA IS RICH IN NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

Q .8.  
AS.WEAVING SECTOR IS CENTRALISED AND SPINNING SECTOR IS DECENTRALISED IN INDIA 
RE.  WEAVING IS DONE  IN  IN HANDLOOM, POWERLOOM AND MILLS.

Q .9
AS.  IN RECENT DECADES THRUST HAS SHIFTED FROM SELF SUFFICIENCY TO COMPETITIVENESS IN THE CASE OF INDIAN INDUSTRIES .
RE.  THE SHARE OF INDUSTRIES IN GDP HAD STAGNATED AND WE WANTED TO INCREASE OUR INDUSTRIAL EXPORTS

Q. 10

AS. WE ARE ABLE TO GROW A GREAT VARIETY OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN INDIA.
RE. A GOOD SYSTEM OF TRANSPORTATION IS DEVELOPED WHERE PLANTATION CROPS LIKE TEA AND COFFEE ARE GROWN.

Q 11
AS. LOTS OF INGENIOUS METHODS OF WATER HARVESTING ARE FOUND IN RAJASTHAN .
RE. PEOPLE HAD IN DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF RAINFALL REGIME AND SOIL TYPE OF THEIR LOCALITY .

AS. RICE IS GROWN IN AREAS WHERE ALLUVIAL SOIL WITH CLAYEY TEXTURE  IS FOUND .
RE. RICE IS GROWN ONLY IN AREAS WHERE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ( MORE THAN 150 CM ) OCCURS.

Q.13
AS.  COOPERATIVE SOCIETY WAS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR WHITE REVOLUTION .
RE. COOPERATIVE ENSURED THAT THE MILK PRODUCERS GOT A GOOD PRICE FOR THE PRODUCE .

Q. 14.
AS.  BANGAR IS MORE FERTILE THAN KHADAR.
RE.    NEW ALLUVIUM IS ENRICHED EVERY YEAR BY THE DEPOSITION OF SEDIMENTS BY RIVERS.

Q. 15.  
AS. MINIMUM SUPPORT PRICE HAS HELPED NOT ONLY TO INCREASE FOOD 
 SECURITY BUT ALSO PREVENTED THE EXPLOITATION OF FARMERS BY SPECULATORS  AND MIDDLEMEN.
RE.  FARMERS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH KISAN CREDIT CARD AND PERSONAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE SCHEME.

Q. 16
AS. BIOGAS POTENTIAL OF INDIA IS QUITE HIGH IN NORTHERN PLAINS OF INDIA .
RE. WE HAVE A VERY LARGE HUMAN AND CATTLE POPULATION IN THIS REGION 

Q. 17.
AS.  THE INCOME FROM THE   COTTON TEXTILE INDUSTRY IS NOT VERY HIGH .
RE. THE QUALITY OF YARN PRODUCED IN INDIA IS GOOD BUT THE QUALITY OF FABRIC PRODUCED IS NOT UPTO GLOBAL STANDARDS.

Q. 18.
AS. THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRIES ARE CONCENTRATED IN THE CHOTA NAGPUR REGION OF INDIA.
RE.  THE DEMAND FOR IRON AND STEEL IS VERY HIGH IN THIS REGION .

Q. 19 
AS. DURING THE PRE INDEPENDENCE ERA THE INDUSTRIES WERE CONCENTRATED AROUND CITIES LIKE KOLKATA , MUMBAI (THEN BOMBAY)AND CHENNAI ( THEN MADRAS).
RE. THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS WERE MAINLY  DEVELOPED FOR OVERSEAS TRADE SINCE THESE PLACES LAY IN THE COASTAL REGION .

Q. 20
AS. THE COAL FOUND IN THE DAMODAR VALLEY IS BETTER THAN THAT OF NORTH EASTERN PART OF INDIA.
RE. THE COAL FOUND IN DAMODAR VALLEY IS  TERTIARY COAL WHILE THAT OF NORTH EAST IS GONDWANA COAL.

Q. 21
AS.  COAL IS A FUEL
RE. COAL IS A RAW MATERIAL FOR STEEL INDUSTRY.

Q. 22
AS. MULTI NATIONAL COMPANIES HAVE THEIR PRODUCTION PROCESSES SPREAD ACROSS MANY COUNTRIES.
RE. WHEN PRODUCTION PROCESSES ARE SPREAD ACROSS MANY COUNTRIES IT MAKES TRANSPORTATION EASIER.

Q. 23

AS.  GREEN  REVOLUTION ENSURED FOOD SECURITY BUT ALSO RESULTED IN ENVIRONMENTAL  DAMAGES.
RE.  EXCESSIVE IRRIGATION IN PUNJAB AND HARYANA HAVE MADE THE SOIL SALINE AND ALKALINE.

Q 24. 

AS. DEVELOPMENTAL GOALS ARE NEVER CONFLICTING 
RE. WHAT IS DEVELOPMENT FOR ONE CAN BE DESTRUCTION FOR OTHER.

Q.25.
AS. A PERSON BUYING A MEDICINE MADE BY AN AYURVEDIC PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY HAS THE RIGHT TO KNOW THE INGREDIENTS IN IT  AND THE PROCESS USED TO MAKE IT .
RE.  THE CUSTOMER HAS THE RIGHT TO KNOW THIS AS PER RIGHT TO INFORMATION .

Q. 26. 
AS. EVEN THOUGH STEAM ENGINES WERE MANUFACTURED IN THE 19TH CENTURY MANY OF THE FACTORY OWNERS WERE RELUCTANT TO BUY THEM.
RE. WHEN LABOURERS ARE AVAILABLE AT LOW WAGES WHY SPEND SO MUCH OF MACHINES WHICH HAVE HIGH MAINTENANCE COST IN THE EVENT OF REPAIR.

Q. 27

AS.   WHEN THE  SHARE OF SECONDARY SECTOR IN A COUNTRY'S GDP GOES UP AND THE SHARE OF PRIMARY SECTOR GOES  DOWN IT IS A GOOD SIGN FOR THAT COUNTRY.
RE. THE  DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY HAS RESULTED IN GREATER EMPLOYMENT IN TERTIARY SECTOR.
  Q.  28.
AS. UNDEREMPLOYMENT IS SEEN ONLY IN AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ( PRIMARY SECTOR) WHERE DISGUISED UNEMPLOYMENT IS COMMON.
RE.  UNDEREMPLOYMENT CAN BE  SEEN IN PRIMARY AND TERTIARY SECTORS.

Q 29.
AS.  THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN THE ORGANISED SECTOR HAS NOT INCREASED IN RECENT YEARS.
RE.  THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT IN  SECONDARY AND TERTIARY SECTOR.
Q 30.
AS. GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO PROVIDE VARIOUS SERVICE TO THE CITIZEN.
RE. PRIVATE SECTORS WILL NOT BE INTERESTED IN PROVIDING VARIOUS SERVICES BECAUSE THEY ARE  DRIVEN BY PROFIT MOTIVES .

Q 31. 
AS. NAPOLEON FEARED A NEWSPAPER MORE THAN A THOUSAND BAYONETS
RE.  THE NEWSPAPER CAN TARNISH THE IMAGE OF A PERSON WHICH WOULD MAKE MILLIONS HATE HIM AND THE SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS WOULD HATE THE PERSON.

Q 32. AS. PEOPLE STARTED CHALLENGING THE WRONG PRACTICE OF THE CHURCH.
           RE. THE PRINTING PRESS RESULTED IN THE BIBLE BEING PRINTED IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE PEOPLE IN LARGER NUMBER AND PEOPLE HAD ACCESS TO BIBLE.

Q 33. AS : RICE NEEDS STANDING WATER TO GROW.
 RE.  RICE IS GROWN IN CLAYEY SOIL WITH ALLUVIAL TEXTURE

34. AS. AN AYURVEDIC   TONIC MAKER IS SUPPOSED TO BRIEFLY MENTION THE   PROCESS BY WHICH THE TONIC IS MADE.
       RE : RIGHT TO INFORMATION IS AN IMPORTANT RIGHT ENJOYED BY THE CONSUMER 
35.  AS. THE STEEL PLANTS ESTABLISHED IN INDIA IN 1950S AND 60S  WERE MAINLY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR.

           RE: STEEL PLANTS NEED HUGE INVESTMENT AND THE RETURNS ARE OBTAINED AFTER A FEW DECADES WHICH MOST PRIVATE SECTORS CANNOT AFFORD.

36.  AS . NEW ALLUVIUM IS RENEWED EVERY YEAR DUE TO FLOODS 
      RE:  OLD ALLUVIUM IS MORE FERTILE THAN NEW ALLUVIUM

37. AS .  THE AREA UNDER PASTURE HAS DECREASED IN THE LAST FEW DECADES AND THIS IS A NEGATIVE ASPECT OF LAND USE PATTERN.
     RE. INDIA HAS THE LARGEST CATTLE POPULATION AND THIS WOULD PUT PRESSURE ON AGRICULTURAL LAND AND FOREST LAND .

38. AS:  WHEAT IS NOT GROWN IN WESTERN  COASTAL PLAINS BUT  THE MAIN  RABI CROP IN NORTHERN PLAINS.
  RE : WHEAT  NEEDS MODERATE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL
 39 AS . SOUTHERN PART OF INDIA HAS EMERGED AS THE MAJOR REGION OF SUGAR PRODUCTION . 
    RE. THE TROPICAL SUNSHINE RESULTS IN INCREASED SUGAR CONTENT IN THE CANE

40 . AS. RAILWAYS IS TRYING TO INTRODUCE UNI GUAGE SYSTEM ACROSS THE COUNTRY . 
  RE : UNI GUAGE SYSTEM  HELPS TO SAVE TIME AND REDUCES THE CHANCE OF DELAYS
ANS 1. c

ANS 2. B( BOTH STATEMENTS ARE TRUE BUT THERE IS NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO STATEMENTS
3. A. SINCE IT IS THE CHEAPEST MODE OF TRANSPORT IT IS USED FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE
4. B ( THERE IS NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO )
5. D ( GANDHIJI WAS A SUPPORTER OF PRODUCTION OF MASSES RATHER THAN MASS PRODUCTION . PRODUCTION OF MASSES ENSURED GREATER EMPLOYMENT IN RURAL AREAS)
6.A
7. B
8.C WEAVING IS DECENTRALISED AND SPINNING IS CENTRALISED. SPINNING IS DONE IN MILLS LOCATED IN CITIES USING SOPHISTICATED MACHINES.
9.A     
10. B  
 11.A 
 12. B (NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO)
  13. A  
14. C . KHADAR(NEW ALLUVIUM) IS MORE FERTILE SINCE IT IS ENRICHED EVERY YEAR DUE TO FLOODS.
15.B  
16. A (THE EXCRETA OF HUMANS AND ANIMALS CAN BE USED TO RUN THE BIOGAS PLANT) 
17. A. WE ARE  NOT GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE AS WE GO UP THE VALUE CHAIN  18.  D( RAW MATERIALS AND THE OTHER FAVOURABLE FACTORS) 
19. A    20 D COAL FOUND IN DAMODAR VALLEY IS GONDWANA COAL AND COAL FOUND IN NORTH EAST IS TERTIARY COAL
21.B 
22.D
23. A  24. C  25. C ( A PERSON HAS THE RIGHTS TO KNOW THE INGREDIENTS BUT NOT THE PROCESS)   26. A 27 . B  28  D.   29  B 
31. A  32. A
33. A ( CLAYEY SOIL DOES NOT ALLOW WATER TO EASILY PERCOLATE HENCE IT REMAINS STANDING IN THE FIELD)
34.C  ( THE CONSUMER HAS THE RIGHT TO KNOW THE INGREDIENTS IN THE TONIC BUT NOT THE PROCESS BY WHICH IT IS  MADE )  35 .A  36:C( NEW ALLUVIUM IS MORE FERTILE THAN OLD ALLUVIUM)
37.  A
38. B ( BOTH STATEMENTS ARE TRUE BUT RE IS NOT THE RIGHT EXPLANATION OF ASSERTION , IN  WESTERN COASTAL PLAINS THE WEATHER IS  HOT AND WET AND IT IS NOT SUITED FOR WHEAT . WHEAT IS GROWN IN NORTHERN PLAINS  AS A WINTER CROP SINCE IT NEEDS COLD  WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING EARLY STAGES OF GROWTH.   39. A  40  A

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