Goa Board Class 10 Question Paper 2025 Social Science

2025 III 07 0930 Seat No.

Time : 1½ Hours SOCIAL SCIENCE–I (E)
Subject Code

S 1 0 1 1 A

Total No. of Questions : 32 (Printed Pages : 4) Maximum Marks : 40

INSTRUCTIONS : (i) This question paper has 32 questions in all. All questions
are compulsory.

(ii) Marks are indicated against the questions.

(iii) There is no overall choice. However, internal choice has
been provided for questions 28 and 32.

(iv) In addition to these, separate instructions are given
wherever necessary.

Choose the correct alternative from those given below each statement
and rewrite the statement : 4

1. The navigator John Cabot had landed on ............................

• Cape of Good Hope

• Cape Breton Island

• Phillippine Island

• Cape of storms

2. The Journal Samwad Kaumudi was published by .......................

• R.K. Narayan

• Mulk Raj

• Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

• Raja Ram Mohan Roy

3. The storming of Bastille took place on ......................

• 20 June 1789

• 14 July 1789

• 27 August 1789

• 15 September 1789

4. The State Contingency Fund is under the control of .....................

• Speaker

• Governor

• Chief Minister

• President

The words in Column ‘B’ bear a particular relationship with those in

column ‘A’. Write in Column ‘D’ the words bearing a similar relationship

to those in Column ‘C’ using the numerical. 4

Column A Column B Column C Column D

5. Peter National Mohan

Alvares Congress Goa Ranade

6. Tilak Extremist Justice

Ranade

7. Subhash Chandra Bose Chalo Delhi Mahatma Gandhi

8. Goa came under 1510 Goa was liberated

Portuguese rule

Name the following : 4

9. The first Goan permanent Judge in the Bombay High Court.

10. The inventor of Cotton Gin.

11. The cities in England that witnessed maximum number of people settling

in the post-Industrialized age.

12. The King who assumed the title “King of Italy” in 1861.

Answer the following questions in one sentence each : 13

13. Where did Vasco-da-Gama land in India ?

14. What is the total strength of the Goa State Assembly ?

16. Name any one French philosopher who ignited the minds of French people.

18. How many subjects are mentioned in the State list ?

19. Which city became the capital of liberated and united Italy in 1871 ?

20. How many municipal councils are there in the state of Goa ?

21. Who plays a highly crucial role in the politico-administrative systems of the

country ?

22. Why is the Supreme Court called the protector and guarantor of the

Fundamental Rights ?

23. On whose behalf are the international treaties and agreements negotiated

in India ?

24. Who conducts elections to the urban local bodies ?

25. Where is the amount at the credit of the Panchayat Fund Kept ?

Answer the following questions in two sentences each : 6

26. How did the Cotton mills create problems for Children ?

27. Why is Dr. T.B. Cunha regarded as the “Father of Goa’s Freedom

Movement” ?

28. What are the electoral functions of the State Legislature ?

Or

What are the financial powers of the State Legislature ?

Give two reasons for the following statements : 6

29. Prussia could not establish a powerful state before 1848.

30. The calling of attention motion is an important Parliamentary device to control

the executive.

31. Simon Commission was greeted with the slogan “Simon Go Back”.

Answer the following questions in three sentences each : 3

32. Why is the Boston Tea Party considered an important event in the American

War of Independence ?

Or

Why was the Second Continental Congress an important event in American

War of Independence ?