Goa Board Class 10 Sample Paper 2024 Social Science I

Sample Paper
&
Question Paper Pattern
2023
2024

GOA BOARD

DESIGN OF QUESTION PAPER 23-24
STD : X Sub :SOCIAL SCIENCE –I Marks Allotted :40
Duration :1 hour 30 minutes
1.WEIGHTAGE TO LEARNING OUTCOMES
SR.NO. LEARNING OUTCOMES MARKS PERCENTAGE OF
MARKS
1. Knowledge 24 60
2. Understanding 16 40
Total 40 100

NO. FORMS OF QUESTONS Approx.time Number of Approx..ti
for each questions me for
question in each form
mnts. of
question
in mnts.
1. Very short answer 2 12 24
type(VSA)
2. Short Answer Type (SA1) 3 13 39
3. Short Answer type (SA 2) 4 6 24
4. Long Answer Type (LA) 3 1 3
Total 90

5. WEIGHTAGE TO DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF QUESTIONS
NO. Estimated difficulty level Marks Percentage of
of questions marks
1. Easy 8 20
2. Average 20 50
3. Difficult 12 30
Total 40 100
A question may vary in difficulty level from individual to individual. As
such,the assessment in respect of each question will be made by paper
setter.On the basis of general anticipation from the group as a whole, taking
the examination. This provision is only to make the paper balanced in
weightage, rather than to determine the pattern of marking at any stage.

Chapter wise weightage for the First Internal Test

Chapter No. Topics Marks
H.1 Early Trade Activity 2
H2 The Age of Industrialisation 2
H3 Post-Industrialisation Age 2
PS 10 Union Legislature 2
PS 11 Union Executive 2
Total 10

Chapter wise Weightage for Second Internal Test

Chapter No. Topics Marks

H4 The American War of 2
Independence
H5 The French 2
Revolution
H6 Unification of 2
Germany
PS 12 Judiciary 2

PS 13 State Legislature 1

PS 14 State Executive 1

Total 10

MODEL QUESTION PAPER23-24SUB: SOCIAL
SCIENCE -I
STD: X MAKRKS ALLOTTED :40
TIME :9O MINUTES
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
(i)This question paper has 32 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
(ii)Marks are indicated against the question.
(iii)There is no overall choice. However, internal choice has been provided for questions 28 &32.
(iv) In addition to these separate instructions are given wherever necessary.

*choose the correct alternatives from those given below statement and
rewrite:- (4)
1.England started undertaking voyages under the rule of_________.
*King Francis *Prince Henry *Henry VII *King Ferdinand
2. The art of printing was invented in ____________.
*Germany * India * China * England
3. In 1852 the Prime Minister of Piedmont was ____________.
*Count Cavour * Garibaldi *Joseph Mazzini * Napoleon III
4. The nominal head of a state is _______________.
* Chief Minister * President * Advocate General *Governor

*The words in column ‘B’ bear a particular relationship to the words in
column ‘A’. Write in column ‘D’ the words bearing a similar
relationship to those in column ‘C’. Using numerical:- (4)
Column ‘A’ Column ‘B’ Column ‘C’ Column ‘D
5.Goa Congress Committee T. B.Cunha Goa Seva Sangha
6.Do or Die Mahatma Gandhi Chalo Delhi
7.Vinayak D. Sawarkar Abhinav Bharat Bhagat Singh
8.Goa came under 1510 Goa was liberated
Portuguese rule from Portuguese

*Name the following :-(4)
9. An officer who defends the State in a session court.
10.The machine that could spin firmer and stronger thread.
11.The journal that marked the beginning of Indian Journalism in 19th

century.
12. The leader of Jacobins who initiated Reign of Terror.

* Answer the following in one sentence each:- (13)
13. What is white man’s burden?
14. Who is the administrative head of Municipal Administration?
15. Who was the first secretary of Indian National Congress?
16. How are the speaker and the Deputy speaker removed from office?
17. What theory did the French king believe in?
18. To whom does President of India addresses his resignation?
19. How many ministers of Government of Goa are of cabinet rank?
20. What was the aim of Carbonari?
21. Where is the amount of Panchayat fund kept?
22. Why Supreme Court is considered the guardian of fundamental rights?
23. State one Judicial power of the President of India?
24. What is Gram Sabha?
25. Which are the two functions of the Urban Local Government?

*Answer the following in two sentences (6)
26. What was the impact of Industrial Revolution on British India?
27. Why was Mohan Ranade imprisoned for 26 years?
28. What is the composition of Legislative Council?
OR
28. When can the members of the State Legislative Assembly exercise their
vote?
*Give two reasons for the following statements :-(6)
29. Prussia emerged as the leader of German Confederation.
30. Rajya Sabha is a permanent house.
31. Gandhiji decided to break the salt Act.

*Answer the following in three sentences each :-(3)
32. Why was the first Continental Congress considered as an important
event in the American Revolution?
OR
32. How did the taxation policy of British Parliament lead to American War
of Independence?
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BLUE PRINT OF QUESTION PAPER
Std: X Sub: Social Science I Marks: 40
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes MARKS:40

OBJECTIVES → KNOWLEDGE UNDERSTANDING TOTAL

L
Q CONTENT VSA SA1 SA2
A
VSA SA1 SA2 LA

1. Early Trade Activities 1(1) 1(1) 2
2 The Age of Industrialization 1(1) 2(1) 3
3 Post-Industrialization Age 2(2) 2
4 American War of Independence *3(1) 3
5 The French Revolution 1(1) 1(1) 2
6 Unification of Germany 2(1) 2
7 Unification of Italy 1(1) 1(1) 2
Emergence of Nationalism in
8 India
1(1) 2(2) 2(1) 5
9 Goa’s Struggle for Freedom 2(2) *2(1) 4
10 Union Legislature 1(1) 2(1) 3
11 Union Executive 2(2) 2
12 Judiciary 1(1) 1(1) 2
13 State Legislature 2(1) 2
14 State Executive 1(1) 1(1) 2
15 Urban Local Government 2(2) 2

16 Panchayati Raj System in India 2(2) 2
8(8) 12(12) 4(2) 4(4) 1(1) 8(4) 3(1) 40(32)
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