Goa Board Class 10 Sample Paper 2026 History & Political Science (E)

Distribution of History &Political Science CWSN Portion of Grade: 10

Academic Year 2025-26
SUBJECT CODE : 1016

Portion for the Final Examination . Total marks :- 70

Month Topics Marks Periods Hours

April H1.Early Trade Activities 6 7 4.6

H2.The Age of Industrialisation Age 6 7 4.6
June
PS10.Union Legislature 5 6 4.0

July H4. American War Of Independence 6 5 3.3

PS11.Union Executive 5 4 2.6

August H.8 Emergence of Nationalism In India 7 7 4.6

PS12. Judiciary 5 5 3.3

September H.9 Goa Freedom Struggle 7 5 3.3

PS13.State Legislature 5 4 2.6

October PS15.Urban Local Government 4 2 1.2

H.5 The French Revolution 6 4 2.4
November
PS14. State Executive 4 5 3.2

December PS16. Panchayati Raj System in India 4 6 4.0

Total 70

History And Political Science CWSN SSC Examination Marking pattern

Innovative Test Final SSC Exam Year End Practical Grand Total

(Internal Marks)

A B C D

10 70 20 100

A= 20/2=10

 Year End Practical : 20 Marks
i) Flow chart or tree diagram on the organization of the Judicial System in India.
ii) Flow chart on the Parliament of India.
iii) Legislature in Goa : 1) Location 2 ) Members of Assembly 3)Name of the Chief Minister of
Goa 4)Governor of Goa
iv) Union Legislature , names of the President, Prime Minister and Speaker and any two of
their functions.
v) Organizational Structure of Panchayati Raj in Goa. (Pg no .110)
vi) Map Skill: On the world map identifying the European Countries.

 Sub –topics from the following chapters in History and Political Science CWSN are not for
evaluation.
1) Chapter 2 – Age of Industrialisation
 Colonization of Asia and Africa
2) Chapter 11- Union Executive
 Other powers and functions of the Prime Minister (i- vii)
3) Chapter 12. Judiciary
 Name of the writs to be mentioned. However, the explanation of the writs is not for
evaluation.
 Independence of Judiciary (only provisions are eliminated i- vii)
 Subordinate jurisdiction: (Civil court, Criminal Court and Revenue courts)
4) Chapter 13 – State Legislature
 Powers and functions of the State Legislature ( from legislative powers till constitute
functions deleted)
5) Chapter 15 - Urban Local Government
*General Introduction *Horizontal distribution of power *Vertical division of power
*organization of local bodies *Urban local government , the 74th constitutional amendment
Act.
(All other topics are included for assessment)
6) Chapter 16. Panchayati Raj System in India
*Democratic decentralization or Panchayati Raj: Evolution *the new Panchayati Raj
system: 73rd Amendment and after * Salient features of the 73rd constitutional amendment
act *Powers , Authority and Responsibility of Panchayats *Powers to impose taxes and
funds of Panchayats * fees charged by Panchayats (i-xii)
7) Article’s are not to be tested.

Deleted Chapters of History &Political Science CWSN for Academic Year 2025-26.

1) Chapter 3- Post Industrialization Age (Whole)
2) Unification of Germany (Whole)
3) Unification of Italy (Whole)

(MCQS will not be asked from the following sub – units)

1. Chapter 10 – Union Legislature
 Legislative powers of the President.
2. Chapter 11- Union Executive
 Powers and the functions of the President
3. Chapter 14 – State Executive
 Discretionary powers of the Governor
4. Chapter 16- Urban Local Government
 Obligatory functions of the Municipality
 Discretionary functions of the Municipality

A Blueprint of the Final Examination History and Political Science CWSN Grade:10 2025-26

MODEL QUESTION PAPER

Time : 3 Hours Grade: 10

Sub: HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE (CWSN)

Marks: 70

INSTRUCTIONS:

(i) This question paper has 61 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
(ii) Marks are indicated against the question.
(iii) The answers are to be entered in the space provided on the question paper.
(iv) There is no overall choice. However internal choice has been provided for question
nos. 56 and 57.
(v) In addition to these , separate instruction are given wherever necessary.`

* Choose the correct alternative from those given below each statement : (40 marks)

1) The first European country in the forefront of geographical discoveries was ___________.
 France
 England
 Spain
 Portugal
2) The Theory of separation of powers was advocated by _____________.
 Rousseau
 Voltaire
 Montesquieu
 Robespierre
3) The Declaration of American Independence was drafted on 4th July 1776 by ___________.
 John Hancock
 King George III
 George Washington
 Thomas Jefferson
4) Rajya Sabha is also called as ____________.
 Parliament
 House of People
 Council of States
 None of these
5) “The French empire was going through a financial crisis” due to ______________.
i. participation in the Seven Years War
ii. The lavish lifestyle of her rulers.
iii. interference of Marie Antonette
iv. exemption given to the first two estates.

5. Which of the above statements are correct?
 i,ii ,iii are correct and iv is wrong
 i, ii, iv are correct and iii is wrong
 All the above four are correct
 Only iii is correct
6) The head of the government in the state is ____________.
 Chief Minister
 President
 Prime Minister
 Governor
7) In the year 1764, the British Parliament passed the ______________.
 Stamp Act
 Sugar Act
 Tea Act
 Townshend Act
8) The sessions of the State Legislature are summoned and prorogued by the ______________.
 Chief Minister
 Speaker
 Governor
 President
9) Assertion (A): The silk route was used by the Arab merchants to carry out trade activities with China.
Reason (R) : It was a major trade route for the exchange of goods like silk, spices and precious
stones.
 Both A and R are true , and R is the correct explanation of A.
 Both A and R are true , but R is not the correct explanation of A.
 A is true, but R is False.
 A is false , but R is true.
10) The Scientific Cultivation of crops , seed drill and hoeing machine was invented by __________.
 Rowland Hills
 Guglielino Marconi
 Jethro Tull
 John Mac Adam
11) The First Secretary of the Indian National Congress was __________.
 K.T Telang
 W.C. Bannerjee
 A.O. Hume
 C.R Das
12) The southern tip of Africa was called the ‘Cape of Storms ‘ by __________.
 Vasco da Gama
 Bartholomew Dias
 Christopher Columbus
 Ferdinand Magellan

13) Sir Humphry Davy’s invention that ensured safety to the miners working in coal mines was
_________________
 Water frame
 Safety lamp
 Spinning Jenny
 Mule
14) The last colony to be acquired by England in America was ___________.
 Virginia
 Georgia
 Maryland
 Delaware
15) Administrative head of the Municipal administration is ____________.
 Mayor
 Secretary
 Director
 Chief Officer
16) The revolutionary who shot W.C. Rand , the Plague Commissioner of Pune , was ___________.
 Vasudev Balwant Phadke
 Rajguru
 Damodar Chaphekar
 Sukhdev
17) The Water Frame was invented by ________________.
 Samual Crompton
 James Hargreaves
 John Key
 Richard Arkwright
18) The real executive authority at the Union level is _________________.
 Prime minister
 President
 Speaker
 All of these
19) The age required for the qualification of the Rajya Sabha is _______________.
 25 years
 30 years
 35 years
 18 years
20) The powers that can be exercised by the Union and the State government are mentioned in the
________________.
 Union list
 State list
 Concurrent list
 None of above

21) The Oath of the office to the President is administrated by ___________________.
 Chief Justice of India
 Council of Minister
 Vice- President
 Prime Minister
22) The formal head of the state and the symbol of the nation is the ________________.
 Chief Justice of India
 President
 Vice President
 Prime Minister
23) In 1583, the historical revolt against the Portuguese rule took place at ___________.
 Bicholim
 Pernem
 Cuncolim
 Panaji
24) Dr. Lohia continued Goa’s freedom movement from Belgaum on the advice of ____________ .
 Mahatma Gandhi
 Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
 Dr.Juliao Menezes
 Vishwanath Lawande
25) Municipality can be dissolved by the State government if ____________.
 it fails to perform obligatory functions
 it fails to perform optional functions
 it fails to perform both obligatory and optional functions
 it fails to maintain law and order
26) Dr. T.B. Cunha established a political organization called ____________.
 Azad Gomantak Dal
 Goa Congress Committee
 Goa Seva Sangh
 Gomantakiya Tarun Sangha
27) The strength of the Goa’s State Legislative Assembly is ___________.
 12
 40
 30
 5

28) Goa acquired its Statehood on ______________________
 1961
 1962
 1964
 1987

29) The administrative head of the Panchayat Department is ____________.
 Sarpanch
 Deputy Sarpanch
 Secretary
 Block Development Officer
30) The State Cabinet meetings are presided over by the ___________.
 Governor
 President
 Chief Minister
 Prime Minister
31) The term of the Governor of the state is _______________________.
 6 years
 5 years
 2 years
 35 years
32) The State Contingency Fund is under the control of the ____________.
 Chief Minister
 Governor
 Speaker
 President
33) On 5th September 1774, the First Continental Congress was held at ________.
 Philadelphia
 New york
 Virginia
 Georgia
34) The Directory in France was overthrown by _____________.
 Robespierre
 Rousseau
 Napoleon
 Montesquieu
35) “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it” was said by ___________.
 Mahatma Gandhi
 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
 Vinayak Damodar Sawarkar
 Lala Lajpat Rai
36) In 1905 , Lord Curzon partitioned ___________
 Bihar
 Bengal
 Surat
 Gujarat

37) The Goa Action Committee was formed in ____________.
 Poona
 Bombay
 Londa
 Margao
38) In case of joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha the ___________ presides over
the meeting.
 Chairman
 President
 Speaker
 Deputy Chairman
39) The retirement age for a High Court Judge is ______________.
 65 years
 62 years
 25 years
 60 years
40) The Supreme Court is located in _____________ in India
 Assam
 Delhi
 Punjab
 Haryana

* Observe the following picture and answer the questions given below:

41) Name the types of pollution caused due to coal burning ? (1)
Ans:________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________

42) Which class of the society was affected due to this pollution? (1)
Ans________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

OR
Read the following extract and answer the questions set below:
‘The railways went a long way in finding solutions to the problems faced by the transportation of
goods by the waterways and roadways .’

41) Who invented the Steam Locomotive Rocket? (1)
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
42) Where was the first railway line laid in England? (1)
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________

* Answer the following questions in one sentence each: (10)

43) Why did trading activities receive a setback during the 14th and 15th centuries?
Ans:_______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
44) What was the main component of the Domestic System of production?
Ans:_______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

45) Which theory did the Bourbon monarchs believe in?
Ans:_______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
46) Who started the public celebration of Shivaji festival and Ganesh festival?
Ans:_______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
47) What was the only objective of Goa Vimochan Samiti?
Ans:_______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
48) State any one qualification required to become the judge of the Supreme Court?

Ans:________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________

49) Who conducts and supervise the elections of local bodies in Goa?

Ans:________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________

50) Who heads the Municipal Corporation of the city of Panaji?

Ans:________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________

51) What is the elected body at the district level called?

Ans:________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________

52) What is the composition of the Union Legislature?
Ans:____________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________

* Answer the following question in two sentences each : (18)

53) Why were the land routes not beneficial to the traders?

Ans:________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________

54) Why is the American War of Independence considered as an important event in the World
History?

Ans:________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________

55) Why was Louis XVI unable to rule effectively?

Ans.________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________

56) Simon Commission was greeted with the slogan ‘ Simon Go Back’. Justify
Ans:____________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
OR

56) ‘Mahatma Gandhi called off the Non- Cooperation Movement in 1922’. Justify.

Ans:________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________

57) Analyse the contribution of Goa Seva Sangh.
Ans:________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
OR
57) Analyse the consequences of Satyagraha of 1955.
Ans:________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________

58) Give any two powers of Prime Minister in relation to the Council of Minister.
Ans:________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________

59) What is the composition of the Legislative Council ?
Ans:________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________

60) Name any two taxes levied by the Panchayats.
Ans:________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________

61) Why is the Supreme Court called a Court of Record?
Ans:________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
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Grade: 10 (CWSN) History and Political Science
Format For Year End Practicals
1. Complete the following chart with reference to the Parliament in India:

PARLIAMENT IN INDIA

LOK SABHA ( 1 ) ___________

(2)_______________ 250 members

QUALIFICATION: QUALIFICATION:
( 3 ) __________ Minimum 30 years of age

TERM: five years TERM: ( 4 ) ________ _

ELECTED BY: ELECTED BY:
People who have completed 5 . ______________
18 years of age

Answers: (1) Rajya Sabha (2) 550 members (3) Minimum 25 years of age
(4) six years ( 5) Members of State Legislative Assemblies

2. Complete the following Flow Chart giving details of the Judiciary in India:
Judiciary in India

( 1 ) ____ _____ (2)____________ Subordinate Courts

Composition Composition
( 3 ) ___ ____ ___ and
Chief Justice and other Judges
_____ other Judge s

Situated in Situated in Situated in districts
( 4) _____________ (5)_____________ and talukas

Answers: (1) Supreme Court (2) High Courts (3) Chief Justice of India/ 25
(4) New Delhi (5) the States

3. Name the following:
1. Prime Minister of India
________________________________________________________________
2. President of India
________________________________________________________________
3. Speaker of the Union Legislature
_________________________________________________________________

4. Chief Minister of Goa
________________________________________________________________
5. Governor of Goa
________________________________________________________________
6. Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly
_________________________________________________________________

4. Write any two functions of:
1. The Speaker of the Union Legislature
__________________________________________________________________

2. The Prime Minister in relation to the Council of Ministers
______________________________________________________________

5. Identify the following European Countries marked (A, B, C, D, E) on the given map of
the world, which were pioneers (first) in geographical discoveries.
(Portugal, England, Spain, France and Germany)

E
D

C

B

A

HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE CWSN

SUBJECT CODE : 1016

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT SCHEME FOR GRADE 10 2025-2026

 INSTRUCTIONS:
1) Two innovative activities, along with the rubrics, are given below.
2) Students will select any one topic for the activities.
3) Each activity is allotted 20 marks.
4) 20 marks will be converted to 10 for submission as Internal Marks to Goa Board :
(20/2 =10)
5) Record of every activity of the student has to be maintained (hard /soft copy ) for the
Board.
6) ( A list of suggested innovative activities is also provided)
7) Students can select innovative activity from the suggested list , but the teacher needs
to prepare rubrics according to the level of the students.

1) History of your own village

Excellent (4 mks) Very Good (3 mks) Good (2 mks) Satisfactory (1mk)
Demonstrates deep Provides a general Lacks the
understandingof the Shows clear overview in a understanding to
understanding of the
village planning, location limited manner. provide a
village planning,
and highlights key points. satisfactory
location and highlights
background.
key points.
Accurately identifies and Doesn’t describe all Makes a brief note Fails to identify
describes the unique techniques features in of a few features. and recognise the
features of the village such detail. key features of the
as historical monuments, monument.
landmarks, culture,
festival, tradition of
village.

In depth knowledge of the Doesn’t give depth Provides basic Provides very
economic activities like knowledge of the information. limited
agriculture, industry, economic activities information.
services challenges faced and challenges.
by the village.
Variety of sources used Well referred to with Referred to with
like books, e-sources, visit more than two two sources. Only e-sources
to places of work etc. Very sources. Visuals are Visuals are well and insufficient
appropriate visuals used well selected and laid selected and laid research. Visuals
ina creative manner. out. out. used are limited
and not entirely
related.

Demonstrates full Has some knowledge Not confident
knowledge of the content. of content. Shows a content. Same Very poor
knowledge of
Shows a great deal of lot of efforts. Effective effort. Good use of
content. Little
effort. Very effective use use of visual aids. visual aids.
effort. Satisfactory
of visual aids.
use of visual aids.

2) Any one Sports of Goa
Excellent (4 mks) Very Good (3 mks) Good (2 mks) Satisfactory (1mk)
Demonstrates deep Shows clear Provides a general Lacks the
understanding of the understanding of the overview in a understanding to
history of sports. history of sports in a limited manner. provide a
satisfactory manner. satisfactory
background.
Accurately gives Doesn't provide all the Makes a brief note Fails to mention
information and information of the of the information the information
contribution of any one chosen sport in a and contribution. and contribution.
sport personality from the detailed manner
chosen sport.
In dept knowledge of Doesn’t provide in Provides basic Provides very
impact of sports on depth knowledge of information and limited
society. impact of sports on contribution. information and
society. contribution.
Variety of sources used Well referred to with Referred to with
like books, e-sources, visit more than two two sources. Only e-sources
to places of work etc. Very sources. Visuals are Visuals are well and insufficient
appropriate visuals used well selected and laid selected and laid research. Visuals
ina creative manner. out. out. used are limited
and not entirely
related.
Demonstrates full Has some knowledge Not confident
knowledge of the content. of content. Shows a content. Same Very poor
Shows a great deal of lot of efforts. Effective effort. Good use of knowledge of
content. Little
effort. Very effective use use of visual aids. visual aids.
effort. Satisfactory
of visual aids.
use of visual aids.

Suggested list of Innovative Activities

1) Folk / Traditions of Goa
2) State Legislative Assembly of Goa.
3) Visit to Historical places.

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