SEBA Class 10 Question Paper 2024 Social Science

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Subject Code : C4 (ENIASBN/BD/HN )

491633

2024

SOCIAL SCIENCE

Full Marks :90
Pass Marks : 27

Time:3 hours

Candidates shall note that each question will be multilingual, viz, in
EnglishlAssamese /Bengali/ Bodol Hindi medium, for their ready reference.
In case ofany discrepancy or confusion in the mediumlversion, the English
version will be considered as the authentic version.

The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions.

I104
[Contd.

(2 )

SECTION-A / / /ah qTgt/US-c6
Choose the correct answer of the following questions (From Q. No. 1 to
Q. No. 45): lx45=45

1, "The United Bengal is a big force, the partition will destroy this big
unity." Whose quote was this?

(A) Seeretary of State for India, (B) Lord Curzon
YHebert Risley

(C) William Ward (D) Lord William Bentinck

2. Which of the following decisions were announced in the Royal
Proclamation of Delhi on 12th December, 1911?

12 fiar, 1911 1 fc ÀfT YIfA hrÍGEH À, ffetfaa à fa

B24-SS/104A
I Contd.

(3 )
(i)
Reunification of Bengal

(1) Shifting of the capital of India from Calcutta to
Deini

(i1i) The capital of Assam was again shifted to Shillong

(iv) The administration of Assam came under the Chief
Commissioner

(A) (i), (ii) (B) (iii), (iv)
(C) (), (iü), (iv) (D) (), (ii), (iiü), (iv)

s. In which country did Gandhi first apply the technique of Satyagraha"?

(A) India (B) South Africa

B24-SS/104A [Contd.

(4 )

(C) England (D) Égypt

4. "Give me blood and I shall give you freedom." This famous quote is
attributed to which famous Indian leader?

tafRAa?

(A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(C) Dadabhai Naoroji (D) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

5. On which date was the Direct Action Day' observed?

(A) 16th August, 1946 (B) 16th October, 1946

16 3418, 1946 16 3442aR{, 1946
16 346, 1946 16 44<R, 1946

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(C) 16th July, 1946 (D) 20th February, 1947

16 gI, 1946 20 hgart, 1947
16 gT, 1946 20 hat, 1947
6. When was slavery banned in Assam?

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(A) In 1829 (B) In 1843

1829 HRTS3AIA 1843 HIz3TG
1829 1843
(C) In 1856 (D) In 1870

1856 HE3AT 1870 HRAEAA
1856 1870 À

7. The peasant revolt which took place in the year 1861 is

(A) Peasant Revolt of Rangia (B) Peasant Revolt of Lachima

(C) Peasant Revolt of Patharughat (D) Phulaguri Dhawa

B24 SS/104A [ Contd.

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8. Who led the revolt of the ethnic tribes of North Cachar in 1881?

1881 Hr4TGIATG HI-HKA fayeRE ar 2à404?

(A) Veer Tikendrajit (B) Sambhudhan Phonglosa

far fhaf

(C) Ukiang Nongbah (D) Raja Kulachandra

9. Assam Chatra Sanmilan was formed in the year

(A) 1916 (B) 1917

1916 HAEAA 1917 Hr4T331A
1916 À 1917
(C) 1918 (D) 1920

1918 HIF3|G 1920 HAFTA
1918 + 1920 À
10. Where was the first medical college of North-East India established?

(A) In Guwahati (B) In Silchar

B24-SS/104A [ Contd.

(7 )

(C) In Jorhat (D) In Dibrugarh

11. Which of the litterateurs mentioned below are known as "Trimurti of
Jonaki Age?

fafery r?

(i) Gunabhiram Barua (ü) Hemchandra Goswami

(iii) Lakshminath Bezbarua (iv) Chandra Kumar Agarwala

(A) (1), (iü), (iii) (B) (), (ii), (iv)
(C) (1), (iüi), (iv) (D) ), (i1), (iv)
12. Who wrote the Rajatarangini?

(A) Kautilya (B) Aryabhatta

B24 SS/104A [ Contd.

(8 )

(C) Kalhana (D) Patanjali

13. To which ethnic group does the Khasi tribe of Meghalaya belong?

(A) The Negrito group (B) The Austric group

(C) The Dravidian group (D) The Mongoloid group

14. Chapchar Kut is a traditional festival of which state?

(A) Manipur (B) Tripura

(C) Mizoram
(D) Meghalaya

B24 SS/104A
[Contd.

(9 )

15. Who first introduced prose literature in Assamese?

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(A) Bhattadeva (B) Sankardeva

(C) Madhab Kandali (D) Ananta Kandali

16. Which one of the following is non-renewable resource?

(A) Crop (B) Mineral oil

(C) Water (D) Forest

17. Which one of the following is not included in tertiary occupation?

(A) Transport (B) Communication

B24-SS/104A [ Contd.

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(C) Mineral resource collection (D) Tourism

18. Which one of the following animals is about to be extinct?

(A) One-horned Rhino (B) Gayal (Mithun)

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(C) Greater Adjutant Stork (D) Elephant

19. Which of the following is not an example of greenhouse gas?

(A) Carbon dioxide (B) Methane

(C) Nitrous oxide (D) Oxygen

B24-SS/104A [Contd.

(11 )

20. An example of local environmental problem is

(A) rise of sea level

(B) flood problem of Brahmaputra Valley

(C) limited land pollution caused by a small-scale industry

(D) problem of desertification in North America continent

21. Which is the largest country in the world in terms of land area?

(A) Australia (B) Canada

B24-SS/104A | Contd.

( 12 )

(C) Russia (D) China

22. Which sea has separated the continents of Asia and Africa?

(A) Mediterranean Sea (B) Red Sea

(C) Caspian Sea (D) Arabian Sea

23. Cairo' is the capital of which country?

(A) Israel (B) Egypt

(C) Japan (D) Ukraine

B24-SS/104A [Contd.

( 13 )

24. As per the Census of India, 2011, what was the percentage of literacy
rate in Assam?

(A) 63-25% (B) 72:19%

63-25% 72-19%
63-25% 72-19%
(C) 8710% (D) 8590%
b9:o6 bro%
b9S096
87-10% 85-90%
87-10% 85-90%
25. Asper the 2011 Census report, the first class towns of Assam having
the highest to gradually less population are

(A) Guwahati ’ Silchar ’ Dibrugarh ’Jorhat
D

(B) Guwahati-’ Silchar ’Jorhat ’ Dibrugarh

B24-SS/104A [ Contd.

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(C) Guwahati-’ Silchar -’ Dibrugarh ’ Nagaon

(D) Guwahati - Dibrugarh ’ Silchar ’ Jorhat

26. The first, second and third largest tribes of Assam on the basis of
population size are gradually

(A) The Mishings ’ The Bodos The Karbis

(B) The Bodos ’ The Mishings - The Karbis

(C) The Karbis ’The Mishings ’The Bodos

(D) The Bodos ’ The Karbis ’ The
Mishings
9’I’A

B24-SS/104A
|Contd.

( 15 )

27. The longest National Highway in
Assam is

(A) National Highway 31 (B) National Highway 37

31 IIIAI 37 GIIHI
31 o g HPÍ 37 o Ugu TGH0
(C) National Highway 52 (D) National Highway 54

52 7 IIAT 54 TIHI
54 4o gy THHTÍ
28. Which is the largest agro-based industry in Assam?

(A) Rubber industry (B) Silk industry

(C) Paper industry (D) Tea industry

29. Which one of the following persons was mnember of the Drafting
Committee of the Constitution ofIndia?

(A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (B) Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha

B24 SS/104A [ Contd.

( 16 )

(D) Gopinath Bordoloi
(C) Syed Muhammad Sadulla

the federal system of India from 4L
30. Find out the featurels) of
alternatives given below :

constituent states
(i) Provision of separate constitution for the

(ii) Dual citizenship

(A) Only (i) is correct (B) Only (ii) is correct

(ii) 41 y

(C) Both (i) and (ii) are correct (D) Both (i) and (ii) are incorrect
(i) 1F (ii) b94
(i) 4R (ii) e

B24-SS/104A [ Contd.

( 17 )
31. On which date is the
UN Day'
celebrated?

(A) 24th August
(B) 24th October

24 341!
24 34Ti 24 34'q
(C) 21st June 24 344
(D) 5th September

21 A 5 ARraR
21 5 frdar
32. How many member states are there in the
UNO at present?

(A) 183 (B) 193

T 183 T 193
183 193
(C) 200 (D) 173

T 200 i 173
200 173
33. Who is the present Secretary General of the UNO?

(A) Trygve Halvdan Lie (B) Antonio Guterres

B24- SS/104A [Contd.

(18 )

(C) Kofi Annan (D) Ban Ki-moon

34. In perspective of International Organizations and their Head
quarters, find out the variance.

International Organizationsl Headquarters/

(A) North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) Brussels

(B) International Cricket Council New Delhi

(C) South Asian Association for
Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Kathmandu

B24 SS/104A [ Contd.

(19 )

(D) United Nations New York
Organization DO

35. On the recommendation of which one of the following orga
UNO does the General Assembly appoint the Secretary General?

PA?

fer'?

(A) International Court of Justice

(B) Economic and Social Council

(C) Trusteeship Council

(D) Security Council

B24-SS/104A [ Contd.

(20 )

36. Which of the following alternatives are characteristics of money?

(i) General acceptability (ü) Homogeneity

(ii) Liquidity (iv) Stability of value

(A) (1), (iü), (iv) (B) (ii), (iüi), (iv)
(C) (1), (iii), (iv) (D) (1), (iü), (üi), (iv)
37. Identify two primary functions of money from the alternatives given
below

(1) Money is medium of exchange.

(ii) Money acts as a standard of measurement of values of goods and
services.

B24-SS/104A [ Contd

(21 )
(iii) Money acts
as a
standard of deferred payments.

(iv) Money
functions as the store of value.

(A) (i) and (ii) (B) (i) and (iii)
(i) F(ii) (i) F(iii)
(i) 4R (ii) (i) qR (iii)
(i) 34RT (ii) (i) 34TT (iii)
(i) 3r (ii) (i)n (iii)
(C) (iii) and (iv) (D) (ii) and (iv)
(iii) (iv) (ii) F(iv)
(iii) qR (iv) (ii) qR (iv)
(iüi) 34 (iv) (iü) 3T (iv)
(iii) 3îr (iv) (ii) 3t (iv)

38. The name of the Central Bank of India is

(A) State Bank of India (B) Bank of Hindustan

B24 SS/104A TContd.

( 22 )

(C) Reserve Bank of India (D) United Bank of Indía

39. Which of the following is not a function of commercial banks?

(A) The commercial bank mobilises savings.

(B) The commercial banks offer loans.

(C) The commercial banks can create credit money.

(D) The commercial bank issues paper currency.

B24-SS/104A
[ Contd.

( 28 )
40. Where is
the
NABARD
Headquarters NABARD
of
situated?

(A) In Kolkata
(B) m Mumbai

(C) In Chennai
(D) In New Delhi

41. The period covered by the
First Five-Year Plan in India 15

(A) 1st April, 1951--31st March, 1956

1 ysi, 1951--31 Hd, 1956
134`T, 1951--31 4, 1956
(B) 1st April, 1950-31st March, 1955

1 i, 1950-31 HTG, 1955
1DT, 1950-31 H, 1955
(C) 1st April, 1956-31st March, 1961

1yft1, 1956-31 H, 1961
139, 1956--31 H, 1961

B24 SS/104A [ Contd.

( 24 )

(D) 1st April, 1961--31st March, 1966

1s , 1961--81 Ha, 1966
1 ÜT, 1961--31 HA, 1966

42. Who is the Chairman of theNITI Aayog. which was formed in 201

(A) The President of India

(B) The Prime Minister of India

(C) The Governor of the Reserve Bank of India

(D) The Vice-President of India

B24-SS/104A
[ Contd.

( 25 )
43. The act of
system of a lessening of the
country is called degree of state control in the economic

(A) Financial inclusion (B) Privatisation

(C) Liberalisation (D) Globalisation

44. Privatisation means

(A) the policy of opening up of the government sector units to the
private sector

(B) the integration of the economy of a nation with the economies of
the rest of the world

B24-SS/104A [ Contd.

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control in the economic
(C) the lessening of the degree of state
system of a country

(D) a process in which the benefits of
economic growth and
people in
development are ensured to each and every section of
the society

45. By dividing national income by the total population of a country,we
get

(A) per capita income (B) Human Development Index

(C) Life expectancy (D) Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

B24-SS/104A [ Contd.

(26 )
economic
in the
(C) the lessening of the degree of state control
system of a country

growth and
(D) a process in which the benefits of economic
section of people in
development are ensured to each and every
the society

45. By dividing national income by the total population of a country, we
get

(A) per capita income (B) Muman Development Index

(C) Life expectancy (D) Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

B24-SS/104A
[ Contd.

( 27 )

SECTION-B / | / aTaT/US
46. Briefly describe four
contributions of Swadeshi Movement. 4

47. Give a brief description of Quit India Movement. Why is this
movement called the August Revolution? 3+1=4

qa| ?

Or /a0/ qA/yaT/ ANAT
What were the main provisions of the Indian Independence Act, 1947? 4

48. Discuss the role of Maniram Dewan in the revolt of 1857-58 in Assam. 4

49. Discuss the role and activities of Asomiya Bhasa Unnati Sadhini
Sabha. 5

B24 SS/104A [ Contd.

( 28 )

Or / I/qI/ ya/HAT Disobedience
in the Civil
Give an account on the role of Assam 5
Movement.

3
50. Write briefly on the culture of Yoga in Inda.

3
Write briefly on the heritage of paintings in Assam.

51. hat is meant by Resource"? Mention its main characteristics. 1+3=4

52. What is meant by land pollution? Briefly describe the causes of land
pollution. 1+3=4

feRI

B24-SS/104A [ Contd.

(29 )
58. Describe how the
according to the condition of the earth was in the early
Continental Drift Theory. 5

Discuss the physical characteristics of the continent of Asia. 5

the
54. Mention five major causes which are regarded as hindrance to 5
development of transport system of Assam.

Or / I/ /yaT/3AaT

of the natural
What are the causes responsible for degradation 5
resources of Assam?

[ Contd.
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(30 )

locate therein any WO O1 Lne
aw a sketch map of AS$Am and 2+2-4
following with names.

(a) Software Technology Park

(6) A national park

(c) The least populous district in Assam as per the Census of
2011
India,

B24-SS/104A
[Contd.

(31 )

Or / /
q/aT/4aT
(For Blind CandidatesOnly )

(ham zfeafùra vtgrftat fry )
4
Briefly discuss the causes of the growth of population in Assam.

56. What is meant by Federal State? In which country in the world was
2+1=3
the federal system introduced first?

Or /II/RI/at/HAAT
Write three main differences between the parliamentary democratic
system of India and that of England.

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