As per CBSE Circular No. 15/08 dated 11/04/2008, Questions on Disaster Management will not be asked in the Board Examination for 2009 and onwards.
Social Science
Design of Question Paper
(For C.B.S.E. Examination Year 2009 and onwards)
Max. marks : 80 Time : 3 hours
1. Weightages to form of Questions:
|
Form of Question |
Marks each type |
No. of Ques. |
Serial no .of Ques. |
Total Marks |
|
Very Short Answer (VSA) |
01 |
10 |
01 to 10 |
10 |
|
Short Answer (SA) |
03 |
08 |
11 to 18 |
24 |
|
Long Answer (LA) |
04 |
10 |
19 to 28 |
40 |
|
Map Question (MQ) |
06 |
01 |
29 |
06 |
|
Total |
- |
29 |
1 to 29 |
80 |
2. Weightages to Content:
(Chapter numbers of N.C.E.R.T. Textbooks related to each unit are given within brackets against each of the themes)
UNIT I : India and the Contemporary World II (History) 22 Marks
1.1 Events and Process
Theme 1. Nationalism in Europe (Ch. 1)(Any one)(4 Marks)
Theme 2. National Movement in Indo-China (Ch. 2)
Theme 3. Nationalism in India (Ch. 3) (compulsory)(6 Marks)
1.2 Economies and Livelihood
Theme 4. Industrialization 1850s - 1950s (Ch. 5)
Theme 5. Urbanization and Urban lives (Ch. 6)(Any Two)(6 Marks)
Theme 6. Trade and Globalization (Ch. 4)
1.3 Culture, Identity and Society
Theme 7. Print culture and Nationalism (Ch. 7)
Theme 8. History of Novel (Ch. 8)(Any one)(4 Marks)
1.4 Map Work (Based on Chapter 1, Chapter 4, Chapter 5)(2 Marks)
UNIT II India - Resources and their Development (Geography) 22 Marks
2.1 Resources (Ch. 1)
2.2 Natural Resources (Ch. 1)(8 Marks)
2.3 Agriculture (Ch. 4)
2.4 Water Resources (Ch. 3)
2.5 Mineral Resources (Ch. 5)
2.6 Power Resources (Ch. 5)(6 Marks)
2.7 Manufacturing Industries (Ch. 6)
2.8 Transport, Communication and Trade (Ch. 7)(4 Marks)
2.9 Map work (Based on all the above sub units 2.1 to 2.8)(4 Marks)
UNIT III : Democratic Politics II (Political Science) 18 Marks
3.1 Working of Democracy (Ch. 3 & 4)(6 Marks)
3.2 Power Sharing Mechanism in Democracy (Ch. 1 & 2)(4 Marks)
3.3 Competition and Contestations in Democracy (Ch. 5 & 6)(4 Marks)
3.4 Outcomes of Democracy (Ch. 7)(4 Marks)
3.5 Challenges to Democracy (Ch. 8)
UNIT IV : Understanding Economics II 18 Marks
4.1 The Story of Development (Ch. 1)(3 Marks)
4.2 Money and Financial System (Ch. 3)(4 Marks)
4.3 The Role of Service Sector in Indian Economy (Ch. 2)(4 Marks)
4.4 Globalisation (Ch. 4)(4 Marks)
4.5 Consumer Awareness (Ch. 5)(3 Marks)
3. Unit-wise Division of Questions
|
Unit no. and Title/Subject |
1 Mark Ques. /No. of Ques. |
3 Marks Ques /No. of Ques. |
4 Marks Ques /No. of Ques. |
Map Ques./ No. of Ques. |
Total |
|
India & Contemporary India(History) |
22 01 01 |
5 11-15 |
01 19 |
01 29 |
20(7) |
|
India-Resources & their Develop. (Geography) |
22 03 02-04 |
01 16 |
03 23-25 |
- - |
06(1) |
|
Democratic Politics(Civics) |
18 03 05-07 |
01 17 |
03 26-28 |
- - |
18(7) |
|
Understanding Economics |
18 03 08-10 |
08 18 |
10 19-28 |
01 29 |
18(7) |
|
Total |
80 10 01-10 |
08 1-18 |
10 19-28 |
01 29 |
80(29) |
4. Weightage to difficulty level
|
Estimated Difficulty Level |
Percentage |
Unit-wise Marks I II III IV |
Total |
|
Difficult (A) |
20% |
5 05 03 03 |
16 |
|
Average (B) |
50% |
11 11 09 09 |
40 |
|
Easy (C) |
30% |
6 06 06 06 |
24 |
|
Total |
100% |
22 22 18 18 |
80 |
5. Scheme of Options: Internal choice to be provided in Map Question only.
6. Word and time limit for answers: Total time
(i) 1 mark questions : one word/one sentence each and time 2 minutes 10 × 2=20 minutes
(ii) 3 marks questions : 60-80 words each and time 6 minutes 8 × 6 = 48 minutes
(iii) 4 marks questions : 80-100 words each and time 8 minutes 10 × 8 = 80 minutes
(iv) Map question : Time 15 minutes 1 = 15 minutes
Revision = 17 minutes
180 minutes /3 Hrs.
7. List of Map Items for Examination
A. History
Outline Political Map of India
Page 53, Nationalism in India - (1918 - 1930)
(i) For locating and labelling only:
1. Indian National Congress Sessions:- Calcutta 1920, Madras (1927) and Lahore (1929)
2. Important Centres of Indian National Movement
(Non-cooperation and Civil Disobedience Movement)
(i) Chauri Chaura (U.P.) calling off the Non Cooperation Movement.
(ii) Bardoli (Gujarat) no tax campaign
(iii) Dandi (Gujarat) Civil Disobedience Movement
(iv) Champaran (Bihar) Movement of Indigo Planters
(v) Amritsar (Punjab) Jallianwala Bagh Incident
(vi) Kheda (Gujarat) Peasants' Satyagraha
(vii) Ahmedabad (Gujarat) Cotton Mill Workers' Satyagraha
(ii) For identification only:
3. Main Centres of overseas trade in the Western coast and Eastern coast of India (Page 91): in the seventeenth Century
Goa, Surat, Madras, and Masulipatam
4. Large-scale industrial regions in India, 1931 (Page 123) :
Bengal, Bombay, Madras, etc.
B. Geography
Outline Political Map of India
Chapter 1: Resources and Development
Identification only: Major soil Types
Chapter 3: Water Resources
Locating and Labelling - Dams:
(1) Salal; (2) Bhakra Nangal; (3) Tehri;
(4) Rana Pratap Sagar; (5) Gandhi Sagar; (6) Sardar Sarovar;
(7) Rihand; (8) Hirakud; (9) Nagarjuna Sagar;
(10) Tungabhadra; (11) Koyna
Chapter 4: Agriculture
Identification only
(a) Major areas of rice and wheat
(b) Major producer states of jowar, bajara; ragi; maize; pulses; sugarcane; groundnut; tea; coffee; rubber; cotton and jute.
Chapter 5: Mineral and Energy Resources
Minerals: (Identification only)
(i) Iron ore mines: Mayurbhanj, Durg, Bailadila, Bellary and Kudremukh.
(ii) Bauxite mines: Koraput, Katni, Amarkantak and Bilaspur.
(iii) Manganese mines: Sundergarh, Balaghat, Shimoga and Nagpur.
(iv) Mica mines: Ajmer, Beawar, Nellore, Gaya and Hazaribagh.
(v) Coal mines: Raniganj, Jharia, Bokaro, Talcher, Korba, Singrauli, Singareni and Neyveli.
(vi) Oil Fields: Digboi, Naharkatia, Mumbai High, Bassien, Kalol and Ankaleshwer.
Power Plants: (Locating and Labelling only)
(a) Thermal: Namrup, Loktak, Bongaigaon, Barauni, Harduaganj, Chandrapura, Korba, Delhi, Satpura, Bhusawal, Uran, Ramagundam, Vijaywada and Tuticorin.
(b) Nuclear: Narora, Rawat Bhata, Kakrapara, Tarapur, Kaiga and Kalpakkam.
Chapter 6 : Manufacturing Industries
Locating and Labelling Only
(1) Cotton Textile Industries: Mumbai, Pune, Aurangabad, Indore, Ahmedabad, Surat, Agra, Kanpur, Moradabad, Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai.
(2) Woollen Industry: Srinagar, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Panipat, Bikaner, Kanpur, Mirzapur and Jamnagar.
(3) Silk Industry: Baramula, Anantnag, Srinagar, Murshidabad, Bankura, Kolar, Mysore and Bangalore.
(4) Iron and Steel Plants: Burnpur, Durgapur, Bokaro, Jamshedpur, Raurkela, Bhilai, Vijaynagar, Bhadravati, Vishakhapatnam and Salem.
(5) Software Technology Parks: Srinagar, Mohali, Noida, Jaipur, Gandhinagar, Indore, Mumbai, Pune, Guwahati, Kolkata, Bhubaneshwar, Vishakhapatnam, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mysore, Chennai and Thiruvanantapuram.
Chapter 7 : Lifelines of National Economy
Identification Only: Golden Quadrilateral, North-South Corridor and East-West Corridor.
National Highways: NH-1, NH-2, NH-3, NH-5, NH-7, NH-8, NH-15 and NH-17
Locating and Labelling: Major Ports-Kandla, Mumbai, Jawahar Lal Nehru, Marmagao, New Mangalore, Kochi, Tuticorin, Chennai, Vishakhapatnam, Paradip, Haldia and Kolkata.
International Airports: Amritsar (Raja Sansi);
Delhi (Indira Gandhi International); Mumbai (Chhatrapati Shivaji);
Thiruvanantapuram (Nedimbachery); Chennai (Meenam Bakkam);
Kolkata (Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose) and Hyderabad
Note: Items of locating and labelling may also be given for identification.
Highlights of the Question Paper
1. There are 5 following prescribed textbooks in Social Science for class X.
Unit (1): India and the Contemporary World-II (History) Published by N.C.E.R.T. (T.B. 1)
Unit (2): Contemporary India II (Geography) Published by N.C.E.R.T. (T.B. 2)
Unit (3): Democratic Politics II (Pol. Science) - Published by N.C.E.R.T. (T.B. 3)
Unit (4): Understanding Economic Development II - Published by N.C.E.R.T. (T.B. 4)
T.B. (5): Together Towards A Safer India - Part III, a text book on Disaster Management for class X - Published by CBSE is For project work and assignments only. No question is to be set in the question paper from Disaster Management.
2. There will be 29 questions including 1 map question from Unit 1 and from Unit 2.
3. (a) Question no. 29 will be the map question from unit 1 for 2 marks and from Unit 2 for
4 marks.
(b) For map question, list of map items is already given after the design at Sl. No. 7 on Page (iii).
(c) Question no. 29 map will have a choice between Identification and locating and labelling. Each option will have 6 items (2 from History and 4 from Geography)
4. Question papers are to be set according to the design of the question paper.
5. The following topics have been deleted in Contemporary India (Geography) Part II:
(i) Chapter 2-Forest and Wild life Resources
(ii) In Chapter 4-Food security (page 44) and impact of Globalization on Agriculture. (page 46)
6. Content of question papers and their marking schemes (Including outline of answers) should adhere to the textbooks stated above.
7. A new type of question has been introduced in Social Science for Class X. This includes source based questions from source based boxes given in the History Text Book, and interpretation of any illustration/picture given in the other text books.
Alternate question to source based question will also be given from the source based ‘Other boxes.'
8. Question Paper will contain 20% questions (16 marks) of Higher Order Thinking/ability (H.O.T. Questions).
