en opamts Jatt yuililes dan ys0 shag ///M BHAVANS PEARL WISDOM SCHOOL PERIODIC ASSESSMENT 1 - 2025-26 ! Name: Subject: Social Science Max Marks: 30 Grade: 94 Date: 27/05/2025 Duration: | hour General Instructions: 1, The question paper has 6 Sections ~ A, B, C, D, B, and F. There are 15 questions on the question paper. All questions are compulsory. 2. Section A — From questions 1 to 8 are MCQs of 1 mark each. 3. Section B— Question no. 9 and 10 are Very Short Answer Type Questions, carrying 2 marks each. Answer to each question should not exceed 40 words. . Section C — Question no 11 and 12 are Short Answer Type Questions, carrying 3 marks ‘each. Answer to each question should not exceed 60 words. 5. Section D— Question no. 13 is Long answer type question, carrying 5 marks. Answer to each question should not exceed 120 words. 6. Section-E - Question no. 14 is Case based question carrying 4 marks 7. Section F — Question no. 15 is Map based, carrying 3 marks ES SECTION -A 1X8=8 ‘(Multiple Choice Questions) 1, Imagine you were a member of the Third Estate in pre-revolutionary France. The 1 demand you might have put forward would have been ‘The increase in tithes to the Church The need for a stronger monarchy ‘The expansion of noble privileges Equal taxation among all estates. nose 2. What is the most common way of increasing production on a fixed piece of land in 1 Palampur? a) Traditional ploughing ») Increasing the size of land 2) Maltiple cropping 4) Using more labour 3. Match the following: 1 ‘Column A’ Column B A. Pakistan and Afghanistan — 1. Southem neighbours of India 7 B. China (Tibet), Nepal and [Link] the east of India Bhutan < © Myanmar and Bangladesh |_| 3. Northem neighbours of India ~ | D. Sri Lanka and Maldives ¥__| 4. Northwest neighbours of India. Page 1 of 5Options: » A 4, B2, 6.3, D4 » A1,B3,0.2 D4 ~ A3,B4,0.2 p41 » A4,B3,0.2, py hal Pradesh there is a time lag of two ty Reason (R) Hence, time along the Standard Meridian of India Passing through irzapur is taken as the Standard time for the whole country, Options: a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct, explanation of A, >) Both A and R are tue, but R is not the Cortect explanation of A, ©) Ais true but R is false, 4) Ais false but R is true Identify the Correct statement, ia lies in the southern hemisphere, land extends between T 4 E ¢)The Andaman and Nicobar, and the Lakshadweep istaiids Iie in the Bay of Bengal, The Tropic of Cancer (23° 30 ‘N) divides the country into two almost equal parts, do small farmers in Palampur us farming tools and inputs? a) By using 'N and 47° 67 'N, and the longitudes 7° TE How Page 2 of 5FS. onan eee? a)The role of television in the general election, ») Celebration of fifty years of Indian independence. o)The list of Prime Ministers who served India, 4)The common people i 'gnore the politcal leaders even after celebrating the 50 years of Indian Independence SECTION-B_ - 2X2=4 (ery Short Answer'Type Questions) 9. Evaluate the role of women in France beforé'the revolution, 2 10. Democracy is all about political competition and power play. Do you agree with this 2 Statement? Justify the statement by giving two arguments against democracy, SECTION-C 3X2=6 (Short Answer Type Questions) ll. Examine any three economic conditions of France before the French Revolution that 3 contributed to the rise of revolutionary sentiments among the people. 12. Explain the positive effects of the Green Revolution on Indian farmers, 3 SECTION-D (Long Answer Type Question) IX5=5 13. How has the geographical location of India contributed to the exchange of ideas and § commodities with the rest of the world? Explain Page 3 of 514. SECTION E (Case based question) Read the given extract and answer the questions. Jd after every five years for efecting the country’s Daibiao Dahui (National People’s Congress) The to appoint the President of the country. It has nearly 3,000 members elected from all over ‘China. Some members are elected by the anny, Before contesting elections, a candidate needs the approval of the Chinese Communist Party. Only members of the Chinese Communist Party of eight smaller arto allied to it were allowed to contest elections held in 2002-03. The government fs always formed by the Communist Party In China, elections are regularly hel pauliament, called Quanguo Renmin National People’s Congress has the power 1. What isthe main role ofthe Quanguo Renmin Daibiao Dahu (National People’s | Congress)? >. What is the significance ofthe alliance between the Chinese ‘Communist Party and the smaller parties inthe election process? 3, How does the election system in China di +f What can be inferred about the politcal system in China from the structure of the elections? 1 liffer from those in democratic countries? 1 I SECTI Locate and label the following on the map of France, (A) A port city that owned its economic prosperity due tothe slave trade in France. (B)A fortress-prison stormed by the people of France in 1789. (C) Marseilles Page 4 of S 1X3=3 1X4