SSLC 2021 FOCUS AREA BASED MODEL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | SOCIAL

SSLC SOCIAL

1. Which is the highest peak in India?                      1
2. a) Mount Everest b) Godwin Austin
3. c) Kanchanjunga d) Nandadevi
4. Which was the last mass movement  conducted  by Indian National  Congress under  the leadership of Gandhiji ?               1
5. a) Champaran Satyagraha
6. b) The Quit India movement
7. c) Non Cooperation movement
8. d) Bardoli Satyagraha
9. Tamil Nadu coast receives comparatively heavy rain during North-east monsoon. Why? What is the other name by which North east monsoon is known?                                   (2)
10. Name any two institutions with their aims to promote cultural activities in India and abroad?             (2)
11. Which are the factors that caused Quit India Movement?                                                               (2)
12. Find out the suzerainties of French from the following.                                                                 (2)

Goa Pondicherry Daman

 Karaikkal Diu

7. Which degree of longitude is considered as the Standard Meridian of India? Why is this  longitude considered as the standard meridian of India?                                                             (2)
8. What is meant by Human Resource Development ?                                                                     (2)
9. Explain the parallelism of the earth’s axis. (2)
10. Which are the different types of public debt? Write the difference of these debt?              

 

ANSWERS

1. Godwin Austin
2. The Quit India movement
3. North east monsoon absorbs moisture from the Bay of Bengal and causes rainfall along the Tamil Nadu coast. Tulavarsham or retreating monsoon.
4. Sangit Natak Akademi – promotion of drama and music

National Book Trust of India-To make book available cost effectively, To promote Indian books in India and abroad

5. Reluctance of the British to implement constitutional reforms in India.

 Public disgust with price hike and famine.

 The assumption that the British  would be defeated in the Second World War.

6. Pondicherry  Karaikkal
7. 82½° eastern longitude.

  This longitude passes through the middle of the country. So it is selected as the common time factor for the whole country.

8. Human Resource Development is the development of man’s physical and mental abilities through education, health care and training.
9. • The axis of the earth is tilted at an  angle of 661/2o from the orbital plane.

• If measured from the vertical plane this would be 231/2o.
• The earth maintains this tilt throughout its revolution. This is known as the ­parallelism of the earth’s axis.  

10. Loans taken by the government are called Public Debts. There are two types of public debts, internal debt and external debt.

Internal debt: Internal debts are the loans availed by the government from individuals and institutions within the country.

External debt: External debts are the loans availed from foreign governments and International institutions.