Andhra Pradesh Board AP Class 10 Social Studies Sample Paper 2024-25: Download Sample Paper PDF For Free!

SECTION

QUESTION NO

MARKS

I

01-12

12 X 1 = 12 M

II

13 - 20

8 X 2 = 16 M

III

21 - 28

8 X 4 = 32 M

IV

29 - 33

5 X 8 = 40 M

TOTAL: 33 QUESTIONS

100 MARKS

SECTION — I

(12 × 1 =12)

Note: 1) Answer all the questions 2) Each question carries 1 mark.

1. Give two examples of renewable resources.

2. Find the odd one out.

Telugu Desam Party, Janasena party, Bharatiya Janatha Party, Bahujan Samajvadi Party

3. Wind blows loose soil off flat or sloping land known as erosion.

4. One of the following is not an Indian MNC. Honda, Tata Motors, Ranbaxy, Infosys

5. import tax: Trade barrier:: Barriers on foreign trade: ............

6. Expand U N D P

7. The plays an important role in overseeing the implementation of Constitutional provisions and procedures.

8. Indentured labour migration in India was abolished in ..........

1) 1920 2) 1921 3) 1922 4) 1923

9. What does the given picture tell us?

1. Name the secret society formed by Giuseppe Mazzini.

2. These clues belong to which economic crisis?

1929-30, Fall in prices, Decline in production

3. Name Eastern most cities from the given list 

Patna, Mathura, Jaisalmer, Imphal

SECTION - II

(8 × 2 = 16)

Note: 1) Answer all the questions. 2) Each question carries 2 marks.

1. What are the basic industries? Give examples.

2. Explain how print culture assisted the growth of nationalism in India.

3. Mention any two different aspects of life in which women are discriminated against or disadvantaged in India.

4. “Flexibility in labour Laws help Companies “ comment.

5. Suppose you buy a bottle of Honey and Biscuit packet. Which logo or mark you will have to look for and why?

6. What is the significance of the border roads?

7. "The report of the State Reorganization Commission (SRC), was implemented exactly 50 years ago, on November 1St November, 1956. This in its own time and own way, has also transformed the political and institutional life of the nation …… Gandhi and other Leaders promised their followers

that when freedom came the new nation would be based on a new set of provinces, based on the principle of Language. However, when India was finally freed in 1947, it was also divided…..

1) When did the first SRC was implemented?

2) Name any two states that speak the same language.

8. Observe the given map and answer the questions.

1) Identify two places on the East Coast of India.

2) Write the names of any two seas.

SECTION -III

(4 × 8 = K2)

Note: 1) Answer all the questions. 2) Each question carries 4 marks.

1. What is Biodiversity? Why do Biodiversity is important for human lives?

2. How did the East India Company procure regular supplies of cotton and silk textiles from the Indian weavers?

3. What are the conditions under which democracies accommodate social diversities?

4. "The issue of sustainability is important for development". – Support.

5. Describe the bright future of solar energy in India.

6. Mention your efforts to raise consciousness among customers.

7. Observe the given bar graph and answer the questions.

1) Do you think America has achieved a satisfactory level of Women‘s representation?

2) How many regions are below average in women's representation in National Parliaments?

3) Which region has the highest percentage of women representation in National parliaments?

4) Give any one reason for the least women representation in the National parliament.

8. Observe the map and answer the questions

1. The given map is related to the Unification of which country?

2. Name any one sea that is to the north of the given map.

3. Name the Empire that is on the east side of the map.

4. Who was the king of Prussia at the time of unification?

SECTION — IV

(5 X 8 = 24)

Note: 1) Answer all the questions. 2) Each question carries 8 marks. 3) Each question has an internal choice.4) In question No.33 both A and B (India map and world map) should be answered separately.

1. A) Describe how modern adaptations of traditional rainwater harvesting methods are being carried out to conserve and store water.

(OR)

B) Suggest the initiatives taken by the government to ensure an increase in agriculture production.

Mahatma Gandhi's letter was, in a way, an ultimatum. If the demands were not fulfilled by 11th March, the letter stated, the Congress would launch a Civil Disobedience Campaign. Irwin was unwilling to negotiate. So Mahatma Gandhi started his famous Salt March accompanied by 78 of his trusted volunteers. The march was over 240 miles, from Gandhiji's ashram in Sabarmati to the Gujarati coastal town of Dandi. The volunteers walked for 24 days, about 10 miles a day. Thousands came to hear Mahatma Gandhi wherever he stopped, and he told them what he meant by swaraj and urged them to peacefully defy the British. On 6th April he reached Dandi, and ceremonially violated the law, manufacturing salt by boiling seawater.

(OR)

B) “Print culture assisted the growth of nationalism in India ‘'. Comment

 2. A) What are the different forms of power sharing in modern Democracies? Give an example for each of them.

(OR)

B) Suggest some reforms to strengthen parties so that perform their functions well.

1. A) Observe the table and answer the given questions.

1) What is the percentage of people in the unorganised sector in agriculture?

2) Do you agree that agriculture is an unorganised sector activity? Why

3) If we look at the country as a whole, we find that ——% of the workers in India are in the unorganised sector.

4) Organised sector employment is available to only about ———% of the workers in India.

(OR)

B) Based on the given picture observe the source of credit of rural households in India.

1) Thar desert 2) Mahanadi 3) Andaman and Nicobar islands. 4) South Central Railway headquarters.

(OR)

1) Kerala 2) Goa  3) New Delhi 4) Amaravathi

1) Britain 2) Italy 3) South Africa 4) Red Sea

(OR)

1) Russia 2) Brazil 3) Srilanka 4) United States of America