CBSE Class 10 Social Science Pre-Board Sample Paper 2025-26 with Solutions - Download Free PDF

Section

Type of Questions

No. of Questions

Marks per Question

Total Marks

Section A

MCQs (Objective)

20

1

20

Section B

Very Short Answer (VSA)

4

2

8

Section C

Short Answer (SA)

5

3

15

Section D

Long Answer (LA)

4

5

20

Section E

Case-Based/Source-Based Questions

3

4

12

Section F

Map Work (History + Geography)

2

1 + 3

4

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Total

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80 Marks

Component

Marks

Periodic Tests

5

Multiple Assessments

5

Portfolio

5

Subject Enrichment Activity

5

Total Internal Assessment

20 Marks

1. India

2. USA

3. Belgium

4. Spain

1. Nepal

2. India

3. Sri Lanka

4. Bangladesh

1. III, II, I & IV

2. I, II, III & IV

3. IV, III, II & I

4. IV, II, III & I

1. Primary Sector

2. Service Sector

3. Organized Sector

4. Unorganised Sector

1. Privatization

2. Globalization

3. Liberalization

4. Competition

1. Democratic Government

2. Socialist Government

3. Community Government

4. Liberal Government

1. Project Tiger

2. Indian Wild Life act

3. Wildlife Act

4. Indian Wildlife Protection act

1. Ravindra Nath Tagore

2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

4. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

1.

1. United State Of America (USA) 

2.

B) Family involved in growing crops

3.

c) Both

4.

(C)   Sri Lanka

5.

(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

6.

  (a)    Courier Tertiary Sector

7.

1. IV, II, III & I

8.

(c) Injustices of caste system     

9.

B) Family involved in growing crops

10.

  (d)    Unorganised Sector

11.

1.   Globalization

12.

B) both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason (R) is not the correct explanation of assertion (A).

13.

B. Several parties join hands for contesting elections

14.

  (C)      Community Government

15.

C. Carpenter – Primary sector

16.

(a)   Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

17.

(d)  All of the above 

18.

1. Project Tiger

19.

(d)  Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

20.

D. Expansion of roads in the city - good for reducing traffic congestion.

21.

•Minerals have to be used in a planned and sustainable manner.

•Improved technologies should be evolved to make use of low grade ores at low costs.

• Recycling of metals, using scrap metals and other substitutes would help in the conservation of minerals

OR

Importance of petroleum

•It provides fuel for heating and lighting.

• It provides lubricants for machinery and raw materials for many manufacturing industries.

• Petroleum refineries act as a ‘nodal industry’ for synthetic textiles, fertiliser and chemical industries. (any two)

22.

i)By introducing tertiary facilities in an area 

ii. To identify, promote and locate industries and services in semi-rural areas 

iii. It is also possible to set up industries that process vegetables and agricultural produce like potato, sweet potato, 

iv. By promoting tourism, or regional craft industry, or new services like IT. 

v. Any other relevant point.

23.

(i)There is no official religion for the any state.

(ii)Our constitution does not give a special status to any religion.

(iii)The constitution provides to all individuals and communities freedom to profess, practice and propagate any religion.

(iv)The constitution prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion.  

Any other relevant point.

24.

Modern forms of money include paper notes and coins.

25.

Provisions of NREGA 2005 are : 

(i)It provides 100 days assured employment every year to each rural household. 

(ii) One-third of the proposed jobs are reserved for women. 

(iii) If an applicant is not employed within 15 days he/she is entitled to a daily unemployment allowance. 

(iv) The governments have to establish Central Employment Guarantee Funds and State Employment Guarantee Funds for the implementation of the scheme.

Any other relevant point.

26.

(i)Democracy gives freedom to people to select their government without any domination or pressure unlike other form of govt.

(ii) Democratic government develops mechanism for citizens to hold government 

Accountable and mechanism for citizens to take part in decision-making. Promotes equality among citizens. 

(iii)  Democratic government enhances the dignity of the individual. 

(iv) Democratic government provides a method to resolve conflicts. 

27.

•In Awadh, peasants were led by Baba Ramchandra. Here, the movement was against talukdars, who charged high rents and peasants had to do begar.

•The peasant movement demanded reduction of revenue and abolition of begar. By the end of 1920, Jawaharlal Nehru, Baba Ramchandra and others had formed Oudh Kisan Sabha. 

•Tribal peasants interpreted the message of Gandhiji and idea of swaraj in their own way. In Gudem Hills in Andhra Pradesh, a militant guerrilla movement was organised against colonial oppression under the leadership of Alluri Sitaram Raju. He was inspired by the Non-Cooperation Movement.

•The movement also spread among the plantation workers in Assam. They were not permitted to leave the tea gardens without permission.

OR

The Non-Cooperation Movement slowed down in the cities for various reasons.

•Khadi cloth was often more expensive than mass-produced mill cloth and poor people could not afford to buy it. So people could not boycott mill cloth for very long.

•Similarly boycotting British institutions also posed a problem as there were no alternative national institutions to fulfil the educational needs.

•The students and teachers trickled to government schools. The lawyers joined government courts.

With all these, the enthusiasm of people in the cities lost its force.

28.

Plantation Agriculture : Plantation agriculture is a form of commercial farming where crops are grown for profit. Large land areas are needed for this type of agriculture. It is a type of commercial farming practised in tropical and sub-tropical regions. It was introduced by the British in India.

 Characteristics :

(i) A single crop is grown over large area.

(ii) It is capital intensive and done with migrant labour.

(iii) All produce is used as raw material in industries such as tea, coffee, rubber, sugarcane, banana, etc.

(iv) Plantation has interface of agriculture and industry both.

Any other relevant point.

29.

• No country can survive without international trade because resources are space bound.

• Advancement of international trade of a country leads to its economic prosperity because such a trade provides so many jobs to workers as well as business to traders.

• It is through international trade that we earn much of our foreign exchange which is required for importing many essential goods.

Foreign trade helps in transfer of technology.

• International trade gives rise to competition. Domestic producers make their production process efficient to meet the international standards and thus, are able to compete.

30.

The following are the various functions political parties perform in a democracy.

•Contest elections: Parties contest elections. In countries like India, top party leaders choose candidates for contesting elections.

•Put forward policies and programmes: Parties put forward different policies and programmes and voters choose from them. Political parties accommodate different views and opinions.

•Play an important role in making laws: Political parties play a decisive role in making laws for a country. Formally, laws are debated and passed in the legislature, but since most of the members belong to a party, they go by the direction of the party leadership, irrespective of their personal opinions.

•Form and run government: To run the government, political parties prepare a council of ministers by recruiting and training the leaders.

•Provide access to government machinery and welfare schemes: Political parties provide people access to government machinery and welfare schemes implemented by governments. For an ordinary citizen, it is easy to approach a local party leader than a government officer.

•Play the role of position: The party which loses election plays the role of opposition. Opposition party tries to put checks on the ruling party by constantly criticizing its policies.

•Shape public opinion: One of the most important functions of political parties is that they shape public opinion on relevant issues for the proper functioning of the government and to deepen the concept of democracy

OR

•Regulation of party’s internal affairs: A law should be made to regulate the internal affairs of political parties. It should be made compulsory for political parties to maintain a register of their members, to follow their own constitution, to have an independent authority, etc.

•State funding: There should be state funding of elections. The government should give money to parties to support their election expenses to avoid corruption.

•Pressure of public opinion: Political parties can be reformed if people put pressure on them. This can be done through petitions, propaganda and agitations. Pressure groups and media play an important role in this.

•Ban on political parties based on religion and caste: The Election Commission should ban the political parties which are formed on the basis of religion and caste.

•Ensure women participation: It should be made mandatory for all political parties to allot one-third of the tickets to women to ensure their decisive voice in decision making. If the above-mentioned suggestions are taken into consideration, it can be ensured that these could lead to some improvement in the working of the political parties

31.

Cheap and affordable credit is crucial for a country’s development because:

• More lending would lead to higher incomes and encourage people to invest in agriculture, engage in business and set up small industries.

•Cheap credit will enable more investment. This leads to acceleration of economic activity.

•Cheap credit would also allow weaker sections of society to access formal sector of lending and get rid of from informal moneylenders.

• Affordable credit would also end the cycle of debt trap.

• Cheap and easy terms of credit would inspire better investment in technology and thus increase competition.

OR

Banks and cooperatives should extend their lending activities in rural areas because:

•Rural poor and farmers have to borrow money from moneylenders at a very high rate of interest. Therefore, the cost to the borrowing is very high.

•A large part of the earnings of borrower is used to repay the loans. Hence, they have less income.

• Sometimes, a higher rate of lending means that the amount to be repaid is more than the earnings of the borrower.

•To save the people from the clutches and exploitation by the moneylenders, it is necessary for the banks and co-operatives to extend their lending activies.

• It would lead to higher incomes and improve the condition of the rural poor.

•People can also start a business or set up a small scale industry

32.

The Civil Code of 1804 – usually known as the Napoleonic Code, secured the right to property, established equality before the law, and removed all privileges based on birth. ∙ The Napoleonic Code was followed by the regions under the French control. 

∙ New businessmen, artisans, peasants, and workers enjoyed a new-found freedom. 

∙ In territories under French control such as Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and Dutch Republic, peasants were freed from manorial dues, peasants were freed from serfdom, feudal system was abolished, administrative divisions were simplified. 

∙ Guild restrictions were removed in towns. 

∙ There were improvements in communication and transport systems. 

∙ To facilitate the movement and exchange of goods and capital from one region to another, small-scale producers of goods and businessmen began to realise that common national currency, standardised measures and weights, and uniform laws were of great help. (Any other relevant points)

OR 

• Ideas of nationalism were developed through Indian folklore and symbols.

• Nationalist began recording folk tales sung by bards and they toured villages to gather folk songs and legends.

• It felt that there was a need to preserve folk tradition in order to discover one’s national identity and restore a sense of pride in one’s past.

• In Bengal, Rabindranath Tagore himself began collecting ballads, nursery rhymes and myths, and led the movement for folk revival.

• In Madras Natesa Sastri published a massive four volume collection of Tamil folk tales, The Folklore of Southern India.

• Nationalist leaders emphasised on icons and symbols for unifying people and for inspiring them for nationalism.

• Any other relevant point. 

33.

Credit for the development of country:

(i) Higher cost of borrowing means a larger part of the earnings of the borrowers is used to repay the loan. Hence, borrowers have less income left for themselves.

(ii) In certain cases, the high interest rate of borrowing can mean that the amount to be repaid is greater than the income of the borrower. This could lead to increasing debt and debt trap. For these reasons, banks and co-operative societies need to lend more.

(iii) This would lead to higher incomes and many people could then borrow cheaply for a variety of needs.

(iv) They could grow crops, do business, Set-up small-scale

industries, etc.

            (v) They could Set-up new industries or trade goods.

 Any other relevant point.

OR

Ans.

Merits:

1. Helps to meet the working capital needs of production.

2. Helps in ongoing expenses of production

3. Helps is completing production on time

4. Helps in increasing earnings

5. Low interest rates

6. Easy access of loans to small cultivators and small scale industries

Demerits:

1. Difficulty in obtaining loans

2. Collateral issues

3. Documentation could be problematic issue for few

4. Lack of credibility in rural areas

34.

i) 20 lakh jobs

ii) Education sector, IT sector, tourism sector

iii) Planning Commission says that if tourism as a sector is improved, every year we can give additional employment to more than 35 lakh people

35.

i) an enormous increase in population all over Europe. In most countries there were more seekers of jobs than employment. Population from rural areas migrated to the cities to live in overcrowded slums.

ii) England

iii) peasants struggled under the burden of feudal dues and obligations. The rise of food prices or a year of bad harvest led to widespread pauperism in town and country

36.

i) Rio de Janeiro, In June 1992

ii) The Rio Convention endorsed the global Forest Principles and adopted Agenda 21 for achieving Sustainable Development in the 21st century.

iii) achieving global sustainable development. It is an agenda to combat environmental damage, poverty, disease through global co-operation on common interests, mutual needs and shared responsibilities.

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