Maharashtra Board SSC Class 10 History Sample Paper Set 2 with Answers Solutions Pdf Download.
Maharashtra Board Class 10 History Model Paper Set 2 with Answers
[Time : 2½ Hours]
[Max. Marks : 60]
General Instructions :
(1) All the activities questions are compulsory.
(2) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
(3) Question Nos. 1 to 5 are based on History and Question Nos. 6 to 9 are based on Political Science.
(4) It is mandatory to write a complete statement as answer in Question No. 1(A).
(5) In Question No. 2(A) and 8(B) the appropriate answer is expected to be written by pen only in the concept map.
(6) In Question No. 1(B) correction is expected in the second part.
Question 1.
(A) Choose the correct option from the given options and complete the sentences :
1. ……….. wrote the book, ‘Archaeology of Knowledge’.
(i) Karl Marx
(ii) Michel Foucault
(iii) Lucien Febvre
(iv) Voltaire
Answer:
(ii) Michel Foucault wrote the book ‘Archaelogy of knowledge’
2. Sohagaura copperplate was found in the state of ……….. in India.
(i) Assam
(ii) Madhya Pradesh
(iii) Uttar Pradesh
(iv) Rajasthan
Answer:
(iii) Sohagaura copper-plate as found in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India.
3. INTACH is actively working in the field of conservation and preservation of ………..
(i) Cultural heritage
(ii) Museums
(iii) Monuments
(iv) National treasure
Answer:
(i) Intach is actively working in the field of conservation and preservation of Cultural heritage.
(B) Identify and write the wrong pair in the following sets :
1. (i) Lavani – Kerala
(ii) Kathak – North India
(iii) Odisi – Odisha
(iv) Bharatnatyam – Tamil Nadu
Answer:
(i) Lavani – Kerala
2. (i) Kreeda Vidyapeeth – Patiala
(ii) Swarnim Gujarat Sports – Vadodara
(iii) Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal – Amaravati
(iv) Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Kreeda Sankul – Pune
Answer:
(ii) Swarnim Gujarat Sports – Vadodara
3. (i) Ajanta – Caves
(ii) Nashik – Pilgrim centre
(iii) Mahabaleshwar – Forest
(iv) Chandoli – Dam
Answer:
(iii) Mahabaleshwar – Forest
Question 2.
(A) Do as directed : (Any two)
1. Complete the table :
| Annales School | ………………. |
| Gandhara school of art | ………………. |
| ………………. | Shah Jahan |
| ………………. | Kitab-e-Navras |
Answer:
| Annales School | France |
| Gandhara school of art | 2nd Century BC |
| Taj Mahal | Shah Jahan |
| Ibrahim Adil Shah II | Kitab-e-Navras |
2. Complete the concept map :
Answer:
(a) Indoor – Chess
(b) Outdoor – Indian – Kabaddi
(c) Outdoor – International – Soccer
3. Complete the following concept map. (Any two)
Answer:
(a) Movies about army
(b) Satirical movies
(c) Children’s films
(d) Educational movies
(B) Write the short notes: (Any two)
1. Colonial historiography.
Answer:
(a) The early scholars who studied and wrote Indian history were mainly British officers and Christian missionaries.
(b) Their prejudice is clearly reflected in the way some of them have ridiculed Indian culture.
(c) Their writings were used to justify the colonial British rule.
(d) The five volumes of ‘Cambridge History of India’, published during 1922-1937 C.E. are distinct examples of colonial historiography.
2. New age classical music and art.
Answer:
(a) The post-independence period of India saw various festivals of music and dance being organised to make them accessible to common people.
(b) These festivals are attended by many people, which include Indians as well as foreigners.
(c) There is an inclination observed towards experimenting and creating fusion of various music styles, by trying to overcome the limitations imposed by a traditional style or school.
(d) Pandit Uday Shankar is a prominent name among such artists who created a new style. He successfully created a fusion of Indian classical dance and European opera.
Thus the scope of the presentation of Indian performing arts seems to be constantly expanding.
3. Historical Tourism.
Answer:
(a) Historical tourism is popular all over the world.
(b) Tours to historical places are arranged to satisfy people’s interest in history.
(c) Gopal Neelkanth Dandekar, a renowned Marathi writer used to arrange hiking tours to forts in Maharashtra, to explore the sights closely linked to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and his achievements.
(d) Tours are also arranged to important historical sites in India such as forts in Rajasthan, Ashrams of Mahatma Gandhi and Acharya Vinoba Bhave, important places related to the Indian War of Independence in 1857, etc.
Question 3.
Explain the following statements with reasons. (Any two)
1. Voltaire is said to be the founder of modern historiography.
Answer:
Refer to SSC Paper March 2020 Answer 3. (1).
2. Methods of history are valuable in research.
Answer:
(a) History is the study of past events and the way the present lifestyle of man is shaped is dependent on these historical events.
(b) Historical events relate to various fields such as politics, social and religious structure _ of a community, philosophy, technology and science.
(c) Each of these fields has their own history of building knowledge. The direction of future development in every field is dependent on the state of available knowledge.
(d) Hence, it is said that the methods of history prove valuable in research of various fields.
3. Television is the most popular medium of media.
Answer:
(a) TV is an audio-visual medium that overcomes the limitations of a radio and newspaper and shows the actual visuals of events whether national or international.
(b) A variety of programmes based on history, science and other are telecasted on the television.
(c) Various mythological and historical serials like Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bharat Ek Khoj, Raja Shivchhatrapati, etc., create interest in history among large number of people. While producing these serials, accuracy with regard to the presentation of environment, outfits, weaponry, lifestyles, lingual expression, etc., is maintained.
(d) The actors, set-up and other backdrop arrangements attract a large number of viewers.
Television is therefore the most popular medium of India.
4. Toys tell us about cultural history.
Answer:
- Toys can throw light on history and technological development.
- We can also get a glimpse of religious and cultural traditions through them.
- As a part of traditional Diwali celebrations in Maharashtra model forts are made. Clay images of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and his soliders, and also people and animals are placed on these model forts. This tradition keeps the memory alive of the important role of forts in the history of Maharashtra.
- An ivory doll made by Indian craftsmen was found in the excavation of Pompeii an ancient archaeological site in Italy. This artefact throws light on the Indo-Roman trade relations.
Question 4.
Read the following extract and answer the questions : (Any two)
Western Style of Painting : In the British period, Indian artists came under the influence of European style of painting. An art school was established under the leadership of James Wales, a Scottish artist, in the time of Savai Madhavrao Peshwa in Shaniwar Wada in Pune.
He had done a portrait of Savai Madhavrao and Nana Phadnavis. Gangaram Tambat, a Marathi artist who worked with Wales deserves a special mention here. He had made drawings of the rock-cut caves at Verul and Karle. Some of his drawings are preserved in the Yale Centre of British Art of Yale University. Exact portrayal of the object of the painting is characteristic of the European style. A number of renowned artists were trained in the J. J. School of Art and Industry, which was established in 1857 C.E., offering courses in European style of painting. Pestonji Bomanji, an alumni of this school made replicas of Ajanta paintings.
1. Which Marathi artists worked along with James Wales in the art school established in Shaniwar Wada in Pune?
Answer:
The Marathi artist-Gangaram Tambat worked along with James Wales in the art school at Shaniwar Wada in Pune.
2. Name the location where some of the drawings of Gangaram Tambat are preserved.
Answer:
Some of the drawings of Gangaram Tambat are preserved in the Yale Centre of British Art of Yale University.
3. Write in detail about Western style of painting.
Answer:
(a) The European style of painting influenced the Indian artists during the British period. The characteristic of these paintings is the exact portrayal of the object.
(b) The Scottish artist, James Wales led the establishment of an art school in Shaniwar Wada in Pune during the times of Savai Madhavrao Peshwa. Wales also painted a portrait of Savai Madhavrao and Nana Phadnavis.
(c) The J. J. School of Art and ..Industry established in 1857 C.E. offered courses in European style of painting. It trained a number of renowned artists including Pestonji Bomanji who made replicas of Ajanta paintings.
Question 5.
Answer the following questions in detail. (Any two)
1. Explain ‘Karl Marx’s Class Theory’.
Answer:
According to Karl Marx :
(a) History was not about abstract ideas; it was about living people.
(b) Human relationships are shaped by the fundamental needs of people and the ownership as well as nature of prevalent means of production to meet those needs.
(c) The accessibility of these means to different strata of the society may not be equal. This inequality causes a division of the society into classes, leading to class struggle.
(d) According to Marx, human history is the history of class struggle, as the class that owns the means of production economically exploits the rest of the classes. ‘Das Kapital’, a treatise written by him is the most referred book all over the world.
2. What were the stages in the development of Indian cinema?
Answer:
(a) The film industry came into being with the technology of motion pictures. This gave rise to the era of silent movies. Later, when the technology of sound recording was introduced, the age of sound movies began.
(b) The honour of making and releasing the first full length movie goes to Maharashtra. Hence, it is also known as the land that nurtured the Indian film industry.
(c) Madanrao Madhavrao Pitale, The Patwardhan family of Kalyan and Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatvadekar contributed greatly in the development of Indian movies.
(d) By seeking help from foreign technicians, Gopal Ramchandra Torane also known as Dadasaheb Torane, A.P. Karandikar, S.N. Patankar and V.P. Divekar made a movie entitled Pundalik which was released in Mumbai in 1912.
(e) Raja Harishchandra, directed by Dadasaheb Phalke and released in Mumbai in 1913, was the first movie to be completely processed in India. He also created silent movies like Mohini-Bhasmasur and Savitri-Satyavana. He also made documentaries on the rock-cut caves of Verul and pilgrim centres of Nashik and Triambakeshwar. Later, the tradition of making movies on historical and mythological subjects came into existence in India.
(f) Anandrao Painter who was the first person to make a cine-camera of Indian make, also got interested in the making of movies. Later, his cousin, Baburao Painter, also known as ‘Mistri’, made Sairandhri in 1918. He has the credit of making the first historical silent movie Sinhagad. He also made a movie on a realistic social issue, entitled Savakari Pash.
(g) Gradually, women also entered in the field of cinema, Kamalabai Mangarulkar was the first woman producer of movies like Savalya Tandel and Panna Dai.
(h) In the post-independence period, few historic movies were made on freedom struggle and freedom fighters. Movies were also made on true stories.
(i) Production studios such as ‘Bombay Talkies’, ‘Rajkamal Productions’, R.K. Studios’, ‘Navketan’, etc., played a significant role in the development of Indian film industry.
3. Observe the picture given below and answer the questions that follow.
(a) Name the figure.
(b) Name the artist who painted the figure.
(c) Where is the painting?
(d) Why does the museum hold importance?
Answer:
(a) Mona Lisa
(b) Leonardo Da Vinci
(c) Louvre Museum, France
(d) The museum holds importance because of its unique artefacts that are on display. These artefacts are brought in from different parts of the world and hold significance in the history of the world.
4. What do you mean by style in Art?
Answer:
(a) Every artist tends to have his or her own method of working, which is known as the style of the artist.
(b) If one particular style is adopted by several artists over a prolonged period of time, it becomes a tradition and gets established as ‘art style’.
(c) Various such art styles develop in every culture and are characteristic of a certain period and region.
(d) These different styles of art are helpful in studying art history.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Question 6.
Choose the correct option from the given options and complete the statements :
1. The Act for Protection of Women against ………….. rejected traditional forms of domination and authoritarianism and expanded the growth of Indian democracy.
(i) child marriage
(ii) sati
(iii) dowry
(iv) domestic violence
Answer:
(iv) The act for protection of women against domestic violence rejected traditional forms of domination and authoritarianism and expanded the growth of Indian democracy.
2. Modern democracy is ………….. democracy.
(i) representative
(ii) judicial
(iii) extensive
(iv) universal
Answer:
(i) Modern democracy is representative democracy.
Question 7.
Explain whether the following statements are true or false. Give reasons for your answer : (Any two)
1. Judiciary tries to prevent criminalisation of politics.
Answer:
True.
Reasons:
(a) Judiciary tries to make political processes transparent.
(b) Strict punishment for criminals and prohibition of criminals from joining politics is implemented.
2. Secrecy of working of government has increased due to Consumer Protection Act.
Answer:
False.
Reasons:
(a) Secrecy of working of government has decreased due to the Right to Information Act.
(b) This Act allows any citizen of India to obtain information about any process or working of the government and the government officials.
3. The Election Commission decides as to when and in how many stages the elections would be held in a particular state.
Answer:
True.
Reasons:
(a) The Election Commission is the centre to the entire process of elections.
(b) It is responsible for the entire process of elections including participation of parties, dates, result, etc.
Question 8.
(A) Explain the following concepts : (Any one)
1. Model Code of Conduct.
Answer:
Model Code of Conduct is adopted by the Election Commission of India to ensure fair elections. This includes :
(a) Control and prevention of malpractices during elections and conduct free and fair elections.
(b) No individual, group or even the government can violate the rules stated in the Model Code of Conduct.
(c) It is to be implemented on immediate announcement of the elections.
(d) The Election Commission takes care that elections are free from criminal activities and corruption.
2. Women’s movement in Post-Independence Era.
Answer:
(a) After Independence, the Constitution gave equal rights to women in all fields. In spite of this women were not treated equally in several fields.
(b) During this period women’s movement aimed at freedom of women. The movement demanded that the women should be treated as human beings.
(c) In the latter period, women participated to a great extent in the movements against corruption, caste discrimination and religious extremism which made them aware of injustice against their own selves.
(d) Women started taking initiative in organising movement against injustice. In India, women’s movement is not homogeneous in nature.
(e) However, women’s movements at various levels are taking up the issues like women’s health, social security, financial independence and empowerment.
(f) Today women’s movements face the challenge of equal education for women and giving women a status and prestige as human beings.
(B) Complete the following activity : (Any one)
1. Complete the following concept map:
Answer:
(a) Nationalist Congress Party
(b) Bahujan Samaj Party
(d) Communist Party of India
(e) Bharatiya Janata Party
2. Complete the following flow chart:
Answer:
(a) Attention of the government is drawn to these problems.
(b) Activists and leaders of the movement provide necessary information about the problems to the government.
Question 9.
Answer in brief. (Any one)
1. What provisions are included in the ‘basic structure’ of the Constitution?
Answer:
The basic structure of the Constitution generally includes the following provisions :
(a) Republican and democratic form of government
(b) Federal structure of the Constitution
(c) Promotion of unity and integrity of the nation
(d) Sovereignty of the nation
(e) Secularism and supremacy of the Constitution
2. Explain ‘one vote, one value’.
Answer:
(a) India is the largest democracy in the world. It accounts for government of the people/ for the people and by the people.
(b) According to the Indian Constitution, every citizen who is 18 years of age and above has the right to vote irrespective of caste, creed, gender, race and religion. This is also called as Universal Adult Franchise.
(c) Citizens should responsibly exercise the right to vote and choose a candidate who is honest, hard working, efficient and respects public opinion to govern the country.