Maharashtra Board SSC Class 10 History Sample Paper Set 4 with Answers Solutions Pdf Download.
Maharashtra Board Class 10 History Model Paper Set 4 with Answers
Time: 2 Hours
Total Marks: 40
Notes:
- All the activities/questions are compulsory.
- Figures to the right indicate full marks.
- Question Nos. 1 to 5 are based on History and Question Nos. 6 to 9 are based on Political Science.
- It is mandatory to write a complete statement as answer in Question No. 1(A) and 6.
- In Question Nos. 2(A) and 8(B) the appropriate answer is expected to be written by pen only in the concept map.
- Answers of Question No. 1 (A) and (B) and Question No. 6 are repeated then only first attempted answer will be considered.
Question 1.
Choose the correct option from the given options and complete the statement.
1. The arts of painting and sculpting are __________.
(i) visual arts
(ii) performing arts
(iii) folk arts
(iv) classical arts
Answer:
The arts of painting and sculpting are visual arts.
2. __________ translated the Sanskrit text of ‘Hitopadesh
(i) James Mill
(ii) Friedrich Max Muller
(iii) Mountstuart Elphinstone
(iv) Sir John Marshall
Answer:
Friedrich Max Muller translated the Sanskrit text of ‘Hitopadesh’.
3. Baburao painter made the movie, __________.
(i) Pundalik
(ii) Raja Harishchandra
(iii) Sairandhri
(iv) Bajirao – Mastani
Answer:
Baburao painter made the movie, Sairandhri.
(B) Identify and write the wrong pair in the following sets.
1.
| Cultural Heritage Site | Location |
| i. Stupa | Sanchi |
| ii. Rock Shelters | Bhimbetka |
| iii. Hill Foils | Rajasthan |
| iv. Historical City | Mumbai |
Answer:
Historical City – Mumbai
2.
| Column ‘A’ | Column ‘B’ |
| i. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel | ‘Reason in History’ |
| ii. Leopold von Ranke | ‘The Theory and Practice of History’ |
| iii. Herodotus | ‘The Histories’ |
| iv. Karl Marx | ‘Discourse on the Method’ |
Answer:
Karl Marx – Discourse on the Method
3.
| Column ‘A’ | Column ‘B’ |
| i. Mallakhamb | Outdoor game based on physical skills |
| ii. Water Polo | Water sport |
| iii. Skating | Adventurous sport |
| iv. Chess | Outdoor game |
Answer:
Chess – Outdoor game
Question 2.
(A) Complete the given concept chart/map. (Any Two) [4]
1.
2.
| Famous Museums | Location |
| …………………………………… | Delhi |
| …………………………………… | Mumbai |
| Salarjung Museum | …………………………………… |
| The Calico Museum of Textiles | …………………………………… |
3.
| Column ‘A’ | Column ‘B’ |
| James Grant Duft | ‘……………………………………’ |
| …………………………………… | ‘The History of India’ |
| S. A. Dange | ‘……………………………………’ |
| …………………………………… | ‘Who were the Shudras ’ |
(B) Write short notes on. (Any Two) [4]
1. Sports and Movies
2. Village of Books
3. Subaltern history
Answer:
1.
2.
| Famous Museums | Location |
| National Museum | Delhi |
| Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastusangrahalay | Mumbai |
| Salarjung Museum | Hyderabad |
| The Calico Museum of Textiles | Ahmedabad |
3.
| Column ‘A’ | Column ‘B’ |
| James Grant Duft | ‘A History of Mahrattas’ |
| Mountstuart Elphinstone | ‘The History of India’ |
| S. A. Dange | ‘Primitive Communism to Slavery’ |
| Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar | ‘Who were the Shudras ’ |
(B)
1. i. Some movies on sports and biography of players have been released in various languages in the recent times.
ii. For e.g. ‘Mary Kom’ is a movie based on the life of Mary Kom, the first Indian female boxer whereas ‘Dangal’ is a movie that is based on the life story of the Phogat sisters, the first Indian female wrestlers.
iii. The process of making a movie involves deep study of the particular period to be depicted, the language, dressing style, social life, etc. of that period.
iv. Students of history, who are well-trained to do research of this kind, help in making movies.
2. i. Bhilar is a village near Mahabaleshwar.
ii. It boasts of natural beauty and Sweetness of strawberry. But now it is declared as India’s first ’Village of Books’.
iii. Every household in Bhilar has a library of its own. This scheme was implemented by the Maharashtra State Government with a view to accelerate the ’Reading Culture’ movement and for making the reader-tourists enjoy the beauty of Marathi literature enriched by the works of old & new authors and saints.
iv. The books include various types of texts in Marathi like biographies, autobiographies, fiction, poetry, literature on sports, literature for kids, literature by women, etc.
3. i. Subaltern means the ’bottommost ranks’ and subaltern history developed from the idea that history should be written from the bottommost rank of people in the society. This idea was developed by the Italian historian Antonio Gramsci and its seeds are supposed to be found in the Marxist historiography.
ii. One of the important sources of writing subaltern histories is the folklore.
iii. Mahatma Phule drew attention to the exploitation of women, shudras and atishudras done under the name of religion. In his book, Gulamgiri, Mahatma Phule unfolded the history of the shudratishudra community. Similarly Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar wrote about the role of people belonging to Dalit castes in shaping the various cultural and political aspects of India. His Two books ’Who Were the Shudras and ’The Untouchables’ are the examples of Subaltern history.
iv. The Indian historian, Ranjit Guha, played a major role in establishing subaltern history as an important academic school of historiography.
Question 3.
Explain the statements with reasons. (Any Two) [4]
1. Writing of the regional history received a momentum.
2. The method of history proves valuable in the research of various fields.
3. It is necessaiy to preserve the tradition like Chitrakathi, which is on the verge of extinction.
4. Foucault called his method, ‘the Archaeology of Knowledge’.
Answer:
1. i. Nationalistic Historiography, which includes the writings of Indian historians trained in the British educational system, tried to restore the pride in the ancient glory of India and self-esteem of the Indian readers.
ii. Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, who criticised the prejudiced history of ancient India written by British Officers, inspired the nationalistic writings in Maharashtra.
iii. Justice Ranade wrote the book, ’The Rise of Maratha Power’, which explained the background of the rise of Maratha empire.
iv. Thus, nationalistic historiography provided a momentum to the writing of regional histories, which drew the attention of historians to the geographic conditions and history of south Indian regions.
2. i. History is the study of past events and historical events relate to various fields such as politics, social & religious structure of a community, philosophy, technology & science, etc.
ii. 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.
Hence, it is rightly said that, the method of history is valuable in the research of various fields.
3. i. Chitrakathi or Pinguli is a tradition of narrating stories from Ramayana or Mahabharata with the help of wooden puppets and paintings.
ii. This tradition is mentioned in Manasollas, a book written by the Chalukya king, Someshvara in the 12th century C.E. which confirms the antiquity of this tradition.
iii. In this art, Chitrakathi pictures are drawn on a paper and painted in colours made from natural substances. A single story requires 30-50 pictures for complete narration.
iv. These pictures have been preserved very carefully and are handed down from one generation to another.
Since this tradition is on the verge of extinction, artists and the government are trying to preserve the tradition.
4. i. In the twentieth century, Michel Foucault, a French historian, brought forth a new concept in historiography.
ii. He rejected the practice of arranging historical events in a chronological order. He explained that archaeology does not intend to reach the ultimate historical truth but attempts to explain various transitions in the past.
Hence, Foucault called his method, which gave importance to explain the transitions in history, as ‘the Archaeology of Knowledge’.
Question 4.
Read the following passage and answer the questions based on it. [4]
Radio : ‘Indian Broadcasting Company’ (IBC), a private radio company was the first one to broadcast daily programmes. Later the same company was taken over by the British Government and named as, ‘Indian State Broadcasting Service (ISBS). On 8th June 1936 it was renamed, as ‘All India Radio (AIR)’. After Independence, AIR became an integral part of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India). Initially, it broadcasted Governmental programmes and schemes. It was named as ‘Akashvani’ on the suggestion of the famous poet Pandit Narendra Sharma. Akashvanai broadcasts various entertainment, awareness creating and literary programmes.
It also broadcasts special programmes for farmers, workers, the youth and women. The ‘Vividh Bharati’ programmes are broadcasted in 24 regional languages as well as 146 dialects of Indian – languages. Lately, various new channels like ‘Radio Mirchi’ are providing radio services.
Questions:
1. What was the new name of IBC? (1)
2. How AIR was named as Akashvani? (])
3. Explain the stages in the development of Radio in India. (2)
Answer:
1. IBC was renamed as Indian State Broadcasting Service (ISBS) by the British Government.
2. AIR was renamed as Akashvani on the suggestion of the famous poet, Pandit Narendra Sharma.
3. The stages in the development of Radio in India are as follows:
i. The first private radio company to broadcast daily programmes was the ‘Indian Broadcasting Company’ (IBC). On 23rd July, 1927, the first English news bulletin was broadcasted from the Mumbai radio station of the IBC. The Kolkata radio station of IBC started a news bulletin in Bengali.
ii. Later, IBC was taken over by the British Government and named as ‘Indian State Broadcasting Service’ (ISBS). On 8th June, 1936, ISBS was renamed as the ‘All India Radio’ (AIR).
iii. After independence, AIR became an integral part of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India. Later, on the suggestion of the famous poet Pandit Narendra Sharma, it was renamed as Akashvani.
iv. The ‘Vividh Bharati’ programmes are broadcasted in 24 regional languages and 146 local dialects of India. Currently, various new channels like the ‘Radio Mirchi’ are providing radio services.
Question 5.
Answer the following questions in detail. (Any Two) [6]
1. What are the characteristics of modem historiography?
2. How is the method of history useful in the research of-
i. Science
ii. Arts
iii. Philosophy
3. Write about folk traditions of sculptural art.
4. Which tasks are important in archives management?
Answer:
1. Introduction: The writing of historical narrative after critically examining the historical sources is known as ‘historiography’. The important characteristics of modern historiography are as follows:
i. The method of modern historiography is based on scientific principles and hence begins with the formation of relevant questions.
ii. These questions are anthropocentric, i.e. about the deeds of the members of ancient human societies of a particular period. Also, history does not deal with any interrelation between the Divine and human deeds.
iii. These questions are answered with the support of reliable evidence.
iv. A graph of the journey of mankind is presented by history with the help of past human deeds.
Conclusion: In this way, scientific approach and logical reasoning can be seen in the modern historiography.
2. The method of history proves to be useful in order to carry out research in the following filed-
i. Science:
a. In order to understand the chronology of scientific discoveries it is essential to know the history of science.
b. History thus lets one understand the cause – effect chain that led to those discoveries and inventions and facilitates more such discoveries.
ii. Arts:
a. It is important to understand the development of various art forms and their foundation in the form of intellectual-emotional-cultural traditions.
b. With the help of cultural history, we can understand the key to the expression in any art forms, emotional temperament of the artist and the developmental history of the respective art form.
iii. Philosophy:
a. Philosophy studies the origin of various ideologies. In order to understand their origin, the intellectual traditions giving rise to those ideologies and their historical development; the knowledge of history proves useful.
b. Philosophy uses language as a medium of expression. It is important to have the knowledge of the ‘history of language’ to understand the philosophical expression.
3. i. Sculptural art is an ancient art dating back to stone ages which began with the carving of tools out of stone.
ii. The custom of making clay images for rituals in India that had begun from the Harappan era continues even today in several regions like Bengal, Bihar, Gujarat, Rajasthan, etc.
iii. Some more examples of the folk traditions of sculptural art include the Ganesha idols, masks of Gauri, bull figurines made for the festival of Bailpola, wooden memorials, Veergals (memorial stones), the decorated clay storage bins, etc.
4. Introduction: The place where old documents, official records, old films, etc. are preserved and stored are called as archives. Following tasks are important in archives management:
i. As documents from archives are reliable these need to be preserved with important content in their original condition.
For e.g., the archives in Pune under Maharashtra State Government has about 5 crore Modi documents related to Maratha history. These documents are referred to as ‘Peshwa Daftar’.
ii. Indexes should be prepared. E.g. Documents from 1748 have been preserved here in a chronological order. These documents include records in English, Arabic, Hindi, Persian, Sanskrit and Urdu languages. There are records in Modi script as well.
iii. Accurate systems of retrieval documents should be created. For e.g. these records can be classified into four categories as Public Records, Oriental Studies, Manuscripts and Private Records. These documents are made available to researchers as and whenever necessary and all the above-mentioned tasks are done by computers.
Conclusion: Hence, the preservation of documents, preparation of indexes and creating accurate systems are the important tasks in the management of archives.
Political Science
Question 6.
Choose the correct alternative and write the correct statement. [2]
1. In India, the Constitution came into force on
(i) 26th January, 1949
(ii) 26th November, 1949
(iii) 26th January, 1950
(iv) 15th August, 1947
Answer:
In India, the Constitution came into force on 26th January, 1950.
2. Article of the Indian Constitution established the Election Commission which is an autonomous body.
(i) 323
(ii) 324
(iii) 325
(iv) 326
Answer:
Article 324 of the Indian Constitution established the Election Commission which is an autonomous body.
Question 7.
State, whether the following statements are true or false. Give reasons for you answer. (Any Two) [4]
1. The state government decides as to when and in how many stages the elections would be held in a particular State.
2. Consumer movement came into existence.
3. Indian democracy is considered the largest democracy in the world.
Answer:
1. The above statement is False.
Reasons:
i. In India, Election Commission is central to the process of elections.
ii. It is under the direction and control of Election Commission that the whole process of election right from the declaration of the date of elections to the announcement of results is carried out.
Thus, the Election Commission decides as to when and in how many stages the elections would be held in a particular State.
2. The above statement is True.
Reasons:
i. Consumers face different problems on account of the changing nature of social and economic systems.
ii. Some of these problems include adulteration, increased cost of items, frauds in weight and measures, etc.
Therefore the Consumer Protection Act, that came into existence in 1986 led to the
emergence of the consumer movement in India. It works to protect consumers from
various types of fraud.
3. The above statement is True.
Reasons:
i. In democracy, there is direct representation of the Indian people in the Parliament, State legislature and local government.
ii. Free and fair elections are held at regular intervals in democracy. Everyone has the right to vote irrespective of religion, gender, caste, etc.
iii. Earlier the voting age was 21 years. It was later reduced to 18 years. This lowering of voting age led to an increased participation of younger generation in the political process.
iv. Today, India has the largest number of voters compared to any other democratic nation.
Therefore Indian democracy is considered the largest democracy in the world.
Question 8.
(A) Explain the following concept. (Any One) [2]
1. National Parties
2. Provisions regarding minorities
(B) Complete the following activity. (Any One) [2]
1.
2.
| Party | Established In | Objectives |
| Trinamool Congress | …………………… | …………………… |
| Jammu and Kashmir National Conference | …………………… | …………………… |
Answer:
(A)
1. i. National party is a political party which satisfies either of the following two conditions :
a. 1. It secures minimum 6% of the valid votes in four or more states in the earlier Lok Sabha or State Assembly elections AND
2. Minimum 4 members should be elected in the Loksabha from any state or states in the earlier elections
OR
1. The candidates of a party should be elected from minimum 2% constituencies out of the total Loksabha constituencies (543) AND
2. The candidates should be elected from atleast 3 states.
ii. Some of the national parties in India are Indian National Congress, Communist Party of India, Bharatiya Janata Party, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Bahujan Samaj Party, Nationalist Congress Party and All India Trinamool Congress Party.
2. i. The Indian Constitution has made several provisions for the protection of minorities.
ii. It prohibits discrimination on the basis of caste, religion, race, language and region.
iii. This provision for minorities has protected their right to equality, freedom, cultural and educational rights and right against exploitation.
iv. Also, government has adopted several policies which gave opportunities for education and employment to the minorities.
(B)
1.
2.
| Party | Established In | Objectives |
| Trinamool Congress | 1998 | To protect the interests of the weaker sections of the society |
| Jammu and Kashmir National Conference | 1932 | To protect the interests of Kashmiri people and to protect the autonomous status. |
Question 9.
Answer the following in brief. (Any One) [2]
1. Which factors are required for the success of democracy in India?
2. Explain the functions of environmental movement.
Answer:
1. i. Democracy must ensure that the minorities do not face injustice and hence must include them in the decision making process.
ii. It must also ensure that all religious, linguistic, ethnic and caste groups get equal opportunity to participate in the decision-making process.
iii. In order to make Indian democracy successful, it is necessary to increase participation of people at all levels. This will help in changing public policies. It is to be noted that, interaction with those who are not in power is also important for the aforesaid purpose.
iv. Everyone must respect and implement the values of equality, liberty, social justice and secularism even in their personal lives.
2. i. Environmental degradation is a serious problem at both, national and international level.
ii. Significant international cooperation is seen in this field, with movements mainly aimed at reducing or preventing environmental degradation.
iii. The environmental movements in India take up issues like protection of bio-diversity, protecting different sources of water, protection of forests and green belt. Also preventing pollution of rivers and reducing the use of chemicals and their ill-effects etc.
iv. For e.g. Dr. Rajendra Singh brought about ‘Water revolution’ in Rajasthan. He formed an organisation ‘Tarun Bharat Sangh’ which worked for building eleven thousand Johad in hundreds of villages.