Maharashtra Board SSC Class 10 History Sample Paper Set 6 with Answers Solutions Pdf Download.
Maharashtra Board Class 10 History Model Paper Set 6 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. [3]
The National Archives of India is in ___________. (i)
(i) New Delhi
(ii) Kolkata
(iii) Mumbai
(iv) Chennai
Answer:
The National Archives of India is in New Delhi.
2. The first English newspaper in India was started by ___________. (i)
(i) James Augustus Hickey
(ii) John Marshall
(iii) Allan tjume
(iv) Raja Rammohan Roy
Answer:
The first English newspaper in India was started by James Augustus Hickey.
3. The ancient event of Olympic competitions used to be held at ___________. (i)
(i) Olympia, Greece
(ii) Rome
(iii) India
(iv) China
Answer:
The ancient event of Olympic competitions used to be held at Olympia, Greece.
(B) Identify and write the wrong pair in the following sets. [3]
1.
| Column ‘A’ | Column ‘B’ |
| i. Chhau dance | A tradition from eastern India |
| ii. Mudiyett | A ritual theatre of Tamil Nadu |
| iii. Buddhist chanting of Ladakh | Recitation of sacred Buddhist texts in the trans- Himalayan Ladakh region, Jammu and Kashmir |
| iv. Sankirtana | Ritual singing, drumming and dancing of Manipur |
Answer:
Mudiyett – A ritual theatre of Tamil Nadu
2.
| Column ‘A’ | Column ‘B’ |
| i. Kathak | North India |
| ii. Kathakali | Andhra Pradesh |
| iii. Odisi | Odisha |
| iv. Bharatnatyam | Tamil Nadu |
Answer:
Kathakali – Andhra Pradesh
3.
| Column ‘A’ | Column ‘B’ |
| i. Bharud | Saint Eknath |
| ii. Powada | Surdas |
| iii. Keertan | Saint Namadev |
| iv. Bhajan | Saint Meerabai |
Answer:
Powada – Surdas
Question 2.
(A) Complete the given concept chart/map. (Any Two) [4]
1.
2.
3.
| Architecture of India | Name of the place |
| Qutub Minar | …………………….. |
| …………………….. | Agra |
| Gol Gumbaz | …………………….. |
| …………………….. | Mumbai |
(B) Write short notes on. (Any Two) [4]
1. Hemadpanti Style
2. Saraswati Mahal Granthalay
3. Orientalist historiography
Answer:
1.
2.
3.
| Architecture of India | Name of the place |
| Qutub Minar | Mehrauli |
| Taj Mahal | Agra |
| Gol Gumbaz | Bijapur |
| Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaja Terminus | Mumbai |
(B)
1. i. The Hemadpanti style of temples developed in Maharashtra during the 12th and 13th centuries.
ii. The outer walls of these temples are built in a star shaped pattern in which these walls have a zigzag design. This results into an interesting effect of alternating light and shadow.
iii. The most important characteristic of Hemadpanti temple is its masonry wherein without using mortar, the walls are built by locking the stones using the technique of tenon and mortise joints.
iv. These temples are found at several places in Maharashtra and some of the finest examples include the Ambreshwar temple at Ambarnath near Mumbai, Gondeshwar temple at Sinnar near Nashik, Aundha Nagnath temple in the Hingoli district, etc.
2. i. The Saraswati Mahal Granthalay based in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu was built in the 16th – 17th century, during the times of the Nayak dynasty.
ii. Vyankojiraje Bhosale who conquered Thanjavur in 1675 C.E. and established his independent rule expanded the Granthalay.
iii. Later, his successors also worked hard to expand the Granthalay. Sarfoji Raje Bhosale contributed the most to the expansion of this library.
iv. In the year 1918, in order to honour the efforts made by Sarfoji Raje Bhosale the library was renamed as ‘The Thanjavur Maharaja Sarfoji’s Saraswati Mahal Library’.
3. i. The European scholars who had curiosity, admiration and respect for the civilisations & countries of the East are known as ‘Orientalists’. They focused on Vedic tradition & Sanskrit literature and also studied the similarities between Sanskrit & some of the European languages. These studies formulated a notion about an ancient language that could be the origin of all Indo-European languages.
ii. The Asiatic Society founded by Sir William Jones in 1784 in Kolkata, opened the doors for research in ancient Indian literature and history.
iii. According to the Orientalist scholar, Friedrich Max Muller, Sanskrit was the most ancient language of the Indo-European languages. He was deeply interested in Sanskrit literature and translated the Sanskrit text of Hitopadesh in German. Moreover, he edited 50 volumes of ‘The Sacred Books of the East’. He even compiled and published Rigveda in six volumes as well as translated it in German.
iv. However, a scholar named Edward Said re-evaluated the orientalist writings and highlighted the imperialistic interests of the orientalist scholars.
Question 3.
Explain the following statements with reasons. (Any Two) [4]
1. The number of people travelling back and forth from India has increased considerably.
2. Bharuds composed by Saint Ekanath are popular in Maharashtra.
3. Toys can tell us about cultural history.
4. Only trained persons, who are duly qualified, can take up the tasks involved in the work of conservation and preservation.
Answer:
1. i. The availability of railway, marine and air transport, has made travelling abroad easier.
ii. There is a trans-European railway route.
iii. Marine transport has linked the coastal regions and aviation has brought the entire world closer.
iv. Also, due to the economic liberalisation policy of the Indian government, travelling abroad has become easier than before.
Therefore, the number of people travelling back and forth from India has increased considerably.
2. i. Bharud is a metaphorical song that has spiritual and ethical lessons. Its style can be compared to a road show.
ii. Saint Eknath composed several Bharuds which had a wide range of subjects, dramatic quality, easy rhythm and humour. Moreover, they were composed with the aim of educating people on various aspects of life.
Due to these reasons, Bharuds composed by Saint Eknath are popular in Maharashtra.
3. i. Sometimes toys are used during certain festivals. Their use gives a glimpse of the religious and cultural traditions of a particular country.
For e.g. Model forts are made as a part of traditional Diwali celebrations in Maharashtra. Through this tradition, the memory of the importance of forts in the history of Maharashtra is kept alive.
ii. Similarly, an ivory doll made by Indian craftsmen was found in the excavation of Pompeii, an ancient city in Italy which is dated to 1st century C.E. This artefact throws light on the Indo-Roman trade relations which existed even during the ancient period. It also tells us about cultural contacts which existed between nations in ancient times.
Thus, the use of toys by a particular country tell us its cultural history.
4. i. Institutes like libraries, museums and archives conserve and preserve precious historical heritage. The task involved in the work of conservation and preservation are follwing:
a. collecting the sources of history.
b. creating their records and indexes.
c. exhibiting manuscripts, old books and artefacts after completing necessary treatments requires very careful handling and management.
ii. For above tasks needs people with specific skills.
Therefore, only trained persons, who are duly qualified, can take up the tasks involved in the work of conservation and preservation.
Question 4.
Read the following extract and answer the questions. [4]
Humanities include disciplines like history, archaeology, sociology, anthropology, political science, economics, etc. To understand the history of the origin and development of these disciplines is an essential part of heir learning. All disciplines are supposed to have their origin in philosophy. Ancient people all over the world tried to speculate in order to understand the relationship between the universe and human existence. It gave rise to various mythological stories about the origin of this world, the universal order, human life, gods and goddesses, rituals and their philosophical explanation. Roots of philosophical ponderings are to be found in these mythological stories. Various disciplines under humanities have theoretical foundations based on philosophical theories. Only historical knowledge can help us in understanding these developmental stages.
Questions:
1. List the disciplines in humanities. (1)
2. Which subject is said to be the origin of all the disciplines? (1)
3. Why is it said that, ‘Roots of philosophical ponderings are to be found in the mythological stories’?
Answer:
1. Humanities include disciplines like history, archaeology, sociology, anthropology, political science, economics, etc.
2. Philosophy subject is said to be the origin of all the disciplines.
3. i. In order to understand the relationship between the universe and human existence, ancient people all over the world tried to speculate the same.
ii. Their speculations gave rise to different mythological stories about the origin of this world, the universal order, human life, gods and goddesses, rituals and their philosophical explanations.
Hence, it is rightly said that, ‘Roots of philosophical ponderings are to be found in the mythological stories’.
Question 5.
Answer the questions in detail. (Any Two) [6]
1. Which tasks are important in archives management?
2. Describe any three types of tourism.
3. What is Feminist Historiography?
4. How are professional opportunities available in the field of sports?
Answer:
1. 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.
iv. 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.
2. Travelling to and staying in places outside the usual environment for a specific purpose and for a fixed period of time is known as ‘tourism’.
The types of tourism are as follows:
i. Local and Interstate Tourism:
a. Local and Interstate tourism involves residents of one country travelling only within that country.
b. This kind of tourism is not very overwhelming because it is within one’s own country.
c. Also, it does not cause difficulties of language, procuring currency and documents.
d. Moreover, this kind of tourism can be planned at the time suitable to the individual.
ii. International Tourism:
a. International tourism is an important type of tourism. It refers to tourism that crosses national borders.
b. Due to the availability of railway, marine and air transport, it has become easier to travel abroad. There is a trans-European railway route. Marine transport has linked the coastal regions and aviation has brought the entire world closer.
c. Moreover, due to the economic liberalisation policy of the Indian government (1991), the number of people travelling back and forth from India has increased greatly. People nowadays travel for studies, relaxation, sightseeing, shooting of films, professional assignments like meeting, agreements, etc.
d. Various official documents are to be obtained for travelling abroad, for example- passport, visa, etc.
iii. Historical Tourism:
a. Historical tourism refers to a kind of tourism, where the tour or tour group focusses on the history; history of some place, people, things or events. It helps people satisfy their interest in history.
b. In India, tours are arranged to different historical places and important historical sites such as forts in Rajasthan, ashrams of Mahatma Gandhi and Acharya Vinoba Bhave, important places related to the Indian War of Independence (1857), etc.
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.
iv. Geographic Tourism:
a. Geographic tourism involves visiting places to observe the special geographical features of a region.
b. In order to satisfy this curiosity, tourists visit various natural & animal sanctuaries, beaches and unique geographical wonders like the Crater lake at Lonar & Ranjan Khalge (naturally carved out cavities in rocks) at Nighoj in Maharashtra.
v. Health Tourism:
a. Health Tourism involves travelling for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness.
b. In India, the health services and facilities available are cheaper compared to other countries. Even the standard of these facilities is good, therefore, people from western countries undertake this type of tourism.
c. Besides, tourists from countries with cold climate visit India to get ample sunlight.
d. Learning Yoga and undertaking ayurvedic therapies are some other reasons for this type of tourism.
vi. Agro-Tourism:
a. Today Agro-tourism, also known as Agri-tourism, is rapidly developing.
b. It is specially meant for the urban population who have very little exposure to rural life and agriculture.
c. Indian farmers, nowadays, visit distant regions like the agricultural research centres, agricultural-universities.
d. Farmers also visit countries like Israel where experimentation in advanced technology of agriculture is carried out.
vii. Sports Tourism:
a. Sports Tourism, developed in the 20th century, refers to travel which involves attending a sporting event.
b. Various sports events are organised at the international level, national level and state level.
c. Olympics, Wimbledon, World Chess Championship matches and International Cricket Tournaments etc., are some examples of sports events organised at the international level; event like Himalayan Car Rally is organised at the national level and the Maharashtra Kesari Wrestling competitions, etc; are organised at the state level.
viii. Tourism based on Special Events:
a. Travelling to and staying in places outside the usual environment for a specific purpose and for a fixed period of time is known as ‘tourism’.
b. People who love to travel, look for special reasons to go on a tour and in the 21st century, it has become common to organise such events.
c. Film festivals, various types of seminars and conferences, international book exhibitions, library festivals, etc., are examples of special events. People from different regions come to attend these events.
d. For instance, every year many literature enthusiasts from Maharashtra come to attend the Akhil Bhartiya Marathi Sammelan [Pan India Literary Convention] which is held annually in different places of India.
ix. Religious Tourism:
a. People belonging to various caste, religion, creed, etc., visit religious places to worship the different gods and goddesses, saints or to see the art, culture, traditions and architecture.
b. Nowadays, people of various religious communities are spread globally. However, they remain united because of their mythological traditions and the places associated with those traditions.
c. This creates a desire to travel to those places and it gives rise to religious tourism. Religious tourism fosters peace, unity and socio-cultural harmony among people.
d. In order to provide good amenities on the pilgrim routes like Chardham Yatras and Bara Jyotirlingas, Ahilyabai Holkar undertook the constructions by using her personal funds.
(Note: Students are expected to write any three types of tourism.)
3. Introduction: The contributions of Feminist Historiography are important in the
development of historiography.
i. The restructuring of the history from the perspective of women is known as ‘Feminist Historiography’. The fundamentals of feminism were established through the writings of French scholar Simone de Beauvoir.
ii. It emphasised the inclusion of women in history as well as the rethinking of the male dominated perspective of history.
iii. Feminist Historiography also led the historical research to focus in detail on several aspects of women’s life such as their employment, their role in trade union, institutions working for their cause, their family life, etc. Due to this, post 1990, women were portrayed as an independent social class in the historical writings.
Conclusion: Historiography has received a new dimension due to feminist historiography.
4. One can obtain professional opportunities in the field of sports in the following manner:
i. Sports journalist: Students of history can find many opportunities in the field of sports journalism. Their knowledge of history is needed to write articles and reviews about sports events like Olympics or Asiad or national and international matches.
ii. Commentators: Also, those who have good knowledge of the history, statistics, previous records, eminent players, historical anecdotes, etc. related to the concerned game, get an opportunity to work as commentators in various sports.
iii. Record keeper: Several sports competitions are telecast live on television like kabaddi, chess, football, cricket, etc. They are telecasted round the clock. Nowadays, the role of professionals, who track and keep the record of these telecasts from various channels, has become very important. Hence, an opportunity to work in this field is created.
iv. Referees: In sports, referees also play an important role. Once a person qualifies the examination meant for becoming a referee, he becomes eligible for working at the district, state, national and international levels.
(Note: Students may write any three professional opportunities.)
Political Science
Question 6.
Choose the correct potion from given options and complete the statements. [2]
1. was appointed as the first Chief Election Commissioner of independent India. ()
(i) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(ii) T. N. Seshan
(iii) Sukumar Sen
(iv) Neela Satyanarayan
Answer:
Sukumar Sen was appointed as the first Chief Election Commissioner of independent India.
2. Which of the following laws created a favourable environment for women to secure freedom and self-development? ()
(i) Right to Information Act
(ii) Dowry Prohibition Act
(iii) Food Security Act
(iv) None of the above
Answer:
Dowry Prohibition Act created a favourable environment for women to secure freedom and self-development.
Question 7.
State, whether the following statements are true or false. Give reasons for you answer.(Any Two)
1. People may lose confidence in the democratic process due to corruption during elections.
2. Movements do not need a strong leadership.
3. Secrecy in the working of Government has increased due to the Right to Information.
Answer:
1. The above statement is True.
Reasons:
i. Democracy ensures representation of people from various sections of the society. Electoral process is a method through which people’s participation is ensured.
ii. However, many a times, corruption seeps in the electoral process in terms of bogus voting, bribing of voters, abduction of voters, etc.
This can lead the people to lose confidence in the democratic process due to
corruption during elections.
2. The above statement is False.
Reasons:
i. A movement is a collective action which requires active participation of people. Every movement requires strong leadership to keep the movement active.
ii. The leaders of the movement as well as the participating people provide the necessary information to the government.
iii. The leaders are responsible for deciding the objectives of the movement, programme of action, strategy of agitation, etc.
iv. A strong leadership can make the movement effective.
Thus, movements require a strong leadership.
3. The above statement is False.
Reasons:
i. The main objective of the Right to Information Act enacted in 2005 is to empower the citizens, promote transparency and accountability in the working of the Government and make democracy work for the people in real sense.
ii. Accordingly, it keeps the citizens informed about the functioning of the Government.
iii. Due to this act, the government has become more transparent and accountable. Therefore, secrecy in the working of the Government has decreased due to Right to Information.
Question 8.
(A) Explain the following concept. (Any One) [2]
1. Right to Information
2. Corruption
(B) Complete the following activity. (Any One) [2]
Answer:
(A) 1. i. In 2005, the Parliament of India enacted a new legislation called the ’Right to Information Act’.
ii. The main objective of the Right to Information Act is to empower the citizens, promote transparency and accountability in the working of the Government and make our democracy work for the people in real sense.
iii. It increases people’s participation in administration. It also makes administration more responsive to the requirements of people. This increased communication between citizens and government helps in strengthening democracy and in building a relationship of trust between them.
iv. Thus, Right to Information is a big step towards making the citizens informed about the functioning of the Government. Also, it has made the government more transparent and has reduced the element of secrecy in the working of the government.
v. The rise in participation of criminals in political process is a serious problem for democratic systems. People with criminal background, criminal allegations and allegations of corruption are given candidature by the political parties.
2. i. The extent of corruption is very high in the public sector of India.
ii. The corruption at the political and administrative levels leads to the reduction of functional efficiency of the government. There is delay in governmental work, poor public services and facilities and financial blunders.
iii. This results in dissatisfaction and distrust among people about the government system. Further, the corruption in electoral process, bribing of voters, bogus voting, abduction of voters, etc. reduces people’s confidence in democratic process.
iv. Efforts must be taken to stop corruption, not only at Government and administrative level but also at a personal level. There has to be proper communication between the Government and citizens.
(B)
Question 9.
Answer the following in brief. (Any One) [2]
1. What are neo-social movements?
2. What are the effects of criminalisation of politics?
Answer:
1. i. The movements which started after 1980 were known as neo-social movements. They were different from the earlier movements like tribal movements, farmers’ movements, etc.
ii. These movements were issue-based i.e. they were based on each issue individually.
2. i. The rise in participation of criminals in political process is a serious problem for democratic systems. People with criminal background, criminal allegations and allegations of corruption are given candidature by the political parties.
ii. This leads to the increase in the role of money and muscle power in politics and may also lead to violence during elections.
Thus, criminalisation of politics can lead to serious effects on democracy.