CBSE 2018 Social Science Question Paper for Class 10

About this paper

This is the CBSE Class 10 Social Science question paper from the 2018 board examination, code 32/2, Series TYM, Set 2. It carries 80 marks for three hours and has 26 compulsory questions, with internal choices in several questions. Seven questions are of one mark, eleven are three-mark answers of up to 80 words, and seven are five-mark answers of up to 100 words. Question 26 is a map question: two history locations and three geography features, including Raja Sansi airport and the Bhadravati iron and steel plant, with a written alternative for visually impaired candidates. History items offer a choice among nationalism in Europe, Vietnam, print culture, novels, industrialisation and the history of cities. This copy has the questions only.

Exam

CBSE Class 10

Subject

Social Science

Year

2018

Paper code

32/2

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

3 hours

Questions

26

Pages

10

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Questions 1–7

  7 marks

  Very short answer questions, one mark each

• Questions 8–18

  33 marks

  Short answers of up to 80 words, three marks each; internal choice in some

• Questions 19–25

  35 marks

  Long answers of up to 100 words, five marks each; internal choice in some

• Question 26

  5 marks

  Map question: two history features (2 marks) and three geography features (3 marks) on one outline map of India, with a written alternative for visually impaired candidates

Topics covered

• The rise of nationalism in Europe
• The nationalist movement in Indo-China
• Nationalism in India
• Print culture and the novel
• The age of industrialisation
• Work, life and leisure
• Resources and development
• Agriculture and water resources
• Manufacturing industries
• Lifelines of national economy
• Democracy, political parties and secularism
• Development, money and globalisation

Questions from this paper

1. Classify resources on the basis of origin.
2. Why is cheap and affordable credit important for the country's development? Explain any three reasons.
3. Describe the impact of rinderpest on people's livelihoods and the local economy in Africa in the 1890s.
4. How did the Non-Cooperation Movement start with the participation of the middle class in the cities? Explain its impact on the economic front.
5. Why is the economic strength of a country measured by the development of manufacturing industries? Explain with examples.
6. "Democracy stands much superior to any other form of government in promoting dignity and freedom of the individual." Justify this statement.