SSC SOCIAL STUDIES IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ACCORDING TO SCERT BLUEPRINT

1. History of Nationalism In Europe

Lesson weightage: 1M- 1, 4 M- 1, Total : 5 M,

1 Mark Questions:
1. Absolutist
2. Utopian
3. National State
4. Civil Code
5. New middle class
6. Suffrage
7. Liberal Nationalism
8. Zollverein
9. New conservatism
10. Treaty of Vienna 1815
11. Young Italy
12. Romanticism
13. Allegory
14. Nationalism
15. Imperialism
4 Mark Questions
1. Giuseppe Mazzini
2. Count De Cavour
3. The Greek War of Independence
4. Frankfurt Parliament
5. The Role of Women in Nationalist Struggles.
6. Who were Mariana and Germania what was the importance of the way in which they were
portrayed?
7. Briefly press the process of German unification.
8. Why did nationalist connections emerge in the Balkans?
9. 1848 revolution meant for liberals how?

2. Nationalism In India
Lesson weightage: 8M × 1 Total 8 Marks

1. Why growth of Nationalism in the colonies is linked to an anti-colonial movement?

2. Why did Gandhiji decided to draw the Non - Cooperation movement?
3. What is meant by the idea of Satyagraha?
4. Compare the images of Bharat Mata in this chapter with the image of Germania in chapter 1?
5. Discuss the salt march to make clear why it was an effective symbol of resistance against
colonialism?
6. What is the role of Mahatma Gandhi in freedom movement?
7. How Rowlatt Act lead to non-cooperation movement. What are the events that drive nationalism?
8. Write about (a) Jalianwala bagh massacre 4 Marks (b) Simon Commission 4 Marks.
9. How was the World War I helped the growth of industries and National movement in India?
Lesson 3. The Making of a Global World

Lesson weightage : 1M -2, 2M – 1

Total : 4 Marks
1 Mark Questions:
1. Silk route
2. El dorado
3. Rinder Pest
4. Indentured labour
5. Assembly line method
6. Ford T Model
7. Best cost cutting decision
8. Great depression
9. IMF
10. N I E O
11. Tariff
12. Fixed exchange rate
13. Floating exchange rate
2 Mark Questions
1. Corn Laws
2. Rinder Pest in Africa
3. The Great depression on Indian economy
4. What is meant by the Bretton Woods agreement
5. Explain the cause of Great depression
6. Explain what is referred to as the G- 77 Countries. In what ways can G -77 be seen as a reaction to
the activities of the Bretton Woods twins ?

4. The Age of Industrialisation

Lesson Weightage : 4 M × 1 4 Marks
4 Mark Questions
1. Explain what is meant by proto - Industrialization
2. Why did industrial production in India increase during the World War 1
3. The port of Surat declined by the end of the 18th century explain.
4. Women workers in Britain attack the spinning Jenny. Is there any relation to hand labour over
machines in 19th century Europe ?
5. The East India company appointed gomastas to supervise weavers in India. why ?explain

5. Print Culture and the Modern World

Lesson weightage : 2M - 1, 8 M - 1 ( Internal Choice ), Map - 2 M Total : 4 + ( 8 )
8 Mark Questions
1. Why did some people in 18th century Europe think that print culture would bring enlightenment
and despotism?
2. Explain how print culture assisted the growth of Nationalism in India.
2 Mark Questions
1. Vernacular press Act
2. What is platen ?
3. Water blood and Taverns ?
4. How the books mobilise Protestant Reformation ?
5. What is despotism ?
6. Richard M Hoe's cylindrical press
7. What are ulama and fatwa ?
8. Amar Jiban
9. What are the Eradmus ideas of printed book ?

Lesson 1 Power Sharing

Lesson Weightage: 1× 8 Mark 8 Marks
1. What are the different forms of power sharing in modern democracies? Given example of each of
these.
2. State one prudential reason and one moral reason for our sharing with an example from the
Indian context
3. What are the elements in Belgian model accommodate power sharing in Belgium?
4. How majoritarianisms effect adversely the power sharing in Sri Lanka?
5. Distinguish between horizontal power sharing or Checks & balances system and vertical division of
power sharing or federal division of power?
6. How political parties and pressure groups influence power sharing?
7. Are we transfer power to local government to further strengthen power sharing?
Lesson 2 : Federalism
Lesson Weightage: 1M - 2, 2M – 1 Total : 4 Marks
1 Mark Questions:
1. What is federalism?
2. What are the subjects in Central list?
3. What are the subjects in state list?
4. What are the subjects in concurrent list?
5. Mention any two subjects in residuary list.
2 Mark Questions:
1. Point out one feature in the practice of federalism in India that is similar and one feature that is
different from that of Belgium.
2. What is the difference between a federal form of Government and unitary one? Explain with an
example
3. What is decentralization?
4. What is local government and how it gets constitutional status?
5. What are scheduled languages?
6. Article 356 affects Central state relations. How?
7. What is coalition government?
8. How language policy of Indian Union strengthen unity and integrity of India?
9. What is the difference between "coming together federations" and "holding together
federations"? Give examples to each of these.
10. Difference between article 371 and article 356
11. What are the key features of federalism?
Lesson 3 Gender Religion and Caste
Lesson Weightage : 2M - 1, 4M – 1 Total : 6 Marks
Two Mark Questions:
1. What is feminist movement?
2. State two reasons to say that caste alone cannot determine election results in India.
3. Mention two constitutional provisions that make India a secular state.
4. What is Apartheid?
5. Define occupational mobility and Caste hierarchy?
6. What is communalism?
7. What is sexual division of labour?
4 Marks Questions:
1. Mention different aspects of life in which women are discriminated or disadvantaged in India.
2. State Different forms of communal politics with one example each.
3. What is the status of women's representation in India's legislative bodies ?
4. State how caste inequalities or still continuing in India ?
Lesson 4 Political Parties
Lesson Weightage: 1M - 1, 8 Mark - 1 (IC), Map 2 + 1 ( IC ) Total Marks 3 + ( 1 + 8 )
One Mark Questions
1. What is political party?
2. What is defection in political parties ?
3. What is affidavit?
4. How national party is defined?
5. How Election Commission recognize a party as state or regional party?
6. Distinguish between two party democracy and multi-party democracy?
7. State two disadvantages of one party system.
8. What is partisan?
9. Expand NDA and I N D I A
8 mark questions
1. State the various functions political parties perform in a democracy.
2. What are the various challenges faced by political parties?
3. Suggest some reforms to strengthen parties so that they perform their function well.
4. What are the characteristics of a political party ?
Lesson 5 Outcomes of Democracy
Lesson Weightage : 4 Marks 1 and Map - 1 ( IC ) Total : 4Marks
4 Mark Questions
1. How does democracy produce an accountable responsive and legitimate government?
2. What are the conditions under which democracy accommodate social diversities?
3. What are the economic outcomes of democracy?
4. How do we assess democracy's outcomes?
5. Is RTI best mechanism to make government accountable in democracy? Justify your answer.
Lesson 1 - Development
Lesson Weightage: 1M - 1, 4M – 1 Total : 5 Marks
4 Mark Questions:
1. What is the main criterion used by the World Bank in classifying different countries? What are the
limitations of this criterion, if any?
2. In what respects is the criterion used by the UNDP for measuring development different from the
one used by the World Bank?
3. Why do we use averages? Are there any limitations to their use? Illustrate with your own
examples related to development.
4. Why is the issue of sustainability important for development?
5. The earth has enough resources to meet the needs of all but not enough to satisfy the greed of
even one person how is the statement relevant to the discussion of development? Discuss.
One Mark Questions:
1. What is development?
2. What are called Public facilities?
3. What is per capita income?
4. What are the other development goals other than income ?
5. How do you calculate BMI?
6. What is Human Development Index?
7. What is sustainable development?
8. What is the estimated crude oil reserve by 2100?
Lesson 2 : Sectors of the Indian Economy
Lesson Weightage: 8 Mark - 1 Total 8 Marks
8 Mark Questions
1. How do you distinguish between Organized and Unorganized sectors? Explain in your own words.
2. Do you think the classification of economic activities into primary secondary and tertiary is useful?
Explain how.
3. How is the tertiary sector different from other sectors? Illustrate with a few examples.
4. What do you understand by disguised unemployment? Explain with an example each from the
urban and rural areas.
5. Distinguish between open employment and disguised unemployment.
6. Explain the objectives of implementing the NREGA - 2005
7. Explain how public sector contributes to the economic development of a nation.
Lesson 3 : Money and Credit
Lesson Weightage: 8 M - 1 (IC), Map 2 + 2 (IC) Total : 2 + ( 8 + 2 )
8 Mark Questions:
1. In situations with high risks credit might create further problems for the borrower explain.
2. How does money solve the problem of double coincidence of wants explain with an example of
your own.
3. Why do we need to expand formal sources of credit in India?
4. What is the basic idea behind the self-help Groups for the poor? Explain your own words.
5. In what ways does the RBI supervise The functioning of banks? Why is this necessary?
6. Analyze the role of credit in development?
7. Write about Bangladesh Grameen Bank.
Lesson 4 Globalisation of Indian economy
Lesser Weightage: 1 M - 2, 2 Mark - 1, Total: 4 Marks
Two Mark Questions:
1. What do you understand by globalization ? Explain your own words.
2. What were the reasons for putting barriers to foreign trade and foreign investment by the Indian
government? Why did it wish to remove these barriers?
3. How wood flexibility in labour laws help companies?
4. "The impact of globalisation has not been uniform". Explain this statement.
5. How has liberalisation of trade and investment policies helped the globalisation process?
6. Globalisation will continue in the future. Can you imagine what the world would be like 20 years
from now? Give reason for your answer.
7. How does foreign trade lead to integration of markets across countries? Explain with an example
other than those given here.
One mark questions :
1. Globalisation
2. Economic liberalisation
3. Aims of WTO
4. What is Fair Trade?
5. What are the factors that have enabled globalisation?
6. What is investment?
7. What is foreign investment?
8. Name some Indian multinational companies
Lesson 5 Consumer Rights
Lesson Weightage : 2 M - 1, 4M – 1 Total: 6 Marks
4 Mark Questions
1. What factors gave birth to the consumer movement in India? Trace its evolution.
2. What the rationale behind the enactment of Consumer protection Act 1986?
3. Mention some of the rights of consumer and write a few sentences on each.
4. Mention a few factors which cause exploitation of consumers.
2 Mark Questions
1. By what means can be consumer express their Solidarity?
2. What is ISI and Agmark?
3. Write about Consumer International.
4. Why are rules and regulations required in the marketplace? Illustrate with a few examples.
5. Describe some of your duties as consumer if you Visit a shopping Complex in your locality.
Lesson 1 Resource and Development
Lesson Weightage: 1 M - 2, Map – 1 Total: 3 Marks.
1 Mark Questions
1. What is resource?
2. What is sustainable development?
3. Agenda 21
4. Rio Earth summit
5. What is resource planning?
6. What is resource conservation?
7. Who wrote the book "Small is Beautiful" ?
8. What are the two causes of Land degradation?
9. What is Brundtland Commission Report 1987 ?
10. National forest policy 1952
11. What is Net Sown Area?
12. What is lateral soil?
13. What are the six types of soils?
14. Bhangar and khadar
15. Duars, Chos and Terai
16. What is soil erosion?
17. What is sheet erosion?
18. What is wind erosion?
19. What is Gully erosion?
20. What is contour ploughing?
21. What is terrace farming?
22. What is strip farming?
23. What are shelter belts?
24. What are called ravines?
Lesson 2 Forest and Wildlife Resources
Lesson Weightage: 4 Marks – 1 Total: 4 Marks
4 Mark Questions:
1. What is biodiversity? Why is biodiversity important for human lives?
2. How have human activities affected the depletion of Flora and Fauna? Explain.
3. Describe how communities have and protected forests and wildlife in India.
4. Write a good note on good practices towards conserving forest and wildlife.
5. What is the difference between Reserved Forests, Protected Forests and Unclassed Forests ?
6. Write about Project Tiger.
7. How chipko Beej Bachao Aandolan and Navdhanya helped in conserving forest and appreciate the
joint forest management?
Lesson 3 Water Resources
Lesson Weightage: 8M – 1 Total - 8 Marks
8 Mark Questions
1. Describe how modern adaptations of traditional rainwater harvesting methods are being carried
out to conserve and store water.
2. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of multipurpose river projects in India?
3. What is water scarcity? And what are its main causes?
4. Discuss how rainwater harvesting in semi-arid regions of Rajasthan is carried out.
5. Explain how water becomes a renewable resource.
6. What is bamboo drip irrigation system?
 Lesson 4 Agriculture
Lesson Weightage: 8 Marks ( IC ) Total : 8 Marks ( IC )
1. Suggest the initiative taken by the government to ensure the increase in agriculture production.
2. Name one staple crop of India and the regions where it is produced?
3. Name one beverage crop and specify the geographical conditions required for its growth.
4. Enlist the various institutional reform programmes introduced by the government in the interest
of farmers.
5. Describe the geographical conditions required for the growth of rice?
6. Are farmers acquired literacy to adapt modern agriculture techniques in cultivating crops? How it
is helpful and useful to them?
Lesson 5 Minerals and Energy Resources
Lesson Weightage: 4 Mark – 1 Total : 4 Marks
4 Mark Questions
1. Why do we need to conserve mineral resources?
2. Describe the distribution of coal in India.
3. How are minerals found in igneous and metamorphic rocks?
4. What do you think that solar energy has a bright future in India?
5. Distinguish between ferrous and non ferrous minerals.
6. Distinguish between conventional and non conventional sources of energy.
7. What are the iron ore belts in India?
Lesson 6 Manufacturing Industries
Lesson Weightage: 1M - 1, 2M - 1, Map – 1 Total: 4 Marks
2 Mark Questions
1. What is manufacturing?
2. What are basic industries? Give an example.
3. How do industries pollute the environment?
4. Discuss the steps to be taken to minimise environmental degradation of by industry.
5. Classify the industries on the basis of raw materials used.
6. Classify the industries on the basis of their role.
7. Classify the industries on the basis of capital and investment.
8. Classify the industries on the basis of ownership.
9. What are the raw materials in agro based industries in your area? What are the other inputs in the
process of manufacturing that involves transport cost? Are these factors following environmental
norms?
10. Select one mineral based industry and state raw materials and inputs and environmental norms.
11. Cotton Textiles
12. Jute Textiles
13. Sugar Industry
14. Iron and Steel Industry
15. Aluminum Smelting
16. Chemical Industry
17. Fertiliser Industry
18. Cement Industry
19. Automobile Industry
20. Information Technology and Electronic Industry
21. What are the four types of pollution responsible for environmental degradation?

Lesson 7 Lifelines of National Economy

Lesson weightage: 2M - 1, Map-2 (IC) Total-2+(2)
2 Mark Questions:
1. Why are the means of transportation and communication called the lifelines of a nation and its
economy?
2. Where and why is rail transport the most convenient means of transportation?
3. State any three merits of roadways.
4. What is meant by trade? What is the difference between International and local trade?
5. What is the significance of the border roads?
6. Write a note on the changing nature of the international trade the last 15 years.
7. What is Digital India?
8. Is tourism recognised as a trade? explain.
9. Write the importance of airways.
10. What are the major seaports in India?
11. Name four waterways in India.
12. Name 3 pipeline transportation networks in India.
13. Write Railway Zones that is having places of Andhra Pradesh as a division.
14. How roads are classified according to the capacity in India?
15. What are the means of transport?

MAP POINTING AND READING QUESTIONS ACCORDING TO SCERT BLUEPRINT

8 MARKS
( 1 ) Map Pointing and Reading : All States and Capitals
( 2 ) Countries: [Europe] 1, England, 2. Germany, 3. France, 4. Portugal, 5. Spain, 6. Denmark, 7.
Netherlands, 8. Serbia, 9. Italy, 10. Poland, 11. Belgium, 12. Switzerland, 13. Turkey, 14. Greece, 15.
Norway, 16. Sweden, 17. Ukraine, 18. France, 19. Ireland, 20. Scotland, 21. Austria, 22 Romania, 23.
Bulgaria. [ Americas ] 24. Canada, 25. USA, 26. Mexico, 27. Cuba, 28. Jamaica, 29. Port of Spain, 30.
Brazil, 31. Argentina, 32. Peru, 33. Chile, 34. Columbia, 35. Equador. { Asia } 36. India, 37. Japan, 38.
Afghanistan, 39. Nepal, 40. Sri Lanka, 41. Myanmar, 42. Bangladesh, 43. Bhutan, 44. Maldives, 45.
Indonesia, 46. Malaysia, 47. North Korea, 48. South Korea, 49. Vietnam, 50. Singapore. [ Africa ] 51.
Egypt, 52. Eritria, 53. Ethiopia, 54. Sudan, 55. Madagascar, 56. South Africa, 57. Zimbabwe, 58.
Zambia, 59. Democratic Republic of Congo, 60. Chad. { Middle East and Asia } 61. Israel, 62. Iran (
Persia ), 63. Iraq, 64. Saudi Arabia, 65. Syria, 66. Lebanon, 67. Brunei. ( Oceania and Remaining World
) 68. Australia, 69. Newzealand, 70. Greenland, 71. Antarctica.
(3) Oceans and Seas
1. Atlantic Ocean
2. Pacific Ocean
3. Arctic Ocean
4. Antarctica Ocean
5. Indian Ocean
6. Mediterranean Sea
7. Red Sea
8. Baltic Sea
9. Caspian Sea
10. Arabian Sea
11. Bay of Bengal
12. South China Sea
13. North Sea
14. Black Sea
15. Rhine River
16. Danube River
(4) Cold Desert - Ladakh
(5) Durgapur Burnpur Steel Plants - West Bengal
(6) Bokaro and Jamshedpur Steel Plants - Jharkhand
(7) Rourkela Steel Plant - Odisha
(8) Bhilai Steel Plant - Chattisgarh
(9) Vijayanagar and Bhadravati Steel Plants - Karnataka
(10) Salem Steel Plant - Tamil Nadu
(11) Rastriya Ispat Nigam Limited ( RINL ) - Visakhapatnam
12. NALCO, BALCO Aluminium Smelters - Odisha
13. Gurugram, 14. Pune ( Maharashtra) 15. Indore, 16. Noida (UP), 17. Mohali Punjab, 18. Mysuru,
19. Coimbatore, 20. Guwahati, 21. Sri Nagar.
22. North - South Corridor - Links Sri Nagar ( Jammu and Kashmir ) to Kanyakumari ( Tamil Nadu)
23. East West Corridor - Links Silchar ( Assam ) to Porbandar ( Gujarat )
24. NH - 1 is also known as Sher Shah Suri Marg and Grand Trunk Road connects Delhi - Amritsar
25. The World's longest Highway Tunnel - Atal Tunnel ( 9.02 KM ) links Manali ( Himachal Pradesh )
to Lahul Spiti Valley ( Himachal Pradesh )
26. First Railway Line - Linked Mumbai Thane
27. Oil Fields : Assam to Kanpur ( UP ), Barauni - Haldia, Raibandh - Maurigram
28. Pipelines : Salaya ( Gujarat ) - Jalandhar ( Punjab ), Hazira - Vijaipur - Jagdishpur ( HVJ ), Mumbai
High - Bassein Gas Fields
29. Waterways
A) N.W No. 1 Allahabad - Haldia
B) N. W. No. 2 Sadiya - Dhubri
C) N. W. No. 3 West Coast Canal ( Kerala )
D) N. W. No. 4 Kakinada - Puducherry
E) N. W. No. 5 East Coast Canal ( Odisha )
Sea Ports
30. Kandla Port - Gujarat
31. Kandla ( Deendayal Port ) - Gujarat
32. Biggest Port in India - Mumbai, Maharashtra
33. Jawahar Lal Nehru Port - Maharashtra
34. Premier Iron Ore Exporting Port - Marmagao Port ( Goa )
35. New Mangalore Port - Karnataka
36. The port located at entrance of a lagoon with a natural harbour and Queen of Arabia - Kochchi (
Kerala )
37. Natural Harbour and Rich Hinterland - Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu
38. One of the Oldest Artificial Port and 2nd biggest in terms of Trade and Volume - Chennai
39. Deepest Landlocked well protected port - Visakhapatnam Sea Port
40. Paradwip Port - Odisha
41. Inland Riverine Port - Kolkata
42. Subsidiary Port of Kolkata - Haldia Port
International Airports
53. Raja Sansi - Amritsar ( Punjab )
54. Indira Gandhi International Airport - Delhi
55. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Airport - Kolkata
56. Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport - Mumbai Maharashtra
57. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport - Hyderabad
58. Thiruvananthapuram Airport
59. NH 2 is also Known as NH - 19 Grand Trunk Road - Links Delhi to Kolkata
60. National Highway No. 7 Links Varanasi to Kanyakumari
61. Headquarters of Southern Railway Zone - Chennai
62. Busiest and Largest Railway Junction - Howrah Railway Junction and Station ( West Bengal )

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