SA-1 QUESTIONNNAIRE

Class X SESSION 2016-17

Civics Power Sharing and Federalism
1. What is meant by a coalition government
2. How many languages have been recognized as scheduled language by the constitution of India
3. What is the chairperson of a municipal corporation called?
4. What is meant by decentralization?
5. Write one function of the gram Shaba
6. Who was the leader of the civil rights movement in the USA
7. Who is called a feminist?
8. What is meant by homogeneous society?
9. Define the term Ethnic
10. What are called the family laws
11. How many seats are reserved for women in the local bodies?
12. Define the term occupational mobility
13. Minorities in Sri Lanka have been discriminated against by the Majoritarian government’ support
with three points 3
14. What are the different forms powers sharing in modern democracies, explain any three points
15. Write any one difference between the federal form of government and a unitary one with one
example from each
16. Discuss the Belgian model of federalism
17. Explain in brief the two reasons of power sharing in democracy
18. Differentiate between coming together and holding together federation with one suitable
example for each
19. How does India’s language policy help our country to avoid a kind of situation that Sri lanka is
facing today
20. Discuss the salient feature of federalism
21. Discus the three fold division of legislative power in India
22. Why are the residuary powers called so
23. Discuss the special powers of state of Jammu and Kashmir
24. Bring out the constitutional amendments of 1992 towards decentralization any five points5
25. There is an unequal division of power between center and states in India’ support the statement
26. There is a n unequal division of power among the states themselves
27. Why is India often called as a quasi federal country
28. Mention any four reasons as to why federalism succeed in India
29. Explain how the center state relation affect federal practice in India
30. Discuss the composition , powers and functions of the Gram Panchayat
31. Write two main bases of social difference
32. What is meant by politics of social division and discuss its dangerous consequences
33. How dose overlapping differences create deep and dangerous social division explain with two
examples
34. What are the three factors that determines the outcome of politics of social division
Gender Caste and Religion
35. Write any three factors that led to the weakening of caste system in India today
36. Write any three different ways women in India face discrimination, disadvantage and oppression.
write any two suggestions to solve this problems
37. What is meant by secularism? Write any four constitutional provisions that make India a secular
state?
38. Discuss any five constructive ways by which women can be empowered and uplifted in India
39. In what different ways communalism takes its various forms in politics
40. Caste politics does not always succeed in India ‘ support with four points

41. . What are the dangerous consequences of communalism? Suggest any two values that can bring
changes in communal politics in India

Political parties
1. Define a political party and write its three components
2. What is partisanship
3. How is the emergence of political parties directly linked to the rise of representative democracy
4. Explain with example a single party system, Bi-party system and multi-party system. Write one merit and
demerit of each system
5. Why do you think a multi-party system is bet suitable to a large country like India?
6. Discuss the evolution, growth and political ideology of
a. Congress party
b. The Bharatiya Janat Party
c. Communist party of India
2. Discuss the role and functions of Bharatiya Janata party as the head of ruling coalition under a democratic
set up in India
3. Describe various challenges to political parties in India?
4. What is meant by politics of defection and what steps have been taken in this regard?
5. Suggest ways and means to reform political parties in India
6. Dynasty rule is a challenge to all most all political parties in India
7. Suggest ways and means to bring about political reforms in India

Outcomes of Democracy
[Link] any five outcomes of democracy
2. Why democracy is considered a better form of government than any other available alternatives?
3. A true democratic government is known for its legitimacy, transparency and responsiveness’ support the
statement
4. Economic growth in democracy is relatively slightly slower than it is in dictatorship, still democracy is
considered the best form government today, support the statement with five points

Note: 1. Practice these questions along with questions we have already done till half yearly
2. Also go through the pictures, images cartoons caricatures symbols and emblems
wherever it is given in your chapters within the syllabus both in history and civics

PRINT CULTURE

1. Name a country where the earliest kind of print technology developed?

2. Name the chinese traditional books
3. Name the oldest japanses book
4. What is calligraphy?
5. Name the Chinese city which became the hub new print culture in the 19 th century
6. Name the country where paper was first invented?
7. Name the earliest print technology developed in china? How were books printed with this
technology?
8. How was the Chinese accordion books printed?
9. Define calligraphy?
10. When and how was hand printing technology introduced in Japan?
11. Name the book and the year when the oldest Japanese book was printed?
12. Why was printed material needed in huge quantity in the imperial state of china?
13. How did woodblock printing reach in Europe?
14. Discuss the growth of print in Japan
15. Who was Marco polo?
16. Name the route through which silk and spices travelled from china over to Europe
17. What were two trading items that travelled through the silk route?
18. Name the first book printed by Gutenberg?
19. Why were manuscripts still in use even after the invention of the printing press?
20. What were the various difficulties associated with the handwritten manuscripts?
21. How had Johann Guttenberg perfected the olive press into the printing press?
22. What were the initial shortcomings of the printed materials?
23. What is meant by print revolutions?
24. How did print create a new reading public?
25. How did print contribute to the outbreak of the protestant reformation movement in the 16 th
century
26. What is meant by inquisition?
27. What is considered to be heretical by the Roman Catholic Church?
28. How did print create a reading mania?
29. What were the new forms of literature appeared in print during the eighteen century Europe
30. Print created condition for the outbreak of the French revolution’ support the statement 3
31. Name two women novelist of the 19th century
32. Who were the Grimm Brothers?
33. Bring out the growth in print technology since the late 18th c to rill the end of twentieth
century
34. What were the shilling series?
35. Where did print first arrive in India?
36. In which year was the first Tamil book printed
37. In which year was the first Malayalam book printed?
38. Name the first Indian newspaper published by Gangadhar Bhattacharya
39. Name the newspaper published by raja ram Mohan Roy in 1821
40. What was the main cause of fear of the Muslim Ulama about the colonial rulers during 19 th
century and what did they do to counter it?
41. Who wrote Gulamgiri
42. Who wrote Chhote Aur Bade Ka Sawal
43. Which year was the vernacular press act passed? Why was it called an oppressive act by the
native Indian press?
44. Who wrote kesari?

Chapter; Rise of Nationalism in Europe

1. The emergence of nation states, nationalism is not a sudden development but a gradual
development over the centuries. Support the statement
2. How did the French revolutionaries introduced the ideas that created nationalism in France?
3. What various administrative reforms were introduced by napoleon in territories under French
control outside France
4. Describe the civil code of 1804
5. What were the reactions of the people in the controlled territories to the changes introduced by
Napoleon?
6. Discuss liberal nationalism in its economic and political spheres
7. Before the 19th century there were no nation states in Europe explain with suitable example
8. The idea of equality of all before law during the revolutionary period was not the same to the
extent that we enjoy it today’ Elucidate
9. ‘The treaty of Vienna 1815 created a new conservative order in Europe’ justify
10. why was the conservative regime set up after 1815 in Europe considered as autocratic?
11. Giuseppe Mazzini is the greatest enemy of our social order who said and why
12. Bring out the significance of the statement when ‘France sneezes rest of Europe catch cold’ with
suitable example from 19th century revolutionary Europe
13. Write the circumstances leading to the Greek war of independence
14. What is romanticism how it attempted to create a collective cultural identity?
15. Discuss the revolt of 1848 in France and its far reaching consequences
16. Discuss the circumstances leading to the unification of Germany or Italy
17. The formation of the new British nation was at the expense of the Scottish high landers support
18. ‘The emergence of the ‘United Kingdom of Great Britain’ forced the older nations to survive only as
subordinate partners’ comment
19. What is an allegory how did it help to unify the diverse nationalities and peoples for the emergence of
modern nation states?
20. ‘The Balkan conflicts were a consequence of both diverse ethnic tension as well as the imperialist
design of the big European powers’ Comment

Chapter; Age of industrialization

1. What were the significance of E T paul’s publication of the dawn of the century?
2. Who were the other two magicians? what message did they carry forward?
3. Why was it difficult for new merchants to set up business in towns?
4. Why merchants move to the country side?
5. Why did peasants and artisans in the country side agree to work for the merchants?
6. How did a close relationship develop between towns and country side during 18th century?
7. Why the increase in demand for cotton in England?
8. Discuss the life of workers in 19th century Europe?
9. Who was the Gomasthas? Why did weavers clash with him?
10. Compare and contrast the life of workers under supply merchants and the Gomasthas
 11. What problems were faced by Indian weavers at the start of the 19th century?

12. Discuss the problems faced by cotton weavers in india during 19th century
13. What factors led to sudden rise in Indian handloom sector during the early decades of 20 th century?
Or
how did fly shuttles changed Indian handloom industry in the early decades of 20 th century

14. Who was a jobber? how did he influence the life of workers?
15. How did war create a dramatic situation for both British and Indian industries?
16. What happened to Manchester industries after the war?
17. Discuss the pace of industrialization in its early phase
18. Why machines couldn’t immediately replace hand labor in the early phase of industrialization
19. What different marketing techniques were adopted manufacturers to persuade people to buy their
goods

Nationalism In India
45. How was the nature of national movement changed after the end of the of the first world war?
46. Define Satyagrah. write its two importance
47. Explain any three causes of the non cooperation movement
48. Why was the congress initially reluctant to support the non cooperation proposal of mahatma
Gandhi?
49. Discuss the different stages of noon cooperation movement 3
50. what according to mahatma Gandhi is the importance of Non-cooperation for the freedom
movement in India
51. Freedom had different connotation for different people in India” support the statement 5
52. How did the people in the country side respond to the Non-cooperation movement of mahatma
Gandhi?
53. How did the tribal’s respond to Gandhiji’s call for non-cooperation movement?
54. What led to the failure of Non-cooperation movement in India?
55. How did people participate in the Swadeshi and boycott movement of mahatma Gandhi in
Towns and Cities 5
56. What was the economic impact of the Swadeshi and boycott movement?
57. What were the two important changes that shaped Indian politics during 1920’s 3
58. Why was the response of the Dalits (scheduled castes) to the civil disobedience movement of
Gandhiji lukewarm?
59. How did the growth communal politics delay the process of achievement of freedom in India?
60. What various factors led to the growth of nationalism during the second half of 19th century in
India
61. How did the growth of collective belongingness strengthen Nationalism in India?
62. Discuss the role of Muslims in the freedom struggle of India
63. Differentiate between the NCM and the CDM 5
64. Discuss the role of industrialist and traders, women, landlords and poor peasants in the freedom
struggle of India
65. What are the main limitations of civil disobedience movement?
66. Write a note on Dandi march
67. Write the three importance of the year 1929 in the history of India’s freedom struggle