Bihar Board Class 10 · Social Science · Matric exam 2027
Bihar Board Class 10 Social Science Model Paper 2022
The board’s 2022 model paper — all 112 questions as printed. Each question names its chapter, where that chapter’s most-asked questions are.
Full marks 80 · Time 2 h 45 min
Section A · Objective questions (80)
French settled in Indo-China were called :
- (A) Frech
- (B) Ruling Class
- (C) Colons
- (D) Traders
When was Rowlatt Act passed ?
- (A) 1919
- (B) 1920
- (C) 1922
- (D) 1930
Who surrendered the knighthood award in protest against Jallianwala Bagh massacre ?
- (A) Mahatma Gandhi
- (B) Subhash Chandra Bose
- (C) Rabindra Nath Tagore
- (D) Pandit Nehru
Who played important role in the unification of Germany ?
- (A) Garibaldi
- (B) Bismark
- (C) Count Cavour
- (D) Mazzini
Who founded Arya Samaj ?
- (A) Swami Vivekanand
- (B) Ram Krishna Paramhans
- (C) Swami Dayanad Saraswati
- (D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Resolution for the demand of Purna Swaraj was passed in which annual session of Congress ?
- (A) 1929 Lahore
- (B) 1931 Karachi
- (C) 1933 Calcutta
- (D) 1937 Belgaum
The first cotton mill was opened in India in :
- (A) Madras
- (B) Bombay
- (C) Calcutta
- (D) Surat
Who was the first president of the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) ?
- (A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- (B) Lala Lajpat Rai
- (C) Lala Hardayal
- (D) Ghanshyam Das Birla
Who was the American president at the end of the last war in Indo-China region ?
- (A) Washington
- (B) Nixon
- (C) George Bush
- (D) Roosevelt
Whom did Victor Emmanuel appoint the Prime Minister ?
- (A) Mazzini
- (B) Metternich
- (C) Count Cavour
- (D) Stalin
Who adopted the 'Blood and Iron policy' ?
- (A) Mussolini
- (B) Victor Emmanuel
- (C) Garibaldi
- (D) Bismark
When did the New Economic Policy (NEP) come into force ?
- (A) 1918
- (B) 1920
- (C) 1921
- (D) 1925
What is another name of Indian Statutory Commission ?
- (A) Hunter Commission
- (B) Simon Commission
- (C) Sargent Commission
- (D) Lee Commission
Which newspaper was edited by Mahatma Gandhi ?
- (A) Commonwheel
- (B) Young India
- (C) Bengali
- (D) Bihari
Which book was first printed by Gutenberg ?
- (A) Quran
- (B) Gita
- (C) Bible
- (D) Hadis
Ashoka’a inscription is in which script ?
- (A) Brahmi
- (B) Persian
- (C) Roman
- (D) None of these
When was partition of Bengal revoked ?
- (A) 1905
- (B) 1907
- (C) 1911
- (D) 1912
When was Serfdom abolished in Russia ?
- (A) 1861
- (B) 1865
- (C) 1870
- (D) 1873
In which conference the decision was taken for celebrating 1st May as Labour day ?
- (A) First International Conference
- (B) Second International Conference
- (C) Kyoto Conference
- (D) Bretton Woods Conference
Ho-chi-Minh’s government was :
- (A) In South Vietnam
- (B) In North Vietnam
- (C) In East Vietnam
- (D) In West Vietnam
Who wrote ‘War and Peace’ ?
- (A) Karl Marx
- (B) Tolstoy
- (C) Bernard Shaw
- (D) Dostoevsky
Soviet Union was disintegrated in :
- (A) 1991
- (B) 1992
- (C) 1989
- (D) 1990
Who named Patna as Azimabad ?
- (A) Akbar
- (B) Azim-Us-Shan
- (C) Babar
- (D) Humayun
Who founded Patliputra City ?
- (A) Bindusar
- (B) Chandragupta Maurya
- (C) Ajatshatru
- (D) None of these
National income is calculated by which institution in India ?
- (A) Central Statistical Organization
- (B) Reserve Bank of India
- (C) National Sample Survey Organisation
- (D) All of these
When was the Planning commission formed ?
- (A) 15th March 1950
- (B) 15th March 1951
- (C) 1st January 2015
- (D) 1st January 2001
The means of production are owned by private individuals in :
- (A) Socialist economy
- (B) Capitalist economy
- (C) Communist economy
- (D) None of these
Gas and electricity production is the part of which sector ?
- (A) Primay sector
- (B) Secondary sector
- (C) Tertiary sector
- (D) None of these
What is the currency of Bangladesh ?
- (A) Rupee
- (B) Taka
- (C) Kyat
- (D) Yuan
Prof. Md. Yunus is related to which country ?
- (A) India
- (B) Pakistan
- (C) Bangladesh
- (D) Iran
What type of loan does the Primary Agricultural Credit Committee provide to farmer ?
- (A) Short-term
- (B) Long-term
- (C) Medium-term
- (D) All of these
Jawahar Rozgar Yojana started in which year ?
- (A) 1982
- (B) 1985
- (C) 1989
- (D) 1990
How many days of employment does MGNREGA guarantee in a year ?
- (A) 150 days
- (B) 180 days
- (C) 120 days
- (D) 100 days
How many state commissions are there for consumer protection ?
- (A) 582
- (B) 35
- (C) 24
- (D) 38
Which committee was formed under the chairmanship of Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis ?
- (A) National Income committee
- (B) Agriculture committee
- (C) Development committee
- (D) Tax committee
Consumption of expenditure and savings is called :
- (A) Investment
- (B) Income
- (C) Distribution
- (D) Demand
Which of the following is the circular flow of economic activity ?
- (A) Production
- (B) Expenditure
- (C) Income
- (D) All of these
When was the national income estimated for the first time in India?
- (A) 1871
- (B) 1868
- (C) 1950
- (D) 1945
Which of the following is not a basic element of cooperative ?
- (A) Compulsory membership
- (B) Democratic base
- (C) Moral and Social element
- (D) Voluntary membership
Which of these is a non-economic infrastructure ?
- (A) Finance
- (B) Energy
- (C) Health
- (D) Communication
74th constitutional amendment is related to :
- (A) Panchayati Raj system
- (B) Urban governance
- (C) State level governance
- (D) National level governance
How many wards can be there at maximum in a Municipal Corporation in Bihar ?
- (A) 37
- (B) 52
Chipko movement is related to :
- (A) Medha Patkar
- (B) Lala Lajpat Rai
- (C) Sunderlal Bahuguna
- (D) Amrita Devi
Why was Seven Party alliance formed in Nepal ?
- (A) To establish democracy
- (B) To establish monarchy
- (C) To establish aristocracy
- (D) To establish communism
Who founded Bahujan Samaj Party ?
- (A) Mulayam Singh
- (B) S. A. Dange
- (C) Kanshiram
- (D) Jyoti Basu
Anti-defection law is applied to :
- (A) MP and MLA
- (B) President
- (C) Vice-President
- (D) All of these
When was Jharkhand separated from Bihar ?
- (A) 15th November 2000
- (B) 10th November 2001
- (C) 15th November 2002
- (D) 10th November 2002
Which of these is not a characteristic of federal system ?
- (A) Written constitution
- (B) Single government
- (C) Division of powers
- (D) Supreme Judiciary
How many elected members are there in Lok Sabha ?
- (A) 545
- (B) 543
- (C) 540
- (D) 500
Bangladesh was formerly known as :
- (A) West Pakistan
- (B) North Pakistan
- (C) East Pakistan
- (D) South Pakistan
West Indies federation was formed in :
- (A) 1973
- (B) 1965
- (C) 1960
- (D) 1958
Author of Indica is :
- (A) Chanakya
- (B) Fahian
- (C) Megasthenes
- (D) Seleucus
Which is the largest democratic country in the world ?
- (A) China
- (B) India
- (C) Russia
- (D) Pakistan
Aung San Suu Kyi is a citizen of which country ?
- (A) Bhutan
- (B) Bangladesh
- (C) Myanmar
- (D) Nepal
The bad effect of the spirit of regionalism is :
- (A) Attachment with own region
- (B) National interest
- (C) National integration
- (D) Separatism
Where is the Dudhwa National Park ?
- (A) Assam
- (B) Rajasthan
- (C) Odisha
- (D) Uttar Pradesh
When was the first National Water Policy of India adopted ?
- (A) September 1980
- (B) September 1987
- (C) June 2002
- (D) September 2002
Which country has the largest forest cover in the world ?
- (A) Russia
- (B) India
- (C) Brazil
- (D) Canada
Which soil has negligible amount of humus ?
- (A) Laterite Soil
- (B) Alluvial Soil
- (C) Black Soil
- (D) Mountain Soil
Which is the largest mineral oil producing field of India ?
- (A) Digboi
- (B) Mumbai High
- (C) Khambhat
- (D) Mangala
Which of these is a plantation crop ?
- (A) Tea
- (B) Rubber
- (C) Sugarcane
- (D) All of these
When was the Life Line Train started ?
- (A) 1981
- (B) 1991
- (C) 1995
- (D) 2001
Where is Kanwar lake ?
- (A) Darbhanga
- (B) Bhagalpur
- (C) Begusarai
- (D) Muzaffarpur
In which state was the first resolution of joint forest management passed ?
- (A) West Bengal
- (B) Assam
- (C) Kerala
- (D) Odisha
Which of these is an inorganic mineral ?
- (A) Coal
- (B) Petroleum
- (C) Mica
- (D) Natural gas
Which state has the largest mangrove forest in India ?
- (A) Gujarat
- (B) West Bengal
- (C) Odisha
- (D) Kerala
Which coal is of the lowest quality ?
- (A) Anthracite
- (B) Bituminous
- (C) Lignite
- (D) Peat
Where was tea cultivation started in India ?
- (A) Sikkim
- (B) Tamil Nadu
- (C) Assam
- (D) Kerala
What type of mineral is Pyrite ?
- (A) Metallic
- (B) Non-metallic
- (C) Atomic
- (D) None of these
Which is the first atomic power plant of India ?
- (A) Tarapur
- (B) Kalpakkam
- (C) Narora
- (D) Kaiga
Koderma is related to which mineral ?
- (A) Mica
- (B) Copper
- (C) Gold
- (D) Iron ore
Which country has left the membership of OPEC ?
- (A) Saudi Arabia
- (B) Iran
- (C) Iraq
- (D) Qatar
Which of these is the leading producer of jute ?
- (A) India
- (B) China
- (C) Bangladesh
- (D) Sri Lanka
Aswan Dam is related to which river ?
- (A) Ganga
- (B) Brahmaputra
- (C) Nile
- (D) Amazon
Which of these is not a natural disaster ?
- (A) Tsunami
- (B) Flood
- (C) Earthquake
- (D) Terrorism
Bihar was affected by devastating earthquake in which year ?
- (A) 1920
- (B) 1966
- (C) 2004
- (D) 1934
Which place is safe during flood ?
- (A) High ground
- (B) Flood plain
- (C) Delta
- (D) None of these
Landslide means :
- (A) Debrisslide
- (B) Rockfall
- (C) Rockslide
- (D) All of these
The main component of emergency management is :
- (A) Local administration
- (B) Voluntary organization
- (C) Local people
- (D) All of these
What should be the shape of buildings in earthquake prone areas?
- (A) Oval
- (B) Triangular
- (C) Square
- (D) Rectangular
Section B · Written questions (32)
What was the main objective of Vienna congress ?
Briefly describe Cold war.
Why was the Simon Commission opposed ?
What is meant by colonialism ?
न्यू डील क्या है ?
होआ-होआ आंदोलन की विवेचना करें ।
रूसी क्रांति पर मार्क्सवाद का क्या प्रभाव पड़ा ?
भारतीय राष्ट्रीय आंदोलन में महात्मा गाँधी की भूमिका का उल्लेख करें ।
लोकतंत्र में सूचना के अधिकार की क्या भूमिका है ?
राजनीतिक दलों के दो प्रमुख कार्य बताइए ।
संघीय शासन की दो विशेषताओं का उल्लेख कीजिए ।
नगर निगम की आय के प्रमुख स्रोत क्या हैं ?
लोकतांत्रिक शासन प्रणाली में राजनीतिक दलों की भूमिका की विवेचना कीजिए ।
जयप्रकाश नारायण की 'संपूर्ण क्रांति' ने भारतीय राजनीति को किस प्रकार बदल दिया ?
What is Inclusive Growth ?
What is meant by Public distribution system ?
Which financial institutions are included in the Indian capital market ?
What do you mean by Globalization ?
State the significance of basic infrastructure in the development of service sector.
Discuss the main functions of commercial banks.
What do you mean by strip farming ?
Give two examples each of conventional and non-conventional energy sources.
What do you mean by Green revolution ?
What is the difference between Public and Private industry ?
What is biodiversity ?
What is Red Data Book ?
What do you mean by water conservation ?
Give two examples each of metallic and non metallic minerals.
Mention any two types of disasters.
Mention any two damages caused by flood.
Mention two measures for protection from Tsunami.
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