Max.Mark:100 Duration: 3hrs:15 minutes

1. The question paper contains two sections A and B. Section A contains the English questions having 25

marks and Section B contains Social science questions having 75 marks. All the questions are compulsory

of both sections.

2. The Student will write the answer on A4 sheet or on a lining paper. After writing the answer, the student

has to make pdf file of each subject separately and upload the answer script on Google form provided on

school website www.srvmschools.org. The student must write his Name, father’s Name, Date, on each

page of the answer script.

3. The first 15 minutes have been allotted for reading this question paper. These 15 minutes have to be used

by the candidates for thorough silent reading of the question paper. During this period, the students will

not write any answer on the answer- book and the question paper.

Section A

ENGLISH (25 marks)

1. Read the passage given below carefully. (10)

1. It is common knowledge that school children are under great pressure to perform well in

all fields, study ten subjects, play games and develop an impressive image. How do they

manage? The skills, techniques and principles which they pick up while still young help

them cope.

2. Two of twentieth century‟s finest minds have lamented that schools are not teaching the

basics of personal excellence or the science of success. “Almost all of what a child learns at

school after the age often is totally irrelevant to his need in later life. Most schools do not

teach thinking at all.” We need to understand that management must be taught as a school

subject. The weightiest argument is that children are managers.

3. Many of children are called upon to play directly three of the interpersonal roles:

„Figurehead‟, „Leader‟ and „Liaison Officer‟. They do this while assisting teachers as

monitors or group leaders, while captaining teams on playgrounds and while leading teams

in competitions. Many more play these roles as surrogates.

4. The decision role of „Entrepreneur‟ and „Resource Allocator‟ may only occasionally be

assigned to children. However, it is worth noting that, according to a recent survey in Delhi,

a monthly allocation of up to Rs.1000 is available as pocket money to school children.

Therefore, they too need to have control over money and to develop a sense of budget. If we

add to these financial resources to the resources of time, information and intellect available

ENTRANCE TEST-2021-22

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to children, we find that the decision making roles are not irrelevant to them. Children play

the other two decision roles: „Disturbance Handler‟ and „Negotiator‟ more often.

5. Children are managers in the making: Many of the management habits (e.g., using a to-do

list), management skills (e.g. Sensitive listening), management attitudes and values are

formed early in life. Personality theorists believe that it is extremely difficult to change

personality traits, styles of thinking and habits of behavior once they are formed.

6. As in language learning, where basic and abstract aspects of language like pronunciation

and rhythm are extremely resistant to learning after puberty, good management habits,

attitudes and values are difficult to acquire in adulthood. Computer skills, lateral thinking

and swimming, often felt to be forbidden by adults are easily learnt by children. In fact, both

research evidence and specialists strongly support the view that children‟s ability to learn

skills like swimming and creative thinking is much more developed than adults. Equally

important, complex organisms (a) learn what is necessary or pleasurable and (b) adapt

themselves in ways that will serve their needs and interests with amazing enthusiasm, ease

and effectiveness.

**On the basis of your reading answer any ten of the following questions. (1 x 10 = 10)

(i) The reason of pressure on children is

(a) common knowledge (b) absence of skills

(c) choice between studies and games (d) performance demand in all fields

(ii) What according to few educationists, is lacking in school teaching?

(a) Basics of personal excellence (b) Science of success

(c) Thinking (d) All of the above

(iii) Which of the following lists the skills that can be developed at an early stage?

1. Language

2. Management

3. Human values

4. Creative thinking

5. Personality traits

6. Logical reasoning

(a) 1 and 6 (b) Only 2 (c) 2,3,4 and 5 (d) All of these

(iv) The article advocates teaching ............... as a subject in school.

(a) management (b) creative thinking

(c) computer skills (d) swimming

(v) Which of the following will be the most appropriate title for the passage?

(a) Skills for Life (b) Going Beyond Books

(c) Management Education (d) Learning Differences

(vi) What are the attributes of a person with good management?

(a) Moral code of conduct (b) Good personality traits

(c) Time management (d) Efficient communication skills

(vii) Select the option that makes the correct use of „weightiest’ as used in the passage,

to fill in the space.

(a) Everyone must take up the book in the proper ...........frame of mind.

(b) The Russian revolutionists present that evening had all passed through. .......... tests.

(c) The students of the university he taught in daily lectures, passing in review

the .....authors of antiquity.

(d) Of the many objections posed against the play, the ......... is that which condemns

the Infanta.

(viii) What is true from complex organisms?

(a) They will learn what is necessary or pleasurable

(b) They will adapt themselves in ways that will serve their needs and interests

(c) They possess amazing enthusiasm, and effectiveness

(d) Both (a) and (b)

(ix) The sense of budget among children,is an indication towards their capability of

performing

(a) interpersonal role (b) decision making role

(c) leading role (d) informational role

(x) How are the interpersonal roles performed by students?

(a) By assisting teachers as monitors

(b) By captaining teams on playgrounds

(c) By leading teams in competitions

(d) All of these

(xi) Why does the author of the passage state that certain skills need to be taught since

childhood?

(a) Children are more open-minded

(b) They are more sincere and dedicated

(c) The ability to learn those skills are more mature in children

(d) Children can easily learn through experiences

(xii) Choose the option that incorrectly states the meaning of ‘abstract’, as used in the

passage.

1. Existing in thought

2. Not having a concrete existence

3. To remove

4. Symbolic

5. Hypothetical

6. Philosophical

(a) 2 and 4 (b) Only 5 (c) Only 3 (d) 1 and 6

2. One of your friends has been going through a very difficult time and has been under

depression. Write a letter to him giving him suggestions to come out of his present

situation. (5)

3. Covid-19 has confined people to home which has disturbed everyone's routine. Write a

short essay on how one can maintain his/ her health even when they are at home in 150

words . (7)

4. Make meaningful sentence out of the given jumbled words and phrases. (3)

(i) the present moment/ living in/ and/ a state / happiness /is/ the positives/of/

life and/believing

(ii)life/the moments/of/ no/to control/one has/power

(iii) person/ control/can/ but/ the/ a/ moments

SOCIAL SCIENCE MAX MARK:75

SECTIONA ( 16 x 1 = 16 )

Q.1. Who captured the power of Europe after napoleon’s defeat?

A. Conservatives

B. Communized

C. Persist

D. None of these

Q.2.Who announced all vague offer of’ Dominion status’ for India in 1929?

A. Lord Curzon

B. Viceroy Irvine

C. Lord W. Bentinck

D. Lord Mountbatten

Q.3.Who formed the secret society called young Ital

A. Metternich

B. Giuseppe Mazzini

C. John Gottfried Herder

D. Ottovon Bismarck

Q.4.Later it has been derived from the Latin word later which means………

Or

…..Is the tropical as well as the sub-tropical crop.

Q.5.Which of the following is the most important occupation of the people of India?

A. Wood gathering

B. Manufacturing

C. Agriculture

D. Services

Q.6.It is difficult to lay railway lines in hilly and the mountainous regions of India because of………

Q.7.The process of raw materials into more valuable products falls under the category of

A. Secondary activities

B. Tertiary activities

C. Primary activities

D. None of these

Q.8.Arrange the following in the correct sequence (land degradation by %)

i. Forest degraded area

ii. Water eroded area

iii. Wind eroded area

iv. Saline alkaline deposits

A. i, ii, iii, iv

B. ii, i, iii, iv

C. ii, iii,iv, i

D. i, ii, iv, iii

Q.9.Which of the following sectors in the largest employer in India?

A. IT sector

B. Secondary sector

C. Tertiary sector

D. Primary sector

Q.10. Which of the following aspect best to signifies the image ofGermania?

A. Heroismand justice

B. Folk and cultural traditions

C. Austerity and Asceticism

D. Strength and Revenge

Q.11.Who established the depressed classes Association

A. Dr. BR Ambedkar

B. Gandhiji

C. Savitri bai

D. Jyotiba Phule

Q.12.The other name of slash and burn agriculture is….

Or

…. Is the system where a single crop is grown.

Q.13…. Is ideal for growing cotton.

A. Alluvial soil

B. Blacksoil

C. Red soil

D. None of these

Q.14.Which one of the following is a leguminous crop?

A. Pulses

B. Millets

C. Jowar

D. Sesamum

Q.15.Which state among the following has the lowest literacy rate?

A. Punjab

B. Bihar

C. Kerala

D. Tamil Nadu

Q 16. The past two decades of globalization have been rapid movements in

A. Goods services and people between the countries

B. Goods services and investments between the countries

C. Goods investments and people between the countries

D. Only goods and services between countries

SECTION B ( 6 x 3 = 18 )

Q.17.Explaining the three reasons for the leak warm response of some Muslim organizations to the Civil

Disobedience Movement.

Q.18.Explain any three features of the class of landed at his stupidity of Europe.

Q.19.What are the Golden quadrilateral superhighways? Mention any two objectives of this project which terminal

cities join the North South and East West corridors.

Q.20.Differentiate between the ideologies of Indian National Congress and Bhartiya Janata party

Or

Mention the step taken by the Supreme Court of Indiahey in order to reduce the influence of money and criminals in

politics.

Q.21.’Barriers on foreign trade and foreign investment were removed to a large extent in India since 19191’.Justify

the statement.

Q.22.How do we feel the impact of globalization on our daily life?Explain with examples.

SECTION C

Q.23.Read the source given below and answer the questions that follows: (4 x 1 = 4 )

The revolutionaries were instrumental in spreading nationalism the revolution the revolutionaries opposed

monarchical forms and fought for Liberty and freedom.They also saw the creation of nation- states as a necessary

part of this struggle for freedom. They founded many secret societies.One such notable revolutionary was an

Italian,Giuseppe Mazzini.Mazzini joined a Society of Carbonari and fought for the unification of Italy.Later he

founded young Italy in muscles and young Europe in Berne.

Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option:

23.1What was the necessary part of struggle word freedom by the revolutionaries?

A. Feeling of nationalism and federalism

B. Creation of nation states

C. Evolution of state-imposed restrictions

D. Both A and B

23.2. AnItalian, GiuseppeMazzini mainly fought for:

A. Unification of German

B. Liberty and freedom

C. Unification of Italy

D. Evolution of social justice

23.3.What was opposed by the revolutionaries?

A. Spreading of nationalism

B. Monarchical forms

C. Autocratic rule

D. Social order

23.4. Italy had a long history of:

A. economic development

B. political dominance

C. political fragmentation

D. monarchical political system

24. Read the source given below and answer the questions that follows: ( 4 x 1 = 4 )

Planning is the widely accepted strategy for judicious use of resources. It has important in a country like India, which

hasenormous diversity in the availability of resources. There are regions which are rich in certain types of resources

but are deficient in some other resources.There are some reasons which can be considered self sufficient in terms of

the availability of resources and there are some regions which have acute shortage of some vital resources. For

example, the states of Jharkhand Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh are rich in minerals and coal deposits. Arunachal

Pradesh has abundance of water resources but lacks in infrastructural development. The state of Rajasthan is very

well endowed with solar and wind energy but lacks in water resources. The cold desert of Ladakh is relatively

isolated from the rest of the country.It is very rich cultural heritage but it is deficient in water, infrastructure and

some vital minerals. This calls for balanced resource planning at the national, state, regional and local levels.

Answer the following and secure by choosing the most appropriate option:

24.1Which of the following statements correctly describes about resource planning?

A.Identification andquantificationof available resources.

B. Development of available resources

C. Uneven distribution of resources

D. Both A and B

24.2. Resource planning is important in a country like India due to:

A. Enormous diversity in availability of resources.

B. Deficiency in certain types of resources.

C. Abundance of water resources.

D. Rich cultural heritage

24.3. Thestate(s) which is / are rich in minerals and coal deposits is / are:

A. Jharkhand

B. Chhattisgarh

C. Madhya Pradesh

D. All of the above

24.4.The states like Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh are rich in coal and minerals but have less development in resources

as:

A. They are economically less developed.

B. They have rich cultural heritage

C. The Lack water resources

D. They lack technological and institutional support

25.Read the following extract an answer the questions that follows: ( 4 x 1 = 4 )

Reconstruct during the centre- state relations is one more way in which federalism has been strengthened in

practice.How the constitutional arrangements for sharing power working reality depends toa large extent on how

the ruling parties and the leaders follow these arrangements. For a long time, the same party ruled both at the

centre and in most of the states.This meant that the state government didn't exercise their rights as autonomous

federal units. As and when the ruling party at the state level was different, the parties that ruled at the centre tried

to undermine the power of the states.In those days, the central government would often misused the constitution to

dismiss the state governments that were controlled by rival parties .This undermined the spirit of federalism.

Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option

25.1 .The centre-state relations undermined the spirit of federalism in the following way:

A. The formation of states led to the disintegration of the country.

B. The formation of linguistic states made the country united.

C. The state governments couldn’t exercise their rights as autonomous federal units due to same ruling party at

both centre in the states.

D. State government misused the constitution to dismiss the rival parties

25.2. Constitutional arrangements for sharing power work depends on

A. Same party rule at both centre and states

B. How ruling parties follow them

C. Strength of federalism

D. Rights of state is autonomous federal units

25.3.The basic objective of a federal system is to:

A. Accommodate regional diversity

B. Shared powers among different communities

C. Ensure financial autonomy

D. Both A and B

25.4. The party’s that rule at the centre undermined the power of states because:

A. There was no power sharing

B. There was no right to state governments

C. Ruling party at the state level was different

D. State governments were ruled and controlled by the rival parties

26. Read the source given below and answer the following questions: ( 4 x 1 = 4 )

Every loan agreement specifies an interest rate which the borrower must pay to the lender along with the

repayment of the principal. In addition, lenders may demand collateral security against loans. Collateral is an asset

that the borrower owns such as land, building, vehicle,livestock, deposit with the banks and uses this as a guarantee

to a lender until the loan is repaid. If the borrower fails to repay the loan, the lender has the right to sell the asset or

collateral to obtain payment. Property such as land titles, deposits at banks,livestock are some common examples of

collateral used for borrowing.

Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option

26.1Which of the following statements correctly describes an arrangement?

A. Sort of contract to be agreed upon by both the lender and the borrower.

B. Only an interest rate is to be paid by the borrower to the lender.

C. Highly interest rate has to be paid by the borrower.

D. Only amount and rate of interest are written down on it.

26.2. Identify the state men described by collateral:

A. An asset possessed by the lender.

B. Short of guarantee in the form of an asset.

C. Our guarantee to a lender for the asset.

D. Selling of asset to the borrower.

26.3.The most common example of collateral used for borrowing is:

A. Deposits with banks.

B. Loan on land

C. Principle amount

D. Interest rate on property

26.4. What is the condition associated with collateral?

A. If the borrower fails to repay the loan amount the lender has the right to sell the collateral security to obtain

payment.

B. The lender holds the authority to sell the assets of the borrower.

C. The borrower used the collateral until the repayment is done.

D. An interest rate has to be paid by the borrower to the lender along with the repayment of principal.

Section D ( 5 x 5 = 25 )

Q.27. Why did Gandhi supportedthe khilafat moment?

Q.28. The Jute textile industries mainly concentrated in the Hugli Basin. Mentionany five reasons for the same.

Q.29. What is majoritarianism?How has it increased the feelings of alienation among the Sri Lankan Tamils? Explain

with examples.

Q.30. ‘Democracy stands much superior to any other form of government in promoting dignity and freedom of the

individual’. Justify the statement.

Q.31.Economic activities through grouped into three categories are highly independent. Discuss. Do you agree with

the view that primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors are dependent on each other?

Or

What is WTO? Mention its major aims and its limitations.

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