CBSE Class 10 Social Science (Geography) Most Important MCQs with Answers 2023

CBSE Class 10 Important Question for Social Science board exam 2023 is fast approaching now. The curriculum of CBSE Social Science for 10th class is already vast . In this article, we are going to cover the important multiple choice questions (MCQs) from the second unit ‘Contemporary India-II’ of Class 10 Social Science.

CBSE class 10 Social Science’s second unit ‘Contemporary India-II’ has seven chapters to cover the basic Geography for class 10th students of CBSE board.

The unit carries a total weightage of 20 marks. Thus, these MCQs will prove very beneficial for students’ quick revision before the exam to score well.

Chapter 1

 Resources and Development

1) Identify the action plan with regard to Sustainable Development with the help of clues given below.

• It is the declaration signed by world leaders in 1992.

• It was held at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED).

• It aims at achieving global, sustainable development.

• It was an agenda to combat environmental damage, poverty, disease through global cooperation and common interests.

(a) Earth Summit

(b) Agenda 21

(c) Five Year Plan

(d) Our Common Future

2) In which one of the following states is terrace cultivation practised?

(a) Punjab

(b) Plains of Uttar Pradesh

(c) Haryana

(d) Uttarakhand

3) The pattern of the net sown area varies greatly from one state to another. It is over 80 percent of the total area in _______.

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Assam

c) Rajasthan

d) Punjab

4) In June 1992, more than 100 heads of states met in _________ in Brazil, for the first International Earth Summit.

a) Rio de Janeiro

b) São Paulo

c) Brasilia

d) Curitiba

5)  Which one of the following is an example of Cultivable Wasteland?

а) Barren Wasteland.

b) Current Fallow Land.

c) Uncultivable Land.

d) Net Sown Area.

6) Which of the following statements about Agenda 21 is true?

a) It aims at achieving global sustainable development.

b) It is an agenda to combat environmental damage, poverty and disease through global cooperation.

c) One of the major objectives of Agenda 21 is that every local government should not draw its own local Agenda 21.

d) Option (a) and (b)

7) The state of Rajasthan is very well endowed with solar and _________ energy but lacks in water resources.

a) Geothermal

b) Hydro

c) Wind

d) Tidal

8) What was the main cause of colonization?

a) Rich resources in colonies

b) Higher technological know-how in colonizing countries which helped them to exploit those resources

c) Both of these

d) None of these

9) Minerals and fossil fuels are examples of non-renewable resources which take _______ for their formation.

a) Hundreds of years

b) Thousands of years

c) Millions of years

d) Just a year

10) Which one of the following is the main cause of land degradation in Punjab?

a) Intensive cultivation

b) Deforestation

c) Over irrigation

d) Overgrazing

Chapter 2

 Forest and Wildlife Resources

1) Which of the following categories of forests and wastelands belong to government, private individuals’ communities?

(a) Protected Forests

(b) Reserved Forests

(c) Unclassed Forests

(d) Open Forests

2) Several virgin forests preserved in the pristine form are called ________ .

(a) Sacred Forests

(b) Sacred Groves

(c) Sacred Trees

(d) Sacred Plants

3) Teak Monoculture has damaged the natural forests in

(a) Ganga Plain

(b) South India

(c) Brahmaputra Plain

(d) None of the above

4) Which one is considered as Primary Producers in an ecological system

(a) Forest

(b) Animals

(c) Sun

(d) Humans

5) Which of the following states has the largest area under Permanent Forests?

(a) Nagaland

(b) Assam

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Kerala

Chapter 3

 Water Resources

1) Oceans contain ________ volume of water.

a) 90 percent

b) 75 percent

c) 96.5 percent

d) 98 percent

2) Which state has made roof top rainwater harvesting structures compulsory to all the houses across the state?

a) Kerala

b) Karnataka

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Andhra Pradesh

3) The first multi-purpose project of India was

a) Sivasamudram

b) Damodar Valley

c) Hirakud

d) Rajasthan Canal

4) Which one of the following is not a source of freshwater?

a) Oceans

b) Surface runoff

c) Ice-sheets

d) Groundwater

5) Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is built on which river?

a) Chenab

b) Mahanadi

c) Krishna

d) Satluj

6) Sardar Sarovar Dam is constructed on

a) River Krishna

b) River Mahanadi

c) River Kaveri

d) River Narmada

7) Hirakud dam is built on which river?

a) Chenab

b) Mahanadi

c) Krishna

d) Satluj

8) Which of the following multipurpose projects is found in the Satluj-Beas River basin?

a) Hirakud Project

b) Damodar Valley Corporation

c) Bhakra Nangal Project

d) Rihand Project

9) On which of the following issues did the Narmada Bachao Andolan first focus?

a) Benefits of irrigation to landless farmers

b) Environmental issues related to submergence of trees under the dam water

c) Rehabilitation of the people displaced due to construction of the dam

d) Economic issues of wastage of money for the construction of the dam

Chapter 4

 Agriculture

1) ‘Slash and Burn’ agriculture is – (a) Shifting agriculture

(b) Commercial agriculture

(c) Intensive agriculture

(d) None of these

2) Name the crop grown with the onset of monsoon in different parts of the country.

(a) Kharif Crop

(b) Rabi Crop

(c) Zaid

(d)None of the above

3) Which type of agriculture is famous in North Eastern States like Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Nagaland

(a) Commercial

(b) Intensive

(c) Jhumming

(d) Commercial Subsistence

4) Which of the following types of economic activity is agriculture?

(a) Secondary

(b) Primary

(c) Tertiary

(d) Organized

5) Karnataka is famous for which plantation crops

(a) Coffee

(b) Tea

(c) jute

(d) Wheat

6) Hoe, dao digging sticks are associated with

(a) Primitive subsistence farming

(b) Green Revolution

(c) Commercial farming

(d) Industrial revolution

7) Which of the following was the main focus of our First Five Year Plan

(a) Cost of Food

(b) Globalisation

(c) Land Reforms

(d) Industrialisation

8) Ragi is rich in

(a) Zinc

(b) Iodine

(c) Phosphorus

(d) Iron

9) Bhoodan- Gramdan movement was initiated by                      

(a) Government of India

(b) Mahatma Gandhi

(c) Vinoba Bhave

(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

10) Which of the following oil-seeds is a Rabi crop?

(a) Sesamum

(b) Linseed

(c) Groundnut

(d) None of the above

Chapter 5

 Minerals and Energy Resources

1. The larger occurrences of minerals of igneous and metamorphic rocks are called:

a) Veins

b) Lodes

c) Beds

d) Layers

2. Limestone is the basic raw material of

a) Paper industry

b) Cement industry

c) Sugar industry

d) Textile industry

3. In which region of India tidal energy is produced?

a) Gulf of Kuchchh

b) Puga Valley of Ladakh

c) Gulf of Cambay

d) Madhapur near Bhuj

4. Which one of the following is largely derived from ocean water?

a) Bauxite

b) Magnesium

c) Gold

d) Mica

5. Uranium and thorium used for generating nuclear power are found in

a) Godavari Basin

b) Gulf of Cambay

c) Manikarn in Himachal Pradesh

d) Aravalli ranges of Rajasthan

6. Aluminium is obtained from

a) bauxite

b) limestone

c) copper

d) manganese

7. The highest quality of hard coal is:

a) Lignite

b) Bituminous

c) Peat

d) Anthracite

8. Which one of the following features is not true about copper?

a) India is deficient in the reserve and production of copper.

b) It is reliable, ductile and a good conductor.

c) It is a ferrous ore.

d) It is mainly used in electrical cables and electronic goods.

9. Mica is used in electric and electronic industries because

a) of its insulating properties and resistance to high voltage

b) it is a good conductor of electricity

c) of its great malleability

d) of its sonorous nature

Chapter 6

 Manufacturing Industries

1. The first Jute mill was set up in ……………

a) Hyderabad

b) Bengaluru

c) Kolkata

d) Mumbai

2. The industries which have heavy types of raw material are called

a) light industries

b) consumer industry

c) Key industry

d) none of these

3. Molasses are used to make

a) rum

b) rubber

c) ethanol

d) all of the above

4. Match the items:

a) (i) a, (ii) b (iii) c (iv) d (v) e

b) (i) d (ii) e (iii) b (iv) a (v) c

c) (i) c, (ii) d (iii) b (iv)a (v) e

d) (i) d, (ii) e (iii) c (iv) b (v) e

5. Which is the only industry in India which is self-reliant?

a) Textile industry

b) Iron and steel

c) Electrical

d) Petrochemicals

6. Manufacturing provides job opportunities to reduce dependence on agriculture. Identify which sector the following jobs belong to:

a) 1(i) 2(ii) 3(iii)

b) 1(iii) 2(i) 3(ii)

c) 2(i) 1(ii) 3(iii)

d) 3(i) 2(ii) 3 (iii)

7. Which out of the following is a mineral-based industry?

a) Sugar

b) Tea

c) Cotton

d) Petrochemicals

8. In a Steel Industry, what is the proportion of Iron Ore, coking coal and limestone used to produce steel?

a) 2:1:4

b) 4:1:2

c) 4:2:1

d) 2:4:1

9. Which country has the largest installed capacity of spindles in the world?

a) Japan

b) Philippines

c) China

d) India

10. Which one of the following organizations is responsible for the marketing steel for the Public Sector Undertakings?

a) TISCO

b) IISCO

c) BHEL

d) SAIL

11. Which one of the following industries manufactures telephones, computers, etc?

(a) Steel

(b) Electronic

(c) Aluminium smelting

(d) Information technology

12. Oil India Ltd is a type of industry on the basis of ownership?

(a)Public sector

(b) Private sector

(c) Joint sector Industry

(d) Cooperative sector Industry

Chapter 7

 Lifelines of National Economy

1. Which mode of transportation reduces trans-shipment losses and delays?

(a) Railways

(b) Pipeline

(c) Roadways

(d) Waterways

2. Which of the following ports was developed as a subsidiary port to relieve the pressure on Kolkata port?

a) Haldia

b) Visakhapatnam

c) Kochi

d) Kandla

3. Which one of the following terms is used to describe trade between two or more countries?

(a) Internal trade

(b) External trade

(c) International trade

(d) Local trade

4. Southernmost international airport of India

a) Nedimbacherry

b) Raja sansi

c) Meenam Bakkam

d) Chhatrapati Shivaji

5. Name the states from below mentioned with the highest road density in India.

a) Kerala

b) Goa

c) Karnataka

d) Gujarat