National Level Solved Paper (SAT) - 2018-19 - Class 10 MCQ

Which of the following statements exemplify the independence of judiciary in India?
I. Judiciary is not under the control of executive and legislature.
II. There is less scope for interference in the working of judiciary by the political executive.
III. A judge of higher judiciary can be removed only through a resolution which requires 2/3rdmajority of both the houses of parliament.
Choose the correct option. 

Rajya Sabha is also called the upper house elders houses and permanent house. Which of the statement/s given below is/are true about it?  
I. Rajya Sabha has more power related to financial matters.  
II. Rajya Sabha members continue to be in office till the next general election.  
III. Resolution for removing the Vice-President and the President originates in Rajya Sabha.  
IV. Number of seats allotted to a state in the Rajya Sabha is directly proportionate to its population.  

In the context of Indian elections, the parties which fail to gain majority in the Parliament play the role of opposition. Consider the following statements and choose which statement/s is/are is NOT true. 
I. Opposition parties in India play an important role in building public opinion.  
II. Opposition parties are not constitutionally recognized.  
III. Opposition immediately assumes power of government, if the majority party loses its vote of confidence in the Parliament.  
IV. Opposition parties keep a close check on the activities of the government. 

Consider the following statements:  
Statement I: All countries that are democratic have written constitution.  
Statement II: All countries that have written constitution are not necessarily democratic.  
Which of the above statement/s is/are correct?  

China exports a toy to India at Rs 150, whereas the same toy is manufactured and available in India for Rs 250. When China continues to export this toy to India, this trade practice is known as ________.  

Shruti and Gautami were discussing about India’s GDP and Kerala’s SDP. Some of the observations made were:  
I.  Kerala’s per capita SDP is India’s GDP divide by Kerala’s population in a particular year.  
II.  Since Kerala has best literacy rate and excellent quality of life indices, it must have the highest SDP.  
III.  In a federal structure if we know all the SDPs we can have a fair idea of how big India’s GDP will be in that year.  
IV.  Kerala’s per capita SDP in a particular year is the value of all final goods and services produced by the Kerala state in that year divided by Kerala’s population in that year.  
Which of the above statements are correct?  

Shehnaaz joined a coaching institute for a professional course. At the time of joining the course, she paid a lump sum fee for the entire course of two years. However, she did not find the quality of teaching satisfactory and decided to quit after one year. When she asked for a refund of the fee for one year, she was refused. Which of the following right/s of Shehnaaz was/were violated?  
I.  Right to choose
II. Right to represent  
III.  Right to be informed
IV. Right to seek redressal  

Which of the following reflects situation where a person is employed but do not contribute in adding to the total product?  
I. Open unemployment
II. Disguised unemployment  
III. Seasonal unemployment
IV. Frictional unemployment  

There are 100 households in the village of Awangkhul, of which the loan taken by 20 households are from the State Bank of India, another 20 households from their friends and relatives, 5 households from Indian Bank, 10 households from a Regional Rural Bank, 15 households from businessmen, 10 households from village headmen and 20 households from cooperative societies. Which of the following inference(s) is/are correct?  
I. Formal sources of credit are lower than the others.  
II. Institutional sources of credit are higher than others.  
III. Non-institutional sources of credit are higher than others.  
IV. Informal sources of credit are slightly higher than others.  

Which of the following statements are true about food security?  
I. Landless people always have food insecurity.  
II. Those who do not have enough nutritious food are food insecure.  
III. Those who have enough food but not the requisite nutrition are food secure.  
IV. Those who do not have enough purchasing power to buy sufficient food are food insecure.  

Siddhik issues a cheque of Rs 19,000 in favour of Hanush. What happens when the cheque is received and processed in Hanush’s bank?  
I. There is no change in their bank accounts.  
II. Both their bank balances increase by Rs 19,000.  
III. Siddhik’s bank balance decreases by Rs 19,000 and Hanush’s bank balance increases by the same amount.  
IV. There is no change in Siddhik’s bank balance although Hanush’s bank balance sees an increase.  
Based on the above statements which option is correct?  

The daily wage of a person in rural area is Rs 180. Arrange the following households in descending order of vulnerability to poverty. 

The following graph shows the distribution of mean monthly temperature and average rainfall of a particular city during the year. 

Which one of the following cities shows the climatic conditions presented in the above graph?

The average mean monthly temperatures of four stations are given in the following table. The temperature is influenced by the movements of land and sea breezes. 

Which one of these stations experiences maximum moderating influence of the land and sea breezes? 

Observe the data given in the following table. 

Based on the above table, identify the city which has the extent of equality between male and female better than the rest in terms of the given parameters? 

Ruhani observes sequential change in relation to altitudinal zones and natural vegetation types dominated by oak-chestnut; pine-deodar and silver fir-birch.  

Observe the map given below. 

Identify the shaded regions with their corresponding geographical features and select the correct option using the codes given below. 

Which of the following geological sequence properly matches the tectonic events from old to recent time periods?  

The given map shows location of different mountain peaks in India. 

A mountaineer wants to scale the mountain peaks in Peninsular India starting from North to South. Identify the correct  sequence of peaks the mountaineer will follow? 

While teaching a topic on agriculture geography teacher had made the following statement about a particular crop in her class. “Mean Monthly Temperature of about 27o C high relative humidity, rainfall of 150 cm in summer months and khaddar soils are the ideal physical requirements during the period of its vegetative growth.”
Which one of the following crops was stated by the teacher? 

Bibhuti was travelling to study the traditional agricultural practices among various communities in Meghalaya, Jharkhand, Odisha and Western Ghats.   Identify the correct sequence of forms of cultivation practiced in these regions.  

River Indus flows through Leh and Kargil districts in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. It has four major tributaries in India. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the tributaries arranged from East to West in terms of their confluence with river Indus?  

A tourist was traveling Indian States and came across a famous Buddhist Monastery, farming of three rice crops within the same agricultural year, a cement factory and floating gardens on a lake.
Identify the proper sequence of the States the tourist travelled.  

Observe the following diagrams carefully.  

Which one of the above population pyramids is an ideal representation of India’s population?  

Which of the following statements regarding printing in Medieval Europe are correct?
I. Wood block printing reached Europe in the 13th Century.
II. The aristocrats and monks critized printed books as cheap vulgarities in the beginning.
III. Printing did not entirely displace the art of producing books by hand.
IV. Martin Luther had reservations against printing of books.  

Which of the following statements related to Mahatma Gandhi’s view on Satyagraha are correct?  
I. The movement in South Africa was not passive resistance.  
II. It is the weapon of the people, who are not weak.  
III. India could not militarily face Britain.  
IV. Truth is the supreme dharma  

Which of the following statements relating to the ‘Scorched Earth Policy’ in Java are correct?  
I. The Dutch destroyed the saw mills.  
II. Teak logs were burnt by the Dutch.  
III. Trees were cut freely to meet war needs.  
IV. The villagers were encouraged to expand cultivation in the forest areas.