CBSE 10th SST 2 Marks Chapter Wise Important Questions 2025

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1. How were liberty and equality for women to be defined?
2. Define the main aim of the French Revolutionaries.
3. Explain why the decade of the 1830s is known as the ‘great economic hardship’ in Europe. Give reasons.
4. What steps did the French revolutionaries take to create a sense of collective identity among the French people?
5. Briefly trace the process of German unification.

1. Describe the role of poor peasantry in the ‘Civil Disobedience Movement.’
2. Why did Gandhiji decide to withdraw from the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922?
3. Explain the measures taken by Gandhiji to eliminate the problem of untouchability.
4. How patriotism can be introduced in a person?
5. What is nationalism?

1. Explain what we mean when we say that the world ‘shrank’ in the 1500s.
2. Explain what “canal colonies” are.
3. "New crops can significantly impact survival and well-being." Provide evidence to support this statement.
4. The most powerful weapon of the Spanish conqueror was not a conventional military weapon at all. Justify the above statement by giving two reasons.
5. The silk routes are a good example of vibrant pre-modern trade and cultural links between distant parts of the world. Explain how.

1. Why How did cotton factories become an intimate part of the English landscape in the early 19th century? Explain.the port of Surat declined by the end of the eighteenth century?
2. Who were gomasthas? Why were they appointed? How did they treat the weavers?
3. How did the East India Company procure regular supplies of cotton and silk textiles from Indian weavers?
4. Why did the elite of Britain prefer handmade goods in the mid-nineteenth century?
5. How did cotton factories become an intimate part of the English landscape in the early 19th century?

1. What was the earliest kind of print technology developed in China, Japan and Korea?
2. Define the Print Revolution.
3. What are some new forms of publications which came into circulation in India? Discuss.
4. Why do some historians think that print culture created the basis for the French Revolution?
5. Why did the British government curb the freedom of the Indian press after the revolt of 1857?

1. Which soil is known as cotton soil?
2. Give two examples of renewable resources.
3. What is Agenda 21?
4. What is Laterite soil?
5. Why has the land under forests not increased much from 1960-61?

1. What are the negative factors that cause such fearful depletion of the flora and fauna?
2. Are colonial forest policies to be blamed?
3. What is biodiversity? Why is biodiversity important for human lives?
4. Justify how the destruction of forests and wildlife is not just a biological issue.
5. How did the destruction of wildlife result in the loss of cultural diversity?

1. What are dams and how do they help us in conserving and managing water?
2. Explain about Narmada Bachao Andolan or Save Narmada Movement.
3. Basic safety precautions are to be taken during floods.
4. What are the main causes of water scarcity?
5. Is it possible that an area or region may have ample water resources but is still facing water scarcity?

1. Mention some of the states of India where Intensive Subsistence Farming is practised.
2. Name one important beverage crop and specify the geographical conditions required for its growth.
3. Give some examples of crops that may be commercial in one region and may provide subsistence in another region.
4. Define the 3 main features of a ‘Kharif crop season’'
5. Name any two major fibre crops grown in India. Describe the conditions required to grow these two crops.

1. What is a mineral? Where are minerals found?
2. What is the difference between an open pit mine, a quarry and an underground mine with shafts?
3. What are the impacts of mining on the health of the miners and the environment?
4. Explain how fossil fuels are formed. Give some examples.
5. Define solar energy. How is it utilised?

1. Classify industries based on source of raw material. How are they different from each other?
2. Name four agro-based and four mineral-based industries.
3. Name the main countries to which India exports its cotton yarn and cotton goods.
4. Name some countries which are the main buyers of Indian jute products.
5. Why are the sugar mills located close to the sugarcane fields?

1. Define the term Per Capita income.
2. Define the term National Income?
3. Define GDP
4. What is the main criterion used by the World Bank in classifying different countries?
5. Literacy rate measures the proportion of literate population in which age group?

1. Classify the economy based on ownership of enterprises.
2. What is disguised unemployment?
3. Production of a commodity, mostly through the natural process is an activity of which sector?
4. Name the sector in which the government owns most of the assets and provides all the services.
5. Suggest any one way to create employment opportunities in the rural areas.

1. Why do banks ask for collateral while giving credit to a borrower?
2. What do banks do with the deposits they accept from customers?
3. What is the main informal source of credit for rural households in India?
4. What is the meaning of ‘barter system’?
5. What is meant by double coincidence of wants?

1. Why is ‘tax’ on imports known as a trade barrier?
2. Which organization lays stress on the liberalization of foreign trade and foreign investment? 
3. Give one characteristic feature of a ‘Special Economic Zone’.
4. What do you understand by the term ‘Foreign Direct Investment’?
5. Why had the Indian Government put barriers to foreign trade and foreign investment after independence? State any one reason.