CBSE Class 10 Social-Science (Economics) 2024-25: Competency-Based Questions with Answers; Download Free PDF

As the CBSE Class 10 board exams approach, it's crucial for students to understand the updated exam pattern for 2024-25. The CBSE now includes 50% more competency-based questions, which will be a mix of multiple-choice and written questions. These questions aim to assess students' ability to apply their knowledge in real-life situations.

This article focuses on Economics from CBSE Class 10 Social Sciences syllabus. It covers key competency-based questions that are expected in the exam and provides detailed answers to help students prepare effectively.

Download the free PDF to get a comprehensive set of competency-based questions and answers for Social-Science (Economics), and ensure you’re ready for your upcoming exams. By practicing these questions, students can improve their problem-solving skills, understand important environmental issues, and succeed in their CBSE Class 10 SST exams.

CBSE Class 10 Social Science (Economics) Important Competency-Based Questions

Q.1. Which of the following groups of people are likely to have the MOST conflicting developmental goals?

1. students and teachers
2. tribals and industrialists
3. small farmers and large farmers
4. municipal corporations and road-construction companies

Answer. 2

Q.2. Study the data given below:

Despite having a higher total income than Germany, Japan has a lower per capita income. What is the reason for this?

1. Japan has a more equitable distribution of income.
2. Germany has more rich people than poor people.
3. Japan has a smaller population than Germany.
4. Japan has a bigger population than Germany.

Answer. 4

Q: 3 Which of the following is the best example of a public good?

1. medicines and injections
2. books and stationary
3. houses and furniture
4. law and order

Answer. 4

Q: 4 "We have not inherited the world from our forefathers, we have borrowed it from our children."
- Mr. Lester Brown
Which of the following BEST displays this principle in action?

1. using up current oil reserves before beginning to explore more reserves
2. moving to oil reserves under the sea to avoid drilling on land
3. moving to alternative fuels to conserve world oil reserves
4. using modern drilling facilities to extract petroleum

Answer. 3

Q: 5 For a famous businessman's mall-building project, a slum in Mumbai is being cleared and its people displaced, with only a small payment for their land. There have been protests and a Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the court. What should the local government do?

1. cancel the projec
2. arrest the protesterst
3. forcefully remove the people
4. wait for the court's judgement

Answer. 4

Q: 6 Welfare economics is the branch of economics that seeks to evaluate economic policies in terms of their effects on the well-being of the community. Which of the following improvements to your locality would NOT align with this view of welfare?

1. vaccinating the stray dogs in the area
2. building ramps in the society to aid the disabled
3. providing safety equipment to the garbage collectors
4. opening a park for people who can pay the membership fees

Answer. 4

Q: 7 Our development is the earth's destruction.

Do you agree with the given statement? Give 2 reasons to support your answer.

Answer. Establishment of viewpoint - agree / disagree
Any 2 relevant reasons to support the viewpoint:

Agree-
(1) present type and levels of development being unsustainable
(2) overexploitation of resources
(3) destruction of habitat
(4) air, land and water pollution

Disagree-
(1) development can be earth-conscious
(2) sustainable development
(3) alternate energy sources
(4) reducing carbon footprint

Q: 8 People only need a good income to have a good standard of living, as income can buy everything that one needs for a good life.

Is this statement correct? Give reason to support your answer.

Answer. no

People also depend on public services.

Q: 9 How does the Human Development Report give a holistic view of development?

Answer. Award 1 mark for each of the following:
(1) per capita income
(2) education indicators
(3) health indicators

Q: 10Sex ratio refers to the number of females per 1000 males in the population.

Odisha has a better sex ratio (972) than Madhya Pradesh (919). All other indicators being equal, how does this affect the Human Development Index of the two states?

Answer. It does not affect the HDI as sex ratio is not used in the calculation of HDI.

Q: 11 The table below shows the income of the citizens of two countries, A and B, assuming that they have only 4 citizens.

(a) Calculate the per capita income of both the countries.
(b) Which country has a higher per capita income?
(c) Which country has a more equitable distribution of income?
(d) Is the answer for (b) and (c) the same? Give reasons.

Answer. (a)
Country A: 2,375
Country B: 10,540

(b) Country B

(c) Country A

(d) No, because despite having a high per capita income, country B has a wide gap between the rich Citizen II and the rest of the citizens.

Q: 12 The human development approach, developed by Mahbub ul Haq is often framed in terms of whether people are able to "be" and "do" desirable things in life. The freedom of choice is central - someone choosing to be hungry (as during a religious fast) is quite different from someone who is hungry because they cannot afford to buy food, or because the country is in a famine.

Give an example (other than the one given) to demonstrate the 'freedom of choice' explained above.

Answer. Award 1 mark for any relevant example:

A girl choosing not to do higher education and be a performing artist Vs. a girl not allowed to go to college due to family constraints.

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