Goa Board (GBSHSE) - Class 10 (SSC) previous year questions (PYQ)

[MAT] A clock shows 8:30. What is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand?

Directions: In the following question, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct option:

Assertion (A): Federalism in India is based on the 'holding together' model rather than 'coming together'.

Reason (R): A large diverse country divided its constitutional powers between central and state governments, with the Union government retaining residuary powers.

Disaster Management & Safety: What is the most effective protocol for 'Power Sharing, Federalism, Gender, Religion & Caste in Indian Politics'?

Waste Segregation: In the context of 'Critical Literary Evaluation and Character Delineation', which method prevents environmental pollution?

Directions: In the question below, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct option:

Assertion (A): Work done by an electrostatic field in moving a test charge along a closed path is zero.

Reason (R): The electrostatic Coulomb force is a conservative force whose line integral around any closed loop vanishes identically.

Directions: In the following question, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct option:

Assertion (A): Self-Help Groups (SHGs) help rural women overcome the lack of collateral security.

Reason (R): Regular group savings and collective peer accountability enable SHGs to obtain collateral-free bank credit for self-employment activities.

Refer to the Case Study 'Case Study: Parabolic Cable Geometry in Civil Engineering Suspension Bridges' to answer:

What geometric property distinguishes the vertex of the upward-opening parabola $y = ax^2 + c$ ($a > 0$)?