Class - IX
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Time :- 3 Hours M.M 80
General Instructions :
i. Question paper comprises Six Sections – A, B, C, D, E and F. There are 37 questions in the question paper. All questions are compulsory.
ii. Section A – From question 1 to 20 are MCQs of 1 mark each.
iii. Section B – Question no. 21 to 24 are Very Short Answer Type Questions, carrying 2 marks each. Answer to each question should not exceed 40 words.
iv. Section C contains Q.25to Q.29 are Short Answer Type Questions, carrying 3 marks each. Answer to each question should not exceed 60 words
v. Section D – Question no. 30 to 33 are long answer type questions, carrying 5 marks each. Answer to each question should not exceed 120 words.
vi. Section-E - Questions no from 34 to 36 are case based questions with three sub questions and are of 4 marks each
vii. Section F – Question no. 37 is map based, carrying 5 marks with two parts, 37a from Geography (3 marks) and 37b from History (2 marks).
viii. There is no overall choice in the question paper. However, an internal choice has been provided in few questions. Only one of the choices in such questions have to be attempted.
ix. In addition to this, separate instructions are given with each section and question, wherever necessary
Section – A
MCQ (1 X 20=20)
1. What is basic constraint in raising farm production ?
(a) Lack of Technology (b) Poor irrigation facilities (c) Fixed land area (d) Poverty
2. What is ‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan’?
(a) It is scheme under which elementary education is to be provided to all children the age
group of 6 to 14 years.
(b) It is an employement programme of the central government.
(c) It is promote adult education
(d) None
3. Who is considered as poor?
(a) Land lords (b) Landless labourer (c) A rich farmer (d) Businessman
4. Into how many constituencies India is divided into during the Lok Sbha elections?
(a) 543 (b) 550 (c) 545 (d) 530
5. What was the name given to gas chamber by Nazis.
(a) Killing machine (b) Solution area (c) Revolutionary Ground (d) Disinfection Areas
6. Who put forward ‘April Theses’?
(a) Lenin (b) King Louis XVI (c) Kerensky (d) Stalin
7. Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner of India?
(a) President (b) Prime Minister (c) Chief Minister (d) Governer
8. In democracy, the final decision-making powers rests with_____
(a) Monarch (b) President (C) Army General (d) Elected representatives of the people
9. Which of the following is not a food intervention programme?
(a) PDS (b) ICDS (c) FFW (d) MGNREGA
10. ______ is a man-made lake.
(a) Sambhar (b) Dal (c) Wular (d) Gobind Sagar
11. Child Labour is banned under:
(a) Right to freedom (b) Right to freedom
(c) Right against exploitation (d) Right to constitutional Remedies
12. What is Electoral Roll?
(a) The list of those who are eligible to contest vote
(b) The list of those who are eligible to vote
(c) The list of defaulter candidate
(d) The list of elected candidate
13. Great depression was a period of
(a) Economic Crisis (b) Global Crisis (c) Political Crisis (d) Social Crisis
14. In the context of Russia which group was the supporter of women’s suffragette movement?
(a) Radicals (b) Liberals (c) Conservatives (d) All of these
15. India First census was held in.
(a) 1947 (b) 1872 (c) 1950 (d) 1885
16. Adolescents are, generally, grouped in the age of_______ years
(a) 01 to 09 (b) 20 to 29 (c) 10 to 19 (d) 30 to 99
17. India is bounded by the_____________In the northwest.
(a) Young fold Mountain (b) Western Ghats (c)Indian Ocean (d) All of these
18. What is PIL?
(a) Public Interest Litigation (b) Public Information Litigation
(c) Public Interest Legislature (d) Private Interest Litigation
19. Choose the correct option for the assertion and reason mentioned:
Assertion: Nazi idealogy believed in equality of people.
Reason: The youth league of the Nazi was founded in 1922.
20. Assertion: China is not considered as a democratic nation.
Reason: Opposition parties and press are not free to criticize the government.
a. Assertion and reason are correct, and reason is the correct explanation for the assertion
b. Assertion and reason are correct, but reason is not the correct explanation for the assertion
c. Only reason is correct
d. Only assertion is correct
SECTION B
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2X4=8)
21. State any two terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
22. What is minimum support price?
23. What do you mean by Coriolis force?
24. Define apartheid.
Or
What is trafficking ?
SECTION C
SHORT ANSWER BASED QUESTIONS (3X5=15)
25. What is Public Interest Litigation?
26. Distinguish between the population growth and population change.
27. Write short notes on MANREGA.
28. Who were ‘greens’ and ‘whites’?
29. Who was Maximilian Robespierre?
Or
What was the Enabling act which was passed by Hitler after he took control over Germany?
SECTION D
LONG ANSWER BASED QUESTIONS (5X4=20)
30. Discuss the major reasons for poverty in India.
or
Why is educated unemployment, a peculiar problem for India?
31. Explain the major characteristics of the Northen plains of India.
Or
Why are rivers important for the country’s?
32. Explain why India is :
(a) A Republic
(b) A Sovereign and
(c) Secular country’. Justify.
Or
List all the different election related activities mentioned in the chapter, and arrange them in a time sequence, beginning with the first activity, and ending with the last.
33. Describe the problems faced by the Weimar Republic.
Or
Why did the Tsarist autocracy collapse in 1917?
SECTION-E
CASE BASED QUESTIONS (4x3=12)
34. Read the source given below and answer the question that follows:
A person is considered poor if his or her income or consumption level falls below a given “minimum level” necessary to fulfill the basic needs. What is necessary to satisfy the basic needs is different at different times and in different countries. Therefore, poverty line may vary with time and place. Each country uses an imaginary line that is considered appropriate for its existing level of development and its accepted minimum social norms.
Questions:
1. What is the minimum level of calorie consumption in India rural area? (1)
2. Which parameters are commonly used to determine poverty line? (1)
3. Poverty line may vary with time and place.’ Justify. (2)
35. The monsoon type of climate is characterized by a distinct seasonal pattern. The weather conditions greatly change from one season to the other. These changes are particularly noticeable in the interior parts of the country. The coastal areas do not experience much variation in temperature though there is variation in rainfall pattern.
1. Define monsoon. (1)
2. Name the months associated with monsoon. (1)
3. State any two features of the monsoon season. (2)
36. I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die”
1. Who said these words? (1)
2. What was the policy of white domination? (1)
3. How did Nelson Mandela contribute to the establishment of democracy in South Africa? (2)
37. (a) On the given political map of India locate and label the following . (3)
1. The state having highest and lowest density of population.
2. The Lakes :- Wular, Pulicat, Sambhar, Chilika
(b) Four places A, B, C, and D are marked on the outline political map of france. Identify any three places with the help of the following information. (2)
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