TERM I

ACADEMIC SESSION 2024-25

GRADE- IX
Subject: Social Science Set B Time allowed: 3 hours
Maximum Marks: 80 Date: 24-09-2024

General Instruc ons:

1) This ques on paper contains 37 ques ons. All ques ons are compulsory.
2) All parts of a ques on should be a empted at one place.
3) Marks are shown against each ques on.
4) Ques on Paper is Divided into six Sec ons - Sec ons A, B, C, D , and E
5) Sec on A- Ques ons no. 1 to 20 are Mul ple choice type Ques ons. Each ques on
carries 1 mark.
6) Sec on B- Ques ons no. 21 to 24 are Very Short Answer type Ques ons , carrying 2
marks each.
7) Sec on C- Ques ons no. 25 to 29 are Short type ques ons. Each ques on carries 3
marks. Answer to these ques ons shall be wri en in 80 to 100 words.
8) Sec on D- Ques ons no. 30 to 32 are source based ques ons. Each ques on carries 4
marks.
9) Sec on E- Ques ons no. 33 to 36 are Long Answer type ques ons. Each ques on carries
5 marks. Answer to these ques ons shall be wri en in 120 to 150 words.
10) Sec on F- Ques on no. 37 is map based ques ons and carries 5 marks
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Sec on-A
1) Which one of the following is an economic ac vity? 1
(a) A teacher teaching his son
(b) Recita on among friends
(c) Teacher teaching in the classroom
(d) All of the above
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 2) In Which book did Rousseau men oned the Idea of One person, one vote? 1
a. The Social Contract. b.The Spirit of Laws
c. Democrats d. Two Trea es
3) The Assembly adopted the Cons tu on on 26 November 1949 but it came into e ect on
26 January _________ . 1
(a) 1949 (b) 1950
(c) 1951. (d) 1952
4) Which Poli cal party formed in mid-1920 in India, by the inspira on of Russian Revolu on
a. Socialist party b. Workers Party. 1
c. Labours Party d. Communist Party
5) What was the slogan of the French revolu onaries?
a. Liberty b. Equality. 1
c. Fraternity d. All of the above
6) Which one of the given is not a Merit of Democracy? 1
a. It makes elected government accountable
b. It enhances the quality of decision making.
c. It does not o ers methods to solve various di erences
d. Enhanced the dignity of the ci zens
7) Read the statement whether true or false. If false rewrite the correct statement. 1
Money in hand is an example of Fixed capital
8) ‘The Long Walk to Freedom’ was wri en by ?
a. Nelson Mandela b. Mahatma Gandhi 1
c. Winston Churchill. d. None
9) In the ques ons given below, there are two Statements marked as Asser on (A) and
Reason (R). Read the Statements and Choose the correct op on: Op ons are: 1
Asser on: The villagers in Palampur have no access to formal credit.
Reason: The village does not have any banks or other nancial ins tu ons.
a. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explana on of (A).
b. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explana on of (A).
c. (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.
d. (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.
10) Tsar Nicholas II ruled Russia and its empire in?
a. 1913 b. 1924. 1
c. 1915 d. 1917
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 11) Which of the following is true with respect to loca on of India: 1
i. It en rely lie in the northern hemisphere
ii. ii. To the southeast and southwest of mainland lie the Andaman and Nicobar Island and
the Lakshadweep Island in Bay of Bengal an Arabian Sea respec vely.
iii. iii. The Tropic of cancer divides the country into almost two equal parts
a. only i and ii. b. only ii and iii
c. only i and iii d. all the men oned above
12) Green Revolu on is related to:
(a) Milk Produc on. (b) Grain produc on. 1
(c) Fish produc on. (d) None of the above
13) Women had no right to vote in Saudi Arabia un l ?
a. 2021 b. 2011. 1
c. 2015 d. 2018
14) Which of the following sectors is related to agriculture, forestry and dairy?
(a) Primary Sector. (b) Ter ary Sector. 1
(c) Secondary Sector (d) None of the above
15) Disguised unemployment occurs when the number of persons working on a farm is
(a) only what is required. (b) more than required. 1
(c) less than required. (d) None of the above
16) India has a land boundary of about _______________ and the total length of the
coastline of the mainland, including underman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep, is
_______________.
a. 15,000 km - 7520.6 km. b. 15,100 km -7616.6 k. 1
b. c. 15,200 km -7516.6 km d 16,200 km - 6516.6 km
17) _______________are the measuring units of land area in village. 1
18) Correct of the following statement and rewrite: 1
Andaman and Nicobar Islands lies in Arabian sea.
19) Arrange the following Himalayan ranges from north to south: 1
i. Shiwaliks
ii. Himadri
iii. Himachal
20) The younger alluvium of the oods plain are known as _________. 1
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 Sec on- B.
21) Is it important to increase the area under irriga on? Why? 2
22)What are the two features of Democracy? 2
23) Describe the status of the nobles and middle class in France before the revolu on.: 2
24) State any two di erences between Himadri and Shivalik range. 2

Sec on-C.
25) How do the large farmers u lise surplus farm products to arrange for the capital needed
for farming? 3
26) What are the various func ons of a Cons tu on? 3
27) Suggest any three ways to transform popula on load into an asset. 3
28) Who were Liberals , Radicals and Conserva ves? 3
29) Explain the major characteris cs of the northern plains of India. 3

Sec on-D.
30) Read the following extract and answer the ques ons that follows:
The Peninsular Plateau is anked by stretches of narrow coastal strips, running along the
Arabian Sea in the west and the Bay of Bengal in the east. The western coast, sandwiched
between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea, is a narrow plain. It consists of three
sec ons. The northern part of the coast is called the Konkan (Mumbai - Goa), the central
stretch is called the Kannad Plain, while the southern stretch is referred to as the Malabar
coast. The plains along the Bay of Bengal are wide and level. In the northern part, it is
referred to as the Northern Circar, while the southern part is known as the Coromandel
Coast. Large rivers, such as the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna and the Kaveri have
formed extensive deltas on this coast. Lake Chilika is an important feature along the eastern
coast.

A. Name the three parts of Indian plateau? 1

B. Name the triangular landmass that lies to the south of the river Narmada? 1
C. Give two characteris cs of western coastal plains? 2

31) Read the following extract and answer the ques ons that follows:
Like South Africa, India's Cons tu on was also drawn up under very di cult circumstances.
The making of the Cons tu on for a huge and diverse country like India was not an easy
a air. At that me the people of India were emerging from the status of subjects to that of
ci zens. The country was born through a par on on the basis of religious di erences. This
was a trauma c experience for the people of India and pakistan. At least 10 lakh people
were killed on both side of the border in par on related violence. There was another
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 problem. The Bri sh had le it to the rulers of the princely states to decide whether they
wanted to merge with India or with Pakistan or remain independent. The merger of these
princely states was a di cult and uncertain task. When the cons tu on was being wri en,
the future of the country did not look as secure as it does today. The makers of the
cons tu on had anxie es about the present and the future of the country.
i) Which country's cons tu on was drawn under very di cult circumstances, besides
India? (1)
ii) The par on was between which two countries? (1)
iii) Why did the makers of the cons tu on have anxie es when the cons tu on was being
wri en? (2)
32) Read the following extract and answer the ques ons that follows:
Socialists were against private property and saw it as the root of all social ills of the me.
Why? Individuals owned the property that gave employment but the proper ed was
concerned only with personal gain and not with the welfare of those who made the
property produc ve. So, if society as a whole rather than single individuals -controlled
property, more a en on would be paid to collec ve social interests. Socialists wanted this
change and campaigned for it. Socialists had di erent visions of the future. Some believed in
the idea of coopera ves. Robert Owen (1771-1858), a leading English manufacturer, sought
to build a coopera ve community called New Harmony in Indiana (USA). Other socialists felt
that coopera ves could not be built on a wide scale only through individual ini a ve: they
demanded that governments encourage coopera ves. In France, for instance, Louis Blanc
(1813-1882) wanted the government to encourage coopera ves and replace capitalist
enterprises. These coopera ves were to be associa ons of people who produced goods
together and divided the pro ts according to the work done by members. Karl Marx
(1818-1883) and Friedrich Engels (1820- 1895) added other ideas to this body of arguments.
Marx argued that industrial society was ‘capitalist’. Capitalists owned the capital invested in
factories, and the pro t of capitalists was produced by workers. The condi ons of workers
coul d not improve as long as this pro t was accumulated by private capitalists. Workers had
to overthrow capitalism and the rule of private property. Marx believed that to free
themselves from capitalist exploita on, workers had to construct a radically socialist society
where all property was socially controlled. This would be a communist society.
1. According to Karl Marx socie es have all along been divided between? 1
2. Why do socialists like Karl Marx and Engels, think that in communist socie es property
was socially controlled? 1
3. What vision did the socialist have for the future? 2

Sec on-E.
33) What does unemployment mean? What types of unemployment do we have in rural
areas? 5
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 Describe di erent modern farming methods. What are the merits and demerits of HYV
seeds?

34) Explain the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte? 5

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What were the main features of cons tu on of France in 1791?
35) What are the main ideals enshrined in the Preamble of the Indian Cons tu on? 5
36) Each physiographic region of India complements the other and makes the country richer
in its natural resources.” Jus fy this statement with ve examples. 5

Or
‘The diverse physical features of India are of immense value’. Jus fy statement by examples.

Sec on - F
37) A. Write the name of loca ons men oned in Map of Russia. 1x2=2
B. On the poli cal map of India, locate and label the following: 1x3=3
a. largest state of India
b. The Aravali
c. The mountain peak Anai Mudi
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