SOCIAL SCIENCE-ROUND 1

Aug 28, 2020, 8:26 AM

N-1442-10 MAHIKA D GUPTA - CLASS 9 GH FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE - [MON 10 AM]

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ADMISSION NO.: n-1442-10 NAME: mahika gupta CLASS & SECTION: 9-h ROLL NO.: 20

SECTION-A HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

2. The representatives of the third estate viewed themselves as spokesmen for the whole French nation. Identify the place where
they assembled.

○ Palace of Versailles
○ Fortress Bastille
● The Tennis Court
○ Place de la Concorde

3. __________ sought to refute the doctrine of the divine and absolute right of the monarch. ________________ carried the idea
forward, proposing a form of government based on a social contract between people and their representatives.

John Locke Jean Jacques Rousseau

4. Robespierre’s government issued policies regarding................
A. laws placing a maximum ceiling on wages and prices
B. Meat and bread were rationed
C. Peasants were forced to transport their grain to the cities
D. freedom of expression

● A, B and C
○ B, C and D
○ C, D and A

5. Match the correct pair.

The period from 1793 to

→ The Reign of Terror
1794

Men above 25 years of age who paid taxes had right to

The Constitution of 1791 →
vote

National People's Congress → Elections after every five years

Estonia → Russian minority finds it difficult to get voting rights.

6. Correct the senctence.

The slave trade began in the seventeenth century. French merchants sailed from the ports of bordeaux or Nantes to the African coast.

7. Since 1980, Zimbabwe has been ruled by ____________ the party that led the freedom struggle and its
leader__________remained the President of the country.

ZANU-PF Robert Mugabe

8. Which among the following is not a feature of democracy:

● Government is not limited by the basic rules of the constitution.

○ Rulers elected by the people take all the major decisions.
Elections offer a fair opportunity to the people to change their
○
representatives.
○ All the citizens have voting right on equality basis.

9. Complete the statement to form an argument in favour or against democracy:

Democracy is better than other forms of government because it allows us to correct its own mistakes .
10. Observe the cartoon carefully and select any two options which explain it:

It shows that even after so many years since we got independence, the basic problems remain the
●
same
● Politicians make promises to win in the elections but do not try to fulfill them.
○ Voters do not care what promises are made by the politicians.

SECTION-B GEOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS

11. In the question given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read the statements and
choose the correct option:

(A) Small farmers do not sell surplus wheat in the market.

(R) Their total production is small and from this a substantial share is kept for their own family needs.

● Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of
○
A.
○ A is correct but R is wrong.
○ A is wrong but R is correct.

12. Choose correct word and drag into the sentence.

Modern farming methods require a great deal of land

13. Match the following:

Manufacturing →

Dairy farming →

Shop keeping →

Transport →

14. HYV seeds, chemical fertilizer pesticides etc. are associated with which farming method?

modern farming method

15. The rivers, after descending from the mountains deposit pebbles in a narrow belt of about 8 to 16 km in width lying parallel
to the slopes of the Shiwaliks.

● Bhabar
○ Terai
○ Bhangar
○ Khadar

16. Choose the word from the grid and drag in, to complete the sentence.

The Indian desert lies towards the western margins of the Aravali hills .

17. Name the Himalayas located between Kali and Teesta rivers.

nepal himalayas
18. Match the following physical features of India.

Northern Mountains →

Deccan Plateau →

Northern Plains →

Coastal Plains →