SAI CITY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

TERM – 2 EXAMINATIONS (2023-24)

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CLASS: 9 STD SUBJECT: SOCIAL SCIENCE TOTAL: 80
General Instructions

1) There will be 5 sections. You have to answer all sections.

2) Section A will be 1 mark questions for 20 marks. All questions have to be answered.
3) Section B will be 2 mark questions for 8 marks. Attempt any 4 only.
4) Section C will be 3 marks questions for 32 marks. Attempt any 8 only.
5) Section D will be 5 marks questions for 15 marks. Attempt any 3 only.
6) Section E will be for 5 marks. It is Map based question.

SECTION A

Q1) CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER: 12 MARKS

1) The world’s largest drainage basin is of the ______ river.

a) Nile b) Amazon c) Ganga d) Indus
2) The most difficult challenge faced by Independent India is:
a) Health b) Poverty c) Money d) Culture
3) Louis XVI of the Bourbon family of kings ascended the throne of France in
a) 1784 b) 1874 c) 1774 d) 1764
4) An area through which a river and its tributaries flow is called
a) Delta b) Basin c) Sea d) Meander
5) Socialists took over the government in Russia through the October Revolution of _____
a) 1915 b) 1919 c) 1914 d) 1917
6) Which of these is not a good argument in favour of democracy?
a) People feel free & equal in a democracy. b) Democracies resolve conflict in a better way than others.
c) Democratic government is more accountable to the people. d) Democracies are more prosperous than others.
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7) Which Indian state launched the 1 Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) to provide food security to the poorest of poor?
a) U.P b) Kerala c) Rajasthan d) Maharashtra
8) Which of these is a provision that a democratic constitution does not have?
a) Powers of the head of the state b) Name of the head of the state
c) Powers of the legislature d) Name of the country
9) Hitler was born in 1889 in ________
a) Poland b) Zurich c) Austria d) Germany
10) Which of these is not a good reason to say that Indian elections are democratic?
a India has the largest number of voters in the world. b India’s Election Commission is very powerful.
c In India, everyone above the age of 18 has a right to vote. d In India, the losing parties accept the electoral verdict.
11) The largest salt water lake in India is_______
a) Pulicat b) Shiv Sagar c) Chilikia d)Vembanad
12) According to the Indus Water Treaty (1960), India can use only ____ per cent of the total water carried by
the Indus river system.
a) 30 b) 25 c) 20 d) 35

Q2) Fill in the blanks 8 Marks

1) PMRY started in 1993 in India. It stands for ___________________
2) The climate of India is described as the ________ type.

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 3) The pressure and wind system of any area depend on the _________
4) A special stamp released in July 1968 by Smt. Indira Gandhi was entitled as ______
5) In 18th century France only __________ paid taxes.
6) In 1914, ________ruled Russia and its empire.
7) On 3 March 1933, the famous Enabling Act was passed. This Act established dictatorship in Germany.
8) For educating German youth in the ‘the spirit of National Socialism’. Ten-year-olds had to enter ______.

SECTION B

Q3) Answer any 4 of the below question. 4 x 2 = 8M

1) Describe the events in Petrograd in February 1917.

2) What do you mean by Coriolis force?
3) What happened on 14th July 1789 in Paris?
4) List the demerits of increase in population.
5) The ambition of the greatest man of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye”. Who was Nehru
referring to?
6) Why do we need food security?
7) Describe the basic factors affecting the population of India.

SECTION C

Q4) Answer any 8 only 8 x 4 = 32M

1) Describe the reasons for the Russian Revolution.

2) List out the disadvantages of unemployment.
3) Are elections important? Give reasons.
4) What are the 3 dimensions of food security?
5) Why is the knowledge of latitude & longitude important?
6) Why rivers are considered lifeline of human civilization?
7) Briefly explain the three estates of French society before the revolution.
8) Explain the Nazi cult of Motherhood
9) What is the importance of rationing?
10) Explain Democracy in your own words

SECTION D

Q5) Answer any 3 only 3 x 5 = 15M

1) In what different ways do rivers get polluted? Write the preventive measures for it.
2) What are the improvements made in the health states of people of India?
3) How can poverty be reduced in future in India?
4) What are the consequences of the excessive reserves of food grains in India?
5) Describe Hitler’s multiple policies to annihilate the Jews from the face of the earth.
6) What changes did the French Revolution bring to the citizens of France?

SECTION E

Q6) Mark any 5 of the following in the map given 5M

1) Rajaji 2) Ranganathittu 3) Kaziranga 4) Gir 5) Ranthambor 6) Simlipal

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