VIDYA MANDIR PUBLIC SCHOOL, SECTOR- 15/A, FBD.

CLASS
SUMMER HOLIDAY HOMEWORK
CLASS-IX

SESSION-2023-2024
 SUBJECT :SOCIAL SCIENCE
CLASS- IX

INSTRUCTIONS: STUDENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO DO ALL THE

QUESTIONS IN YOUR FAIR NOTEBOOK
VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
1. Sugarcane crushing undertaken in the village is what
type of activity?
2. Name the oldest part of the Indian Landmass.
3. Which sector is considered as the source of absorbing
labour supply as well as creating services for human
resource?
4. Why are rivers disappear in the bhabar belt?
5. Which state does not share any international
boundary?
6. What sort of clothes were worn by the Jacobins?
7. What do you mean by triangular slave trade?
8. Based on the French Revolution of 1791 who were
considered as active citizen?
9. Define the term old regime.
10. Write any one difference between taille and tithes.
SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS:
1. What changes indicate the improvement of health in
India.
2. Explain the division of Himalayas from East to West.
3. How do chemical fertilisers affect the soil?
4. Which was the important Law that came into effect
 soon after the storming of the Bastille in the summer
of 1789?
5. Identify the followings:-
The symbols related to French Revolution
(i) The Broken Chain:
(ii) The Bundle of Rods or Fasces:
(iii) The Eye within a Triangle Radiating Light:
(iv)Sceptre:
(v) Snake Biting its Tail to form a Ring:
(vi) Red Phrygian Cap:
(vii) Blue-White-Red:
(viii) The Winged Woman:
(ix) The Law Tablet:

APPLICATION BASED QUESTIONS

1.List the changes in Palampur due to the advent of
electric power in the village.
2. How do the Physical division of India complement
each other?
3. How has the long coastline been beneficial to India?
4. What strategy has been adopted by the government
to improve the education sector?
5. Name the values which are displayed by the French
Revolution.
CASE STUDY BASED QUESTIONS:-
Read the given extract and answer the following:-
Finally a group of several hundreds people marched
towards the eastern part of the city and stormed the
fortress-prison, the Bastille, where they hoped to find
hoarded ammunition. In the armed fight that followed, the
Commander of the Bastille was killed and the prisoners
released-through there were only seven of them. Yet the
Bastille was hated by all, because it stood for the despotic
power of the king. The fortress was demolished and stone
fragments were sold in the markets to all those who wished
to keep a souvenir of its destruction.
Q. 1 Why was the fortress-prison of Bastille stormed?
Q. 2 How many prisoners were released from the fortress
prison of Bastille?
Q. 3 Why did the fortress of Bastille was demolish?
Read the given extract and answer the following questions:
India is a vast country. Lying entirely in the Northern
hemisphere, the mainland extend latitudes 8°4' N and 37°6'
N and longitudes 68°7'E and 97°25' E. The Tropic of Cancer
(23°30′ N) divides the country into almost two equal parts.
To the Southeast and Southwest of the mainland, lie the
Andaman and Nicobar islands and the Lakshadweep islands
in Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea respectively.
Q. 1 Name the group of islands lying in the Bay of Bengal
and Arabian Sea.

Q. 2 Name the countries which are bigger than India.

Q.3 Which island countries are our Southern neighbours?
Read the given extract and answer the following questions:
The Himalayas, geologically young and structurally fold
mountains stretch over the northern borders of | India.
These mountain ranges run in a west-east | direction from
the Indus to the Brahmaputra. The Himalayas represent the
loftiest and one of the most rugged mountain barriers of
the world. They form an arc, which covers a distance of
about 2,400 km. Their width varies from 400 km in Kashmir
to 150 km in Arunachal Pradesh. The altitudinal variations
are greater in the eastern half than those in the western
half.
Q. 1 Which is the most continuous range of the Himalayas?
What is the average height?
Q. 2 What is the core of this part of the Himalayas
composed of?
Q. 3 Name the part of the Himalayas lying to the South of
himadri? What is the average height of this part of the
Himalayas?

Read the given extract and answer the following questions:

The Green Revolution in the late 1960s introduced the
Indian farmer to cultivation of wheat and rice using high
yielding varieties (HYVS) of seeds. Compared to the
traditional seeds, the HYV seeds promised to produce much
greater amounts of grain on a single plant. As a result, the
same piece of land would now produce far larger quantities
of food grains than was possible earlier. HYV seeds,
however, needed plenty of water and also chemical
fertilizers and pesticides to produce best results. yields
were possible only from a combination of HYV seeds,
irrigation, chemical fertilizers, pesticides, etc.
Q. 1 What do you mean by 'Yield'?
Q. 2 Name the States where the Green Revolution was first
started? Which crop was given priority under this
scheme?
Q. 3 Which standard unit is used for measuring the land?

Read the given extract and answer the following questions:

Countries, like Japan, have invested in human resource.
They did not have any natural resource. These countries are
developed/rich. They import the natural resource needed
in their country. How did they become rich/developed?
They have invested on people, especially in the field of
education and health. These people have made efficient
use of other resources, like land and capital. Efficiency and
the technology evolved by people have made these
countries rich/developed.
Q. 1 What is the importance of education?
Q. 2 Why is literacy rate high among men and less
among women of India? Give any 2 points.
Q. 3 Why is there a division of labour between men and
women in the family?
LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS:-
1. Why was the period from 1793 to 1794 referred as
the reign of terror?
2. Describe India’s contact with the world through the ages.
3. What is the latitudinal and longitudinal extent of
India? How is the latitudinal spread in India
 advantageous to it?
4. Explain with examples that the relief of India displays
a great physical variation?
5. What is the Aim of Production? Explain it’s factors.
Name of Activity - CBSE ART INTEGRATED ACTIVITY
 To imparting knowledge about North Eastern States which
were especially created on the basis of their distinct culture,
languages and different Ethnic groups (Article – 371)
 As recently Manipur is facing Acute confrontation among
its different ethnic sub groups for getting Economic and
social benefits from state government.
 To avoid this civil strife and to make students aware about
unity and integration of the nation should not be harm on
any cost.
 For promotion of Tourism and to protect regional diversity
and culture.
Pairing states Haryana and Manipur
 Guidelines for Activity –
 Students will design a model tableau showcasing the
Culture, Tradition, Crafts and Tourism of Manipur.
 Students must explore and come out with creative
expressions.
 Write down your view on why Manipur is commonly known
as ‘ Jewel of India’.( in your notebook)
Materials required-
 Thermocol Sheet, waste materials, pictures of tourist places,
art-forms, dance-form, natural beauty
Learning Outcomes: To familiarise students with tradition
and tourism of Manipur for better understanding the
concept of cultural diversity in India through Art and Skills.