Class-9th social science Practice set

Class-9th Practice paper and important questions for examination.

Time 3 Hours Maximum Marks-90

General Instructions: - 

1. The question paper has 30 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.

2. Questions from serial number 1 to 8 are very short answer questions. Each

question carries 1 mark.

3. Questions from serial number 9 to 20 are 3 marks questions. Answer of

these questions should not exceed 80 words each.

4. Questions from serial number 21 to 26 are 5 marks questions. Answer of

these questions should not exceed 120 words each.

5. Question number 27 to 28 is map questions. After completion, attach the

map inside your answer book.

6. Questions number 29 to 30 of OTBA are 5 marks each questions.

1. Which community played cricket for the first time in India?

   OR

What was the cockade?

2. In which type of natural vegetation Silver fur is found? 

3. How many seats in Lok Sabha is reserved for Scheduled caste? 

4. Who founded the political party Lok Dal ? 

5. What is the tenure of the member of Rajya Sabha ? 

6. What is the accepted calorie requirement per person in urban area in India? 

7. What is buffer stock ? 

8. In which year the most devastating famine of India occurred in Bengal? 

9. Why did the people of Bastar raise the revolt against the Britishers. ? 

   OR

Discuss the lifestyle of Banjaras.

   OR

Why were the threshing machines opposed by the poor farmers in 

England?

10. Mention any three causes of deforestation in India under colonial rule.

   OR

How did the life of the Pastoralists change under colonial rule ?

   OR

Why were the Indian farmers reluctant to grow opium?

11.Why did Mahatma Gandhi Condemn the Pentangular Tournament?

   OR

Mention any three changes in women’s clothing style as a result of the two world wars.

12.Explain any three features of Monsoon rain. 

13.What are the controlling elements of the climate of an area? Explain any three.

14.What steps are taken by the government to conserve the flora and fauna in India?

 

15.“ Lok Sabha is more powerful than Rajya Sabha “ . Explain by giving any  three reasons?

16.What are the main powers of the Prime Minister? 

 

 17. How India is a secular Country? 

 

18. Explain any three major reasons of poverty in India. 

19. What are the main features of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural

Employment Guarantee Act, 2005? 

20. Why the Buffer stock is created by the Government? 

21. How the changes in forest management in the colonial period affected the 

following groups of people. 

(a) Shifting Cultivators (b) Plantation Owners

    OR

Give reasons to explain why the Masai Community lost their grasing land.

    OR

What were the advantages or disadvantages of mechanical harvesting machines in the USA?

22. List any five developments that have taken place in cricket after 1970? 

     OR

What were theSumptuary laws in France?

23. Write short note on the followings: 

(a) Tropical Evergreen Forests

(b) Tropical Deciduous Forests.

24. What are the significant features of the National Population Policy? 

25. What are the challenges to free and fair elections?

26. The right to freedom is not only a right but also a group of many rights. Explain.

27. On an outline political map of the world locate and label the following:

(a) Java (b) Bastar

   OR

On an outline political map of the world locate and label the following.

(a) Areas of Raika Community

(b) Masailand 

28. On an outline political map of India locate and label the following. 

(a) Areas having less than 20cm of rainfall

(b) Place of the Highest rainfall in the world.

29. Who was Hardeep Singh? Why Hardeep Singh approached his friend 

Gurpreet Singh?

        OR

Write a note on Green Revolution?

30 . What is the role of Milk Co-operative societies in nation building?

       OR

What do you mean by Land Reforms? Why it was introduced after independence?