Sumantai vasant patil English medium School

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I semester 2016-17
Std IX
Geography & economics
Time:2 hours

Marks:40
Date:

Q.1 ) Fill in the blanks by choosing correct

option.
(5m)
1. In Aurangabad division _____________is a well known
centre of cloth.
(Aurangabad, Jalna, nanded, parabhani)
2. Rabi season in Maharashtra extended from
____________.
(January to march, October to march, june to
October)
3. _____________occupation depends entirely on natural
resources.
(Primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary)
4. Laterite soil is commonly found in ____________
district.
(parbhani, amaravati, ratnagiri, latur)
5. There are approximately _______ thousand villages in
Maharashtra. (65, 41, 51, 53)

Q.2) Match the following

(4m)
a
b

1.sugar industries
Rural area
2.Nagpur
Ahmadnagar
3.Cottage industries
fertile soil
4.Costal region
orange

a)
b)
c)
d)

Q.3) Give geographical reasons (any 2)

(4m)
1.Most of sugar industries are set up in the
vicinity of the sugar producing area.
2.Rice is the major crop of konkan region.
3.Various occupation are required for living.
Q.4) write short note on (any 2)
(4m)
1.Industries pollution.
2.Fallow land.
3.Tertiary occupation.
4.Cash crop in Maharashtra.
Q.5) Answer in detail. (Any 2)
(6m)
1.Why have automobile industries developed in
Maharashtra?
2.Explain the type of agriculture.

3.What do you know about scarcity of water.

what are the effect of drought in Maharashtra.
Q.6) Mark and name the following on the
outline map of
Maharashtra.
(2m)
1) Cotton industry
industry
3) Automobile industry
industry

2) Chemical
4) Electrical

ECONOMICS
Q.1) Fill in the blanks with correct
option
(5m)
1.Mans wants are _____________.
(limited, numbered, infinite)
2.In economics, goods cab be tangible
or_____________.
(seen, expensive, intangible)
3.Economics is_____________ science.
( physical, social, natural)
4.____________is consider as the father of
economics.
(Lionel Robbins, Adam Smith, Alfred Marshall)
5.Utility is a _________ concept.
(Vague, relative, useful)
Q.2) Answer the following question in 2-3
sentence (any2 4m)

1.Describe Adam smiths definition of economics.

2.Explain the term utility.
3.What is demand?
4.What are goods?
Q.3) answer the following question in 5-6
sentences
(any 2)

(6m)

1.what are human wants and explain its

characteristic?
2.State and explain modern definition of
economics.
3.Explain tangible and intangible goods.

Good luck