MILESTONE ACADEMY

CLASS:IX
SUB: SOCIAL SCIENCE
HALF YEARLY EXAM 2020-21
SET:A

DATE: 21/9/20 MM:80

Three hrs

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:-
Read the following instructions carefully and strictly follow them:-
SECTION A :- Question no. 1 to 20 are very short answer type questions, carrying
1 marks each.
SECTION B :- Question no. 21 to 28 are short answer type questions, carrying 3
marks each. Answer to each question should not exceed 80 words.
SECTION C :- Question no. 29 to 34 are long answer type questions, carrying 5
marks each. Answer to each question should not exceed 120 words.
Map Pointing;- Question no.35 (a) History carrying 2 marks and (b) Geography
carrying 4 marks each.
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SECTION:A
I.Answer in very short :- 1x20=20m
1.Which of the following constituted the privileged class?
(a) Clergy and peasants (b) Peasants and nobility
(c) First and Third Estate (d) Clergy and nobility
2.Name the political body of France.
3.Define the term “ subsistence crisis”.
4.Snake biting its tail to form a ring symbolized eternity. ( True/ False)
5.The easternmost longitude of india is

(a) 97*25E (b) 63*7E

(c) 82*32E (d) All of these
6.Name the group of islands lying in the Arabian sea.
7.What is Bhabar?
8.What are tectonic plates?
9.Which of the following country does not deny equal right to vote?
(a) Saudi Arabia (b) Estonia
(c) India (d) All of these
10.Democracy must be based on a ………………………………… where those currently in
power have a fair chance of losing. ( Fill in the blank)
11.Give any one arguments against democracy.
12.Who was the first President of the newly born democracy in South Africa?
13.What was apartheid?
14.How many members were there in the constituent assembly that wrote the
Indian Constitution?
(a) 399 (b) 299
(c) 199 (d) 190
15.What is the main production activity in Palampur village?
(a) Farming (b) Animal husbandry
(c) Transport (d) Small-scale manufacturing
16.Write any two requirements for the production of goods and services.
17.What do you mean by multiple cropping?
18.The concept of White Revolution is associated with
(a) Food crops (b) milk
(c) Cotton (d) Pesticides
19.Write any two primary activity.
20.What is Sarva Siksha Abhiyan?
SECTION: B
II. Short Answer Type Questions should not exceeds 80 words:- 3mx8=24m
21. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:-
Source: Economic Activities by men and women
Economic activities have two parts—market activities and non-market activities.
Market activities involve remuneration to any one who performs ie, activity
performed for pay or profit. These include production of goods or services
including government services. Non market activities are the production for self-
consumption and processing of primary product and own account production of
fixed assets.
(i)What are the two parts of economic activities?
(ii) What activity does the non market include?
(iii) Write any one feature of market activity?
22.Describe how abolition of slavery became possible in France?
23.Distinguish between Western and Eastern Ghats.
24.Democracy improves the quality of decision making. Why?
25.Write any three merits of democracy.
26.How was the apartheid system oppressive for the blacks?
27.How did the spread of electricity help farmers in Palampur?
28.Write any three characterstics of the traditional method of farming.
SECTION: C
III.Long Answer Type Questions in about 100-120 words:- 5mx6=30m
29.What do you mean by unemployment? Explain different types of
unemployment found in India. (5m)
30.Explain triangular slave trade carried on during 18th and 19th century. (5m)
31.Explain the role of Jacobins in French Revolution. (5m)
32.Describe the size and location of India. (5m)
33.Give a detailed description of the Himalayan mountains. (5m)
34.Read the following source and answer the following questions that follow:-
Source: A Young India Magazine
I shall strive for a constitution which will release India from all thralldom and
patronage…. I shall work for an India in which the poorest shall feel that it is their
country in whose making they have an effective voice ; an India in which there
shall be no high class and low class of people;as India in which all communities
shall live in perfect harmony. There can be no room in such an India for the curse
of untouchability or the curse of the intoxicating drinks and drugs. Women will
enjoy the same rights as men…. I shall be satisfied with nothing else.
(i)What was Gandhiji’s dream for India? (2m)
(ii) Mention two evils from which Gandhiji wanted to keep away his dream
India. (2m)
(iii) What did Gandhiji want for the Indian women? (1m)
Map pointing:-

35.(a). Locate and label the following on the outline map of France. ( 2m)
(i) The place where Napolean Bonaparte was finally defeated in 1815.
(ii) The region not affected by the Great Fear.
(b). Locate and label the following on the political outline map of India. (4m)
(i) Standard Meridian
(ii) Tropic of cancer
(iii) The Deccan Plateau
(iv) smallest state of India.