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TEST – SST

Time : 1 hour CLASS – 9th (ICSE). MM : 40

TOPICS:
1. Local Self-Government : Rural Local Institutions
2. Local Self-Government : Urban Local Institutions
3. The Renaissance

1. Freedom becomes meaningful in the right sense of the word only when there are Gram Panchayats
in India. In this context describe the following functions of a Gram Panchayat:
(a) Welfare Functions
(b) Developmental Functions
(c) Regulatory and General Administrative Functions
2. With regard to the Panchayat Samiti answer the following questions:
(a) What are the Civic and Developmental functions of a Panchayat Samiti?
(b) What are the Supervisory functions of a Panchayat Samiti?
3. At the top level in the Panchayati Raj system there stands the Zila Parishad. In this context answer
the following questions:
(a) What are the Civic and Welfare functions of a Zila Parishad?
(b) What are Supervisory functions of a Zila Parishad?
4. With regard to the Municipal Corporation answer the following questions:\
(a) What is meant by the Municipal Corporation?
(b) What are the functions of the Mayor of a corporation?
5. Describe the functions of a Municipal corporation regarding:
(a) Public Health and Sanitation
(b) Electricity and Water Supply
(c) Education and Sports
(d) Public Works
6. With regard to a Municipality (Municipal Committee) answer the following questions:
(a) What is meant by a Municipal Committee?
(b) What are the three Discretionary functions of a Municipal Committee?
(c) What are the three Obligatory functions of a Municipal Committee?
7. The Renaissance was a period of great intellectual activity. Give an account of the outstanding works
of the following writers:
(a) Machivelli (b) Shakespeare

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8. There was a splendid galaxy of scientific persons whose discoveries revolutionised our ideas of the
universe. In this context mention the discoveries of the following men:
(a) Copernicus (b) Galileo
9. Study this picture carefully and answer the questions that follow:
(a) Give the name by which the portrait is known.
(b) Name the artist who portrayed it?
(c) Mention the main features of this painting.

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