UTTAM SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

MID TERM (2023-24)

SUBJECT –SOCIAL SCIENCE (SET- A)
GRADE – IX

Time: 3 Hours MM: 80 Marks

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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

i. Question paper comprises Six Sections – A, B, C, D, E and F. There are 38 questions in the
question paper. All questions are compulsory.
ii. Section A – From question 1 to 20 are MCQs of 1 mark each.
iii. Section B – Question no. 21 to 24 are Very Short Answer Type Questions, carrying 2
marks each. Answers to each question should not exceed 40 words.
iv. Section C contains Q.25 to Q.29 are Short Answer Type Questions, carrying 3 marks
each. Answers to each question should not exceed 60 words.
v. Section D – Question no. 30 to 33 are long answer type questions, carrying 5 marks
each. Answers to each question should not exceed 120 words.
vi. Section-E - Questions no from 34 to 36 are case based questions with three sub
questions and are of 4 marks each.
vii. Section F – Question no. 37 & 38 are map based, carrying 5 marks, 37 from History (2
marks) and 38 from Geography (3 marks).
viii. There is no overall choice in the question paper. However, an internal choice has been
provided in a few questions. Only one of the choices in such questions have to be
attempted.
ix. In addition to this, separate instructions are given with each section and question,
wherever necessary.

SECTION-A Multiple Choice Questions (1x20=20)

1. To avoid a confusion in the timings, the Standard Meridian of India has been chosen
as:
a) 37 degree 6 b) 68 degree 7 c) 23 degree 8 d) 82 degree 30
minutes east minutes east minutes east minutes east
2. Look at the figure ‘The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen’ painted by the
artist Le Barbier in 1790.

What does the figure (The winged woman) on the right symbolize?

b) Personification c) Angel d) Olympe de

a) Allegory of of the law Gouges
France

2. Which of the following is grown in the rainy season?

b) Wheat c) Soybean d) All of the
a) Jowar and above
Bajra

4. Which of these is Coral Island?

b) Lakshadweep c) Daman and d) Pondicherry
a) Andaman Diu
and Nicobar

5. Which of the following is NOT a feature of a democratic government?

b) Universal c) Centralized d) Respect for
a) Rule of law adult decision- minority
franchise making rights

6. In which period did China face one of the worst famines that have occurred in the
world?
b) 1958-61 c) 2001-2002 d) 2004-2007
a) 1932-36
7. Which of the following is not the function of constitution

a) It specifies how the b) It does not lay c) Express the d) Tell us the
government will be down limits on aspiration of right of the
constituted the power of the the people citizen
government about creating
a good society

8. HYV seeds stands for:

b) High c) Half d) None of
a) Heavy yielding yielding yielding the above
variety seeds variety variety
seeds seeds

9. Motilal Nehru and eight other Congress leaders had drafted a constitution of India in of
the Indian National Congress (1931).

a) Karachi b) Lahore c) Ahmedabad d) None of

resolution resolution resolution these

10. A large number of Jacobins came to be known as the ‘sans-culottes’. What does it
mean?
a) People without b) People c) People d) People
knee breeches with red with black with knee
shirts trousers breeches

11. Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other as
Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct option:

Assertion (A): Educated parents do not invest more in the education of their children.

Reason (R): Educated children can contribute to the economic growth of the country by
making greater use of the available natural resources.

b) Both A and c) A is d) A is
a) Both A and R are R are true correct wrong
true and R is the and R is the but R is but R is
correct not correct wrong. correct.
explanation of A. explanation
of A.
12. Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner of India?
b) The Prime c) The President d) The Law Minister
a) The Chief Justice Minister of of India of India
of India India

13. ‘In France, the Church and Nobility extracted taxes from the third estate.’ What was
the tax the peasant paid to the church called.

a) Taille b) Tithe c) Citoyen d) Sceptre

14. ______________ invested in human resource, it did not have any natural resource:

b) India c) Bangladesh d) Japan

a) China

15. Which of the following pairs is INCORRECT in the context of the revolutionary party
and the country it belonged to during the early years of 20th Century?

b) Liberal Party- c) Socialist d) Labour Party-

a) Socialist Party- Austria Revolutionary Britain
France Party- Russia

16. Which of the river is often referred to as Dakshin Ganga?

a) Kaveri b) Krishna c) Godavari d) Mahanadi

17. The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly was held on ____________.

a) November, 1946 b) July, 1946 c) August, d) December,

1946 1946

18. Finance raised to operate a business is called ______

b) enterprise c) land d) capital

a) labour

19. Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner of India?

a) The Chief b) The Prime c) The d) The Law Minister

Justice of Minister of President of of India
India India India
20. Which political party used the slogan ‘Save Democracy’ in the 1977 Lok Sabha
elections?
a) Congress Party b) Janta Party c) Left Front d) Telugu Desam
Party

SECTION-B Very Short Questions 2x4=8

21. Describe any two features of democracy as a form of government.

22. How were the peasants in Russia different from that of other European Countries?
OR

Which event is known as the 'Bloody Sunday' in the history of the Russian Revolution?

23. State 2 points of difference between Perennial and Seasonal rivers.

24. Why did the makers of our Constitution choose a system of reserved constituencies
for the weaker section of our society?

SECTION-C (Short Questions) 3x5=15

25. Describe the condition of the peasants before the French revolution.

26. What is the role of health in human capital formation?

OR

What is the difference between multiple cropping and modern farming method?

27. The time at a place located in Brazil is 12.30 p.m. Find out the time of a place located

90 degrees east of it.

28. What details are required from the candidates who wish to contest elections?
29. Study the Graph & answer the following questions:

a) In which year India has the highest literacy rates? (1)

b) Why is literacy rate high among the males of India? (1)

c) What is your projection about India’s literacy rate in 2025? (1)

SECTION-D (Long Questions) 5x4=20

30. Write a short note on Coastal Plains with reference to the local names given to them.
OR
List any 2 features of the Peninsular Plateau. Give 3 points of differences between
Western and Eastern Ghats. (2+3)

31. Critically examine Stalin’s collectivisation programme.

OR
What was the impact of World War 1 on the Russian economy and society?

32. What is a Preamble? Describe any three guiding values of the Indian Preamble.
(2+3)
OR
Define Apartheid. How was the apartheid system oppressive for the Blacks?
(2+3)
33. Describe some measures in the education system that have been taken to mitigate the
problem of the educated unemployed?
OR
Classify the following activities as Primary, Secondary & Tertiary: (1+1+1+1+1)

a) Manufacturing of fabric
b) Personnel working in office buildings, theatres etc.
c) Processing of Crude oil
d) Farming
e) Data interpretation job

SECTION E (Case Based Questions)

34. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follows:
In 1793, the Jacobin politician Chaumette sought to justify the closure of women’s clubs
on the following grounds:
‘Has Nature entrusted domestic duties to men? Has she given us breasts to nurture
babies? No. She said to Man: Be a man. Hunting, agriculture, political duties that is your
kingdom. She said to Woman: Be a woman… the things of the household, the sweet duties
of motherhood - those are your tasks. Shameless are those women, who wish to become
men. Have not duties been fairly distributed?
34.1. Name the most famous women’s club in France during 1793? (1)
34.2. Chaumette said in his address ‘Be a woman’. What were the roles or duties of women
during the French revolution.? (1)
34.3. List any two demands of the women’s clubs due to which they were closed? (2)

35. Read the sources given below and answer the questions that follows:

Water pollution is making matters worse. In the case of the Indian Subcontinent, 30
percent of the major Himalayan rivers are biologically dead for fishing and usage for
human consumption. Rising population is another factor which is affecting the per capita
water availability. In this connection it is pertinent to note that in 1951 water availability
in India was 5177 cubic metres per capita per year, which had been reduced to 1342 Cubic
metres per person per year by 2000. With the rise in population since the year 2000 it
must have become worse. Shortage of water and its centrality is going to cause major
social and geopolitical stresses. Our neighbours like Pakistan, China and Bangladesh are
having their own problems due to water scarcity. Since water resources of the Indian Sub-
continent are monolithic in nature, the shortage has its own international ramifications.
Therefore, there is a need to address the water issues on priority.

35.1. What seems to be the major cause of river pollution? (1)

35.2. Why are the Himalayan rivers considered ‘biologically dead’? (1)
35.3. List two ways to prevent river pollution. (2)
36. Read the sources given below and answer the questions that follows:

Investment in human resource (via education and medical care) can give high rates of
return in future. This investment on people is the same as investment in land and capital.

A child, too, with investments made on her education and health, can yield a high return
in future in the form of higher earnings and greater contribution to the society. Educated
parents are found to invest more heavily on the education of their child. This is because
they have realized the importance of education for themselves. They are also conscious
of proper nutrition and hygiene. They accordingly look after their children’s needs for
education at school and good health. A virtuous cycle is, thus, created in this case. In
contrast, a vicious cycle may be created by disadvantaged parents, who themselves
uneducated and lacking in hygiene, keep their children in a similarly disadvantaged state.

a) Difference between the virtuous cycle & the vicious cycle in contrast with the story of
Sakal & Vilas. (2)
b) What is the importance of education in one’s life? (2)

SECTION F (Map Skill Based Questions)

37. A On the outline map of the world, two places have been marked as A and B. They
were allied powers in the First World War. Identify them.

37 B. Given below is a map of India,

a) Identify any 2 points (1)
b) Label any 4 from the list given (2)
i) Aravalli Range
ii) River Brahmaputra
iii) River Ganga
iv) Standard Meridian of India
v) Himalayas
vi) River Yamuna