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Class : IX Std
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Name of the Subject : Social Science

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Social Science Sample Paper :

1. On what charges was Louis XVI Guillotined?
(a) Misgovernance (b) Cruelty (c) Treason (d) Absolute rule

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2. By whom was ‘social contract’ written?
(a) Voltaire (b) Rousseau (c) Adam Smith (d) Gorky
3. In which one of the following groups of Hemispheres India is located?
(a) Eastern and Western Hemisphere
(b) Northern and Southern Hemisphere
(c) Eastern and Northern Hemisphere
(d) Land and Water Hemisphere
4. Which one of the following features is related to the lower course of the river?
(a) Delta (b) Meander (c) Ox-bow Lake (d) Gorge
5. Which one of the following is the best way to establish democracy in a country?
(a) Foreign aggression by a democratic country.
(b) People’s struggle within their own country.
(c) Resolution by the U.N. General Assembly.
(d) Voluntary support by the majority of the people.
6. Which one of the following international organizations is responsible for mainta ining peaceand security among countries of the world?
(a) U.N. General Assembly
(b) U.N. Security Council
(c) International Court of Justice
(d) International Monetary Fund
7. Who one of the following was the chairman of the Drafting Committee for making the Constitution of India?
(a) Rajendra Prasad (b) Baldev Singh (c) H.C. Mookerjee (d) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar 1
8. Which among the following is not an item of fixed capital?
(a) Tools (b) Raw Materials (c) Machines (d) Building
9. Which one of the following activities is associated with the primary sector?
(a) Pottery (b) Basket weaving (c) Education (d) Mining
10. Which one of the following is an activity of tertiary sector?
(a) Agriculture (b) Forestery (c) Banking (d) Manufacturing
11. Explain Lenin’s ‘April Theses’.
OR
Why did Weimar Republic set up in Germany after the first world war become unpopular? Give three reasons.
12. Explain any three main features of Stalin’s collectivization programme.
OR
Explain any three effects of Nazism on the school system?
13. What is the latitudinal extent of India? How does it influence our lives? Explain giving two examples.
14. Name the three parallel ranges of the Himalayas. Write three features of northern most range of the Himalaya.
15. Name the three types of plate boundaries. Explain one characterstic of each.
16. How are the peninsular rivers of India different from those of the Himalayas? Give any three points of distinction.
17. Explain any three difficulties faced by the people in a non-democratic country.
18. State any three arguments against democracy.
19. Why do we call India a secular democratic republic? Explain.
20. Why is human capital the most important factor of production? Give three reasons.
21. How have countries like Japan become rich and developed? Explain three reasons.
22. What are the various activities which are classified with three main sectors? Name each sector with suitable examples.
23. Despite various reforms introduced by Robespeire, why was his reign termed as reign of terror? Explain.
24. Explain the circumstances that helped the middle class in bringing social and economic changes in France in the 18th Centrury.
25. Explain any five changes introduced by Bolsheviks in Russia after October Revolution of 1917.
OR
Explain any five features of political policy adopted by Hitler after coming to power in 1933.
26. Which are the two physical divisions of the Peninsular plateau? Write four characteristics of each division.
27. What is democracy? Explain any four features of a democrative set up?
28. Why do we need a constitution? Describe any three main functions of the constitution.

29. Explain the four requirements of the production of goods and services. What are the items that come under physical capital? 4+1=5
30. What are the two types unemployment found in rural areas? How does unemployment affect the overall growth of an economy? Explain by giving four points. 1+4=5
31.1. Two features (1-2) are marked on the given political outline map of India. Identify these features with the help of following information and write their correct names on the lines marked in the map.
1. A mountain range
2. An important river of South India.

31.2. Locate and label the following on the same political outline map of India.
a. Mount K2
b. Tropic of Cancer 2+2=4
Note : The following question is for the visually impaired candidates only, in lieu of map Q.no. 31.
(31.1) Which is the smallest state of India in respect of area?
(31.2) In which state is Aravali mountain range?
(31.3) Name the highest mountain peak of India.
(31.4) What is the latitude of Tropic of Cancer? 4×1=1