CBSE Sample Papers for Class 9 Social Science Paper 1

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CBSE Sample Papers for Class 9 Social Science Paper 1

Board	CBSE
Class	IX
Subject	Social Science
Sample Paper Set	Paper 1
Category	CBSE Sample Papers

Students who are going to appear for CBSE Class 12 Examinations are advised to practice the CBSE sample papers given here which is designed as per the latest Syllabus and marking scheme as prescribed by the CBSE is given here. Paper 1 of Solved CBSE Sample Papers for Class 9 Social Science is given below with free PDF download solutions.

Time: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 80

General Instructions

(i) The question paper has 27 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
(ii) Marks are indicated against each question.
(iii) Questions from serial number 1 to 7 are very short answer questions. Each question carries 1 mark.
(iv) Questions from serial number 8 to 18 are 3 marks questions. Answer of these questions should not exceed 80 words each.
(v) Questions from serial number 19 to 25 are 5 marks questions. Answer of these questions should not exceed 100 words each.
(vi) Question number 26 and 27 are map questions of 2 marks from History and 3 marks from Geography. After completion, attach the maps inside the answer book.

Questions

Question 1:
Define the term Duma.

Question 2:
Who was Goebbels?

Question 3:
Define free and fair election.

Question 4:
What do you mean by the term Gondwanaland.

Question 5:
What are the different factors of production?

Question 6:
Define organized sector.

Question 7:
What do you mean by the term vulnerability?

Question 8:
What were the effects of February Revolution?

Question 9:
“By the end of 1940, Hitler was at the pinnacle of his power”. Explain.

Question 10:
How can it be justified that the popular governments can be undemocratic and popular leaders can be autocratic?

Question 11:
Write about the racial discrimination in South Africa.

Question 12:
What are the legal declarations required for contesting an election?

Question 13:
Discuss the three divisions of the northern plains of India on the basis of rivers.

Question 14:
Mention any three types of drainage pattern.

Question 15:
How can we grow more from the same piece of land?

Question 16:
Write any three differences between the kharif season and Rabi season.

Question 17:
How is the poverty line estimated in India?

Question 18:
What do you mean by the term poverty? Explain its two dimensions.

Question 19:
Germany faced the economic crisis inl923. Comment.

Question 20:
Discuss about the rise of commercial forestry in India.
OR
Why did the Massai community lost their grazing lands?
OR
What were the impacts of westward expansion of settlers in the USA?

Question 21:
Mention the different types of courts in India. Write any two powers of judiciary.

Question 22:
Elaborate the right to freedom of religion in India.

Question 23:
Discuss the different factors to understand the mechanism of monsoon.

Question 24:
“The great diversity in the flora and fauna depends on different factors”. Explain.

Question 25:
Write about the food security system of India?

Question 26:
Identify these features with the help of the following information and write their correct names on the lines marked on the outline map of world:
(a) One of the allied powers of the First World War.
(b) One of the axis powers of the Second World War.

Question 27:
On the given political outline map of India locate and label the following features with appropriate symbols:
(a) Mount Everest
(b) Rajaji wildlife sanctuary
(c) Konkan coast.

Answers

Answer 1:
It was a consultative parliament.

Answer 2:
He was the propaganda minister of Hitler.

Answer 3:
It means that people are having the right to vote, can choose their representatives freely and parties are free to contest elections.

Answer 4:
The southern landmass of the Pangea is termed as Gondwanaland which includes South America, Africa, India and Australia.

Answer 5:
Land, labour, physical capital and the human capital are the factors of production.

Answer 6:
These are the big units registered with the government and follow the rules and regulation due to which the employees get number of benefits.

Answer 7:
It is used to describe the poor and marginalized people who are prone to food insecurity.

Answer 8:
February Revolution in Russia had the following effects:

1. Monarchy system was brought down.
2. A provisional government was formed to run the country.
3. People got their fair right to vote and choose their representatives.

Answer 9:
Yes, it is true to say that by the end of 1940, Hitler was at the pinnacle of his power. Germany left the League of Nations and reoccupied Rhineland and annexed Austria. Poland was invaded in 1939. Puppet governments were formed in many parts of the country to claim his supremacy. He signed a tripartite pact with Italy and Japan in September 1940.

Answer 10:
Yes, this is true in case of Zimbabwe that popular governments can be undemocratic and popular leaders can be autocratic.

1. Since independence regular elections were held there. President Mugabe was very popular but he always used unfair means to win the elections.
2. So many amendments were done in their constitution to make the President more powerful,
3. Media was in total control of the government.

Answer 11:
(a) It was a practice of discrimination with Blacks by the White.
(b) The society was divide on the basis of their colour.
(c) Blacks were treated as deprived and inferiors.

Answer 12:
There are some legal declarations to be submitted by the candidates to contest election:

1. Candidates have to declare that there is no serious criminal cases pending against them.
2.  Candidates have to give details of their assets and liabilities.
3. They are supposed to disclose their educational qualification.

Answer 13:
The northern plains of India can be divided into three regions on the basis of rivers draining the northern plains:

1.  The Indus plain: The western part of the northern plain is called the Indus plain which is formed by the river Indus and its tributaries.
2.  The Ganga plain: The middle part of the northern plain is called the Ganga plain which is formed by the river Ganga and its tributaries.
3.  The Brahmaputra plain: The eastern part of the northern plain is called the Brahmaputra plain which is formed by the river Brahmaputra and its tributaries.

Answer 14:
(a) Dendritic pattern: When the streams follow the slope it forms dendritic drainage pattern.
(b) Trellis pattern: When the main rivers are joined by its tributaries at approximately right angles then it forms the trellis pattern.
(c) Radial pattern: When the streams flow in different directions from a central peak then it forms radial paftem.

Answer 15:
Due to the pressure of population on land the demand for food grains also increasing. Due to this we have to grow more from the same piece of land as the land is finite in nature. The different ways to grow more from the same piece of land can be:

1. Multiple cropping: It is growing of two or more crops on the same piece of land in a year.
2. With the use of modem agricultural practices the production can be increased.
3. Use of HYV seeds and better chemical fertilisers and pesticides can increase the production.

Answer 16:
Kharif season and Rabi season can be differentiated on the following grounds:

1. Sowing: For kharif season the sowing time is with the onset of monsoon and the sowing time for Rabi season is October-November.
2. Harvesting: Kharif season crops are harvested in the months of August – September whereas the Rabi season crops are harvested in the months of March-April.
3. Important crops: Rice is the important crop of the kharif season whereas wheat is the important crop of the Rabi season.

Answer 17:
In India poverty line is estimated on two main basis -calorie intake and income.
On the basis of calorie intake per person per day calorie intake is 2400 in the rural areas and it is 2100 in the urban areas. It is set high for the rural areas because they are more engaged in physical work.
On the basis of income poverty line is fixed ₹816 per person per month for the rural areas whereas it is bit high for the urban areas i.e.₹1000. It is so because the prices of the essential products in the urban areas are higher.

Answer 18:
Poverty is a situation in which people are not able to manage two square of meal and other
basic facilities. The two different dimensions of hunger are:
(a) Seasonal hunger:

• It is related to the cycles of food growing and harvesting.
• People face seasonal hunger in the rural areas because of seasonal nature of agricultural activities.

(b) Chronic hunger:

• It is a consequence of diets persistently inadequate in terms of quality or quantity.
• In the urban areas it occurs because of casual labour, very low income and inability to buy food.

Answer 19:
Germany was facing economic crisis in 1923 because the wars they fought was largely on loans which was to be repaid in gold. Due to which the gold reserves and other resources became scarce. When Germany refused to repay in 1923, then the French occupied the Ruhr to claim the coal.
In response to this situation Germany started printing paper currency. But the value of currency fell due to too much circulation of money. As a result the prices of goods started rising which came to be known as hyperinflation.

Answer 20:
The different causes for the rise of commercial forestry in India were:

1. Wood was needed for the development of railways. It was needed to run locomotives, to lay the railway lines and sleepers.
2. The demand for wood increased in England for shipbuilding as they were facing shortage of timber for the royal navy.
3. The forest areas were degraded for raising commercial crops like cotton, jute, wheat etc.
4. The British government thought that the forest areas are unproductive and should be converted into agricultural lands so that they can get surplus food grains and expected revenues also.
5. The forest areas were categorized as – reserved, protected and village forests.

OR

The Massai community lost their land due to the following reasons:

1. Territorial possessions by the European powers was the basic reason behind losing their grazing land.
2. In 1885, Massailand was divided between British Kenya and German Tanganyika.
3. The productive grazing lands were allotted for White settlement and the Massai were forced to shift to the arid land.
4. The pasture lands were converted into the cultivated lands due to agricultural expansion.
5. Large areas of the grazing lands were declared reserved and the Massai people were not allowed to enter there for any business.

OR

1. The White settlers moved towards the west on large scale.
2. In USA the locals were supposed to be cleared from the land.
3. The villagers were forced to sign the treaties and give up their land.
4. The fields were cleared, erected the fences and ploughed and com and wheat were sown on large scale.
5. New areas were searched when soil regained its fertility.

Answer 21:
There are three types of courts in India:

1.  District courts: These courts deal with the local cases of the district and decides the serious criminal cases.
2. High courts: It deals with the cases that falls within the state jurisdiction and considers appeal from the lower courts.
3. Supreme Court: It is the apex court in India whose decisions are binding on all the courts.

Two powers of the Judiciary are:

• It interprets the law.
• It also acts as the guardian of the civil liberties.

Answer 22:
Right to freedom of religion is one of the fundamental rights given to the citizens in India. According to this right:

1. State cannot impose any tax for any religion.
2. Institutions run by the government are not allowed to impart religious instructions.
3. All the people having the freedom to profess, practice and propagate religion of their own choice.
4. No religion is stated as state religion.
5. India declares itself a secular country that means all the religions are given same equality.

Answer 23:
The following factors are important to understand the mechanism of monsoon in India:

1. The different degree of heating and cooling of land and sea due to which there is low pressure on land and high pressure in the sea.
2. The shift of ITCZ over the northern plains during summer.
3. The presence of high pressure to the east of Madagascar.
4. Intense low pressure in the Tibetan plateau area due to intense heating.
5. The movement of jet stream over the Indian peninsular during summer.

Answer 24:
The factors responsible for the great diversity in the flora and fauna are:

(i) Relief: The two important factors under relief are:

• Land: Flat land is good for the growth of vegetation and and thus different animals can survive.
• Soil: the fertile soil supports agriculture whereas desert soils support cactus and thorny bushes.

(ii) Climate: The three important factors under climate are:

• Temperature: Different temperature at different places supports different types of vegetation.
•  Precipitation: High precipitation areas supports dense vegetation.
• Photoperiod: It is the duration of sunlight which is affected by the latitude, duration of day and night etc. that affects the growth of vegetation.

Answer 25:
The food security system of India is carefully designed to ensure the availability of food to all the people at all the times. The food security system is composed of the following two
components:

1. Buffer stock: It is the stock of food grains like rice and wheat procured by the government through the food corporation of India (FCI). The FCI purchases rice and wheat from the areas of surplus food production at a pre-announced price called minimum support price (MSP).
2. Public distribution system: This is a system of distribution of food grains among the poorer sections of the society basically those who are below poverty line. This is done through the ration shops which are also called fair price shops.

Answer 26:

Answer 27:

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