DPS DUABI

GRADE 9 SA2
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SAMPLE PAPER
General Instructions :
i. Question paper comprises five Sections – A, B, C, D and E. There are 37 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. Answer to each question should not exceed 40 words.
iv. Section C contains Q.25to Q.29 are Short Answer Type Questions, carrying 3 marks each.
Answer 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.
Answer 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 is map based, carrying 5 marks with two parts, 37a from History
(2 marks) and 37b from Geography (3 marks).
viii. There is no overall choice in the question paper. However, an internal choice has been
provided in 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.
Q.No. SECTION A Marks
(MCQ’s 1X20=20 Marks)
1. What were the demands made by the workers in St. Petersburg who went on a strike? 1
A. Reduction of working time to eight hours
B. Increase in wages
C. Improvement in working conditions
D. All the above
2. Name the secret police of German. 1
A. Gestapo.
B. Jungvolk
C. Reichstag.
D. None of the above
3. Which was the most famous film in which orthodox Jews were stereotyped and 1
Marked?
A. Third Reich of Dreams
B. The Eternal Jews
C. The Jews
D. Conspiracy
4. Arrange the following in chronological order: 1
A. Oak forests in England were disappearing.
B. Search parties were sent to explore the forest resources of India.
C. This created a problem of timber supply for the Royal Navy.
D. The spread of railways created a new demand for timber.
5. The northern part of the western coast is called the 1
A. Konkan
B. Kannad plain
 C. Malabar coast
D. Coromandel coast
6. 2. The wind blowing in the northern plains in summers in known as: 1
A. Kaal Baisakhi
B. Loo
C. Trade winds
D. None of the above
7. An official enumeration of population done periodically 1
A. Sample
B. Target
C. Census
D. Analysis
8. Trains, buses, taxis, hotels, hospitals, schools and colleges, libraries, cinema halls, 1
theatres, beaches, swimming pools, public toilets, were all separate for the whites and
blacks. This was called….?
A. Apartheid
B. Segregation
C. Racism
D. Casteism
9. After the emergence of the new democratic South Africa, black leaders appealed to 1
fellow blacks to…...?
A. Forgive the whites for the atrocities they had committed
B. To take revenge on the whites
C. That the whites must leave the country
D. None
10. Which of the following statement is False regarding the outcome of democratic 1
elections?
A. The ruling parties routinely lose elections in India both at the national and state
level.
B. In every two out of the three elections held in the last fifteen years, the ruling
party lost.
C. Candidates who are known to have spent a lot of money on ‘buying votes’ and
those with known criminal connections often win elections.
D. All of the above.

11. Which one among the following pairs is correctly matched? 1

12. Which of the following statements correctly describes about the role of the President. 1
A) The appointment of the Chief Justice of India
B) Appointment of the Judges of the Supreme Court
C) Appointment of High Courts of the states
D) All of the above
13. Which of the following is not an instance of an exercise of a fundamental right? 1
A. Workers from Bihar go to the Punjab to work on the farms.
 B. Christian missions set up a chain of missionary schools.
C. Men and women government employees get the same salary.
D. Parents’ property is inherited by their children.
14. Disguised unemployment occurs when the number of persons working on a farm is 1
A. only what is required
B. more than required
C. less than required
D. None of the above
15. Which of the following are examples of self-employment programs in India? 1
A. Swarna Jayanti Shahri Rozgar Yojna
B. Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojna
C. Both a and b are incorrect
D. Both a and b are correct

16. The society which facilitated setting up of grain banks in different regions is : 1
A. Amul (Gujarat)
B. Academy of Development Science (Maharashtra)
C. Mother Dairy (Delhi)
D. None of the above
17. Poor are the people who move in and out of poverty on a regular basis. 1
A. Occasionally
B. Chronic
C. Churning
D. None of the above
18. Public Distribution System is associated with : 1
A. fair price shops
B. cooperative stores
C. super bazars
D. none of the above
19. MSP refers to : 1
A. Minimum Support Price
B. Maximum Support Price
C. Marginal Support Price
D. None of the above
20. Green Revolution in the 1960s was associated with : 1
A. use of HYV seeds
B. tree plantation programme
C. fisheries development
D. none of the above

SECTION B
(Very Short Answer 2 X 4= 8 Marks)
21 Forests around the railway tracks fast started disappearing. Elucidate. 2
22 Indian Constitution adopted many institutional details and procedures from different 2
countries.” Justify by giving examples.
Answer:
 India adopted the principle of liberty, freedom and justice from the French
Constitution.
 We have adopted bill of Rights from the United States of America.
  The practice of Parliamentary democracy has been adopted from Great
Britain.
23 Why are rivers important for a country's economy? 2
OR
What are the causes of river pollution? Suggest some ways to overcome them?
24 Name any two poverty and unemployment alleviation programmes which have been 2
initiated by the government to remove poverty and unemployment in rural areas.

SECTION C
(Short Answer 3 X 5 = 15 Marks)
25 What were the immediate consequences of the Russian Revolution? 3
Answer:
The immediate consequences of the Russian Revolution were:
(a) Most industries and banks were nationalized in November 1917. This meant the
government took over the ownership and management. Land was declared social
property.
(b) In cities, Bolsheviks enforced the partition of large houses according to family
requirements.
(c) They banned the use of old title of aristocracy.

OR

Explain the main demands of “April Theses”.

Answer:
In April 1917, the Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin returned to Russia from his exile.
He and the Bolsheviks had opposed the war since 1914. Now he felt it was time for
soviets to take over power. He put three demands which were known as Lenin’s April
Theses.
The three demands were :
(a) He declared that the war to be ended
(b) Land to be transferred to the peasants
(c) The banks to be nationalized.

26 Despite the decline in growth rate the number of people being added every decade is 3
steadily increasing. Why?
27 ‘Countries like Japan did not have any natural resources, still they are developed 3
countries.’Give reasons.
28 There are many limitations and challenges of Indian elections which draw our 3
attention. Analyze the given statement.
29 Give an account of the inter-state disparities in poverty in India 3

SECTION D
(Long Answer Based Questions 5X4=20 Marks)
30 Highlight the important features of the education imparted in Nazi Schools. 5
OR
Explain any five features of Hitler’s foreign policy.
31 Montane forests have a succession of natural vegetation belts in the same order as we 5
see from the tropical to the Tundra region. Explain
 OR
Mangrove forests play a central role in protecting the marine ecosystems.
Justify the statement.
32 Why do the political executives have more powers than the permanent executives? 5
OR
What was Mandal Commission? Why was it appointed? What did it recommend to the
government?
33 Write a note on the role of cooperatives in providing food and related items. 5

OR

What has our government done to provide food security to the poor? Discuss any two
schemes launched by the government?

SECTION E
(Case Based Questions 4X3=12 Marks )
34 Read the source given below and answer the question that follows:
The accounts of many travellers tell us about the life of pastoral groups. In the early
nineteenth century, Buchanan visited the Gollas during his travel through Mysore. He
wrote:
Their families live in small villages near the skirt of the woods, where they cultivate a
little ground, and keep some of their cattle, selling in the towns the produce of the
dairy. Their families are very numerous, seven to eight young men in each being
common. Two or three of these attend the flocks in the woods, while the remainder
cultivate their fields, and supply the towns with firewood, and with straw for thatch.
From: Francis Hamilton Buchanan, A Journey from Madras through the Countries of
Mysore, Canara and Malabar (London, 1807).

34.1 Why do you think pastoral groups often live on the edges of forests? 1
34.2 Pastoralists rarely enter the pages of history textbooks. Do you agree . Give any one reason 1
to support your answer
34.3 Briefly describe the pastoral communities in Rajasthan. 2
35 The Monsoon, unlike the trades, are not steady winds but are pulsating in nature,
affected by different atmospheric conditions encountered by it, on its way over the
warm tropical seas.The duration of the monsoon is between 100- 120 days from early
June to mid-September. Around the time of its arrival, the normal rainfall increases
suddenly and continues constantly for several days. This is known as the ‘burst’ of the
monsoon, and can be distinguished from the pre-monsoon showers.The monsoon
arrives at the southern tip of the Indian peninsula generally by the first week of June.
Subsequently, it proceeds into two – the Arabian Sea branch and the Bay of Bengal
branch. The Arabian Sea branch reaches Mumbai about ten days later on
approximately the 10th of June. This is a fairly rapid advance. The Bay of Bengal
branch also advances rapidly and arrives in Assam in the first week of June. The lofty
mountains causes the monsoon winds to deflect towards the west over the Ganga
plains.

35.1 Mention the nature of monsoon winds 1

35.2 Outline the duration, month and branches of the monsoon 1
35.3 Explain the burst of the monsoon 2
36 The same principle applies to public jobs. All citizens have equality of opportunity in matters
relating to employment or appointment to any position in the government. No citizen shall
be discriminated against or made ineligible for employment on the grounds mentioned
above. Government of India has provided reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled
Tribes and Other Backward Classes. Various governments have different schemes for giving
preference to women, poor or physically handicapped in some kinds of jobs. Are these
reservations against the right to equality? They are not. For equality does not mean giving
everyone the same treatment, no matter what they need. Equality means giving everyone an
equal opportunity to achieve whatever one is capable of. Sometimes it is necessary to give
special treatment to someone in order to ensure equal opportunity. This is what job
reservations do. Just to clarify this, the Constitution says that reservations of this kind are not
a violation of the Right to Equality.
36.1 Why do you think it is important to special treatment to a few sections of the society? 1
36.2 What is the extreme form of discrimination mentioned by the constitution? 1
36.3 Analyze the statement- Equality means giving everyone an equal opportunity to achieve 2
whatever one is capable of.

SECTION F
(Map Skill Based Questions 2+3=5 Marks )
37 a In the given outline map of the world, two features are marked. These are the 2
countries that were Allied in the First World War. Identify them.

A
B
37 b On the outline map of India, locate and label any three of the following places 3
A k2 Mountain peak
B Chilika lake
C Kaziranga National Park
D Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary