PERIODIC TEST I EXAMINATION (2024-25)

SUBJECT: SOCIAL SCIENCE

Class : IX Max. Marks : 40
Date : Time : 1½ hrs.

General Instructions
 This question paper has 18 questions.
 All questions are compulsory.
 Questions from serial number 1- 9 are of 1 mark each. The answers to these questions
should not exceed 20 words each.
 Questions from serial number 10– 11 are of 2 marks each. The answers to these questions
should not exceed 40 words each.
 Questions from serial number 12 -13 are of 3 marks each. The answers to these questions
should not exceed 100 words each.
 Questions from serial number 14 -15 are of 4 marks each and are passage-based
questions.
 Questions from serial number 16-17 is of 5 marks. The answers to this question should
not exceed 150 words
 . Question no.18 is a map question worth 3 marks: 1 mark from History and 2 from
Geography.
 After you complete it, attach the map to your answer book

1. Why do small farmers borrow money to cultivate their land? (1)

a) The small farmers do not have enough resources.

b) Modern methods of farming require a heavy investment of capital.

c) Small farmers want to increase the produce from the land.

d) Small farmers have to compete with large farmers.

2. Which term measures the crop produced on a given land during a single year?
(1)
a) Yield
b) Productivity
c) Cultivation
d) Output
3. A strait separating India from Sri Lanka is:
(1)
a) Palk Strait
b) Bering Strait
c) Strait of Hormuz
d) Cook Strait

4. How has the opening of the Suez Canal helped India? (1)
a) It connects India with the southeast Asian countries.
b) It has reduced the distance between India and Europe.
c) It is a tourist attraction spot.
d) Both a) and b)

5. There are two statements below: Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read the statements
and choose the correct option. (1)
Assertion (A): The subsistence crisis occurred frequently during the Old Regime.
Reason (R): The monarch could not impose taxes in the Old Regime.
a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation for A.
b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation for A.
c) A is true, but R is false.
d) A is false, but R is true.

6. Which of the following statements about the 'French Revolution' are correct? (1)

i. After the end of the French Revolution, it was proclaimed that the people would
henceforth constitute the nation and shape its destiny.

ii. France will have a constitutional monarchy, and the new republic will be headed by
a member of the royal family.

iii. A centralised administrative system will be put in place to formulate uniform laws
for all citizens.

iv. Imposition of internal customs duties and dues will continue in France.

a). ii and iii

b). ii and iv
c). i and iii
d). iii and iv

7. The famous slogan of the French Revolution was: (1)

a) Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

b) No Taxation without Representation

 c) E Pluribus Unum

d) Give me liberty or give me death

8. Which one of the following personalities quoted, “Democracy is of the people, for the
people, by the people”? (1)

a) Mahatma Gandhi

b) Albert Einstein

c) Abraham Lincoln

e) Rabindranath Tagore

9. What does this cartoon signify? (1)

a) Democracy

b) Universal Adult Franchise

c) No free and fair elections

d) Respect for minority right

10. “From Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh, there is a time lag of two hours.” Why? Give
reasons. (2)
11. Explain the significance of ‘ the broken chain to convey the content of the Declaration
of Rights. (2)
12. Explain any three differences between a democratic country and a non-democratic
country. (3)
13. What is meant by the Green Revolution? Mention some of its essential features. (3)

14. Read the given source and answer the following questions: (2+1+1=4)

On the morning of 14 July 1789, Paris was in a state of alarm. The king had commanded
troops to move into the city. Rumours spread that he would soon order the army to open
fire upon the citizens. Some 7,000 men and women gathered in front of the town hall and
decided to form a people's militia. They broke into several government buildings in search
of arms. Finally, several hundred people marched towards the city's eastern part and
stormed the fortress prison, the Bastille, where they hoped to find hoarded ammunition. In
the armed fight that followed, the commander of the Bastille was killed, and the prisoners
were released. though there were only seven of them. Yet all hated the Bastille because it
stood for the king's despotic power. The fortress was demolished, and its stone fragments
were sold in the markets to all those who wished to keep a souvenir of its destruction.

a. When and why was Paris in a state of alarm?

b. Who was killed in an army fight in the fortress of Bastille?
c. What was the reason for the fall of Bastille?

15. Read the given source and answer the following questions: (1+2+1=4)

India is a vast country. Lying entirely in the Northern Hemisphere, the mainland extends
between latitudes 8°4'N and 37°6'N and longitudes 68°7'E and 97°25'E. To the southeast
and southwest of the mainland lie the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the
Lakshadweep Islands in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, respectively.

The land mass of India has an area of 3.28 million square km. India’s total area accounts
for about 2.4 per cent of the total geographical area. India is bounded by the Young Fold
Mountains in the northwest, north and northeast. South of about 22° north latitude, it
begins to taper and extends towards the Indian Ocean, dividing it into two seas, the
Arabian Sea on the west and the Bay of Bengal on the east.

a) Which latitude divides the country into almost two equal parts?
 b) “The difference between day and night is hardly felt in Kanyakumari but not in
Kashmir.” Justify.
c) Name any two countries larger than India.

16. Why did the Institutional Revolutionary Party in Mexico never lose any election till
2000? (5)
17. Tej Pal is a farmer living in the village of Palampur who has been using traditional
farming methods. His daughter Laxmi, educated at a renowned university, wants her
father to switch to modern farming methods.
On behalf of Laxmi, convince her father to use the modern farming methods. (5)

18. (i) On the given outline map of France, locate and label the following. (1+2=3)
a. A Port of France related to the Slave Trade.
(ii) On the given map of India, mark any two of the following:
a. Standard Meridian of India
b. Any two states through which the Tropic of Cancer passes.