SOCIAL SCIENCE GRADE: IX

YARA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, RIYADH, KSA
SECOND TERM EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2007
Class: IX SOCIAL SCIENCE Max. Marks: 80
Date: 28/11/07 Duration: 3 Hours



General Instructions:
All questions are compulsory.
Marks are indicated against each question.
a) Answer to question of 2 marks should not exceed 30 words.
b) Answer to question of 3 marks should not exceed 60 words.
c) Answer to question of 4 marks should not exceed 80 words.
d) Answer to question of 6 marks should not exceed 120 words.
Attach map provided with the answer sheet.
There is no overall choice. However internal choice is provided in some questions.
Write the same question number as given in the question paper while answering a question in your answer book.


What was westward movement in America? 2
What is known as the Voter’s List? 2
What is meant by Mandal Commission Report? Name the Prime Minister who introduced it. 2
What is Samin’s Challenge? 2
Study the following table and answer the following questions:

Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Temp.(c)
9.8

11.3
15.9
18.5
19.2
20.5
21.1
20.9
20.0
17.2
13.3
10.4
Rainfall (cms)
1.4
2.9
5.6
14.6
29.5
47.6
35.9
34.3
30.2
18.8
3.8
0.6

i ) Name the month of highest rainfall.
ii) Name the month of lowest temperature.
iii) What is the annual range of temperature?
iv) Identify and write the name of station. ½ + ½ + ½ + ½ =2

The vegetation cover of India in large parts is no more natural in the real sense. Why? 2
Elaborate NREGA. When was it passed? What was its aim? 2
Name any four man-made disasters. 2
Explain any four natural factors responsible for landslides. 2




‘Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton’ Explain. 3
Who is Dietrich Brandis? What is meant by scientific forestry? 3

Answer any seven of the following: (4x7=28)

i) Why were threshing machines opposed by the poor in England?
ii) How did television channels promote cricket?
iii) Distinguish between political executive and permanent executive.
iv) Explain the terms ‘El Nino’ and ‘ENSO’.
v) What are the steps taken by the government to protect the flora and fauna?
vi) What is meant by ‘monsoon’? Distinguish between weather and climate.
vii) Describe the poverty trends in India since 1973.
viii) Give any four characteristics of terrorism.
ix) Explain any four functions of the Election Commission in India.

a) Why did the Bastar rebellion take place? Who started it? What were the issues found in
Bastar after Indian independence?
Or
b) Why were Indian farmers reluctant to grow opium? How did the British government collect profit from opium trade? 6
a) What is meant by ‘one person, one vote’? Describe the minimum conditions of a democratic election.
Or
b) Explain the powers of Prime Minister in India. What is the Prime Minister’s role in a coalition government? 6
a) Describe the mechanism of monsoon.
Or
b) Why has India a rich heritage of flora and fauna? Analyse its factors. 6
a) Describe the major reasons for poverty in India.
Or
b) What is Poverty Line? With the help of an example describe how the economic growth
supports the poverty reduction. 6

On the given outline map of the world locate the centres of triangular trade:
a) London b) Calcutta c) Canton and d) draw route line between the centres.
½ + ½ + ½ + ½=2

Study the given outline map of India and identify the features marked as A, B, C and D and write their names correctly in the space provided. ½ + ½ + ½ + ½=2

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