Grade: X Second Term Jan. 2009

SECOND TERM EXAMINATION, JANUARY 2008-09
Class: IX SOCIAL SCIENCE Max. Marks: 80
Date: / / Duration: 3 Hrs.
Roll No.

General Instructions:

All questions are compulsory
Marks are indicated against each question
a) Answer to questions of 1 mark may be from one word to one sentence.
b) Answer to questions of 3 marks should not exceed 80 words.
c) Answer to questions of 4 marks should not exceed 100 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.

Why do we think that the UN has to become more democratic? 1
How did General Pervez Musharraf come to power in Pakistan? 1
What is called the voter’s list? 1
What is the Standard Meridian of India? 1
Name the northern and southern parts of the east coast of India. 1
What is called fixed capital? 1
Define the term hazard. 1
Elaborate PRRP. 1
Write any two safety measures of road traffic. 1
Give a difference between VDMT and DMT. 1

Mr. Ravi was arrested by the police. Suggest any three procedures to be followed by the police. 3
Write any three major differences between the Himalayan rivers and the Peninsular rivers. 3
Briefly explain any three major controls of the climate of any place. 3
How did the British policies cause poverty in India? What is meant by social exclusion? 2+1=3


Answer any two questions: (2x3=6)
a. How did the ideas of John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau and Montesquieu inspire
the French people?
b. What were the main changes brought about by the Bolsheviks immediately after the October
Revolution?
c. What was the background of the pseudoscientific racial theories of Adolf Hitler?

Answer any two question: (2x3=6)
a. What is meant by scientific forestry? How did the 1878 Act divide the forests in India?
b. Explain the new developments in forestry in India.
c. What lessons can we draw from the conversion of the countryside in the USA from a bread
basket to a dust bowl?
Distinguish between Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha on the basis of the power they exercise. 4
Give a definition for democracy. Evaluate the arguments against democracy. 4
a. What is a constitution? What does it do for the citizens?
Or
b. Describe the process of election campaign in India. Mention any successful slogans raised by
the Congress and the Left Front. 4
Write short notes on the following terms:
a. Birth rate b. Death rate c. Migration d. Sex ratio 4
a. Explain the factors which are responsible for the distribution of plants and animals in India.
Or
b. Define flora and fauna. Write any three steps taken by the government of India to protect the
flora and fauna 4
What is meant by people as resource? Population is an asset for an economy rather than a liability. Comment. 1+3=4
Give an account of interstate disparities in poverty in India. Why are the minimum calorie requirements more in rural areas than in urban areas? 3+1=4
a. Public distribution system has faced severe criticism on several grounds. Why? What is meant by minimum support price?
Or
b. Examine the role of cooperatives in ensuring the food security in India. Give an example of successfully running cooperative society. 3+1=4
What is risk transfer? Consider your school is located in the vicinity of an industry. List out any three possible risk reduction measures that need to be taken by the school. 1+3=4
a. Analyse the development of amateur and professional cricketers in England. Distinguish between both sections.
Or
b. How have advances in technology, especially television technology, affected the development
of contemporary cricket? 4
a. On the given outline map of world draw the triangular trade route connecting India, China and England. Label a. London, b. Canton and c. Calcutta.
d. Shade the origin country of cricket.
Or
b. On the outline map of East Europe shade a. Czechoslovakia b. Poland.
Locate the c. Theresienstadt d. Auschwitz 2
On the given outline map of India locate:
a. Sambhar Salt Lake
b. Vembanad Lake
c. Govindsagar Dam
d. A region of rainfall above 400 cm in north east India
e. The vegetation type of Rajasthan
f. Kaziranga,
g. Gir forest
h. Suderbans. 4

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