SOCIAL SCIENCE
Class-IX
Summative Assessment-I
TIME: 3 Hrs MM : 90
General Instructions:
1. The question paper has 31 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
2. Marks are indicated against each question.
3. Questions from serial number 1-10 are Multiple Choice Questions. Each question carries one mark.
4. Questions from serial number 11 to 22 are 3 mark questions. Answer of these questions should not exceed 80
words each.
5. Questions from serial number 23 to 30 are 5 mark questions. Answer of these questions should not exceed 120
words each.
6. Question number 31 is a map question of 4 marks from Geography only. After completion, attach the map inside
your answer book
1. Who were called the active citizens? (1)
(a) One who had the right to vote (b) One who participated in the war
(b) One who did not have the right to vote (d) None of these.
2. Who were jadidists? (1)
(a) Muslim reformers within the Russian Empire
(b) Orthodox Christians in the Russian empire.
(c) Reputed philosophers in the Russian Empire.
(d) The supporters of Lenin.
3. Which country does not share a land with India? (1)
(a) Bhutan (b) Bangladesh (c) Tazikistan (d) Nepal
4. Which of the following rivers have a small drainage basin? (1)
(a) Godavari (b) Narmada (c) Tapi (d) All of these
5. What is referendum? (1)
(a) It is an alliance of people, associations, parties or nations.
(b) It is mass refusal by workers or employees to perform work due to certain grievances or because
of demands are not accepted.
(c) It is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular
proposal.
(d) It is the right of a person, party or nation to stop a certain decision or law.
6. Democracy enhances the dignity of the citizens because democracy is based : (1)
(a) On the principles of political equality
(b) On recognizing that the poorest and the least educated have the same status as the rich and the
educated.
(c) People are not subjects of a ruler, they are the rulers themselves.
(d) All of the above.
7. What happened at the midnight of 26th April 1994? (1)
(a) A new national flag of the Republic of South Africa was unfurled.
(b) Apartheid government came to an end.
(c) A multi racial government was formed.
(d) All of the above.
8. What is the main activity of the people living in villages? (1)
(a) Mining (b) Farming (c) Manufacturing (d) Dairy farming
9. Which of the following factors is considered most important for the production? (1)
(a) Land (b) Physical capital (c) Human (d) All of these.
10. Which among the following are the two types of economic activities? (1)
(a) Primary and secondary activities
(b) Market and non-market activities
(c) Secondary and market activities
(d) All of the above
11. What was the impact of the French Revolution on France? (3)
OR
What was the work done by the Bolsheviks during the civil war to keep the economy running?
12. What happened to the Bastille on 14th July, 1789? (3)
OR
How did the world come to know about the holocaust?
13. The sun rises 2 hours earlier in Arunachal Pradesh as compared to Gujarat in the west. Explain. (3)
14. Define tectonic plates. Explain the theory of plate tectonics. (3)
15. Write a short note on eastern hills. (3)
16. State the causes of river pollution. (3)
17. What is Universal Adult Franchise? (3)
18. What does “One person, one vote, one value” mean? Name some countries where citizens do not enjoy (3)
right to vote.
19. What do you mean by constitutional amendments? Why did the Constitution makers make provision for (3)
them?
20. How has electricity helped the farmers? (3)
21. How are people of a country referred as a resource? (3)
22. What are the various activities undertaken in the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors? (3)
23. How did the economic stress contributed to the rise of the French Revolution? (5)
24. What were the various causes of the 1917 Revolution of Russia? (5)
25. What were the economic and political causes for the French Revolution? (5)
OR
What was the impact of the Great Economic Depression on the German economy?
26. Write a note on the central highlands. (5)
27. How was democracy promoted by different countries? Explain with examples. (5)
28. Why is democracy considered better than any other form of government? (5)
29. Not all villages in India have levels of irrigation. Explain. (5)
30. How can a country like Japan become rich and developed over the years? (5)
31. Two features 1 and 2 are marked on the given outline map of India. Identify these features with the help (4)
of following information and write their correct names on the lines marked in the map:
1. Broken hills of Rajasthan 2. Southern part of the eastern coastal plains.
On the same map, locate and label:
(a) River Kaveri (b) Karakoram range
