ACADEMIC SESSION, 2023 – 2024
PERIODIC TEST 1
SUBJECT: SOCIAL SCIENCE
SAMPLE PAPER
GRADE: IX Max. Marks: 20
Date: Time: 45 Mins
Name of the Student……………………………………………………………………………….
This question paper contains (2) pages.
General instructions:
- All questions are compulsory. There are 12 questions in all
- This question paper has four sections: Section A, Section B and Section C.
- Section A contains six questions of one mark each, Section B contains four questions of two
marks each, Section C contains two questions of three marks each.
- There is no overall choice. However, internal choices have been provided in two questions of one
mark, two questions of two marks, and one question of three marks weightage. You have to
attempt only one of the choices in such questions.
SECTION A (1x6 = 6 Marks)
1. According to the new constitution of 1791 in France, the members of National Assembly were
to be……………………..
a) Elected directly
b) Appointed by the king
c) Elected indirectly
d) A hereditary body
OR
What was ‘Estates General’?
a) Head of the Army
b) A political body
c) Persons of high rank in state administration
d) Head of Church
2. The French Revolution is most important for having changed, “subjects to citizens."
This statement emphasizes the shift from…………..
a) religious traditions to secular values
b) divine right rule to people's participation in government
c) rural lifestyles to urban lifestyles
d) private property ownership to government ownership
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3. Which of the following has reduced India’s distance from Europe by 7000 km?
a) Suez Canal
b) Panama Canal
c) Indira Gandhi Canal
d) Buckingham Canal
OR
Which among the following helps in determining the time in India?
a) The Equator
b) The Tropic of Cancer
c) The Standard Meridian
d) The Latitudinal extent
4. Difference in the duration between day and night is hardly felt at Kanyakumari but not so in
Kashmir because…………………………
a) Kashmir lies farther away from the equator
b) Kashmir is a mountainous region
c) Kashmir lies in the West of India
d) Kashmir lies below the Tropic of Cancer
5. When did General Parvez Musharraf lead a military coup in Pakistan?
a) In October 1990
b) In October 1985
c) In October 1989
d) In October 1999
6. With the use of HYV seeds the production of wheat increased from ………………………
a) 1800 kg per hectare to 4500 kg per hectare.
b) 1300 kg per hectare to 3200 kg per hectare.
c) 1000 kg per hectare to 2200 kg per hectare.
d) 1100 kg per hectare to 3500 kg per hectare.
SECTION B (2x4 = 8 Marks)
7. Differentiate between Active and Passive citizens in the new political system under the
Constitution of France, in 1791.
OR
What compelled Louis XVI to raise taxes in France?
8. What is the name of the southernmost point of India? Why is it not visible today?
9. How can you say that China is not a democratic country?
OR
This cartoon was titled 'Building Democracy' and was first
published in a Latin American publication. What do
moneybags signify here? Could this cartoon be applied to
India?
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10. How many crops are grown by the farmers in Palampur? How are they able to grow these
different crops in a year?
SECTION C (3x2 = 6 Marks)
11. What was the role of philosophers and thinkers in the French Revolution? Explain by giving
two examples
OR
What was the significance of ‘The Tennis Court Oath’ in the French Revolution?
12. On the Political map of India locate and label the following:
a. The state which shares its boundaries with China, Nepal and Bhutan.
b. The Western most longitude of India.
c. Islands located to the southeast of India’s main land.
