CBSE CLASS 9 - SOCIAL SCIENCE - WORKING OF INSTITUTIONS ( Q and A) (#cbseNotes)

SOCIAL SCIENCE - WORKING OF INSTITUTIONS

Q & A

Q1: What do you mean by the term institution? Why are they required?

Answer: Several arrangements are made in all modern democracies to perform  various tasks. Such arrangements are called institutions. Some of the tasks performed by these institutions are:

1.  To ensure security to the citizens and provide facilities for education and  health to all.

2.  To collect taxes and spend the money thus raised on administration, defence and development programmes.

3.  To formulate and implement several welfare schemes.

4.  To solve the disputes: if they arise on various decisions or on their  implementation.


A democracy works well when the various institutions perform functions assigned to them.

Q2: Which three institutions are responsible to run a democratic government in India? Mention their respective roles.

Answer: The three institutions responsible to run a democratic government in India are:

CBSE Class 9/10/NTSE/CTET - Important Rivers Of India (#cbseNotes)

Important Rivers Of India

CBSE Class 9 - Geography Notes

1. Ganga
States covered: Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal
Length: 2,525 K.M.
Origin at: Gangotri
Ends at: Bay of Bengal


2. Yamuna
States covered: Uttarakhand,Himachal Pradesh,Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi
Length: 1,376 K.M.
Origin at: Garhwal in Yamunotri
Ends at: Bay of Bengal


3. Brahmaputra
States covered: Assam, Arunachal,Tibet
Length: 2,900 K.M.
Origin at: Lake Manasarovar
Ends at: Bay of Bengal

CBSE Class 9 - Social Science - Economics - People as a resource - Questions and Answers(#cbseNotes)

People as A Resource

Question Answers

Question 1: What do you understand by people as a resource?

Answer: People as a resource refers to a country is working for population in terms of their existing productive skills and abilities.

⒜ It is the human resource which converts all other resources like land, capital, natural resources etc. into useful products.

⒝ This human resource contributes to the creation of a gross national product(GNP).



Question 2: What is human capital formation?

Answer:
⒜ When the existing human resource is further developed by becoming more educated and healthy. It is termed as human capital formation.

⒝ It acts to the productive capacity of the country as educated, trained and healthy people earn higher incomes.

CBSE Class 9 - Social Science - Geography - Chapter Drainage (Q and A) (#cbseNotes)

Drainage (Q and A)

CBSE Class 9 - Geography Notes

Question: Name the four groups of river systems found in India?

Answer:

① Himalayan rivers,
② Deccan rivers,
③ Coastal rivers and
④ Rivers of the inland drainage basin.


Question: Distinguish between rivers of the North and South of India.

Answer:  See answer in this post (Drainage -Peninsular and Himalayan rivers.)

CBSE Class 9 - SA2 Social Science Sample Question Paper (2016-17)(#cbsepapers)

CBSE Class 9 - SA2 Social Science Sample Question Paper (2016-17)

CBSE Class 9 - Social Science Pre-SA2 Sample Question Paper (2016-17)

CBSE Class 9  - Social Science Pre-SA2 Sample Question Paper (2016-17)

CBSE Class IX - History - CHAPTER 4 - FOREST SOCIETY AND COLONIALISM (Q and A) (#cbseclass9Notes)

FOREST SOCIETY AND COLONIALISM

Questions and Answers based on NCERT Chapter


Q1: What is deforestation?

Answer: Deforestation is cutting down of trees indiscriminately in a forest area. Under the colonial rule it became very systematic and extensive.


Q2: Who were the colonial power in Indonesia?

Answer: Dutch


Q3: Why is deforestation considered harmful?

Answer: Forests give us many things like paper, wood that makes our desks, tables, doors and windows, dyes that colour our clothes, spices in our food, gum, honey, coffee, tea and rubber. They are the natural habitat of animals and birds. Forests check soil erosion and denudation, sand dunes. They preserve our ecological diversity and life support systems.
Cutting down forest extensive will deprive us the above said benefits. Thus deforestation is considered harmful.


Q4: Who were ‘Kalangs’ of Java?

Answer: They were skilled forest cutters and shifting cultivators

CBSE Class 9 - Social Studies - Food Security In India (Q & A) - (#CBSENotes) (#CBSEClass9Notes)

Food Security Of India 

Q & A Based on Class 9 Chapter


Q 1: Why is food security essential?

Answer:
① When the country faces a disaster or calamity like earthquake, flood, drought, tsunami and there is a widespread failure of crops which causes famine, etc. All the sections of society have to face shortage of food. Hence, it is needed to ensure sufficient food.

Bengal Famine Of India
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② A section of people in India still sleeps without food. They have no money to secure two square meals for their family members. Deaths due to starvation have also been reported. Thus food security is needed in a country to ensure food to all people at all times.


Q2: Name the year when a devastating famine occurred in India.

Answer: In 1943, famine of Bengal is the most devastated famine.




Q3: What is food security? What conditions should be fulfilled to ensure food security in a country like India?

OR

What are the dimensions of food security?

Answer: Food security does not mean to get two square meals only but something more than that. Thus, food security in a country is ensured only if the below said conditions are fulfilled.

CBSE Class 9 - Social Science - Population (Q and A) (#CBSEClass9Notes)

Population

Q & A based on NCERT Chapter

Part-2

Q1: Which one of the following states is the least populated state?

(a) Rajasthan

(b) Tripura

(c) Jammu and Kashmir

(d) Sikkim

Answer: (d) Sikkim

Q2: What are the primary concerns of population studies? Explain.

Answer: 

① Population size and distribution: How many people are there and where are they located.

② Population growth and process of population change: How has the population growth changed through time.

③ Characteristics or qualities of a population: What are their age, sex composition, literacy levels, occupational structure and health conditions.

CBSE Open Text Based Assessment (OTBA) for classes IX & XI, 2017 is Available

Open Text Based Assessment (OTBA) 

For classes 

IX & XI  2017

Available Now

OTBA Material for Class 9 and Class 11 for this session (2016-2017) is available at CBSE website. Here are the links to download the pdfs.

Open Text Material for Class IX

Subject- English
Subject- Hindi
Mathematics - English - Hindi
Science - English - Hindi
Social Science - English - Hindi

CBSE Class 9 - Geography - Natural Vegetation and Wildlife (Q and A)

NATURAL VEGETATION AND WILDLIFE

Munnar Hills (Kerala)

Q & A based on Class 9 NCERT Chapter

Q1: Name the different types of vegetation identified in India.

Answer:  The following major types of vegetation may be identified in India.
 ⅰ Tropical Rain Forests
 ⅱ Tropical Deciduous Forests
 ⅲ Tropical Thorn Forests and Scrubs
 ⅳ Montane Forests
 ⅴ Mangrove Forests


Q2: Mention any three features of the tropical evergreen forests.

Answer:
① These forests are found in the areas of heavy rainfall, i.e., Western Ghats, the Island groups of Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar, upper parts of Assam and Tamil Nadu coast.

②The trees in these forest reach great heights up to 60 metres or even above.

③ As such, these forests appear green all the year round. It is because there is no definite time for trees to shed their leaves.


Q3: Why is natural vegetation in large part of India no more natural?

CBSE Class 9 - Social Science- SA2- Sample Question Paper (2016)

CBSE Class 9 - Social Science- SA2- Sample Question Paper (2016) 

CBSE Class 9 - Economics - Food Security In India (Important Terms)

Food Security In India

Important Definitions and concepts

Q1: How does World Summit 1995 define 'Food Security'?


Answer: Food Security at he individual, household, regional, national and global levels exists when
all the people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food.



Q2: List the three A's Food security implies to?


Answer: Availability, accessibility and affordability of food of all times.



Q3: What is buffer stock?


Answer: It is the stock of food grains namely wheat and rice procured by government through Food Corporation of India.



Q4: Define Famine.

CBSE Class 9 - Geography - CH6 - Population (Q and A)

Population

Q & A based on NCERT Chapter

Q1: What are the three components of the study of population?

Answer:
  i.   Population size and distribution
  ii.  Population growth and purposes of population change.
  iii. Characteristics or qualities of the population


Q2: Define Population census.

Answer: It is the total process of collecting, compiling, analysing, or otherwise disseminating demographic economic and social data pertaining at a specific time of all persons in a country.



Q3: Which state has the lowest population?

Answer: Sikkim


Q4: What is meant by density of population?

Answer: The number of persons per sq. km is called density of population.



Q5: Which is the most populous state of India?

Answer: Uttar Pradesh

CBSE Class 9 - History - CH1 - French Revolution (Important Timelines)

French Revolution 

Important Timelines

French Revolution has been the important land mark in the history of democracy. Many historians mark it as the beginning of democracy foundation. The site eduvictors.com posted a timelines pictorial view for CBSE Class 9 examination perspective.


Please share your feedback and suggestions.

CBSE Class 9 Political Science - CH2 - What is Democracy? Why Democracy? - NCERT Solutions

What is Democracy? Why Democracy?

NCERT Book Solutions for Class 9

Q1: Here is some information about four countries. Based on this information, how would you Classify each of these countries. Write ‘democratic’, ‘undemocratic’ or ‘not sure’ against each of these.

1. Country A: People who do not accept the country’s official religion do not have a right to vote
2. Country B: The same party has been winning elections for the last twenty years.
3. Country C: Ruling party has lost in the last three elections
4. Country D: There is no independent election commission

Answer:

(a) undemocratic
(b) not sure
(c) democratic
(d) undemocratic

Q2: Here is some information about four countries. Based on this information, how would you Classify each of these countries. Write ‘democratic’, ‘undemocratic’ or ‘not sure’ against each of these.

1. Country P: The parliament cannot pass a law about the army without the consent of the Chief of Army
2. (b) Country Q: The parliament cannot pass a law reducing the powers of the judiciary
3. (c) Country R: The country’s leaders cannot sign any treaty with another country without taking permission from its neighbouring country.
4. (d) Country S: All the major economic decisions about the country are taken by officials of the central bank which the ministers cannot change.

Answer:

(a) undemocratic
(b) democratic
(c) undemocratic
(d) undemocratic

Q3: Which of these is not a good argument in favour of democracy? Why?

1. People feel free and equal in a democracy
2. Democracies resolve conflict in a better way than others
3. Democratic government is more accountable to the people
4. Democracies are more prosperous than others

Answer: The argument ‘d’, which states that “Democracies are more prosperous than others”does not fit in favour of democracy. It is because democratic countries like India are still developing economically while there are monarchies like UAE, Kuwait that are economically rich.

Q4: Each of these statements contains a democratic and an undemocratic element. Write out the two separately for each statement:

1. A minister said that some laws have to be passed by the parliament in order to conform to the regulations decided by the World Trade Organisation.
2. The Election Commission ordered re-polling in a constituency where large scale rigging was reported.
3. Women’s representation in the parliament has never reached 10 per cent. This led women’s organisations to demand one-third seats for women.

Answer:

1. Democratic element: some laws have to be passed by the parliament
   Undemocratic element: conform to the regulations decided by the World Trade Organisation
2. Democratic element: the Election Commission ordered re-polling
   Undemocratic element:  large scale rigging was reported
3. Democratic element:  this led to women’s organisations to demand one third seats for women
   Undemocratic element: women’s representation in the parliament has never reached 10 per cent

Q5: Which of these is not a valid reason for arguing that there is a lesser possibility of famine in a democratic country?
   a. Opposition parties can draw attention to hunger and starvation.
   b. Free press can report suffering from famine in different parts of the country.
   c. Government fears its defeat in the next elections.
   d. People are free to believe in and practise any religion.

CBSE Class 9 - DAV Panvel - SA 1 Practice Test Papers (2014)

Class 9 SA 1 Practice Test Papers

Credits: The SA1 Practice Test Papers designed by DAV (Panvel) teachers.

SA1 English Sample Question Paper (2014)

SA1 Hindi Sample Question Paper (2014)

SA1 Mathematics Sample Question Paper (2014)

CBSE Class 9 - Economics: People as Resource (Questions and Answers)

People as Resource

Q & A for CBSE Examination

Q1: What is human capital?

Answer: Human capital is the stock of skill and productive knowledge embodied in them.


Q2: What is 'People as Resource'? 

Answer: 'People as Resource' is a way of referring of a country’s working people in terms of their existing productive skills and abilities.


Q3: Which aspect of a large population has often be ignored or overlooked?

Answer: The positive aspect of large population i.e. it can be considered as resource is often overlooked.


Q5: How human capital contributes to Gross National Product by citing two examples?

Answer:

1. Green Revolution in India proved that with increase in human capital led to improvement in production technology. Due to this the productivity of scarce land resources increased considerably.
2. The tremendous growth of Information technology industry proved the importance of human capital for the development of IT and ITeS services.

Q6: How is the investment in human resource is similar to any other type of investment?

CBSE Class 9 - Geography - Physical Features of India (Short Questions and Answers)

Physical Features of India

Q & A

Physiographic divisions

Q1: Discuss the geological structure of India.

Answer: Geological structure of India:

1. India is part of ancient continent called Gondwanaland which is divided into many plates. One such Indo-Australian plate moved towards the north and collided with Euro-asian plate and thus resulted in rising to the present day Himalayas. 
2. To the south of Himalayas a basin was formed. It was filled with alluvium brought by the rivers and thus forming North Indian plains.
3. During Himalayas formation, two major events affected the plateau. An extensive volcanic eruption took place in the north-west part of the plateau.
4. The western part subsided and the Indian Ocean advanced and occupied the depression. It led to the rise to the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian sea.

Q2: Describe the physiographic divisions or physical features of India.

Answer: Physiographic division of India is:

1. The Himalayan Mountains: Geologically young and fold mountains stretch over the northern borders of India. These are the one of the most rugged mountain barriers of the world.
2. The Northern Plain: It is about 2400km long and 240-320km wide. Formed by interplay of three major river systems - the Indus, the Ganga and the Brahamputra. It is rich in fertile alluvial soil.
3. The Peninsular Plateau: The tableland composed of old crystalline igenous and metamorphic rocks. It is abundant with shallow valleys and rounded hills.
4. The Indian Desert: It lies towards the western margins of the Aravalli Hills and has arid climate with low vegetation cover.
5. The Coastal Plains: These plains are stretched along the eastern and the western edges of the peninsular plateau.
6. The Islands: Two island groups - The Lakshadweep Islands and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Q3: Write three important features of Aravalli Hills.

Class 9 - Economics - CH1 - The Story of Village Palampur (MCQs)

The Story of Village Palampur

The Story of Village Palampur
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(MCQs)

Q1: People of Palampur sell milk in the near by large village named ________

(a) Pitampura
(b) Siliguri
(c) Shahpur
(d) Raiganj




Q2: Why do the farmers of Palampur follow multiple cropping? Choose the correct answer.

(a) Because the water consumption is less in this method
(b) Because this method consumes less chemical fertilisers
(c) Because this method doesn't require fertile soils
(d) Because this method is the most common way of increasing production



Q3: 'Operation Flood' is related to :

(a) control flood
(b) produce fish
(c) milk production
(d) grain production