Class IX – Social Science – Paper – 3

Ans. a) Right to Constitutional Remedies

Ans. d) Primary sector

Ans. b) 1997

Ans. b) A is true but B is false

Ans. b) Poland

Ans. b) People

Ans. a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Ans. b) Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana

Ans. a) 14 Days

Ans. a) Paris

Ans. d) Both A and B are true

Ans. d) 3000

Ans. a) ii, iv, i, iii

Ans. d) Right to constitutional remedies

Ans. a) human rights

Ans. c) Uttar Pradesh

Ans. b) Brahmaputra

Ans. d) Karl Marx

Ans. a) Tertiary

Ans. d) Nepal

Ans. A. Coral Polyps are short lived microscopic organisms, which live in colonies.

B. They flourish in shallow, mud free and warm waters.

C. They secrete hard rock like substance.

D. The coral secretion and their skeletons from coral deposits in the form of reefs.

E. They are mainly of three kinds- barrier reefs, fringing reef and atolls.

F. The Great Barrier Reef of Australia is good example of the first kind of coral reefs.

G. Atolls are circular or horse shoe shaped coral reefs.

Ans. A. This type of unemployment is a typical of the agricultural sector where more people are working on a piece of farm than are required.

B. The unemployment is hidden but the acid test of the unemployed force comes when they are withdrawn from the field and it does not lead to fall in production.

Ans. A. Unemployment refers to a situation where all able and willing persons are not able to find work at the prevailing wage rate or activities to provide them with a means of living.

B. The person cannot be counted as unemployed if he does not fall within the age group of 15-59 years.

C. Further, if the person is not willing to work, then also we not be considered as unemployed.

Ans. In indirect democracy, people indirectly participate in the government through representatives. It is the political system where representatives responsible to make laws for the citizens are elected by them. These representatives act on behalf of the citizens in the parliament and voice their aspirations and problems.

Ans. A. The food insecure people are disproportionately large in some regions of the country, such as economically backward states with high incidence of poverty, tribal and remote areas, regions more prone to natural disasters and food insecurity. B. In fact, the states of Uttar Pradesh (Eastern and south-eastern parts), Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, parts of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra account for largest number of food insecure people in the country.

Ans. (i) In July 2002, the stock of wheat and rice with FCI was 63 million tonnes which was much more than the minimum buffer norms of 24.3 million tonnes.

(ii) The stock eased after 2002-03 due to relief operations undertaken by the government as the year was declared as drought year due to failure of monsoon.

(iii) The decline in stocks continued in subsequent years. However, these remained consistently higher than the buffer norms. The situation improved with the distribution of food grains under different schemes launched by the government.

Ans. A. They opposed to liberals and radicals. In the 18th century, they were generally opposed to the idea of change.

B. By the 19th century, they accepted that some changes were necessary, but through a slow process.

C. They believed in old or past tradition and customs.

Ans. i. The provincial Government which was established after February revolution of 1917 was controlled by landlords, industrialists and army officials.

ii. Lenin was against the Provincial Government. He brought together different Soviets and prepared them for revolution.

iii. It was under the leadership of Lenin that the Provincial Government was overthrown by soviets. On 16th October 1917, Lenin persuaded the Petrograd Soviet and the Bolshevik Party to agree to a socialist seizure of power.

Ans. i. The statement highlights the importance of human resource:

a. It is the people who develop the economy and society.

b. It is the people who make and use resources.

c. Resources have no meaning without people. e.g. coal is just a piece of rock until people were able to make it usable.

ii. Natural events like a river flood or Tsunami become a ‘disaster’ only when they affect a crowded settlement.

iii. The population is the pivotal element from which the significance is derived.

Thus, resources, calamities and disasters are all meaningful only in relation to human beings.

Ans. (i) Regular electoral competitions provide incentives to political parties and leaders.

(ii) They know that if they raise issues that people want to be raised, their popularity and chances of victory will increase in the next elections.

(iii) But if they fail to satisfy the voters with their work, they will not be able to win again.

Ans. A. The Prime Ministers has to accommodate different groups and factions in his party as well as alliance partners.

B. He also has to pay heed to the views and positions of coalition’s partners and other parties, on whose support the survival of the government depends.

C. The agenda and the policies of the government are usually decided as a common minimum programmes. This includes only those policies which are common to all coalition partners.

Ans. A. On the morning of 14th July 1789, the city of Paris was in a state of alarm. The king ordered his troops to move into the city. Rumours spread that he would soon order the army to open fire upon the citizens.

B. Some 7,000 men and women gathered in front of the town hall and decided to form a people’s militia.

C. A group of several hundred people marched towards the eastern part of the city and stormed the fortress-prison, the Bastille.

D. In the armed fight, the commander of Bastille was killed and prisoners released. Since the Bastille stood for the despotic power of the king, it led people towards the success of French Revolution.

Ans. A. On 5th May 1789, Louis XVI called together an assembly of Estates General to pass proposals for new taxes.

B. A resplendent hall in Versailles was prepared to host the delegates.

C. The first and second estates sent 300 representatives each, who were seated in rows facing each other on two sides, while the 600 members of the third estate had to stand at the back.

D. The third estate was represented by its more prosperous and educated members. Peasants, artisans and women were denied entry to the assembly. However, their grievances and demands were listed in some 40,000 letters which the representatives had brought with them.

Ans. Seasonal reversal of wind direction over the Indian subcontinent takes place due to pressure differential. El Nino has major role to play in the seasonal reversal of wind direction over the Indian subcontinent.

Ans. The monsoon begins from the first week of June and advances quite rapidly to cover almost the whole country by mid-July. Hence, the bulk of rainfall in India is concentrated over the months of a few months; mainly June to August

Ans. The Tami Nadu coast receives winter rainfall because of movement of low-pressure conditions to the Bay of Bengal.

Ans. The Bay of Bengal is the centre of various pressure changes and hence there is always a chance of development of cyclone. Due to this, the delta region of the eastern coast is frequently struck by cyclones.

Ans. The parts fall in the rain shadow area of the Aravalli. Hence, they are drought-prone and don’t receive much of rainfall.

Ans. A bad or disturbed monsoon can affect the country in many ways:

i. There will be a change in the landscape.

ii. The fauna and flora will be disturbed.

iii. Due to the change in the cycle of the season, the Indian agricultural cycle will be disturbed.

Iv. Many of the festivals like Baisakhi, Pongal, Onam, Bihu, etc will come to an end.

v. There will be a shortage of food and drinking water in the country.

vi. There will be a decline in the export and increase in import affecting the economy of the country.

vii. The poor will be affected the most as essential things will be beyond their reach.

viii. The per capita income and the national income of the country will be affected due to more imports and less exports.

ix. A number of river water disputes will take place not only between countries but also among states

Ans. According to National Education Policy, 1986, the government considers human resource, a positive asset which needs to be cherished, nurtured and developed. Following efforts are made for the same:

I. Education contributes towards the growth of society. It enhances the national efficiency of governance.

II. There is a provision made for providing universal access, retention and quality in elementary education with special emphasis on girl-education.

III. There is also an establishment of pace setting of schools like Navodaya Vidyalaya in each district.

IV. Vocational streams have been developed to equip large number of high school students with occupations related to knowledge and skills.

V. The plan outlay on education has increased from 151 crore in the first plan to 43,825 crore in the tenth Plan. Literacy rate has increased from 18% in 1951 to 65% in 2001.

Ans. Human resource is a way of referring to a country’s working people in terms of their existing productive skills and abilities. Every activity needs factors like land, labour, physical capital and human capital for its production. No production activity is possible without human factors. It is a human resource that makes other resources useful by their wisdom and endeavours. Human resource is not only an essential factor of production but also an important element for other factors of production. It is the human resource that operates every sector of the economy whether Primary sector like agriculture, Secondary sectors like automobile manufacturing or Tertiary sector like financial services. No resource on this Earth can become useful without human endeavour. So, human resource is an indispensable factor of production.

Ans. A. The South African Constitution inspires democrats all over the world.

B. A state denounced by the entire world till recently as the most undemocratic one is now seen as a model of democracy.

C. What made this change possible was the determination of the South African people to work together, to transform bitter experience into the binding glue of a rainbow nation.

D. After two years of discussion and debate they came out with one of the finest constitutions the world has ever had. This constitution gave to its citizens the most extensive rights available in any country. Together, they decided that in the search for a solution to the problems, nobody should be excluded, no one should be treated as a demon. They agreed that everybody should become part of the solution, whatever they might have done or represented in the past.

E. The Preamble to the South African Constitution sums up the spirit.

Ans. The salient features of the Constitution of India are:

i. India has the biggest Constitution in the world with a number of articles, schedules, and parts.

ii. Every part of the Constitution can be amended by Parliament except its ‘basic structure’. Any law which violates the basic structure of the Constitution is declared unconstitutional and invalid by the court.

iii. The Constitution provides certain fundamental rights to the citizens which are legally enforceable by the court of law.

iv. It provides certain, “Directive Principles of State Policy”, which are not legally enforceable by the court of law. These principles promote social and economic democracy and aim to establish India as a welfare state.

v. It provides for the universal adult franchise as a basis of elections to the Lok Sabha and the state legislative assemblies.

vi. It declares India a socialist, democratic and secular state.

Ans. The Racial Utopia of the Nazis.

Ans. Under the Nuremberg Laws of citizenship of September 1935 marriages between Jews and Germans were forbidden.

Ans. On the night of November 9-10, 1938, the Nazi regime coordinated a wave of antisemitic violence in Nazi Germany. This became known as Kristallnacht or the “Night of Broken Glass.” Jewish properties were vandalised and looted, houses attacked, synagogues burnt, and men arrested in a pogrom in November.

Ans. 8°4’N and 37°6’N

Ans. 68°7’E and 97°25’E

Ans. The latitudinal line that divides India into two equal parts is the Tropic of Cancer. Its latitudinal value is 23 1/2 N.

Ans. i. Any ONE point

i. It is due to a lack of proper implementation and the right targeting.

ii. There also has been a lot of overlapping of schemes.

iii. Despite good intentions, the benefits of these schemes have not fully reached the poor.

Ans. Any two points

1. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 aims to provide 100 days of wage employment to every household to ensure livelihood security in rural areas.

2. It also aimed at sustainable development to address the cause of drought, deforestation, and soil erosion.

3. One-third of the proposed jobs have been reserved for women.

Ans. iii. The Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana was launched in 1999. It aims at bringing up the assisted poor families above the poverty line by organizing them into self-help groups through a mix of bank credit and government subsidy.

Ans. A. Nantes

B. Denmark

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