Grade: IX Subject: Social Science
I. VERY SHORT ANSWERS
A. ASSERTION: Mango showers are the pre-monsoon showers taking place on the coast of Kerala and Karnataka
REASON: They help in the early ripening of the mangoes.
a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true, R is false
d. R is true, A is false
B. Who was called the ‘November Criminals’?
C. Who were Kalangas?
D. What is Amnesty International?
E. “The current anti-poverty strategy of the government is based broadly on two planks”. Mention the two planks.
II. SHORT ANSWERS
A. “India would have been an arid land or desert if there had been no phenomenon of monsoon”. Justify the statement with 3 examples.
B. “The treaty of Versailles was harsh and humiliating”. Justify.
C. “Right to freedom is the cluster of freedoms”. Justify.
III. SOURCE-BASED QUESTION
A. The First and the Second World Wars had a major impact on forests. In India, working plans were abandoned at this time and the forest department cut trees freely to meet the British war needs. In Java, just before the Japanese occupied the region, the Dutch followed a ‘scorched earth policy’, destroying sawmills and burning huge piles of giant teak logs, so that they would not fall into the hands of the Japanese.
1. Define the scorched earth policy.
2. Mention the time period of the First and Second World Wars.
3. Name the country which tried to extend its control in Java.
IV. MAP-BASED QUESTIONS
A. On a political map of India, mark and label the following.
1. Areas that receive less than 20 cm of rainfall
2. Areas that receive more than 100 cm of rainfall
3. The direction of the South West Monsoon winds
4. The state of Meghalaya
5. The states of pre-monsoon showers
I. VERY SHORT ANSWERS
A. ASSERTION: Mango showers are the pre-monsoon showers taking place on the coast of Kerala and Karnataka
REASON: They help in the early ripening of the mangoes.
a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true, R is false
d. R is true, A is false
B. Who was called the ‘November Criminals’?
C. Who were Kalangas?
D. What is Amnesty International?
E. “The current anti-poverty strategy of the government is based broadly on two planks”. Mention the two planks.
II. SHORT ANSWERS
A. “India would have been an arid land or desert if there had been no phenomenon of monsoon”. Justify the statement with 3 examples.
B. “The treaty of Versailles was harsh and humiliating”. Justify.
C. “Right to freedom is the cluster of freedoms”. Justify.
III. SOURCE-BASED QUESTION
A. The First and the Second World Wars had a major impact on forests. In India, working plans were abandoned at this time and the forest department cut trees freely to meet the British war needs. In Java, just before the Japanese occupied the region, the Dutch followed a ‘scorched earth policy’, destroying sawmills and burning huge piles of giant teak logs, so that they would not fall into the hands of the Japanese.
1. Define the scorched earth policy.
2. Mention the time period of the First and Second World Wars.
3. Name the country which tried to extend its control in Java.
IV. MAP-BASED QUESTIONS
A. On a political map of India, mark and label the following.
1. Areas that receive less than 20 cm of rainfall
2. Areas that receive more than 100 cm of rainfall
3. The direction of the South West Monsoon winds
4. The state of Meghalaya
5. The states of pre-monsoon showers
Answers & Comments
Answer:
Explanation:
I. VERY SHORT ANSWERS
A) a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) November criminals are those who supported Weimar Republic mainly socialists, Catholics, democrats as they were thought to be responsible for treaty of versailles.
C) The Kalangs were a skilled community of woodcutters and shifting cultivators. They were considered valuable due to their skills that were required to harvest teak and engage in other construction activities. Their value can be gauged from the fact that when the Mataram kingdom of Java split in 1755, the 6000 Kalang families were equally divided between the kingdoms.
D) Amnesty International is an international human rights organisation. This organisation brings out independent reports on the violation of human rights all over the world.
E) The current anti-poverty strategy of the government is based broadly on two planks:
II. SHORT ANSWERS
A) India actually has two monsoons –- the southwest monsoon and the northeast monsoon. The southwest monsoon, which is the main monsoon, comes in from the sea and starts making its way up India's west coast in early June.
B) The Treaty of Versailles was harsh and humiliating peace for the Germans:
(i) Germany lost all its overseas colonies, a tenth of its population.
(ii) 13 percent of its territories, 75 percent of its iron and 26 percent of its coal to France.
(iii) Germany was demilitarised to weaken its power.
(iv) The war guilt clause held Germany responsible for war and damages the Allied countries suffered. It was forced to pay
a compensation amounting to 6 billion.
(v) The Allied forces occupied the resource-rich Rhineland till the 1920s.
C) Within the Right to freedom there are many freedoms included. They are as follows:
So when these all rights are given then only one can say that the right to freedom is practiced properly
III. SOURCE-BASED QUESTION