Practice WorkSheet - 1 (2024-25)
Subject: SST (087)
Date : 3/9/24 Class : IX
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Q-1 Answer the following in one word/sentence :
1. In which country did Nazism emerge as a political ideology?
2. The Great Depression was a period of what?
3. What does ‘EPIC’ stand for?
4. In India, Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha elections are held regularly after every _______ .
5. What do you mean by ‘code of conduct’?
6. How can the government invest in humans to make them a resource?
7. What is the aim of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan?
8. What is the most common measure used to identify the poor in India?
9. What is the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) aimed at?
10. The Great Indian desert is located in which state?
11. The Palk Strait lies between India and ________.
Q-2 Answer the following in short :
1. Name the three parallel ranges of the Himalayas and give their other names.
2. Mention any two features of western ghats.
3. What is poverty?
4. What are the two main causes of poverty in India?
5. What is human capital?
Q-3 Source Based Questions :
1. Read the source given below and answer the questions that follow:
On the morning of 14 July 1789, the city of Paris was in a state of alarm. The king had
commanded troops to move into the city. Rumors spread that he would soon order the
army to open fire upon the citizens. Some 7,000 men and women gathered in front of the
town hall and decided to form a peoples’ militia. They broke into a number of
government buildings in search of arms. Finally, a group of several hundred people
marched towards the eastern part of the city and stormed the fortress-prison, the Bastille,
where they hoped to find hoarded ammunition. In the armed fight that followed, the
commander of the Bastille was killed and the prisoners released – though there were only
seven of them. Yet the Bastille was hated by all because it stood for the despotic power of
the king. The fortress was demolished and its stone fragments were sold in the markets to
all those who wished to keep a souvenir of its destruction. The days that followed saw
more rioting both in Paris and the countryside. Most people were protesting against the
high price of bread. Much later, when historians looked back upon this time, they saw it
as the beginning of a chain of events that ultimately led to the execution of the king in
France, though most people at the time did not anticipate this outcome.
Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option:
On 14th July, 1789 the people of the ________ estate attacked the Bastille prison and freed all
the prisoners signaling the start of the _________.
1. first, civil war
2. fourth, Russian war
3. second, movement
4. third, revolution
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
1. The Bastille was the fortress-prison.
2. The Bastille stood for the democratic power of the king.
3. On the morning of 14 July 1789, the people of Paris stormed Bastille
4. All are correct
In the question given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
Read the statements and chose the correct option:
Assertion (A): The people of France storm the Bastille.
Reason (R): They were hopeful to find King Louis XIV and commander of the Bastille there.
1. Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
2. Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A.
3. A is correct but R is wrong.
4. Both A and R are wrong.
What was the immediate cause of rioting in Paris?
1. Atrocities by the commander
2. The high price of bread
3. The killing of women and children
4. All of these
Q-4 Answer the following in detail :
1. Why is unemployment considered a waste of power?
2. Analyze any three Anti-Poverty measures.
3. Discuss the Reign of Terror.