Summer Break Assignment
Academic Session 2024-2025
Important – This assignment will be considered as one of the written works for
the assessment. (Rubrics - Punctuality, Neatness, Upkeep & Work Quality)
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Grade:9 Issue date: 22.06.2024
Subject: Social Science Submit by or before: 08.09.2024
Name:__________________ Submitted on: ______________
Answer the following questions:
1 What is the importance of education?
2. List down the disadvantages of unemployment.
3. What are the objectives of the 12th Five Year Plan in the field of education?
4. What are the measures taken by the government to improve literacy conditions in
India?
5. What are the different types of unemployment found in India?
6. What does the phrase ‘Service of India’ mean? Explain.
7. What is meant by apartheid? How was it oppressive for the blacks?
8. How did the Constituent Assembly work to prepare the Constitution for India?
9. What are constitutional amendments?
10. Why was the making of the Indian Constitution not an easy affair?
11. How does democracy improve the quality of decision making?
12. What does ‘one person, one vote, one value’ mean? Name the countries who deny
the equal right to vote.
13. Compare the east-flowing and the west-flowing rivers of the Peninsular plateau. Give
examples.
14. What are the major causes of river pollution?
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15. What is the significance of Himalayas and the Northern plains?
16. Write a brief note on - Coral polyps.
Which plateau lies between the Aravali and the Vindhya range? Write a brief note on
17. this plateau.
18. How does India occupy an important strategic position in South Asia ?
19. What is the name of the southernmost point of India? Why is it not visible today?
20. Which ocean is named after India? Give two reasons as to why it was named after
India.
21. Why do the days and nights are almost of equal duration at Kanyakumari?
22. ‘Liberals were not democrats ’.Explain.
23. Describe the views of radicals.(Any 3 valid points)
25. What was the basic theory of Marxist theory?
26. Who formed the National Assembly? On which day is ‘Bastille Day’ celebrated and
why?
27. Describe the role of the Bourbon kings in the French Revolution.
28. Explain the “Reign of Terror” in brief.
29. Describe the incident known as “Bloody Sunday”.
30. (i) On the political map of France mark the following:
A. Paris B. Bordeaux
C. Nantes D. Marsellies
(ii) On the political map of India mark the following:
A. IST B. Aravalli range
C. Chota Nagar Plateau D. Capital of India
E. Western Ghat F. Bhakra Nagal Dam
G. Godavari River H. Shiwalik Range
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(i)
FRANCE
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(ii)
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