Test: Class 9 SST: CBSE Sample Question Paper Term I - 2 - Class 9 MCQ

Farming is the main activity of the village of Palampur.

Full form of GNP is Gross National Product. Gross national product is the market value of all the products and services produced in one year by labour and property supplied by the citizens of a country.

In Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf led a military coup in October 1999.

Nelson Mandela spent the next 28 years in South Africa’s most dreaded prison, Robben Island.

Two Treatises of Government was written by John Locke. In this, he has sought to refute the doctrine of the divine and absolute right monarch.

Only men above 25 years of age who paid taxes equal to at least 3 days of a labourer’s wage were given the status of active citizens, that is, they were entitled to vote. The remaining men and all women were classed as passive citizens.

Gondwana land

Raiganj

Quarrying and mining are included in the primary sector.

In Mexico, until 2000 every election was won by a party called PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party)

There are many instances of denial of equal right to vote. For example: In Saudi Arabia, women did not have the right to vote. Women were previously forbidden from voting in all elections or being elected to any political office, but in 2011 King Abdullah allowed women to vote in the 2015 local municipal elections and be appointed to the Consultative Assembly.

Marseilles, composed by the poet Roget de L’Isle. It was sung for the first time by volunteers from Marseilles as they marched into Paris and so got its name. The Marseillaise is now the national anthem of France.

A new constitution was introduced which denied the vote to non-propertied sections of society. It provided for two elected legislative councils. These then appointed a Directory, an executive made up of five members.

Himachal or lesser Himalaya

• The range lying to the south of the Himadri forms the most rugged mountain system and is known as Himachal or lesser Himalaya.
• The altitude varies between 3,700 and 4,500 meters and the average width is 50 Km.
• The Pir Panjal range forms the longest and the most important range
• The Dhaula Dhar and the Mahabharat ranges are also prominent ones.
• This range consists of the famous valley of Kashmir, the Kangra and Kullu Valley in Himachal Pradesh.
• This region is well known for its hill stations

Land and capital are two major factors of production.

Activity performed for pay or profit is called Market activity. These include production of goods or services including government service.

Zimbabwe attained independence from White minority rule in 1980. Since then the country has been ruled by ZANU-PF, the party that led the freedom struggle.

Napoleon Bonaparte was finally defeated at Waterloo in 1815.

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.

Russia

It aims to provide compulsory and free elementary education to all children between the age of 6-14 years.

Fixed Capital is needed as first priority to set up a jaggery manufacturing unit. The important requirement for Jaggery manufacturing unit is "SUGARCANE AND SUGARCANE CRUSHING " equipment which can be both manual and electric.

Disguised unemployment: In this situation, more people are engaged in work than required. They all appear to be employed. It is also called Hidden unemployment.

China’s famine of 1958-1961 was the worst recorded famine in world history. Nearly three crore people died in this famine.

Agriculture is the most labour absorbing sector of the economy.

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 people’s militia. They broke into a number of government buildings in search of arms.

The term Old Regime is usually used to describe the society and institutions of France before 1789.

Inner Himalaya

If more than two crops are grown on the same piece of land during a year, it is called Multiple Cropping.

Women are not paid for the services or household work delivered in the family. So, household work is not considered in the National Income.