Class 9 SST: Sample Question Paper Term I - 5 (With Solutions) | Social Studies (SST) Class 9 PDF Download

General Instructions: 
1. The Question Paper contains four sections.
2. Section A has 24 questions. Attempt any 20 questions.
3. Section B has 22 questions. Attempt any 18 questions.
4. Section C has 12 questions (Case-based). Attempt any 10 questions.
5. Section D contains 2 Map-based questions. Attempt both the questions.
6. All questions carry equal marks.
7. There is no negative marking.

Q.1: Two Treatises of Government was written by:
(a) Rousseau
(b) Montesquieu
(c) John Locke
(d) None of these

Correct Answer is Option (c)
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.

Q.2: Which of the following geographic feature India is bounded in the north to west, north, and north to the east?
(a) Young fold mountains
(b) Plateaus
(c) Northern plains
(d) Desert 

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.3: Who was the chairman of the drafting committee of Indian constitution
(a) Dr B.R. Ambedkar
(b) Pt. J.L. Nehru
(c) Baldev Singh
(d) Gandhiji 

Correct Answer is Option (a)
On 29 August, 1947, the Constituent Assembly set up a Drafting Committee, under the Chairmanship of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar to prepare a Draft Constitution for India.

Q.4: Which Indian village resembles Palampur?
(a) Village of Northern U.P.
(b) Village of Western U. P.
(c) Village of Eastern U. P.
(d) Village of Southern U.P. 

Correct Answer is Option (b)
Village of Western U. P. resemble Palampur.

Q.5: Which aspect decides the growth rate of the country?
(a) Gender ratio among girls and boys
(b) Literary rate among the population
(c) Quantity of the population
(d) Quality of the population 

Correct Answer is Option (d)
The quality of the population ultimately decides the growth rate of the country

Q.6: What is the name of political party of Zimbabwe?
(a) National party
(b) ZANU-PF
(c) National Congress
(d) Communist party

Correct Answer is Option (b)
ZANU-PF is the political party of Zimbabwe since 1980

Q.7: Which of these did not form a part of the changed attitude of South African government?
(a) More discriminatory laws were passed
(b) Ban on political parties and media was lifted
(c) Discriminatory laws were repealed
(d) Nelson Mandela was freed from imprisonment 

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.8: Arrange the following events in chronological order:
i. A constitution is framed to limit the powers of the king.
ii. Louis XVI becomes king of France.
iii. Convocation of Estates General.
iv. France becomes a republic.
(a) iii, i, ii, iv
(b) ii, iii, i, iv
(c) iv, iii, ii, i
(d) ii, i, iv, iii 

Correct Answer is Option (b)
ii. 1774: Louis XVI becomes king of France.
iii. 1789: Convocation of Estates General.
i. 1791: A constitution is framed to limit the powers of the king.
iv. 1792-93: France becomes a republic.

Q.9: In which of the following hemisphere India lies
(a) Southern & Eastern
(b) Southern & Western
(c) Northern
(d) Northern & Western 

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.10: Arrange the following events in chronological order:
i. Directory rules France
ii. Draft of the constitution
iii. Oath of the Tennis Court
iv. Louis XVI is guillotined
(a) iv, iii, ii, i
(b) ii, iv, iii, i
(c) iii ,ii, i, iv
(d) i, iv, iii, ii 

Correct Answer is Option (c)
iii. 20 June 1789: Oath of the Tennis Court
ii. 1791: Draft of the constitution
i. 1792-93: Directory rules France
iv. July 1794: Louis XVI is guillotined

Q.11: Which sector includes Agriculture and Animal Husbandry?
(a) Tertiary Sector
(b) Primary Sector
(c) Service Sector
(d) Secondary Sector 

Correct Answer is Option (b)
Primary Sector includes the activities related to agriculture.

Q.12: Activity performed for pay or profit is termed as?
(a) Market activities
(b) Non-market activities
(c) Non-production activities
(d) Production activities

Correct Answer is Option (a)
Market activities involve remuneration to anyone who performs i.e., activity performed for pay or profit.

Q.13: What are the features of democracy?
(a) Major decisions by elected leaders
(b) One person, one vote, one value
(c) Free and fair electoral competition
(d) All of these

Correct Answer is Option (d)
These all are the features of a good democracy. Without these features one country cannot be a good democratic country.

Q.14: Which one of the following guiding values of the Constitution of India means, that the head of the state is an elected person and not a hereditary position?
(a) Democracy
(b) Monarchy
(c) Republic
(d) Capitalist 

Correct Answer is Option (c)
Republic means the head of the state is an elected person and not a hereditary position.

Q.15: Arrange the following events in chronological order:
i. Louis XVI faces an empty treasury and growing discontent within society.
ii. Napoleon defeated at Waterloo.
iii. The Third Estate forms the National Assembly.
iv. Napoleon becomes emperor of France.
(a) ii, iv, i, iii
(b) iv, iii, ii, i
(c) i, iii, iv, ii
(d) iii, i, ii, iv 

Correct Answer is Option (c)
i. 1774: Louis XVI faces empty treasury and growing discontent within society
iii. 1789: Third Estate forms National Assembly
iv. 1804: Napoleon becomes emperor of France
ii. 1815: Napoleon defeated at Waterloo

Q.16: On which of the following date the sun rays fall vertically on the Tropic of Cancer?
(a) 21 June
(b) 21 March
(c) 22 December
(d) 22 July 

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.17: Which organ of the government is required to protect the rights of the citizens?
(a) Legislature
(b) Independent judiciary
(c) Police
(d) Executive 

Correct Answer is Option (b)
Independent judiciary organ of the government is required to protect the rights of the citizens.

Q.18: Golden Revolution is related to
(a) Grain production
(b) Vegetables Production
(c) Fish production
(d) Milk Production 

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.19: The full form of GNP is:
(a) Gross National Performance
(b) Green National Project
(c) Gross National Product
(d) Green Nation People 

Correct Answer is Option (c)
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.

Q.20: In which year Mexico became an independent country?
(a) 1930
(b) 1933
(c) 1934
(d) 1932 

Correct Answer is Option (a)
Mexico became an independent country in 1930.

Q.21: Which one of the following guiding values of the Constitution of India means All of us should behave like we are a member of the same family?
(a) Fraternity
(b) Secular
(c) Republic
(d) Liberty

Correct Answer is Option (a)
It means all of us should behave like we are members of the same family.

Q.22: Arrange the following events in chronological order:
i. Louis XVI was executed publicly.
ii. Convention abolished the monarchy.
iii. National Assembly voted in to declare war against Prussia and Austria.
iv. Parisians stormed the Palace of the Tuileries.
(a) iv, iii, i, ii
(b) iii, iv, ii, i
(c) ii, i, iv, iii
(d) i, ii, iii, iv 

Correct Answer is Option (b)
iii. April 1792: National Assembly voted in to declare war against Prussia and Austria.
iv. 10th August 1792: Parisians stormed the Palace of the Tuileries.
ii. 21st September 1792: Convention abolished the monarchy.
i. 21st January 1793: Louis XVI was executed publicly.

Q.23: Which of the following country shares its land boundary with India in north
(a) Maldives
(b) Afghanistan
(c) China
(d) Sri Lanka 

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.24: A form of government where people enjoy equal political rights is:
(a) Dictatorial
(b) Socialist
(c) Autocratic
(d) Democratic

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.25: What is Multiple Cropping?
(a) None of these
(b) Growing rabi Crops
(c) Growing Different crop by different People
(d) Growing more than one Crop on a piece of same land during the year 

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.26: The administrative headquarters of Lakshadweep
(a) Amini
(b) Agatti
(c) Minicoy
(d) Kavaratti 

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.27: Whom did Louis XVI get married?
(a) Olympe de Gouges
(b) Marie Antoinette
(c) Marie de Medicis
(d) Nanine Vallain 

Correct Answer is Option (b)
In 1774, Louis XVI of the Bourbon family of kings ascended the throne of France. He was 20 years old and married to the Austrian princess Marie Antoinette.

Q.28: Which of the following is not the reason of empty treasure?
(a) Food supplies to the ordinary citizens.
(b) The cost of maintaining an extravagant court.
(c) To meet its regular expenses.
(d) Long years of war. 

Correct Answer is Option (a)
Long years of war had drained the financial resources of France. Added to this was the cost of maintaining an extravagant court at the immense palace of Versailles. To meet its regular expenses, such as the cost of maintaining an army, the court, running government offices or universities, the state was forced to increase taxes.

Q.29: The Chairman of the drafting committee was:
(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(b) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru 

Correct Answer is Option (b)
A Drafting Committee chaired by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar prepared a draft constitution for discussion.

Q.30: Which of the following physiographic division of India is supposed to be one of the most stable land blocks?
(a) The Northern Plains
(b) The Himalayas
(c) The Peninsular Plateau
(d) The Coastal Plains 

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.31: What type of unemployment is prevalent in rural areas?
(a) Frictional and Educated unemployment
(b) None of these
(c) Educated and Structural unemployment
(d) Seasonal and disguised unemployment 

Correct Answer is Option (d)
In case of rural areas, there is seasonal and disguised unemployment

Q.32: The main activity of the village of Palampur is:
(a) Manufacturing
(b) Farming
(c) Dairy farming
(d) Cattle rearing

Correct Answer is Option (b)
Farming is the main activity of the village of Palampur.

Q.33: Assertion (A): The Himadri contains all prominent Himalayan peaks.
Reason (R): It is the most continuous range consisting of the loftiest peaks.
(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 but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true. 

Correct Answer is Option (a)
The Himalayas consists of three parallel ranges in their longitudinal extent. The northern-most range is known as the Great or Inner Himalayas or the Himadri. It is the most continuous range consisting of the loftiest peaks with an average height of 6,000 meters. It contains all prominent Himalayan peaks. The reason justifies the assertion.

Q.34: 1st estate comprised of which group?
(a) Monarchs
(b) Big businessmen
(c) Nobility
(d) Clergy 

Correct Answer is Option (d)
1st estate comprised of Clergy

Q.35: In the secondary sector which of the following is the most labour absorbing?
(a) Mining
(b) Quarrying
(c) Trade
(d) Small scale manufacturing 

Correct Answer is Option (d)
Small scale manufacturing is the most labour absorbing sector of the secondary sector.

Q.36: Nelson Mandela remained in prison for treason for about:
(a) 26 years
(b) 20 years
(c) 27 years
(d) 25 years

Correct Answer is Option (c) 
Nelson Mandela spent the next 27 years in South Africa’s most dreaded prison, Robben Island.

Q.37: 2nd estate comprised of which group?
(a) Clergy
(b) Lawyers
(c) Big businessmen
(d) Nobility 

Correct Answer is Option (d)
2nd estate comprised of Nobility

Q.38: An activity performed for profit or for services provided can be termed as:
(a) Formal activity
(b) Market activity
(c) Professional activity
(d) Non-market activity

Correct Answer is Option (b)
Activity performed for pay or profit is called Market activity. These include production of goods or services including government service.

Q.39: Assertion (A): The consumption of chemical fertilizers in Rajasthan is the highest in the country.
Reason (R): The chemical fertilizers provide minerals that dissolve in water and are immediately available to plants.
(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 but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true. 

Correct Answer is Option (d)
Chemical fertilizers provide minerals that dissolve in water and are immediately available to plants. The consumption of chemical fertilizers in Punjab is the highest in the country. The continuous use has increased farm production but has led to degradation of soil health. In fact, farmers in Punjab have to use more chemical fertilizers and other inputs to achieve the same production level. The assertion is incorrect but the reason is a correct statement.

Q.40: Quarrying and mining are included in the:
(a) Government sector
(b) Secondary sector
(c) Tertiary sector
(d) Primary sector 

Correct Answer is Option (d)
Quarrying and mining are included in the primary sector.

Q.41: 3rd estate comprised of which group?
(a) Big businessmen
(b) Nobility
(c) Monarchs
(d) Clergy 

Correct Answer is Option (a)
3rd estate comprised of Big businessmen

Q.42: What was the unit of currency in France, that discontinued in 1794?
(a) Livre
(b) Taille
(c) Pound
(d) Tithe 

Correct Answer is Option (a)
Livre was the unit of currency in France, discontinued in 1794

Q.43: Name the autobiography of Nelson Mandela.
(a) South Africa Wins Freedom
(b) The Long Walk to Freedom
(c) Walk to Freedom
(d) Our Freedom 

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.44: What is Constitutional Law?
(a) Law which create discrimination on caste
(b) Provisions given in the Constitution
(c) Law to set up Constituent Assembly
(d) Law to make Constitution 

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.45: Assertion (A): Socially, India had widespread poverty.
Reason (R): In order to fulfill social obligation and observe the religious ceremony, most people in India including the poor use to spend lots of money.
(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 but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true. 

Correct Answer is Option (a)
India has still widespread poverty because in order to fulfill social obligations and observe religious ceremony, most people in India including the poor used to spend lot of money. This takes them back to poverty.

Q.46: High yielding variety seeds (HYV) were introduced to Indian farmers as a result of
(a) White Revolution
(b) Green Revolution
(c) Golden Revolution
(d) IT Revolution

Correct Answer is Option (b)
The introduction of high-yielding varieties (HYV) of seeds and the increased quality of fertilizers and irrigation techniques led to the increase in production to make the country self-sufficient in food grains, thus improving agriculture in India.

Question No. 47 to 52 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
Peasants made up about 90 percent of the population. However, only a small number of them owned the land they cultivated. About 60 percent of the land was owned by nobles, the Church and other richer members of the third estate. The members of the first two estates, that is, the clergy and the nobility, enjoyed certain privileges by birth. The most important of these was an exemption from paying taxes to the state. The nobles further enjoyed feudal privileges. These included feudal dues, which they extracted from the peasants. Peasants were obliged to render services to the lord – to work in his house and fields – to serve in the army or to participate in building roads. The Church too extracted its share of taxes called tithes from the peasants, and finally, all members of the third estate had to pay taxes to the state. These included a direct tax, called taille, and a number of indirect taxes which were levied on articles of everyday consumption like salt or tobacco. The burden of financing activities of the state through taxes was borne by the third estate alone.
Q.47: The tithe was a tax levied by the ________ on the peasants, comprising one-tenth of the ________.
(a) Church, agricultural produce
(b) Big businessmen, family income
(c) Merchant, animals revenue
(d) Nobility, land revenue

Correct Answer is Option (a) 

Q.48: What services were the peasants obliged to render to the lord?
(a) To work in his house and field
(b) To participate in building roads
(c) To serve in the army
(d) All of these

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.49: Complete the following table:

(a) Nobility
(b) Merchants
(c) Big businessmen
(d) Peasants

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.50: Study the picture and choose the correct option.

(a) Philosophers and leaders
(b) Peasants and artisans
(c) Clery and Nobility
(d) Merchants and court officials

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.51: Taille was a kind of ________ tax paid to the _______.
(a) Peasants', church
(b) Indirect, state
(c) Direct, state
(d) Business, government

Correct Answer is Option (c)
Taille was a tax to be paid directly to the state.

Q.52: Assertion (A): The members of the first two estates were exempted from paying taxes.
Reason (R): They paid a good proportion of their revenue as a tribute to the king.
(a) A is correct but R is incorrect
(b) A and R both are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
(c) A and R both are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A
(d) A is incorrect but R is correct

Correct Answer is Option (a)
The members of the first two estates enjoyed certain privileges by birth.

Question No. 53 to 58 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
The Indian Desert: The Indian desert lies towards the western margins of the Aravali Hills. It is an undulating sandy plain covered with sand dunes. This region receives very low rainfall below 150 mm per year. It has arid climate with low vegetation cover. Streams appear during the rainy season. Soon after they disappear into the sand as they do not have enough water to reach the sea. Luni is the only large river in this region. Barchans cover larger areas but longitudinal dunes become more prominent near the Indo-Pakistan boundary.
The Coastal Plains: The Peninsular plateau is flanked by a stretch of narrow coastal strips, running along the Arabian Sea on the west and the Bay of Bengal on the east. The western coast, sandwiched between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea, is a narrow plain. It consists of three sections. The northern part of the coast is called the Konkan (Mumbai-Goa), the central stretch is called the Kannad Plain, while the southern stretch is referred to as the Malabar coast. The plains along the Bay of Bengal are wide and level. In the northern part, it is referred to as the Northern Circar, while the southern part is known as the Coromandel Coast. Large rivers, such as the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna and the Kaveri have formed extensive delta on this coast. Lake Chilika is an important feature along the eastern coast.
Q.53: Which of the following is incorrect?
i. The western coastal plain is wider and leveled and it runs along the Bay of Bengal.
ii. The Peninsular plateau is flanked by a stretch of narrow coastal strips.
iii. The Indian desert lies towards the western margins of the Aravali Hills.
iv. Lake Chilika is an important feature along the eastern coast.
(a) Option (i)
(b) Option (iii)
(c) Option (ii)
(d) Option (iv) 

Correct Answer is Option (a)
The western coastal plain is wider and level and it runs along the Bay of Bengal.

Q.54: Assertion (A): The climate is arid and vegetation is scanty in the Indian Desert.
Reason (R): This region gets scanty rainfall which is less than 150 mm in a year.
(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 but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true. 

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.55: What are Barchans?
(a) Small fertile or green area in a desert region
(b) Crescent-shaped dunes
(c) None of these
(d) Short-lived microscopic organisms

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.56: Choose the odd one out from the following:
(a) Kannada Plain
(b) Malabar coast
(c) Konkan
(d) Coromandel Coast

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.57: Identify the coastal plain using the following hints:
- My coasts are wide and levelled.
- Rivers like Krishna and Kaveri form delta on my coast.
- I lie on the lower part of peninsular India.
(a) Northern Circar
(b) Malabar Coast
(c) Coromandel Coast
(d) Konkan Coast

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.58: On a holiday trip, Rene went to a place where she did camel safari and night camping. She also enjoyed the puppet show and saw numerous barchans. Where did Rene visit?
(a) Jodhpur
(b) Jaisalmer
(c) Jaipur
(d) Pushkar

Correct Answer is Option (b)
If you visit Jaisalmer, you may go to see a group of barchans.

Q.59: On the political map of India, A is considered as the Standard Meridian of India which passes through Uttar Pradesh. Identify its longitudinal value from the following options.

(a) 68°7'E 
(b) 97°25'E 
(c) 82°30'E 
(d) 37°6'E

Correct Answer is Option (c)
82°30'E (time along the Standard Meridian of India (82°30'E) passing through Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh is taken as the standard time for the whole country.)

Q.60: On the given physical map of India, A and B are two important northern ranges of the Himalayas.
Identify them from the following options.

(a) The Karakoram and The Zaskar Range
(b) The Vindhya range and The Satpura Range
(c) The Satpura Range and The Zaskar Range
(d) The Aravalis and The Kailash Range

Correct Answer is Option (a)