INDIAN SCHOOL MUSCAT FIRST MID TERM EXAMINATION SEPTEMBER 2018 CLASS IX Marking Scheme SOCIAL SCIENCE SET- A Q.NO Answers Marks 1 Hitler s ideology related to the geopolitical concept of Lebensraum, or living space. 1 2 Taille: Tax to be paid directly to the state. 1 3 Sri Lanka and Maldives 1 4 26 April 1994. 1 2% 1 6 Less than 0 people. 1 7 'People as Resource' is a way of referring to a country s working people in terms of their 1 existing productive skills and abilities. 8 1. All schools were 'cleared' and purified. 3x1 2. Children were first segregated. German and Jews could not sit together or play together. 3. Eventually all undesirable children such as Jews and gypsies were thrown out of schools. 4. Good German children were subjected to prolonged period of Nazi Schooling (Any three points) 3x1=3 9 1. With the rapid increase in population of France, the demand for food grains increased. 3 2. Production of grains could not keep pace with the demand. So the price of bread, which was the staple diet of the majority, rose rapidly. 3. The worker's wages did not keep pace with the rise in prices. So the gap between the poor and the rich widened. The whole situation became worse whenever drought or hail reduced the harvest. This lead to a subsistence crisis, something that occurred frequently in France during the Old Regime. 3x1=3 10 I) Meaning: Beyond the Dihang gorge, the Himalayas bend sharply to the south and spread 3 along the eastern boundary of India. They are known as the Purvachal or the Eastern hills and mountains. (1 mark) II) Characteristics: a) Ranges mostly composed of strong sandstones which are sedimentary rocks. B) Covered with dense forests c) they mostly run as parallel ranges and valleys. (Any one point=1 mark) III) Examples: The Purvachal comprises the Patkai hills, the Naga hills, Manipur hills and the Mizo hills, Garo-Khasi-Jaintia Hills. Page 1 of 8
(Any two point=1 mark) 11 3 - They flow swiftly. - They flow slowly. -Examples: Indus, Ganga, Brahmaputra -Krishna, Kavari, Godavari, Mahanadi. (Any 3 points = 3 marks) 12 (i) Universal adult franchise (ii) right to freedom and equality (iii) to protect the Rights of the minorities in the Constitution of independent India. 1+1+1=3 13 1. A Drafting Committee chaired by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar discussed the draft constitution clause by clause. 2. The members deliberated for 114 days spread over three years. 3. Every document presented and every word spoken in the Constituent Assembly has been recorded and preserved. These are called Constituent Assembly Debates. 14 American model (1 Mark) WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA:- The constitution has been drawn up and enacted by the people through their representatives, and not handed down to them by a king or any outside powers. (2 Marks) 1 1. Raw materials and money in hand are called working capital. Unlike tools, machines and buildings, these are used up in production. 2. The farmers have to set up tube wells for irrigation, and use of HYV seeds, chemical fertilizers and pesticides in farming. They also have to purchase sophisticated machines such as generators, tractors, harvesters, threshers, computers, etc. 3. Therefore some money is always required during production to make payments and buy other necessary items. 1x3=3 16 1. There are a variety of vehicles on the road connecting Palampur to Raiganj, driven by Rickshwallahs, tongawallahs, jeep, tractor, and truck drivers 2. People driving traditional bullock cart and bogey are people in the transport services. 3. They ferry people and goods from one place to another, and in return get paid for it. (Assessed as a whole answer) 3 Marks 17 1. Population becomes human capital when there is investment made in the form of knowledge embodied in them. 2. Population from the productive aspect, which is country s working people in terms of Page 2 of 8 1+1+1 1x3 1+2 1x3 3 1x3
their existing productive skills and abilities, emphasizes its ability to contribute to the creation of the Gross National Product. Thus population is an asset for the economy rather than a liability. 3. In the absence of skilled and healthy human capital, economic development is not possible. 4. Any other relevant point. 18 1. The countries like Japan do not have any natural resources. They import the needed resources. 2. They have invested in human resource especially in the field of education & health. 3. Efficiency & technology evolved by people have made these countries rich & developed. 4. Any other relevant point. (Any three to be explained) 3x1=3 19 The circumstances that helped the middle class in bringing social and economic changes in France in 18th century: 1. American war of Independence 2. Spread of new philosophy 3. Expansion of Trade 4. The belief of the lawyers and administration that no group in society should be privileged by birth.. Rise of new ideas that society should be based on freedom and equal laws and opportunities for all. 6. Any other relevant point. (Any five points to be explained) x1= The system of estates in French society was organized:- 1. Peasants made up about 90 per cent of the population. However, only a small number of them owned the land they cultivated. About 60 per cent of the land was owned by nobles, the Church and other richer members of the third estate. 2. 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 exemption from paying taxes to the state. 3. 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. 4. 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. 1x= 20 1. The Nazi regime used language and media with care, and often to great effect for popularizing its racial world view. 2. Nazis never used the words kill or murder in their official communications. Mass killings were termed special treatment, final solution (for the Jews), euthanasia (for the disabled), selection and disinfections. Evacuation meant deporting people to gas chambers. 3. Nazis ideas were spread through visual images, films, radio, posters, catchy slogans and Page 3 of 8 3 x1
leaflets. 4. In posters, groups identified as the enemies of Germans were stereotyped, mocked, abused and described as evil.. Propaganda films were made to create hatred for Jews. The most infamous film was The Eternal Jew. Orthodox Jews were stereotyped and marked. 1x= 1. Hitler assigned the responsibility of economic recovery to the economist Hjalmar Schacht who aimed at full production and full employment through a state-funded workcreation programme. This project produced the famous German superhighways and the people s car, the Volkswagen. 2. In foreign policy also Hitler acquired quick successes. He pulled out of the League of Nations in 1933, reoccupied the Rhineland in 1936, and integrated Austria and Germany in 1938 under the slogan, One people, One empire, and One leader. He then went on to wrest German speaking Sudentenland from Czechoslovakia, and gobbled up the entire country. In all of this he had the unspoken support of England, which had considered the Versailles verdict too harsh. These quick successes at home and abroad seemed to reverse the destiny of the country. 3. Any other relevant points (2 1 / 2 +2 1 / 2 =) 21 i) Extent of the range ii) Shape iii) Length iv) Width v) Altitudinal variations. Ans. i) Extent of the range: These mountain ranges run in a west-east direction from the Indus to the Brahmaputra. ii) Shape : form an arc iii) Length:2,400 Km. iv) Width: Their width varies from 400 Km in Kashmir to 10 Km in Arunachal Pradesh. v) Altitudinal variations: The altitudinal variations are greater in the eastern half than those in the western half. ( points= marks) Basis Western Coastal Plains Eastern Coastal Plains i) Extension They extend from Gujarat to Kerala. They extend from West Bengal to Tamilnadu. ii) Location iii) Main divisions or different names They are located in between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea The northern part of the coast called the Konkan (Mumbai to Goa). The central stretch is called the Kannad Plain They are located in between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal. a) The northern part is referred to as the Northern Circar. b) The southern part is known as the Coromandal Coast. Page 4 of 8
The southern stretch is referred to as the Malabar coast. iv) Width They are narrow. They are broad. v) Rivers Narmada and Tapi Mahanadi, Krishna, Godavari and Kavari ( points= marks) 22 A) Head streams of river Ganga: Bhagirathi and Alaknanda (1) B) Length: 200 km. Longest Tributary: River Yamuna (2) C) Disadvantage: Loss of life and property. Advantage: Enrich/renew soil (2) 23 1. A constitution is mainly about embodying values into institutional arrangements. 2. It is a very long and detailed document. Therefore it needs to be amended quite regularly to keep it updated. 3. So, they made provisions to incorporate changes from time to time. These changes are called constitutional amendments. 4. The Constitution describes the institutional arrangements in a very legal language.. Like any Constitution, the Indian Constitution lays down a procedure for choosing persons to govern the country. It defines who will have how much power to take which decisions. 6. It puts limits to what the government can do by providing some rights to the citizen that cannot be violated. (Assessed as a whole answer) Marks 24 1. Apartheid was the name of a system of racial discrimination unique to South Africa. The system of apartheid divided the people and labelled them on the basis of their skin colour. 2. The apartheid system was particularly oppressive for the blacks. They were forbidden from living in white areas. 3. They could work in white areas only if they had a permit. 4. Trains, buses, taxis, hotels, hospitals, schools and colleges, libraries, cinema halls, theatres, beaches, swimming pools, public toilets, were all separate for the whites and blacks. This was called segregation.. They could not even visit the churches where the whites worshipped. Blacks could not form associations or protest against the terrible treatment. 1x= Constitution is the supreme law that determines the relationship among people living in a territory (called citizens) and also the relationship between the people and government. A constitution does many things Functions: 1. First, it generates a degree of trust and coordination that is necessary for different kind of people to live together; 2. Second, it specifies how the government will be constituted, who will have power to take which decisions; 3. Third, it lays down limits on the powers of the government and tells us what the Page of 8
rights of the citizens are; and 4. Fourth, it expresses the aspirations of the people about creating a good society. ( 2+3=) 2 1. In contrast to the small farmers, the medium and large farmers have their own savings from farming. They are thus able to arrange for the capital needed. 2. Large and medium farmers sell the surplus farm products. A part of the earnings is saved and kept for buying capital for the next season. 3. Thus, they are able to arrange for the capital for farming from their own savings. Some farmers might also use the savings to buy cattle, trucks, or to set up shops. 4. Most small farmers have to borrow money to arrange for the capital. They borrow from large farmers or the village moneylenders or the traders who supply various inputs for cultivation.. The rate of interest on such loans is very high. They are put to great distress to repay the loan. 1. People involved in trade (exchange of goods) are not many in Palampur. 2. The traders of Palampur are shopkeepers who buy various goods from wholesale markets in the cities and sell them in the village. 3. There are small general stores in the village selling a wide range of items like rice, wheat, sugar, tea, oil, biscuits, soap, toothpaste, batteries, candles, notebooks, pen, pencil, even some cloth. 4. A few of the families whose houses are close to the bus stand have used a part of the space to open small shops. They sell eatables.. Any other relevant points. (Assessed as a whole answer) Marks 26 On the given outline map of the World given, locate and label any one country known as Axis Powers in Europe in the Second World War. 27 On the given outline map of the World given, locate and label France a country occupied by Nazi Power. 28 GEO MAP ANSWER F MAP (26 & 27) 1 1 1+1 OUTLINE POLITICAL MAP OF THE WLD Page 6 of 8
Q: 27 FRANCE Q.26- Italy Q. 26: Germany Ans: Q. No. 26-----GERMANY ITALY (Any One) Q. No. 27---------FRANCE------------ GEO MAP Map Q. 28 Page 7 of 8
Outline political map of India 1. Haryana 2. Kanchenjunga 3. Konkan Coast Page 8 of 8