PIS BARODA STD - 9

Ch- Population (Practise Sheet) 1. Why is it important to know how many people live in a country? Human beings are producers and consumers of earth’s resources. Therefore, it is important to know how many people are there in a country. 2. Name the States that house more than half of India’s population. Almost half of India’s population lives in just five states. These are Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal, and Andhra Pradesh. 3. Why there is high population density in Kerala and Northern plains?  The Northern Plains and Kerala in the south have high to very high population densities because of the flat plains with fertile soils and abundant rainfall. 4. Why is population a dynamic phenomenon? Population is a dynamic phenomenon as the numbers, distribution and composition of the population are constantly changing. 5. What is migration? Migration is the movement of people across regions and territories. 6. What is referred to as occu...

Ch 4 Electoral Politics Practice Sheet Q1. Define the following terms:  i. Code of Conduct  ii. Constituency iii. Turnout  Q2. Choose the correct option:  i. Who led the ‘Nyaya Yudh’? (a) Chaudhary Charan Singh (b) Chaudhary Devi Lal (c) Ajit Singh (d) N.T. Rama Rao ii. Which of the following statements about the reasons for conducting elections are false? (a) Elections enable people to judge the performance of the government (b) People elect the representatives of their choice in an election (c) Elections enable people to evaluate the performance of the judiciary (d) Elections enable people to indicate which policies they prefer iii. Which of these is not a condition of a democratic election? (a) Everyone is allowed to vote (b) There are political parties to contest elections (c) The candidate not preferred by people gets elected (d) Elections are held at regular intervals iv. Which of these is not a feature of Indian democracy? (a) I...

         Geography                                                     Practice sheet  Std: IX                                                                         Topic: Ch 5. Natural Vegetation and Wild Life Q1          (1 mark questions)   i.  What is Natural Vegetation?   ii. What does the term ‘flora’suggest?  iii. What determines the character and extent of vegetation? iv.Why is there abundant vegetation in the tropical rain forest? v. Where is mangrove tidal forest found? vi. Where are elephants found in India? vii. Name two eco-developmental project introduced in India. v...

Ch-4 Climate On an Outline Map of India show the following:  a. Area receiving rainfall over 400cm b. Areas receiving less than 20 cm of rainfall c. Direction of the southwest monsoon over India d. Wettest place of the world e. City on the eastern coast having average temperatures between 24 -25°      Celsius in the winter season ii.   iii. iv.

Forest Society and Colonialism Practise Sheet 1. Which of the following is not associated with swidden agriculture? Karacha 2. Forests consisting of which types of trees were preferred by the Forest Department? Forests having trees suitable for building ships and railways. 3. In South-East Asia shifting agriculture is known as___. Lading 4.Java is famous for____. Rice Production 5.What is deforestation? The disappearance of forests is referred to as deforestation. 6.Name any two local communities of Bastar. Maria Gonds, Muria Gonds, Dhurwas, Bhatras and Halbas.  7. What is ‘Scientific Forestry’? A system of cutting trees controlled by the forest department, in which old trees are cut and new ones are planted. 8. Who was the leader of the Forest Revolt in Bastar? Gunda Dhur was the leader of the Forest Revolt in Bastar. 9.Explain the ‘Blandongdiensten system’. It was introduced by the Dutch in Indonesia who imposed rent on the lands...

ELECTORAL POLITICS Why do we need elections? A rule of the people is possible without any elections if all the people can sit together and take all the decisions. Although, this is not possible in any large community nor is it possible for everyone to have the time and knowledge to take decisions on all matters. Therefore, in most democracies people rule through their representatives. Define elections. What are the choices given to the voters before elections? A mechanism by which people can choose their representatives at regular intervals and change them if they wish to do so is called elections. Therefore, elections are considered essential for any representative democracy. Voters can choose who will make laws for them. They can choose who will form the government and take major decisions. They can choose the party whose policies will guide the government and law making. What makes an election democratic? Universal Adult Franchise:  Everyone should be able ...

Forest Society and Colonialism Deforestation The disappearance of forests or destruction of forest by humans for various reasons is referred to as deforestation. The causes of deforestation by the British in India 1.        The British directly encouragedthe production of commercial crops like jute, sugar, andcotton. The demand for these crops increased in nineteenth-century Europe where foodgrains were needed to feed the growing urbanpopulation and raw materials were required for industrialproduction. 2.        In the early nineteenth century, the British thought that forests were unproductive. Forests were consideredto be wilderness that had to be brought under cultivation so thatthe land could yield agricultural products and revenue, and enhancethe income of the British. 3.        By the early nineteenth century, oak forests in England were disappearing. This created a ...