History and Sport: The Story of Cricket – Page [I] Question: Name the country in which the cricket originated? Answer: The cricket originated in England. Question: Mention any two peculiarities of Test Cricket. Answer: A match can go on for five days, and still end in a draw. No specification …
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Question: What is a River System? Answer: A river along with its tributaries is known as a River System or a Drainage system. Ex. Ganga River System, Indus River System etc. Question: Define the term drainage. Answer: The term drainage describes the river system of an area. Question: What is …
Read More »9th Class Social Science: Working of Institutions
Question: What is office memorandum? Answer: A communication issued by an appropriate authority stating the policy or decision of the government. Question: What is Parliament? Answer: An assembly of elected representatives exercises supreme political authority on be-hay people is known as the Parliament. Question: Who was the head of Second …
Read More »9th Class (CBSE) Social Science: Electoral Politics
Question: Which Movement was launched by Chaudhary Devilal? Answer: Chaudhary Devilal led a movement called ‘Nyaya dhish’ (struggle for justice). Question: How many seats were won by lok dal in Assembly elections of 1987? Answer: Lok Dal and its partners won 76 out of 90 seat inn the state Assembly. …
Read More »NCERT 9th Class (CBSE) Social Science: Climate
Question: What is climate? Answer: The climate refers to the sum total of weather conditions and variations over a large area for a long period of time. Question: What is weather? Answer: ‘Weather’ refers to the state of the atmosphere over an area at any point of time. Question: Name …
Read More »NCERT 9th Class (CBSE) Social Science: Clothing: A Social History
Question: What does the change in styles of clothing linked with? Answer: Changes in styles of clothing are thus linked up with shifts in cultural tastes and notions of beauty, with changes within the economy and society, and with issues of social and political conflict. Question: What were Sumptuary Laws? …
Read More »NCERT 9th Class (CBSE) Social Science: Democratic Rights
Question: Define Fundamental Rights. Answer: The Fundamental Rights are those basic conditions which are considered essential for the overall development of a person. These are guaranteed under the Constitution. Question: ‘Some rights need to be placed higher than the government’. Give reason. Answer: Thought it is the duty of each democratic government …
Read More »NCERT 9th Class (CBSE) Social Science: Constitutional Design
Question: Here are some false statements. Identify the mistake in each case and rewrite these correctly based on what you have read in this chapter. 1. Leaders of the freedom movement had an open mind about whether the country should be democratic or not after independence. 2. Members of the …
Read More »NCERT 9th Class (CBSE) Social Science: Peasants and Farmers
Question: Who was Captain Swing? Answer: It was a mythic name used by the poor laborers to threaten the rich landlords who were replacing workers for machines. Question: What was common land? Answer: It was the land to which all villagers had an access. Question: “For the poor, the common land was …
Read More »NCERT 9th Class (CBSE) Social Science: Population
Question: Name the organisation which provide us with information regarding the population of our country. Answer: The Census of India. Question: State the position of India in terms of population size. Answer: Second. Question: State the total population of India according to the 2011 census. Answer: Around 1210.2 million. Question: …
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