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ASSIGNMENTSSOCIAL SCIENCECLASS IX (2020-2021)1. ASSIGNMENT: HISTORY *Read chapter 1: The French Revolution, from the text book or read directly from *Prepare an interactive timeline of French Revolution highlighting the important events (Call of the Estates General, Tennis court oath, Storming of the Bastille, Declaration of the Rights of Man, March on Versailles, abolition of Monarchy etc) on A4 size sheet *Watch the documentary on French Revolution and answer the following questions in a copy or pages, as per the availability.Q1.How was French society organised in 18th century?Q2.Discuss the important features of the draft of the constitution prepared by the National Assembly of France in 1791?Q3. What were the main causes of French Revolution?Q4. Napoleon saw his role as a modernizer of Europe. Analyze.Q5.How did the port cities of France owe their economic prosperity to the flourishing slave trade?Q6. Discuss the various problems being faced by the women in France.Q7.Why the period from 1793 to 1794 in French History termed as the Reign of Terror? *Solve the crossword puzzle given below for self assessment:2. ASSIGNMENT: GEOGRAPHY*Read chapter 1: India-Size and Location, from the text book or read directly from *Watch the video to understand the chapter more clearly and answer the following questions in a copy or pages as per availability. Q1.The sun rises two hours earlier in Arunachal Pradesh as compared to Gujarat in the west but the watches show the same time. How does this happen? Q2. The central location of India at the head of the Indian Ocean is considered of great significance. Why? Q3.Why 82°30'E has been selected as the Standard Meridian of India?Q4.Why is the difference between the durations of day and night hardly felt at Kanniyakumari but not so in Kashmir?*Read the extract and answer the questions that follow, on A4 size sheet: The Indian landmass has a central location between the East and the West Asia. India is a southward extension of the Asian continent. The trans Indian Ocean routes, which connect the countries of Europe in the West and the countries of East Asia, provide a strategic central location to India. Note that the Deccan Peninsula protrudes into the Indian Ocean, thus helping India to establish close contact with West Asia, Africa and Europe from the western coast and with Southeast and East Asia from the eastern coast. No other country has a long coastline on the Indian Ocean as India has and indeed, it is India’s eminent position in the Indian Ocean, which justifies the naming of an Ocean after it.Q1.In the mid 19th century a development took place which reduced the distance between India and Europe .What was it?Q2.Before the development of maritime routes, how did India maintain its contact with the world?Q3. What are the benefits of having a long coast line in India?*Draw map of India with updated States and Union Territories on A4 size sheet and attempt the following questions:Q1.Mark the latitudinal and longitudinal extend of India on the same map.Q2. Label each State and Union Territory of India clearly with pencil.Q3. Draw a table mentioning the capital, latitude and longitude of each State and Union Territory of India on copy page available at home.*Solve the quiz given below for self assessmentQUIZQ.1. Indian Standard Time or I.S.T. is how many hours ahead or behind of G.M.T. or Universal Time?(a) 5 hrs 30 min behind GM.T. (b) 15 hrs ahead of G.M.T.(c) 5 hrs 30 min ahead of GM.T. (d) None of the aboveQ.2. Which of the following has reduced India’s distance from Europe by 7000 km?(a) Suez Canal (b) Panama Canal(c) Indira Gandhi Canal (d) Buckingham CanalQ.3. Which of the following influences the duration of the day and night, as one moves from south to north?(a) Longitudinal extent (b) Latitudinal extent(c) Standard Meridian (d) All of the aboveQ.4. The Standard Meridian of India, 82°30’E passes through which of the following places?(a) Kanniyakumari in Tamil Nadu (b) Walong in Arunachal Pradesh(c) Kachchh in Gujarat (d) Mirzapur in Uttar PradeshQ.5. What is India’s size with respect to other countries of the world?(a) First (b) Third (c) Fourth (d) SeventhQ.6. Which of the following figures shows the total area of India’s landmass?(a) 2.4 million square km (b) 3.28 million square km(c) 32.8 million square km (d) 3.28 million kmQ.7. Which of the following groups of islands belonging to the Indian Territory lies in the Arabian Sea?(a) Andaman and Nicobar Islands (b) Sri Lanka(c) Lakshdweep (d) MaldivesQ.8. Which of the following is the western-most longitude of India?(a) 97°25’E (b) 68°7’E (c) 68°7’E (d) 82°32’EQ.9. Which of the following parallels of latitude divides India into two almost equal parts?(a) Equator (b) Tropic of Capricorn(c) Tropic of Cancer (d) Prime MeridianQ.10. A narrow channel of sea separating two land-masses is called.(a) Gulf (b) Strait (c) Isthmus (d) Bay3. ASSIGNMENT: POLITICAL SCIENCE*Read chapter 2: What is Democracy? Why Democracy? From the text book or read directly from *Read the cartoons drawn in the book and draw each cartoon on A4 size sheet and answer the questions asked along with the cartoon.* Watch the video to understand the chapter more clearly and answer the following question on copy page available at home.Q1. Write the features of democracy.Q2. What are the merits and demerits of democracy?Q3. Differentiate between a democratic country and a non democratic country.****** Read Economics, Chapter 1: The Story of Village Palampur, from the text book or read directly from * Watch the video to understand the chapter more clearly.******COMPULSARY PROJECT ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT *TOPIC-MANAGING FOOD CRISIS IN INDIA UNDER COVID-19 EMERGENCY Follow the daily news bulletin on TV, read newspaper or surf internet to trace the update about the condition of COVID-19 in India. ................
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