IX Social Science All Objective Questions
Social Science I (Part 1)
Chapter 1: Moving Forward from the Stone Age
What does he say about the kind of tools that were used by
humans to protect themselves from wild animals?
Stone
axe. (Humans could also only throw stones at them initially.)
Why is that period called the Stone Age?
Humans
used stones to make tools and weapons during that period.
The Stone Age is divided into three parts based on the
method used to make stone tools. Name them.
Palaeolithic,
Mesolithic, and Neolithic
Palaeolithic Age characteristics (tools).
Used
rough (unpolished) stone tools
Mesolithic Age characteristics (tools).
Use
of microliths (very small tools)
The largest piece when a piece of stone is broken into two
or more pieces.
The core
The smaller pieces when a piece of stone is broken into
two or more pieces.
The flakes
The period when copper tools were used along with stone
tools.
Chalcolithic Age
The material used for tools that eventually replaced
stone.
Metal
Bronze is an alloy made by mixing which two metals?
Copper
and tin
The language family to which the Aryans' language
belonged.
Indo-European family of languages
The Vedic period is divided into two.
Early
Vedic Period and Later Vedic Period
The earliest Veda.
Rigveda
Chapter 2: Ideas and Early States
The total number of Tirthankaras in Jainism.
24
The 23rd Tirthankara.
Parswanatha
The 24th (and last) Tirthankara.
Vardhamana
Mahavira
Place where Vardhamana Mahavira was born.
Kundagrama
near Vaishali in Bihar
Principles proposed by Mahavira for attaining 'Moksha'
(salvation), known as the ‘Triratnas’.
'Right
Belief', 'Right Knowledge' and 'Right Action'
The language Mahavira shared his ideas with the people
in.
Prakrit languages
The two sects formed later in Jainism.
'Swetambaras'
and 'Digambaras'
Buddha’s original name.
Siddhartha
Place where Gautama Buddha was born.
Lumbini
(Kapilavastu) in Nepal
Place where Buddha attained enlightenment.
Bodh
Gaya in Bihar
Place where Buddha gave his first sermon.
Sarnath
Place where Buddha attained Nirvana.
Kushinara
The Eight Fold Path (Ashtangamarga).
Right
vision, Right intention, Right speech, Right action, Right
livelihood, Right effort, Right awareness, Right meditation
The promulgator of the Materialism school of thought in
the 6th century BCE.
Ajita Kesakambalin
The Buddhist work that speaks of 16 political entities
(Mahajanapadas).
Anguttaranikaya
Founder of the Maurya Kingdom.
Chandragupta
Maurya
Author of Arthashastra.
Kautilya
The seven components a kingdom rests on, according to
Arthashastra (Saptangas).
Swami – king, Amathya –
ministers, Janapada – land and people, Durga – fort, Kosha –
treasury, Danda – justice, Mitra - friendly countries
The British epigraphist who first read the Asokan
inscriptions in 1838.
James Princep
The common title used for the king in most Asokan
inscriptions.
‘Devanampiya’ (beloved of God)
Inscriptions in Karnataka that contain the name
‘Asoka’.
Maski, Udegulam and Nittoor
Provincial Capitals of the Mauryan Kingdom.
Northern
province: Takshashila; Western province: Ujjayini; Eastern province:
Tosali; Southern province: Suvarnagiri
Chapter 3: Land Grants and the Indian Society
The dynasty that started the practice of giving land
grants to Brahmins.
The Satavahanas
The dynasty under which the land grant system became
widespread in the 4th century CE.
The Guptas
Founder of the Gupta kingdom.
Srigupta
Location of the iron pillar built in the 4th century CE,
known for its technological skills in metallurgy.
Mehrauli
near Delhi
The three styles of temple architecture in India,
according to the source.
‘Nagara’ and ‘Vasara’
(North India), and 'Dravidian' (South India)
The three phases of Dravidian architecture
development.
Rock-cut temples, Monolithic chariot
temples, Structural temples
Match the Text with the Author (Gupta Period):
Abhijnana Sakunthala - Kalidasa
Kumarasambhava - Kalidasa
Mriccha Katika - Sudraka
Swapnavasavadattha - Bhasa
Thrikandi - Bhartrhari (Grammar)
Amarakosam - Amarasimha (Lexicon)
Brihatsamhita - Varahamihira (Science)
Aryabhatiya - Arya Bhata (Science)
Match the Philosophy with the Exponent:
Samkhya - Kapila
Nyaya - Gauthama
Vaisheshika - Kanada
Vedanta - Badarayana
Mimamsa - Jaimini
Chapter 4: Distribution of Power in the Indian Constitution
The Constitution of India was adopted on this date.
26
November 1949
The Constitution of India came into force on this date.
26
January 1950
The initial number of articles and schedules in the
Constitution (1950).
395 articles and 8 schedules in 22
parts
The schedule that mentions the division of powers between
the Central Government and the State Governments.
Seventh
Schedule
The list over which the Union Government has exclusive
law-making powers (Example: Foreign Affairs, Defence,
Railways).
Union List
The list over which State governments have legislative
powers (Example: Agriculture, Jails, Police).
State
List
The list over which both Central and State Governments
have legislative powers (Example: Education, Forestry,
Marriage).
Concurrent List
The legislative body of India.
Parliament
The Lower House of the Parliament.
Lok Sabha
The minimum age required to contest in Lok Sabha
elections.
25 years
The maximum strength of the Lok Sabha.
550
(presently 543 as of 2023)
The Upper House of the Parliament.
Rajya
Sabha
The minimum age required to contest in Rajya Sabha
elections.
30 years
The maximum strength of the Rajya Sabha.
250
(238 elected and 12 nominated)
Where is a Money Bill initially presented?
In
the Lok Sabha
The Article that empowers the Parliament to amend the
Constitution.
Article 368
The minimum age an Indian citizen must have completed to
be eligible for the Presidential election.
35 years of
age
The nominal executive head of the State.
The
President
The administrative/real executive head of the country.
The
Prime Minister
The age of retirement for Supreme Court judges.
65
years
The head of the Executive is the Prime Minister.
False
(Head of the Executive is the President, but the Prime Minister is
the administrative head.)
The President has discretionary powers.
True
The head of the cabinet is the Prime Minister.
True
The Prime Minister is the Commander-in-Chief of the
Defence Forces.
False (The President acts as the
Commander-in-Chief of the defence forces.)
Governors are appointed by the President.
True
The President submits his resignation to the Prime
Minister.
False (The President submits his/her
resignation to the Vice President.)
The Prime Minister is appointed by the Governor.
False
(The President appoints the Prime Minister.)
Chapter 5: Demographic Trends in India
According to UNFPA (2023), the world population is:
804.5
crore
According to UNFPA (2023), India's population is:
142.86
crore
The frequency with which the census is usually conducted
in India.
Once in ten years
The authority that heads census activities in India.
The
Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India
Number of females per thousand males in the
population.
Sex Ratio
Age group classified as Children.
0-14
Age group classified as Young people.
15-59
Age group classified as Elderly.
Above 60
The working age population (active age structure)
comprises this age range.
15 to 64 years of age
India became the first developing country to introduce a
government-sponsored family planning programme in this year.
1952
Social Science I (Part 2)
Chapter 6: From the Land of Cholas to Delhi
The capital/headquarters of the Cholas.
Cholamandalam
(around Thanjavur)
The king who built the Brihadiswara Temple in
Thanjavur.
Rajaraja Chola (985 – 1014)
The king who built the temple of
Gangaikondacholapuram.
His successor Rajendra Chola I
(1014 – 1044)
The name given to the Bay of Bengal due to the Cholas'
naval dominance.
The Chola Lake
The two types of Councils that existed for village
self-governance under the Cholas.
‘Ur’ and ‘Sabha’
The Pala king who rebuilt the Nalanda University and
founded the Vikramashila University.
Dharmapala
The most prominent Pratihara ruler.
Bhoja
The Sanskrit poet and playwright who lived in the palace
of the Pratiharas.
Rajasekharan (authored Kavyameemamsa
and Karppuramanjari)
The Rashtrakuta ruler who wrote Kavirajamargam in
Kannada.
Amoghavarshan
The year of the Arab invasion of Sindh.
712
CE
The military chief who led the Arab invasion of
Sindh.
Muhammed Bin Qasim
The five dynasties of the Delhi Sultanate (1206 to 1526
CE).
Mamluk, Khalji, Tughlaq, Sayyid, Lodi
The Sultan who executed the Market Control reforms (1296 –
1316).
Alauddin Khalji
The woman ruler of the Mamluk dynasty (1236 –
39).
Sultana Razia
The Silver and Copper coins used during the Sultanate
period.
Tanka (Silver) and Dirham (Copper)
The language that evolved as a blend of 'Hindavi' and
Persian, promoted by Amir Khusru.
Urdu language
Chapter 7: Extension of Democracy through Institutions
The year the Election Commission of India came into
existence.
1950 (January 25)
The tenure of office for members of the Election
Commission.
6 years or up to the age of 65
The process required to remove the Chief Election
Commissioner.
Impeachment
The first Chief Election Commissioner of India.
Sukumar
Sen
The date observed as the National Voter's Day.
January
25th
The year the National Human Rights Commission was
established.
1993 (October 12)
The tenure of office for members of the NHRC.
Three
years or up to the age of seventy
The year the Protection of Human Rights Act came into
force.
1993 (September 28)
The year the National Commission for Women was
founded.
1992 (January 31)
The date observed as International Women’s Day.
March
8
The year the Dowry Prohibition Act was passed by the
Parliament.
1961
The year the National Minority Commission came into
existence.
1993 (May 17)
The year the National Commissions for Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes came into existence.
2004
The year the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act came
into force.
1989
The year the National Commission for Backward Classes
(NCBC) was established (and when it received constitutional
status).
Established in 1993; received constitutional
status in 2018
Complete the table of Commissions and Year of Formation:
Election Commission: 1950
National Human Rights Commission: 1993
National Commission for Women: 1992
National Minority Commission: 1993
National Commissions for Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes: 2004
National Commission for Backward Classes: 1993
Chapter 8: Towards a Gender-Neutral Society
The struggle of women of South Travancore for the right to
wear clothes during the early nineteenth century.
Upper
Cloth Revolt (or Marumarackal Samaram)
The uprising against the oppressive practice of women from
the Pulaya community being forced to wear necklaces made of
stone/glass, led by Ayyankali.
Kallumala Uprising (or
Perinad Revolt)
The act by which the Indian Parliament abolished
Sati.
Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act of 1987
The constitutional article and act by which the evil
practice of untouchability was abolished in India.
Article
17 of the Constitution and the Untouchability (Offences) Act of 1955
The constitutional article that ensures all individuals
are equal before law.
Article 14
The constitutional article that states no individual shall
be discriminated against based on gender.
Article 15
Constitutional article guaranteeing equality of
opportunity for all genders.
Article 16
Social Science II (Part 1)
Chapter 1: On the Roof of the World
The origin point of the northern mountain ranges, known as
‛the Roof of the World’.
Pamir Knot
The three regional classifications of the Northern
mountain region.
Trans Himalayas, The Himalayas, The
Eastern Hills
The northern most division of the Trans Himalayas is also
known as:
Tibetan Himalayas
The mountain range that is also known as the Outer
Himalayas.
The Shiwalik Range
The mountain range that is also known as the Lesser
Himalayas.
The Himachal mountain range
The mountain range that is also known as the Greater
Himalayas or the Inner Himalayas.
The Himadri
The world’s second highest peak, located in the
Karakoram range.
Mount K2 (Godwin Austin - 8611 metres)
The glacier known as the world’s highest
battlefield.
Siachen Glacier
The flat valleys seen in between the Lesser Himalayas and
the Shiwalik hill ranges.
Duns (e.g., Dehradun)
The world’s highest peak, situated in Nepal.
Mount
Everest
The highest peak in the Eastern Himalayas (Assam
Himalayas).
Namcha Barwa (7756 m)
The pass which connects Arunachal Pradesh with Lhasa, the
capital city of Tibet.
Bomdila
The two places that receive the highest rainfall in the
world.
Cherrapunjii and Mawsynram
The Floating National Park situated in Loktak Lake.
Keibul
Lamjao Floating National Park
The source of River Indus.
Bokharchu glacier
near the Manasarovar Lake
The source of River Ganga.
Gangotri glaciers
in Gomukh
The source of River Brahmaputra.
Chemayungdung
glacier near Manasarovar Lake
The glacial sediment deposited in the Kashmir Valley that
is ideal for saffron cultivation.
Karewas
Chapter 2: In the Expansive Plain
The expansive alluvial plain south of the Northern
Mountains, also called:
Indo-Gangetic-Brahmaputra Plain
Land lying between two rivers that join together later.
A
doab
The width of the narrow belt of Bhabar running parallel to
the Shiwalik.
Approximately 8 to 10 km wide
The width of the marshy and swampy tract of Tarai, running
parallel to the Bhabar.
Approximately 10 to 20 km wide
The name given to older alluvium deposits.
The
Bhangar
The name given to newer alluvium deposits.
The
Khadar
The hot, dry, and oppressive wind that blows from the
desert to the Ganga Plain in May and June.
‛Loo’
The phenomenon of high temperature and atmospheric
humidity during the retreating monsoon season.
‛October
heat’
The main rainy season in the North Indian Plain.
The
Southwest Monsoon Season (June to September)
The three major natural vegetation types generally found
in these plains.
The Tropical Deciduous Forests, The
Tropical Thorn Forests, The Swamp Forests
The widespread soil found in the North Indian
Plain.
Alluvial soil
The three cropping seasons in the North Indian Plain and
their typical periods.
Kharif (June to September), Rabi
(October to March), Zaid (April to June)
Chapter 3: Plateau where the Earth’s History Slumbers
The two location-based classifications of the Peninsular
Plateau.
The Deccan Plateau and The Central Highlands
The Sanskrit word from which the term ‛Deccan’ is
derived, meaning ‛the South’.
‛Dakshin’
The region of the Deccan Plateau composed of lava rocks
called basalt.
Deccan Trap
The black soil formed by the weathering of basalt rocks is
also known as:
Regur soil or black cotton soil
The highest peak in Peninsular India.
Anamudi
(2695 metres), located in Anamalai of the Western Ghats
The region known as the richest store house of minerals in
India.
Chota Nagpur Plateau
The largest peninsular river, also called Dakshin
Ganga.
Godavari
The length and catchment area of the Godavari River.
1465
km length and 3.13 lakh sq. km catchment area
The second and third largest peninsular rivers.
Krishna
and Kaveri
The public resistance movement against the construction of
large reservoirs on River Narmada.
Narmada Bachao
Andolan
The gullies formed by the continuous erosion by Chambal
River, along the northern slopes of Malwa Plateau.
Ravines
An example of an in-situ soil type.
Black
soil
An example of a transported soil type.
Alluvial
soil
The temperate vegetation along the Nilgiris, Palani,
Anamalai, etc. (Southern Montane Forests).
Shola
forests
Chapter 4: Human Resources for National Development
The four factors of production (economic resources).
Land,
Labour, Capital and Entrepreneurship
The system where goods were exchanged for goods when money
did not exist.
Barter System
According to the PLFS Report (Feb 2023), the labour force
of the country comprises the population of this age and above.
15
years of age and above
World Health Organization (WHO) definition of health.
A
state of physical, mental and social well-being
A condition in which a healthy and capable person who is
willing to work at the prevailing wage rate, cannot find
work.
Unemployment
The four types of unemployment mentioned.
Open
unemployment, Structural unemployment, Seasonal unemployment,
Disguised unemployment
Social Science II (Part 2)
Chapter 5: Indian Economy Through Various Sectors
The Primary Sector is also known as:
The
Agricultural sector
The Secondary Sector is also known as:
The
Industrial sector
The Tertiary Sector is also known as:
The
Service sector
The government of Indian organization that collects,
analyses, and publishes economic statistical data, formed in
2019.
National Statistical Office (NSO)
The period of India's financial year.
Commences
from 1st April and closes on 31st March
National Income (NI) calculated by the Income Method.
NI
= r + w + i + p (rent + wage + interest + profit)
Net National Product (NNP) calculation.
NNP
= GNP - Depreciation cost
Per Capita Income (PCI) calculation.
PCI =
National Income / Total Population
Gross Value Added (GVA) calculation.
Gross
Product Value - Value of Intermediate Consumption
GDP calculation using GVA.
GDP = GVA +
(Product tax - Product subsidy)
A worker who works outside the conventional
employer-employee relationship and earns money from it, as defined by
the Code on Social Security 2020.
Gig platform worker
Chapter 6: Price and Market
Production function in equation form.
Q = f
(N, L, K, O) (Q: Total output, N: Land, L: Labour, K: Capital, O:
Organisation)
The situation in which at least one input is fixed in the
production process.
Short-run production function
The situation in which all inputs are variable in the
production process.
Long-run production function
The number of Sustainable Development Goals set by the
United Nations.
17 goals
Development that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own
needs.
Sustainable development
The price at which demand and supply are equal in the
market.
Equilibrium price
The condition in which demand and supply are not equal in
the market.
Disequilibrium
Minimum price fixed by the government on agricultural
products.
Minimum Support Price
Chapter 7: Through the Sandy Expanse
The word 'desert' is derived from the Latin word
'desertum', which means:
'abandoned place'
The branch of science that deals with the study of
deserts.
Eremology
Deserts are generally places that receive an annual
rainfall of less than:
25 cm
The two geographical categories of the Thar Desert.
The
Marusthali (The Arid Plain or the Desert Proper) and The Rajasthan
Bagar (The Semi-arid Plain)
The local name for shifting dunes in the
Marusthali.
Dhrian
The fertile patches of farmlands in the Rajasthan Bagar
region.
Rohi
The seasonal river that originates from the Aravali
mountain range and disappears into the Rann of Kachchh.
River
Luni
The most significant and largest salt lake in the
Rajasthan Bagar region.
Sambhar Lake
The erosional process through which sand is blown away by
wind.
Deflation
The erosional process where strong desert winds rub
against rock outcrops.
Abrasion
The mushroom-like landforms formed due to
abrasion.
Mushroom rocks
Loose mounds of sand formed due to the depositional
process of wind.
Sand dunes
Crescent-shaped sand dunes.
Barchans
The irrigation project constructed through the Thar Desert
in Rajasthan.
Indira Gandhi Canal Project
Chapter 8: Along the Coasts
India’s total coastline, including the islands.
About
7517 km
The Western coastal plain is classified as this type of
coast.
A submerged coast
The three divisions of the Western coastal plain.
Gujarat
Coast, Konkan Coast, Malabar Cost
The coast known as the graveyard of ships.
Alang
The length of the Malabar Coast (Mangalore to
Kanyakumari).
About 580 km
An important backwater (Kayal) in the Malabar
Coast.
Vembanad Lake
The National Waterway navigable from Kottapuram to
Kollam.
NW3
The Eastern coastal plain is classified as this type of
coast.
An Emerged Coast
The largest lake in India, located south of the Mahanadi
delta.
Chilka Lake
India's rocket launching station, located on the shores of
Pulikat Lake.
Sriharikota
The island group formed by coral reefs, located in the
Arabian Sea.
Lakshadweep
The capital of Lakshadweep.
Kavarati Island
The island group classified as volcanic islands, located
in the Bay of Bengal.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The sea portion separating Andaman Islands from Nicobar
Island.
10 Degree Channel
The only active volcano in India.
Barren
Island (part of the Nicobar Islands)
The Southernmost point of India.
Indira
Point (in the Great Nicobar Island)
The largest mangrove forest in India.
The
Sundarbans (Ganga deltaic region of West Bengal)
Social Science Unit Test (October 2025)
Which of the following countries was not part a of the
Triple Alliance? a. Italy c. France b. Germany d. Austria-Hungary
c.
France
Choose the correct pairs: a. Yakuts -(i) Ice winds, b.
Blizzard - (ii) Tendra, c. Belukar - (iii) The Breath of the World,
d. Equatorial Climate - (iv) Secondary Forest
A) a-ii,
b-i, c-iv, d-iii
Which of the following peaks is the highest in Africa? a.
Kilimanjaro b. Alps c. Mount K2 d. Everest
a.
Kilimanjaro
Arrange the given tribes and the places where they live.
a. Amazon Basin-Masai, b. Malaysia- Orang Asley, c. Africa-Pygmies
B)
Both b and c are correct
Which of the following statements related to the tundra
region is selected? a. Known as polar climate, b. Experiences short
summers and long winters, c. The temperature is more or less the same
throughout the year, d. It is an area that receives heavy rainfall
throughout the year.
a. Known as polar climate, b.
Experiences short summers and long winters
