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SOCIAL SCIENCE

OPEN TEXT BASED ASSESSMENT

QUESTION BANK

for SA -II

CLASS – IX

2015 – 16

CBSE OPEN TEXT MATERIAL AND CBSE SAMPLE QUESTIONS INCLUDING SOME

PROBABLE QUESTIONS THEME WISE

Prepared by

M. S. KUMARSWAMY, TGT(MATHS) M. Sc. Gold Medallist (Elect.), B. Ed.

Kendriya Vidyalaya GaCHiBOWli

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PREFACE

It gives me great pleasure in presenting the Question Bank for Open Text Based Assessment

(OTBA) for Class IX Social Science for Summative Assessment (SA) - II. This is my study material on

Social Science Subject prepared on great demand by parents and students. It is in strictly according to the

latest guidelines issued by CBSE (Circular No. CBSE/ACAD./Addl Dir(I & R)/OTBA 2015, dated 23rd

November, 2015) for OTBA to be held with SA-II in March 2016. The CBSE has short listed text material

for class IX in the subject areas of English, Hindi, Mathematics Science and Social Science. This short

listed text is in the form of an article, a case study, a picture or a cartoon or a problem/situation. The

question paper in each main subject will have a separate section of 10 marks for Open Text Based

Assessment (OTBA).

I avail this opportunity to convey my sincere thanks to respected sir, Shri U. N. Khaware,

Additional Commissioner(Acad), KVS Headquarter, New Delhi, respected sir, Shri S. Vijay Kumar, Joint

Commissioner(Admn), KVS Headquarter, New Delhi, respected sir Shri P. V. Sairanga Rao, Deputy

Commissioner(Acad), KVS Headquarter, New Delhi, respected sir Shri. D. Manivannan, Deputy

Commissioner, KVS RO Hyderabad, respected sir Shri Isampal, Deputy Commissioner, KVS RO Bhopal,

respected sir Shri Jagdish Mohan Rawat, Deputy Commissioner, KVS RO Chandigarh, respected sir Shri

P. Deva Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, KVS RO Bangalore, respected sir Shri Nagendra Goyal, Deputy

Commissioner, KVS RO Ranchi, respected sir Shri Y. Arun Kumar, Assistant Commissioner(Acad), KVS

Headquarter, New Delhi, respected sir Shri Sirimala Sambanna, Assistant Commissioner, KVS RO

Hyderabad, respected sir Shri. K. L. Nagaraju, Retd-AC, KVS RO Bangalore and respected sir Shri M.K.

Kulshreshtha, Retd-AC, KVS RO Chandigarh for their blessings, motivation and encouragement in

bringing out this project in such an excellent form.

I also extend my special thanks to respected sir Shri. P. S. Raju, Principal, KV Gachibowli,

respected madam Smt. Nirmala Kumari M., Principal, KV Mysore & respected sir Shri. M.

Vishwanatham, Principal, KV Raichur for their kind suggestions and motivation while preparing this

Question Bank. I would like to place on record my thanks to respected sir Shri. P. K. Chandran, Principal,

presently working in KV Bambolim. I have started my career in KVS under his guidance, suggestions and

motivation.

Inspite of my best efforts to make this notes error free, some errors might have gone

unnoticed. I shall be grateful to the students and teacher if the same are brought to my notice. You may

send your valuable suggestions, feedback or queries through email to kumarsir34@gmail.com that would

be verified by me and the corrections would be incorporated in the next year Question Bank.

M. S. KUMARSWAMY

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DEDICATED

TO

MY FATHER

LATE SHRI. M. S. MALLAYYA

THEME – 1: TOGETHER WE RISE

SOME PROBABLE QUESTIONS

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS 1. Write the full form of (i) NDDB (ii) RWEF

2. Write the full form of (i) MSSRF (ii) KMPA

3. Write the full form of (i) DCS (ii) IRCTC

4. Write the full form of (i) NCDFI (ii) SWOT

5. What are cooperative societies?

6. How many State Cooperative Milk Marketing Federations and District Milk Unions

are in India?

7. In how may phases, Operation Flood was implemented? Write its name.

8. What is Operation Flood?

9. Which was the first milk cooperative of India and where was it established?

10. Name the body that heads cooperative dairy sectors.

11. Name any two dairy inputs.

12. What are the major functions of dairy cooperatives?

13. What is a Village Dairy Cooperative Society? How can a farmer become its member?

14. How are Village Dairy Cooperative Societies helping the farmers?

15. What are the major functions of National Dairy Development Board?

16. “Production of milk is a multidimensional economic activity”. Explain.

17. “Dairy Cooperatives are playing very important role in empowering women.”

Explain.

18. Who is known as father of milk revolution in India?

19. Who is Hardeep Singh? Where he lived?

20. Name the member of village DCS who advised Hardeep Singh to join village DCS?

What he informed to Hardeep Singh?

21. When was the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) set up?

22. Who was the first Chairman of NDDB?

23. Name any three milk cooperatives.

24. What are the objectives of Cooperative Society?

LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

25. How did milk revolution help the small and marginal farmers?

26. How has Science and Technology given a big boost to Milk revolution? Which

streams of Science are directly related to production, procurement and processing of

milk? How?

27. Explain how the Poison’s firm exploited the farmers. How did they come out of this

exploitation?

28. Explain the growth and birth of Union of Anand (AMUL).

29. What are the major objectives of National Dairy Development Board?

30. Which is the apex body that heads cooperative dairy sector? What are its functions?

31. “Over the period of time, under Operation Flood, the milk cooperatives have drive

India to become the largest producer of milk in the world.” Explain.

32. Explain the statement-self-reliance through self-help-with context to Village Dairy

Cooperative Society.

33. What were the objectives behind “Operation Flood”?

34. Explain the achievements of the Operation Flood.

35. What is RWEF? What are its objectives?

36. What is KMPA? Explain its role in women empowerment.

37. What is NCDFI? What is its principal aim?

38. How do Milk Cooperative Societies contribute towards nation building? Explain.

39. How do Hardeep Singh and Sukhjeet Kaur contribute towards nation building?

Explain.

40. Elucidate ay five limitations of the cooperative societies.

THEME – 2: FOOD SECURITY IN INDIA

SOME PROBABLE QUESTIONS

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS 1. Write the full form of (i) NPK (ii) FCI

2. Write the full form of (i) PDS (ii) HYV

3. What is Antyodaya Ana Yojana?

4. What is Annapurna Scheme?

5. What are three aspects of food security?

6. What is SEED-FERTILIZER-WATER?

7. What are the two components of food security?

8. What is buffer stock?

9. Mention any three institutional problems faced by Indian agriculture.

10. Mention any three technical problems faced by Indian agriculture.

11. What is food security? Explain the major dimensions of food security.

12. Define Green Revolution. Explain any three criticisms of Green Revolution.

13. What was the new less strategy of Green Revolution?

14. In the beginning, PDS was universal in nature, however from the year 1992 it has

witnessed series of changes. Explain.

15. What is a subsidy?

16. What is Public Distribution System?

17. Name the policy through which a differential price policy was adopted for the poor

and the non-poor.

18. Define Fair price shops.

19. Name the agency which procure foodgrains from the farmers.

20. What was the aim of National Food Security Act, 2013?

21. What was the primary objective of the second and third Five Year Plan?

22. What was the contribution of Dr. Norman in food security?

23. Mention any three land reforms introduced by the government to tackle the problems

of food security.

24. “Land Reforms were not a great success in India”. Explain.

25. What was the primary objective of the First Five Year Plan?

26. Name the strategy which was formulated to overcome the aftermaths of drought and

slow agricultural production of 1960’s. Mention any two features of the strategy.

27. What was the Price Support Policy? Explain its impact.

28. Why is there urgent need for the Second Green Revolution?

LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

29. What are the problems faced by Indian agriculture?

30. What are the problems of the functioning of ration shops?

31. Explain the reforms introduced by the government to tackle the problems faced by

Indian agriculture.

32. Examine the activities of ration shops.

33. Why is there a need for Food Security in India?

34. Describe the Food Security condition in India.

35. What is Right to Food Act 2013?

36. Critically examine the results of Green Revolution in India.

37. What efforts has our Government made to provide food security to poor? Explain any

four efforts.

38. Mention the activities of Food Cooperation of India (FCI).

39. Explain the impact of Green Revolution.

40. Explain the impact of famine.