Dr.G.S.Kalyanasundaram Memorial Sr.Sec.School (CBSE)
Chozhan Maaligai
Term – II
Std IX Geography
Question Bank R.Ayyappan
1. ____________ Is a average weather.
2. The condition of a atmosphere for
short period is called ________.
3. The world monsoon is derived from
the Arabic word __________.
4. The __________ refers the seasonal
reversal in the wind direction.
5. The climate of India is described as
___________.
6. In summer the temperature reaches 50
degree Celsius in _____________state.
7. On winter temperature in_______of
Jammu and Kashmir may be as low as -45 degree
Celsius.
8. The range of temperature is very
less in day and night in the Andaman Nicobar
and Kerala.( True / False )
9. The annual rainfall varies from
________ cm in Megalaya to less than 10 cm in Rajasthan.
10. Tamil Nadu gets most of its rainfall
during _____ and _______ months.
11. When the altitude increases the
temperature________.
12. When the latitude decreases the
temperature __________.
13. It is not necessary that the places
in the same latitude should experience same
Climate.
(True / False)
14. The sea exerts a__________ influence
on the climate.
15. The climate become so harsh from the
interior of the land to coast.( True / False)
16. Tropic of cancer passes through the
middle of the country from the _____________ in the west to the _________ in the east.
17. The regions found north of Tropic
are called ________.
18. India’s climate has characteristics
of ________ and _____ climates.
19. . ________ winds originates from the
sub tropical high pressure belt to equatorial low
pressure
belt.
20. _______ is an apparent force caused
by the earth’s rotation.
21. . The coriolis force is responsible
for the _________ of winds.
22. Due to coriolis force the winds
deflect towards _____ direction in the northern
hemisphere.
23. The coriolis force is also known as
________ law.
24. Upper air circulations are called
_________.
25. The Jet streams are located
approximately over ____________ N latitude.
26. Western cyclonic depressions
originate in _________ sea.
27. __________ part of India gets rainfall
from the western disturbances.
28. The monsoons are experienced between
_______ N and ________ S latitude.
29. . Expand ITCZ
_____________________________________.
30. Expand
ENSO_____________________________________.
31. During the El nino years eastern
south pacific experiences the _______ air pressure.
32. El Nino is _______ term
meaning_________.
33. The duration of the monsoon is
between __________ and ________ days.
34. The monsoon arrives the southern tip
of Indian peninsula by the first week of ____ month.
35. South west monsoon winds divide into
_________ and _________ branches.
36. The sudden rainfall in Kerala is
called ___________.
37. . _______ and _________ are the
coldest month in the northern part of India.
38. During winter temperature increasing
from south to north.( True / False)
39. The winter rainfall locally known as
__________.
40. The winter rainfall helps the
cultivation of __________ crop.
41. The strong, gusty, hot and dry winds
blow over _________ part of India during summer.
42. Loo winds bring light rainfall and
cool breeze. (True / False)
43. The torrential downpours in West
Bengal during summer are called ___________.
44. At the close of the summer
______________ are common in Kerala and Karnataka.
45. . __________ helps the ripening of the
mangoes.
46. South west monsoon winds blow at a
velocity of __________ km per hour.
47. _________ in the southern ranges of
the Kasi hills receives highest average rainfall in the world.
48. Rainfall in the Ganga valley
increases from east to west (True / False)
49. The interspersed rainless intervals
during south west monsoon are called________.
50. The ___________ coast receives the
bulk of rainfall from the cyclones.
CHAPTER 5
NATURAL VEGETAION AND WILD LIFE
51. India is one of the (12 /13 / 14 )
mega bio – diversity country of the world.
52. There are about _________ plant
species in India.
53. India occupies ___________ place in
the world in the plant diversity.
54. India occupies _________ place in
Asia in the plant diversity.
55. There are about ___________
flowering plants in India, which accounts for the _______
percent
in the world’s total.
56. Indigenous species of animals of a
place are called _________ vegetation.
57. In 2001 the actual forest cover in
India was only _________ percent.
58. Very large ecosystem having distinct
types of vegetation and animal life is called a____.
59. Teak, Sal, Peepal and Neem trees
grow in __________ forest.
60. With increasing altitude the
temperature will also increase. (True / False)
61. Type of forest differs from lower
altitude highest altitude on Himalayas.
62. There are _________ species of birds
which accounts 13% of world’s total in India.
63. There are ________ species of fish
found in India.
64. _________ forest is the habitat of
the Indian lion.
65. There are _________ biosphere
reserves in India.
66. There are _______ National parks and
_____ Wildlife sanctuaries in India.
CHAPTER 6 POPULATION
67. The first census was taken in the
year of _______ in India.
68. The first complete census was taken
in the year of _______ in India.
69. According to 2001 India’s population
was __________ million, which account for ____ percent of the world.
70. India covers ______ square km, which
accounts ________ percent of the world’s total.
71. Name the state with highest population
____________________.
72. Name the state with lowest
population ___________________.
73. Name the state with highest
population density _________________.
74. Name
the state with lowest population density ____________________.
75. Name the Union territory with highest
population ____________________.
76. Name the Union territory with lowest
population ____________________.
77. Name the Union territory with
highest population density ____________________.
78. Name the Union territory with lowest
population density ____________________.
79. Name the state with highest sex
ratio __________________.
80. Name the state with lowest sex ratio
__________________.
81. India has population density of
______________ per square km.
82. In India the rural population during
2001 was __________ percent.
83. The literacy rate of India was
____________ on 2001.
84. __________ percent of females are
literate on 2001.
85. In India _________ percent of people
belongs to primary sector.
86. In India _________ percent of people
belongs to secondary sector.
87. In India _________ percent of people
belongs to tertiary sector.
88. In India life expectancy is ________
years in 2001.
89. During 2001 the sex ratio of India
was ________.
90. In India nearly _________ percent
belongs to children.
Answer
the following
- Why population is called human resource?
- Explain census.
- What are the factors affecting the population
distribution?
- What is population density?
- What is population growth?
- Define Growth rate.
- Define Birth rate.
- Define Death rate.
- Define Migration.
- Explain two types of migration.
- List out push and pull factors of migration.
- What is age composition?
- Define sex ratio.
- Explain occupation structure.
- What is the health status of India?
- What are the problems India facing in the public
health?
- Explain population policy?
- How the population structures affect the development of
the country?
- List out the problems of over population.
- Which parts of India having lowest population and give
reasons for that?
- What is vegetation?
- Define virgin vegetation.
- What are the factors influencing the distribution of
forest?
- Why southern slopes in Himalayan region covered with
thick forest are cover as compared to northern slopes of the same hills?
- Why have the western slopes of the Western ghats
covered with thick forests and not the eastern slopes?
- What are the different types of forest found in India?
- Why forest varies from one place to another place in
India?
- Name the different layers of canopy.
- Why Thorn forest are found in the north western parts
and central Deccan of India.
- Why variety of trees found in the Himalayas.
- What are the special characters of Mangrove forest.
- When was Wild life protection act was implemented in India?
- What is Biosphere reserve?
- What are the steps taken by the government to protect
the flora and fauna of India?
- List the uses of the forest?
- Define eco system.
- What is a Biome?
- Is forest cover is decreasing in India?
- Name some medicinal plants found in India?
- What is climate?
- What is weather?
- Why atmospheric conditions are differing from place to
place?
- What are weather elements?
- What are the factors control the climate of a
particular place?
- How latitude influence the climate of a place?
- How distance from the sea influence the climate of a
place?
- Explain about Jet stream.
- What do you know about the Western disturbances?
- What is ITCZ?
- Explain about El Nino?
- What is Loo?
- What are pre monsoon showers?
- What is Norwesters?
- What is Kaal Baisakhi?
- What is burst of monsoon?
- Why Mawsynram receives highest rainfall in the world?
- Why Thar remains as desert?
- What are breaks in monsoon?
- Why winds are reversing after September?
- Which parts of India receives rainfall from the
northeast monsoon winds?
- What is October heat?
- What are the characteristics of Indian winter?
- What is monsoon?
- What is the role of Coriolis force?
- List out the characters of Indian monsoon.
- Why Tamil Nadu lies in rain shadow region during south
west monsoon?
- Why rainfall decreases in the Ganga plains.
- Which parts of India receives very heavy rainfall and
list out the reasons?
- How Himalayas controls Indian
climate?
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Term
– II
Std IX Democratic Politics - Question Bank R.Ayyappan
Electoral Politics
1.Case
study of Haryana.
2.What
do you understand from the case study of Haryana
3.What
do you mean by majority in the lok sabha or vidhan sabha?
4.What
is Nyaya Yudh?
5.Why
do we need elections?
6.How
elections are important in democracy?
7.What
are the choices the voters are making during an elections?
8.When
we call a election is a democratic elections?
9.What
makes an election is a democratic elections?
10.Do
we need political competitions? Explain your views.
11.What
is Factionalism?
12.Who
decides reward and punishments in democracy? How it is judged ?
13.Differentiate
Bye elections and General elections.
14.What
are electoral constituencies?
15.Differentiate
the electoral constituencies of Lok sabha and Vidhan sabha.
16.
What are seats?
17.What
are reserved constituencies?
18.Why
do we need reserved constituencies?
19.Democracy
getting better with the reserved constituencies – explain.
20.What
is voter’s list? Who prepares the voter’s list?
21.Who
can vote in Indian elections?
22.What
are the procedures involved in nomination of candidate?
23.Do
you think that there is a need of educational qualification for a
candidate
who contesting the elections? Support the
your views with proper reasons.
24.Write
some successful elections slogans which brought victory to their parties.
25.What
is code of conduct in the elections?
26.Why
do we need code of conduct in the
elections?
27.How
polling process takes place in the polling booth?
28.Write
about the powers of election commission?
29.What
is the need of independent election commission?
30.Explain
Turn out? Compare Turn out of India and U.K.
31.How
Turn out of voters varies with social composition in India and U.S.A?
32.How
far Indian voters are associated with elections and political parties?
Explain with some statistics.
33.How
can we accept Indian elections?
34.List
out the challenges in front of the free and fair elections?
35.Rigging
36.Incumbent
and anti incumbent
37.Booth
capturing
38.What
is Re poll? When Re polling will be
conducted?
39.Do
you think that Indian elections are expensive? Explain your views.
40.What
is elections manifesto? What is the important of the election manifesto?
Working of Institutions
41.
What is Mandal commission? Why it was set up?
42.Whether
Mandal commission recommendations implemented? If yes when and
how that implementation taken place?
43.How
Indian society reacted to the implementation of Mandal commission?
44.How
disputes of the implementation of Mandal commission recommendations
was solved?
45.Write
about the role played by the court in the dispute of implementation of
Mandal commission recomdations?
46.What
are the modifications suggested by the supreme court of India in the
recommendations of the Mandal commission?
47.Why
do we need political Institutions?
48.Why
do we need a parliament?
49.List
out the powers of the parliament?
50.Differentiate
the lok sabha and vidhan sabha?
51.Differentiate
the political executives and permanent executives.
52.Write
about the different kinds of union ministers?
53.
List out the powers of the Prime minister?
54.What
is coalition government?
55.What
is majority in the lok sabha?
56.Do
you think that the coalition government limits the powers of the prime
minister? Support your views with proper
exeplantions.
57.How
prime minister is selected in India?
58.How
president of India is selected?
59.What
is the role played by the president in Indian politics?
60.Do
we need president? Any important is there for the post of president?
61.When
president gets importance in Indian politics?
62.What
is presidential system of government?
63.List
out the powers of Judiciary?
64.Why
do we need judiciary?
65.What
is PIL? How it is useful?
66.Whether
it is possible to remove the Chief Justice of India from the power? If
your answer is yes say how it is possible?
Democratic Rights
67.Write
about the case study of Guantanamo Bay.
68.Write
about the case study of Rights of woman in Saudi Arabia.
69.Write
about the case study of Ethnic massacre in Kosovo
70.What
are rights?
71.Rights
is not a complete freedom – comment the statement.
72.Write
about the role played by the society and government in the rights?
73.What
is the importance of rights in the democracy?
74.Name
the fundamental rights granted by the constitution of India.
75.Write
about the right of equality.
76.Say
how reservation is not against to right to equality?
77.What
are the rights granted through the right to freedom?
78.What
are the rights an Indian is having under the freedom speech and expression.
79.What
are the limitations of freedom of speech and expression.
80.What
are the procedures should be followed during a arrest?
81.What
are the rights granted by the constitution to the arrested person?
82.What
is personal liberty?
83.What
are the three evils declared illegal through Right against the exploitation?
84.Write
about the freedom of religion and its limitation.
85.How
can the minorities can protect their culture and language?
86.Who
are minorities in India?
87.Which
one of the rights is called as Heart and soul of our constitution by
Dr.Ambedkar? explain about that
right.
88.What
is writ petition?
89.Write
about the rights granted by the South African government to their citizen.
90.What
are the rights suggested by the international convent to the world citizens?
91.Explian
the word summon.
The courage is not
to do the things rightly but the courage is doing the right things
