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“To be ready for tomorrow’s opportunities, do your homework today.

Learn, refine your skills and focus on growth.”

ENGLISH GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS/GUIDELINES

1. Read all the chapters of first term both the text books thoroughly.

2. Revise the lessons, poems and supplementary reader done in class.

3. In the Writing Section Notebook, write the following in neat handwriting:

a) Your full name and class must be written CLEARLY on the folder.

b) Make the folder attractive.

c) Each item must begin on a fresh page.

d) Overall presentation – layout/neatness/grammar/spelling/illustration and

handwritten.

4. Assignments must be submitted on the first day when the school reopens.

5. The front sheet should have your Name, Class and Roll Number.

6. Compile all the work and submit it in a clear folder.

I. REVISE THE LESSONS – FIRST TERM PORTIONS

II. Read English Newspaper Daily. Pick two new words daily and write them with their meanings.

(Minimum 50 new words with meanings)

III. Select three poems from the syllabus and highlight the presence of listed literary devices. Explain

the literary devices and cite suitable examples from selected poems in a thin notebook. Given below

is a list of literary devices that you can look for in your poem.

Simile Metaphor Personification Alliteration Repetition Oxymoron

Hyperbole Apostrophe Irony Paradox Onomatopoeia

IV. BOOK REVIEW

a. Read the book “Wings of Fire’’ by Dr. APJ. Abdul Kalam and write a book review for the same.

Make sure you include your personal response to the review. Also make a creative book jacket

and put the review in it. Do not replicate the original cover of the book.

Design a stick caricature for main character from the book.

You must also mention how you made the caricature and what inspired you to select that

particular character.

Paste the caricature on the letter.

Write on a white ruled A-4 size sheet

V. SUPPLEMENTARY READER: “MOMENTS” - BOOK REVIEW.

Do read the chapters and write a summary about each story with a moral.

Weathering the Storm in Ersama (Pgs: 37-42)

The Happy Prince (Pgs: 28-36)

The Accidental Tourist (Pgs: 56-60)

VI. CREATE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION – BEEHIVE TEXTBOOK

Create a PPT on the Poem ‘’NO MEN ARE FOREIGN’’ (Pg. no:80-81)

Create a PPT on the lesson “PACKING’’ (Pg. no: 82-93)

Create a PPT on the lesson ‘’REACH FOR THE TOP’’ (Pg. no: 99-109)

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GRAMMAR & WRITING – SECTION Assignment No. 1

(a) Modern life has paved the way to a mechanical and a dependent life a gadget. They play a

significant role in day to day life of every human being, thus occupying major part of their house. Write

an article on “Useful aspects of gadgets and their service to mankind”.

(b) Write an article for your school magazine on the topic “United we stand and divided we fall”.

Assignment No. 2

Practice one set each of comprehension passage, editing, omission, gap filling and re jumble the

sentences.

Assignment No. 3

Diary Entry:

During last summer vacation you visited your grandparents living in a village. It was a memorable

experience. Share your experience with your classmates in the form of a diary entry.

Assignment No. 4

Writing Poetry: Write a short poem on ‘COVID-19’.

Assignment No. 5

Article Writing: ‘Lockdown’

VII. DESCRIPTIVE WRITING:

Describe the following faces within 50 words. Suggest some situations when it happens and

what does each face say?

Integration of art & literature

Performing arts – Music: Melodic instrument (English Project work)

Art Activity Subjects/ Topics

Integration (Suggestive)

1 o Knowledge of the terms: Sangeet, Dhwani, Nad, Swar (Shudha, Komal,

Teevra) Saptak (Mandra, Madhya, Tar) Aroha, Avaroha, Raga, Gat,

LayaMatra, Tal, Avartan, Sam Tal, Khali, Laghu, Dhrutham, AnuDhrutham

o Musical instruments (photographs/ illustrations)

(To be pasted in the scrap-book).

Music Production,

Languages, General

Knowledge

2 o Basic Knowledge of notation system

(To be written in the scrap-book).

Languages, Music,

History

3 o Short notes on at least four musical instruments, their main components and

the characteristics of the sound (music) they produce

Music Production,

History, General

Knowledge

Performing Arts – Music: Melodic Instrument

4 o Short notes on at least four musical instruments: Eg. Violin, Sitar etc Relevant pictures,

models etc.

MATHEMATICS

1. If a=2 and b=3. Find the value of 𝒂𝒃 + 𝒃𝒂

2. Find the value of (𝟏𝟑 + 𝟐𝟑 + 𝟑𝟑)−𝟑

𝟐

3. Simplify √𝟔

√𝟐+√𝟑+

𝟑√𝟐

√𝟔+√𝟑−

𝟒√𝟑

√𝟔+√𝟐

4. If x=𝟐 + √𝟑. Find the value of 𝒙𝟐 +𝟏

𝒙𝟐

5. Find a and b if 𝟏−√𝟑

𝟏+√𝟑= 𝒂 + 𝒃

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6. If 𝒙 = 𝟒 − √𝟏𝟓. Find the value of (𝒙 +𝟏

𝒙)𝟐

7. Simplify √𝟓𝟎 − √𝟗𝟖 + √𝟏𝟔𝟐

8. Find the remainder when the polynomial 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟒𝒙𝟑 − 𝟏𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟒𝒙 − 𝟑 is divided by 2x-1

9. Divide the polynomial 𝟑𝒙𝟒 + 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑 by x+1 and find quotient and remainder.

10. Find the value of K, if x-2 is a factor of 𝒑(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝑲𝒙 + 𝟐𝑲

11. Factorise 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝟗𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙 + 𝟏𝟐

12. If 𝒙 +𝟏

𝒙= 𝟒. Calculate 𝒙𝟐 +

𝟏

𝒙𝟐

13. Factorize 𝒙𝟒 − 𝒚𝟒

14. The taxi fare in a city is as follows: For the first kilometre, the fare is ₹ 8 and for the subsequent distance it

is ₹ 5 per km. Taking distance covered as x km and the total fare as ₹ y. Write a linear equation for this

information and draw its graph.

15. Draw the graph of x=3y-4. Find the (i) value of y, when x=-1 (ii) value of x, when y=5.

FRENCH

1- Lessons 1&2&3

2- All the grammars

Of the three lessons

Verbs in (er)&(ir)&(re)&(oir)

Verbs pronominal

All the articles

All the tens (present-future simple- future proche - passé compse )

Negatif

Interrogatif

3- All the questions and answers of the culture of the three lessons

All this should be written three times

4- Any activity board of any French monuments

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HINDI

ग्रीष्मावकाशकालीन-गहृकार्य, 2020-2021

कक्षा-9, विषय व िंदी

1) अनचु्छेद लेखन: - क) देश प्रेम

ख) मोबाइल फोन

ग) ववद्र्ार्थी अनशुासन

2) सदेंश लेखन (शुभकामना, विि-त्यो ारो िं वि विशेष अिसरो िं िर वदया जाना )

सदेंश कोई-2)

3) नारा लेखन (ववववध ववषर्ों पर कोई-5)

URDU

جو آپ کی نوٹ بک میں لکھواۓ گۓ ہیں۔-۔مضمون لکھیۓ :1

۔سابقے الحقے،متضاد، مزکر مونس، مترادف،درخواست اور خط لکھے2

بک میں کرواے گیے ہیں۔ جو آپ کو نوٹ

Activity

۔کسی ایک نظم کو کتاب سے تصویر کے ساتھ چارٹ پر لکھ کر النا

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CHEMISTRY

General Instruction:

Refer the chapters 1 & 2.

Answers should write in A4 size paper.

Date of submission: 23.08.2020

Write the answers of the following questions:

1. What are intermolecular forces? How are these related to the three states of matter?

2. How virus spread on sneezing and cause disease in a normal healthy person?

3. What name is given to the energy possessed by a particle due to its motion?

4. How is pressure developed in a container full of a gas?

5. You want to wear your favourite shirt to a party, but the problem is that it is still wet after wash. What

steps would you take to dry it faster?

6. Solids do not undergo diffusion whereas liquids and gases undergo diffusion readily. Why?

7. How does our body maintain its temperature during summer?

8. How are aquatic plants and animals able to survive?

9. Why is it not proper to regard the gaseous state of ammonia as vapours?

10. Compare kinetic energy of a substance in the three states of matter.

11. Gases can be compressed but not solids. Give reason.

12. What is the difference between a gas and plasma?

13. Write the nature of two substances that sublime?

14. Explain why liquid and gaseous states are known as fluid states.

15. Why does the temperature of a substance remain constant during its melting point or boiling point?

16. Explain why carbon dioxide is a compound and not a mixture? Give three reasons to explain it.

17. What are the differences between saturated and unsaturated solutions?

18. Write any four application of a colloidal solution.

19. A solution contains 50 g of sugar in 200 g of the solution. Calculate the concentration in terms of mass

by mass percentage of solution.

20. How is chemical change different from a physical change?

21. What are the two types of pure substances? Give two examples of each.

22. 5 g and 10 g respectively of copper sulphate are added into two beakers each containing 100 g water.

The compositions of these two mixtures are different. Are these homogeneous mixtures? Explain.

23. How would you prepare 300 g of aqueous solution containing 10% mass by mass of sucrose?

24. Out of these which can show the Tyndall effect – salt solution, milk & copper sulphate solution.

25. Smoke and fog both are aerosols. In what way are they different?

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PHYSICS

1.An object has moved through a distance. Can it have zero displacement? If yes support your answer with

example?

2.What is meant by scalars and vectors?

3.Under what condition(s) is the magnitude of average of an object equal to its average speed?

4.What is the average velocity over the “round trip” of an object that is thrown straight up from the ground

and falls straight back down to the ground?

5.A cyclist cycles for t second at a speed of 3 m/s and then for the same time at a speed of 5m/s along a straight

road due to north. What is the average speed of the cyclist?

6.When will you say a body is in(i)Uniform Acceleration(ii) Non Uniform Acceleration

7.A bus decreases its speed from 80 km/h to 60 km/h in 5 sec .Find the acceleration of the bus?

8.A train starting from a railway station and moving with uniform acceleration attains a speed 40km/h in 10

minutes. Find its acceleration.

9.A bus starting from rest moves with a uniform acceleration of 0.1ms-2 for 2 minutes

Find (a) the speed acquired (b) the distance travelled.

10.A train is travelling at a speed of 90kmh-1.Brakes are applied so as to produce a uniform acceleration of -

0.5ms-2.Find how far the train will go before it is brought to rest?

11.A trolley ,while going down an inclined plane, has an acceleration of 2cm s¬¬-2.What will be its velocity 3s

after the start?

12.A racing car has a uniform acceleration of 4 m s-2.What distance will it cover in 10s after start?

13.What is the nature of the distance-time graphs for uniform and non-uniform motion of an object?

14.What does the slope of distance-time graph indicate?

15.What will be the initial velocity of an object under free fall.

16. (a) Define average speed. (b) A bus travels a distance of 120 km with a speed of 40 km/h and returns with

a speed of 30 km/h. Calculate the average speed for the entire journey.

17. Draw the shape of the distance-time graph for uniform and non-uniform motion of object. A bus of starting

from rest moves with uniform acceleration of 0.1 ms–2 for 2 minutes. Find

(a) the speed acquired. (b) the distance travelled.

18. (a) Identify the kind of motion in the following cases:

(i) A car moving with constant speed turning around a curve.

(ii) An electron orbiting around nucleus.

(b) An artificial satellite is moving in a circular orbit of radius 36,000 km. Calculate its speed if it takes 24

hours to revolve around the earth.

19. The following table gives the data about motion of a car.

Time (h) 11.00 11.30 12.00 12.30 1.00

Distance (km) 0 30 30 65 100

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Plot the graph.

(i) Find the speed of the car between 12.00 hours and 12.30 hours.

(ii) What is the average speed of the car?

(iii) Is the car’s motion an example of uniform motion? Justify.

20. Define acceleration and state its SI unit. For motion along a straight line, when do we consider the

acceleration to be (i) positive (ii) negative? Give an example of a body in uniform acceleration.

21. Define uniform circular motion and give example of it. Why is it called accelerated motion?

22.A body is moving with a velocity of 12m/s and it comes to rest in 18m.What was the acceleration?

23.Draw a velocity versus time graph of a stone thrown vertically upwards and then coming downwards after

attaining the maximum height.

24. A girl walks along a straight path to drop a letter in the letterbox and comes back to her initial position. Her

displacement–time graph is shown in Fig. Plot a velocity–time graph for the same.

25. The velocity-time graph (Fig. 8.5) shows the motion of a cyclist. Find (i) its acceleration (ii) its velocity and

(iii) the distance covered by the cyclist in 15 seconds.

BIOLOGY

1. Define diffusion and osmosis.

2. Why do multicellular organisms have cells of different shapes and sizes?

3. What is a tissue? How is it classified?

4. What are the functions of plasma membrane?

5. What happens if you put an animal cell or a plant cell into a sugar or salt solution?

6. What are chromosomes? How they remain in a cell? What are its functions?

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7. What are the differences between prokaryotes and eukaryotes?

Write short note on

8. Golgi apparatus.

9. Plastids.

10. Vacuoles.

Draw a neat and labeled diagram of

11. An animal cell.

12. A plant cell.

SOCIAL SCIENCE

(HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, CIVICS AND ECONOMICS)

HISTORY

WRITE THE NOTES NEATLY IN THE NOTEBOOK

NAZISM AND THE RISE OF HITLER QUES-ANS (1-14)

Ques.1. Describe the problems faced by the Weimar Republic.

Ans. The problems faced by the Weimar Republic were as follows:

(i) The Weimar constitution had Inherent drawbacks making Weimar Republic fragile.(a) One was

proportional representation which made it difficult for any party to get a majority leading to coalition

governments.(b) Article 48, which gave the President the power to rule by decree, suspend civil rights

and to impose emergency. People lost confidence in democratic parliamentary system.

(ii) The Weimar Republic was not received well by the people because of the terms it was forced to

accept at Versailles at the end of the First World War. It was a harsh and humiliating treaty which

Germany had to accept with the Allies. Many people held the Weimar Republic responsible for the

defeat in the war and for accepting the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.

(iii) In 1923 Germany refused to pay reparation payments and the French occupied its leading

industrial area, the Ruhr, to claim their coal. Germany offered with passive resistance and printed

paper currency. With too much paper currency in circulation the value of German mark fell. The

situation is called hyperinflation.

(iv) Weimar Republic had to face and other economic crisis. USA withdrew her support when Wall

Street Exchange crashed in 1929. German economy was worst hit by the economic crisis. Workers lost

their jobs or were paid reduced wages. The numbers of unemployed reached 6 million. The economic

crisis created a feeling of fear among the people.

Ques.2. Discuss why Nazism became popular in Germany by 1930.

Ans. Nazism became popular in Germany by 1930 due to various reasons, they are as follows-

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• Failure of Weimar Republic: After the defeat in the First World War a lot of social and political

instability took place like the treaty of Versailles, there was starvation, devastation, unemployment.

Weimar Republic failed to solve the economic crises of the country and which later led to the Great

Economic Depression. This provided a golden opportunity for the Nazis to launch a campaign in its

favor.

• Nazi propaganda was unique. Red banners with the Swastika, Nazi salute and the rounds of

applause attracted the people making Nazism very popular.

• Hitler’s Personality: Hitler was a powerful speaker, an able organizer, resourceful person and a man

of actions. He could mobilize the mass in his favor by his passionate words. He promised to build a

strong nation, undo the injustice of the Versailles Treaty and restore the dignity of the German

people. In fact, his personality and actions contributed maximum to the popularity of Nazism in

Germany.

Ques.3. What are the peculiar features of Nazi thinking?

Ans. Some of the peculiar features of Nazi thinking were –

• A belief in racial hierarchy and Lebensraum or living space.

• Nordic German Aryans were at the top of the racial status whereas the Jews were at the bottom.

• They believed that only the strongest race would survive and rule.

• According to them, new territories must be gained for enhancing the natural resources and powers

of Germany.

Ques.4. Explain why Nazi propaganda was effective in creating a hatred for Jews.

Ans. Nazi propaganda was effective in creating hatred for the Jews-

• Language and media were used effectively and with great care by the Nazis following the racial

theory by the Nazi that the Jews belonged to a lower race and considered undesirable.

• To justify their hatred towards the Jews, they promoted and exploited people with the idea of

traditional Christian hatred for the Jews, because they were accused to have killed Christ, in order to

make the Germans pre-judicial against the Jews.

• The Nazis injected hatred against the Jews even in the minds of the children through schools where

they were taught to be aggressive and conservative about the purity of their race. The teachers who

were Jews were dismissed and Jews children were thrown out of the schools. Such methods and new

ideological training to the new generation of children went a long way in making the Nazi’s

propaganda quite effective in creating hatred for the Jews.

• Propaganda films were made to create hatred for the Jews. Orthodox Jews were stereotyped and

marked. For example, one such film was ‘The Eternal Jew’.

Ques.5. Explain what role women had in Nazi society. Write a paragraph comparing and contrasting

the role of women in the two periods.

Ans. Role of Women in Nazi Society: It followed the rules of a largely patriarchal or male-dominated

society. Hitler hailed women as ‘the most important citizen’ in Germany, but this was true for only

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Aryan Women who bred pure-blood, ‘desirable’ Aryans. Medals were given to the women considering

how many kids she has, from gold, silver and bronze. Girls from childhood were only taught the goals

of being a good and obedient wife, motherhood. Role of Women during the French Revolution: There

is a major contrast to the role of women in the French Revolution where they led movements and

fought for their rights to education and equal wages. They were allowed to form political clubs and

schooling was made compulsory for them after the French Revolution.

Ques.6. In what ways did the Nazi state seek to establish total control over its people?

Ans. The Nazis established control over its people by various means. They used different propaganda

methods through posters or films to glorify their behavior.

• They were very careful with their language in the media especially with words like kill or murders

were not used.

• Media was carefully used to win support for the regime and popularize it.

• Nazism worked on the minds of the people, tapped their emotions and turned their hatred and anger

against those marked as ‘undesirable’.

• Special surveillance and security forces to control and order society in ways that the Nazis wanted,

was created.

• The police forces had powers to rule with impunity.

• Holocaust also created an atmosphere of fear and repression which helped them to establish total

control over its people.

Q.7. Give reasons why the Weimar Republic failed to solve the problems of Germany.

Ans. The birth of the Weimar Republic coincided with the uprising of the Spartacus League on the

pattern of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. The Democrats, Socialists and Catholics opposed it.

They met in Weimar to give shape to a democratic republic. The republic was not received well by its

own people largely because of the terms it was forced to accept after Germany’s defeat at the end of

the First World War. Many Germans held the new Weimar Republic responsible for not only the

defeat in the war but the disgrace at Versailles. This republic was finally crippled by being forced to

pay compensation. Soon after the economic crisis hit Germany in 1923, the value of German mark fell

considerably. The Weimar Republic had to face hyperinflation. Then came the Wall Street exchange

crash in 1929. Politically too the Weimar Republic was fragile. The Weimar Constitution had some

inherent defects, which made it unstable and vulnerable to dictatorship. One was proportional

representation. This made achieving a majority by any one party a near impossible task, leading to a

rule by coalitions. Another defect was Article 48, which gave the president the powers to impose

emergency, suspend civil rights and rule by decree. Within its short life, the Weimar Republic saw

twenty different cabinets lasting on a average 239 days, and a liberal use of Article 48. Yet the crisis

could not be managed. People lost confidence in the democratic parliamentary system, which seemed

to offer no solutions.

Q.8. Why was Nazism considered to be a negation of both democracy and socialism?

Ans. After assuming power on 30th January 1933, Hitler set out to dismantle the structure of

democratic rule. The Fire decree of 28th February 1933 indefinitely suspended civic rights like

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freedom of speech, press and assembly that had been guaranteed by the Weimar constitution. The

repression of the Jews and Communists was severe. On 3rd March 1933, the famous Enabling Act was

passed. This Act established dictatorship in Germany. It gave Adolf Hitler all political and

administrative power to sideline the German parliament. All political parties of Germany and trade

unions were banned except for the Nazi party and its affiliates. The state established complete control

over the economy, media, army and judiciary. Special surveillance and security forces besides the

existing regular police force, the Gestapo, the SD plus the extra-constitutional powers of these newly

constructed forces gave the Nazi state its reputation of being the most dreaded criminal state.

Q.9. Describe Hitler’s rise to power with reference to his:

(a) Policy towards the youth

(b) His personal qualities

(c) Development of the art of propaganda.

Ans. (a) Policy towards youth: Hitler was fanatically interested in the youth of the country. He felt

that a strong Nazi society could be established only by teaching children the Nazi ideology. This

required a control over the child, both inside and outside school. Good German children were

subjected to a process of Nazi schooling, a prolonged period of ideological training. School textbooks

were rewritten. Racial science was introduced to justify the Nazi ideas of race. Children were taught

to be loyal and submissive, hate Jews, worship Hitler. Even the function of sports was to nurture a

spirit of violence and aggression among children. Hitler believed that boxing could make children

iron-hearted, the strong and masculine. Youth organizations were made responsible for educating the

German youth in ‘the spirit of National Socialism’. Ten-year olds had to enter Jungvolk. At 14, all

boys had to join the Nazi youth organization – Hitler youth – where they learnt to worship war,

glorify aggression and violence, condemn democracy, hate Jews, Communists, Gypsies and all those

termed as ‘undesirables’. After a period of rigorous ideological and physical training, they joined the

labor service usually at the age of 18. Then they had to serve in the armed forces and enter one of the

Nazi organizations.

(b) His personal qualities: Hitler was a tireless worker and an able organizer. He had a charming

personality. He was an effective orator. Bitterly anti-Communist, he promised to save the country

from the onslaught of communism. He won over the nationalists by promising to vindicate national

honor by repudiating the Treaty of Versailles. Development of the art of propaganda: (c) The Nazi

regime used language and media with care, and often to great effect. The terms they coined to

describe their various practices were not only deceptive, they were chilling. Nazis never used words

‘‘kill’’ or ‘‘murder’’ in their official communications. Mass killings were termed ‘special treatment’,

final solution (for the Jews), euthanasia (for the disabled), selection and disinfections. ‘Evacuation’

meant deporting people to gas chambers. The gas chambers were labeled as ‘disinfection areas’, and

looked like bathrooms equipped with fake shower-heads. Media was carefully used to win support for

the regime and popularise its world view. Nazi ideas were spread through usual images, films, radio,

posters, catchy slogans and leaflets. In posters, groups identified as the ‘enemies’ of Germans were

stereotyped, mocked, abused and described as evil.

Q.10. Describe in detail Hitler’s treatment of the Jews.

OR

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Explain Nazi ideologies regarding the Jews.

Ans. Once in power, the Nazis quickly began to implement their dream of creating an exclusive racial

community of pure Germans by physically eliminating all those who were seen as ‘‘undesirable’’ in

the extended empire were mentally or physically unfit Germans, Gypsies, blacks, Russians, Poles. But

Jews remained the worst sufferers in Nazi Germany. They were stereotyped as ‘killers of Christ and

usurers'. Until medieval times, Jews were barred from owning land. They survived mainly through

trade and moneylending. They lived in separately marked areas called ‘ghettos’. They were often

persecuted through periodic organised violence and expulsion from land. All this had a precursor in

the traditional Christian hostility towards Jews for being the killers of Christ. However, Hitler’s

hatred of the Jews was based on pseudo-scientific theories of race, which held that conversion was no

solution to ‘the Jewish problem’. It could be solved only through their total elimination. From 1933 to

1938, the Nazis terrorised, pauperised and segregated the Jews, compelling them to leave the country.

The next phase of 1939-1945 aimed at concentrating them in certain areas and eventually killing them

in gas chambers in Poland. Under the shadow of war, the Nazis proceeded to realise their murderous,

racial ideal. Genocide and war became two sides of the same coin.

Q.11.“The seeds of the Second World War were sown in the Treaty of Versailles.” Discuss.

OR

What were the effects of peace treaty on Germany after the First World War?

Ans. The defeat of Germany in World War I made Hitler angry. It horrified him. The Treaty of

Versailles made him furious. He joined the German Workers Party and renamed it National Socialist

German Workers Party. This later came to be known as the Nazi Party. Hitler promised to build a

strong nation, undo the injustice of the Versailles Treaty and restore the dignity of the German people

.After First World War, Germany was compelled to sign this treaty under the threat of war. So to

undo the wrong of the Versailles Treaty, to put Germany on its feet, to bring financial stability, to

realize its dreams of creating a nation of pure Germans who belonged to an exclusive racial

community of pure, healthy, Nordic German Aryans, and to make Germany into a mighty power,

Hitler choose war. In September 1939, Germany invaded Poland. This started a war with France and

England. In 1940, a Tripartite Pact was signed between Germany, Italy and Japan, strengthening

Hitler’s claim to international power. Puppet regimes, supportive of Nazi Germany, were installed in

a large part of Europe. Hitler then attacked the Soviet Union .But suffered a crushing defeat. After

the Pearl Harbor incident, USA entered the war. Thus we see a direct link from the Treaty of

Versailles to World War two.

Q.12. What was the Nazi ideology of Lebensraum? How did they proceed to actualize it?

Ans. Lebensraum was the other aspect of Hitler’s ideology related to a geopolitical concept. It meant

living space. He believed that new territories had to be acquired for settlement. This would enhance

the area of the mother country, while enabling the settlers on new lands to retain an intimate link with

the place of their origin. It would also enhance the material resources and power of the German

nation. Hitler intended to extend German boundaries by moving eastwards to concentrate all

Germans geographically in one place. Poland became the laboratory for this experimentation. Hitler

wrote (Secret Book, ed. Telford Taylor), ‘‘A vigorous nation will always find ways of adapting its

territory to its population size.’’ Thus Hitler turned its attention in conquering Eastern Europe. He

wanted to ensure food supplies and Living Space for Germans.

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Q.13.The Nazi regime used language and media with care and often to great effect.” Explain.

Ans.“The Nazi regime used language and media with care and often to great effect. They never used

such commonplace revealing terms as ‘‘kill, murder’’ in their official communications. Mass killings

were termed special treatment, final solution (for the Jews), euthanasia (for the disabled) selection and

disinfections. ‘Evacuation’ meant deporting people to gas chambers. Gas chambers were called

‘disinfection areas’. They looked like bathrooms equipped with fake showerheads. Media was

carefully used to win support for the regime and popularize its world view. Nazi ideas were spread

through visual images, films, radio, posters, catchy slogans and leaflets for the Jews. The most

infamous film was ‘The Eternal Jew’. They were shown with flowing beards, wearing Kaftans,

whereas in reality it was difficult to distinguish German Jews by their appearance because they were a

highly assimilated community.

Q.14. Describe the early life of Hitler prior to his assuming power as the dictator of Nazi Germany.

Ans. Hitler was born in 1889 in Austria. He spent his youth in poverty. When the first World War

broke out, he enrolled for the army, acted as a messenger in the front, became a corporal, and earned

medals for bravery. The German defeat horrified him and the Versailles Treaty made him furious. In

1919, he joined a small group called the German Workers' Party. He subsequently took over the

organization and renamed it the National Socialist German Workers’ Party. This party was popularly

known as the Nazi party.

GEOGRAPHY

INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY

Class-IX A

Geography (Based on Disaster Management)

Imagine you are a member of NCC, ten members from your group have been selected to help and

study about the Tropical cyclone Fani, said to be the most severe storm to hit the Indian subcontinent

in two decades, made a landfall on the coast of Odisha at 9:30 a.m. on the 3rd of May 2019. . Make a

detailed report on the Origin, Cause and Relief Operations that took place. What aid materials would

you carry and how would you go about helping in the relief operations.

Project Work

Material Required: -File (Blue colour), A4 Size paper and Pictures

(should not exceed 15 papers)

INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY

Class-IX B

Geography (Based on Disaster Management)

You are reporter for a leading national newspaper, covering the Kerala flood.

From 8 August 2018, severe floods affected the south Indian state of Kerala, due to unusually high

rainfall during the monsoon season. It was the worst flood in Kerala in nearly a century. Over 483

people died, and 14 are missing. About a million people were evacuated. It is the worst flood in

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Kerala after the great flood of 99 that took place in 1924. Write about the devastation all round you

and the relief mechanism in action.

Project Work

Material Required: -File (Red colour), A4 Size paper and Pictures

(should not exceed 15 papers)

CIVICS

CHAPTER-3

ELECTORAL POLITICS

INSTRUCTION

1. Refer the chapter ELECTROL POLITICS (page No.34)

2. WRITE THE NOTES NEATLY IN THE NOTEBOOK

1. Why do we need election? Mention the demerits of an electoral competition.

1. Creates a sense of disunity and factionalism in every locality.

2. Political parties and leaders level allegation at each other.

3. Political parties and candidates often use dirty tricks to win elections.

4. Pressure to win an election does not lead to the formulation of long term policies.

2. Define the following

a. Universal Adult Franchise: It is a right granted to all adults-men or women, rich or poor,

white or black, to vote for their representatives to run the government. In practice it means

that everyone should have one vote and each vote should have equal value..

b. Election photo Identify Card: This is introduced by the government to stop rigging. The

voters are required to carry this card when they go out to vote so that no one can vote for

someone else.

The government has tried to give this card to every person on the voters list. But the card is

not yet compulsory for voting.

c. Voter’s List: In a democratic election, the list of those who are eligible to vote is prepared

much before the election and given to everyone. This list is officially called the electoral roll

and is commonly known as the voter’s list.

d. Elections: The process by which people choose their representatives at regular intervals is

known as election.

e. Election Campaign: It refers to a process by which a candidate tries to persuade the voter

to vote for him rather than for others.

f. Voters turn out: The percentage of eligible voters who cast their votes in an election.

g. Electronic Voting Machine: (EVM) The machine shows the names of the candidates and

the party symbols. All the voters have to press the button against the name of the candidate

they want to cast their vote to.

h. Ballot Paper: A ballot paper is a sheet of paper on which the names of the contesting

candidates along with party name and symbols are listed.

Earlier the voters used to indicate who they wanted to vote for by putting a stamp on the

ballot paper.

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i. Election Day: The final stage of an election is the day when the voters cast or poll their vote.

That day is usually called the election day.

3. What is Model Code of Conduct? Mention any two restrictions imposed by the Election

Commission on the party and the candidates.

The model code of conduct is a set of guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India for

conduct of political parties and candidates during elections. All the political parties in our

country have agreed to a model code of conduct for election campaigns.

All of them have to abide certain rules and regulations which are supposed to follow after the

announcement of polling dates by election commission of India. No candidate should:

1. Bribe or threaten voters.

2. Appeal to them in the name of religion

3. Use government vehicles or government resources.

4. Distinguish between general election and mid-term elections.

1. General election is a kind of election which is held after certain period of time (5years in

India) for all constituencies at the same day or within few days.

Mid-term election is held when a Lok Sabha or a State Assembly dissolve as a whole

before the expiring period. It is held to form the new house.

2. A general election is the election held after a stipulated period of time to elect all members

of a given political body. For example, the Lok Sabha elections that are held in India, every

five years.

Mid-term Elections: If a government (Central and State) fails a confidence motion and

no other alternative to the government is possible, mid-term elections are held.

3. A general election is an election in which all or, most members of a given political body are

chosen.

Mid-term elections are those which are conducted before the end of the term of a given

government. Such elections cause undesired load of expense over the public.

5. Distinguish between voting and rigging.

Voting 1. They can choose who will make laws for them.

2. They can choose who will form the government and take major decisions.

3. They can choose the party whose policies will guide the government and help in law

making.

Rigging 1. Stuffing ballot boxes by a few persons using the votes of others.

2. Recording multiple votes by the same person.

3. Bribing or coercing polling officers to favor a candidate.

6. How has the interest of the voters in the election-related activities increased in recent years in

India?

1. More than one-third voters participate in campaign –related activities.

2. More than half of the people identify themselves as being close to one or the other political

party.

3. One out of every seven voters is a member of a political party.

7. Describe the procedure for nomination of candidates for election in India.

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1. Any one, who can be voter, can also become a candidate in elections. Political parties

nominate their candidates who get party symbol and support. Party’s nomination is often

called party ’ticket’.

2. Every person who wishes to contest an election has to fill a ‘nomination form’ and give

some money as a ‘security deposit’.

3. Recently, a new system of declaration has been introduced on direction from the Supreme

Court.

Every candidate has to make a legal declaration, giving full details of:

a. Serious criminal cases pending against the candidate.

b. Details of the assets and liabilities of the candidate and his/her family, and

c. Educational qualifications of the candidates.

d. This information has to be made public.

e. This provides an opportunity to the voters to make their decision on the basis of the

information provided by candidates.

8. Describe the rules and regulations regarding election campaign in India?

No party or candidate should do the following:

1. Use government resources for campaigning.

2. Bribe or threaten voters.

3. Appeal to voters in the name of caste or religion.

4. Spend more than the prescribed amount more than Rs.10 lakh in assembly election.

5. If any candidate violates the above laws or rules his election can be rejected by the

court.

9. Mention the eligibilities for India citizens to be the Member of Parliament.

1. The constitution stipulates that only India citizens of not less than 25 years of age are

qualified to be the members of Lok Sabha. Similarly, only Indian citizens of not less than 30

years of age may be the members of the Rajya Sabha.

2. The parliament may prescribe additional qualifications under Article 84 of the constitution.

3. But a citizen is disqualified to become a member of the parliament:

a. If he/she holds an office of profit under the union of a state government.

b. If he/she is declared to be of unsound mind by a court.

c. If he/she is a bankrupt.

d. If he/she has lost his Indian citizenship through voluntary renunciation or through any

other means.

e. If he/she has any criminal records.

10. Describe the various methods of election campaign used by political parties.

1. Candidates contact the voters personally.

2. Election meeting are held.

3. Political parties mobilise their supporters.

4. Advertisement and articles are published in newspapers.

5. Slogans on big issues are used to attract the voters.

11. Explain the techniques of election campaign

1. Posturing: A few days before the actual Election Day, the election campaign begins with

posturing. These posters bear the photograph of the candidate along with that of the

national leaders of the party and appear on the walls of the bazars and streets.

2. Meetings: Candidates hold party meetings and corner to get support of various groups of

people.

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3. Processions: Processions are often taken out and large number of trucks, Tongas, cycles

and scooters are used to carry the people who shout slogans in favour of their candidates.

4. Door-to-Door- Canvassing: This is undertaken by the different candidate and their party

men to get the support of the public.

12. Mention the role of the Election Commission in in the elections.

OR

Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner of India? What powers are exercised by the

Election Commission of India?

OR

Describe the role of the Election Commission in holding free and fair elections in India.

OR

Mention the powers and functions of the Election Commission of India

OR

Does the Election Commission of India has power to conduct free and fair elections? Support

your answer with three arguments

The chief Election Commissioner is appointed by the President of India.

Powers and functions of the Election Commission: 1. Independent and powerful body.

2. The election Commission takes independent decision on all aspects of election.

3. The Election Commission has power to implement code of conduct and punish any party

who violates it.

4. Government officials on election duty, work under its control.

5. The Election commission can order government to follow some guidelines to prevent undue

misuse of governmental powers during elections.

6. The Election commission has the right to take decisions on every aspect of conduct and

controlling of elections.

7. It implements the code of conduct and punishes violates.

8. It prevents misuse of government machinery at the time of elections.

13. Explain the challenges faced by the election system in India.

1. Candidates and parties with money have unfair advantage over smaller parties.

2. Candidates with criminal connection push others out of electoral race.

3. Some families tend to dominate political parties and distributes tickets to relatives

4. No real choice is given to voters, as major parties are quite similar in policies and practices.

5. Small parties and independent candidates have disadvantages as compared to bigger

parties.

14. Analyze the trends of the outcomes of elections in India.

1. Rich candidates spend money on buying votes.

2. Candidates having criminal connections often lose elections.

3. The electoral outcomes are accepted as people’s verdict by the defeated candidates.

4. Mostly, sitting MLAs and MPs lose elections.

5. Ruling party often loose elections due to incumbency.

6.

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ECONOMICS

*NOTE:

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS SHOULD BE WRITTENT IN A4 SIZE SHEET.

PREPARE THE COVER PAGE MENTIONING SUBJECT, YOUR NAME, ROLL NO:, CLASS,

DATE OF SUBMISSION.

QUESTIONS

1. IDENTIFY OUT OF LAND, BUILDING,SEEDS AND MACHINERY , WHICH BELONGS TO

WORKING CAPITAL?WHY

2. WHAT ARE THE CONSTITUENTS OF MODERN FARMING METHODS?

3. SUGAR CANE CRUSHING UNDER TAKEN IN THE VILLAGE IS WHAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY?

4. WHAT ARE THE FATORS OF PRODUCTION? EXPLAIN.

5. WHAT WAS THE MAJOR ADVANTAGE OF HYV SEEDS IN AGRICULTURE?

6. NAVODAYA VIDYALAYAS HAVE BEEN STARTED FOR WHICH KIND OF STUDENTS?

7. SARVA SIKSHA ABHIYAN IS MEANT TO PROVIDE WHAT KIND OF EDUCATION?

8. WHAT IS THE AGE GROUP OF POPULATION WHICH IS TREATED AS THE WORKFORCE?

9. UNEMPLOYMENT WASTES WHAT RESOURCES?

10. IN WHICH CATEORY WILL YOU PLACE A SOCIAL WORKER EDUCATING POOR

CHILDREN FOR FREE?

11. FOR BETTER ECONOMIC GROWTH, WHICH INVESTMENTS IN HUMAN RESOURCES

SHOULD BE DONE, EITHER IN MODERN TECHNOLOGY,IN HEALTHCARE

&EDUCATION,IN FOOD & DRINK OR IN TRANSPORTATION?

12. WHAT IS THE MAJOR REASON FOR PEOPLE TO MIGRATE FROM RURAL AREAS TO

URBAN AREAS?

13. WHAT IS KHARIF CROP? GIVE EXAMPLES.

14. IN 2003, THE AREA CULTIVATED BY SMALL FARMERS IN INDIA WAS HOW MUCH

PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL CULTIVATED AREA?

15. IS IT TRUE THAT MILK COLLECTION CUM CHILLING CENTER IN RAIGANJ IS A TRADING

ACTIVITY?

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ART

1.Name Tower.

Make name tower using the letters in your name.

For example

2. Painting. Shades and tints.

i) Observe the colored picture carefully.

ii) Now, draw concentric layers on the elements of the drawing using a very light pencil.

iii) Paint the picture using shades and tints of different colors showing the picture

TINT. White plus any one color make tint.

Tint is the lightest part of color for example pink is the tint of red. We can say that by mixing the white color

with any primary color the light effect of color obtained will be called the tint of that Primary colour.

3. Beach side with family. Draw and color it. For example

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4. Card making. Happy Christmas day or Happy Eid day.

5. Write quote for happy Christmas day or happy Eid day (in A4 size sheet)

6. Learn: ELEMENTS OF ART

It is almost possible to confine art to any specific boundary. As students you should know the BASIC

ELEMENTS of art. they are normally.

1. LINE 2. Colour 3. Space 4. Form 5. Texture

TEXTURE. The structural design of the surface of any object is called texture. It may be rough, smooth, hard,

or soft.

6. Draw

Apply the textures in the picture wherever required with a black ink pen

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