Class 9th
Social Science
Syllabus

2022-23

(CODE NO. 087)

India and the Contemporary World                         –  20
 II Contemporary India                                              – 20 
III Democratic Politics                                               –  20 
IV Economics                                                              -- 20 
                                                             

Total     80

Unit 1: India and the Contemporary World – I 

I. The French Revolution 

•  French Society During the Late Eighteenth Century
•   The Outbreak of the Revolution 
•  France Abolishes Monarchy and Becomes a Republic
•   Did Women have a Revolution?
•   The Abolition of Slavery
•   The Revolution and Everyday Life

 II. Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution 

•  The Age of Social Change 
•  The Russian Revolution 
•  The February Revolution in Petrograd 
•  What Changed after October? 
•  The Global Influence of the Russian Revolution and the USSR

 III. Nazism and the Rise of Hitler

 

•  Birth of the Weimar Republic
•  Hitler’s Rise to Power
•   The Nazi Worldview
•  Youth in Nazi Germany 
•  Ordinary People and the Crimes Against Humanity

Unit 2: Contemporary India – I 

1. India : Size and Location 

•  India and the World 
•  India’s Neighbours

2. Physical Features of India 

•   Major Physiographic Divisions

3.Drainage Note:

 Only Map Items as given in the Map List from this chapter to be evaluated in Examination. 

4.Climate 

•  Concept
•   Climatic Controls 
•  Factors influencing India’s climate 
•  The Indian Monsoon 
•  Distribution of Rainfall 
•  Monsoon as a unifying bond

 5.Natural Vegetation and Wild Life 

•  Factors affecting Vegetation 
•  Vegetation types 
•  Wild Life 
•  Conservation

Unit 3: Democratic Politics – I 

1. What is Democracy? Why Democracy? 

•  What is Democracy? 
•  Features of Democracy 
•  Why Democracy? 
•  Broader Meaning of Democracy 
•  Develop conceptual skills of defining democracy. 
•  Understand how different historical processes and forces have promoted democracy.
•   Develop a sophisticated defense of democracy against common prejudices. 
•  Develop a historical sense of the choice and nature of democracy in India. 

 2. Constitutional Design 

•  Why do we need a Constitution? 
• Making of the Indian Constitution 
•  Guiding Values of the Indian Constitution

3. Electoral Politics 

•  Why Elections? 
•  What is our System of Elections? 
•  What makes elections in India democratic? 

4. Working of Institutions 

•  How is the major policy decision taken? 
•  Parliament 
•  Political Executive 
•  Judiciary  

Unit 4: Economics 

1. The Story of Village Palampur 

•  Overview 
•  Organization of production 
•  Farming in Palampur 
•  Non-farm activities of Palampur 

2. People as Resource 

•  Overview 
•  Economic activities by men and women 
•  Quality of Population 
•  Unemployment 

3. Poverty as a Challenge 

•  Two typical cases of poverty 
•  Poverty as seen by Social Scientists 
• Poverty Estimates 
•  Vulnerable Groups 
•  Interstate disparities 
• Global Poverty Scenario 
•  Causes of Poverty 
•  Anti-poverty measures 
•  The Challenges Ahead

LIST OF MAP ITEMS 

CLASS IX

 

 HISTORY 

Chapter-1: The French Revolution Outline Political Map of France

 (For locating and labeling / Identification) 

 Bordeaux 

 Nantes 

Paris 

 Marseilles 

Chapter-2: Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution Outline Political Map of World 

(For locating and labeling / Identification) 

 Major countries of First World War 11 (Central Powers and Allied Powers) 

Central Powers - Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey (Ottoman Empire) Allied Powers - France, England, Russia, U.S.A. Chapter-

3: Nazism and Rise of Hitler 

Outline Political Map of World (For locating and labeling / Identification) 

 Major countries of Second World War Axis Powers – Germany, Italy, Japan Allied Powers – UK, France, Former USSR, USA 

 Territories under German expansion (Nazi Power) Austria, Poland, Czechoslovakia (only Slovakia shown in the map), Denmark, Lithuania, France, Belgium 

 GEOGRAPHY

 Chapter -1: India-Size and Location 

 India-States with Capitals, Tropic of Cancer, Standard Meridian (Location and Labelling)

 Chapter -2: Physical Features of India

  Mountain Ranges:

 The Karakoram,  The Shiwalik, The Aravali, The Vindhya, The Satpura, Western & Eastern Ghats 

 Mountain Peaks –

 K2, Kanchan Junga, Anai Mudi 

 Plateau - 

Deccan Plateau, Chotta Nagpur Plateau, Malwa Plateau 

 Coastal Plains -

 Konkan, Malabar, Coromandal & Northern 

Chapter - 3: Drainage Note:

 Only map items of this chapter as listed below to be evaluated in Examination. Rivers: (Identification only) 

 The Himalayan River Systems-The Indus, The Ganges, and The Satluj 

 The Peninsular rivers-The Narmada, The Tapi, The Kaveri, The Krishna, 

 The Godavari, The Mahanadi Lakes: Wular, Pulicat, Sambhar, Chilika 

 Chapter - 4: Climate 

 Areas receiving rainfall less than 20 cm and over 400 cm (Identification only) 

Chapter - 5: Natural Vegetation and Wild Life 

 Vegetation Type: Tropical Evergreen Forest, Tropical Deciduous Forest, Thorn Forest, Montane Forests and Mangrove- 

For identification only 

National Parks: Corbett, Kaziranga, Ranthambor, Shivpuri, Kanha, Simlipal & Manas 

Bird Sanctuaries: Bharatpur and Ranganthitto 

 Wild Life Sanctuaries: Sariska, Mudumalai, Rajaji, Dachigam 

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