CBSE Class 9 Social Science Poverty As a Challenge Notes

POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE INTRODUCTION In our daily life, we come across many people who we think are poor. They could be landless labourers in villages or people living in overcrowded jhuggis in cities. They could be daily wage workers at construction sites or child workers in…

CBSE Class 9 Social Science Food Security Chapter Notes

 FOOD SECURITY FOOD SECURITY Food security means availability, accessibility and affordability of food to all people at all times. Food security depends on the public Distribution System (PDS), Government vigilance and action at times when this security is threatened. Food…

CBSE Class 9 Social Science People As Resource Chapter Notes

PEOPLE AS RESOURCE HUMAN CAPITAL Population becomes human capital when there is investment made in the form of education, training and medical care. Human capital is the stock of skill and productive knowledge embodied in them. People as a resource are a way of referring to; a…

CBSE Class 9 Social Science Story Of Village Palampur Notes

ECONOMIC STORY OF PALAMPUR INTRODUCTION (i) In Palampur faming is the main activity. Several other activities such as small scale manufacturing, dairy transport etc. are also carried out. In these production activities various resources combine to produce the desired…

CBSE Class 9 Social Science Democratic Rights Notes

DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS LIFE WITHOUT RIGHTS Prison in Guantanamo Bay: Guantanamo Bay is a naval base near Cuba, controlled by the American Navy. The U.S.Forces secretly abducted about 600 people who they felt were responsible for the terrorist attack on New York which occurred on…

CBSE Class 9 Social Science Electoral Politics Chapter Notes

 ELECTORAL POLITICES WHY ELECTIONS ? An election is a contest organized between different political parties for getting people’s support. The party which gets the support of the largest number of people comes to power and forms the government in a representative democracy…

CBSE Class 9 Social Science Constitutional Design Notes

CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGN DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTION IN SOUTH AFRICA (a) Struggle against Apartheid : Apartheid referred to the policy of discrimination an the basis of race as practiced by the government of South Africa. The main features of this policy were as follows: All people…

CBSE Class 9 Social Science What Is Democracy Why Democracy Chapter Notes

WHAT IS DEMOCRACY? WHY DEMOCRACY? WHAT IS DEMOCRACY ? The word ‘Democracy’ has been derived from a Greek word ‘Demokratic’. ‘Demos’ means people and ‘Kratia’ means rule. So, democracy is the rule by the people. (a Common Features of Democratic government and Non-democratic…

CBSE Class 9 Social Science Democracy In The Contemporary World Notes

DEMOCRACY IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD TWO TALES OF DEMOCRACY (a) Establishment of Democracy in Chile: Salvador Allende was the elected President of Chile. The government was pro-poor and pro-worker which did not find favour with rich and powerful sections. On March 11, 1976,…

CBSE Class 9 Social Science Population Chapter Notes

POPULATION The people are important to develop the economy and society. The people make and use resources and are themselves resources with varying quality. Coal was only a piece of rock, until people were able to invent technology to obtain it and make it a ‘resource’. Hence…

CBSE Class 9 Social Science Climate Chapter Notes

CLIMATE WEATHER AND CLIMATE (a) India has Diverse Climatic Conditions: We can take two important elements-temperature and precipitation, and examine how they vary from place to place and season to season. Temperature – (i) In summer, the mercury occasionally touches 50o C in…

CBSE Class 9 Social Science Drainage Notes

DRAINAGE DRAINAGE PATTERS The term drainage describes the river system of an area. The area drained by a single river system is called a drainage basin. any elevated area, such as a mountain or an upland which separates two drainage basins is known as water divide. The streams…

CBSE Class 9 Social Science Physical Features Of India Chapter Notes

PHYSICAL FEATURES OF INDIA THEORY OF PLATE TECTONIL Our Country has practically all major physical features of the earth i.e. mountains, plains, deserts, plateaus and islands. India is a large landmass formed during different geological periods which has influenced her roller…