Social Science Class 9 CBSE (English Medium) CBSE Topics and Syllabus

• The Struggle to Survive
• How a Subsistence Crisis Happens
• A Growing Middle Class Envisages an End to Privileges

• France Becomes a Constitutional Monarchy
• Reading political symbols

• The Reign of Terror
• A Directory Rules France

• Liberals, Radicals and Conservatives
• Industrial Society and Social Change
• The Coming of Socialism to Europe
• Support for Socialism

• The Russian Empire in 1914
• Economy and Society
• Socialism in Russia
• A Turbulent Time: The 1905 Revolution
• The First World War and the Russian Empire

• After February
• The Revolution of October 1917

• The Civil War
• Making a Socialist Society
• Stalinism and Collectivisation

• The Effects of the War
• Political Radicalism and Economic Crises
• The Years of Depression

• The Destruction of Democracy
• Reconstruction

• Establishment of the Racial State
• The Racial Utopia

• The Nazi Cult of Motherhood
• The Art of Propaganda

• Knowledge about the Holocaust

• How were the Lives of People Affected?
• How did Forest Rules Affect Cultivation?
• Who could Hunt?
• New Trades, New Employments and New Services

• The People of Bastar
• The Fears of the People

• The Woodcutters of Java
• Dutch Scientific Forestry
• Samin’s Challenge
• War and Deforestation
• New Developments in Forestry

• In the Mountains
• On the Plateaus, Plains and Deserts

• How Did these Changes Affect the Lives of Pastoralists?
• How Did the Pastoralists Cope with these Changes?

• Where have the Grazing Lands Gone?
• The Borders are Closed
• When Pastures Dry
• Not All were Equally Affected

A. Himalayan Rivers:

1. The Indus River System
2. The Ganga River System
3. The Brahmaputra River System

• Characteristics of Himalayan Rivers

B. Peninsular Rivers
1. East Flowing Rivers

1. Mahanadi
2. Godavari
3. Krishna
4. Kaveri

2. West Flowing Rivers

1. Narmada
2. Tapti

• Characteristics of South Indian Rivers

• Latitude
• Altitude
• Pressure and Winds

• The Cold Weather Season (Winter)
• The Hot Weather Season (Summer)

• Land
• Soil

• Temperature
• Photoperiod (Sunlight )
• Precipitation

• Ecosystem
• Types of Ecosystem

1. Natural Ecosystem
2. Artificial Ecosystem

• Tropical Evergreen Forests
• Tropical Deciduous Forests
• The Thorn Forests and Scrubs
• Montane Forests
• Mangrove Forests

• India’s Population Size and Distribution by Numbers
• India’s Population Distribution by Density

• Population Growth
• Processes of Population Change/Growth
• Age Composition
• Sex Ratio
• Literacy Rates
• Occupational Structure
• Health
• Adolescent Population
• National Population Policy
• NPP 2000 and Adolescents

• Meaning of Democracy
• Definition
• Salient Features of Democracy
• Evolution of Democracy
• Forms of Democratic government
• Types of Democracy

1. Direct Democracy
2. Indirect Democracy / Representative Democracy

• Merits and Demerits of Democracy
• Democracy in India
• Elections in India
• The First Elections in Democratic India
• Major challenges to Indian Democracy
• Conditions for the Success of Democracy in India

• Major decisions by elected leaders
• Free and fair electoral competition
• One person, one vote, one value
• Rule of law and respect for rights

• Debating merits of democracy
• Arguments against democracy
• Arguments for democracy

• Struggle against apartheid
• Towards a new constitution

• The path to Constitution
• The Constituent Assembly

• The Dream and the Promise
• Philosophy of the Constitution
• Institutional design

• Assembly Election in Haryana
• Why do we need elections?
• What makes an election democratic?
• Is it good to have political competition?

• Electoral constituencies
• Reserved Constituencies
• Voters’ list
• Nomination of candidates
• Election Campaign
• Polling and counting of votes

• Independent Election Commission
• Popular participation
• Acceptance of election outcome
• Challenges to free and fair elections

• A Government Order
• The Decision Makers
• Need for Political Institutions

• Why do we need a Parliament?
• Two Houses of Parliament

• Political and Permanent Executive
• Prime Minister and Council of Ministers
• Powers of the Prime Minister
• The President

• Supreme Court
• Composition of the Supreme Court
• Appointment of Judges
• Qualification of Supreme Court Judges
• Powers and Functions of the Supreme Court
  (a) Original Jurisdiction
  (b) Appellate Jurisdiction 
  (c) Advisory Jurisdiction
  (d) Miscellaneous Jurisdiction
  (e) Judicial Review

• Prison in Guantanamo Bay
• Citizens’ Rights in Saudi Arabia
• Ethnic massacre in Kosovo

• What are rights?
• Why do we need rights in a democracy?

• Right to Equality
• Right to Freedom
• Right against Exploitation
• Right to Freedom of Religion
• Cultural and Educational Rights
• How can we secure these rights?

• Land is fixed
• Is there a way one can grow more from the same land?
• Will the land sustain?
• How is land distributed between the farmers of Palampur?
• Who will provide the labour?
• The capital needed in farming
• Sale of Surplus Farm Products

• Dairy — the other common activity
• An example of small-scale manufacturing in Palampur
• The shopkeepers of Palampur
• Transport: a fast developing sector

• Education
• Health

• Urban Case
• Rural case

• Poverty Line

• What is food security?
• Why food security?