CBSE Class 9 Social Science Syllabus

CBSE Class 9 Social Science Syllabus

Hello Student, By going through the CBSE Class 9 Syllabus you will get to know about  the unit names, chapter under each unit and sub-topics involved in it including maps. Let us now check the Syllabus with topics to be covered with exam pattern. The syllabus is for the academic year 2020-21 session. Untill, any further changes in syllabus announced by CBSE. First, of all check the CBSE Class 9 Social Science Exam Pattern. 

No.	Units	Marks
I	India and the Contemporary World – I	20
II	Contemporary India – I	20
III	Democratic Politics – I	20
IV	Economics	20
Internal Assessment		20
Total		100

Class 9 Social Science Brief Review of chapters

Unit 1: India and the Contemporary World – I	Unit 2: Contemporary India – I
The French Revolutions Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution Nazism and the Rise of Hitler Forest Society and Colonialism  Pastoralists in the Modern World	Indian Physical Features of India Drainage Climate Natural Vegetation and Wild Life Population
Unit 3: Democratic Politics – I	Unit 4: Economics
What is Democracy? Why Democracy? Constitutional Design Electoral Politics Working of Institutions Democratic Rights	The Story of Village Palampur People as Resource Poverty as a Challenge Food Security in India

List of Map Items

Subject - History

Chapter-1: The French Revolution

Outline map of France (For locating and labelling/Identification)

• Bordeaux
• Nantes
• Paris
• Marseilles

Chapter-2: Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution

Outline map of World (For locating and labelling/Identification)

• Major countries of First World War: (Central Powers and Allied Powers); Central Powers - Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey (Ottoman Empire); Allied Powers - France, England, (Russia), America

Chapter-3: Nazism and the Rise of Hitler

Outline map of World (For locating and labelling/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

Subject - Geography

CH-1 : INDIA-SIZE AND LOCATION

India - States with Capitals, Tropic of Cancer, Standard Meridian, Southern most, northern most, eastern most and western most point of India (Location and Labelling)

CH-2 : PHYSICAL FEATURES OF INDIA

• Mountain Ranges: The Karakoram, The Zasker,The Shivalik, 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 Circar (Location and Labelling)

CH-3 : DRAINAGE

Rivers: (Identification only)

• a) The Himalayan River Systems-The Indus, The Ganges, and The Satluj
• b) The Peninsular rivers-The Narmada, The Tapi, The Kaveri, The Krishna, The Godavari,The Mahanadi

Lakes: Wular, Pulicat, Sambhar, Chilika, Vembanad, Kolleru

CH-4 : CLIMATE

• 1. Cities to locate : Tiruvananthpuram, Chennai, Jodhpur, Bangalore, Mumbai, Kolkata, Leh, Shillong, Delhi, Nagpur. (Location and Labelling)
• 2. Areas receiving rainfall less than 20 cm and over 400 cm (Identification only)

CH-5 : NATURAL VEGETATION AND WILD LIFE

• Vegetation Type: Tropical Evergreen Forest, Tropical Deciduous Forest, Thorn Forest, Montane Forests and MangroveFor identification only
• National Parks: Corbett, Kaziranga, Ranthambor, Shivpuri, Kanha, Simlipal & Manas
• Bird Sanctuaries: Bharatpur and Ranganthitto
• Wild life Sanctuaries: Sariska, Mudumalai, Rajaji, Dachigam (Location and Labelling)

CH-6 : POPULATION (location and labelling)

• The state having highest and lowest density of population
• The state having highest and lowest sex ratio
• Largest and smallest state according to area