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Sat Paul Mittal School
024-25
Term-I Examination-2
Class: IX
Subject: Geography 4/09/24
Date of Examination:
Max. M ar ks: - 80
Time Allowed: 2 hrs
NOTE:
of 6 printed pages.
1. This Question Paper consists
(9)
2. Total No of Questions: Nine General Instructions:
in all
Attempt eight questions I arf! to be attempted.
l questions from Part
Part I is compulsory. Al m Pa rt JI
are to be attempted fro n in brackets ( )
l of FI VE qu es tions
A tota tions are give
rks fo r qu estions or parts ofques map. The map
The intende d ma
se us e of ar rows to avoid overcrowding ofthe
wi
In all Map Work, make to your answer booklet
.
given must be attached t be answered in the correct serial order.
mus
Al l sub-section ofth
e questions attempted

PART I (30 Marks)

al l questions from th
is Pa rt
At te m pt

Question 1 (1 X JO= 10)

tio n
Choose th e co rr ec t op
t_ _
I. A great circle mus

I A. Never bisect other gr

B. Have ha lf the circum
eat circles
ference of the earth.
of the circle.
€. Touch the center
.
the center of the earth
D. Not pass through
because
Norw ay is the land of the midnight sun
2.
I A. It lies near the Eq
uator
I Arctic Circle
I 8-: It lies near the
Pole
C. It lies on the North
I e Meridian
j,l. It lies on the Prim
is on
tu m na l Eq uinox in Southern hemisphere
3. Au
A. December 22
B. September 23
.g_ March 22
D. June 21

.D
 . on earth,
operating
. · g eye
IC
is NOT a 1ifc-g1v1n
4. --- A., Carbon cycle
cle
8. Hydrological cy
C. Nitrogen cycle
D. Nutrition Cycle
. . tive volcano?
llowing ,s an ac
5. Which o f the fo
I ) { ; My Kenya
8. Mt Fuji
C. Vesuvius
S.. Etna
a
6. The old faithful is
~ H ot Water
Spring

I B. Tropical Cyc
C. Volcano
lone

yer in the
D. Geyser ai ns th e ro le o f the o zo n e la
ements best ex pl
W hi ch o f th e following stat
7.
fr o m
ph er e? an n fu l ul tr av io le t ra d ia ti o n
atmos r absorbing h
he oz on e la ye r is responsible fo
A. T
the sun . re gu late E ar th 's te m p er at u re.
o f gases th at
on e la ye r co ntains a mixture e re sp ir at io n o f li v
in g
. B. The oz or ti ng th
.. olecules, su pp
oz on e la ye r re leases oxygen m
.- C. The
organisms. om es ca p in g
en ti ng at m os ph er ic ga se s fr
ier, prev
yer acts as a barr
D. The ozone la
into space.
e known as
es op er at in g in side the Earth ar
8. The forc
A . Exogenic
B . Endogenic
C. Denudation
D. Weathering
9. 'Nhkh of
the fo\\ow\n
A. S .
g are \gneous ro
. andstone, L cks?
hnestone, Gran
B. Coa\, Gran he
\te, ~asa\t
C G ·
. ramte, Bas
a\t, Batno\ltn
D. Marb\e, C
oa\, Granite

\ ~ •Eva\uate th
e \mna; t 4" 1..
g\oba\ warmin t' c O l n\\man actw
• • •
\t\es on the E
g. arth1s atmosph •
ere and ,ts 1• mph• ca •
A. \-\u tt0ns for
· man act·wit
··
\es have no si
warming. gnificant impa
ct on the atmosphere or
g\oba\
~ - Deforest
ation and burn
,ng of foss,\ fu
\ead,ng to g\o e\s contribute
ba\ warming. to the greenho
use effect,
C . G\oba\ w
arm,ng is pr,m
ari\y caused b-
human activit y natura\ proce
ies. sses and has no
connection to
D. G\oba\ w
arming h a m
-yth, and human
activities have
no ro\e in clim
ate change.

Question l
On the outlin
e ·map o f Worl lxlO=lO
d provided:
i) M a rk a n d \a
be\ River Hw
ang Ho
ii) M a rk a n d \a
b e \ Carribbe
an Sea
iii) M a rk and \abe
\ Black Sea
iv) . M a rk and Lab
e\ Himalaya
s
v) M a rk and \a
be\ Andes
vi) Mark a n d \ab
e\ Tibetan P
lateau
M a rk and \a
be\ River Am
azon
vHi) M a rk a n d \abe\ Riv
er Ob
ix) M a rk and \abe\ Th
e Rockies
x)
M a rk and \abe\ Gu
lf o f Guinea
 10Marks
(1 + I)
Question 3 · r.rc t
1t a, ec
E h's magnetism? How? . 0 99% How wW J

oun ts for the art to . o.

A) What acc he Earth has rise n
(2)
Of l
content
8) Sudden.ly the Carbon Dioxide
(2)
the life on Earth?
h t the Earth is
C) How are rocks important to us?
. . I s How will you prove t a ( )
. . . the med a age ·
1ev 2
D) You are hvmg m Europe during
257 (2)
round? July
at I44° W if it is 095 0 hrs at 119° Eo n
E) What will be the time and date

PART - II (50 Marks)

Part
Attempt any five questions from this (10 Marks)
Question 4 (2)
ry? Why?
A) Which planet is hotter than Mercu (2)
Earth been divided? Wh y?
B) Into how many time zones has the (2)
?
on Earth would make it uninhabitable
C) i) What changes brought about (I)
ii) What is local time?

(I)
at Circle-?
D) i) What is the sign ificance of a Gre
e? Give reason.
Sahil is travelling from New Yor k to Tokyo. Will he gain or lose tim
ii)
(2)

. (10 Marks)
Question 5
er effects of this
Wh ich mo vem ent of the Ear th cau ses Coriolis Effect? What are the oth
A) (2)
.
movement? •
rt"
,
Ir\ ,~ ~ II'\ () \j (, g the
s on :ea sfffg '1/s w~ owards the core of the Earth, makin
I B) The temperatur e goe ~ci
(2)
. Giv e two reasons why this laye r still behaves like a solid.
rocks mo lten
o draw a diagram . (3)
C) Give an account of the mantle. Als
(3)
D) Give reasons:
i) We always see the Sun setting
in the west.
Southern Hemisphere.
ii) June 21st is the shortest day in the
iii) The change in seasons is not abr
upt.

I
 Question 6

A) W ha t ar e ex og en ic fo
rce s? W
B) W h l . (10 Marks)
a ar e d1fferent ty pe s · hy are they called destructive?
of d ..
C) 1. . (\ +l )
) W ha t 1s a Gr ab en ? epos1tional plains? Expla
in any one of them .
'') (2)
ll Gi ve tw o po in
ts of d' ff
1 (\ )
ere nc e between Young .
D) De fin e P\ ate au B Fold Mountains and old
· fl · • fold mountains. (2)
· ne Y ex pla in d1fferen
t types of Plateaus wi·th ( l 2)
examples. +
Question 7

A) ShaHni we nt tre kk in (10 Marks)

g in th e Himalayas and found
some remains of plants
th e ro ck s. W hi ch ro ck and animals in
s are these and what are
their main characteristic
B) Gi ve on e po in t of s? (2)
dif fer en ce between acidi
(2 ) c an d ba sic ignemis rocks. Also
give examples.
C) i) Dr aw a we ll lab
ell ed diagram of intrusive
igneous rocks .
ii) W ha t is reg ion al me (2)
tamorphism?
D) Ex p\ ain th e se dim (\)
en tar y rocks on the basis
of agents of formal ion .
(3)
Question 8
A) W he re wo ul d th e int (10 Marks )
en
sity of the earthquake mo
re- in a village or a city?
B) Ho w ar e vo lca no es Why? (2 )
classified on the basis of
activity? Explain any tw
o with examples

C) De fin e: (2)
(3)
i) Ca ld er a lak e
ii) Vo lca ni c bo mb

iii) S wa ve s
. . .
D) Va ru n v1s1ts a p
lace recently hit by a massi.ve e arthquake which has greatly changed the
liv es of th e people liv ing . th
there. List the ways e ir lives have changed for better and
wo rse bo th . (3)

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 (10 Marks)
Que stio n 9
(2)
in equ ator ial regi ons ? Wh y?
A) Which type of wea ther ing is caused
(2)
mechanical wea ther ing.
B) Diff eren tiate betw een che mic al and

(1+ 2)
ract eris tics of wea ther ing.
C) Def ine wea ther in g. Mention the cha
udin g hum an?
brou ght abo ut by livin g org anis ms incl
D) (i)W hat type of wea ther ing can be
(3)
Giv e suit able exa mpl es to exp lain .