CBSE Class 9 Social Science Examination Pattern 2019
Here you will get the CBSE Class 9 Social Science examination pattern and expected question paper design for class 9 Social Science annual exam 2019. This examination pattern will help students to make an appropriate preparation strategy for social science exam 2019 and thus score high marks.
Here, we are providing the latest examination pattern for CBSE Class 9 Social Science, to give a preview of the exam structure that students will see in the CBSE class 9 annual exam 2019. This will help students to make an appropriate preparation strategy and write a perfect exam to score optimum marks in social science exam 2019.
CBSE Class 9 Social Science Examination Pattern is as follows:
CBSE class 9 Social Science question paper will be conducted for 80 marks covering 100% syllabus. The remaining 20 marks are kept for internal assessment (IA) which will be added while calculating the overall grade.
Internal Assessment will be conducted as per the following marks distribution:
| Internal Assessment |
20 Marks |
| Periodical Test (Average of three periodic tests) |
10 Marks |
| Note Book Submission |
05 Marks |
| Project Work |
05 Marks |
While preparing for the Social Science exam, students should know the worth of each unit.
CBSE Class 9 Syllabus 2018-2019: All Subjects
Following table shows the CBSE Class 9 Social Science Unit-Wise Weightage:
| Units |
Unit Name |
Marks |
| I |
India and the Contemporary World - I |
20 |
| II |
Contemporary India - I |
20 |
| III |
Democratic Politics - I |
20 |
| IV |
Economics |
20 |
| Total |
80 |
There will be a total of 27 questions of different weightage as given below:
| Type of Questions |
No. of Questions |
Marks per question |
| Very Short Answer Type |
1-7 |
1 |
| Short Answer Type |
8-18 |
3 |
| Long Answer Type |
19-25 |
5 |
| Map Questions (History) |
26-27 |
1 |
| Map Questions (Geography) |
28 |
3 |
| Total |
27 |
80 |
With the termination of dual assessment scheme from the last academic session, CBSE brought some major changes in examination structure and question paper format of all subjects of class 9th. Under the current assessment scheme, performance of a student is evaluated on the basis of an annual examination covering the complete syllabus. In order to make the right preparation strategy, it’s very important for students to know the latest examination pattern and question paper structure for class 9 annual exam 2019.
CBSE Class 9 Social Science Questions Paper Design will be as follows:
CLASS–IX
Social Science (Code No. 087)
Time : 3 hrs Marks: 80
| Typology of Questions |
Number of questions of different types |
Total Marks |
| Remembering (Knowledge based- Simple recall questions, to know specific facts, terms, concepts, principles or theories; Identify, define, or recite, information) |
VSA – None |
16 |
| SA – 2 |
||
| LA – 2 |
||
| Understanding (Comprehension-to be familiar with meaning and to understand conceptually, interpret, compare, contrast, explain, paraphrase, or interpret information) |
VSA – 3 |
16 |
| SA – 1 |
||
| LA – 2 |
||
| Application (Use abstract information in concrete situation, to apply knowledge to new situation; Use given content interpret a situation, provide example, or solve a problem) |
VSA – 2 |
21 |
| SA – 3 |
||
| LA – 2 |
||
| Higher Order Thinking Skills (Analysis & Synthesis-Classify,compare, contrast, or differentiate between different pieces of information; Organize and /or integrate unique pieces of information from variety of sources) |
VSA - 2 |
16 |
| SA – 3 |
||
| LA – 1 |
||
| Creating, Evaluation and Multi-Creating Evaluation and Multi-Disciplinary (Generating new ideas, product or ways of viewing things Appraise, judge, and/or justify the value or worth of a decision outcome, or to predict outcomes based on values) |
VSA – None |
6 |
| SA – 2 |
||
| LA – None |
||
| Map |
VSA – 2 |
5 |
| SA - 1 |
||
| LA -None |
||
| Total |
80 |
Abbreviations used are:
VSA: Very Short Answer (1 Mark)
SA: Short Answer (3 Marks)
LA: Long Answer (5 Marks)
CBSE class 9 Science examination pattern given above has been designed as per the instructions given in CBSE Class 9 Social Science syllabus and the sample papers released for class 10 Social Science. As, the course structure of class 9 is similar to that of class 10, class 9 Social Science question paper format is also expected to be same as that in CBSE class 10 Social Science exam.
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