CBSE Class 9 Social Science Syllabus 2019-20

Latest CBSE Class 9 Social Science Syllabus 2019-20

CBSE has released Class 9 Social Science Syllabus 2019-20. Some chapters has been removed from the history and civics part. The Board examination will be of 80 marks, with a duration of three hours.

Units		Marks
I	India and the Contemporary World - I	20
II	Contemporary India - I	20
III	Democratic Politics I	20
IV	Economics	20
	Total	80

Unit - I - India and the Contemporary World - I

• The French Revolution
• Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution

• Nazism and the Rise of Hitler

• Forest Society and Colonialism

• Pastoralists in the Modern World

Unit - II - Contemporary India - I

• India - Size and Location

• Physical Features of India

• Drainage

• Climate

• Natural Vegetation and Wild Life

• Population

Unit - III - Democratic Politics - I

• What is Democracy? Why Democracy?

• Constitutional Design

• Electoral Politics
• Working of Institutions

• Democratic Rights

Unit - IV- Economics

• The Story of Village Palampur

• People as Resource

• Poverty as a Challenge
• Food Security in India

Note:
• Use latest 2019 reprinted edition of NCERT Textbook
• List of Map Items are given in the Syllabus.

Prescribed Books:

• India and the Contemporary World - I History - Published by NCERT

• Contemporary India - I Geography - Published by NCERT
• Democratic Politics - I Published by NCERT
• Economics - Published by NCERT
• Together, Towards a Safer India - Part II, a textbook on Disaster Management for Class IX - Published by CBSE