Class-IX

Holiday Homework, Session (2019-20)

A. “We cannot stop natural disasters but we can aim ourselves with knowledge so many lives would not
have to be lost if there was enough disaster preparedness”

1) Prepare a project work on any one of the following topics.

Natural Disaster​:
Cyclone, Floods, Earthquakes

Manmade Disasters:
Terrorism, War & Genocide, Heat Waves and Changing climatic conditions.

2) The total length of the project Work should not be more than 15 handwritten pages of A-4 Size.
3) The project report should be handwritten and Credit will be awarded to illustrations, creative use of
material, maps and graphical representation.
4) The project report should be developed and presented in this order.
a) Cover page showing project title
b) List of Contents
c) Index
d) Overview
And the end of the project each student must mention
e) Bibliography
f) Teacher’s evaluation Performa
The projects will be discussed in the class post Vaccations
5) Enumerate the following in your project.
a) Meaning
b) Causes
c) Do’s
d) Don’ts
e) Preventive measures
f) Mitigation measures
g) Your emergency kit
h) Prepare a recent case study of on the topic you choose

B. Research paper on 17​th​ Lok Sabha election 2019

The World’s largest democracy would conduct and conclude its 17​th ​Lok Sabha elections by 23​rd​ of May. As
young citizens of this nation you are required to follow these elections through various mediums e.g.:
Newspapers, Internet, Television, Magazines. Gathering inputs from various mediums you are expected
to prepare a research papers, under the following heads:
a) Importance of elections in a democracy
b) Elections Commission and its Functions
c) Stages of elections in India
i. Fixing of Dates
ii. Selection of Candidate-eligibility
iii. Nomination
iv. Withdrawal of Nomination
v. Election Campaign
vi. Polling
vii. Country and Declaration of results.

d) Manifestos of Major National Political Parties (Any 3)

e) Result Analysis: ​participation of women, minority votes, performance of important leaders and
political parties.and comparative study of various political parties in northern states southern
states and north eastern states western and central states of India You can use various tools like
graphs, histograms, pie charts for covering various aspects of Result analysis.