About the Book

Core Social Science – Political Science for Class 9 has been revised strictly according to the latest syllabus and examination pattern prescribed by the C.B.S.E. and the latest NCERT book (Democratic Politics-II).

This book resumes the tour of democracy that we started in Class IX. It discusses and debates various aspects of democracy highlighting its success and failures.

Salient Features of this Book :

• The text matter is narrative as well as critical and extensively cover all the topics for the Board Examination.
• Simple, lucid, learner-friendly approach has been adopted to make the lessons interesting and easy to understand.
• The lessons are designed to help the learners to develop skills of comprehension, evaluation and an ability to analyse the matter given.
• In discussing the themes, the text has been supplemented by pictures, photographs, cartoons, maps, case studies and extracts from a variety of original sources, official reports, etc.
• Interesting and extra information has been added in the form of Excerpts and Did You Know.
• Each topic in the lesson is followed by Let’s Recapitulate (for quick revision of important points), Glossary (important terms and concepts have been explained), Check Your Understanding (questions for evaluation).
• Exercises at the end of every chapter have been designed as per the latest pattern of questions asked in the CBSE Board Examination. These contain Objective Type Questions (MCQ, Fill in the blanks, Matching, arranging in correct sequence, picture based questions, etc.), and Subjective Type Questions (very short, short and long answer type questions).

It is hoped that the teachers and students would find this book useful.

Constructive suggestions from parents, pupil, teachers and educationists are welcome.