VIII Social Science C.B.S.E. Practice Paper
VIII Social Science C.B.S.E. Practice Paper
VIII Social Science C.B.S.E. Practice Paper
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Which person produced the first map of India under the British?
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Q 15 Who are calligraphists? How were they important in the early nineteenth century?
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Q 16 Why did the practice of surveying become important under the British?
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Q 17 Why were the official records not always helpful to understand the psyche of the people?
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Q 18 Do you know the reason behind the use of dates in history?
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Q 19 Are the official records the best source of our information?
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Q 20 Besides the official records, what are the other literary sources?
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Q 21 Describe the advertisement of Lipton tea created in 1922?
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Q 22 What were the features of the modern era in Europe?
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Q 23 Fill in the blanks
(i) In the earlier years of the nineteenth century the documents were carefully. and beautifully written by.
(ii) In 1946 the colonial in India was trying to put down the mutiny broke out on the ships of...
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Q 24 Why did the British carry out botanical surveys in India?
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Q 25 The events related to a period or person are a necessary factor in reading and writing History rather than dates. Why?
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The Periodisation of Indian History made by James Mill during 1817 was unjustified. Why?
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Q 27 Which method of Periodisation was followed by the most of the English Historians to write Indian History? Why was that
method of Periodisation not perfect for India?
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Q 28 Describe the way in which the British started an important procedure of writing History? Marks (3)
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Q 29 How did the invention of the printing press help in spreading news and information?
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Q 30 James Rennel was supporter of British Rule in India. Discuss.
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Q 31 Who was James Mill? What was his perception about British rule?
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Q 32 Why did the British set up record rooms attached to all administrative institutions?
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Q 33 Read the source given and answer the questions:
Newspapers provide accounts of the movements in different parts of the country. Here is a report of a police strike in 1946. More than
2000 policemen in Delhi refused to take their food on Thursday morning as a protest against their low salaries and the bad quality of
food supplied to them from the Police Lines kitchen.
As the news spread to the other police stations, the men there also refused to take food One of the strikers said: The food supplied
to us from the Police Lines kitchen is not fit for human consumption. Even cattle would not eat the chapattis and dal which we have to
eat.
1. Do you remember the source of this literary evidence?
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Q 35 Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow :
In 1946 the colonial government in India was trying to put down a mutiny that broke out on the ships of the Royal Indian Navy. Here
is a sample of the kind of reports the Home Department got from the different dockyards:
Bombay: Arrangements have been made for the Army to take over ships and establishment. Royal Navy ships are remaining outside
the harbour.
Karachi: 301 mutineers are under arrest and a few more strongly suspected are to be arrested All establishments are under
military guard.
Vizagapatnam: The position is completely under control and no violence has occurred. Military guards have been placed on ships and
establishments. No further trouble is expected except that a few men may refuse to work.
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Q 36 What sources do historians use in writing modern Indian history?
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Do you agree that Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan were broadminded in religious matters?
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Q 16 Who was Murshid Quli Khan?
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Q 17 Give the name of Indian rulers who fought at the Battle of Buxar.
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Q 18 What were the chief characteristics of the Charter Act of 1833?
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Q 19 Why did the conflict between the Sirajuddaulah and the English intensify?
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Q 20 Who were the 'nabobs?
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Q 21 Who was a collector?
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Q 22 How did the warfare technology change from the 1820s?
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Q 23 What changes were introduced in the Judiciary under the Regulating Act of 1773?
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Q 24 Mention two features of a new system of justice that was established in India after 1772.
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Q 25 What measures adopted by Tipu sultan infuriated the British?
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Q 26 Who were the Residents?
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Q 27 Write a short note on Warren Hastings.
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Q 28 What was the 'Doctrine of Lapse'? Why did the Indian rulers become suspicious of the East India Company?
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Q 29 What did James Mill mention about the residents appointed in the states under the subsidiary alliance?
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Q 30 How was Nawab Sirajuddaulah easily defeated by the British?
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Q 31 How did the annexation of the Indian states by the British affect the economic life of the people?
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Q 32 What were the main consequences of the Third Battle of Panipat in1761?
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Q 33 Why did the authority of the Mughal Empire decline after the death of Aurangzeb?
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Q 34 Match the following:A. Diwani .
P.Tipu Sultan
B. Tiger of Mysore
Q. Right to collect land revenues
C. Faujdari Adalat
R. Sepoy
D. Sipahi
S. Criminal court
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Q 35 What were the changes brought by Lord Hastings in Company's policies?
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Q 36 Who introduced the policy of Subsidiary Alliance? What were the main principles of the Alliance?
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Q 37 Read the excerpt and answer the questions that follows:
Here is a passage from Edmund Burkes eloquent opening speech during the impeachment of
Warren Hastings:
'' I impeach him in the name of the people of India, whose rights he has trodden under his foot and whose country he has turned
into a desert. Lastly in the name of human nature itself, in the name of both the sexes, in the name of every age, in the name of every
rank, I impeach the common enemy and oppressor of all. "
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Q 38 Read the excerpt given and answer the questions that follow:
This is what James Mill, the famous economist and political philosopher from Scotland, wrote about the residents appointed by the
Company.
"We place a resident, who really is king of the country, whatever injunctions of non-interference he may act under. As long
as the prince acts in perfect subservience, and does what is agreeable to the residents, that is, to the British Government,
things go on quietly; they are managed without the resident appearing much in the administration of affairs but when
anything of a different nature happens, the moment the prince takes a course which the British Government think wrong, then
comes clashing and disturbance."
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Q 40 Describe the early years of functioning of the East India Company in India.
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Who were forced to sell their goods to the Company at low prices?
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Q 9 Who were recognized as the Zamindars through the Permanent Settlement Act?
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Q 10 What is meant by the word Mahal in the British revenue records?
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Q 11 Who were the ryots?
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Q 12 Name the European countries that used Indian indigo.
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What were the two main types of systems for Indigo Cultivation? what was the problem with the Nij Cultivation?
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Q 38 Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follows:
In moments of struggle, people often sing songs to inspire each other and to build a sense of collective unity. Such songs give us a
glimpse of their feelings. During the indigo rebellion many such songs could be heard in the villages of lower Bengal. Here is one
such song:
The long lathis wielded by the planter of Mollahati / now lie in a cluster
The babus of Kolkata have sailed down / to see the great fight
This time the raiyats are all ready, / they will no longer be beaten in silence
They will no longer give up their life / without fighting the lathiyals.
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Q 1 When was the East India Company appointed as the Diwan of Bengal and by whom?
Q 2 What were the rights, the East India Company got by becoming the Diwan of Bengal?
Q 3 What were the problems faced by the East India Company initially in controlling Bengal?
Q 4 How did the East India Company buy goods before 1865?
Q 5 Why did the economy of Bengal face deep crisis? What was its result?
Q 6 Why was the Permanent Settlement introduced by the East India Company in 1793?
Q 7 What was the two main systems of indigo cultivation?
Q 8 What was the mahalwari system and in how many presidencies did the East India Company introduce the Mahalwari System?
Q 9 What was the ryotwari system and who introduced it?
Q 10 What were the crops that Indian peasants were forced to grow in various places by the East India Company?
Q 11 What were the two important crops that the East India Company tried to improve in India for its revenue?
Q 12 What was the name of the plant that the European cloth manufacturers preferred to Indian Indigo?
Q 13 Write briefly about the ryoti system in the cultivation of indigo.
Q 14 Write the name of other countries that were cultivating indigo in various parts of world.
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What is Mahua?
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Q 9 Distinguish between the the social condition of the tribes and that of the Brahmans.
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Q 10 What were the two rebellions which took place against the colonial forest laws?
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Q 11 What were the usual chores of tribes during the month of Baisakh?
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Q 12 What was Birsa's vision of a golden age?
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Q 13 What was the problem faced by the silk growers (Santhals) of Jharkhand during the nineteenth century?
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Q 14 What is the meaning of the word 'Fallow'?
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Q 15 Why did the tribals agitate under the British rule?
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How did the tribal group named the Khonds community live?
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Q 26 How did the colonial rule affect life of the tribal chiefs?
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Q 27 Describe the impact of the colonial forest laws on tribal lives?
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Q 28 What was the impact of the achievements of Birsa Munda on the tribal communities after his death?
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Q 29 Explain the trade activities of the tribal groups in the nineteenth century? How did they come to see traders as Dikus and
enemies?
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Q 30 Describe the shifting or jhum cultivation of the tribal groups?
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Q 16 Define the word mutiny. What were other names given to the Revolt of 1857?
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Q 17 What was the immediate cause of the Sepoy mutiny and why?
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Q 18 Write ant two important events of 10 May, 1857 related to the Revolt of 1857.
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Write the names of the areas which were annexed by the British under their annexation policy.
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Q 31 What were the reforms made in the Indian society by the British?
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Q 32 Mention in brief the role of Kunwar Singh in the revolt of 1857.
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Q 33 Write the names of any 6 important personalities who were involved in the revolt of 1857 along with the places they belonged to.
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Q 34 What were the reforms made in the British army after the revolt of 1857?
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Q 35 Write about any four changes that were introduced by the British after the revolt of 1857.
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Q 36 What were the main causes of the revolt of 1857?
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Q 37 Read the following passage and Answer the questions given below:
Here is an excerpt from the memoirs of Sitaram Pande, From Sepoy to Subedar:
It chanced that about this time the Sarkar sent parties of men from each regiment to different garrisons for instructions in the use of the
new rifle. These men performed the new drill for some time until a report got about by some means or the other, that the cartridges
used for these new rifles were greased with the fat of cows and pigs. The men from our regiment wrote to others in the regiment
telling them about this, and there was soon excitement in every regiment. Some men pointed out that in forty years service nothing
had ever been done by the Sarkar to insult their religion, but as I have already mentioned the sepoys minds had been inflamed by the
seizure of Oudh. Interested parties were quick to point out that the great aim of the English was to turn us all into Christians, and they
had therefore introduced the cartridge in order to bring this about, since both Mahommedans and Hindus would be defiled by using it.
1. Who translated the writing of Sitaram Pande into English?
2. Why did the sepoys rebel against the English?
3. Where did the Sepoy Mutiny begin?
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Q 38 Read the following passage and Answer the questions given below:
Given here are excerpts from the book Majha Pravaas, written by Vishnubhatt Godse, a Brahman from a village in Maharashtra. He
and his uncle had set out to attend a yajna being organised in Mathura. Vishnubhatt writes that they met some sepoys on the way who
told them that they should not proceed on the journey because a massive upheaval was going to break out in three days.
The sepoys said: the English were determined to wipe out the religions of the Hindus and the Muslims they had made a list of
eighty-four rules and announced these in a gathering of all big kings and princes in Calcutta. They said that the kings refused to accept
these rules and warned the English of dire consequences and massive upheaval if these are implemented that the kings all returned
to their capitals in great anger all the big people began making plans. A date was fixed for the war of religion and the secret plan
had been circulated from the cantonment in Meerut by letters sent to different cantonments.
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Q 39 Read the following passage and Answer the questions given below:
Here is an excerpt from the memoirs of Sitaram Pande, From Sepoy to Subedar:
It is my humble opinion that this seizing of Oudh filled the minds of the Sepoys with distrust and led them to plot against the
Government. Agents of the Nawab of Oudh and also of the King of Delhi were sent all over India to discover the temper of the army.
They worked upon the feelings of sepoys, telling them how treacherously the foreigners had behaved towards their king. They
invented ten thousand lies and promises to persuade the soldiers to mutiny and turn against their masters, the English, with the object
of restoring the Emperor of Delhi to the throne. They maintained that this was wholly within the armys powers if the soldiers would
only act together and do as they were advised.
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Q 40 How far were the British colonial policies responsible for the rebellion of 1857?
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Q 16 Write the names of three presidency cities of India in the late eighteenth century.
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Q 17 Write any two features about the Delhi College.
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Q 18 Write names of any 2 British Emperors who were crowned in a durbar organized in Delhi.
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Q 19 What is meant by Renaissance? Mention the period of the Delhi renaissance.
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Q 20 What is de-urbanization. Give examples.
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Q 21 What was the impact of Partition on the occupation of the refugees?
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Q 22 What were the Presidency cities?
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Q 23 What was the attitude of the British towards Bahadur Shah after the revolt of 1857?
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Q 24 Why was a Durbar held in Delhi in 1911? List one decision taken in this durbar.
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Q 25 At the end of the nineteenth century, what changes were brought about in the drainage system of Delhi?
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Q 26 What were havelis?
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Q 27 Why did the havelis begin to decline?
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Q 28 Explain the Lahore Gate Improvement Scheme.
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Q 29 Explain the Delhi Improvement Trust.
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Q 30 Mention any three causes of decline of Delhi from 1857 to 1911.
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Q 32 What were the conditions of the city drains of Shahjanabad at the end of the nineteenth century?
Q 33 Explain the terms Colonialism and Colonial rule.
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Q 34 Write about the historical background of Delhi before the development of New Delhi
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Why Delhi was an important centre of Sufi culture during Shah Jahans time. Explain briefly.
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Q 37 Discuss briefly the different causes of decline of the small cities during the British rule.
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Q 40 What change did the colonial rule bring about in the medieval city of Delhi?
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Q 30 Write with examples about the connection between the Indian textiles and the national movement.
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Q 31 What do you understand by the term Calico?
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Q 32 Write about the popularity of the printed Indian cotton cloths in England and Europe.
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Q 33 What were the two important initial technological innovations in the cotton textiles in England to compete with Indian textiles?
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Q 34 Explain the methods through which the European trading companies purchase Indian cotton and silk.
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Q 35 What happened to the weavers and spinners who lost their livelihood?
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Q 36 What were the factors that enabled Bombay to become an important centre for cotton textiles?
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Q 37 Why was the sword of Tipu Sultan so special? Explain its features.
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Q 38 The history of industrialization in Japan and India gives us a contrasting picture- Explain the statement.
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Q 39 What does the account of Francis Buchanan tell us about the technique of Wootz steel?
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Q 40 What was the condition of the cotton textiles production before the arrival of the British in India?
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Q 41 Handloom weaving did not completely die in India, despite the decline of Indian textiles- Explain.
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Q 42 Write about the growth of cotton mills in India.
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Q 43 What were the problems faced by the Indian textile Industry in the first few decades?
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Q 44 Why did the craft of Iron smelting in India decline by the end of 19 th century?
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Q 45 What were the efforts taken by the Meiji regime to industrialize Japan?
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Our ancestors and we used to receive advances from the Company and maintain ourselves and our respective families by weaving
Companys superior assortments. Owing to our misfortune, the aurangs have been abolished ever since because of which we and
our families are distressed for want of the means of livelihood. We are weavers and do not know any other business. We must
starve for food, if the Board of Trade do not cast a look of kindness towards us and give orders for clothes.
1. Explains the term aurangs.
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Q 48 Read the source and answer the questions given below:
According to a report of the Geological Survey of India:
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Iron smelting was at one time a widespread industry in India and there is hardly a district away from the great alluvial tracts of the
Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra, in which slag heaps are not found. For the primitive iron smelter finds no difficulty in obtaining
sufficient supplies of ore from deposits that no European ironmaster would regard as worth his serious consideration.
1. What do you understand by slag heaps?
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Q 49 How can we trace out the history of Indian textiles in the words of other languages?
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Textile words tell the history of Indian textiles - Explain with examples.
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Q 54 TISCO was set up at an opportune time- Explain the statement with examples.
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Q 55 How did the British textile industry manage to overtake the famous textile industry of India? Marks (5)
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Q 31 Evaluate the report of Adam and its importance in Indian Education. Marks (3)
Q 32 What were the views of Mahatma Gandhi about the colonial education? Marks (3)
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Q 33 Read the source given and answer the questions given below:
Woods Despatch of 1854 marked the final triumph of those who opposed Oriental learning. It stated:
We must emphatically declare that the education which we desire to see extended
in India is that which has for its object the diffusion of the improved arts, services, philosophy, and literature of Europe, in short,
European knowledge.
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Read the source given and answer the questions given below:
Q 36 What were the main beliefs of the Orientalists like William Jones and Henry Colebrook?
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Q 16 Why did the poor leave their villages and go to cities in the nineteenth century?
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Q 17 Who gave the Statement government of the people, by the people, for the people, Shall not perish from the earth?
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Q 18 Describe Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossains role in the development of women education.
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Q 19 Who set up schools for tribal groups and lower Caste children in India for the first time?
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Q 20 How did the poor lower caste people see availability of the job opportunity in cities?
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Q 21 Who were the Madigas?
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Q 22 What was the response of the nationalist leaders to the demands for female suffrage?
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Q 23 What was the main feature of Child Marriage Restraint Act?
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Q 24 Which occupations were assigned to each Varna?
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Q 25 What was the reaction of Hindu nationalists and orthodox Muslims towards the improved social condition of women?
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Q 26 What were the activities carried out by women to improve their social conditions?
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Q 27 How did Muslim women manage to get education?
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Q 28 Who wrote the book Gulamgiri and to whom it was dedicated?
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Q 29 When was the Singh Sabha Movement started? What were its activities?
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Q 30 Who started temple entry movement and what was the aim of the movement?
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Q 31 What was the Non-Brahman movement? What were the arguments of its leaders?
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Q 32 How did the orthodox Hindus face the challenges of the Non-Brahman Movements?
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Q 33 When was the Prarthana Samaj established? And what were its activities?
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Q 34 Write a note about the role of Raja Rammohun Roy in reforming Hindu society.
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Q 35 Who was Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and what were his Childhood experiences of the caste discriminations in Indian Hindu society?
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Q 36 Who were the untouchable? What was their social condition in the Indian Society?
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Q 37 Who were the social reformers? Name any popular Indian Social reformer.
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Q 38 What kind of works did the cities provide to the poor who migrated from the villages?
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Q 39 Why did E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker criticize the Hindu religious scriptures?
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Q 40 When was the Brahmo Samaj established and what were its ideologies?
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Q 41 When was the Veda Samaj founded? And what were its ideologies?
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Q 42 Who is the founder of the Aligarh Movement? What were its objectives?
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Q 43 Write the names and roles of social reformers from the Muslim community who fought for the education of their women.
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Q 44 Write about the emergence of the lower Caste movements during the Second-half of the 19th Century.
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Q 45 Who was the founder of the Self Respect Movement? What were his major arguments?
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Q 48 Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it:
When did you ever afford them a fair opportunity of exhibiting their natural capacity? How then can you accuse them of want of
understanding? If, after instruction in knowledge and wisdom, a person cannot comprehend or retain what has been taught him, we
may consider him as deficient; but if you do not educate women how can you see them as inferior. (4 Marks)
1. Which social reformer began a campaign against the practice of Sati?
2. In which year was sati banned?
3. What practice was adopted by various reformers to criticize the practice of Sati?
4. What was the status of women in the nineteenth century?
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Q 49 Who started the Young Bengal Movement? What were its ideologies? Marks (4)
Q 50 What were the reasons for the debates and discussions about social customs and practices from the early 19th century? Marks (4)
Q 51 Explain with examples the social reformers efforts to improve the social condition of the widows. Marks (4)
Q 52 How did people react to the establishment of schools for girls in India? Marks (4)
Q 53 How did women write about their suppressed position in the society? Explain with example. Marks (4)
Q 54 Write about the efforts of the upper caste people to eradicate the caste system. Marks (4)
Q 55 What were the major arguments of Jyotirao Phule on the Caste System? Marks (4)
Q 56 Outline the widow remarriage reform movement in India. Marks (5)
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Q 16 Mention two art forms that European artists brought with them.
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Q 32 This picture is of 'Krishna Sandhan' by Raja Ravi Verma. Answer the following questions related to the picture:
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Q 33 This is Jatugriha Daha painted by Nandalal Bose. Answer the following questions related to this picture:
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Q 36 How were the Indians and Europeans portrayed in the paintings produced by the Europeans? Marks (4)
Q 37 Discuss the new art style that developed in Bengal in the 19 th century.
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Q 15 Why did the All India Muslim League support the partition of Bengal in 1905?
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Q 30 Who were the popular radicals in the Congress? Why did they criticize the political methods of the moderates?
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Q 31 What was the Rowlatt Act? Why did the Indians oppose it?
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Q 32 Write about the importance of Gandhis Salt March.
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Q 33 Write briefly about Gandhis Quit India Movement and its course?
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Q 34 The League began viewing the Muslims as a separate nation from the Hindus. Explain?
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Q 35 When did the Muslim League announce the Direct Action Day? And what were its consequences?
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Q 36 Read the source below and answer the questions: Baji Mohammed, President of the Nabrangpur Congress, Orissa in the 1930s,
reports: On August 25, 1942 nineteen people died on the spot in police firing at Paparandi in Nabrangpur. Many died thereafter
from their wounds. Over 300 were injured. More than a thousand were jailed in Koraput district. Several were shot or executed. Veer
Lakhan Nayak (a legendary tribal leader who defied the British) was hanged. Nayak, Baji tells us, was not worried about being
executed, only sad that he would not live to see freedoms dawn. Baji Mohammad mobilised 20,000 people to join the national
struggle. He offered satyagraha many times over. He participated in protests against the Second World War and in the Quit India
movement, and served long jail terms.
1. Who was Veer Lakhan Nayak?
2. What was his role in the national movement?
3. Who was Baji Mohammed?
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Q 37 Why did the dissatisfaction of Indians with British rule intensify in the 1870s and 1880s?
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Q 38 The Congress in the first twenty years was moderate in its approach. Explain. What were the major demands of the moderates?
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What were the major demands of the moderates in the Indian National Movement?
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Q 39 What were the economic issues raised by the early Congress?
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Q 40 How did Indians react to the Britishs decision to the partition of Bengal in 1905?
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Q 41 Why did the Swadeshi movement emerge? What were its various programmes?
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Q 42 Certain business groups began to support the Congress actively in the 1920s - Explain.
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How did the First World War alter the economic and political situation in India?
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Q 43 Write briefly about the course of Non-Cooperation Movement.
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Q 44 How did the people interpret and respond to Gandhis call for Non-Cooperation movement?
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Q 45 1. Read the source below and answer the questions:
A newspaper, The Indian Mirror, wrote in January 1886:
The First National Congress at Bombay is the nucleus of a future Parliament for our country and will lead to the good of
inconceivable magnitude for our countrymen.
1. What were the aims and objectives of Congress in the first twenty years?
2. How did the Moderates in Congress develop public awareness about the unjust nature of the British rule?
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Q 46 Read the source below and answer the questions: What did Mahatma Gandhi mean by ahimsa (non-violence)? How could
ahimsa become the basis of struggle? This is what Gandhiji said: Non-violence comes to us through doing good continually without
the slightest expectation of return. That is the indispensable lesson in non-violence In South Africa I succeeded in learning
the eternal law of suffering as the only remedy for undoing wrong and injustice. It means positively the law of non violence. You have
to be prepared to suffer cheerfully at the hands of all and sundry and you will wish ill to no one, not even to those who may have
wronged you.
1. What is an important lesson of non-violence?
2. What is the eternal law of suffering?
3. What was the cause for which Mahatma Gandhi fought in South Africa?
4. When did he return to India from South Africa?
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Q 47 Outline the early years of Mahatma Gandhis activism.
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Q 31 What were the developments that led to the formation of Non-Alignment Movement?
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Q 32 This is a picture of Potti Sriramulu. Answer the following questions related to him:
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Q 30 What role does technology plays in making the resources more valuable?
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Q 31 Give any three steps for resource conservation.
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Q 32 Why is resource conservation necessary?
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Q 33 Mention the factors on which distribution of resources depend?
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Q 34 What do you understand by human resource?
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Q 35 Explain how sustainable development helps in environmental sustainability.
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Q 36 Differentiate between Actual and Potential resources.
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Q 37 Classify the natural resources on the basis of stock.
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Q 38 Give the classification of natural resources on different basis.
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Q 39 What are the different principles of sustainable development?
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Q 45 Suggest some measures to conserve natural vegetation and wildlife. Marks (5)
Q 46 Suggest any three measures to stop soil erosion.
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Q 47 Mention the various factors responsible for soil formation. Marks (5)
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Q 1 What do you understand by natural resource? Mention the different types of natural resource.
Q 2 Give the classification of land resource on the basis of ownership.
Q 3 What is the percentage of total land cover on the earth?
Q 4 Why do we call land resource as the most unevenly used resource?
Q 5 Give examples of any two densely populated regions.
Q 6 Give two examples of sparsely populated regions.
Q 7 What are the main factors that influence the distribution of population on the land surface?
Q 8 What do you understand by the term Land use?
Q 9 Mention the important physical factors that determine the land use in a region.
Q 10 Mention the important human factors that determine the land use in a region
Q 11 What are the main factors responsible for the land degradation?
Q 12 What are the main threats related to land resource?
Q 13 Give important conservation techniques to solve the problem land deterioration.
Q 14 What do you understand by landslides?
Q 15 What are the main factors responsible for landslides?
Q 16 What are the different mitigation techniques for landslides?
Q 17 Define Soil.
Q 18 Why do we consider soil as an important resource?
Q 19 Define weathering.
Q 20 What are the main factors that influence the formation of the soil?
Q 21 What are the main factors responsible for soil degradation?
Q 22 How can we stop soil degradation?
Q 23 Why do we call earth as water planet?
Q 24 Large percentage of earth is covered with water but still water is not available for fulfilling the basic needs. Why?
Q 25 What do you understand by water cycle?
Q 26 What are the main uses of water resource?
Q 27 What are the main problems related to water resource?
Q 28 What are the main factors responsible for deterioration of quality and quantity of water resource?
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(i) Extracting valuable minerals from the
earth for commercial reasons
B. Mining
C. Alloy
Column B
(i) Southern California
B. Petroleum
(ii) Norway
C. Water Energy
(iii) Russia
D. Wind Energy
Q 20 What is geothermal energy, in which form does it normally surface and what is its use?
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Q 21 What is the process of Hydel power generation?
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Q 35 In the given outline map of India identify and name the five major copper producing states.
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Q 36 In the given outline map of India Identify and name the five major manganese producing states.
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4. Agriculture
Q 1 Name two states of India where nomadic herding is practised.
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Q 2 What do you understand by single cropping and multiple cropping?
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Q 3 What is other name for shifting cultivation?
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Q 4 Name a crop which is used as both food and fodder.
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Q 5 Which crop is also known as paddy?
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Q 6 Name the two leading producers of Jute.
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Q 7 What do you understand by coarse grains?
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Q 8 On what bases is the division of types of farming done?
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Q 9 How many types of economic activities are involved in the transformation from a jute plant to its finished product? Name them.
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Q 10 What is organic farming?
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Q 11 What is horticulture?
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Q 12 What is the science of commercially breeding fish called?
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Q 13 What is the science of commercial rearing of silk worms called?
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Q 14 What kind of an activity is agriculture? What all does it include?
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Q 15 What are tertiary activities?
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Definition
a. Cultivation of grapes
b. Rearing of silk worms
c. Breeding of fish
d. Growing vegetables, fruits and flowers
for commercial use
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Crop type
a. Fibre crop
b. Cash crop
c. Food crop
d. Beverage crop
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5. Industries
Q 1 Which are the major industries of the world?
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Q 2 Which are the countries where the textile industry is concentrated?
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Q 3 What is smelting?
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Q 4 Why is steel called the backbone of modern industry?
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Q 5 Why is steel so widely used for industrial purposes?
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Q 6 Where were the iron and steel industry located before 1850?
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Q 7 Name the man-made and natural fibres used in the textile industry.
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Q 8 What does the term industry mean?
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Q 9 How do industrial regions develop?
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Q 10 Where do the major industrial areas tend to locate?
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Q 11 Why do industrial accidents usually happen?
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Q 12 On what basis is industry classified?
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Q 13 The cotton for the textile mills in Osaka is imported from which places?
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Q 14 Which are the major hubs of IT industry in the world?
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Q 15 Which place is called the Manchester of India?
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1. Private sector
2. Public sector
3. Joint sector
4. Co-operative sector
Basis of classification
a. Size
b. Ownership
c. Raw material
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Q 20 What is the other name given to the emerging industries? Which industries are included under this classification?
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Q 21 Where was the first textile mill successfully set up in India? What was the reason of its success?
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Q 22 What are the factors that affect the location of industries in an area?
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Q 23 Why could traditional cotton industry not be successful for long?
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Q 24 Why do high technology industries group together?
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Q 25 Write a note on petrochemical industry?
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Q 26 Give few qualities of steel?
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Q 28 Name the industry of Jamshedpur other than iron & steel. Marks (2)
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Q 44 On the basis of raw materials, how many types can the industries be classified in? Give examples of each.
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Q 45 What measures can be taken to reduce the risks of industrial accidents?
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Q 46 Explain the favourable factors for the location of steel plant at Jamshedpur.
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Q 47 Mention the major industrial regions of India and show them on the outline map of India.
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Q 48 Give the distribution of Iron and Steel industries in the world.
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Q 49 Give the distribution of cotton textile industry in the World.
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Q 50 Describe the various industries classified on the basis of ownership.
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6. Human Resources
Q 1 What is the population composition?
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Q 2 What is the natural growth rate?
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Q 3 What is death rate?
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Q 4 What is migration?
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Q 5 What is birth rate?
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Q 6 Why has the world population increased drastically over the past few decades?
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Q 7 What are the criterions on which people all around the world differ from each other?
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Q 8 Which are the factors that affect distribution of population?
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Q 9 When was the Indian Ministry of Human Resource Development created? What is its aim?
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Q 10 On what criterions do the human resources all over the world differ?
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Q 11 What is the working age of people?
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Q 12 What is the general trend of migration?
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Q 13 What does a population pyramid show?
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Q 14 Elucidate the social, cultural and economic impact on population distribution.
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Q 15 Why are the human resources called the ultimate resource? Marks (3)
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2. Understanding Secularism
Q 1 In February 2004, which country has prohibited the wearing of conspicuous religious or political signs by the students?
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Q 2 From where did immigrants come to France in 1960's?
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Q 3 Do you think that Indian secularism is anti religious?
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Q 4 What is the purpose of secularism?
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Q 5 The official recognition by State to a particular religion hurts social harmony. Discuss with examples.
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Q 6 Which Constitutional amendment prohibits the U.S legislature from making the laws in respect of religion?
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Q 7 Disuss the American concept of Secularism.
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Q 8 What is Pledge of Allegiance?
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Q 9 Do you agree, that Frances law of banning the students from wearing any conspicuous religious symbols shows the failure of the
French Republic's integration policy?
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Q 10 Suppose, secular country like India wants to adopt the state religion then, what would be the consequences?
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Q 11 Which was the most controversial law passed by the government of France in 2004?
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Q 12 On what grounds is the Indian secularism criticised?
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Q 13 Define theocratic state?
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Q 14 Mention the features of securalism, with reference to the provisions of the Indian Constitution. Marks (4)
Q 15 Explain the three strategies followed by the Indian government to ensure secularism. Marks (4)
Q 16 Why untouchability is regarded as a social evil? Marks (4)
Q 17 What is secularism? Why is it important to keep religion distant from the state? Marks (5)
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Q 15 Bring out the differences between Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
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4. Understanding Laws
Q 1 What do you understand by Rule of Law?
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Q 2 Who make the laws for the country?
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Q 3 Which act has expanded the meaning of term domestic' in terms of law?
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Q 4 Name the lady involved in the incident that marked the rise the Civil Right Movement in US.
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Q 5 What was the Rowlatt Act?
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Q 6 What was the Sedition Act 1870?
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Q 7 When a bill became a law?
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Q 8 When did the Civil Rights Act pass in USA?
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Q 9 Why did Indian nationalists oppose the Rowlatt Act?
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Q 10 Mention the provisions of the Hindu Succession Act 2005.
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Q 11 Name the leaders against whose arrest the people were protesting at Jallianwala Bagh.
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Q 12 List the sources through which public voice reach the government.
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Q 13 Who make and revise old laws of the country every year?
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Q 14 What does the concept equality before law means ?
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Q 15 What were the drawbacks of ancient laws? Marks (3)
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Q 16 Why historians disprove the claim that the British introduced the rule of law in India?
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Q 17 What is Lawyers collective? Crtically examine its functions.
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Q 18 What do you understand by the term domestic violence?
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Q 19 Write a short note on National Commission for Women.
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Q 20 How citizens help the Parliament in formulating the law?
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Q 21 What does the term Parliament means?
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Q 22 Bring out the differences between civil and criminal law.
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Q 23 What is the importance of Constitution?
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Q 24 What is racial segregation?
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Q 25 What is a domestic violence? Describe some of the effects of domestic violence on the victim.
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Q 26 Equality cannot be established merely by law? Explain why? What are the other ways to promote equality?
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Q 27 How did the African-Americans fight against unjust law in the USA?
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Q 28 How do the new laws come about? Discuss with a suitable example.
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Q 29 What are unpopular and controversial laws?
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Q 1 What was the attitude of the constituent assembly in regard the application of law in free India?
Q 2 Give one example of the British arbitrariness of law.
Q 3 What do understand by domestic violence?
Q 4 What are the sources through which public voice reach the government?
Q 5 Mention any two different ways in which people lobby at the Parliament?
Q 6 What do you mean by Controversial law?
Q 7 State any two reasons why historians disputed the claim that the British introduced the rule of law in India.
Q 8 Why do you think that the Sedition Act of 1870 was arbitrary?
Q 9 How does the new law (Women Protection law-2006) define the various forms of abuse to forestall such individual interpretation?
Q 10 What is Rowlatt act? Why did the Indian leaders oppose Rowlatt Act in 1919?
Q 11 What happened after the passing of the black law?
Q 12 How do the people help the Parliament in law making?
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5. Judiciary
Q 1 What are the different branches of law?
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Q 2 Who can file PIL?
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Q 3 Which organization filed the PIL in the Supreme Court against government for the food shortage in year 2001?
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Q 4 What is an FIR?
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Q 5 How can the judicial independence be ensured?
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Q 6 What is an integrated judicial system?
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Q 7 What is meant by Judicial Review?
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Q 8 What is criminal law?
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Q 9 Define civil law
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Q 10 "Supreme Court is a Court of Record" what does the statement imply?
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Q 11 What is meant by Supreme Court advisory jurisdiction?
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Q 12 How the police decide which cases they should investigate and which they shouldnt?
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Q 13 The Supreme Court is the final interpreter and guardian of the Constitution". Discuss.
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Q 14 Why has dispensation of Justice become so tardy and expensive in India?
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Q 15 Give the examples of criminal and civil cases.
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7. Understanding Marginalisation
Q 1 Define the term Adivasi.
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Q 2 What are the causes of marginalisation of some groups?
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Q 3 In what ways are the Advasis usually portrayed?
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Q 4 What is the percentage of Muslims in total population of India?
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Q 5 Who is a minority group or community?
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Q 6 How many plant species tribal people used as edible material?
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Q 7 Define vulnerable groups.
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Q 8 Name few marginalized group of India.
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Q 9 On what basis the Indian communities are structured?
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Q 10 Where is Niyamgiri located and which community is related to it?
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Q 11 Give the percentage of Muslim community which lives in kutcha houses and percentage of their access to electricity and piped
water to the Muslim community.
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Q 12 What is the percentage of tribal groups that live below poverty line in urban and rural India?
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Q 13 According to survey report from which states the 79 per cent of Adivasis were displaced?
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Q 14 How many wildlife sanctuaries and national parks are there in India? Marks (2)
Q 15 How many plant species do Adivasis used as medicines, pesticides and fiber? Marks (2)
Q 16 Which controversy arises in Niyamgiri hills recently? Marks (2)
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Q 17 What is Marginalisation?
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Q 18 What do the marginalized groups want today?
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Q 19 Describe the term Scheduled Tribes.
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Q 20 What do you know about livelihood of the Adivasis in pre-colonial period?
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Q 21 What changes do Adivasis faced in the last 200 years ?
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Q 22 Why Muslims are assumed as distinct from mainstream? How are they marginalized?
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Q 23 Why do safeguards in the form of Fundamental Rights are provided to the religious and linguistic minorities?
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Q 24 How did the traditional setup and livelihood means of Adivasis get changed?
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Q 25 What myth does the Sachar Committee Report demystified about the Muslims?
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Q 26 Give some details about habitation of the Adivasis in India.
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Q 27 Describe the socio-religious features of the Adivasi communities.
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Q 28 Who are marginalised groups in India? Discuss.
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Q 29 Mention any one popular tribal group in India and describe any three features of them.
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8. Confronting Marginalisation
Q 1 Name the poetess who was the wife of Bhakti poet Chokhamela?
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Q 2 Which concept of the society was questioned by Soyrabai in her poem as given in your book?
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Q 3 What does term dalit mean?
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Q 4 Name some religious minorities in India.
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Q 5 How article 15 is crucial for people of Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes?
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Q 6 Which fundamental right ensures the cultural and religious freedom of minorities?
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Q 7 Who was Kabir?
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Q 8 In which year the central government passed the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines
(Prohibition) Act.
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Q 9 Why does the 1989 Act is important for the Adivasis?
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Q 10 What was the verdict of the Supreme Court on PIL filed by the Safai Karamchari Andolan and other organizations?
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Q 11 How do the marginalized groups fight against the discrimination?
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Q 12 What was the argument of Soyrabai against the concept of purity?
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Q 13 What was the different meaning of untouchability as given by Kabir?
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Q 14 What does Article 15 of the Indian Constitution imply? Marks (2)
Q 15 How does the Central and the State governments implement the thought of the Constitution for dalit or tribal people?
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Q 16 What is reservation?
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Q 17 The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Act 1989 deals with?
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Q 18 What does the Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes Act 1989 states about women?
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Q 19 How dalits are confronting marginalisation?
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Q 20 How fundamental rights ensure the cultural and religious freedom of minorities?
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Q 21 What thoughts were behind the laws of reservation?
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Q 22 Why was the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Act 1989 framed?
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Q 23 What provisions are made under 'the Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes Act 1989' for different types of humiliation?
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Q 24 What does the Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes Act 1989 state about slave labour?
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Q 25 How reservation policy gets implemented?
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Q 26 What did C.K. Janu pointed about the violation of the rights of the tribes?
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Q 27 The writings of Kabir are great blows on concept of Castism and untouchability. How?
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Q 28 What is the significance of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of atrocities) Act, 1989?
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Q 29 What legal measure has been taken by the Indian Government against the practice of untouchabilty?
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9. Public Facilities
Q 1 What is the important feature of public facilities?
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Q 2 How many children below five years of age die due to water related diseases in India?
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Q 3 Under which article right to water is part of the right to life?
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Q 4 Who provides the public facilities?
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Q 5 Where does government present the budget?
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Q 6 Which is the most important public transport for short distances?
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Q 7 What is the special about Porto Alegre?
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Q 8 Where is Porto Alegre situated?
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Q 9 Which is the worlds densest railway route?
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Q 10 How did the drinking water of Mahbubnagar get contaminated?
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Q 11 What does the Indian constitution says about Right to Education and what is the contradiction that prevails in India?
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Q 12 What do you understand by public facilities?
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Q 13 What was the UN statement regarding water?
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Q 14 Which court had given her verdict on PIL by a citizen of Mahbubnagar? What was its decision?
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Q 15 Why do the private companies are not interested in providing the public facilities? Marks (2)
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Q 1 Define Law?
Q 2 Define Justice?
Q 3 What is the importance of law in a market?
Q 4 Why do we need a law on the minimum wages? Explain with an example?
Q 5 Constitution forms the basis of laws. Discuss.
Q 6 How was the Child Labour Prevention Act put into practice?
Q 7 Explain Bhopal gas tragedy?
Q 8 Why did Union Carbide set up its plant in India?
Q 9 Compare between the Union Carbide Companys safety systems in Bhopal with the same in the U.S.
Q 10 Whose interests does the Minimum Wages Act law protect?
Q 11 Who enforces the laws of a country?
Q 12 What is the effect of the enforcement of laws?
Q 13 Why did the government implement the new laws to protect the environment?
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