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History: India and the Contemporary World - II For Class 10

1. The Age of Industrialisation Q 1 Explain the term 'Orient'?

Mark (1)

Q 2 How cloth production was done before the arrival of cotton mill?

Mark (1)

Q 3 Who invented steam engine?

Mark (1)

Q 4 What do you understand by the term Capital?

Mark (1)

Q 5 What was the change that occurred with the expansion in world trade?

Mark (1)

Q 6 What was the job of a „Stapler‟ who worked in the countryside?

Mark (1)

Q 7 Briefly describe the meaning of the term „Carding‟ as used in the production of cloth?

Mark (1)

Q 8 What were the non-mechanised sectors in the industrial production during the 1800s?

Mark (1)

Q 9 Describe the usage of the 321 Steam engines invented in England?

Mark (1)

Q 10 What were the reasons that the industrialists in India did not want to introduce machines?

Mark (1)

Q 11 Who in Britain preferred hand made products and why?

Mark (1)

Q 12 Where did the jobseekers in England spend their nights?

Mark (1)

Q 13 What is Proto-industrialisation?

Marks (3)

Q 14 How did cotton play an important role in the process of industrilisation? Marks (3)


Q 15 What were the inventions that increased the speed of production process in industries?

Marks (3)

Q 16 Who invented Spinning Jenny? Why did women workers attack the Spinning Jenny?

Marks (3)

Q 17 What was the result of tightening of colonial control over Indian trade?

Marks (3)

Q 18 In which industries the demand for labour was seasonal?

Marks (3)

Q 19 What was the role of the Trade Guilds in towns?

Marks (3)

Q 20 Why was the new and powerful technology slow to be accepted by industrialists?

Marks (3)

Q 21 What was the kind of wages earned by the workers in the nineteenth century?

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Q 22 What were the changes that took place after 1840s in England?

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Q 23 Who was Dwarkanath Tagore? What was his role in the industrial developments in India?

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Q 24 With the expansion of factories in industrial regions demand for workers grew. Where did the workers come from?

Marks (3)

Q 25 What were the dynamic industries in Britain at the time of industrialisation?

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Q 26 Why did the merchants begin employing peasants and artisans in the villages?

Marks (4)

Q 27 What led to clashes between the weavers and the gomasthas?

Marks (4)

Q 28 Why did the industrial production in India increase during the First World War?

Marks (4)

Q 29 What is the Industrial Revolution?

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Q 30 How did British rule hamper the development of modern industries in India?

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Q 31 How did the Industrial Revolution in England affect India‟s Economy?

Marks (4)

Q 32 Write some of the inventions that helped the growth of textile industry.

Marks (4)

Q 33 Which social class benefited from Industrial Revolution? Marks (4)

Q 34 Based on the pictures given below, answer the following questions:

1. Identify the two pictures given above.

2. For what purpose the pictures like these were used for?

3. How were these pictures interpreted by the common man? (1+2+1=4) Marks (4)

Q 35 Given below is a painting by C E Turner of the Lancashire mill in England. Answer the questions based on the painting.

1. Who set up the first cotton mill in England?

2. What was the most important change within the setup of the mill?( 1+3=4) Marks (4)


Q 36 Given below is a seventeenth century drawing of a British factory at Surat. Answer questions related to this drawing.

1. Where did the old ports exist in India and name the new ones that grew after the coming of the Europeans.

2. How did the Europeans gain power in India?(2+2=4)

Marks (4)

Most Important Questions

Q 1 „When the Spinning Jenny was introduced in the woollen industry, women who survived on hand spinning began attacking the

new machines. Why do you think it was so?

Q 2 Give example of areas where modern development that is associated with progress has led to problems?

Q 3 Within the proto-industrial system, a close relationship developed between the town and the countryside? Explain.

Q 4 Imagine yourself as a peasant living in the countryside during the proto-industrial era. What circumstances forced you to began

working for merchants?

Q 5 You are a worker employed in Lancashire cotton mill. How will you account for the growth of this industry?

Q 6 You are a common man belonging to 19th

Century England. How rapid did the process of industrialization appear to you?

Q 7 Give an example to show that the new technology was slow to be accepted by the industrialists.

Q 8 Imagine yourself as a merchant belonging to the mid-19th

Century. How do you think you would react to the new technological

developments?

Q 9 Why do you think initial preference was given to hand labour in the age of industrialization?

Q 10 Explain what is meant by proto industrialization?

Q 11 Describe two inventions along with the names of inventors which helped in the growth of textile industry?

Q 12 Mention any two favorable effects of the Industrial revolution?

Q 13 Sarai Gopichand was a prosperous merchant involved in the network of suppling materials for export trade at Surat in the early

18th

century but his prosperity was shortlived . He soon grew bankrupt in1750‟s. Can you trace the reasons for his bankruptcy?


Q 14 Imagine yourself as belonging to the class of merchants & brokers involved in the export trade at Hoogly in the early 18th

century. Explain your style of operation?

Q 15 Haridas was a weaver working for East India Company who was upset due to the numerous restrictions or controls imposed on

him by the company. Can you list a few controls exercised by the company?

Q 16 Ramprasth was a weaver, totally dissatisfied with the working conditions in late 18th

century . Soon he began refusing loans

from the company, closed down his workshop & took to agricultural labour? Why do you think he was dissatisfied?

Q 17 Imagine yourself as a weaver belonging to the 19th

century. What drastic change in the scenario of the times happened which

brought a decline in the weaving industry?

Q 18 As an observer of the World War I , narrate the effect of the First World War on India‟s industrial development?

Q 19 How did the East India Company procure regular supplies of cotton & silk textiles from the Indian weavers?

Q 20 In what manner did the coming of British made goods in India pose a new set of problems for the weavers ?

Q 21 In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin first? Mention any two economic effects of the industrial revolution?

Q 22 Can you name a few factors which proved favorable for industrialization in India?


2. Work, Life and Leisure Q 1 The Chartism movement fought for which rights?

Mark (1)

Q 2 What is the meaning of tenements?

Mark (1)

Q 3 Why were the workers‟ mass housing schemes planned?

Mark (1)

Q 4 Explain „the principle of Garden City‟.

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Q 5 Define „Individualism‟.

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Q 6 Who is a philanthropist?

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Q 7 What is the meaning of urbanisation?

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Q 8 Which was the first metropolitan city in the world?

Mark (1)

Q 9 What was the total number of criminals in London in 1870s?

Mark (1)

Q 10 Who wrote the novel titled Debganer Martye Aagaman (the Gods visit Earth)?

Mark (1)

Q 11 Which was the first metropolitan city in the Indian subcontinent?

Mark (1)

Q 12 Mention the names of Presidency cities of British India.

Mark (1)

Q 13 When did Bombay become the capital of the Bombay Presidency?

Mark (1)

Q 14 When was the first textile mill established in Bombay?

Mark (1)

Q 15 Who was the first Municipal Commissioner of Bombay? Mark (1)


Q 16 What steps were taken to clean up the city of London?

Marks (3)

Q 17 What was the condition of urbanisation in India during the Colonial rule?

Marks (3)

Q 18 What was the condition of women in the industrial city?

Marks (3)

Q 19 Write a short note on the workers of cotton mills in Bombay.

Marks (3)

Q 20 What were the three historical processes that have shaped the modern cities world wide?

Marks (3)

Q 21 How did the factory act of 1902 change the life of children?

Marks (3)

Q 22 What were the three concerns that people of London had about for housing the poor?

Marks (3)

Q 23 Explain the Temperance movement.

Marks (3)

Q 24 Who designed the Garden City of New Earswick?

Marks (3)

Q 25 Which factors contributed in the growth of towns and cities?

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Q 26 What is a metropolis?

Marks (3)

Q 27 Who was Haussmann?

Marks (3)

Q 28 What was the impact of the development of technology on the livelihood of women?

Marks (3)

Q 29 Name some of the industrial cities of Britain during the Industrial Revolution and how did they attract migrants?

Marks (3)

Q 30 Mention the names of major industries that provided employment to the migrated people in London city.

Marks (3)


Q 31 What were the chawls in the city of Bombay?

Marks (3)

Q 32 What were the types of entertainment that the City of London had for the rich and poor people?

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Q 33 How did Bombay develop as a major city?

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Q 34 What kind of social changes appeared in the industrial cities?

Marks (4)

Q 35 Explain the development of underground railway transport in London City.

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Q 36 How was racism practiced in the city of Bombay?

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Q 37 How did the large masses of people draw into political cause?

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Q 1 What were the characteristic features of cities?

Q 2 Give a brief description of London as a city in the 19th

century.

Q 3 Which industries were set up in London?

Q 4 Describe the marginal groups of mid-19th

century London.

Q 5 Why was housing a main concern in the city of London?

Q 6 List some steps taken to clean up the city of London.

Q 7 What led to the development of London Underground Railway? What was it criticized?

Q 8 How was the family life affected by industrialization?

Q 9 How did industrialization change the social status of women.

Q 10 What were the Chartist and the 10-hour movements?

Q 11 How did the urban family life transform in the 20th

century?

Q 12 What forms of leisure activities came up in urbanized London?

Q 13 „Large city population can be both a threat and an opportunity‟. How can it be a threat?

Q 14 Who was Baron Haussmann? What was his contribution to the city of Paris?


Q 15 Why was there an outcry against Haussmann‟s Paris and why did this outcry later subside?

Q 16 Describe some common features of the three Presidency cities of colonial India.

Q 17 How did Bombay emerge as the prime city of India?

Q 18 Discuss why and how people moves into the city of Bombay.

Q 19 Compare and contrast the cities of London and Bombay.

Q 20 What were chawls?

Q 21 How were the neighbourhoods used in Bombay?

Q 22 Why and when the Bombay Improvement Trust established?

Q 23 Discuss how land reclamation took place in Bombay.

Q 24 Write a short note on Bombay film industry.

Q 25 What is Lee Kuan Yew known for?

Q 26 Write about the problems of pollution in the cities of England?

Q 27 What steps were taken to control pollution in the cities of England? Were these steps successful?

Q 28 What led to rise in pollution level in the city of Calcutta? What steps were taken to control pollution here?

Q 29 When was the Rent Act passed in Bombay? What was its outcome?

Q 30 Explain the following terms:

a) Presidency Cities

b) Akharas

c) Depressed Classes

d) Reclamation of Land


3. Print Culture and the Modern World Q 1 What is the meaning of Calligraphy?

Mark (1)

Q 2 What is the meaning of vellum?

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Q 3 Who developed the first printing press?

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Q 4 Name the first book printed by Johann Gutenberg?

Mark (1)

Q 5 Explain the meaning of „Ballad‟.

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Q 6 Explain the term „inquisition‟?

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Q 7 When did the printing press come to India for the first time?

Mark (1)

Q 8 What was the first English weekly magazine in India?

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Q 9 Name two presses that began to publish numerous religious texts in vernacular.

Mark (1)

Q 10 What is the meaning of the term „Despotism‟?

Mark (1)

Q 11 Where was the earliest kind of print technology developed?

Marks (3)

Q 12 Who introduced hand-printing technology into Japan and which was the first book printed in Japan?

Marks (3)

Q 13 Explain the term 'Ukiyo'.

Marks (3)

Q 14 Who introduced paper technology in Italy?

Marks (3)

Q 15 Who was Martin Luther King? Marks (3)


Q 16 Who were heretics?

Marks (3)

Q 17 How manuscripts were created in ancient India?

Marks (3)

Q 18 Explain how print culture assisted the growth of nationalism in India.

Marks (4)

Q 19 Did the print culture play a vital role in the French Revolution?

Marks (4)

Q 20 How did the print culture develop in India?

Marks (4)

Q 21 How did printing press help in spreading the ideas of philosophers and scientists?

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Q 22 Enlist the innovations in the printing technology.

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Q 23 Write a short note on the Vernacular Press Act.

Marks (4)


Q 1 In what way did Western countries influence the print culture in China?

Q 2 Who introduced hand-printing technology in Japan? What were the earlier forms of printing in Japan?

Q 3 Who was Kitagawa Utamaro? What was his influence on western painters?

Q 4 Who employed scribes to write in the 14th

century?

Q 5 State the limitation of hand-written books. State the measures taken to overcome these disadvantages.

Q 6 Write a short note on Johann Gutenberg.

Q 7 What is platen? What is its importance in a printing press?

Q 8 What was the impact of print revolution?

Q 9 Describe the new culture of reading which emerged because of print revolution.

Q 10 Who were the people who did not welcome the printed books? Why?

Q 11 „Martin Luther was in favour of the print.‟ Explain.

Q 12 Who was Menocchio? Why was the church against him?



(a) Chap books

(b) Bibliotheque Bleue

(c) Almanac

Q 14 What was the opinion of Louis Sebastian Mercier about the power of the press?

Q 15 How did the print culture contribute to the French Revolution of July 1789?

Q 16 What did the spread of print culture in the 19th

century do to children, women and workers?

Q 17 Mention the developments taken place in print technology in the 19th

and 20th

centuries?

Q 18 Why was handling of Indian manuscripts difficult?

Q 19 How did the printing press come to India?

Q 20 Write a note on the Bengal Gazette.

Q 21 Why did the ulama and other Muslim sects oppose the English culture? What counter steps did they take?

Q 22 How did Hindu religious texts benefit from printing?

Q 23 What was the use of visual culture in late 19th

century India?

Q 24 How did women‟s education in India come about?

Q 25 Write a note on women writers in India?

Q 26 Write about the beginning of printing in Punjab and other states of India.

Q 27 How did printed books in India depict the life of the poor?

Q 28 Why East India Company was against the press? How was freedom of press regulated?

Q 29 Write a note on the Vernacular Press Act.

Q 30 How did the print culture assist the growth of nationalism in India?


4. Novels, Society and History Q 1 What is the best literary work of Premchand?

Mark (1)

Q 2 Where did novels develop first?

Mark (1)

Q 3 Who wrote the novel Oliver Twist and what is its theme?

Mark (1)

Q 4 What was the theme of Jane Austen‟s novels?

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Q 5 What do you know about the novel Robinson Crusoe?

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Q 6 Who translated an English novel called Henrietta Temple in Malayalam?

Mark (1)

Q 7 Who wrote the first Oriya novel?

Mark (1)

Q 8 Who wrote the novel Indulekha?

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Q 9 Which social class was an avid reader of novels and how did the novels influence them?

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Q 10 Who wrote the novel ?Treasure Island

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Q 11 What is a 'satire'?

Mark (1)

Q 12 Who wrote the novel titled Pamela?

Mark (1)

Q 13 Which was the earliest novel in Marathi?

Mark (1)

Q 14 Who wrote the novel Muktamala?

Mark (1)

Q 15 Who wrote the novel Rajasekhara Caritamu? Mark (1)


Q 16 Name the English novel that was translated by Kandukuri Viresalingam in Telugu.

Mark (1)

Q 17 Who wrote the novel Indirabai?

Mark (1)

Q 18 Who wrote the novel Sultana’s Dream?

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Q 19 When was Kathanjali magazine published?

Mark (1)

Q 20 Who wrote the novel Saraswativijayam?

Mark (1)

Q 21 Who wrote the novel Under Drake’s Flag?

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Q 22 Who wrote the novel Jane Eyre?

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Q 23 Which was the famous novel of Rudyard Kipling?

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Q 24 Who wrote Ramona?

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Q 25 Who wrote the story What Katy Did?

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Q 26 Name the first historical novel in Bengal?

Mark (1)

Q 27 Describe the ways in which the novels in India attempted to create a sense of pan-Indian belonging.

Marks (3)

Q 28 What were the two trends of Bengali novels in the nineteenth century? Name one of the most popular novelists in Bengal.

Marks (3)

Q 29 Who was the pioneer of modern Hindi literature and what was the influence of his writings on the Hindi literature?

Marks (3)

Q 30 Write a note on the contribution of Devaki Nandan Khatri to the Hindi novels.

Marks (3)


Q 31 What was the theme of the novel Hard Times?

Marks (3)

Q 32 What is the theme of Emile Zola‟s novel Germinal?

Marks (3)

Q 33 Write a note on the development of novels in Assam.

Marks (3)

Q 34 Who patronized the Bengali novels?

Marks (3)

Q 35 Write a note on the great Tamil novelist R. Krishnamurthy.

Marks (3)

Q 36 Why did the British administrators translate vernacular novels in English?

Marks (4)

Q 37 Name a few south Indian novelists who translated English novels in their languages? Why did they stop doing so?

Marks (4)

Q 38 What was the contribution of Premchand to the Hindi literature?

Marks (4)

Q 39 What is meant by Epistolary and Serialised novel? Name one writer for each type who wrote in that style.

Marks (4)

Q 40 What was the contribution of Srinivas Das of Delhi to the Hindi literature?

Marks (4)

Q 41 Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it:

„Fiction is a department of literature in which women can, after their kind, fully equal men … No educational restrictions can shut

women from the materials of fiction, and there is no species of art that is so free from rigid requirements.‟

Who was George Eliot?

According to George Eliot what was the purpose of novels?

Name one novel written by George Eliot.

Marks (4)

Q 42 What was the contribution of Rabindranath Tagore to the Bengali Literature?

Marks (4)



Q 1 Which event made the novels popular in Europe? What made the writers choose their own styles of writing?

Q 2 Who was the author of the novel „Pamela‟? Give two special features of this novel.

Q 3 Why did the novel become popular? What was the impact of novel on the people?

Q 4 Outline the changes in technology and society that led to an increase in readers of the novel in the 18th

century Europe.

Q 5 What were the main themes of the novels in the 19th

century?

Q 6 What were serialized novels?

Q 7 How did Jane Austen portray women in her novels?

Q 8 What were the reasons for popularity of novels in France?

Q 9 What were Charles Dickens‟ views on industrialization?

Q 10 Who was the writer of the noel „Germinal‟? What was the theme of the novel?

Q 11 Discuss the importance of the novels of Thomas Hardy?

Q 12 How did novels bring together different cultures?

Q 13 Who was Charlotte Bronte? How has she presented the picture of the woman in her novels?

Q 14 What kinds of novels were written for the young generation of Britain? Explain with examples.

Q 15 What actions of Robinson Crusoe make him a typical colonizer?

Q 16 When did the modern novel develop in India and why?

Q 17 What was the main aim of the Indian novelists of 19th

century?

Q 18 What was the theme of the novel Pariksha-Guru?

Q 19 What was the peculiarity about the early novels in Kerala and Andhra Pradesh?

Q 20 What does Premchand‟s Sewasadan deal about?

Q 21 Write a note on novels in Assam.

Q 22 Early Bengali novels of 19th

century portrayed two worlds. Explain.

Q 23 Write a note on Oriya novel?

Q 24 Why did the colonial administrators find novels in native or vernacular languages useful?

Q 25 How did Indians use the novels?

Q 26 Give an example from any novel of the 19th

century which depicted the peculiarities of being modern?

Q 27 Describe some pleasures of reading. Q 28 Discuss how the novel affected women readers in India?

Q 29 Who was Potheri Kunjambu? What was his contribution to growth of novels?

Q 30 Which was the first Bengali historical novel?


5. The Rise Of Nationalism in Europe Q 1 Name two important unified nation states in Europe.

Mark (1)

Q 2 What is a nation state?

Mark (1)

Q 3 What do you mean by the term „Absolutist‟?

Mark (1)

Q 4 Who was Bismarck?

Mark (1)

Q 5 Which was the first region to become a part of unified Italy?

Mark (1)

Q 6 When did the concept of Nationalism arise in Europe?

Mark (1)

Q 7 What did the term „Conservatism‟ imply in 1815 Europe?

Mark (1)

Q 8 Which act of 1707 was instrumental in forging the nation state of Great Britain with England at its centre?

Mark (1)

Q 9 Which king was offered the crown in the Frankfurt parliament of 1848?

Mark (1)

Q 10 Who was Count Cavour?

Mark (1)

Q 11 Which Treaty is associated with the independence of Greece from the Ottoman Empire?

Mark (1)

Q 12 Name the two new underground societies formed by Mazzini?

Mark (1)

Q 13 What was the Civil Code of 1804? What did it imply?

Marks (3)

Q 14 What were the ideas of Giuseppe Mazzini?

Marks (3)

Q 15 Explain briefly the administrative system of Napoleon. Marks (3)


Q 16 What do you mean by the term 'Liberalism'? How it stands for nationalism?

Marks (3)

Q 17 Explain the term „Conservatism‟?

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Q 18 What were the aims and policies of Bismark?

Marks (3)

Q 19 Discuss the importance of language in the creation of national identity.

Marks (3)

Q 20 Explain the emergence of nation-states in Europe?

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Q 21 Who was Ernst Renan? What were his views about a nation?

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Q 22 Explain briefly the term „The Balkans‟.

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Q 23 Who was Giuseppe Mazzini? Why was he famous?

Marks (3)

Q 24 Discuss the revolt of the weaving community of Silesia?

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Q 25 Given below is the picture of a German almanac. The first picture depicts the scene of the storming of the French Bastille prison

and alongside there is another fortress situated in a German province.

a. What did the incident of the Bastille prison signify?

b. Why is the German fortress depicted alongside the picture of the French prison? [2+2=4] Marks (4)


Q 26 Mention the aftermath of the defeat of Napoleon?

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Q 27 Briefly trace the process of German unification.

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Q 28 What was the immediate impact of the French Revolution on the European cities?

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Q 29 Explain the meaning of the following words.

(1) Plebiscite

(2) Feminist

(3) Ideology

(4) Ethnic

Marks (4)

Q 30 Who were Marianne and Germania?

Marks (4)

Q 31 Who was Giuseppe Garibaldi?

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Q 32 Carl Welcker, an elected member of the Frankfurt Parliament, expressed the following views:

„Nature has created men and women to carry out different functions … Man, the stronger, the bolder and freer of the two, has been

designated as protector of the family. Woman, the weaker, dependent and timid, requires the protection of man. Her sphere is the

home, the care of the children, the nurturing of the family … Do we require any further proof that given such differences, equality

between the sexes would only endanger harmony and destroy the dignity of the family?‟

1. What was the ideology of the liberal movements with respect to women?

2. Enumerate on the work done by women during the Frankfurt Parliament? [2+2=4]

Marks (4)

Q 33 Economists in German provinces began to think of forging and developing a nation based on new economic policies. Friedrich

List, a Professor of Economics at the University of Tubingen in Germany, wrote in 1834, “The aim of the Zollverein is to bind the

Germans economically into a nation.”

1. What was the Zollervein?

2. What were the conditions in the German regions which were viewed as obstacles to the growth and development of the economic

exchange in the early nineteenth century? [1+3=4]

Marks (4)



Q 1 What do you understand by the term „Nationalism‟? What factors give rise to Nationalism?

Q 2 What do you understand by the term Nation states?

Q 3 What are the main contributions of French Revolution to the world?

Q 4 What were the results of Revolution of 1830 & 1848 on France?

Q 5 Throw light on the aims of a revolutionary of the 19th

C Europe?

Q 6 “Conservative regimes set up in 1815 were autocratic.” Give reasons to support your answer.

Q 7 „Mazzini believed that God had intended nations to be the natural units of mankind. So Italy could not continue to be a patchwork

of small states and kingdoms. It had to be forged into a single unified republic within a wider alliance of nations. This unification

alone could be the basis of Italian liberty”.

What all did Mazzini do to finally achieve this aim?

Q 8 What do you understand by Conservatism? Explain it. Q 9 Discuss the significance of the Congress of Vienna ?

Q 10 What changes did Napoleon introduce to make the administrative system more efficient in the territories ruled by him?

Q 11 Explain what is meant by the 1848 revolution of the Liberals? What are the political & economic ideas supported by the

Liberals?

Q 12 Who were Marianne and Germania? Q 13 Discuss how the cultural factors contributed in the creation of national identity?

Q 14 Explain the relevance of Nationalism in the present world.

Q 15 Emphasis was laid on vernacular language in the 19th

century Europe? Explain with the help of an example.

Q 16 What do you understand by the term Nation states? Q 17 Trace the process of the Unification of Germany.

Q 18 Trace the process of the Unification of Italy. Q 19 Why did nationalist tensions emerge in the Balkans?

Q 20 How was the history of the development of Nationalism in Britain unlike the rest of Europe?

Q 21 Explain what is meant by the 1848 revolution of the Liberals? What are the political & economic ideas supported by the

Liberals?

Q 22 What were the aims and policy of Bismarck? Q 23 Highlight the significance of the Greek War of Independence.

Q 24 Trace the emergence of Belgium as an independent nation.

Q 25 Focus on the attempts made by Poland to emerge as an independent nation.

Q 26 What initial efforts at German Unification were taken in 1848?

Q 27 Name a country in which army became the architect of a Nation? How was it possible?

Q 28 Cavour is considered the "brain of unification," Mazzini the "soul," and Garibaldi the "sword "of Italian unification.

Comment on their respective roles.


6. The Nationalist Movement in Indo-China Q 1 How did the Vietnam War come to an end?

Mark (1)

Q 2 Why did the US enter in the Vietnam War?

Mark (1)

Q 3 State the effect of the Vietnam War on the US.

Mark (1)

Q 4 In 1925, in a population of 17 million, there were less than 400 who passed the final examination in graduation. Why?

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Q 5 List a few barriers of economic growth in Vietnam.

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Q 6 Name the factors on which the colonial economy in Vietnam was based.

Mark (1)

Q 7 Mention two developmental activities undertaken by the French in Vietnam.

Mark (1)

Q 8 Name the countries which formed Indo-China.

Mark (1)

Q 9 Why colonies were necessary for France?

Mark (1)

Q 10 What was the impact of Great depression of 1930s on Vietnam?

Mark (1)

Q 11 What does „Viet Minh‟ mean?

Mark (1)

Q 12 What is „Syncretic tradition‟?

Mark (1)

Q 13 What is meant by indentured labour?

Mark (1)

Q 14 Explain briefly what is a concentration camp.

Mark (1)

Q 15 Who was Confucius? Mark (1)


Q 16 What means did Vietminh forces use to transport supplies to Dien Bien Phu?

Mark (1)

Q 17 Name the countries that formed the Indo-China Union.

Mark (1)

Q 18 Which culture influenced the elites in Vietnam ?

Mark (1)

Q 19 What do we mean by the term 'Napalm'?

Mark (1)

Q 20 Discuss the position of women in the Vietnamese society.

Marks (3)

Q 21 What was the role of US media during the Vietnamese War.

Marks (3)

Q 22 Discuss the views of Phan Chu Trinh regarding Vietnamese Government.

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Q 23 Early Vietnamese nationalists had a close relationship with Japan and China. Why?

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Q 24 What is the Hoa Hao movement?

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Q 25 Briefly describe the Scholars' role in the Revolt of 1868.

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Q 26 Mention the steps taken by the French to prevent the invasion of rats.

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Q 27 What were the ideas behind the Tonkin free school.

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Q 28 What was the opinion of the French policy makers on the medium of instruction in Indo-China.

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Q 29 What was the problem faced by the French in the sphere of educating the Vietnamese.

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Q 30 Discuss the dilemma faced by the French regarding education in Vietnam.

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Q 31 What were Paul Bernard‟s view regarding development of colonies?

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Q 32 What were the sources of the colonial Economy in Vietnam?

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Q 33 Write a note on the formation of the Vietnamese Communist Party.

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Q 34 What did the „Civilizing Mission‟ of the colonizers mean?

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Q 35 Describe the religious life of Vietnam.

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Q 36 What was the Rat Hunt? Explain it.

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Q 37 Describe how the French created a modern Vietnam?

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Q 38 How did the entry of US in the Vietnamese war prove to be expensive for US?

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Q 39 The prolongation of the Vietnamese war created strong reactions with the U.S. Discuss.

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Q 40 Discuss the role of women along the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

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Q 41 Briefly explain the features of the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

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Q 42 Enlist the contribution of Phan Boi Chau towards Vietnamese Nationalism.

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Q 43 Discuss the causes for the spread of bubonic plague in Hanoi.

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Q 44 Describe the content of school text books in French Indo-China?

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Q 45 Write a note on Colonial Education.

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Q 46 Given below is a picture of American soldiers in the rice fields of Vietnam.

Answer the questions related to the picture.

a. Why has the phase of the US entry into the war been described as brutal?

b. Describe the kinds of weapons were used by the US during the war in Vietnam?

Marks (4)

Q 47 Given below is a picture of a colonial building that came up in Modern Hanoi.

Answer the following questions related to it.

a. What were the features of the modern part of Hanoi?

b. What was the incident that struck modern Hanoi in 1903? What was the cause of the incident?

Marks (4)

Q 48 Resistance to French dominance in Japan was often led by Confucian scholar activists. Two prominent ones were Phan Boi Chau

and Phan Chu Trinh. They discussed their visions about free Vietnam and this is what Phan Boi Chau later wrote about their

discussions:

“Thereafter over more than ten days, he and I debated time and again, and our opinions were diametrically opposed.”

a. Describe the diametrically opposed opinions of the two scholars?

b. What were they issues that they agreed upon? Marks (4)



Q 1 Show how Vietnam was under the shadow of China?

Q 2 How did nationalism emerge in Vietnam?

Q 3 How and when did the French take control over Vietnam?

Q 4 What did the French introduce to increase cultivation in Vietnam?

Q 5 What efforts were taken by the French to develop infrastructure in Vietnam?

Q 6 Who was Paul Bernard? What were his beliefs on colonies and economy of Vietnam?

Q 7 Briefly describe the economy of colonial Vietnam.

Q 8 What was the „civilizing mission‟ of the French?

Q 9 What problems did the French face in the sphere of education in Vietnam?

Q 10 Describe the approach followed by Tonkin Free School?

Q 11 Why did protests erupt in Saigon Native Girls‟ School?

Q 12 „Schools became an important place for political and cultural battles.‟ Explain.

Q 13 Briefly describe the plague in Hanoi and the rat-hunt that followed.

Q 14 What was the „Scholars Revolt‟ of 1868?

Q 15 „Developments in China inspired Vietnamese nationalists.‟ Explain.

Q 16 What was the impact of the „Great Depression‟ on Vietnam?

Q 17 How was the Democratic Republic of Vietnam formed?

Q 18 What challenge did the newly formed Democratic Republic of Vietnam face?

Q 19 How did the peace negotiations in Geneva turn Vietnam into a battlefield?

Q 20 „US entry into the war marked a new phase that proved costly to the Vietnamese as well as to the Americans.‟ Explain.

Q 21 What kinds of weapons were used by the US against Vietnam?

Q 22 „The US media and films played a major role in both supporting as well as criticising the war.‟ Explain.

Q 23 Describe the Ho Chi Minh trail. Q 24 What was the status of women in pre-independence Vietnam?

Q 25 Who was Phan Boi Chau? Which play did he write? Q 26 „Vietnamese women were great warriors.‟ Explain.

Q 27 How did the Vietnamese women respond to the call of the resistance movement?

Q 28 „The prolongation of the war created strong reactions even within the US.‟ Explain.

Q 29 How did the Vietnamese war finally end? Q 30 Who was Ho Chi Minh? Discuss his life in brief.


7. Nationalism in India Q 1 What were the repercussions of the Jallianwalah Bagh tragedy?

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Q 2 What were General Dyer‟s „crawling orders‟?

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Q 3 What is picketing?

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Q 4 Why was the Khilafat committee formed in 1919?

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Q 5 Why did Gandhi withdraw the Non Cooperation movement in 1922?

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Q 6 Who formed the Swaraj Party?

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Q 7 Why was Salt used as a symbol by Gandhiji to unite India?

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Q 8 Name any two leaders of the Home Rule League in India?

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Q 9 Where and under whose presidentship was the first session of National Congress held?

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Q 10 When did the Simon Commission arrive in India?

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Q 11 Who founded the Depressed Classes Association?

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Q 12 What was the Inland Act of Emigration of 1859?

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Q 13 Two features A and B are marked in the given outline political map of India. Identify these features with the help of the

following information and write their correct names on the lines marked in the map.

A. The centre where a violent incident led to the calling off the Civil Disobedience Movement.

B. The place of cotton mill worker‟s Satyagraha.

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Q 14 wo features A and B are marked in the given outline political map of India. Identify these features with the help of the following

information and write their correct names on the lines marked in the map.

A. The place where indigo planters revolted.

B. Place where Khilafat Committee was formed.

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Q 15 Locate and label the following items with appropriate symbols on the same map.

A. Dandi - The place where salt Satygraha was observed

B. Chauri Chaura - The centre of calling off the Non-Cooperation Movement.

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Q 16 The following questions are for the BLIND CANDIDATES only, inlieu of above question

A. Name the place where Indian National Congress Session was held in 1927.

B. At which place the movement of Indigo planters was started?

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A. Indian National Congress session of 1920

B. Place where no tax campaign was launched.

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A. The place where Congress Session took place in Dec 1920.

B. Place where Jallianwala Bagh incident took place.

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Q 19 The following questions are for the BLIND CANDIDATES only, in lieu of above question

A. Name the place where Cotton Mill workers launched Satyagraha.

B. At which place the Congress Session was held in 1929? Marks (2)


(i) Amritsar - The place where Jallianwala Bagh incident took place.

(ii) Madras - The place where Congress session of 1927 was held.

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Q 21 Question for the blind candidates.

1. Name the place where a violent incident led to the calling off of Non-Cooperation Movement.

2. Name the place where the cotton mill workers organised a Satyagraha. Marks (2)



A. The place where Civil Disobedience Movement was started.

B. The place where the Congress Session of 1929 was held.

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(iii) Kheda – The place where Peasant Satyagraha took place.

(iv) Champaran (Bihar) – The place where movement of indigo planters started.

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Q 24 Question for blind candidates:

(i). Name the place where Civil Disobedience Movement was started.

(ii) Name the place where the Congress Session of 1929 was held.

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Q 25 Discuss the role of icons and Symbols in unifying and inspiring a feeling of nationalism.

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Q 26 Devotion to the mother figure came to be seen as evidence of one‟s nationalism. Explain.

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Q 27 Highlight the steps taken by Gandhiji to uplift untouchables.

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Q 28 Discuss the role of women in the Civil Disobedience movement.

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Q 29 The relationship between the poor peasants and Congress was uncertain. Discuss.

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Q 30 What was the objective of the Salt March started by Gandhiji?

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Q 31 Why did Gandhiji call off Non-Cooperation movement?

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Q 32 How did Non-Cooperation become a movement? Explain it.

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Q 33 Explain the Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre?

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Q 34 Why did Indian leaders oppose the Rowlatt Act in 1919?

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Q 35 What do you mean by Satyagraha?

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Q 36 Who formed the Swaraj Party? What was its aim?

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Q 37 When was Gandhi-Irwin pact signed? What were its main provisions?

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Q 38 What is the importance of the Lahore Session (1929) of Congress in the history of India‟s freedom movement? Marks (3)


Q 39 How did re-interpretation of history help in creating a feeling of nationalism?

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Q 40 How did ideas of nationalism develop through a movement to revive Indian folklore?

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Q 41 Discuss the impact of communalism on the National Movement from the 1920s.

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Q 42 Trace the events which led to the signing of the „Poona Pact‟.

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Q 43 How did the business class associate themselves with the the Civil Disobedience movement?

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Q 44 Discuss the differing attitudes of the industrial working class and the Congress towards the Civil Disobedience.

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Q 45 Highlight the reason for the participation of rich peasant communities in the Civil Disobedience movement.

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Q 46 What was the condition of plantation workers during Non-cooperation.

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Q 47 Discuss the struggle for Swaraj in Gudem Hills

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Q 48 Trace the development of peasants‟ movement in Awadh.

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Q 49 “To the altar of this revolution we have brought our youth as incense, for no sacrifice is too great for so magnificent a cause.‟

This was the voice of many Nationalist leaders who thought that the struggle against the British could not be won through non-

violence.

a. Name a few of these leaders.

b. Describe a few dramatic actions taken by these leaders in different parts of India.

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Q 50 What was the contribution of Mahatma Gandhi in the Indian National movement?

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Q 51 What were the main aims of the Khilafat movement? How did the Khilafat movement help to forge unity between Hindus and

Muslims in India? Marks (4)

Q 52 Critically examine the main aspects of Indian national movement during the period of 1930 to 1947? Marks (4)

Q 53 What was the impact of Swadeshi and Boycott movement on Indian National Movement? Marks (4)


Q 54 The Independence Day pledge of 1930 asserted the following, “We believe that it is the inalienable right of the Indian people, as

of any other people, to have freedom and to enjoy the fruits of their toil and have the necessities of life, so that they may have full

opportunities of growth”.

a. When and under whose presidency was the pledge taken?

b. Why did the celebrations of „Purna Swaraj‟ attract less attention?

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Q 55 According to Mahatma Gandhi, Satyagraha was the only weapon that would lead India to independence. His opinion was, “It is

certain that India cannot rival Britain or Europe in force of arms. The British worship the war-god and they can all of them become, as

they are becoming, bearers of arms. The hundreds of millions in India can never carry arms”.

a. What was the philosophy behind Satyagraha?

b. After his arrival to India, what were the initial Satyagraha movements led by Gandhi?

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Q 1 What is your thinking about Boycott?

Q 2 How will you define „Satyagraha‟?

Q 3 What was the programme of Non Cooperation Movement as decided by Mahatma Gandhi?

Q 4 Why did the enthusiasm for Non Cooperation Movement slow down in cities gradually?

Q 5 What powers did the Rowlatt Act pass into the hand of the Government?

Q 6 Gandhi was able to sencourage masses to stand against Imperialism but a few sections of society were left out. Which were these

sections?

Q 7 What do you know about Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?

Q 8 What was the role of peasantry during Non-Cooperation Movement period?

Q 9 Explain the reason behind calling–off of the Non-Cooperation Movement?

Q 10 What was the reason behind the Civil Disobedience Movement? ` Q 11 What is the importance of 26 Jan 1930?

Q 12 Muslims feared majority dictatorship, this was one of the reasons behind their aloofness from civil disobedience movement. Is

this true?

Q 13 Gandhi was able to change the approach of Congress towards Dalits. How?

Q 14 Lahore Session was the turning point session for Congress. Justify this.

Q 15 What were the basic differences in the images of Bharat Mata created in 19th

century and 20th

century?

Q 16 The nationalists concentrated on symbols of nationalism and one nation. Explain this with example.

Q 17 Why Indians opposed „Simon Commission‟?

Q 18 Do know the reason behind formation of Swaraj Party? Q 19 What did the „Swaraj‟ meant for Jats and Patidars?


8. The Making of a Global World Q 1 Name the main destinations of Indian indentured migrants.

Mark (1)

Q 2 Which city is called as the fabled city of gold?

Mark (1)

Q 3 Which region was called as Canal colonies?

Mark (1)

Q 4 Define an Assembly Line.

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Q 5 Mention in brief about indentured labour.

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Q 6 Mention the positive changes brought by Colonisation.

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Q 7 Why did Europeans flee to America in the 19th Century?

Mark (1)

Q 8 Which commodity was exported by India in the depression days?

Mark (1)

Q 9 Bretton Woods system was based on what type of exchange rate?

Mark (1)

Q 10 What was the Great Depression of 1929?

Mark (1)

Q 11 What were the two crucial influences that shaped the post World War II reconstruction?

Mark (1)

Q 12 What do you understand by the term „Exchange rate‟?

Mark (1)

Q 13 Explain the three types of movement or flows within international economic exchange.

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Q 14 Explain the terms:

1. Tarrifs

2. Exchange rates

3. Multinational corporations

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Q 15 Who were Shikaripuri shroffs and Nattukottai Chettiars?

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Q 16 What do you mean by Globalisation?

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Q 17 Explain the different kinds of exchange rates?

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Q 18 What were the effects of the abolition of the „Corn Laws‟?

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Q 19 Give two examples of global exchange which took place before 17th

Century. The examples should be beneficial as well as

harmful.

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Q 20 Explain the effects of Great Depression on Indian economy.

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Q 21 Briefly explain the term „Bretton Woods Institutions‟.

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Q 22 What methods were used by the European employers to recruit and retain labour in Africa?

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Q 23 Mention the advantages of an Assembly line.

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Q 24 Mention the reason for the migration of Indian indentured labour to other countries.

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Q 25 Why is the First World War known as the world‟s first modern industrial war?

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Q 26 Discuss how Britain had a trade surplus with India in the nineteenth century?

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Q 27 What do you understand by mass production? Explain with an example.

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Q 28 Explain what is referred to as the G-77 countries and what were its main objectives?

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Q 29 Mention about problems of the post-war economic recovery. Marks (4)

Q 30 What do you mean by the Silk Routes? What was their importance? Marks (4)


Q 31 Describe the coming of Rinderpest to Africa. Marks (4)

Q 32 What forced the British Government to abolish the Corn Laws?

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Q 33 Explain briefly the impact of technology on food availability.

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Q 34 Given below is the picture of nineteenth century Indian indentured labourers in the Cocoa plantations in Trinidad.

a. What were the main destinations of Indian indentured migrants in the early nineteenth century?

b. Why was this indenture described as the „New Form of Slavery‟?

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Q 35 Given below is the picture of meat being loaded on a ship in 1878. Answer questions related to this picture.

a. What was the sales route of meat as a commodity?

b. What was the benefit of technology assisting in the transportation of meat to far off places? Marks (4)


Q 36 Given below is a picture of merchants exchanging goods in the fifteenth century. This practice was prevalent due to the escalated

travel by sailors and merchants. Answer the questions related to this.

a. Give two examples of food as long distance cultural contact in the pre modern world.

b. When were foods like potatoes, soya and tomatoes introduced in Europe?

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Q 1 What is globalization? State its main features.

Q 2 What are silk routes? Trace their origin and specify their significance.

Q 3 The pre-modern world shrank greatly in the 16th

century. Do you agree?

Q 4 What do you understand by the term „indentured labour‟? Where did indentured labour in India generally came from? Where did

they usually proceed for work?

Q 5 How did the industrial revolution in England change the production and consumption pattern of the people?

Q 6 Describe some technological developments of the 19th

century that boosted industrial growth.

Q 7 How did Rinderpest affect Africa?

Q 8 How did Europeans introduce the concept of Wage-earners in Africa?

Q 9 What do you understand by the term „colonization‟?

Q 10 What factors led to European dominance in the 18th

century?

Q 11 Explain how food contributed to globalization in the pre-modern world.

Q 12 How did Indian entrepreneurs benefit from the growth of industrialization?

Q 13 How did the industrial revolution in Britain affect India‟s trade?

Q 14 With the help of example, explain the three types of movements or flows within international economic exchange.

Q 15 What happened when the British government decided to abolish the „corn laws‟?

Q 16 When did the First World War start? Which two camps were involved in this war?


Q 17 How did the First World War transformed the socio-economic and political structure of the world?

Q 18 What were the main effects of First World War on the economy of Britain?

Q 19 How did mass production change the US economy?

Q 20 What do you know about assembly line production?

Q 21 What started the Great Depression? List down all its causes.

Q 22 How did the Great Depression affect India?

Q 23 What was the Bretton Wood's agreement?

Q 24 What are the roles of International Monetary Fund and World Bank?

Q 25 What political changes did the post-war era witness?

Q 26 What is NIEO?

Q 27 What were the important lessons that the economists and politicians learnt from the two World Wars?

Q 28 How did the industrial revolution in Britain affect India‟s trade?

Q 29 Why have MNCs of developed countries been relocating their production units to Asian countries in the recent years?

Q 30 What do you understand by fixed and floating exchange rates?


Geography: Contemporary India - II for Class 10

1. Resources and Development Q 1 Give two methods for reducing fallow land.

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Q 2 Name five categories of land – use pattern.

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Q 3 Write two characteristics of alluvial soil.

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Q 4 Mention the root cause for resources depletion at the global level as per Gandhiji.

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Q 5 Mention the problems related to mismanagement of resources.

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Q 6 Define conservation of resources.

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Q 7 Define resources planning.

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Q 8 Mention the importance of Human beings as an essential component of Resource?

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Q 9 Define Resource.

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Q 10 What is the reason for lack of water infiltration in desert soil?

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Q 11 What is the term used for land unfit due to gully formation?

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Q 12 Define shelter belts.

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Q 13 What is contour ploughing?

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Q 14 What are gullies? Mark (1)


Q 15 What does the word laterite mean?

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Q 16 Why does Black soil become difficult to till in rainy season?

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Q 17 Define resources.

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Q 18 Name 2 states where black soil is found.

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Q 19 Iron–ore is an example of which kind of resource?

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Q 20 Name the soil suitable for growing cotton?

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Q 21 Give an example of replenishable resource.

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Q 22 Name two industrial activities responsible for land degradation?

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Q 23 Name some of the factors responsible for soil formation.

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Q 24 Name the major areas of alluvial soil.

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Q 25 How can you classify alluvial soil?

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Q 26 How are laterite soil formed?

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Q 27 India has a wide variety of relief features which are the most important resources. Justify the statement.

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Q 28 Differentiate between resource rich countries and resource poor countries.

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Q 29 List of the various stages of resources planning.

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Q 30 Explain sustainable economic development. Marks (3)


Q 31 Classify resources on the basis of exhaustibility .

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Q 32 What is resource? Classify resources on the basis of origin.

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Q 33 Briefly explain the inter-relationship between Human Society, technology & institutions.

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Q 34 Give an account of distribution of wastelands of India?

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Q 35 Why certain countries were colonies of other nations?

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Q 36 "Resources are unevenly distributed over India." Explain with example.

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Q 37 Give the characteristics of Black soil.

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Q 38 In the given diagram compare the two pie charts.

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Q 39 What crops are grown in laterite soil? Marks (3)


Q 40 Give some of the characteristics of alluvial soil. Marks (3)

Q 41 Suggest some measures to control soil erosion.

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Q 42 Give main reasons for soil erosion.

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Q 43 Mention the methods to solve the problems of land degradation.

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Q 44 List few activities which results in land – degradation.

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Q 45 How is resource planning useful?

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Q 46 Mention the importance of natural resources.

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Q 47 Classify resources on the basis of status of development.

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Q 48 Classify resources on the basis of ownership.

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Q 49 What do you understand by human resource?

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Q 50 How does sustainable development helps in environment sustainability?

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Q 51 What are the problems associated with indiscriminate use of resources by man?

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Q 1 Resources are easily available. Can you define resource?

Q 2 Why is technology important in resource utilization?

Q 3 Mention the importance of Human beings as an essential component of Resource?

Q 4 Some resources have life in them, some don‟t. How will you classify such resources?

Q 5 Resources cannot be created. What do you feel about this statement?


Q 6 Coal, mineral metals, water, solar energy is some of the resources. Can you classify these in different categories?

Q 7 How will you classify resources on the basis of ownership?

Q 8 Country uses many resources, it also has many resources in stock, some are developed, and some are not. How will you classify

these resources?

Q 9 Mention the importance of resources.

Q 10 Indiscriminate use of resources have led to many problems. List the problems.

Q 11 Define sustainable economic development.

Q 12 Himalayan region has immense hydel power resource, but India is unable to utilize it fully. Why?

Q 13 Differentiate between resource rich Countries and resources poor countries.

Q 14 Mr Gupta owns a factory, a farm and a big house. Can he claim his ownership on a public park. Give reason for your answer.

Q 15 Briefly explain the inter-relationship between nature, technology & institutions.

Q 16 Do you think resource planning is useful? Why?

Q 17 What do you mean by resource planning?

Q 18 List the various stages of resources planning.

Q 19 List the important features of resource development.

Q 20 Define conservation of resources.

Q 21 Mention the problems related to mismanagement of resources.

Q 22 Mention the root cause for resources depletion at the global level as per Gandhiji.

Q 23 India has a wide variety of relief features, which are the most important resources. Justify.

Q 24 List few activities which results in land – degradation

Q 25 Mention the methods to solve the problems of land degradation.

Q 26 Name the most favorable land use in India & why?

Q 27 Name two disturbing features of land – use pattern.

Q 28 Give two methods for reducing fallow land.


2. Water Resources Q 1 Mention briefly about the water conservational techniques in ancient India.

Mark (1)

Q 2 Mention the reason why in some areas besides the fact that water is sufficiently available but they still suffer from scarcity.

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Q 3 Mention the problems faced by the people of Rajasthan due to the shortage of water.

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Q 4 Define watershed development.

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Q 5 How water becomes a renewable resource?

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Q 6 Define a multipurpose river valley project.

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Q 7 Name the states where evidences of sophisticated irrigation work during ancient times have been found.

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Q 8 What is used to filter roof top rain water?

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Q 9 Name the 3 states involved in Krishna–Godavari dispute.

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Q 10 In which state did farmers of Sabarmati basin agitate?

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Q 11 Give one disadvantage of dam for aquatic life.

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Q 12 Name the world longest dam.

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Q 13 Name the only state of India where all the houses have rooftop rain water harvesting.

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Q 14 Name some of the states where rainwater harvesting is practiced.

Mark (1)

Q 15 What is the local name for rain water in Rajasthan? Mark (1)


Q 16 What is the reason for lack of water infiltration in desert soil?

Mark (1)

Q 17 What is the term used for rainwater harvesting in Rajasthan?

Mark (1)

Q 18 Define inundation canals?

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Q 19 Name the river on which Sardar sarovar dam is constructed?

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Q 20 Where is bamboo drip irrigation common?

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Q 21 Name the first multi-purpose project of India

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Q 22 Differentiate between Himalayan Rivers and Peninsular Rivers.

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Q 23 Mention the main sources of irrigation and where are they generally found?

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Q 24 Define hydel power and how it scores over fossil fuels.

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Q 25 Describe replenishable ground water resources of India.

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Q 26 Name two States of northern India which has more than 75% net sown area under irrigation. Why?

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Q 27 State any three points that should be kept in mind for efficient management of water.

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Q 28 State any three objectives of rain water harvesting.

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Q 29 Write a note on Tankas?

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Q 30 "Availability of water varies from place to place and time to time in India." Explain the statement with 1 example each.

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Q 31 Define the term multi-purpose river valley project. State any three objectives of it? Marks (3)


Q 32 How has irrigation changed the lifestyle of people?

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Q 33 Why multi purpose is called temples of modern India?

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Q 34 Give examples to show that water harvesting was prevalent in the ancient times also.

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Q 35 Give the objectives of rain water harvesting.

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Q 36 Suggests some measures to conserve water.

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Q 37 Write a short note on various types of dams?

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Q 38 "Water is a very critical and important resource in India." Support the statement by explaining any 3 points?

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Q 39 Mention some of the water pollutants?

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Q 40 Distinguish between ground water and surface water?

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Q 41 Write a short note on Narmada Bachao Andolan.

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Q 42 Mention the simple & cheap techniques of water recharge in Rain water harvesting.

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Q 43 Mention the factors which are responsible for the scarcity of water in India.

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Q 44 Give arguments against large dams.

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Q 45 Mention the advantage of multipurpose project.

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Q 46 Mention the need for conservation and management of water resources.

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Q 47 Mention the multiple use of water as a resource.

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Q 48 Is it possible that an area may have ample water resources but still facing water scarcity?

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Q 49 Why there is a need for the conservation and management of water resource?

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Q 50 How is industrialisation is one of the reasons for increasing water shortage?

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Q 1 Water is a renewable and replenishable resource, which process is responsible for it?

Q 2 Why do we call hydrological cycle a cyclic process?

Q 3 Which situation is considered as the situation of water scarcity?

Q 4 Mention the domestic uses of water resource.

Q 5 Give any two regions of India affected by drought conditions.

Q 6 The condition of water scarcity is getting worse in India. Give few examples in support of this statement.

Q 7 Does the uneven distribution of rainfall in India effects the water availability in India?

Q 8 There are different processes that together form hydrological cycle. Name them.

Q 9 In total about 96.5% of the water is available over the earth surface, but still we are facing scarcity. Give reason.

Q 10 Which is the main factor responsible for degrading and depleting the quality of water resource?

Q 11 What are the different sources that are polluting water bodies?

Q 12 How does urbanization is responsible for growing problem of water scarcity in the metropolitan cities?

Q 13 What should be done to solve the problem of water scarcity?

Q 14 What do you mean by water conservation?

Q 15 Why do we need conservation and management of water resources?

Q 16 In which sector largest percentage of fresh water is being used?

Q 17 Why do we call earth as a 'watery planet'?

Q 18 What is the rank of India in the world in terms of water availability per person per annum?

Q 19 Mention the three sources of fresh water.

Q 20 How does industrial development is responsible for worsening the situation of water scarcity?


Q 21 Agricultural development is essential for Indian economy, but it is also responsible for the problem of water scarcity. Explain the

statement.

Q 22 Mention the different ways through which we can conserve water.

Q 23 In ancient India great emphasis was made to the techniques of water management and conservation. Give example to prove the

statement.

Q 24 Name the dams built on the following rivers:

a. Kaveri River

b. Narmada River

c. Mahanadi River

d. Sutlej River

e. Krishna River

Q 25 Give two main uses of Bhakra Nangal project.

Q 26 What is the main role of Hirakud dam besides water conservation?

Q 27 What do you understand by dam?

Q 28 Why do some of the river projects are considered as multipurpose river projects?

Q 29 What are the main advantages of multipurpose projects?

Q 30 What are the main disadvantages of multipurpose projects?

Q 31 Name any two social movements raised against the multipurpose projects.

Q 32 Name the technique used for conserving rain water.

Q 33 What are the main objectives of rainwater harvesting?

Q 34 Name the state where roof top rainwater harvesting is being commonly practiced.

Q 35 Name the most ancient irrigation system prevalent in Meghalaya.

Q 36 Mention the rainwater harvesting techniques that are commonly practiced.

Q 37 In Rajasthan, some specific types of rainwater harvesting techniques are being practiced. Mention some of them.

Q 38 Mention the important rainwater harvesting techniques practiced in ancient times.


3. Agriculture Q 1 Point out five uses of Jute. Why is it losing market?

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Q 2 What is the rank of India in cotton production in the world? Name the major cotton producing state of India.

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Q 3 What are the impact of growing population on Indian farming?

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Q 4 Why is ground nut important as oil seed? Name the largest groundnut producing states in India.

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Q 5 What has made it possible to grow rice in areas of less rain, like Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan?

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Q 6 Distinguish between fertilizers and manures.

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Q 7 Name four industries based on agricultural raw materials.

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Q 8 How did the partition of the country in 1947 affected the Jute industry?

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Q 9 Name one staple crop of India and the regions where its produced?

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Q 10 Why is organic farming much in vogue today?

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Q 11 Give one reasons for the reduction of nets sown area in our country.

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Q 12 How has the excessive use of fertilisers and water affected the soil?

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Q 13 Explain briefly the PDS programme of the government of India.

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Q 14 What is the Food Corporation of India (FCI)?

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Q 15 What do you understand by lack of food security? Mark (1)


Q 16 Give one reason for big zamindars to offer Bhoodan- Gramdan.

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Q 17 Which movements started by Vinoba Bhave are known as Blood-less revolution?

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Q 18 Name the two important beverage crops of India.

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Q 19 What is shifting agriculture?

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Q 20 What is plantation agriculture?

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Q 21 What do you understand by the term „net sown area‟?

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Q 22 What do you mean irrigation?

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Q 23 Explains the term intensive agriculture‟.

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Q 24 What do you understand by gross cultivated area?

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Q 25 What is dry land farming?

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Q 26 What is animal husbandry?

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Q 27 What are agricultural resources?

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Q 28 Name the fiber crops of India. From where are they obtained Or from what source we get them?

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Q 29 How has agriculture contributed to the national Income and employment?

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Q 30 What are the three main problems being faced by Indian farmers today?

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Q 31 Which variety of Indian coffee is in great demand in the world: From where was it initially brought? Where was its cultivation

initially introduced?

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Q 32 Name the main oil seeds grown in India. Point out two of their uses.

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Q 33 Why are pulses usually grown in rotation with other crops? What is their role in Indian diet?

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Q 34 Point out two ways in which maize is used? In which cropping season is it grown? Describe briefly the soil, temperature required

for the production of maize.

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Q 35 Name the important millets grown in India. Which of them is the 3rd

most important crop with respect to area and production?

What is the importance of millets? Give examples.

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Q 36 How many cropping seasons are found in India, name them? When are crops sown and harvested in each of these. Give one

example of crops of each.

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Q 37 What do you mean by slash and burn agriculture?

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Q 38 Name the different types of farming/agriculture generally practiced in India.

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Q 39 Describe the geographical conditions required for the growth of rice.

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Q 40 How will change in the cropping pattern affect the Indian Economy?

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Q 41 “The productivity of land has started showing a declining trend”. Why?

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Q 42 Write a short notes on limitations of Green revolution?

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Q 43 Food Security is a big concern for the small farmers. Give four reasons.

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Q 44 Suggest four measures to increase agricultural production.

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Q 45 Point out government of India‟s efforts to modernise agriculture.

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Q 46 What are the main objectives of food security policy of government of India? What is the role of FCI?

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Q 47 Which factors have hindered the pace of agricultural development in India?

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Q 48 Which fibre crop is known as golden fibre? Describe the geographical requirements for its growth, and name the major states

producing it.

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Q 49 Why is the production of pulses and oil seeds still lagging behind?

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Q 50 What are the major challenges being faced by the Indian farmers today?

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Q 51 Who introduced tea in India? Why we say that tea is a labour intensive industry? Where is it mostly processed? Name the two

major tea producing states.

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Q 52 Name the second most important cereal crop of India? When is it grown? What temperature, soil, rainfall, and irrigation is

required for it's production?

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Q 53 Give reasons why Indian agriculture has been transforming from subsistence to commercial farming.

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Q 54 Bring out the difference between intensive agriculture and extensive agriculture/farming.

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Q 55 Distinguish between settled agriculture and shifting agriculture.

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Q 56 What is plantation farming? What are its main characteristics? Name any four plantation crops of India.

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Q 57 What are the characteristics of commercial farming?

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Q 59 Enlist the various institutional reforms programmes introduced by the government in the interest of the farmers. Marks (4)

Q 60 Name one important beverage crop and specify the geographical conditions required for its growth.

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Q 1 What are agricultural resources?

Q 2 What is animal husbandry?

Q 3 What is dry land farming?

Q 4 Explain the term intensive agriculture.

Q 5 What do you mean by irrigation?

Q 6 What is shifting agriculture?

Q 7 How will change in the cropping pattern affect the Indian Economy?

Q 8 What is subsistence farming? What are its main characteristics?

Q 9 What do you mean by slash and burn agriculture?

Q 10 What are the characteristics of commercial farming?

Q 11 What is plantation farming? What are its main characteristics? Name any 5 plantation crops of India.

Q 12 How many cropping seasons are found in India? Name them. When are crops sown & harvested in each of these seasons. Give 1

example of crops of each.

Q 13 Distinguish between settled agriculture and shifting agriculture.

Q 14 Bring out the differences between intensive agriculture and extensive agriculture/farming.

Q 15 Give reasons why Indian agriculture has been transforming from subsistence to commercial farming.

Q 16 Name the different types of farming / agriculture practiced in India.

Q 17 What do you understand by gross cultivated area?

Q 18 What do you understand by the term „net sown area‟?

Q 19 Name the 2 important beverage crops of India.

Q 20 Give 2 reasons for the reduction of net sown area in our country.

Q 21 Name 1 important beverage crop and specify the geographical conditions required for its growth.

Q 22 Name 1 staple crop of India and the regions where it is produced?

Q 23 How did the partition of the country in 1947 affect the Jute industry?

Q 24 Describe the geographical conditions required for the growth of rice.

Q 25 Name some industries based on agricultural raw materials.

Q 26 What has made it possible to grow rice in areas of less rain, like Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan?

Q 27 Name the second most important cereal crop of India? When is it grown? What temperature, soil, rainfall, and irrigation is

required for it production?


Q 28 Name the important millets grown in India. Which of them is the 3rd

most important crop with respect to area and production?

What is the importance of millets? Give examples.

Q 29 Point out 2 ways in which maize is used? In which cropping season is it grown? Describe briefly the soil, temperature required

for the production of maize. Name 4 major maize producing states of India.

Q 30 Why are pulses usually grown in rotation with other crops? What is their role in Indian diet?

Q 31 Name the main oil seeds grown in India. Point out 2 to 3 of their uses.

Q 32 Why is ground nut important as oil seed? Name the largest groundnut producing states in India.

Q 33 Who introduced tea in India? Why we say that tea is a labour intensive industry? Where is it mostly produced? Name the major

tea producing states.

Q 34 Which variety of Indian coffee is in great demand in the world? From where was it initially brought? Where its cultivation was

initially introduced?

Q 35 Name the fiber crops of India. From where are there obtained? Or from which source we get them?

Q 36 Why is the production of pulses and oil seeds still lagging behind?

Q 37 What is the rank role of India is cotton production in the world? Name the major cotton producing state of India.

Q 38 Which fibre is known as golden fibre? Describe the geographical requirements for its growth, and name the major states

producing it.

Q 39 Point out 5 uses of Jute. Why is it losing market? Q 40 What do you understand by Green revolution?

Q 41 Which movement started by Vinoba Bhave is known as Blood-less revolution?

Q 42 Give one reason for big zamindars to offer Bhoodan Gramdan.

Q 43 What is the Food Corporation of India (FCI)? Q 44 Explain briefly the PDS programme of the government of India.

Q 45 Why is organic farming much in vogue today?

Q 46 Enlist the various institutional reform programmes introduced by the government in the interest of the farmers.

Q 47 Distinguish between fertilizers and manures.

Q 48 How has agriculture contributed to the national income and employment?

Q 49 What are the implications of growing population on Indian farming?

Q 50 Which are the major challenges being faced by the Indian farmers today?

Q 51 Which factors have hindered the pace of agricultural development in India?

Q 52 Point out government of India‟s efforts to modernize agriculture.

Q 53 Suggest four measures to increase agricultural production.

Q 54 How has the excessive use of fertilizers and water affected the soil?

Q 55 “The productivity of land has started showing a declining trend”. Why?

Q 56 Which are the main problems being faced by Indian farmers today?


4. Minerals and Energy Resources Q 1 Name two important iron ore producing states of India.

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Q 2 Name the two states which are known for production of mica.

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Q 3 Name two states which are known for the production of manganese ore.

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Q 4 What is conventional energy?

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Q 5 What are non-conventional sources of energy?

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Q 6 Mention two areas where petroleum is found in India.

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Q 7 Where is the largest solar plant located?

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Q 8 Where is the largest wind farm located?

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Q 9 Name two minerals in which India is self sufficient.

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Q 10 Name two minerals in which India is poor.

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Q 11 Write briefly on merits of water power.

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Q 12 What do you understand by the term „rock‟?

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Q 13 What minerals are used for generation of nuclear power?

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Q 14 Mention one use of Mica.

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Q 15 Name the state which produces 45% of total bauxite production. Mark (1)


Q 16 Name the belt that is the largest producer of Mica?

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Q 17 Give two examples of placer deposits?

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Q 18 What is total amount of energy produced by tides in gulf of Kutch?

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Q 19 Sands of Kerala are rich in which mineral?

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Q 20 Read the news statement below:

1. Coal-mining hazard resembles explosive volcanic eruption.

2. Vedanta mining poses health hazard in Orissa.

3. River Pollution: Blues of blue: The discolouring of the Lukha river has also meant a loss of livelihood to the families who live on its

banks.

What do you infer from the above news statements?

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Q 21 Solar energy can solve the crisis of increasing shortage of electricity in India. Explain with the help of two examples.

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Q 22 What do you mean by Urja Gas? What are its uses?

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Q 23 Name six different nuclear or atomic power stations in India.

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Q 24 How are minerals formed in igneous and metamorphic rocks?

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Q 25 What are the different sources of energy?

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Q 26 What do you understand by rat hole mining?

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Q 27 Minerals are studied by both geographers and geologists. What is the difference in their study?

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Q 28 India has a lot of potential for non- conventional sources of energy. Justify the statement.

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Q 29 Explain why there is urgent need to conserve the energy resources in India? Marks (3)


Q 30 Name the natural gas fields of India?

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Q 31 What are the benefits of biogas in rural areas?

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Q 32 State why the use of non conventional sources of energy is becoming necessary in our country?

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Q 33 Name the important oilfields of India.

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Q 34 Mention 2 types of coal reserves found in India?

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Q 35 Describe 3 copper producing regions of India.

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Q 36 On the given map of India locate the marked thermal power stations.

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Q 37 Name four oil refineries and petroleum producing states of India.

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Q 38 Describe the distribution of coal in India.

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Q 39 On the map of India show the eight iron and steel plants of India.

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Q 40 Differentiate between Metallic and Non-Metallic minerals.

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Q 41 Differentiate between natural gas and bio gas.

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Q 42 Differentiate between conventional and non-conventional sources of energy.

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Q 43 Differentiate between commercial and non-commercial source of energy.

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Q 44 “Nuclear energy is the hope of future”. Discuss this statement.

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Q 45 What are minerals? What is their economic importance?

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Q 46 What is the importance of coal as a source of energy and as a source of raw material?

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Q 47 What is the necessity of conserving our mineral wealth? What steps should we take to conserve our mineral wealth?

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Q 48 Name 4 types of coal found in India.

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Q 1 Define minerals.

Q 2 How are the different minerals classified by the Geologists?

Q 3 How are minerals classified for general and commercial purposes?

Q 4 How are the Metallic minerals further classified into?

Q 5 Where are the minerals generally found?

Q 6 What are veins and lodes? Name two metals which are obtained through them?

Q 7 Name two important iron ore producing states of India.

Q 8 Name two important mica producing states of India.

Q 9 Name two important manganese ore producing states of India.

Q 10 Which important metal is obtained from Bauxite?


Q 11 What is the basic raw material for the cement industry?

Q 12 State the properties of Copper and name two of its mining areas.

Q 13 What properties make mica as one of the most indispensable minerals in electric and electronic industries?

Q 14 Differentiate between Metallic and Non-Metallic minerals.

Q 15 Name the different sources of energy.

Q 16 How can the various energy resources be classified?

Q 17 What are conventional sources of energy?

Q 18 What are non-conventional sources of energy. Give examples?

Q 19 What are the types of coal?

Q 20 Explain in brief the formation of coal.

Q 21 Why are the heavy industries and thermal power station are located on or near the coalfields?

Q 22 Which form of rock sustains the flow of oil? What prevents the oil from sinking or rising?

Q 23 Briefly explain the sources of energy from which electricity is generated.

Q 24 Explain the significance of non-conventional sources of energy as an alternate to the conventional sources.

Q 25 What are the advantages of using Non conventional sources of energy?

Q 26 Where is the largest solar plant located?

Q 27 Explain the process of conversion of tidal energy into electricity.

Q 28 Explain the generation of electricity from geothermal sources.


5. Manufacturing Industries Q 1 Name the state where Bokaro is located.

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Q 2 Name the industry located in Nepanagar.

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Q 3 Name the nuclear power plant located in Uttar Pradesh. State where Kaiga power plant is located.

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Q 4 Name two centers of fertilizer industry in India.

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Q 5 Name two centres where petro-chemical industry is located.

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Q 6 Talcher is located in which state of India?

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Q 7 Why is sugar industry better suited to co-operative sector?

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Q 8 Which cities in India are more famous for their cotton textile industry?

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Q 9 In which state is Bhadravati iron and steel plants situated?

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Q 10 Name the state of which Bangalore is the capital city.

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Q 11 On the basis of raw material used, classify the industries.

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Q 12 What is a mini steel plant?

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Q 13 What is the integrated steel plant?

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Q 14 Define the term Smelting.

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Q 15 What are light industries? Mark (1)


Q 16 What are basic industries? Give an example.

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Q 17 What are consumer industries?

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Q 18 What do you understand by the Joint Sector Industry?

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Q 19 On the outline map of India, show each of the two major cotton textile, woolen textile and silk textile centres.

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Q 20 Name the factors responsible for the location of industries.

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Q 21 What is manufacturing industries? Give two examples of manufacturing industries.

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Q 22 India is an important iron and steel producing country in the world yet, not able to perform to full potential. Why?

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Q 23 Name the important raw material used in manufacturing of cement.

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Q 24 How do industries pollute the environment? Mention any three ways.

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Q 25 Why do the engineering industries have a regional concentration?

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Q 26 What are the three phases for the treatment of industrial effluents?

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Q 27 Write the causes of air and water pollution due to industrial effluents.

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Q 28 What are the limitations of iron and steel industries in India?

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Q 29 Write a short note on automobile industries.

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Q 30 What is the situation of electronic industries in India?

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Q 31 On the outline map of India show eight districts having concentration of Iron Ore.

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Q 32 In what different ways are the industries classified?

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Q 33 The sugar industry is now shifting from north to south. Mention the reasons.

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Q 34 Write short notes on Indian Engineering Industry.

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Q 35 Give reasons why most of cotton textile industries have shifted to Ahmedabad area from Mumbai.

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Q 36 Discuss the steps to be taken to minimise environmental degradation by industry.

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Q 37 Why is iron and steel industry located around the Chhotanagpur plateau?

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Q 38 Why are most of the jute mills of India located in West Bengal?

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Q 39 Why is cotton textile industry concentrated in and around Mumbai and Ahmedabad?

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Q 40 State the challenges facing by the jute industry.

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Q 1 What is manufacturing?

Q 2 What are manufacturing industries?

Q 3 Why is manufacturing important for any country?

Q 4 Name the factors important for the location of an industry.

Q 5 How can you say that agriculture and industry go hand in hand?

Q 6 How can the industries be classified?

Q 7 What are agro based industries?

Q 8 How does textile industry contribute towards the economy of a nation?


Q 9 What are the line of activities involved in cotton manufacturing?

Q 10 Which are the ancillary units around the cotton textile industry?

Q 11 Why are the most of the jute mills of India located in West Bengal?

Q 12 Why is cotton textile industry concentrated in and around Mumbai and Ahmedabad?

Q 13 State the challenges which jute industry now faces and its likely solution.

Q 14 Give two advantages of jute products.

Q 15 Why is sugar industry better suited to co-operative sector?

Q 16 The sugar industry is now shifting from north to south. Mention the reasons.

Q 17 Classify the industries on the basis of raw materials used.

Q 18 What are mineral based industries?

Q 19 What is the difference between Mini steel plant and integrated steel plant?

Q 20 India is an important iron and steel producing country in the world yet, not able to perform to full potential. Why?

Q 21 Name the iron and steel plant located in Tamil Nadu?

Q 22 Define the term Smelting.

Q 23 What are light industries?

Q 24 What do you understand by the Joint Sector Industry?

Q 25 Which of the government policies have given boost to iron and steel industry?

Q 26 Why is the iron and steel industry located around the Chhotanagpur plateau?

Q 27 Name the important raw materials used in manufacturing of cement.

Q 28 What are basic industries? Give an example.

Q 29 What are consumer industries?

Q 30 Why is aluminium important?

Q 31 What are the petrochemicals used for?

Q 32 How do industries pollute the environment?

Q 33 Discuss the steps to be taken to minimize environmental degradation by industry.


6. Life Lines of National Economy Q 1 Name a reverine port.

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Q 2 Name two places connected with the first railway route.

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Q 3 Define harbour.

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Q 4 What do you mean by Iron horse?

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Q 5 What do you mean by Tidal Port?

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Q 6 What do you mean by land-locked ports?

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Q 7 Define the term communication.

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Q 8 What is Geographic Information Systems (GIS)?

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Q 9 What do you understand by globalisation?

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Q 10 What does STD denote?

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Q 11 Define dock.

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Q 12 What are express-way national highways?

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Q 13 Which is the highest road of India?

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Q 14 Which are the three gauges of Indian railways?

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Q 15 Name the southernmost railway station in India. Mark (1)


Q 16 Name the largest port in India.

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Q 17 Where are electric railway engines produced?

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Q 18 What are national highways?

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Q 19 Which is the busiest railway junction in Northern India?

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Q 20 Name the southern terminal of the National Highway No.7.

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Q 21 Which is the headquarter of the Southern Railway zone?

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Q 22 What is the name of National Highway No.2?

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Q 23 Which is the northern terminal of the North-South Corridor?

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Q 24 Name the pipeline running across Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

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Q 25 Mention the areas joined by the east-west corridor.

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Q 26 Mention the areas joined by North-South corridor.

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Q 27 Mention the problems associated with Konkan railways?

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Q 28 Why transport and communication network is often termed as the lifeline of the economy?

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Q 29 On the basis of material used, give the classification of roads.

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Q 30 Mention the three important networks of pipeline transportation in the country.

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Q 31 Mention the National Waterways of the country.

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Q 32 Name the main means of transport.

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Q 33 Explain with three reasons how the conversion of different railway gauges to unigauge is beneficial for transportation.

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Q 34 What is International Trade? How does International trade contribute to the national growth?

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Q 35 What do you understand by Golden Quadrilateral?

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Q 36 Describe the problems of railways.

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Q 37 Write a note on the importance of airways.

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Q 38 How satellites have brought revolution in the field of communication?

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Q 39 Give the various factors that influence the development of railways in a particular area.

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Q 40 How are roads classified in India on basis of administration?

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Q 41 Give some advantages of pipelines.

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Q 42 What is the importance of mass media?

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Q 43 Name some of the animals that are still used as a means of transport.

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Q 44 Mention few changes that have been brought in Indian railways.

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Q 45 Name some of the international airports of India.

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Q 46 What are the different names for the roads with 6-8 lanes in various countries?

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Q 47 "Tourism industry is the new industry emerging on Indian economic scenario." Do you agree or disagree. Justify

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Q 48 What do you understand by road density?

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Q 49 "Waterways hold an important position in India." Justify.

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Q 50 What mode of transport is shown in the picture below? In which part of India are they commonly found?

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Q 51 On the outline map of India, mark all the major ports.

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Q 52 There are certain items like cashew, gems & precious stones etc. that exist on both import & export list. How is it possible?


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Q 53 Why is road transport important as a means of transport?

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Q 54 The Great Plains have more railways than the Himalayan Mountains. Why?

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Q 55 Describe the various kinds of roads in India.

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Q 56 Why are the railways called the system of national transportation?

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Q 57 Distinguish between transport and communication.

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Q 58 Distinguish between roadways and railways?

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Q 59 Why transport and communication are called lifelines of the nation?

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Q 60 "The world has started shrinking." Justify the statement?

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Q 1 What do you understand by the term „transportation‟?

Q 2 Why transport and communication network is often termed as the lifelines of the economy?

Q 3 Give the classification of the roads on the basis of material used.

Q 4 What are the different means of transportation?

Q 5 What are national highways?

Q 6 How is road transport an important means of transport?

Q 7 What are the different kinds of roads in India?

Q 8 What kind of problems does road transportation in India face?

Q 9 Which are the three gauges of Indian railways? What is the distance between the two rails in each category?

Q 10 Name the southernmost railway station in India.

Q 11 Name the two places connected with the first railway route.


Q 12 Which is the headquarter of the southern Railway zone?

Q 13 The Great Plains have more railways than the Himalayan Mountains. Why?

Q 14 Why the railways are called the system of national transportation?

Q 15 What are the different problems faced by railways?

Q 16 How are pipelines useful to us?

Q 17 Which are the major pipeline networks in India?

Q 18 What are the few advantages of transportation through Waterways?

Q 19 Define Harbour.

Q 20 What are the waterways which have been declared as national waterways by the government?

Q 21 What do you mean by Tidal Port?

Q 22 Which are the major sea ports on Indian coastline?

Q 23 Why is air travel preffered in some parts of the country?

Q 24 Which are the different air services provided in the country?

Q 25 Write a short note on Indian Postal Network.

Q 26 Distinguish between Transport and Communication.

Q 27 What do you understand by Mass Communication?

Q 28 What is International Trade? How does International trade contribute to a national growth?

Q 29 What commodities are exported and imported in India?

Q 30 Write a short note on „Tourism in India‟.


7. Forest and Wild life Resources Q 1 Name some human projects responsible for the loss of flora and fauna.

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Q 2 Why forests play a key role in the ecological system?

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Q 3 Name the wildlife sanctuary that is located in Rajasthan.

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Q 4 What is biosphere?

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Q 5 How many species of flora and fauna are found in India?

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Q 6 Name any two bird sanctuaries of India.

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Q 7 Which biosphere reserve is located in Meghalaya?

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Q 8 Name the tiger reserve which is seriously threatened by the dolomite mining.

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Q 9 In which state is the natural habitat of the Indian lion located?

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Q 10 What is the main cause of deforestation in north- eastern India?

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Q 11 In which year, the National Forest Policy was introduced?

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Q 12 Mention the percentage and the area of India covered with forests.

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Q 13 Define Biodiversity.

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Q 14 Differentiate between flora and fauna.

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Q 15 Define Ecology. Mark (1)


Q 16 Define Biosphere Reserve.

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Q 17 Mention any two effects of depletion of forests on the ecosystem.

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Q 18 Mention a reason for the importance of biodiversity on human life.

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Q 19 What is joint forest management program?

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Q 20 What is Tidal Forest? Where it is found in India?

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Q 21 Name two big housing projects that have contributed to the loss of flora and fauna in India.

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Q 22 Explain the importance of flora and fauna in our daily life.

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Q 23 Why Asian cheetah was declared extinct? Where were they found prior to the 20th

century?

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Q 24 Name the medicinal plant that has been successfully used to treat some cancers. Where is it found?

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Q 25 Name two states where elephant is mostly found.

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Q 26 Why does India possess a great variety of flora and fauna? Support your answer with some data.

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Q 27 Discuss any famous movements for the protection of trees.

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Q 28 What is social forestry?

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Q 29 Name some of the animals for which government of India has initiated some projects.

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Q 30 What are sacred groves?

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Q 31 What do you understand by endemic species?

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Q 32 Name some of the trees which are worshipped by the people.

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Q 33 Write a note on JFM?

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Q 34 Can colonial forest policies to be blamed for poor forest cover? Give reasons for your answer.

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Q 35 Name some of the factor responsible for causing destruction to India‟s biodiversity.

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Q 36 How is loss of diversity, a loss of cultural diversity?

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Q 37 Define extinct species. Name three mammal species that are on the verge of extinction.

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Q 38 What are the three major threats to tiger population?

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Q 39 What is 'project tiger'? Name few tiger reserves of India.

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Q 40 Name three important factors that damaged our forest resource during British time.

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Q 41 What is „Chipko Movement‟? Who started it and where?

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Q 42 How does deforestation affect ecosystem? Give three examples.

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Q 43 How does afforestation help in maintaining the ecological balance? Give any three reasons.

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Q 44 Write any three points to explain the role of people‟s participation in the conservation of forests.

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Q 45 What is biosphere reserve? Name any two.

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Q 46 Classify various types of forests. Marks (4)

Q 47 Read the news head lines and give reasons for them.

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Q 48 What is National Park? What is the difference between National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary? Name the national park which is

situated in Uttar Pradesh. Marks (4)

Q 49 Mention the use of forests in the lives of human. Marks (4)

Q 50 Describe how communities have conserved forests and wildlife in India. Marks (4)

Q 51 State the steps taken by government to conserve wildlife. Marks (4)

Q 52 Explain any four categories of existing plants and animal species based on the International Union for Conservation of Nature

and Resources. (IUCN). Marks (4)

Q 53 Four features from (i) to (iv) are shown in the given outline political map of India. Identify these features with the help of the

following information and write their correct names in your answer book:

(i) Capital of Kerala

(ii) Capital of Maharashtra

(iii) India‟s IT hub

(iv) A tourist place in Rajasthan

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Political Science: Democratic Politics-II for Class 10

1. Power Sharing Q 1 Name two major parties of Germany.

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Q 2 What is a coaltion government?

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Q 3 What is the major difference between the political parties and the pressure groups?

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Q 4 What is 'Majoritarianism'? Name the country which has lost its peace due to this.

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Q 5 Define Community Government.

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Q 6 Define Power sharing.

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Q 7 Explain the concept of separation of powers.

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Q 8 Name any two countries who are the members of EU.

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Q 9 What is LTTE?

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Q 10 What is European Union?

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Q 11 What is a political party?

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Q 12 What is a reserved constituency?

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Q 13 How many times the constitution of Belgium has been amended between 1970 and 1993?

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Q 14 How did the Sri Lankan and the Belgium Government try to solve the ethnic problem? Mark (1)


Q 15 What does the word “Ethnic” means?

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Q 16 Which type of government is formed if no political party is able to get a majority?

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Q 17 What does the word “Eelam” means in Sri Lanka?

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Q 18 What is the moral reason of power sharing?

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Q 19 What role do the pressure groups play in politics?

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Q 20 What are the two main functions of a political party?

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Q 21 What is a unitary form of government?

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Q 22 Which are the three major communities of Belgium?

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Q 23 Which form of government upholds the concept of “collective responsibility?”

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Q 24 Where is European Union Parliament situated?

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Q 25 Which country formed a Grand Coalition after the elections of 2005?

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Q 26 What is the main objective of federal system?

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Q 27 Who is the head of the Sri Lankan government?

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Q 28 What is the basic principle of democracy?

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Q 29 What does the term “separation of powers” mean?

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Q 30 Describe the ethnic composition of Sri Lanka.

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Q 31 Why power sharing is desirable?

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Q 32 Explain breifly the concept of "Horizontal‟‟ distribution of power.

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Q 33 Explain the reasons why democracy is known as 'a government by discussion'?

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Q 34 Explain the ways in which power is shared between different organs of Government.

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Q 35 Explain the third kind of Government in Belgium.

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Q 36 How political parties ensure power sharing?

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Q 37 Describe the ethnic composition of Belgium.

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Q 38 What was the consequences of Sinhala supremacy?

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Q 39 Mention any three steps taken by the Sri Lankan government to achieve majoritarianism.

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Q 40 What led to tensions between the Dutch speaking and French speaking communities during 1950s and 1960s?

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Q 41 What made Sri Lankan Tamils feel alienated?

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Q 42 Define the term

a) Federal government

b) Checks and Balance

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Q 43 Mention various forms of power sharing.

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Q 44 Explain the difference between horizontal and vertical power sharing. Marks (4)


Q 45 How the regional differences and cultural diversities were resolved in Belgium? Marks (4)

Q 46 Examine the main elements of the Belgian model of power sharing. Marks (4)

Q 47 State one prudential reason and one moral reason for power sharing with an example from the Indian context. Marks (4)

Q 48 Bring out the differences between Horizontal and Vertical Division of power.

Marks (4)


Q 1 What does the term „ethnic‟ mean

Q 2 What is „majoritarianism? How is it different from majoritarian?

Q 3 Why did the relations between the Sinhala and the Tamil communities in Sri Lanka strain over time?

Q 4 What is a civil war? What led to a civil war in Sri Lanka?

Q 5 What are the elements of Belgian model which were adopted to accommodate regional differences and cultural diversities?

Q 6 What lesson do we learn from the examples of Belgium and Sri Lanka?

Q 7 What is „power sharing‟?

Q 8 Why does power sharing is desirable in present world?

Q 9 What is the role of power sharing in a democracy?

Q 10 How is power shared among different organs of the government?

Q 11 How is power shared among government at different levels?

Q 12 How is power shared among different social groups?

Q 13 How can power sharing arrangements be seen through political parties?

Q 14 What is role of the social movements in a democracy?

Q 15 Given below are some examples of power sharing. Which of the four types of power sharing do they pertain? Who is sharing

power with whom?

a) Bombay High Court orders the Maharashtra state government to take action and improve living conditions for the 2,000-odd

children at seven children‟s homes in Mumbai.

b) Government of Ontario state in Canada agrees to a land claim settlement with the aboriginal community. The Minister

responsible for Native Affairs announces that the government will work with aboriginal people in a spirit of mutual respect and co-

operation.

c) Russia‟s two influential political parties, the Union of Right Forces and the Liberal Yabloko Movement, agree to unite their

organizations into a strong right-wing coalition. They propose to have a common list of candidates in the next parliamentary

elections.

d) The Finance Ministers of various states in Nigeria get together and demand that the federal government declare its sources of

income. They also want to know the formula by which the revenue is distributed to various state governments.


2. Federalism Q 1 Name four countries that have federal systems.

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Q 2 Which institution conducts the panchayats and municipal elections in the states?

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Q 3 Who rules Union territories?

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Q 4 Define Constitution.

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Q 5 Name a few countries that have unitary type of government.

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Q 6 Do any states have special status in India?

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Q 7 Which countries follow "coming together" federations?

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Q 8 Who appointed the State Reorganisation Commission?

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Q 9 Which Union Territory was bifurcated in order to create a state in 1987?

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Q 10 Name the 3 new states formed recently in India?

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Q 11 What is a Union List? Name any one subject included in this list.

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Q 12 What is a State List? Name any one subject included in the list.

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Q 13 What is a Concurrent List? Name any one subject included in the list.

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Q 14 Which authority decides that the subjects on which the laws are formulated do not fall in any of the lists?

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Q 15 Which extraordinary experiment was carried out by Brazil? Mark (1)


Q 16 How many languages are there in the Eighth Schedule?

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Q 17 Which two languages were added in 2004?

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Q 18 Who is a mayor?

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Q 19 Define coalition government.

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Q 20 What are the dual objectives of Federalism?

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Q 21 What are the prerequisites of ideal federalism?

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Q 22 Name the states that were created on the basis of culture, ethnicity or geography.

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Q 23 Define Jurisdiction.

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Q 24 When and what was the major step taken towards decentralisation?

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Q 25 Under which article of the Indian constitution it states “India as a union of states”?

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Q 26 Which countries follow "holding together" federations?

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Q 27 Which authority settles the disputes between different tiers of governments in India?

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Q 28 What are residuary subjects?

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Q 29 Who headed the State Reorganisation Commission?

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Q 30 State two difference between status of local self governments before & after the constitutional amendments in 1992.

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Q 31 Mention the powers & responsibilities of Panchayats.

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Q 32 “Federalism leads to reservation of seats for different caste groups.” Discuss

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Q 33 What is the difference between the term “Union of India” and “Territory of India”?

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Q 34 The Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992, marks a water-shed in the history of local self-government. Why?

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Q 35 What is a municipal corporation? State its obligatory functions.

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Q 36 What is the difference between Panchayati Raj and Urban Local bodies?

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Q 37 What are union territories? Why union territories are not states?

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Q 38 Why do we decentralise power?

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Q 39 What are the various problems faced by a federation?

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Q 40 State any three features of federalism.

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Q 41 What is a linguistic state? What is the language policy of India?

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Q 42 Discuss various routes of federalism

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Q 43 What are the functions of Gram Sabha?

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Q 44 Mention the defects of the local self government.

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Q 45 Point out one feature in the practice of federalism in India that is similar to and one feature that is different from that of

Belgium?

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Q 46 Explain the system of local government at rural level in India.

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Q 47 Discuss the judicial hierarchy in India.

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Q 48 Discuss special status given to a state by the constitution of India with special reference to Ja mmu and Kashmir.

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Q 49 Federalism works only in big countries. Discuss the statement.

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Q 50 Federalism leads to equal society by distibution of power & reservation of seats for different caste groups. Discuss.

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Q 51 Define union territory & why are they different from states?

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Q 52 Explain in detail about division of powers between central & state government of India.

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Q 53 Differentiate between a federal form of government and a unitary one?

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Q 1 What is federalism?

Q 2 What is the difference between a federal government and a government that follows the unitary system?

Q 3 Discuss the main features of a federation.

Q 4 How many kinds of federations do we have?

Q 5 Name five countries that follow federal system and five countries that follow unitary system of governance.

Q 6 What does the Constitution of India ensured about the law-making powers to be shared between the State and Union

Governments? Which state of India enjoys some special powers like having its own constitution?

Q 7 Is India a federation?

Q 8 Explain the three tier system of distribution of legislative powers followed in India.

Q 9 What are Residuary Subjects?

Q 10 Give a unique feature of the Indian Federation.

Q 11 What rules of power sharing are laid in the Indian Constitution?

Q 12 What are Union Territories?


Q 13 What role is played by the judiciary in India?

Q 14 A few subjects in various lists of the Indian Constitution are given here. Group them under the Union, State and Concurrent

lists.

a) Defence b) Police c) Agriculture

d) Education e) Banking f) Forests

g) Communication h) Trade i) Marriages

Q 15 Some Nepali citizens were discussing the proposals on the adoption of federalism in their new constitution. This is what some of

them said:

a) Thapa – „I don‟t like federalism. It would lead to reservation of seats for different caste groups as in India.‟

b) Savita – „Ours is not a very big country. We don‟t need federalism.‟

c) Babu Ram – „I am hopeful that the Terai areas will get more autonomy if they get their own state government.‟

d) Ram Prakash – „ I like federalism because it will mean that powers that were earlier enjoyed by the king will now be exercised by

our elected representatives.‟

If you were participating in this conversation, what would be your response to each of these? Which of these reflect a wrong

understanding of what federalism is? What makes Indian a federal country?

Q 16 Why is federalism a success in India?

Q 17 How were linguistic states formed? What was its use?

Q 18 Explain that the language policy of the Indian federation is wise and has kept India united.

Q 19 How was power misused by the Central Government in India before 1990?

Q 20 What do understand by the term „Coalition Government‟? Why has it become important in present day politics?

Q 21 Write a note on linguistic diversity in India.

Q 22 What kind of system of governance is followed by India? Why was this system adopted?

Q 23 What is decentralization? Why was it required to decentralize power in India?

Q 24 Discuss some unique features of local government in India.

Q 25 What is a Gram Panchayat? How does it work?

Q 26 What are Panchayat Samiti and Zilla Parishad?

Q 27 Write a note on local government bodies for urban areas.

Q 28 Explain the experiment carried out by Brazil in combining decentralization with participative democracy.

Q 29 State some uses of local governments.

Q 30 Mention difficulties faced by local governments in India.


3. Democracy and Diversity Q 1 Is it possible for a person to have multiple identities?

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Q 2 Do social differences happen only in big countries like India?

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Q 3 Define Black Movement.

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Q 4 Who are 'American Africans'?

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Q 5 Define the 'Homogeneous Society'.

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Q 6 Are all social difference based on accident by birth?

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Q 7 Do all social differences lead to social divisions?

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Q 8 When does a social difference become a social division?

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Q 9 Define Civil rights .

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Q 10 Discuss three factors that determine the outcomes of politics of social division.

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Q 11 Distinguish between direct & indirect democracy.

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Q 12 Mention three elements which show the basic unity in India.

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Q 13 Discuss overlapping & cross-cutting differences.

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Q 14 How are politics & social difference in a society related to each other?

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Q 1 What was the American Civil Rights Movement?

Q 2 What was the „Black Power Movement‟?

Q 3 Who were the athletes who won 200m race at the Mexico Olympics in 1968? What method was chosen by them to register their

protest?

Q 4 What action was taken against the winners of the 200m race who showed dissent during the award ceremony at the 1968 Mexico

Olympics?

Q 5 „Social diversity can take different forms in different societies.‟ Explain.

Q 6 Explain the two kinds of social differences.

Q 7 Do social differences always create social divisions?

Q 8 „We all have more than one identity and can belong to more than one social group. Explain.

Q 9 What are overlapping differences? Give an example.

Q 10 What are crosscutting differences? Give an example.

Q 11 Compare overlapping and crosscutting differences.

Q 12 How are the countries turning multi-cultural?

Q 13 What is a homogeneous society? Give two examples.

Q 14 What is migration? What is its impact?

Q 15 What is apartheid?

Q 16 Can social divisions affect politics?

Q 17 Show how in Northern Ireland, combination of social divisions and politics turned out to be disastrous?

Q 18 What effect did social divisions have on Yugoslavia?

Q 19 How are social divisions reflected in politics?

Q 20 Name three determinants that are crucial in deciding the outcome of politics in social divisions.

Q 21 Explain how people‟s perception of their identities decides the outcome of social divisions.

Q 22 How do people in India identify themselves?

Q 23 Explain how political leaders decide the outcome of social divisions.

Q 24 Explain how government reactions decide the outcome of social divisions.

Q 25 „In a democracy, political expressions of social divisions are normal and healthy.‟ Explain.

Q 26 „Democracy is the best way to fight for recognition.‟ Explain.

Q 27 What could be the two possible outcomes of politics of social divisions?


Q 28 When does a social difference become a social division?

Q 29 Which of the following three statements are correct:

(a) Social divisions take place when social differences overlap.

(b) It is possible that a person can have multiple identities.

(c) Social divisions exist in only big countries like India.

Q 30 Arrange the following statements in a logical sequence :

(a) But all political expression of social divisions need not be always dangerous.

(b) Social divisions of one kind or the other exist in most countries.

(c) Parties try to win political support by appealing to social divisions.

(d) Some social differences may result in social divisions.


4. Gender, Religion and Caste Q 1 Name few leaders who worked for the caste problem in India .

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Q 2 Name Major religion of India.

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Q 3 Laws concerning family matters – Marriage divorce, adoptation etc.

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Q 4 A system where mother is the head of the family –

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Q 5 A system where father is the head of the family ?

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Q 6 Define 'Major Religion'.

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Q 7 Define Secular .

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Q 8 Define communal politics.

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Q 9 Define the Communalism.

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Q 10 Define a Sex ratio.

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Q 11 Define Sexual division of labour.

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Q 12 Define Literacy Rate.

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Q 13 Define Feminism.

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Q 14 Define Urbanisation.

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Q 15 Mention the status of women‟s participation in Indian legislative bodies.

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Q 16 Discuss the caste hierarchy in India & reasons for its decline in India. Marks (4)


Q 17 Mention the steps taken by the govt. for women representation in political sphere in India.

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Q 18 Discuss the factors why women still lag behind the men in India?

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Q 19 Mention the factors that people keep in mind during election except the caste.

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Q 20 State reasons to say that caste alone cannot determine elections result in India.

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Q 21 What does, political mobalisation on communalism mean?

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Q 22 Define communal politics & why is this idea fundamentally flawed?

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Q 23 Why does communalism problem became acute?

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Q 24 Why is the work done by males more visible than the work done by the females?

OR

Discuss the gender issue with reference to politics.

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Q 1 Explain „gender division‟?

Q 2 What is sexual division of labour?

Q 3 What is domestic labour? Is this work valued and recognized?

Q 4 What has been the role of women in politics across the world?

Q 5 What do you understand by the word „feminism‟?

Q 6 What are feminist movements? How have they helped in improving women‟s role in public life?

Q 7 Discuss how women are discriminated against in the field of education in India.

Q 8 How are women in India discriminated against at work?

Q 9 What does the child sex-ratio in India depict?

Q 10 What role is played by women in India?


Q 11 What is the status of women in India?

Q 12 What is the status of women‟s representation in India‟s legislative bodies?

Q 13 What do you know about Women‟s Reservation Bill?

Q 14 Write a note on „violence against women in India‟.


(a) Feminist

(b) Patriarchy

(c) Sex Ratio

Q 16 How does religion influence politics?

Q 17 What is communal politics?

Q 18 What is communalism? What are its main features?

Q 19 Explain the various forms that communalism takes in politics.

Q 20 What is secularism? Why is it necessary to have secularism in India?

Q 21 „ India is a secular state.‟ Explain.

Q 22 Explain the caste system in India.

Q 23 What changes have taken place in caste system in independent India?

Q 24 Has caste system disappeared from India?

Q 25 „Caste can take various forms in politics.‟ Explain.

Q 26 What role does caste play in electoral politics?

Q 27 „Politics does influence the caste system.‟ Explain.

Q 28 Explain caste hierarchy and occupational mobility.

Q 29 Explain the major factors responsible for the rigid caste system disappearing from India.

Q 30 Who are untouchables? How are they treated?


5. Popular Struggles and Movements Q 1 What is meant by constitutional monarchy?

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Q 2 Which movement took place in Bolivia in 2000?

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Q 3 Which are the „third wave‟ countries?

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Q 4 What was the aim of the Movement in April 2006 in Nepal ?

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Q 5 State an example of a long-term movement.

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Q 6 What is Green Belt Movement?

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Q 7 Who led the Green Belt Movement of Kenya?

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Q 8 Which groups were involved in Bolivian Water War?

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Q 9 What were the main demands of SPA?

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Q 10 Define pressure group. Give any two examples.

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Q 11 What was the difference between the movement of Nepal and Bolivia?

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Q 12 Give any three differences between political parties and pressure groups.

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Q 13 What was Kittiko-Hachchiko movement?

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Q 14 What was SPA and what was its role in Nepal?

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Q 15 Why is it necessary to use mass support properly for democratic causes? Marks (3)


Q 16 What do you understand by pressure groups?

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Q 17 What do you understand by movement?

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Q 18 Expalin two distinct forms of movements.

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Q 19 What is the main feature of interest groups?

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Q 20 Who are the Maoist?

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Q 21 What was the course of action followed for Bolivian water war?

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Q 22 In what ways different organisations play role for democratic struggles?

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Q 23 Write a short note on promotional groups?

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Q 24 Distinguish between short term and long term movements.

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Q 25 What was the cause behind people‟s struggle in Bolivia?

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Q 26 What are the processes through which democracy evolves?

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Q 27 What is the impact of pressure groups over politics?

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Q 28 How far pressure groups are good for democracy?

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Q 1 What were the causes of movement for democracy in Nepal?

Q 2 Define Maoist.

Q 3 Which are the „third wave‟ countries?

Q 4 Write a note on SPA, the Seven Party Alliance.

Q 5 What is meant by constitutional monarchy?

Q 6 What was the Second Movement of Democracy in Nepal?

Q 7 What was the main difference between the popular struggles in Nepal and Bolivia?

Q 8 What was Bolivia‟s water war?

Q 9 What was the Kittiko-Hachchiko Movement?

Q 10 „Democratic conflict is resolved through mass mobilization.‟ Explain.

Q 11 How did King Gyanendra gain power in Nepal?

Q 12 What role is played by the organizations in any big struggle?

Q 13 Which were the major organizations involved in mobilization of the masses in Nepal & Bloivia?

Q 14 What is mass mobilization? Q 15 What are Pressure Groups?

Q 16 What is a Pressure Group? Q 17 What is the difference between a pressure group and a political party?

Q 18 What is the similarity and difference between an interest group and a movement?

Q 19 What are Sectional Interest Groups?

Q 20 What are Public Interest Groups?

Q 21 What do you know about BAMCEF?

Q 22 Explain how the activities of pressure groups are useful in the functioning of a democratic government.

Q 23 In what ways do pressure groups and movements exert influence on politics?

Q 24 State an example of single-issue movement each from India and abroad.

Q 25 What is NAPM?

Q 26 How do pressure groups and movements influence a country‟s polity?

Q 27 What is RTI Act? Q 28 State an example of a long-term movement.

Q 29 In what ways do pressure groups and movements exert influence on politics?

Q 30 How have pressure groups and movements deepened democracy?


6. Political Parties Q 1 When was Bahujan Samaj Party was formed?

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Q 2 What is meant by defection in politics?

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Q 3 What are the two ways of choosing candidates?

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Q 4 Which political party supports the concept of Hindutva?

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Q 5 Define Partisanship

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Q 6 Mention any two Left parties in India.

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Q 7 Define the term „political party‟.

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Q 8 What is a coalition government?

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Q 9 What is meant by recognised party?

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Q 10 Which institution has banned wall writing by parties during elections?

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Q 11 What is a faction?

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Q 12 Give any two names of the regional parties of West Bengal?

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Q 13 Which State the following regional parties belongs to

a) Indian National Lok Dal

b) Lok Jan Shakti Party

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Q 14 Which authority conducts elections to Parliament?

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Q 15 What is a dominant party system?

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Q 16 Define two party system. Give any two advantages of a multi party system.

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Q 17 What are the functions of political parties?

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Q 18 What is the need of the political parties?

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Q 19 Suggest some reforms to strengthen parties so that they can perform their functions well.

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Q 20 What is meant by dynastic succession in politics?

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Q 21 What is the role of opposition?

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Q 22 How do political parties form public opinion?

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Q 23 Give any three disadvantages of a multi party system.

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Q 24 Explain the lack of internal democracy in politics?

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Q 25 Explain the increasing role of money and muscle power in politics.

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Q 26 What is meant by an alliance or front in forming government?

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Q 27 Why are political parties necessary?

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Q 28 What is the main aim of Bahujan Samaj Party and from where does it draw its inspiration?

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Q 29 When was the Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPI-M) found and what are its principles?

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Q 30 Write a short note on NCP (Nationalist Congress Party). Marks (3)

Q 31 Give the names and symbols of any three National Parties in India. Marks (3)

Q 32 Give the names of two States for each of these types (a) One Party system (b) Two Party System (c) Multi Party system

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Q 33 Briefly describe the internal reforms that are needed for political parties. Marks (3)

Q 34 Differentiate between a national and a state party. Marks (4)

Q 35 Give any four characterisitcs of the political parties that distinguishes them from other groups. Marks (4)

Q 36 "Political parties play a major role in democracy.” Give four viewpoints to justify this statement. Marks (4)

Q 37 What are the obstacles faced by political parties in the working of democracy? Marks (4)

Q 38 Briefly explain the different categories of regional parties. Marks (4)


Q 1 What is a political party?

Q 2 Who is a partisan? What is partisanship?

Q 3 What are the main components of a political party?

Q 4 „Parties contest election.‟ Explain.

Q 5 „A party reduces a vast magnitude of opinions into a few basic positions which it supports.‟ Explain.

Q 6 What is a ruling party?

Q 7 What rules do parties play in the process of law-making?

Q 8 What do political parties do?

Q 9 How do political parties run the government?

Q 10 What is an opposition party? What is its role?

Q 11 How do political parties shape public opinion?

Q 12 Why are political parties necessary in a democracy?

Q 13 „The rise of political parties is directly linked to the emergence of representative democracies.‟ Explain.

Q 14 How do political parties reach out to the masses?

Q 15 What is the role of elections in a democracy?

Q 16 What is the main function of a political party in a democracy?

Q 17 What is one-party system?

Q 18 What is two-party system?


Q 19 What is multi-party system?

Q 20 What is an alliance?


Q 22 Differentiate between a national and a regional party.

Q 23 Explain different party system with examples.

Q 24 What are recognized political parties?

Q 25 Name any six National parties in India.

Q 26 What do you know about INC?


Q 28 Write a note on the BSP.

Q 29 What are the disadvantages of a multi party system?

Q 30 What is NCP?

Q 31 What is meant by an alliance or front in forming government?

Q 32 Why are people becoming dissatisfied with political parties?

Q 33 Who was Berlusconi?

Q 34 What is meant by dynastic succession in politics?

Q 35 Describe the growing role of money and muscle power in political parties.

Q 36 „Political parties often do not seem to offer a meaningful choice.‟ Do you agree?

Q 37 Suggest some reforms to strengthen parties so that they perform their functions well.

Q 38 What is defection?

Q 39 What does law say about MPs and MLAs changing their political parties?

Q 40 What is an affidavit?

Q 41 What steps has the Supreme Court taken to reduce the influence of money and criminals on political parties?

Q 42 What do you mean by lack of internal democracy in politics?

Q 43 What are the measures taken by the Government to reform political parties and its leaders?

Q 44 What are the functions of political party?

Q 45 What is a public opinion?

Q 46 List the four problem areas in the working of political parties.


7. Outcomes of Democracy Q 1 How can a democracy ensure free and fair elections?

Mark (1)

Q 2 What are the two features that form the basis of democracy?

Mark (1)

Q 3 What is the record of democratic governments in sharing of information with citizens ?

Mark (1)

Q 4 Where does most of the democracy's energy gets wasted?

Mark (1)

Q 5 "Democracy is a better form of government when compared with dictatorship or any other alternative." Discuss.

Marks (3)

Q 6 Do democracies lead to a just distribution of wealth and opportunities? Justify your answer.

Marks (3)

Q 7 How many countries of the world have democratic set-up of government? What are the common features that they show?

Marks (3)

Q 8 What is the most basic outcome of democracy? Marks (3)

Q 9 What do you understand by the term „transparency‟? Marks (3)

Q 10 What mechanisms should be evolved to ensure good governance in a democarcy? Marks (3)

Q 11 How can we judge the legitmacy of a democratic system? Marks (3)

Q 12 Despite being the most preferred form of government, democracy is not free from evils. Discuss.Marks (3)

Q 13 What is the difference between substantive and procedural democracy? Marks (3)

Q 14 What are the elements of formal political equality in a representative democracy? Marks (3)

Q 15 How can we assess the levels of political participation in a democracy? Marks (3)

Q 16 State the factors that have influenced the nature of political change in India. Marks (3)

Q 17 The most distinctive feature of democracy is that its examination never gets over. Do you think this is a healthy trend? Marks (3)

Q 18 Why do some people think that non-democratic systems have an upper hand over democratic systems? Marks (4)

Q 19 Economic development of a country depends on which factors and what is the role of democracy in it? Marks (4)

Q 20 'Democracy ensures social equality but not economic equality'. Discuss. Marks (4)

Q 21 How can democracies be successful in bringing social harmony? Marks (4)

Q 22 Democracy is based on dignity and freedom. Explain. Marks (4)



Q 1 Why is democracy considered better?

Q 2 Write a short note on democracy. Q 3 What are aspects of a democracy?

Q 4 What are features of a democracy? Q 5 State points in favour of democracy.

Q 6 State points that are against democracy as a form of government.

Q 7 What have democracies across the world fallen short of?

Q 8 „In one respect, a democratic government is certainly better than a non-democratic one.‟ Explain.

Q 9 What is must for a successful democratic government?

Q 10 „The basic outcome of democracy should be that it produces a government that is accountable to the citizens.‟ Explain.

Q 11 What is transparency in governance?

Q 12 How can you measure democracy? Q 13 What is a legitimate government?

Q 14 Does democracy attend to the needs of people and is it free of corruption?

Q 15 What support is democracy getting across the world? Q 16 What is economic growth?

Q 17 With the help of data, show the relationship of democracy with economic growth and economic inequality.

Q 18 With the help of data, show the relationship of democracy with economic growth and economic inequality.

Q 19 „Democracies are based on political equality.‟ Explain.

Q 20 What do you understand by economic inequality?

Q 21 What is poverty? Q 22 Write a note on poverty in India.

Q 23 Ability to handle social differences, divisions and conflicts is a plus point of democratic regimes. How did this belief fail in the

case of Sri Lanka?

Q 24 What are the conditions under which democracies accommodate social diversities?

Q 25 „Democracy stands much superior to any other form of government in promoting dignity and freedom of an individual.‟

Explain.

Q 26 What is the difference between economic development and economic growth?

Q 27 How do democratic governments ensure dignity of women vis-à-vis non-democratic governments?

Q 28 What is economic development?

Q 29 „The most distinctive fact about democracy is that its examination never gets over.‟ Explain.

Q 30 The fact that people are complaining is itself a testimony to the success of democracies.‟ Explain.


8. Challenges to Democracy Q 1 What is the challenge faced by United Nations as an international organisation?

Mark (1)

Q 2 In which state of India most cases of doctor absenteeism are recorded?

Mark (1)

Q 3 "Most destructive feature of democracy is that its examination never gets over.” Support the statement with three appropriate

arguments.

Marks (3)

Q 4 What are the foundational challenges faced by a democracy?

Marks (3)

Q 5 Has India ever faced a crisis of democracy?

Marks (3)

Q 6 How democracy can be improved in practical form?

Marks (3)

Q 7 What is the necessary quality of a good proposal for political reforms?

Marks (3)

Q 8 What are the global challenges before world democracies?

Marks (3)

Q 9 What are the obstacles/ challenges in the meaningful exercise of democratic rights in India?

Marks (3)

Q 10 What is the „challenge of expansion‟ for democracy?

Marks (4)

Q 11 How does the democracy get deepened?

Marks (4)

Q 12 What are the hurdles in the way of political reforms?

Marks (4)

Q 13 Should legal steps be taken to revamp political scenario?

Marks (4)

Q 14 What do you understand by „counter-productive law‟?

Marks (4)

Q 15 Which are the best laws? Marks (4)


Q 16 What are the reforms needed to decrease doctors' absenteeism?

Marks (4)

Q 17 How could the influence of money be checked in politics?

Marks (4)


Q 1 What do you understand by the term „challenge‟?

Q 2 What type of challenge is faced by a non-democratic country for a democratic set-up?

Q 3 What type of challenges are faced by the established democracies?

Q 4 What is the challenge pertaining to deepening of democracy?

Q 5 What do you understand by „political reforms‟?

Q 6 Is it easy to reform politics in a legal way?

Q 7 Which type of law is best for reforming politics?

Q 8 Write a note on the expanded definition of democracy?

Q 9 Discuss the expanded scope of democracy in the modern world.

Q 10 What essentials must be ensured in a democracy if it is to be a good democracy?

Q 11 Why is democracy considered the best form of government?

Q 12 Describe briefly the challenges faced by modern democracies of the world.

Q 13 How can democracy be reformed and deepened? Suggest some guidelines.

Q 14 What role can an ordinary citizen play in deepening democracy?

Q 15 Write a note on corruption in India?

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