Q 1: Studies on political and social inequalities in ...



|[pic]Q 1: Studies on political and social inequalities in democracy show that: |

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|Democracy and development go together |

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|b) |

|Inequalities exist in democracies |

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|Inequalities do not exist under dictatorship |

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|d) |

|Dictatorship is better than democracy |

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|Q 2: Arun is one of the people in Sonpur to take a bank loan because |

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|Other people in the village prefer to borrow from the money lenders. |

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|b) |

|Banks demand collateral which everyone cannot provide. |

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|c) |

|Interest rate on bank loans is same as the interest rate charged by the |

|traders. |

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|d) |

|none of the above |

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|Q 3: In which of the following states is black soil found? |

|a) |

|Jammu and Kashmir |

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|b) |

|Gujarat |

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|c) |

|Rajasthan |

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|d) |

|Jharkhand |

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|Q 4: Development of a country can generally be determined by |

|a) |

|its per capita income |

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|b) |

|its average literacy level |

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|c) |

|health status of its people |

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|d) |

|all the above |

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|Q 5: Assume there are four families in a country. The average per capita income|

|of these families is Rs. 5000. If the income of three families is Rs. 4000, Rs.|

|7000 and Rs. 3000 respectively. What is the income of the fourth family? |

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|Rs. 7500 |

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|b) |

|Rs. 3000 |

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|c) |

|Rs. 2000 |

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|d) |

|Rs. 6000 |

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|Q 6: It helps to reduce the possibility of conflict between social groups. |

|a) |

|True |

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|b) |

|False |

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|Q 7: In terms of GDP the share of tertiary sector in 2003 is ______ |

|a) |

|between 20 percent to 30 percent |

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|b) |

|between 30 percent to 40 percent |

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|c) |

|between 50 percent to 60 percent |

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|d) |

|70 percent |

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|Q 8: When a consumer feels that he has been exploited, he must file a case in |

|the district Consumer Court |

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|True |

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|b) |

|False |

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|Q 9: COPRA applies only to goods. |

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|True |

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|b) |

|False |

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|Q 10: A consumer has the right to get compensation depending on the degree of |

|the damage. |

|a) |

|True |

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|b) |

|False |

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|Q 11: Explain how water becomes a renewable resource. |

|Q 12: After reading this chapter, three students drew different conclusions. |

|Which of these do you agree with and why? Give your reasons in about 50 words. |

|Thomman - Power sharing is necessary only in societies which have religiousm, |

|linguistic or ethnic divisions? |

|Mathayi - Power sharing is suitable only for big countries that have regional |

|divisions |

|Ouseph - Every society needs some form of power sharing even if it is small or |

|does not have social divisions. |

|Q 13: State the Merits of Roadways.  |

|Q 14: Mention any two points of distinction between large scale and cottage |

|industries. |

|Q 15: Study table and answer the following questions: |

|Growth of yield per Ha/in kg 1960-61 to 1996-97 |

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|1960-61 |

|1980-81 |

|1996-97 |

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|1. Cereals |

|(a) Rice |

|(b) Wheat |

|(c) Jowar |

|(d) Bajra |

|(e) Maize |

|2. Pulses |

|3. Food Grains |

|4. Oil Seeds |

|5. Cotton lint |

|6. Jute and Mesta |

|753 |

|1013 |

|851 |

|533 |

|286 |

|926 |

|539 |

|710 |

|507 |

|125 |

|1049 |

|1142 |

|1366 |

|1630 |

|660 |

|458 |

|1159 |

|473 |

|1023 |

|532 |

|152 |

|1130 |

|1831 |

|1882 |

|2679 |

|956 |

|788 |

|1720 |

|635 |

|1614 |

|926 |

|265 |

|1818 |

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|a) Name a single cereal crop whose yield per hectare has grown most |

|spectacularly. |

|b) What change did it lead to in the latest history of Indian agriculture? |

|c) What two groups of crops have not increased their productivity compared to |

|the cereal crops? Find out its cause. |

|d) Of the two fibre crops whose productivity has improved more than that of the|

|other? |

|e) List cereals in order of their growth in yield. |

|f) Draw your inferences about the pulses and the oilseeds. |

|Q 16: Discuss tourism as an invisible trade. |

|Q 17: Here are some false statements. Identify the mistakes and rewrite them |

|correctly. |

|Multiplying urban centres with large and dense populations and urban lifestyles|

|have helped in proper utilisation of water resources. |

|Regulating and damming of rivers does not affect the river's natural flow and |

|its sediment flow. |

|In Gujarat, the Sabarmati basin farmers were not agitated when higher priority |

|was given to water supply in urban areas, particularly during droughts. |

|Today in Rajasthan, the practice of rooftop rainwater water harvesting has |

|gained popularity despite high water availability due to the Rajasthan Canal. |

|Q 18: Give three factors responsible for shift of trade westwards. |

|Q 19: Explain what is referred to as the G-77 countries. |

|Q 20: Which two factors shaped Indian politics towards the late 1920's ? |

|Q 21: How were his ideas different from those of Phan Boi Chau ? |

|Q 22: How do all living things need minerals? |

|Q 23: How does money solve the problem of double coincidence of wants? Explain |

|with an example of your own? |

|Q 24: What do you mean by democracy? |

|Q 25: Democracy is a rule of the majority. The poor are in majority. So |

|democracy must be a rule of the poor. How can this not be the case? |

|Q 26: Why are rules and regulations required in the market place? Illustrate |

|with a few examples. |

|Q 27: What was the main channel connecting countries in the past? How is it |

|different now? |

|Q 28: Given that a large number of people in our country are poor, does it in |

|any way affect their capacity to borrow? |

|Q 29: In India, the development process has led to an increase in the share of |

|the tertiary sector in GDP. Do you agree with this statement? Elaborate. |

|Q 30: Fill the following table: |

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|Salim |

|Swapna |

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|Why did they need credit ? |

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|What was the risk ? |

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|What was the outcome ? |

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|Q 31: Give five important factors which led to the growth of nationalism in |

|nineteenth century in Europe. |

|Q 32: What are the main features of Economic reforms? |

|Q 33: The high points of Congress activity and nationalist unity were followed |

|by phases of disunity and inner conflict between groups. Give reasons.  |

|Q 34: What is meant by the Bretton Woods Agreement ? |

|Q 35: Give explanations for the following : |

|Why well-off Londoners supported the need to build housing for the poor in the |

|nineteenth century. |

|Q 36: Explain the After 1740, the readership of novels began to include poorer |

|people. |

|Q 37: Discuss five year plans of India. |

|Q 38: Discuss the evolution of aluminium smelting industries in India. |

|Q 39: Table provides a comparative picture of land use of the same six |

|countries included in table. |

|Country |

|Cultivated |

|area |

|Pasture |

|land |

|Forested |

|land |

|Waste |

|land |

|Total |

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|Canada |

|China |

|India |

|Japan |

|U.S.A. |

|Erstwhile USSR |

|5 |

|11 |

|51 |

|13 |

|20 |

|10 |

|2 |

|30 |

|4 |

|2 |

|26 |

|17 |

|33 |

|14 |

|21 |

|68 |

|28 |

|42 |

|60 |

|45 |

|24 |

|17 |

|26 |

|31 |

|100 |

|100 |

|100 |

|100 |

|100 |

|100 |

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|Compare the position of India with other countries in regard to |

|a) cultivated area |

|b) pasture land |

|c) forest land and |

|d) wasteland including built up areas. |

|Q 40: Describe the various methods to check the spread of communalism in India?|

|Q 41: What is infrastructure? Explain the role of education and Health. |

|Q 42: Describe how modern adaptations of traditional rainwater harvesting |

|methods are being carried out to conserve and store water. |

|Q 43: Describe the fruit and vegetable cultivation in India. |

|Q 44: Answer the following question by looking at the graph: |

|1. Which was the largest producing sector in 1973? |

|2. Which is the largest producing sector in 2003? |

|3. Can you say which sector has grown the most over thirty years? |

|4. What was the GDP of India in 2003? |

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|Q 45: Describe the uneven distribution of minerals in India. |

|Q 46: What are renewable sources of energy? Explain it with suitable example. |

|Q 47: What is the importance of coal as a source of energy and as a source of |

|raw material? Describe in brief the distribution of coal in India. |

|Q 48: What steps did the French revolutionaries take to create a sense of |

|collective identity among the French people ?  |

|Q 49: What are the characteristics of Democracy? |

|Q 50: Describe the changes occurred in the land use pattern between 1960-61 and|

|2002-2003. |

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