Name most influential book, of Phan Boi Chau.

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'The History of the Loss of Vietnam'

Oil India Limited (OIL) belongs to which type of industry?

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Oil India Limited belongs to the Joint sector industries.

Which are the primary road systems?

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National highways

Distinguish between pressure groups and political parties by stating any one point of distinction.

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Pressure groups resort to agitational politics like marches, demonstrations and strikes to achieve their aims.Politics parties use only constitutional means to achieve their aims.

Which party can be referred to as a recognised party?

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What is transparency?

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In a democratic government, a citizen has the right and the means to examine the decisions taken by the govt. It is known as transparency.

Besides banks, what are the other sources of credit from which the small farmers borrow?

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Besides banks, the small farmers borrow from landlords, moneylenders, traders, relatives and friends etc.

Which organisation aim to liberalise international trade?

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WTO

Why should manufacturers or producers display information on the label of products?

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Manufacturers or producers should display the information because consumers have the right to be informed about the particulars of goods and services that they purchase.

What did indentured labour mean?

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Bonded Labour

What technological helped in improving production of India industry during the 20^th century?

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the introduction of fly shuttle

How did underground railway help in solving housing problem?

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The London underground railway partially solved the housing crisis by carrying large masses of people to and from the city.

Name the rain-fed crop mostly grown in areas which hardly needs irrigation. Give an example.

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Jowar is the rain fed crop grown in areas which hardly needs irrigation. Major Jowar producing states were Maharahtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradeh and Madhya Pradesh in 2011-12.

What are the major properties of mica?Mention any three.

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Let us group these together into some broad categories. Given below are some spheres or sites of democratic politics. You may place against each of these the specific challenges that you noted for one or more countries or cartoons in the previous section. In addition to that write one item for India for each of these spheres. In case you find that some challenges do not fit into any of the categories given below, you can create new categories and put some items under that.

Constitutional design

Democratic rights

Elections

Federalism, decentralization

Accommodation of diversity

Political Organisation

Any Other Category

Any Other Category

Foundational Challenge

Challenge of Expansion

Challenge of deepening

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Describe some of your duties as consumers, if you visit a shopping complex in your locality.

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1. Mention any five restrictions imposed by the British government upon The Indian merchants in the 19^th century.

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2. How did ideas about science, reason and nationality find their way into popular literature in the 18^th century Europe?

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1. "Indian novelists used the novel as a powerful medium to criticize the defects of the society."  Justify the statement with the suitable examples.

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2. In environment destruction women are affected more than men - Explain.

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1. What was the result of the abolishing of Corn Laws?

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2. What is a multi-purpose river valley projects? Give any four objectives of the multi-purpose river valley project?

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1. How can workers in an unorganised sector be protected?  Explain.

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2. What is the main difference between a federal form of government and a unitary one? Explain with an example.

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3. What led to the rise of the revolutionaries after the establishment of the conservative regimes in Europe after 1815?

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4. "Most negative feature of democracy is that its examination never gets over." Support the statement with three arguments.

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5. What is the meaning of democracy reform? Give two examples of democratic reforms in India.

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Five features with serial nos. (i) to (v) 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) A place where Indian National Congress Session was held in Dec. 1920.
(b) A place where Indian National Congress Session was held in 1927.
(c) A place where violence occurred due to which Mahatma Gandhi suddenly called off the Non-cooperation Movement.
(d) A place of peasants' Satyagraha in Gujarat.
(e) A place associated with Jallianwalla Bagh massacre.

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On the physical outline map of India given below, identify any four soil types of India.

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