The first Governor-General of India was

An advertisement for Lipton tea suggested that royalty all over the world was associated with this tea. When did the advertisement appear?

The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in the year

After Alivardi Khan________ became the Nawab of Bengal.

The_________ lived by herding and rearing animals.

Which one of the following is correct?

The father of the Indian Constitution is

In a parliamentary form of government

Cognizable means:

Dongarria Konds, an adivasi community lives in:

Sulabh, a non-government organisation, enters into contract with municipalities to construct toilet blocks. It charges for the use of latrines. The charges are :

'Right to health' is included in

The British conquest of Bengal began with the Battle of  ______________

Why did a canal run down the center of Chandni Chowk?

Who discovered the sea route of India and when?

Whom did the Santhal tribals rearing silk cocoons view as their main enemies?

What are secondary activities?

Why cannot government schools celebrate religious festivals?

In the court, who represents the interest of the state?

Why is the revolt of 1857 known as the First War of Independence?

What is PIL ?

What causes man-made disasters?

What led to intense conflicts of the companies with local rulers?

Why did the British favor settled cultivators over jhum cultivators?

What were the main features of the Second five-year plan?

What do you understand by the term CITES ? Explain briefly.

Explain briefly some agricultural activities by which we can reduce wastage of water.

What are Fundamental Rights?

How was the trial of Shanti a fair trial as mentioned in the text?

Dalits can 'invoke' or 'draw on' a Fundamental Right (or Rights) in certain unpleasant situations." Explain the statement.

Explain the rights granted to the Indian Princes and Chiefs.

Discuss briefly the different causes of decline of the small cities during the British rule.

What are the important categories of Natural resources? Explain with examples.

Write down some measures to conserve natural vegetation and wildlife.

What would the shape of the population pyramid be, if a country has both high birth rate and death rate?

Read the source given and answer the questions that follow:
Newspapers provide an account of the movements in different parts of the country. Here is a report of a police strike in 1946. More than 2000 policemen in Delhi refused to take their food on Thursday morning as a protest against their low salaries and the bad quality of food supplied to them from the Police Lines kitchen. As the news spread to the other police stations, the men there also refused to take food. One of the strikers said: "The food supplied to us from the Police Lines kitchen is not fit for human consumption. Even cattle would not eat the chapattis and dal which we have to eat."
(i) Do you remember the source of this literary evidence?
(ii) To which event the above source is related?
(iii) What was the grievance of the policemen?
(iv) What is the importance of these types of literary sources?

Write a note on 'Sulabh'.