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1.
The authority to alter the boundaries of state in India rest with?
The President
The Prime Minister
State Government
Parliament
2.
The National Remote sensing Centre(NRSC) is located at___________.
Bengaluru
Chennai
Delhi
Hyderabad
3.
Black soils are also called as:
Arid soils
Saline soils
Regur soils
Mountain soils
4.
The highest peak in South India is
Ooty
KodaiKanal
AnaiMudi
Jindhagada
5.
Who was the founder of Namdhari Movement?
Baba Dayal Das
Baba Ram Singh
Guru Nanak
Jyotiba Phule
6.
When did the Japanese formally sign of their surrender?
2 September, 1945
2 October, 1945
15 August, 1945
12 October, 1945
7.
Which country after the World War I took to a policy of isolation?
Britain
France
Germany
USA
8.
List out any two special powers of the Attorney General of India.
9.
Define “International trade”.
10.
Define soil.
11.
Give the importance of IST.
12.
What do you know of Baghdad Pact?
13.
Name the countries in the Triple Entente.
14.
Write the challenges of Globalization.
15.
Point out the Fundamental Rights.
16.
Describe the forests of India.
17.
Discuss the main causes of the First World War.
18.
WTO agreement came into force from ___________.
19.
India is _____ largest economy of the world.
20.
__________ is the leader of the nation and chief spokesperson of the country.
21.
__________ was the forerunner of Akali Movement.
22.
The ANC leader Nelson Mandela was put behind the bars for ________ years.
23.
GATT
24.
MLC
25.
Citizenship Act
26.
Iron ore
27.
Coffee
28.
Third Reich
29.
Weather and Climate.
1.
(d)
Parliament
2.
(d)
Hyderabad
3.
(c)
Regur soils
4.
(c)
AnaiMudi
5.
(b)
Baba Ram Singh
6.
(a)
2 September, 1945
7.
(d)
USA
8.
i) To give advice to the Government of India upon such legal matters which are referred to him by the president.
ii) Attorney General of India has the right of audience in all courts in the territory of India.
iii) Further he has the right to speak and to take part in the proceedings of both Houses of the Parliament or their joint sitting.
iv) He enjoys all the privileges and immunities that are available to a member of Parliament.
9.
Trade carried on between two or more countries is called international trade. It is also called as external trade or foreign trade.
10.
Soil is the uppermost layer of the land surface, usually composed of minerals, organic matter, living organisms, air and water.
11.
The longitudinal difference between Gujarat in the west and Arunachal Pradesh in the east is about 30°. Since Arunachal Pradesh is towards east. it will have sunrise about two hours earlier than the sunrise at Gujarat which is in the west. In order to avoid these differences, Indian Standard Time is calculated. The IST is 5.30 hrs ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
12.
i) In 1955 Turkey, Iraq, Great Britain, Pakistan and Iran signed a pact known as Baghdad Pact.
ii) In 1958 the United States joined the organization and thereafter it came to be known as the Central Treaty Organization.
iii) This treaty was open to any Arab nation desiring peace and security in the region. CENTO was dissolved in 1979.
13.
Britain, France and Russia are the three countries in the Triple Entente.
14.
i) The benefits of globalization extend to all countries that will not happen automatically.
ii) The fear that globalization leads to instability in the developing world.
iii) The industrial world that increased global competition will lead in race to the bottom in wages, labour right and employment practice.
iv) It leads to global imbalance.
v) Globalization has resulted with the embarrassment
vi) Globalization has led to an increase in activities such as child labour and slavery.
vii) Consumption of more junk food that led to the degradation of health and spread of disease.
viii) Globalization has led to environmental degradation
15.
There are six Fundamental Rights. They are
i) Right to Equality
ii) Right to Freedom
iii) Right against Exploitation
iv) Right to Religion
v) Cultural & Educational Rights
vi) Right to Constitutional Remedies
Right to Equality
i) Article 14 : Equality before law
ii) Article 15 : Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth
iii) Article 16 : Equality of opportunity in matters of public employment.
iv) Article 17 : Abolition of untouchability.
v) Article 18 : Abolition of titles except military and academic.
Right to freedom
i) Article 19 : Freedom of speech and expression assembly association, movement, residence and profession.
ii) Article 20 : Protection in respect of conviction for offences.
iii) Article 21 : Protection of life and personal liberty.
iv) Article 21A : Right to elementary education.
v) Article 22 : Protection against arrest and detention in certain cases.
Right against exploitation
i) Article 23 : Prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labour
ii) Article 24 : Prohibition of employment of children in factories, etc.
Rights to Religion
i) Aticle 25 : Freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and propagation of religion.
ii) Article 26 : Freedom to manage religious affairs.
iii) Article 27: Freedom from payment of taxes for promotion of any religion.
iv) Aricle 28 : Freedom from attending religious instruction or worship in certain educational insitutions.
cultural & Educational Rights
i) Article 29 : Protection of language, script and culture of minorities.
ii) Article 30 : Right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions.
Right to Constitutional remedies
iii) Article 32: It allows individuals to seek redressal for the violation of their fundamental rights.
16.
On the basis of climate, soil and land form characteristics the natural vegetation of India can be divided into the following types.
Tropical Evergreen Forest:
i) These forest are found in areas with 200 cm or more annual rainfall.
ii) Western Ghats in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Andaman Nicobar Islands, Assam, West Bengal, Nagaland, Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur and Meghalaya states have this type of forests.
iii) The most important trees are rubber, mahogany, ebony, rosewood, coconut, bamboo, cinchona, candes, palm, iron wood and cedar.
Tropical Deciduous Forest:
i) These forests are found in the areas with 100 to 200 cm annual rainfall.
ii) These are called 'Monsoon Forests'.
iii) The trees of these forests drop their leaves during the spring and early summer.
iv) These forests are found in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
v) Teak and Sal are the most important trees. Sandal wood, rose wood, Kusum, Mahua, Palas haldu, amla, padank, bamboo and tendu are the other trees of economic importance.
vi) These forests also provide fragrant oil, varnish, sandal oil and perfumes.
Tropical Dry Forest:
i) These forests are found in the areas with 50 to 100 cm annual rainfall.
ii) They represent a transitional type of forests.
iii) These are found in east Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Western Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Eastern Maharashtra, Telangana, West Karnataka and East Tamil Nadu.
iv) The important species are mahua, banyan, amaltas, palas, haldu, kikar, bamboo, babool, khair, etc.
Tropical Thorn Forest:
i) These are found in the areas having annual rainfall of less than 50 cm.
ii) They have low humidity and high temperature.
iii) These forests are found in north - west India, which includes west Rajasthan, South west
iv) Haryana, North Gujarat, South - west Punjab, parts of the Deccan plateau in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.
v) Babul, Kikar and Wild palms are common trees found here.
Mountain or Montane Forest:
On the basis of altitude and amount of rainfall, these forests are classified into two.
i) Eastern Himalayan Forest,
ii) Western Himalayan Forest.
Alpine Forest:
i) It occurs all along the Himalayas with above 2400 m altitude.
ii) These are purely having coniferous trees.
iii) Oak, silver fir, pine and juniper are the main trees of these forests.
iv) The eastern parts of Himalayas have large extent of these forests.
Mangrove Forest:
i) These forests occur in and around the deltas, estuaries, creeks, prone to tidal influences and as such are also known as delta or swamp forests.
ii) The delta of the Ganga, Brahmaputra has the largest tidal forest.
iii) These are also known as Sundarbans forest.
iv) The deltas of Mahanadi, Godavari and Krishna rivers are also known for tidal forests.
v) These are also known as tidal forests.
17.
European Alliances and Counter - Alliances:
(i) In 1900 five of the European Great Powers were divided into two armed camps.
a) One camp consisted of the Central Powers namely Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. They formed the Triple Alliance in 1882.
b) The other camp consisted of France and Russia. Their alliance was formed in 1894 with the promise of mutual help if Germany attacked either of them.
(ii) The Anglo-Japanese Alliance prompted France to seek an alliance with Britain to resolve colonial disputes over Morocco and Egypt.
(iii) In 1904 Entente Cordiale was signed between France and Britain.
(iv) Finally it led to the formation of Triple Entente of Britain, France and Russia.
Violent Forms of Nationalism:
England's Jingoism, France's Chauvinism and Germany's Kultur were militant forms of nationalism, contributing decisively to the outbreak of war.
Aggressive attitude of Germany:
a) Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany proclaimed Germany would be the leader of the world.
b) Germany's aggressive diplomacy and rapid building of naval bases convinced Britain a German navy could be directed only against her.
Imperial power politics in the Balkans:
a) The Young Turk Revolution of 1908, provided both Austria and Russia with the opportunity to resume their activities in the Balkans.
b) Austria and Russia met and agreed Austria should annex Bosnia and Herzegovina. This aroused intense opposition from Serbia. Germany gave Austria firm support.
c) The enmity between Austria and Serbia led to the outbreak of war in 1914.
The Balkan wars:
a) The Ottoman Empire extended over the Balkans and across Hungary to Poland.
b) The Turks and their subjects of different nationalities in the Balkans indulged in the most frightful massacres and atrocities.
c) The league attacked and defeated Turkish forces in the first Balkan War (1912-13).
d) According to the Treaty of London signed in May 1913 the new state of Albania was created and the other Balkan states divided up Macedonia between them.
e) The division of Macedonia, however, did not satisfy Bulgaria. Bulgaria attacked Serbia and Greece. But Bulgaria was easily defeated. The second Balkan War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Bucharest in August 1913.
Immediate cause:
a) The climax to these events in the Balkans occurred in Sarajevo in Bosnia. On 28 June 1914 the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary, was assassinated by Princip, a Bosnian Serb.
b) The German army which was planning a war against both France and Russia wanted to use the occasion to its advantage.
c) The German violation of Belgian neutrality forced Britain to enter war.
18.
( )
January 1, 1995
19.
( )
Sixth
20.
( )
The Prime Minister
21.
( )
Singh Sabha
22.
( )
27
23.
1947
24.
cannot vote for grants
25.
1955
26.
Magnetite
27.
Karnataka
28.
Hitler
29.
| S.No. |
Weather |
Climate |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Weather refers to the state of atmosphere of a place at a given point of time. | Climate is the accumulation of daily and seasonal weather event of a given location over a period of 30 - 35 years. |
| 2. | Weather of a place may change daily. | Climate of a place remains constant over a long period. |
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