i) This physiographic division is the largest part of the plateau region of India. 
ii) The shape of this plateau is roughly triangular. 
iii) One of the sides of this triangle is marked by the line joining Kanyakumari with Raajmahal Hills and this line passes through the Eastern Ghats. 
iv) The second arm is marked by the Sapura Range, Mahadeo Hills, Maikal Range and the Raajmahal Hills. 
v) The third arm is marked by the Western Ghats. The area of this Plateau is about 7 lakh square km and the height ranges from 500 to 1000 m above sea level. 

The neighbouring countries of India are Pakistan and Afghanistan in the North-West, China, Nepal and Bhutan in the North and Bangladesh and Myanmar in the East.

S.No	Reformist movement	Revival movement
(1)	A reform movement is a kind of social movement that aims to make gradual change or change in certain aspects of society, rather or fundamental changes.	Revival movements refer to spiritual movements which originate from a large folk revival.
(2)	A reform movement is distinguished from more radical social movements such as revolutionary movements.	Emphasising a personal relationship with God is typical of the movements.
(3)	Some of the famous Reformist movements are Brahmo Samji. The Prarthana Samaj and the Aligarh movement.	A few famous Revivalist movements are the Arya Samaj, the Ramakrishna Mission, and the Deoband movement.

Vivekananda's activist ideology rekindled the desire for political change among many western education young Bengalis. Many of the youths who were involved in the militant nationalist struggle during the Swadeshi movement following the Partition of Bengal were inspired by Vivekananda.

i) Mahadev Govind Ranade devoted himself to activities such as inter-caste dining, inter-caste marriage, widow remarriage and improvement of women and depressed classes.
ii) Ranade [1842 - 1901] was the founder of the Widow Marriage Association [1861], the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha [1870] and the Deccan Education Society [1884].

i) In April 1961, while landing an army of Cuban exiles on the island of Bay of Pigs, the US bombed Cuban airfields with the objective of overthrowing Castro's regime.
ii) US Warships surrounded Cuba.
iii) The Kennedy government had received intelligence that the USSR was secretly installing nuclear missiles in Cuba.
iv) Finally, the Soviet President Khrushchev agreed to withdraw the missiles and thus the Missile Crisis was defused.

i) The US Conceived the Marshall Plan to bring the countries in the Western Europe under its influence.
ii) The plan sought to help the countries of Europe with American dollars to facilitate their early recovery from the destruction caused by the Second World War.

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.

i) The primary objective of IMF is to ensure financial stability and development across the world.
ii) The objectives of the IMF are "to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth and reduce poverty around the world".

i) Mussolini of Italy,
ii) Adolf Hitler of Germany
iii) Franco of Spain

There are many clauses but the three main clauses are:
i) Germany was forced to give up territories to the west, north and east of the German border.
ii) Germany had to disarm and was allowed to retain only a very restricted armed force
iii)  As reparations for the war, Germany was expected to pay for the military and civilian cost of the war to the Allied nations.

It is the term used to describe the policy of the USA in maintaining and dominating over distant lands through economic aid.

a) The 'Great Depression' dealt a death blow to Indian agriculture and the indigenous manufacturing sector.
b) The value of farm produce, declined by half. But the land rent to be paid by the peasant remained unchanged. In terms of prices of agricultural commodities, the obligation of the farmers to the state doubled.
c) The great fall in prices prompted Indian nationalists to demand protection for the internal economy.

a) In 1929 the Vietnamese soldiers mutinied, and there was a failed attempt to assassinate the French Governor-General.
b) This was followed by a large scale peasant revolt led by the Communists.
c) The revolt was crushed and thousands of rebels were killed. This incident is known as the 'White Terror'.

i) The League appeared to be an organisation of those who were victorious in the First World War.
ii) Since it lacked the military power of its own, it could not enforce its decisions.
iii) The founders of this peace organisation underestimated the power of nationalism.
iv) The principle of  'collective security' could not be applied in actual practice.

The three militant forms of nationalism in Europe:
i) England's jingoism
ii) France's chauvinism
iii) Germany's Kultur.

(i) In 1894 Japan forced a war on China.
(ii) The crushing defeat of China by little Japan in the Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) surprised the whole world.
(iii) Despite the warning of the three great powers Russia, Germany and France Japan annexed the Liaotung peninsula with Port Arthur.
(iv) By this action Japan proved that it was the strongest nation of the East Asia.