The direct consequences of Accidents are
i) Fatality (Death) ii) Injury  iii) Damage to Property

(i) The extent and nature of migration in any society is basically determined by the nature of the development process experienced by that society.
(il) That is, the type and scale of development achieved by the agricultural and industrial sectors in an economy would determine the migratory patterns.

(i) The area where more than 10,000 people are living is called as Town Panchayat.
(ii) Members and President of the Town Panchayat are directly elected by the people.
(iii) There is one Executive Officer to look after the administration of the Town Panchayat and their term of office is five years.

(i) The National Ayush Movement scheme is implemented by the central government.
(ii) Its main aim is to save and extend the life of many medicinal herbs that grow only in the forest.
(iii) This scheme is carried out with 60:40 shares from the central and state governments

Man made pollutants refer to vehicular emission, industrial wastes, smoke from thermal power plants and refineries badly affects the environment.

(i) In the rivalry among four major European powers- Portuguese, Dutch, French and English the English, after three carnatic wars, eliminated the French by the end of the eighteenth century.
(ii) The British conquered all the regional powers, in particular, the most potential challengers, the Mysore Sultans and the Marathas by defeating them in three Anglo-Mysore wars and three Anglo-Maratha wars.
(iii) The conquest of the Gurkhas in 1816, the Sindhis in 1843 and the Sikhs in 1849.
(iv) Thus the British emerged as a territorial power in India.

(i) Lafayette who participated in the American war of Independence came back with democratic ideals and played an active role in the French revolution.
(ii) During the French revolution he served as the Commander in Chief of French National guards.

The salient features of the Tamil Nadu Panchayat Raj Act of 1994-
(i) A three tier system,
(ii) Gram Sabha
(iii) Establishment of Election Commission
(iv) Constitution of Finance Commission
(v) Reservation of Seats for SS/ST's proportionate to their population.
(vi) One third reservation of seats for women and
(vii) Constitution of District Planning Committees.

(i) Natural Disaster or man made disaster such as famine, war, land slides, earthquake, Tsunami, epidemics, extreme weather, etc.
(ii) The black death is estimated to have killed 30 - 60 percent of Europe's total population during the 14^th century.
(iii) The dominant explanation for black death is attributed to the break of plague.

April Revolution and democracy in Nepal.
i) On April 2006, the leaders of Nepal vibrant pre-democracy civil society movement "Seven Party Alliance" (SPA) called for a million strong demonstration.
ii) It was stage at seven different points along the Ring road encircling the capital Kathmandu.
iii) People demanded end to the autocratic rule of monarchy and restoration of total democracy.
iv) The king Gyanendra stopped down paring the way for democracy in Nepal.

(i) Hypsometric curve is a graphic representation which shows the height of a certain place found on land and the height of ocean features at sea.
(ii) 'Hypso' means height in Greek.

It protect children's from sexual exploitation and abuse, When they are forced or persuaded to take part in sexual activities physically or mentally.

(i) Terrestrial biomes is a group ofliving organisms that live and interact with one another on land.
(ii) They are mainly determined by temperature and rainfall.
(iii) Some of the major terrestrial biomes of the world are
a. Tropical Forest Biomes
b. Tropical Savanna Biomes
c. Desert Biomes
d. Temperate Grassland Biomes and
e. Tundra Biomes

On tropical mountains, the snowline may be as high as 500 mts, but when traced poleward it descends to 2700 mts in the European Alps to 600 meters in Greenland and just to sea level near the poles.

(i) Yes, weathering a pre-requisite in the formation of soil.
(ii) The rock materials in due course of time are weathered further to form soil.
(iii) Soil is a mixture of disintegrated rock material.

(i) Air pressure decreases with altitude.
(ii) The air molecules became scattered and more widely spaced at higher altitudes.
(iii) The air pressure develops by 34 millibars per 300 metres increase in height.

Merits:
(i) Indirect elections are less expensive.
(ii) It is more suited to elections in large countries.
Demerits:
(i) If the number of voters is very small, there exists the possibility of corruption, bribery, horse trading and other unfair activities.
(ii) It is less democratic because people do not have a direct opportunity to elect, but they instead do it through their representatives. So, this may not reflect the true will of the people.

Mahavira and Buddha lived a life of purity and exemplified simplicity and self-denial.

Active volcanoes are those which constantly eject volcanic lava, gases and fragmented materials. e.g., Mount St. Helens in the United States.

While the fossil bones are classified as various species such as Homo habilis, Homo erectus and Neanderthalensis, based on the lithic tools, cultures are assigned names such as Earliest Lithic, Assemblages, Oldowan Technology, Lower, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic cultures.

(i) The invention of the potter's wheel is credited to the Sumerians.
(ii) They developed the calender system of 360 days and divided a circle into 360 units.
(iii) The Cuneiform system of writing was their contribution.
(iv) The Hammurabi's law code was another legacy of the Mesopotamians.

Based on the mechanisms of raising the air, there are three types of rainfall.
(i) Convectional rainfall
(ii) Frontal (or) cyclonic rainfall
(iii) Orographic rainfall

The amount of heat received from the sun in the form of short waves is called insulation (or) incoming Solar Radiation

(i) I will not have the right equality under dictatorship. Because the dictator is a political leader who rules the state with absolute power.
(ii) In such a country the public opinions are suppressed. People will be given less rights or no rights.