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Economics Chapter 4 – Food Security in India 1. How is food security ensured in India?Ans: Food security in India is ensured, when three dimensions of food security are taken care of. The three dimensions are:i. Availability of food – Presence of enough food for each and every citizen.ii. Accessibility of food – When there […]

Economics Chapter 3 – Poverty as a Challenge Question1. Describe how the poverty line is estimated in India?Ans: In India, poverty line is measured by considering the following factors:● Minimum level of food requirement,● Clothing● Footwear● Fuel and Light● Education● Medical requirementThese physical quantities are multiplied by their prices. The formula for food requirement was

Economics Chapter 2 – People as Resource 1. What do you understand about ‘People as a Resource’?Ans. ‘People as a Resource’ refers to the working population of the country in terms of their existing productive skills and abilities.2. How are human resources different from other resources like land and physical capital?Ans. Human resources use other

Economics Chapter 1 – The Story of Village Palampur 1. Every village in India is surveyed once in ten years during the Census and some of the details are presented in the following format. Fill up the following based on information on Palampur.(a) LocationAns: Bulandshahr district, Western Uttar Pradesh(b) Total Area of the VillageAns: 226

Civics Chapter 5 – Democratic Rights 1. Which of the following is not an instance of an exercise of a fundamental right?(a) Workers from Bihar go to the Punjab to work on the farms(b) Christian missions set up a chain of missionary schools(c) Men and women government employees get the same salary(d) Parents’ property is

Civics Chapter 4 – Working of Institutions 1. If you are elected as the President of India which of the following decision can you take on your own?(a) Select the person you like as Prime Minister.(b) Dismiss a Prime Minister who has a majority in Lok Sabha.(c) Ask for reconsideration of a bill passed by

Civics Chapter 3 – Electoral Politics 1. Which of the following statements about the reasons for conducting elections are false?a) Elections enable people to judge the performance of the government.b) People select the representative of their choice in an election.c) Elections enable people to evaluate the performance of the judiciary.d) People can indicate which policies

Civics Chapter 2-Constitutional Design 1. Here are some false statements. Identify the mistake in each case and rewrite these correctly based on what you have read in this chapter.a) Leaders of the freedom movement had an open mind about whether the country should be democratic or not after independence.Ans: Leaders of the freedom movement had

Civics Chapter 1 – What is Democracy? Why Democracy? 1. Here is some information about the four countries. Based on this information, how would you classify each of these countries? Write ‘democratic’, ‘undemocratic’ or ‘not sure’ against each of these.a) Country A: People who do not accept the country’s official religion do not have a

History Chapter 5- Pastoralists in the Modern World 1. Explain why nomadic tribes need to move from one place to another. What are the advantages to the environment of this continuous movement?Ans. The nomadic tribes need to move from one place to another for the following reasons:a) They don’t have access to regular fields where