SOCIAL STUDIES

QUESTION BANK
X CLASS
 th
10 Class
Guidelines for the preparation of SOCIAL STUDIES
Question Papers for 9 thand 10 Classes
th
In Social Studies 80 marks were allotted for Summative Assessment
Question paper.
In Summative Assessment Question paper there will be Two parts, i.e.
Part-A; and Part-B.
Part-A and Part-B contains different types of questions as shown below:
Question to Allotted Marks
Types of No. of Total Allotted
Questions Questions be for each Marks Time
Answered Questions

Part-A Very Short

Answer 06 06 02 12 TWO
Question HOURS
[VSAQ]
Short Answer THIRTY
06 04 24 MINUTES
Question [SAQ]
06
Essay type
Questions
06 04 06 24
[Essay] 2 hr. 30
Min.
Part-B Multiple Choice 30 Minutes
Questions 20 20 01 20
[MCQ]
TOTAL 18+20MCQ 16+20MCQ - 80 Marks 3 Hrs.

Important Note:
Prepare question paper for 80 marks.
The total marks allotted for Part-A is 60.
The allotted time for Part-A is TWO HOURS THIRTY MINUTES
The total marks allotted for Part-B is 20.
The allotted time for Part-B is Thirty Minutes
Question paper should be prepared based on the Academic Standards.
 The Academic Standards weightage is shown in the following table:

Pe rce nt

TOTAL
Marks

Marks
AS Academic

VSAQ

Essay

MCQ
SAQ
age
No. Standards.
AS-1 Conceptual 45% 42 42
Understanding
AS-2 Reading the text 11% 10 10
(given),
understanding and
interpretation
AS-3 Information skills 13 % 12 12
(AS3) :
AS-4 Reflection on 11% 10 10
contemporary
issues and
questioning
AS-5 Mapping skills 13% 12 12
AS-6 Appreciation and 07% 06 06
Sensitivity
100% 80 M 6Q 6Q 6Q 20 Q 80 M
(+12 M (12 (24 (24 Marks (20 (+12 M
TOTAL Choice) Marks) Marks) +12M Marks) Choice)
Choice)

Note:
In part-A 72 marks weightage is given. But in essay questions, choice is
given. Hence, student has to write answers for 60 marks only.
Part – B 20 MCQ’s, 20 marks are given. So, Part-A=60 Marks + Part-B=20
Marks are allotted, Total Marks is 80.
The weightage for each academic standard must not be changed.
Question paper should be prepared as per the marks allotted to each
academic standard. There should be NO deviation in this regard.
For Example in the entire question paper for Academic Standard-I i.e.
Conceptual Understanding 42 marks are allotted for all types of questions.
While preparing questions there should be NO deviation in the allotted
marks.
PART- A:
The Part-A question Paper contains THREE sections. The First section
contains 6 very short answer type questions, answer all the questions.
Each question carries 2 marks and the total mark allotted to this section
is 12. The answer for these questions should be limited to 3-4 sentences.
The Second section contains 6 short answer type questions, answer all
the questions. Each question carries 4 marks and the total marks allotted
to this section are 24. The answer for these questions should be limited
to 5-6 sentences. The Third section contains 6 Essay type questions,
student has to answer any 4 questions each question carries 6 marks and
the total marks allotted to this section are 24 Marks. The answer for
these questions should be limited to 8-10 sentences.

PART- B:
The Part-B Paper contains TWENTY Multiple Choice Questions, each
question carries 1 mark and the total marks allotted to this part are 20.
Marks will not be awarded for OVERWRITING, CORRECTED and ERASED
answers.
Under Part-B the MCQ must be given with different Patterns such as,
Identifying the correct Sentence, incorrect Sentence, incorrect Pair,
Correct Pair, Odd-one, match the following, arranging in sequential order,
flow-charts etc.,
In MCQ questions options such as All of the above, none of the above and
both A and B should not be given.
General Instructions:
Care should be taken while preparing question paper in such a way that
questions must be given from ALL allotted Units/ Lessons / Chapters, but
there is NO need to give unit/lesson-wise weightage in the question
paper.
All questions in the question paper should be thought provoking, open
ended, analytical. Rote memory questions should be avoided in the
question paper. The question should be test the understanding level of
the student.
All questions must not be ambiguity and they should be clear with
objectivity.
Sub-questions should not be given in the question paper except
information skill (AS-III) Questions.
The length of the answer must be kept in mind while preparing different
types of questions.
While preparing question paper avoid Improve your learning questions
from the text book as it is, Can take those questions by changing their
nature of questioning.
The entire question paper should be prepared in such a way that 50%
questions easy, 30% questions are average and the remaining 20%
questions are of higher order thinking.
 Social Studies – X E/M
Blue Print for this Model Pap e r

Percent

TOTAL
Marks

Marks
AS Academic

Essay
VSAQ

MCQ
SAQ
age
No. Standards.

AS-1 Conceptual 1
45% 42 2(4M) 2(8M) 2(12M) 42
Understanding (18M)
AS-2 Reading the text
(given), 11% 10 --- 1(4M) 1(6M) -- 10
understanding and
interpretation
AS-3 Information skills
13 % 12 1(2M) 1(4M) 1(6M) --- 12
(AS3) :
AS-4 Reflection on
contemporary
11% 10 1(2M) ---- 1(6M) 1(2M) 10
issues and
questioning
AS-5 Mapping skills 13% 12 1(2M) 1(4M) 1(6M) 12
AS-6 Appreciation and
07% 06 1(2M) 1(4M) ----- -- 06
Sensitivity
100% 80M 6Q 6Q 6Q 20 Q 80M
(+ 12M (12 (24 (24 + (20 (+ 12M
TOTAL choice) marks) Marks) 12M marks) choice)
Choice)
 Model Question Paper – 2022
Social Studies
(English Medium)
Part - A and Part - B
Time: 3.00 hrs 10th Class Total Marks: 80

Instructions:
1. Read the questions carefully and understand them
2. Write the answers to the questions in Part A of the answer
sheet.
3. Attach the map to Part -A answer sheet
4. Attach Part –B to Part A answer sheet.
5. Part-A consists of I, II and III Sections.
6. Write the answers clearly duly following the instructions given
for each section.

Part - A
Time: 2.30 hrs. Marks: 60
Section – I
62
X = 12 marks

1. Answer all questions.

2. Answer each question in 3 – 4 sentences.
3. Each question carries 2 marks.

1. Distinguish between Bhabar and Terai

2. Why did the League of Nations fail?
3. Write any two slogans to create awareness on the importance of voting.
4. Write suggestions for the improvement of Indian foreign policy.
5. Draw the outline map of Telangana.
6. Observe the given table and answer the following questions.
Net Attendance
IMR per 1000 Literacy Rate
State Ratio for
(2016) (%)(2011)
33 77 Secondary
25 84
38 64 Stage (2013-14
Haryana
61
Himachal 67
43
Pradesh
Bihar
a. As per the above table, which state is in a better position in terms of
IMR, Literacy rate, and Net attendance ratio?
b. Give one reason why Bihar has a low literacy rate?
 Section – II
6X4= 24 marks
1. Answer all questions.
2. Answer each question in 5 – 6 sentences.
3. Each question carries 4 marks.

7. Read the paragraph and interpret We often hear people talk of population
growth in alarming tones. These
people are often literate and talk about others not benefitting because
there are too many people who have to share very few resources What
8. were the problems faced by people during the partition of India? Prepare a
9. pamphlet on the prohibition of liquor.
10. What is the role of technology in Globalization?
11. Observe the given table and analyse it

Total Cropped Area - in million hectares

Region 1955-56 2006-07 growth %
Andhra Region 4.2 5.3 20
Telangana Region 4.8 5 5

12. Locate the following places in the world map.

1. Britain 2. Austria 3. Egypt
4. Nazism belonged to this country.

Section – III
4X6 = 24 Marks
A. Answer any FOUR questions
B. Answer each question in 8-10 sentences.
D. Each question carries 6 marks.

13. Classify the Himalayan river system and explain about any one river
system.
14. How did the main features of the Gentlemen’s’ Agreement become a
point of distrust between two regions of Telangana and Andhra?

15. Read the given paragraph and interpret it.

The Talibans, which took over Afghanistan after the withdrawal of
Soviet troops, similarly established an extremist Islamic state. These
states tried to force all the people to strictly follow the rules laid down in
religious texts.

16. Mention the challenges of urbanisation and suggest remedies in the

present day.
 17. Observe the given table and analyse.

Table: 1 Distribution of Workers in India, 2017-2018 (%)

Sector Place of Residence Sex All workers
Rural Urban Male Female
Agriculture
59.8 6.6 40.7 57.2 44.6
Sector
Industry 20.4 34.3 26.4 17.7 24.4
Sector
Services 19.8 59.1 32.8 25.2 31.0
Sector

18. Locate the following places in the map of India

1. Deccan plateau 2. Thar Desert 3. Malabar coast
4. One west flowing river 5. Doda betta 6. Kolkata
 Part - B
Time: 30. Mins Marks:20
Instructions: 20X1 = 20 Marks
1. Answer all questions.
2. Choose the correct option from the given four answers and write the letter (A or
B or C or D) in CAPITAL LETTER in the brackets.
3. Each question carries 1 mark.
4. Write the answers in the question paper itself.
5. Marks are not assigned to corrected, dismissed or erased answers.

1. Puna Pact was signed by [ ]

A) Gandhi -Ambedkar B) Gandhi - Nehru
C) Nehru -Ambedkar D) Ambedkar -Vallabhai Patel

2. An idea which promotesthe unity of all African peoples irrespective

ofcountry or tribe. [ ]
A) Democracy B) Secularism
C) Pan Africanism D) Republic

3. ‘The New Deal’ promised was a relief to the victims of [ ]

A) World wars B) Economic depression
C) Partition of India D) Floods

4. An example of MNC [ ]
A) Indian Railways B) BSNL
C) TATA motors D) Indian postal service

5. India is divided equally into two equal parts by [ ]

A) Arctic Circle B) Equator
C) Tropic of Cancer D) Antarctic circle

6. The present Chief Election Commissioner of India is [ ]

A) Rajiv Kumar B) Susheel Chandra
C) Anup Chandra Pandey D) Y.V. Chandrachud

7. The present President of India is [ ]

A) RamnathKovind B) Narendra Modi
C) DraupadiMurmu D) TamilisaiSoundaraRajan
 8. Which of the following is NOT an example of public facility [ ]
A) Safe drinking water B) Electricity
C) Education D) Air port

9. Meghalaya was created from [ ]

A) Arunachal Pradesh B) Asom
D) West Bengal D) Nagaland

10. These are considered while estimating GDP [ ]

A) The value of all goods and services
B) The value of all final goods and services
C) The value of all goods only
D) The value of all services only
11. The reason for ban in growing sugarcane and banana in Hiware Bazar is
[ ]
A) The prices are very low
B) The production is very less
C) These crops consume more water
D) There is no demand for these crops.

12. Match the following and choose the correct option. [ ]

1) Mega Cities a) Population between 1 million and 10 million
2) Metropolitan b) Population above 10 million
3) Class 1 Cities c) Population between 5000 and 1 Lakh
4) Cities d) Population between 1 lakh and 1 million

A) 1 – a, 2 – b, 3 – c, 4 – d B) 1 – d, 2 – c, 3 – b, 4 – a
C) 1 – c, 2 – d, 3 – a, 4 – b D) 1 – b, 2 – a, 3 – d, 4 – c

13. Most of the unskilled and semi skilled workers migrating to these countries
[ ]
A) European countries B) USA
C) African countries D) Oil Exporting countries

14. Hill stations - Simla, Nainital, Mussorie are in... [ ]

(A) Greater Himalayas (B) Lesser Himalayas
(C) Shiwaliks (D) Nilgiris

15. The slogan 'do or die' is related to this. [ ]

(A) Non-Cooperation Movement. (B) Quit India Movement
(C) Khilafat Movement (D) Civil disobedience
16. One of the following is not related to Telangana [ ]
B) Mulki
A) rules D) Silent
Gentleman valley movement
agreement
C) Regional council

17. Identify the correctly matched pair [ ]

A) Green peace movement – New york
B) Treaty of Versailles C) – Paris
SardarSarovar dam – Ganga River
D) Non Alignment Movement – London

18. Arrange the following in the chronological order [ ]

1. Direct Action Day
2. Quit India Movement
3. Individual Satyagraha
4. Cripps Mission
A) 1,2,3,4
B) 1,3,4,2
C) 3,4,2,1
D) 2,3,1,4

19. Among the following choose the correct statement [ ]

A) The President of U.S.A. is elected by the people directly
B) The President of India is elected by the people directly
C) Indian people have dual citizenship
D) Concurrent list cannot be amended by the states.

20. The reform that was not related to Jawaharlal Nehru [ ]

A) Land reforms B)Abolition of privy purse
C) Agricultural cooperatives D) Local self government

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PAPER-1 8.GivesomeexamplesforvaleysinLesser
H im alayas.
1.INDIARELIEFFEATURES A.1.Kashm ir 2.Kulu 3.Kangra
9.G ive exam ples forthe hils in Shivalik R ange.

1.W hatis the use oflatitudes and longitudes? A.Ex:1.JammuHils 2.MishmiHils

A.Thelinesoflatitudeandlongitudeareusedfor 3. CacharHils
accuratelyspecifyinglocationofanyplaceor
10.W hatare D uns? G ive exam ples.
region.
A.ThevaleyslyingbetweentheLesserHimalayas
2.W hy do w e often use the term “Indian andtheShivalikrangesarecaledDuns.
peninsula”? Ex: Dehradun,KotliDun&PatliDun.
A .Because three sides ofthe southern partof 11.ClassifytheIndo-Gangeticplains?
IndiaissurroundedbythewatersofArabianSea, A .T hey are divided into three divisions:
IndianOceanandBayofBengal.
1.The W estern part 2.Centralpart
3.W hatare the differences betw een Indian 3.The Eastern part
StandardTime(IST)andGreenwichMeanTime
(GMT)? 12.W hatis a Doab?
A. A .T he fertile land betw een tw o rivers is ca led a
Doab.
IST GMT
13.NamethetributariesoftheIndus?
1.ForcalculatingIST, 1.ForcalculatingGMT A.ThefivetributariesoftheIndusare:
82°30̀`E longitudeis 0°degreeslongitudeis 1.Jhelum 2.Chenab 3.Ravi
takenasStandard takenisstandard
4.Beas 5.Sutlej.
Meridianwhich Meridianwhichpasses
14.W hatare the differences betw een Bhabarand
passesnearAlahabadthroughGreenwich.
Terai?
2.ISTisfoloweda 2.GMTisusedto A.
standardtimealoveridentifydifferenttime
Bhabar Terai
India. zonesacrosstheworld.
The porous graveland The sw am pyand
pebblesediments marshyregionformed
4.ClassifythemajorrelieffeaturesofIndia?
causedbythe bysmalriversand
A .India is classified into six m ajor relief features.
HimalayanRiversin streams inthefoothils
They are:
thefoothilsofShivalikoftheHimalayasis
1.TheHimalayas. 2.Indo-Gangeticplains.
iscaledBhabar. caled Terai.
3.Peninsularplateau.4.Thecoastalplains.
5.TheDesert. 6.TheIslands.

5.ClassifytheparalelrangesintheHimalayas? 15.W hatare the broad divisions ofPeninsular

A. 1.TheGreaterHimalayas/Himadri Plateau?
2.TheLesserHimalayas /Himachal A.Thetwobroaddivisionsare:
3.TheShivalikRange. 1.MalwaPlateau
2.DeccanPlateau
6.W hatare the sources ofperennialrivers?
16.W hatare the boundaries ofthe Peninsular
A.The seasonalcycles ofaccum ulation ofice,
Plateau?
movementandmeltingofglaciersarethesources
A. 1.West-WesternGhats
oftheperennialrivers.
2.East-EasternGhats
7.G ive som e exam ples forhil-stations in the
3.South – Kanyakum ari
H im alayas?
A.1.Shim la 2.M ussuori 3.N ainital 4.Ranikhet. 17.W hatare the boundaries ofD eccan P lateau?
A. 1.North-SatpuraRange

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2.South-theNilgiris
3.W est-W estern Ghats 25.G ive exam ples forsom e lakes located in the
4.East-EasternGhats easterncoastofIndia?
A.1.Chilka2. Koleru3.Pulicat
18.W hatare the differences betw een the
26.W hatare the differences betw een the islands
W estern G hats and Eastern G hats?
locatedinArabianseaandBayofBengal?
A.
A.
WesternGhats EasternGhats
Islandslocatedin IslandslocatedinBay
1.WesternGhats 1.Theyspreadover Arabiansea ofBengal
spreadoverfrom fromOdishatoTamil
1.Theyarecaled 1.TherecalAndaman
GujarattoKerala Naduparalelto
Lakshadweep. andNicobarIslands
paraleltowestern EasternCoastofIndia.
2.ThereareofCoral 2.Theyareformed
coastofIndia. 2.Theydiscrete
origin. duetovolcanic
2.Theircontinuous ranges.
eruption.
ranges 3.Theyarelesserthan
3.TheyarehigherthanWesternGhats 27.W here is Indira P ointlocated? A nd w hatis its
EasternGhats
im portance?
EasternGhats A.1.IndirapointisthesouthernmosttipofIndia
andislocatedintheNicobarIsland.
2.Itwassubmergedduring2004Tsunami.
19.GiveexamplesforthehilsWesternGhats.
A.1.TheNilgiris 2.PalaniHils
3.AnamalaiHils4.CardamomHils
20.Givesomeexamplesforthehilsinthe 2.IDEAS O F DEVELO PM EN T
EasternGhats.
A.1.NalamalaHils 2.VelikondaHils
1.W hatare the developm entgoals oflandless
3.PalkondaHils 4.SeshachalamHils
rurallabourers?
21.Whatisaninternaldrainageriver?Givean A. 1.M ore days ofw ork
exam ple.
2.Beterwages
A.Theriverthatfilsintoalakeanddonotreach
3.Localschoolthatprovidesquality
theseaiscaledaninternaldrainageriver.Ex:
educationfortheirchildren
The Luni
4.Nosocialdiscrimination
22.Howis theWesterncoastofIndiadivided? 2.W hatare the developm entalgoals of
A.1.KonkanCoast 2.CanaraCoast prosperousfarmers?
3.M alabarCoast. A .1.A ssured high fam ily incom e
23.HowistheEasternCoastofIndiadivided? 2.Highersupportpricesfortheircrops
A.1.Utkalcoast 2.CircarCoast 3.Hardworkingandcheaplabourers
3.Corom andelCoast 4. Theirchildrenshouldsetleinabroad

24.W hatare the differences betw een w est 3.W hatare the developm entgoals ofa girlfrom
W estern CoastalPlains and Eastern Coastal
richandfamily?
PlainsofIndia?
A.1.Ge ting as m uch freedom as herbrothergets
A.
2.Beabletodecidewhatshewantstodoinlife
WesternCoastal EasternCoastalPlains 3.Be able to pursue herstudies abroad
Plains
4.W hy did the people protestagainstsetting up
1.ItstartsfromRann 1.Itstartsfrom the Kudankulam N uclearPow erPlant?
ofKutchandendsat Mahanadideltaand A.Thepeopleintheregionprotestedonthe
KanyakumarialongtheendsatCauverydelta. groundsofsafety,securityandlivelihood.
ArabianSea. 2.Itisbroad. 5.W hatthings do m ostpeople desire genera ly?
2.Itisnarrow. A.1.M oreincom e 2.Equaltreatm ent

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3.Freedom 4.Security publicfacilities.Ex:Schools,Hospitalsetc.
5.Respectfromothers 13. Give exampleswherecolectiveprovisionof
goodsandservicesischeaperthanindividual
6.N am e the tw o im portantconcepts ofthe provision.
development? A.Ex:Roads,drainagesystem,streetlights,CC
A.i.Differentpersonscanhavedifferent cam eras and security.
developmentalgoals.
14.Whatisthedifferencebetweenthecriterion
i.Whatmaybethedevelopmentforonemaynot
used by the W orld Bank form easuring
bethedevelopmentfortheother.Itmayevenbe
developmentandtheoneusedbytheUNDP?
destructivefortheother A.
7.W hy do differentpersons have differentnotion WorldBank’scriterion UNDP'scriterion
ofdevelopment?
Itmeasuresthe Itmeasuresthe
A.Becauselifesituationsofdifferentpersonsare
developm entin term s developm ent in term s
different.
ofpercapitaincome. ofnotonlypercapita
8.W hatis InfantM ortality Rate?
incomebutalso
A .Itis the num berofchildren w ho die w ithin one educational
yearoutof1000 live children born. a tainm entofthe
people&theirhealth
9.W hatare the differences betw een national
status.
incomeandpercapitaincome?
A.

Nationalincome percapitaincome 15.W hatis Literacy Rate?

(p .c .i.) A.Itisthenumberofpeopleaged7yearsand
above w ho can read and w rite w ith understanding
1.Itisthetotalofthe 1.Thetotalincomeof inanylanguageper100members.
incomesofal thecountrydividedby 16.W hatis life expectancy atbirth?
residentsofthe populationiscaled
A.Itdenotestheaverageexpectedlengthoflife
country. percapitaincome.
ofapersonatthetimeofbirth.
2.Itshowsthe
2.Itshowstheincomeaverageincomeofa 17.W hatis H um an D evelopm entIndex (H D I)?
ofthewholecountry. singleperson. A.ItisameasureofdevelopmentusedbyUNDP
tocomparecountriesbasedontheeducational
levelsofthepeople,theirhealthstatusandper
10.H ow did the W orld Bank classify the
capitaincome.
countriesbasedonpercapitaincomein2017?
A.Threecategories: 18.W hatis the generalthinking ofthe w om en
1.HighIncomeCountries:Countrieswithper w ho w ork outside the hom es?
capitaincomeofUS$12,055andaboveper A.1.Theyareeconomicalyindependent.
annum
2.They are self-confident.
2.M iddle Incom e C ountries:Those w ith per
3. Theyhavegreatersayinhousehold
capitaincomeofbetweenUS$996-US$12,054
decisions.
3.Low-incomeCountries:Thosewithpercapita
4.They expecttheirdaughters to w ork outside
incomeofUS$995orless
hom e afterm arriage.
11.W hich are ca led developed countries?
A .The rich countries,excluding countries ofW est
Asiaand othersmalcountriesarecaled 3.PRODUCTION&EMPLOYMENT
developedcountries.
12.W hatare public facilities?
1. Classifythepeople'sactivitiestoearntheir
A.Thegoodsandservicesprovidedbythe
livelihoods?
governm entforthe public co lectively are ca led
A.Theseactivitiesarebroadlycategorizedinto3
types:

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1)Agricultureandrelatedactivitiessuchas A.
fishing,forestry,miningwherenaturehasa OrganisedSector UnorganisedSector
dom inantrole in the production process
1.Theenterprises 1.Smalandscatered
2)Manufacturingprocesses&otherindustries,
w here goods are produced by people using tools wheretermsof unitswhicharelargely
ormachines employmentare outsidethecontrolof
3)Thoseactivitiesthatdonotresultinagoodbut regularwithsome governmentcome
provideservicesthatarerequiredinproduction formalprocessesand underunorganised
and other services for people. procedurescome sector
2.W hatis the financialyear? underorganised 2.Theliberalsgetlow
sector. salaries
A.TheperiodofoneyearstartingfromApril1st
2.Thelabourersget 3.92%peopleare
to M arch 31stnextyearis ca led a financialyear
highsalaries. employedinthis
inIndia.
3.Only8%ofpeople sector.
3.W hatis G ross D om estic P roduct(G D P )?
are em ployed in India
A.Itisthevalueofalfinalgoodsandservices
produced w ithin a country during a particularyear.
10.Giveexamplesforlabourersworkingin
4.W hatare the three sub-sectors ofservice
unorganisedsectorinruralareas.
sector?
A.Ex:landlessagriculturallabourers,smaland
A.1.Community,socialandpersonalservices
m arginalfarm ers,sharecroppers and artisans
2.Finance,insuranceandrealestate
(such as w eavers,blacksm iths,
3.Trade,hotels,transport&com m unication
carp enters and g o ld sm iths).
5.Whydidn'ttheemploymentshiftoutof 11.Giveexamplesforurbanlabourersworkingin
agriculturesectorevennow? unorganisedsector.
A.Itisbecausenotenoughjobswerecreatedin A.Ex:workersinsmal-scaleindustry,casual
industryandservicesectors. workersinconstruction,tradeandtransportetc.
6.W hatis the im portance ofservice sector andthosewhoworkasstreetvendors,headload
developedcountries? workers,garmentmakers,ragpickersetc.
A.1.Inthepast50years,therehasbeenafurther 12.Giveexamplesforservicesintransportand
shiftfrom industry to service sectorfordeveloped com m unication sector.
countries. A .E x:T ransp o rtatio n services like ro ad w ays,
2.The service sectorhas becom e the m ost railways,waterwaysandairwaysand
im portantsectorin term s oftotalproduction. com m unication services like telephone,m obile
3.M ostofthe w orking people have also m ade a phone,D TH and internet.
shiftand are now em ployed in the service sector 13.Giveexamplesfor Community,Socialand
4.M ostofthe production activities are those of Personalservices.
servicesandnotmanufacturedgoods. A.Ex:PublicAdministration,Defense,Education,
7.W hatis the disguised unem ploym ent? Health,Veterinaryactivities,Media,Library,
A.1.Evenifafewpeoplemoveout,production archives,museumsandotherculturalactivities
wilnotbeaffectedinagriculturesector. etc.
2.M ore num berofpeople being engaged than 14.GiveexamplesforFinance,Insuranceand
requiredinanysectoriscaledasdisguised
RealEstateServices.
unem ploym ent. A.Ex:Servicesofbanks,post-offices,non-bank
8.W hatis underem ploym ent? financialcompanies,LifeInsuranceandGeneral
A.Itisthesituationwherepeopleareapparently Insurance C orporation and services ofbrokers
workingbutalofthemaremadetoworkless and realestate com panies etc.
thantheirpotential. 15.Suggestsom e m easures to create m ore
9.W hatare the differences betw een the em ploym entopportunities to a lpeople.
organisedsectorandtheunorganisedsector?

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A .1.To provide cheap loans to farm ers and
irrig a tio n fa c ilitie s to th e ir la n d s . 6.W hatis the difference betw een effectof
2.To build be terroads to a lareas. sunshineonlandandocean?
3.ToTrainmanyworkerstoworkefficientlyand A.
withmachines. Land Ocean
4.Toidentify,promoteandlocateindustriesand
servicesinruralandsemi-ruralareas. Thelandabsorbsand Theoceanabsorbs
losesheatfasterthan andlosesheat
ocean. moreslowlythanland.
4.CLIMATEOFINDIA

7.W hatis Equable C lim ate?

1.W hatare clim ographs? A .U nderthe m oderating influences ofthe sea in
A.Thepicturesthatshowtheelementsof coastalareas,the difference betw een the
weatherandclimateforaplacearecaled tem perature ofday and nightand thatofsum m er
climographsorclimatographs. and w interis notm uch.This is know n as equable
2.W hatis the relation betw een the tem perature climate.
andaltitudeofaplace? 8.W hatare 'Loo'w inds?
A.Thetemperatureofaplacedecreaseswhenthe A.Thedryandhotwindsexperiencedinthe
altitudeincreases. N orthern P lains during sum m erare ca led ‘Loo’.
3.W hatare the differences betw een w eatherand
9.Giveexamplesforfossilfuels.
climate?
A.Ex:Coaland Petroleum products
A.
10.W hatis insolation?
Weather Climate A .The heatthatthe earth gets from the sun rays
isknownasinsolation.
1.Thestateof 1.Climaterefersto
atm ospheric conditions such conditions over 11.H ow does the Indian peninsula divide the
ofelementslike alargeareaand southwestmonsoon?
sunshine,temperature,folowsasimilar A. TheIndianpeninsuladividesthemintotwo
atmosphericpressure, generalpaternover branches: 1.TheArabianSeabranch
winds,humidity,clouds 30ormoreyears.
andprecipitationover 2.Itreferstoalonger
anareaataparticular period. 2.The Bay ofBengalbranch
tim e refers to w eather.
2.These w eather 12.W hatare the differences betw een advancing
conditionsfluctuate m onsoon and retreating m onsoon?
very often even in a A.
shortperiod. Advancingmonsoon Retreatingmonsoon

1.Theyarriveinthe 1.Theyarriveinthe
4.Classifytheregionsontheearthbasedon country in the m onth of m onth ofN ovem ber.
averageannualtemperatures. June.
2.OnlyCoromandel
A.Thethreeregionsontheearthare: 2.ManypartsofIndia
coastreceivesrainfal
1.Tropicalregion receivemuchrainfal
duetothismonsoon.
2.Polarregion duetothismonsoon. 3.Theyalsoknownas
3.Temperateregion 3.Itisalsocaled northeastmonsoon.
Southwestmonsoon.
5.N am e the C lim ate C ontrols orthe factors that
affectclimate.
13.W hatare trade w inds?
A.Theclimatecontrolsarefour.Theyare:
A.ThepermanentwindsintheNorthern
1.Latitude 2.Land-Waterrelationship
hem isphere blow tow ards the equatoriallow
3.Relief 4.UpperAirCirculation
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pressurebeltbyreflectingtowardsthewestare thathas been occurring since industrialrevolution
ca led trade w inds. is because ofhum an activities.Itis ca led
14.W hatare JetStream s? AnthropogenicGlobalWarming(AGW).
A.Thefastflowingaircurrentsinanarrowbeltin
the upperatm osphere are ca led Jetstream s.
15.W hatare W estern Disturbances? 5.INDIANRIVERSANDWATERRESOURCES
A.Cyclonedepressionscomingfrom
MediterraneanSeaarecaledWestern
D isturbances. 1.ClassifythedrainagesysteminIndia?
16.W hatare M ango Show ers? A.Itisdividedintotwocategories:
A.Thepre-monsoonshowersthathelpintheearly 1.TheHimalayanrivers
ripeningofmangoesandotherplantationcropsin 2. ThePeninsularrivers
PeninsularIndiaarecaledmangoshowersin
Telangana & AP. 2.Classifytheprincipalsystemsofthe
17.W hatis O ctoberheat? HimalayanRivers?
A.Theoppressiveweatherduringtheretreating A.The Threeprincipalsystemsare:
m onsoon,due to the conditions ofhigh 1.TheIndus2.TheGanga
tem perature and hum idity is ca led O ctoberheat. 3.TheBrahmaputra
18.NamethetraditionalIndianseasons.
A.(VGVSHS): 3.Giveexamplesforpeninsularrivers?
1.Godavari 2.Krishna
3.Cauvery 4.Mahanadi

4.G ive exam ples forthe rivers thatoriginate in

thenorthernpartofIndianPeninsula,butbelong
to G anga R iversystem .
1.Vasantha 2.Grishm a 3.Varsha A. 1.Chambal 2. Betwa
4.Sharad 5.Hemanta6.Shishira 3.Ken 4.Son

5.W hich tw o rivers join to form the G anga?

19.W hatis deforestation?
A. TheBhagirathioriginatingattheGangotri
A.Removingofforestsindiscriminatelyfor
glacier
agriculture, industries,mining,constructionof
2.TheAlalakanandaoriginatingfromthe
multi-purposeprojectsiscaleddeforestation.
20.W hatw ilbe the consequences,ifthe average Satopanthglacier
tem peratures on the earth increase to 2°C m ore? 6.GivetwoexamplesforWestflowingriversin
A .1.A rise ofone m eterin sea levels by early next
peninsularIndia?
century.
A.Ex:1.The N arm ada 2.The Tapti 7.W hy the H im
2.A s m ilions ofpeople w ould have to be shifted,
they w ould lose theirlivelihood. alayan R ivers are ca led perennial?
3.Therainfalislikelytobemoreerraticand A.Thisisbecausetheriversaresuppliedon
leadingtodroughtsandfloods. rainfalaswelasthemeltingsnow. 8.W rite any tw o
4.Theagriculturepaternandpeople’slivelihood
m ay be affected. differences betw een the
21.W hatis G reenhouse Effect? HimalayanRiversandPeninsularRivers.
A.Theatmospheretrapsalotofsolarenergythat A.
reachestheearthbypreventingitfromtotaly Himalayanrivers Peninsularrivers
escapingbackintospace.Itisgreenhouseeffect.
22.W hatis A nthropogenic G lobalW arm ing 1.Theyareperennial 1.Theyarenot
(AGW)? rivers. perennialrivers.
A.The m uch ofthe currentglobalw arm ing trend 2.Ex:theGanga 2.Ex:theGodavari
3.They don'thave fixed 3.They have fixed
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9.W hat are the characteristics/ features of Panchayatand the Coca-Cola Com pany reach the
peninsularrivers. court? A.1.Thegroundwaterlevels decreased&water
A. 1.Afixedcourse becam e notfitfordrinking due to excess use of
2.Absenceofmeanders waterbyCoca-ColaCompanyin Perumaty,a
3.Nonperennialflowofwater vilageinKerala.
2.AstheGramPanchayatdidnotrenewthe license
10.ClassifytheTungabhadrabasin. given to the com pany,the com pany w ent
A.Itisdividedintotwoparts: tothecourt.
1)the upperand m iddle catchm ent 17.W rite tw o slogans on w aterconservation.
inKarnataka
A. 1.Harvestrainwater
2)the low erportion ofthe catchm entin
Telangana&AndhraPradesh.
11.M ention the reasons forTungabhadra dam Increasegroundwater
gradua ly lo sing its w ater sto rage capacity o ver 2.W ateris very precious
thelast50years. U sage should be cautious
A .W ith accum ulation ofsiltdue to
m ining,dust,soilerosion and
debris,thereservoirhaslostits 6.INDIA–POPULATION
storagecapacity.

12.Giveexamplesforthemajorcropsthat 1.W hatis a Census?

dem and a lotofw ater. A.Itistheprocedureofsystematicalyacquiring
A.Ex:1.Paddy2.Sugarcane andrecordinginformationaboutmembersofa
givenpopulation.
13.W hatare the pre-conditions forselection of
2.W hatis sex ratio?
vilagesunderAdarshGramYojanain
A.Sexratioisthenumberoffemalesfor1000
M aharashtra?
malesinthepopulation.
A .There are FO U R bans.
3.W hatis A ge Structure?
1.Kurhad Bandi-ban on fe ling trees A .The age structure ofa population refers to the
2.CharaiBandi-banonfreegrazing no.ofmalesandfemalesindifferentagegroups
3.N asbandi-Fam ily Planning inacountry.
4.N ashabandi-ban on liquor
4.H ow is the population ofa nation grouped?
14.W hatare the steps taken forsocialcontrol A.Itisgeneralygroupedintothreecategories:
overground w aterextraction and use in H iw are
Bazar? 1.Thechildren(below15years).
A.1.Noborewelsforirrigation,onlythroughdug 2.The w orking A ge (15 to 19 years).
wels 3.The A ged (above 59 years).
2.N o w ater-intensive crops
5.W hatis the Literacy rate?
3. Ifcaseofgoodrainfal,theycantakefulRabi
A .The percentage ofpersons aged 7 years and
crop;otherwisetheareaunderRabishouldbe
above w ho can read and w rite w ith understanding
broughtdown.
in any language is ca led literacy rate.
4.Withcropplanning,water prioritisationis
6.W hatdoes the low sex ratio indicate?
decided.
A .Itindicates the discrim ination againstw om en.
15.W hatare the uses ofcontinuous contour 7.Classifytheworkingpopulation.
trenches(CCTs)? A.Workingpopulationgroupisclassifiedintofour
A.1.CCTs dug on the hilslopes arrestthe categories:
erosionofsoil.
2.C C Ts harvestrain w ater,thus encouraging 1.Cultivators
growthofgrass. 2.Agriculturallabourers
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4.O therw orkers earnings.

8.W hatare the differences betw een birth rate 14.Howisanagriculturallabourerdifferentfrom

and death rate? acultivator?
A. A.Agriculturallabourersdon'thaveanylandand
BirthRate DeathRate w ork in another's farm forw ages.
C ultivators are farm ers w ho farm orsupervise the
1.Itisthenumberof 1. Deathrateistheno. landthattheyownortakeonrent.
liveBirthsper1000 ofdeathsforthousand 15.Explainthereasonsforcontinuousgrowthof
personsinayear. personsinayear. populationsince1921inIndia.
2.Ifthebirthrate 2.Ifthedeathrate A.1.Faminesdeclinedbecauseoffaminerelief,
increasespopulation increases,the m ovem entofgrain,ration shops.
wilalsoincrease. populationwil 2.Epidemicssuchascholera,plagueandtosome
decrease. extentm alaria have also been contro led.
3.Peopleunderstoodtheneedofbetersanitation,
9.W hatis fem ale foeticide? clean w aterand nutrition to contain diseases.
4.Advancesinmedicine,especialyantibiotics
A.Abortingthefemalechild selectivelybefore
andvaccinescontributedtobeterhealthcare.
birthiscaledfemalefoeticide.
16.W hatis A nnualG row th Rate ofpopulation?
10.M ention the reasons forhigh population A.Theincreaseinnumberofpersonsforevery
densityinnorthernplainsandKerala. 100personsinthebaseyeariscaledannual
A. 1.Theflatplains grow th rate ofpopulation.
2.Fertilesoils 17.W hatis Fertility R ate?
3.A bundantrainfa l. A.Fertilityrateisthenumberofchildrenthat
is/are likely to born to a w om an ifshe w ere to live
11.Differentiatethepopulationgrowthfrom
to the end ofherchild-bearing years and bearthe
populationchange.
childreninaccordancewiththecurrentpaterns.
A.
Populationgrowth Populationchange 18.W hatis P opulation D ensity?
A.Itiscalculatedasthenumberofpersonsper
1.Populationgrowthis1.Populationchangeis
unitareaorsqkmarea.
increaseinthe thedifferenceintheno.
populationdueto ofinhabitantsofa 19.W hatare the reasons forthe low sex ratio in
naturalgrowthand country/territoryduring ourcountry?
migration. aspecificperiod,say A. 1.Parentsarepreferringboystogirls.
2.Itisexpressedin duringthelastten
percentage. years.
2.Itisexpressedin 2.The neglectofgirls'health and ilness.
absolutenumbers. 3.Fem ale foeticides.

20.Writetwoslogansonpopulationcontrol.
12.W hatcauses change in population size? A. 1.Smalfamily-Happyfamily
A.Itisbecauseoftheinteractionofthree 2.W e tw o - O urs tw o
processes:1.Births.
2.Deaths
3.M igrations
7.SETTLEM ENTS AND M IGRATION
13.W hatis w orking population?
A.1.Those w ho are in the age group of15 to 59
1.W hatis a settlem ent?
are w orking people.
A .The w ay w e organise ourselves and ourliving
2.Theyarebiologicalyreproductive. spaces in a place is ca led a se tlem ent
3.They desire decentincom e and security ofw ork. 2.W hatare the differences betw een N om adic life
4.Childrenandtheagedoftendependontheir stylesedentarylifestyle?

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A. 9.W hatis the centre ofan aerotropolis? N am e
Nomadiclifestyle Sedentarylifestyle any tw o facilities located in aerotropolis?
A.Airportisthecentreofthe aerotropolis.Hotels,
1.Thepracticeof 1.Thepracticeof shopping,entertainmentandbusinessconference
early hum ans roam ing staying atone place to facilitiesareavailablethere.
fromoneplaceto producefoodthrough
10.W hatare differences betw een M ega cities
anotherinsearchof agricultureiscaled
andMetropolitancities?
foodiscaled Sedentarylifestyle.
A.
N om adic life style.
2.The hum ans w ere Megacities Metropolitancities
hunter-gathersinthis 2.Thehumansbecame
system. agriculturistsinthis 1.Thecitieshaving 1.Thecitieshaving
system. morethan10milion populationbetween1
peoplearecaled milionand10milion
megacities. arecaledMetropolitan
3.W hatare the basic concepts ofa settlem ent? 2.Exam ples:M um bai, cities orm ilion plus
A .There are three basic concepts ofa se tlem ent. KolkataandDelhi cities.
They are:1.The Site 2.Exam ples:Chennai
2.The Situation and H yderabad
3. TheHistoryofaplace
11.W hy is a m asterplan necessary forevery city?
4. W hatis urbanization? A .1.In any city,there should be housing areas,
A.Peoplehavebeenincreasinglytakingupnon m arkets,schools,industrialareas,office areas,
agricultureworkandlivingincitiesandtowns. parks and recreationalareas and so on.
Thisprocessiscaled urbanization. 2.A m asterplan is necessary so as the planners
5.M ention any tw o reasons forincrease in area can decide the types ofroads,the am ountof
ofa settlem ent. waterorelectricityrequired,howtodisposewaste,
A.1.Thehistoricalandgeographicalconditionsof how to clean sew age etc.
12.Givetwoexamplesforaerotropolisinother
theplace
countries.
2.Migrationofpeopletotheplace
A.1.SuvarnabhoomiInternationalAirport,
6.H ow did the population in cities and tow ns
Bangkok
increase?
A .1.N aturalgrow th 2.HeathrowInternationalAirport,London
2.Inclusion ofruralareas surrounding the tow n or 13.Whatismigration?
city A.M oving ofpeople from theirplaces to other
3.Rural-to-Urbanmigration placesinsearchofbeteropportunitiesiscaled
m igratio n.
7.W hatare the problem s ofurbanization?
1.Providingroads,drainage, electricity,waterand 14. Whatarethemostcommonreasonsfor
otherpublicfacilities m igration forfem ales and m ales?
2.Problemsofsewageandotherwastedisposal A.MarriageisforwomenandEmploymentisfor
3.Increase in airpo lution due to the increase in m en are the m ostcom m on reasons form igration.
the num berofvehicles 15.W hatare the criteria used by the census for
4.Increaseintheuseofmaterialsthateither identifyingapersonasamigrant?
donotdegradeortakealongtimetodo A .Tw o criteria are used by the census:
8.Whatisanaerotropolis? Givetwoexamples.
A .The se tlem entcentred around an airportis 1.Birthplace
caledanaerotropolis.Ex:1.IndiraGandhi 2.Last usualplaceofresidence
InternationalAirport,NewDelhi
2.RajivGandhiInternationalAirport,Hyderabad 16.M ention tw o reasons forseasonal
m igration?
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2.Regionaldisparity sectors. marginalfarmers.
3.Generalymen 3.Theymigratewith
17.W hatare the differences betw een Internal migrate,butwomen theirfamily.
m igration and internationalm igration? stayinvilages. 4.Themigrationwilbe
A. 4.Thismigrationwil fortheshorterduration.
Internalmigration Internationalmigration be forlongerduration.

1.Ifpeoplemigrate 1.Ifpeoplemigrate 21.W hatare the problem s faced by international

fromandplaceto fromonecountryto m igrants?
anotherplacecountryanothercountryis A.1.Recruitmentagentscheatprospective
whatiscaledinternalcaledInternational w orkers orco lectm ore
migration. migration. than the prescribed fees.
2.Itneeds no visa and 2.Itneeds visa and 2.Attimes,migrantworkersarenotpaidtheir
otherdocuments. otherdocuments salaries.
3.Nochangein 3.Therewilbe 3.Em ployers pay less than the agreed salary.
NationalIncomedue increaseinNational 4.They often force w orkers to do overtim e
tothismigration. Incomedueto withoutmakingadditionalpayments.
internationalmigration. 22. Whatisthedifferencebetweenthe
im m igration and the em igration?
18.H ow m any types ofinternational
A.
m igration are from India?
A .They are oftw o types: Immigration Emigration.
1.Skiled and Professionalpeople's m igration to
developedcountries. Comingonmigration Goingonmigrationtoa
2.U nskiled and Sem i-skiled w orkers'm igration toaforeigncountryisforeigncountryis
to oilthe exporting countries. ca led im m igration. ca led em igration.

19.W hy do people m igrate from ruralareas to

urbanareas?
8.RAM PUR-A VILLAGE ECONOM Y
A.Peoplemigratefromruralareas
mainlydueto
1.Insufficientemploymentopportunities 1.Giveexamplesforthenon-farmingactivities.
2.Inadequateincomeavailableinrural A.Ex:Smalmanufacturing,transport,shop-
em ploym ent keepingetc.
3.Expectationofhigherincomesandmore
2.W hy are bogeys used in Ram purvilage?
opportunities and be terservices to fam ily
m em bers A.Bogeys,thewoodencartsdrawnbybuffaloes,
areusedtofortransportationofjaggeryandother
20.WhatarethedifferencesbetweenRuralto
com m odities in Ram pur.
Urban and Ruralto Ruralm igrations?
3. Whyhastherebeennoexpansioninlandarea
A.
undercultivation in Ram pur,since 1921?
RuraltoUrban RuraltoRural A.Bythen,thenearbyforestshadbeencleared
and som e ofthe w astelands in the vilage w ere
1.Peoplemigrate 1.Peoplemigratefrom converted to cultivable land.
fromruraltourban ruraltoruralareasdue
duetoinsufficient todistresscausedin 4.Whatismultiplecroppingandwhatisitsuse?
employment ruralareas. A.1.Growingmorethanonecroponthesame
opportunitiesand 2.Theyget piece ofland during the yearis know n as m ultiple
inadequateincome. employmentin cropping.
2.Thegreat agriculturesectoras 2.Itis the m ostcom m on w ay ofincreasing
employmentin theyaremainly productionfromland.
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5.W hatis a H ectare? A.Theyborrow from :
A.1.Itisthestandardunitof measuringland. 1.The large farm ers
2.Itisequalto10,000squaremetres. 2.The vilage m oneylenders
3. Thetraderswhosupplyvariousinputsfor
6.W ho are sm a lfarm ers?
c u ltiv a tio n
A.Thefarmerswithlessthan2hectaresofland
are ca led sm a lfarm ers. 14.W hen w ilthere be a loss to the farm ers in
farm activities?
7.Classifythefactorsofproduction. A.1.W hen crops are dam aged
A .There are fourfactors ofproduction: becauseoffloods,pestsetc.
1.Land 2.Labour 3.Capital 2.The sudden fa lin the price ofagricultural
4.Technology&Enterprise produce
8.W hatare the differences betw een physical 15.Listthefactorsofproductioninthe
capitalandworkingcapital? preparationofjaggery.
A. A.1.Land-OwnShed athome/field
2.Labour-Fam ily m em bers
Workingcapital.
Physicalcapital 3.PhysicalCapital-Sugarcanecrushingmachine
1.The tools,m achines 1.The raw m aterials 4.W orking C apital-Sugarcane broughtfrom
&buildingsrequiredforandmoneyrequired farm ers and Electricity

productionarecaled forproductioniscaled 16.Listthefactorsofproductioninshopkeeping.

physicalorfixed workingcapital. A.1.Land-Frontspaceofownhouse
capital. 2.Theseareusedup
2. Theyarenotused inthe 2.Labour-Fam ily M em bers
uporconsumed productioncycle. 3.PhysicalCapital-Furniture&Fridge
im m ediately in the 4.W orking Capital-com m odities & Electricity
productionprocess.
17.W hatis required to increase N on-farm
a c tiv itie s ?
9.W hy are farm labourers poor? A.1.Litleland
A .1.They getlow erw ages. 2.Loan be available atlow rate ofinterest
2.Theyhavenoregularworkthroughouttheyear. 3.To have m arkets w here the goods and
servicesproducedcanbesold.
10.Describetheproductionfactorsindiary 4.G ood transportand telephone connectivity
activity? withtownsandcities
A. 1.Land-OwnShed
2.Labour-Fam ily M em bers
3.PhysicalCapital-Buffaloes
4.W orking C apital-G rass & M edicines 9.GLOBALIZATION

11.W hatis the aim ofproduction?

A.Itistoproducegoodsandservicesthatpeople 1.Whatisglobalisation?
A.Globalisationistheprocessofrapidintegration and
need.
interconnection ofcountries,occurred across the
12.W ho are entrepreneurs? globe in the late 20th century.
A .1.The ow ners ofthe enterprises,w ho produce 2.W hatis a M ultinationalC om pany (M N C )?
forthe m arketand have to plan,organise and
A. AnMNCisacompanythatownsorcontrols
m anage,are ca led entrepreneurs.
productioninmorethanonenation. 3.W hatis A rab
2.Theycouldbefarmers,shopkeepers,smal
scalemanufacturers,service Spring?
providersetc. A.Therevolutionsanduprootingofdictatorsin
W est A sian and N o rth A frican co untries like
13.W hom do the m ostofsm a lfarm ers borrow
Tunisia,Egypt,andLibyawerecaledtheArab
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econom ic exchanges.
A .There are three types offlow s. 11.Whatistherelationbetweenglobalisation
Theyare:1.Flowoftrade and inform ation technology?
2.Flowoflabour A.1.Informationtechnologyisusedtoget
3.Flowofcapital inform ation instantly from rem ote places across
theworld.
5.Whatarethecriteriaforselectingasitefor 2.Withthis,theinterlinkingofcountriesimproved,
operationsofMNCs? thus facilitating globalisation.
A.Theyaremainlyfour:
12.W hatis the role ofM ultinationalcom panies
1.Proximitytothemarkets.
2.Availabilityoflabouratlowcosts. (M N C s)in the process ofglobalisation?
A.1.Foreigntradebetweencountrieswilincrease
3.Assuredavailabilityofotherfactorsof
production w ith the foreign investm ents by m ultinational
companies.
4.G overnm entpolicies thatprotecttheirinterests
2.MoreforeignInvestmentsandforeigntrade
5.W hatis Foreign Investm ent?
im prove the interlinking ofthe countries,paving
A.The m oney thatM N Cs spend to buy assets
thewayforglobalisation.
suchaslandbuildingmachinesandother
13.W hy are nearly a lm ajorm ultinationals
equipmentiscaledforeigninvestment.
Am erican,Japanese orEuropean?
6.W hatare jointventures?
A .A lthese countries have been industrialised
A.Attimes,MNCssetupproductionjointlywith
long before and are now developed countries.
thelocalcompaniesinthesecountries.Theyare
14.Distinguishbetweenforeigntradeandforeign
ca led jo int ventures.
investment?
7.W hatare the differences betw een other
A.
com panies and m ultinationalcom panies?
A.
Foreigntrade Foreigninvestment

1.Thetradecountries 1.Themoneythat
Othercompanies Multinational
throughimportsand MNCsspendtobuy
com panies
exportsiscaled assetssuchasland,
1.Productionprocess 1.Productionprocess foreigntrade. building,machinesand
2.Itresultsin otherequipmentis
takesplaceinone takesplaceinmany
country. countries. connectingthe caledforeign
marketsindifferent investment.
2.Productionisona 2.Productionisona
smalscale. largescale. countries. 2.Interresultsin
connecting the
productionindifferent
8.Giveexamplesforforeignmultinational countries.
com panies in India.
A.Ex:1.Nike 2.Coca-Cola
3.Pepsi 4.Honda 15.W hatis the basic function offoreign trade?
9.W hatare the factors thathave enabled A.Itistocreateanopportunityfortheproducers
to reach beyond dom estic m arkets.
globalisation?
A.1.Technology 16.W hatare trade barriers? G ive an exam ple.
2. Multinationalcompanies A.Therestrictionssetupbythegovernmentsto
3.Liberalisationofforeigninvestmentand regulateforeigntradearecaledtradebarriers.
foreigntrade Ex:taxonimports.
4.Institutionsofglobalgovernance 17.GiveexamplesforsomeIndianMNCs?

10.Giveexamplesfortelecomservices. A. 1.TataMotors 2.Infosys

A. 1.Telegraph 2.Telephone
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3.Ranbaxy 4.AsianPaints 10.FO O D SECURITY
18.Whatisliberalisationofforeigntrade/
economicliberalisation?
A .R em oving the barriers on foreign trade and 1.W hatis a fam ine?
foreign investm ents to a large extentis ca led A.Thesituationofextremescarcityoffoodis
lib e ra liz a tio n . caledafamine.
2.Whatarethepossiblewaysofincreasing
19.W hatare SpecialEconom ic Zones (SEZs)?
productionofcropsfromland?
Giveexamplesforthefacilitiesprovidedthere.
A. 1.Improvingirrigationfacilities
A .1.The industrialzones setup by state and
centralgovernmentswithalfacilities,tax 2.Plantingdrought-resistantcropsasper
exem ptions and flexibility in labourlaw s,to a tract thelocalconditions
foreign com panies to investin India are ca led 3.Water-harvesting
SpecialEconomicZones. 4.Croprotation
2.TheSEZsaretohaveworldclassfacilities:
3.W hatare the w ays to increase the availability
Electricity,water,roads,transportandstorage,
offoodgrains?
recreationalandeducationalfacilities.
A. 1.Increasingtheproduction
20.H ow has the com petition benefitted the
2.Imports
people ofIndia w ith the adventofM N C s? 3.Usingthegovernmentstocks
A. 1.Improvedqualityoftheproducts
4.Loweringthewastage
2.Low erprices ofproducts
3.Greaterchoiceamongdifferent 4.H ow is the availability offood grains peryear
estimated?
products
A.Availabilityoffoodgrainspertheyear=
4.Creationofnewjobs
(Productionoffoodgrainsduringtheyear)+(Net
21.W hy do governm ents try to attractm ore im ports)-Change in the governm entstocks )
foreigninvestment?
5.Classifythefoodgrains?
A.Because
A.These fa lunderfood grains:
1.Thelocalpeoplewilgetjobopportunities.
1.Cereals2.Pulses3.EdibleOils.
2.Thelocalcompaniessupplyingraw
m aterials w ilb e b enefited . 6.W hatare N utri-cereals?
3.The governm entw ilgetincom e the form A.Thehighlynutritiousandwholesomegrainslike
ofvarioustaxes. Jowar,Ragi,BajraarecaledCoarsecerealsor
22.W hatis referred as W orld Bank? A nd w hat Nutri-cereals.
does itdo? 7.G ive exam ples foragricultural-a lied activities?
A.1.TheInternationalBankforReconstruction A.Ex: 1.Poultry
and D evelopm ent(IBRD )and the International 2.Fishing
DevelopmentAssociation(IDA)arereferredas 3.Dairyin
W orld Bank.
2.WorldBankisabletoadviceandimpactthe 8.W hatis agriculturaldiversification?
waythegovernmentsframetheirpoliciesand
A.Cultivationusingfolowingmethodsiscaled
guidethem. 23.W hatis C ultural H om ogenisation?
agriculturaldiversification.
A.TheimpactofmodernCommunicationand 1.Cultivatingthehighincomecrops
Technologyhasledtothespreadofonlyfew 2.Multiplecropping
cultures and ideas w hich have m arginalized local 3.Croprotation
and sm a lcultures.This situation is ca led C ultural
4.M aintaining agriculture-a lied activities.
H om ogenisation.
9.W hatare the salientfeatures ofN ationalFood
SecurityAct,2013?
A .1.The A ctlegalises peoples’R ightto Food.
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to 5 kilogram s offood grains perm onth at 16.Howdoesthefoodreachthepeople?
subsidisedrates. A .1.They purchase in the m arket
3.The centralgovernm entw ilsupply rice,w heat 2.Theypurchaseintherationshop
and m ilets forRs.3,Rs.2 and Rs.1 respectively. 3. ThroughschemessuchasMidDayMeals
4.Ifthegovernmentisnotabletoarrangefood
17.W hatis BufferStock?
grains,itwilgivecashtothepeopletobuyfood
A.Thestockoffoodgrainsmainlywheatandrice
grains.
procured and m aintained by the governm ent
10.W hom should governm entprovide M id day throughFCIiscaledbufferstock.
m eals,N ationalFood Security A ct,2013? 18.W hatis M inim um SupportPrice?
A.1.Pregnantwomen A .The pre announced price paid to the farm ers
2.Lactatingwomen fora crop declared by a governm entagency every
3.Childrenaged1-6yearscomingto yeariscaledMinimumSupportPrice(MSP).
com ing to A ngw anw adis. 19.H ow is the Body M ass Index (BM I)calculated?
4.Childrenaged6-14yearsofagecoming A.BMI=(weightinkg/heightinmetressquared)
toschool 20.W rite tw o slogans on food security.
11.W hatare the suggestions provided by A. 1.Nations'foodsecurity–
Suprem e Courtforbetterim plem entation ofthe
m id day m eals program m e in schools?
A.1.Mealsshouldbelocalyproduced. The governm ents’duty
2.M eals should be cooked and served hot. 2.A healthy nation -A w ealthy nation
3.Mealsshouldbehygienicandnutritious.
4.M enus should be varied forevery day ofthe
w eek.
12.W ho should be given preference to cook M id-
11.SU STA IN A B LE D EV ELO P M EN T
daymealsinschools?
A. 1.Dalitcooks 1.W hatare the differences betw een percapita
incom e and hum an developm entindex?
2.W idow s A
3.Destitutewomen PerCapitaIncome HumanDevelopment

13.Howisthefoodweeatnormalyclassified? 1.Itwasusedto 1.Thisisusedto

A .It is classified as: measurethe measuredevelopment
1.Carbohydrates 2.Proteins developmentearlier. now-a-days.
3.Vitamins 4.Minerals. 2.GDPreferstototal 2.Ittakesintoaccount
valueofgoodsand thesocialindicators
14.Forwhatfunctionsisthefoodrequiredbyour
servicesproducedin likeeducation,health
body?
thecountryinayear. alongwithincome.
A. 1.Forgivingenergy
2. Forphysicalgrowth
3. Tofightilness.
2.ClassifytheIndianhouseholdsbasedonthe
15.W hatdoes the survey conducted by the
annualincome.
NationalInstituteofNutrition(NIN)indicate?
A.Fourgroups:1.TheRich
A. 1. 45%ofchildrenintheagegroup1-5years
2.Middleclass
areunderweight.
3.Aspirers
2.Prevalenceofunderweightwas
4.Deprived
higheram ong 3-5 yearaged than 1-3 yearchildren.
3.The prevalence w as m ore 3.W hatare som e im portantenvironm ental
than 50% in the States ofG ujarat,M adhya issuesbeforeus?
Pradesh and U tarPradesh. A. 1.Deforestation
4.Thesechildrenareinfacthungerstrickenand 2.Soilerosion
notge ting adequate food. 3.Increasingpolution
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4.Industrialemissions citingviolationofRighttoLife.
5.Climatechange
9.W hy is the environm entca led natural
4.W hatourenvironm entfunctions? investment?
A.Theyaretwo: A .1.M any natura ly existing substances like land,
1.Sourcefunction-Theabilitytoprovidenatural w ater,m inerals and ores,products from trees and
resources anim als are centralto the production process.
2.Sink function-Theabilitytoobserveandrender 2. A s a lthese are provided by the environm ent,it
harmless. is ca led naturalinvestm ent.
5.W hatis the im portance ofnaturalresources in
theeconomy? 10.W hatis the effectofconstruction ofSardar
A .1.M any natura ly existing substances like land, Sarovarprojectonpeopleandenvironment?
w ater,m inerals and ores,products from trees and A.1.Theprojectfloodsmorethan37,000
anim als are centralto the production process. hectaresofforestandagriculturalland
2.In prim ary sectoractivities and in the 2.Itdisplacedmorethan5lakhpeople.
m anufacturing and energy sector,production is 3.ItdestroyedsomeofIndia’smostfertileland.
hugelydependentonnaturalresources. 4.Theprojecthasdevastatedhumanlivesand
3.T he o ther secto rs o f the eco no m y to o are biodiversity.
dependenton naturalresources in various 11.W hatis N arm ada Bachao Andolan?
degrees. A.TheresistancetoSardarSarovar
6.W hatis Sustainable D evelopm ent? andotherdams intheNarmadavaleyhastaken
A.Itisthedevelopmentthatmeetstheneedsof
the fo rm o f a so cial
presentwithoutcompromisingtheabilityoffuture
m ovem ent.Itis ca led N arm ada
generationstomeettheirownneeds.
B achao A ndolan (N B A ).
7.W hatare the results ofthe research done by
12.W hy should w aterbe considered as com m on
RachelCarsononuseofDDTformosquito
control? property?
1.DDT sprayed forcontrolofm osquitoes po lutes A .B ecause w ateris a flow ing resource.
lake w here the w ater flow s in.
13.W hatw ilbe the environm entaland hum an
2.ThepoisoninDDTgetsdepositedinthebodies
ofthefishes. co sts o f rapid gro w th in m ining?
3.Thebirdseatingthefishesdieduetohighdose A.
ofpoisoninDDT.
4.H erfindings are a clearexam ple ofhow hum an
action irreversibly destroys nature and hum an Environmentalcosts Humancosts
beingsthemselves.
8.W hy w as use ofEndosulfan stopped in Kerala? 1.Deforestation 1.Lossofagricultural
A.1.In1976,Endosulfan,apesticide,wassprayed 2.Devastated lands
to protect cashew crop from pests by the biodiversity 2.Polutionofairand
GovernmentofKeralainKasargoddistrict. w ater
2.Theair,waterandentireenvironmentwas
suffused w ith the pesticide,as treatm ent
continuedforsome25years. 14.W hatare the m ethods fo low ed by farm ers in
3.Asaresultofthespraying,atleast5,000 OrganicFarming?
people have died and m any others have serious A .U se ofnaturaltechniques in farm ing such as
healthproblems. crop rotation,com postand biologicalpestcontrol
4.Atlast,thesprayingofendosulfanhasbeen instead ofchem icalfertilisers and pesticides is
banned due to courtorder ca led organic farm ing.
15.G ive tw o exam ples forthe negative
consequencesrapideconomicgrowth?
A.1.Depletionofgroundwater

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16.W hatare the reasons fordecrease in yields
ofcoarsecerealsinthecountry?
A.1.Cultivationofmiletswasneitherencouraged, 12.THE W ORLD DURING THE W ORLD W ARS
norsupported.
2.There w as notenough research on how to
1.W hatare the ideas ofFascism ?
increasetheyieldsofcoarsecereals.
A. Twoimportantideasare:
17.W hy did the D eccan D evelopm entSociety 1.Unquestionedpower
(D D S)choose to cultivate the m ilets? 2.Hatredforotherpeople
A .1.The suitability ofm ilets to the local 2.W hy w as the life expectancy grow ing in 20th
environment century?
A.Becauseofnewdiscoveriesinthefieldof
2.Miletsarehardycropsandnutritious. m edicine.

18.W hy did the people ofJalasindhirefuse to 3.W hatw as triple a liance?

vacatevilage? A . The Secreta liance ofthree countries G erm any,
A.1.Theirlivesarenilwithoutlocalenvironment. AustriaandItalywascaledtriplealiance.
2.Agricultureisnotpossiblewithoutmoney.
4.W hatw as triple entente?
3.Theirancientlearningveryuselessand
A.ThesecretalianceRussia,FranceandBritain
forgoten.
w as ca led the triple entente.
4.A ltheirG ods are there in the vilage.
5.W hatis m ilitarism ?
19.W hatis Chipko M ovem ent? A.Itisthebeliefthatmilitarypoweristhebest
A .Itw as an environm entalm ovem entstarted in w ay to ensure security and to solve problem s.
the1970sinGarhwalHimalayasofUtarakhand
by SunderlalBahuguna. 6.W hatare the three im portantthings in the
2.The vilage w om en hugged the trees,saving contextofm ilitarism ?
them from contractors'axes.Chipko m eans A .1.European countries builtm assive standing
em brace. arm ies fortheirdefense.
2.Theycompletedwitheachotherinincreasing
20.W hatare the lessons to be draw n from the theirm ilitary w eapons.
alternatePDSinitiativeatZaheerabadmandalin 3.A large industry ofw eapons em erged that
Telangana? prom oted w ars to diplom atic problem s.
A.1.Cultivationofdrylandgivespeoplethework 7.W hatw as the im m ediate cause ofFirstW orld
2.Foodsecuritycanbeensuredwithoutthehelp War?
ofgovernment. A .The A ssassination ofA rchduke Franz
3.Peoplehealthcanbeimprovedwiththesupply FerdinandofAustria-HungarybyaBosnianSerbin
ofhighnutritiousfood. 1914.
4.Insteadofthegraintraveling,localyproduced
food can be available. 8.W hatw ere C entralpow ers?
21.W rite tw o slo gans o n E nviro nm ent pro tectio n. A.ThecountrieslikeGermanyTurkeyparticipated
A. 1.ProtectTrees- onthesideofAustriaintheFirstWorldWarare
ca led C entralpow ers.
Theyprotectus. 9.W hatw ere the A lied Pow ers?
2.Naturalfarming- A.ThecountrieslikeFrance,BritainRussia&the
O rganic farm ing USA thatsupportedSerbiaintheFirstWorldWar
w ere ca led a lied pow ers.
10.W hy did the U S enterthe FirstW orld W ar?
-0- A .Because the G erm an Troops sunk its
com m ercialship Lusitania in 1917.

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11.N am e som e new countries form ed after depression. 2.The consequences ofitw ere m assive
W orld W arthe first? unem ploym ent,increasing poverty,desolation and
A.Austria,Hungary,Estonia,LatviaFinland& hom elessness.
Czechoslovakiaweresomecountriesformed
18.W hatw ere the three R's ofthe N ew D eal
afterW W -1.
programstartedbyFranklinRooseveltinthe
12.W hatw as League ofN ations? USA?
A.1.Itwasthefirsteverinternational A.1.RelieftothevictimsoftheDepression
organisationafterFirstWorldWarin1920.
2.Itw as form ed to preventW ars and to ensure 2.Reform ofFinancialInstitutions
disarm am ent
3.Steps to ensure econom ic Recovery
13.WhichcountryiscaledEuroAsianpowerand 19.W hatis a w elfare state?
why? A.1.Thestatewhichensuresabasicminimum
A .R ussia is ca led Euro-A sian pow er.B ecause itis dignifiedlifeforalcitizensiscaledawelfare
withavastareaoflandspreadovertwo state.
continents,EuropeandAsia. 2.Ittakescareoftheirmostelementaryneeds
likefood,housing,health,child&oldagecareand
14.W hatw as the im portance ofthe dem and for education.
"p eace an d b read " in R u ssia?
A.1.Nearly10000womenintheRussiancapital 20.N am e any fourcom m on features offascist
St.Petersburg took outa ra ly on M arch 8,1917 m ovem ents?
demandingpeaceandbread.2.ThisledtoMarch A .1.The w orshipping ofthe state,a devotion to a
RevolutioninwhichtheTsarNicholasIleftthe strongleaderlikeHitler
2.An em phasis on extrem e nationalism and
throneandescaped.
m ilitary co nq uest
3. U se of politicalviolence,w ar,and conquestas
15.W ho w ere Bolsheviks?
a m eans to achieve nationalrevival
A .1.Bolsheviks w ere a group ofRussian 4.Strongernations have the rightto expand their
C om m unistP arty w ho united the Soviets of territorybydisplacingweakernations
soldiers,industrialworkersandpeopleinrural 5.Itstood forstate contro led capitalism and
areas. opposedsocialismandcommunism.
2.Theyseizedpowerfromprovisional 6.Italsostoodforabolitionofalprivate
governm entunderthe leadership ofLenin in 1917 industries.
caledOctoberRevolution. 22.N am e som e dictators w ho w ere the fo low ers
16.N am e som e dem ands ofthe Soviet. offascistideology?
A. 1.MussoliniinItaly
A. 1.Establishing im m ediate and unconditional
peace 2.HitlerinGermany
3.GeneralFrancoinSpain

2.A lthe land should be nationalized and 23.W hatw as the im portance ofEnabling Actin
redistributed to the peasants. G erm any?
3.Controloverprices. A.TheenablingActwaspassedon3rdMarch
4.Nationalisationofalfactoriesandbanks. 1933 w hich established dictatorship in G erm any.
Itgave H itlera lpow ers to sideline P arliam entand
16.W hatw as the tw in policy ofplanned rulebyhisorder.
econom ic developm entofUSSR? 24.W hatare the extra constitutionalpow ers of
A. 1.FastIndustrialisation specialsurveilanceandsecurityforcessetupby
2.ColectivisationofAgriculture theNazis?
A.1.Tostopanddetainpeopletotorture
17.WhatisEconomicDepression?Whatareits cham bers,round up and send them to
consequences? concentration cam ps.
A.1.Thesituationofeconomicdeclineduring 2.To deportanyone atw il
3.To arrestpeople w ithoutany legalprocedures.
1929-39worldwidebecauseofadeclinein
4.totorturemilionsofpoliticalactivists,trade
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especia ly the Jew s. 35.WhichEmpiresendedafterFirstWorldWar?
25.Writeanytwoconditionsimposedon G erm any in A. 1.AustroHungarianEmpire
the Treaty ofV ersailes? A .1.G erm any had to 2.RussianEmpire
return its colonies in A frica 3.O tom an Em pire
andAlsace&LorraineinEurope. 2.It's A rm y strength 4.GermanEmpire
w as restricted to 1 lakh &
navalstrengthtosixbatleshipswithout submarines. 36.W hatare the fourbasic principles ofthe U N O ?
26.W hy could the USA notbecom e a m em berof A. 1.Preservingpeace
League ofN ations even though its presidentw as 2.Upholdinghumanrights
veryactivetheformationofit? 3.Respectinginternationallaw
A.BecausetheUScongressrefusedtosanction 4.Prom oting socialprogress
PresidentWoodrowWilson'sproposaltojointhe 37.W hatare the countries in the Sovietgroup?
League. 27.W hatw as policy ofappeasem entofH A.USSR,EastEuropeancountries&China.
itler? A .The W estern capitalistcountries 38.N am e the Japanese tow ns attacked w ith
encouraged atombombsbyUSA?
HitlerandNazistocometogetheragainstthe
USSRwiththefearofSocialism.Itwasthepolicy A.1.Hiroshima 2.Nagasaki
ofappeasementofHitler. 28.W hatis the H olocaust?
A.The m ass m urderofselected groups of 39.WhatdideconomistHjalmarSchachtaimat
innocentcivilians ofEurope during the Second forthe econom ic recovery ofG erm any?
WorldWarbyHitleriscaledtheHolocaust. 29.W hatw A.Schachtaimedatfulproductionandful
as the im m ediate cause ofthe Second W orld W ar? em ploym entthrough a
A.Hitler'sinvasionofPolandasapunishmentfor state-fundedwork-creationprogramme.
refusingtohandovertheportofDanzigto Germany. 40.W hatdid econom istJ M Keynes
30.NamethecountriesoftheAxisPowers during W W argue regarding Econom ic D epression?
-2? A.1.Germany2.Italy3.Japan A .K eynes argued that:
31.NamethecountriesofAliedPowersduring W W 1.D uring econom ic decline,w hen dem and
-2? A.1.England2.France3.USA4.USSR. 32.W hy decreases,thestateshouldinvestfundsand
had the USA and the USSR to join the Second W orld generateemployment
W ar? A .1.U SA :Japan a tacked P earlH arborofthe 2.This w ilhelp people to earn m oney and
USA in 1941. dem and goods in the m arket.
3. Thisgenerationofdemandthroughstateaction
wilhelptheeconomytorevive.

13.NATIONALLIBERATIONMOVEMENTSIN
COLONIES

1.GiveexampleforconcessionsgotbyEuropean
colonialpowersfromtheChineseEmperor?
A. 1.Lowimporttaxes
2. ImmunityfromChineselaws
3.M aintaining arm ed forces

2.USSR:HitleratackedUSSRin1942. 2.W hat w ere the three principles o f S an-Y at-S en?
A. 1.San-Nationalism
33.H ow w as G erm any divided afterSecond W orld 2.M in -Dem ocracy
W ar? A.Itwasdividedintotwoparts: 1.W estG erm 3.Chui– Socialism
any-FederalRepublic ofG erm any 2.EastG erm any-G
erm an D em ocratic Republic 34.W hatw ere the N 3 .W ho w ere w arlords in C hina?
urem berg trials? A .They w ere regionalleaders w ho had forcefu ly
A.Nurembergtrialswerethetribunalsheldin G erm any taken controland authority in C hina.
by the a lied forces afterW W -2 to punish 4.W hatw as the M ay Fourth m ovem ent?
theNazigeneralsandleaderscapturedinthewar. A.On4thMay1919,peopledemonstratedin
BeijingtoprotestagainstthedecisionsofThe
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m ovem entca led the M ay Fourth M ovem ent. to Yanan took outby Chinese Com m unistParty
(CCP)between1934-35wascaledthelong
5.W hatw as the practice offootbinding? M arch in C hina.
A .Itw as a cruelpractice ofnota low ing w om en 2.The CCP changed its base due to KM T
to have fu ly grow n feetin C hina. blockade.
3.ItwasledbyMaoZedong.
6.W hatw ere the tw o m ajorparties in C hina?
14.W hatw as the principle ofnew dem ocracy?
A. 1.KMT-Kuo-Min-Tang/Guomindang
2.CCP-ChineseCommunistParty A .It w as an asso ciatio n o f a lso cialclasses
opposite to landlordism and im perialism .
7.W hatw ere the four greatneeds identified by
15.W hatw ere the successfulthings thatform ed
theKMT?
A. 1.Clothing 2.Food asolidbasisforfuturedevelopmentofChina?
3.Housing 4.Transportation A.Land reform s
2.Universalisationofeducation
8.W hatare the difference differences betw een
16.W hich qualities in San YetSen you like and
K uo-M in-Tang and C hinese C om m unistP arty?
A. why?
A.1.Ilike him because he becam e the architect
Kuo-Min-Tang ChineseCommunist ofm odern C hina,though born in a poorfam ily.
P a rty 2.Ibelieveinthatpovertyisnotahurdleinone's
development.
1.Sun-Yat-Senand 1.MaoZedongwasthe
17.WhichqualitiesdoyoulikeinMaoZedong
Chiang-Kai-Shekwere leaderoftheparty.
and w hy?
theleadersoftheparty.2.Ithasaholeinrural A.1.Ilikehimbecauseheformedapeasantarmy
2.Thereisaholdin areas. to fightagainstfeudalsystem .
urbanareas. 3.Itgaveimportance 2.Ihave a concern aboutthe farm ers problem s
3.Itgave im portance to to farm ers. likehim.
industries. 18.W hatw as the three fold strategy ofthe
French to develop Vietnam as an exporterof
rice?
9.W ho w ere ‘xiao shim in’in C hina? A.1.Improvingirrigation network
A.Thelitlenumberofpeopleemployedin
modernindustriesincitieslikeShanghaiwere
caledpetyurbanitesor'xiaoshimin' 2.Encouraginglandlords
3.Encouragingthemarketing ofAgricultural
10.W hatthe virtues w om en to have according to
produce like rice and Rubber.
ChianginChina?
A.Fourvirtues: 19.O n w hich econom y in colonialVietnam w as
1.Chastity 2.Appearance based?
3.Speech 4.Work A. 1.Ricecultivation
2.Rubberplantations
11.W hatw as Com intern?
A.ItstandsforcommunistInternational.Itwasan 20.W hy w ere the railw ays and canals developed
organisationestablishedin1918tohelpbring in V ietnam by the French?
togetheraworldgovernmentthatwouldend A.1.Tohelpinthetransportofgoodsfortrade
exploitation.Itsupportedcommunistparties 2.Tomovemilitarygarrisons
aroundtheworld. 3.To controlthe entire region
12.W hatare the tw o crises faced by RuralC hina
21.W hatw as the difference betw een a landless
before 1949?
peasants and landless w orkers?
A.1.Ecologicalcrisis:SoilExhaustion,
A.
Deforestation&Floods Landlesspeasants Landlessworkers
2. Socio-economiccrisis:Exploitationthrough
land tenure system s,Indebtedness,Prim itive The people w ho have no The people w ho have
Technology&PoorCommunications
landlessandrentthe nolandand workas
13.W hatw as the im portance ofLong M arch? landoflandlordsare labourersinother's
A.1. The6000-miledifficultjourneyfromJianxi caledlandless landarecaledlandless
peasants. workers.

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and w hy?
22.W ho w ere colons? A.1.HeisthecommunistleaderofVietnamwho
A.TheFrenchcitizenswholivedinVietnamwere foughtagainsttheUSAfatherunificationofhis
caledcolons. country.
23.H ow did the Vietnam ese teachers oppose the 2.Ihavelearntfromhislifethatweshouldfight
Colonialrule? untillast,eventhoughtheenemyisverystrong.
A.Whileteaching,Vietnameseteachersquietly
33.W hatare the m ajortribes ofN igeria?
m odified the textand criticized w hatw as w riten
inthebooksabouttheFrenchrule. A.1.Housa-Fulani:Northernregion
24.W hatw as im pactofthe greatDepression on 2.Igbo:SouthEasternregion
Vietnam? 3.Yoruba:SouthWesternregion
A.Thepricesofrubberandriceonwhichtheir
econom y depended,cam e dow n during the 34.W hatis Pan-africanism ?
depression.Thisledtorisingruraldebts, A.Itisanideawhichpromotestheunityofal
unem ploym entand ruraluprising. Africanpeoplesirrespectiveofcountryortribe.
25.W hy did the U SA enterthe w aragainst
Vietnam? 35.W hatis the difference betw een the
A.TheUSAwasworriedthatthecommunists
NationalismandPan-Africanism?
wouldbecomepowerfulifNorthandSouth
A.
Vietnamsunified.Soitinterferedinthis Nationalism Pan-Africanism
unificationbysendingitstroopsandarms.
26.W hatw as the civilising m ission in V ietnam ? 1.Itistheideaofhaving1.Itisanideawhich
A .The French feltthattheirrule w as to bring the owncountryforthe promotestheunityof
benefitsofcivilizationtotheuncivilizedVietnam
peopleofsamenation.alAfricanpeoples
andintroducededucationtocivilizethenatives.
27.Givesomeexamplesforchemicalweapons 2.Itisanarrowidea. irrespectiveofcountry
used by the U S in V ietnam ? o r trib e .
A. 1.Napalm 2.Itisabroadidea.

36.W hatw as the Tw in task ofN igerian

nationalistsin1945?
A.1.FightingtheBritish
2.AgentOrange 2.Unifyingthediverseandconflictingethnic
3.Phosphorus bom bs groupsofNigeria.

37.HowwastheBritishracisminNigeria?
28.W hatis AgentO range?
A.1.Itisadefolianti.e.achemicalthatdestroys plants A.1.TheeducatedAfricanswereexcludedfrom
and trees and m akes the land barren for longtime. the civilservice,
2.This chem icalw as sprayed from cargo planes 2.T here w as discrim ination againstA frican
byUSforcestodestroyforestsandfieldsin entrepreneurs
Vietnamtokilpeople. 29.W hatis N apalm ? A .Itis a
deadly bom b used by the U S w hich 38.Howdidtheoilspilageaffecttheecosystem
causedintensedamaged humansinVietnam. 30.W in N igeria?
hy w as the USA defeated in Vietnam W ar? A .The spils destroy crops and aquaculture
A.BecausetheUSAunderestimatedthepowerof throughthecontaminationofgroundwaterand
NationalisminVietnam. s o il.
31.Howwasitpossibleforasmalcountrylike
VietnamtostandupagainstthemightofUSA? 39.WhichqualitiesdoyoulikeinKenSaroWiwa
A.Vietnamcoulddoitwiththepoor,commited and W hy?
peasantsinspiredbynationalismandland reform s A.1.HeisaNigerianenvironmentalist.
againstthe U SA . 32.W hich qualities do you like in 2.Helosthislifeinprotectingtheenvironment.
H o C hiM inh 3.Ihavelearntfromhislifethatprotectionof
environmentiseveryone'sduty.

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the provincialgovernm ents in 1939? 9.W hy did the C om m unistParty ofIndia support
A.BecausetheBritishrefusedtopromise theBritishintheworldwar-I?
freedom to India afterend ofthe W orld W ar-I. A .The C PIw as alarm ed atthe a tack on U SSR by
2.WhichpolicytheBritishadoptedtoruleIndia? the N azis.Itrealized the dangeratw orld leveland
A.Thedivideandrulepolicy. supportedtheBritish.
3.W hich organisations w ished to unite a lthe 10.W hatw ere the im pressions ofinitialvictories
HindusduringNationalMovement? ofJapanagainsttheAmericansandEuropeans
A .1.H indu M ahasabha on Indians?
A.1.ItseemsthattheEuropeancolonialists
2.RashtriyaSwayamsevakSangh(RSS)
w ould getdefeated very soon.
4.W ho coined the w ord Pakistan & how ?
2.Japan,anAsiancountrycouldstandupagainst
A .C haudhary R ehm atA li,a P unjabiM uslim
Europeancolonialists.
studentatCam bridge coined itfrom w ords
"Punjab,Afghan,Kashmir,SindhandBalochistan". 11.W hy did the Japanese a low Bose to recruit
5.W hatw as the P akistan resolution? soldierswhomtheyhadimprisoned?
A.1.The M uslim League m oved a resolution on A . B ecause theircom m on enem y w as the B ritish.
23rd M arch 1940 dem anding autonom y forthe LaterBoseledthesesoldierstofightalongthe
partsofthesubcontinentwhereMuslimswerein JapanesearmyagainsttheBritish.
m ajo rity.
2.This am biguous resolution w ithoutm entioning 12.W hatw ere the dem ands ofthe G uards of
partitionorPakistanlaterwasknownasthe R oyalIndian N avy in B om bay H arbourw ho w ent
Pakistanresolution. on hungerstrike in 1946?
A.1.Beterfood
6.H ow did the M uslim League convince M uslim
massesabouttheneedforaseparatenation? 2.EqualpayforwhiteandIndiansoldiers
A .1.P easants could im agine a state w here H indu 3.ReleaseofINA&otherpoliticalprisoners
zam indars 4.W ithdraw alofIndian troops from
and m oneylenders did notexploitthem . Indonesia
2. Traders,businessmenandjobseekerscould 13.W hatw as Tebaga m ovem ent?
thinkofastatewherecompetitionfromHindu A .1.Itw as an agitation started in Bengalby sm a l
traders,businessmenandjobseekers tenant-peasantsdemanding theirshareofharvest
wouldnotbethere. should be increased to 2/3 parts instead of half.
3. Therewouldbegreaterreligiousfreedom. 2.Itwasledbystate'sKisanSabha.
4. There w ould be freedom forthe M uslim elite to
runthe 14.W hatw ere the dem ands offarm ers in
governmentthewaytheywanted. 7.W hatw as the im Telangana Peasants M ovem ent?
A.1.Cancelationofdebtsoffarmers
portance ofC risps M ission?
A. ItfailedasCongressdemandedtheviceroy 2.Stoppageofbondedlabour
should appointan Indian as a defense m em berin 3.Distributionofthelandtotilers.
hisExecutiveCouncil.
15.W hich areas w ere m ade partofPakistan?
8.W hatw as Q uitIndia M ovem ent?
A.The M uslim m ajority areas of
A.1.Itw as the third m ajorm ovem entby 1.Punjab
M ahatm a G andhiagainstthe British rule. 2.N W FP
2.Itw as started in 1942 dem anding the British to 3.Sind
leave the country im m ediately. 4.Balochistan
3.G andhigave the slogan “D o ordie"to the 5.EastBengal
people.
4.The m ovem entw as crushed by the British 16.W hatw as the tw o-nation theory?
b ru ta ly. A.Itw as the ideology ofthe M uslim League
demandingseparateNationforIndianMuslims&
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17.W hatw ere Privy Purses? 3.W hathas the double purpose ofa constitution?
A. 1.Tomeettheirpersonalexpenses, theprinces A.1.Outliningtheroleandrightsofcitizens&
ofprincelystatesmergedwithIndiaweregiven definingthestructureandpowersofthe
pensionfundscaledprivypurses. governm ent
2.H ow ever,they w ere abolished by G overnm ent 2.Indicatingthenatureoffuturesociety.
ofIndiain1971.
4.W hatare the m ain organs ofthe governm ent?
18.WhichPrincelyStatesdidnotjoinIndiaason A. 1.Executive
15 August1947?
2.Legislature
A. 1.JammuandKashmir
3.Judiciary
2. Hyderabad
5.W hatis the process ofm aking a constitution?
3.Junagadh
A.Itisaprocessofdebate,discussion,ironingout
19.WhichqualitiesdoyoulikeinMahatma differences and w orking outa fram ew ork thatis
Gandhiand W hy? acceptabletoaltheconflictingopinions.
A.1.Gandhijicompletelybelievedintruthand 6.W hich statem entdoes the constitution ofIndia
nonviolence. beginwith?
2.H e used Satyagraha as a toolto fightagainst A.Itbeginswiththewords“We,thepeopleof
th e B ritis h . In d ia ."
3.Ilike his sacrificing life for the values he 7.W hatare the form s ofthe governm ent?
believedinandIwilfolowhisway.
A. 1.Parliamentarysystem
20.W hich qualities do you like in Subhash
ChandraBoseandWhy? 2.Presidentialsystem
A.1.HeledtheIndianNationalArmyagainstthe
Britishwiththehelpoftheirenemies. 8.Whataretheprincipalformsofconstitution?
2.H e m an ofgood discipline. A. 1.Unitary 2.Federal
3.Iwilfolowhisideaoffightinguntillastto 9.W hatare the tw o essentialcharacteristics ofa
reachthegoal. unitaryconstitution?
A .1.The Suprem acy ofthe centralpolity
21.WhichqualitiesdoyoulikeinSardarPatel
and W hy? 2.The A bsence ofsubsidiary sovereign polities
A .1.H e successfu ly com pleted the m ergerof
10.W hatare the characteristics ofa federal
princelystateswithIndia.
2.H e w as a brave person and ca led Iron m an of constitution?
India. A.1.Existenceofacentralpolityandsubsidiary
3.Iwilbecourageousinsolvingtheproblemsin politiessidebyside
m y future. 2.Eachpolityissovereigninthefieldassignedto
it
11.W hatare differences betw een the position
of presidentoftheUSAandthatofpresidentof
15.THEMAKINGOFINDIANCONSTITUTION
India?
A.
1.Namesomesignificantcontributorstothe PresidentoftheUSA PresidentofIndia
IndianConstitution.
A. 1.Dr.BRAmbedkar 1.Heisthechiefhead 1.Heistheheadofthe
2.Dr.RajendraPrasad oftheexecutiveand statebutnotofthe
3.Jaw aharlalN ehru administrationisvestedexecutive.He
4.SardarPatel inhim. representsthenation
2.W hatare the basic ideals ofIndian 2.Heisassistedby butdoesnotrulethe
Constitutionasreflectedinitspreamble? secretariesresponsible nation.
A .S o cialism ,S ecularism ,D em o cracy,Lib erty, forvarious 2.Heisassistedby
EqualityandFraternityetc. departments. ministersresponsible
3.Heisnotboundto forvarious
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acceptanyadvice departments. system
tenderedbyhis 3.Hewilbegeneraly
secretaries. boundbytheadviceof 1.Singlecitizenship 1.Dualcitizenship
4.W e can rem ove any of his m inisters. 2.Singlejudiciary 2.Dualjudiciary
his secretaries itanytim e. 4.H e cannotrem ove
m inisters as long as the
19.W rite any tw o criticism s ofthe draft
Lok Sabha has
constitutionofIndia?
confidence in them .
A.1.Itwasmerelyacopyofthe1935Act.
2.Itisignoredthecentralityofvilagesinthe
A.12. Whatwasthedifferencebetween Indiancontext.
thepositionoftheBritishKingandthatofthe 20.Howcan theIndianconstitutiongeneralybe
PresidentofIndia? am ended?
A. A.Itcangeneralybeamendedwiththeapproval
BritishKing PresidentofIndia oftw o third m em bers in the both houses of
The British king com es ResidentofIndia is parliament.
topowerhereditary. electedbythepeople 21.W hatw ere the tw o m ajorchanges in our
in d ire c tly . constitutionmadeduring1970s?
A.1.Inclusionofthetwowords"secular"and
"socialist"intothePreambleoftheconstitution
13.W hatare the m eans adopted in the
2.The Suprem e C ourtjudgem entin the
constitutiontomaintaintheunityofthecountry?
Keshavananda Bharaticase.
A. 1.Singlejudiciary
22.W hatw as the Suprem e Court's judgm entin
2. Uniformityinfundamentallaws
3. A l-India civilservices theKeshavanandaBharticase?
A.Thejudgement:CertainprovisionsinIndian
14.WhatisthesinglejudiciaryinIndiancontext? constitutioncannotbechangedunderany
A.SupremeCourtcanhearappealsagainstthe circumstances.
decisionofanycourtandgivejudgement.
23. W hatare the basic principles ofIndian
15.H ow does the dualjudiciary w ork in the U SA ? Constitution?
A.ThefederalJudiciaryandthestateJudiciary A.1.Form ofthe governm ent
are separate and independentofeach other
2.SupremacyoftheConstitution
16.H ow are the pow ers to m ake law s divided in 3.Sovereigntyofthenation
the federalsystem in India? 4. ProvisionsforJusticeandWelfarestate
A .T hey are divided into three lists.
24. W hatprovisions are there in ourconstitution
1.Centrallist2.Statelist
3.Concurrentlist forachievingSocialEngineering?
A.1.Reservationofseatsin legislatures&public
17.Giveexamplesforactsplacedinthe sectorjobs forSCs and STs
ConcurrentList? 2.Therightofreligiousminoritiestoruntheirown
A.CivilProcedureCode,PenalCode,the educationalinstitutions
CriminalProcedureCode,theEvidence 25.W hich qualities do you like in D r.B R
Act,TransferofPropertyAct,Laws Am bedkarand W hy?
ofMarriage,Divorce,andInheritanceareplacedin A.1.Fightingagainstinjustice
theConcurrentList.
2.Fightingfortherightsofdowntrodden
18.W hatare the m ain differences betw een 3.Ardentreaderandwrotemanybooks.
IndianfederalsystemandAmericanfederal
system?
A.
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16.TH E ELEC TIO N P R O C ESS IN IN D IA 9.W hatis the difference betw een returning
officerandapresidingofficer?
A.
1.WhichelectionsdoestheElectionCommission ReturningOfficer PresidingOfficer
ofIndiaconduct?
A.TheECIconductselectionsto Thereturningofficer Thepresidingofficer
1.Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha whoconductsand whoconductsand
2.Statelegislativebodies m onitors elections in a m onitors elections in a
3.PresidentandVicePresident constituency. polingstation.

2.ClassifythefunctionsofElection 10.W ho are ca led Independents in an election?

Commission. A .The candidates otherthan sponsored by a
A. Theyareofthreetypes: registeredpartytocontestinanelection,are
1.Administrativefunctions ca led Independentcandidates.
2.Advisoryfunctions 11.W hatare the differences betw een the G eneral
3.Quasijudicialfunctions electionsandtheMidtermelections?
A.
3.W hatis U niversalA dultFranchise?
Generalelections Midtermelections
A.Therighttovotewithoutanydiscriminationof
caste,creed,religion,gender,languageetc.is 1.Elections 1.Theelectionsheldfor
caledUniversalAdultFranchise.
conductedforevery5 eitherassembliesor
4.W hatis electorate? yearsatnationalor Parliamentbeforethe
A .The body ofvoters is ca led as an electorate. statelevelarecaled completionof5years
5.Howisapoliticalpartyformed? generalelections. tenure,arecaledMidterm
A.Itisformedwhenithasawritencodeof 2. Ex:LokSabha Elections.
conductandregisterswiththeElection Elections,2019 2Ex:TelanganaAssembly
Com m ission. Elections,2018
6.W hatare the differences betw een the Regional
PartyandtheNationalparty?
12.W hatare the differences betw een the general
A.
electionsandthebyelections?
A.
RegionalParty Nationalparty Generalelections Midtermelections

1.Ifapoliticalparty 1.Ifapoliticalpartyis 1.Elections 1. Theelections

wins3%ofvalidvotes recognisedin4States conductedforevery5 conductedforoneor
orthreeassembly with6%ofvalidvotesor yearsatnationalor morevacanciesare
seatsinastate,itis wins11LokSabha state levelare ca led term ed as "By-
declaredasaregionalseatsfrom4different generalelections. elections".
party. states,itisthenational 2. Ex:LokSabha 2.Ex:Huzurnagar
party. Elections,2019 Assemblyby-elections,
2.Ex:Congress,BJP O ctober2019.
2.Ex:TRS,TDP

7.W hatis the use ofVVPAT m achine?

13.W hatw ilhappen,ifthe option N O TA gets
A.VoterVerifiedPaperAuditTrail(VVPAT)
highestnumberofvotes?
machineisusedtogetthefeedbacktowhomone
A.1.Inthatcase,thecandidatewhosecures
hascastvoteintheformofaslip.
second position w ilbe declared w in.
8.W hatis N O TA ? 2.Because,N O TA is an option only and does not
A .N O TA (N one O fThe A bove)is the provision for affecteitherthewinningortheloosingcapability
the voterto casthis vote againsta lcontesting ofthecandidates. 14.W hatis PostalBa lot?
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2.Sam yuktha Karnataka
A.Itisthefacilitygiventothepolingstafftocast
theirvotes. 3.Sam yuktha M aharashtra
4.M ergerofTravancore and Cochin
15.W rite tw o slogans on the im portance of
5.StateofPunjabforSikhs
voting.
A. 1.Sayyestovote 5.W hich language speaking people w ere there in
Saynotonote M adras Presidency?
2.Castyourvotefirst A .M adras P residency had people speaking Tam il,
Gototheworknext Malayalam,Kannada,Telugu,Gondi,andOriya
languages.
16.MentionanytworecommendationsofT.N.
Seshan aboutElections. 6.W hy w as the C ongress againstthe
A.1.Fourteendaystimelimitforcampaigning reorganisationofStatesonthelinguisticlines
after thedateofwithdrawalofnominations afterIndia'sIndependence?
2. Onecandidateshouldnotcontestfrom A.Because Congress feared thatlanguage
more thantwoconstituenciesatatime. reorganisationwouldleadtobreakdownofthe
17.M ention any tw o key points ofM odelC ode of country.
Conduct. 7.W hen w as the States Reorganisation
A .1.N o politicalannouncem ents targeting a Commission(SRC)appointedandwhowereits
casteorreligionshalbemade. m em bers?
2.Nocandidateshalinfluencethevoterseither A.TheSRCwasappointedinAugust1953with3
bygivingcashoranyarticles. Members: 1.FazlAli

2.H .N .K unzru
3.K.M .Panikkar
17.INDEPENDENTINDIA(THEFIRST
8.H ow m any politicalunits w ere created in India
THIRTYYEARS(1947-77)
accordingtoStatesReorganisationAct,1956?
A.Itcreated14statesand6unionterritories.
1.W hatw ere the m ain cha lenges before the
9.W hy w ere the triballanguages ignored atthe
leadershipinIndia'spost-independencehistory?
timeofStatesreorganisationin1956?
A.1. Needtomaintainunityandintegrity
A.Because only languages spoken by dom inantor
2.Bringoutoursocialandeconomic transformation
powerfulpopulationswereconsidered.
3.To ensure the successfulw orking ofthe dem
ocratic system 10.W hatdid the C onstituentA ssem bly putatthe
top ofthe agenda ofm odern India?
2.H ow did the Election C om m ission
A .Itputthe "socialand econom ic change"the top
overcome theproblemofiliteracyinthefirst oftheagenda.
GeneralElections?
11.WhatdidtheFirstFiveYearplanstresson?
A .Itused sym bols from everyday life to represent
A.Stressontheneedfor
the politicalparties and candidates. 3.W hatw as the

Congress System ? 1.Increasingfoodproduction

A .1.The C ongress has been in the pow erlong 2.Developmentoftransportand
timeboththecentreandinthestates. com m unications
2.Thesituationwheretheoppositionpartiesare 3.Provisionforsocialservices
weakwithastrongrulingpartyisknownasone 4.IndustrialiseIndiaasquicklyaspossible
party dom inantsystem orCongress system .
12.W hatw ere the com ponents ofthe strategy
4.Giveexamplesforthedemandfor
adoptedforagriculturaltransformationbyNehru?
reorganisationofStatesonthebasisof A.Threecomponents:
language?
1.Land Reform s
A. 1.SeparateAndhrastate 2.AgriculturalCooperatives
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13.H ow m any types ofLand Reform s w ere 2 .T he p arty targ e ted S o uth Ind ians,b elieving that
contemplated? they w ere cornering a lem ploym entin the C ity.
A.ThreeTypesofLandReforms:
22.W hatdoes A rticle 370 ofIndian constitution
1.AbolitionofZaminmdarisystem
referto?
2.Tenancy Reform s
A.1.ItreferstotheJammuandKashmirgivinga
3.Land C eilings
greaterautonomyandpowerstoitcomparedto
14.W hatw as the foreign policy fo low ed by otherstatesofIndia.
2.Howeverthisarticlewasscrappedrecentlyin
N ehru?
A.Hefolowedapolicyofnonjoiningineither 2019.
cam ps ofUSA orUSSR,and tried to m aintain 23.W hatw ere the tw o im portantlegislations
equidistanceandindependentpositioninforeign
p assed d uring Ind ira G and hi's p erio d to achieve
policy. the goalofsocialand econom ic transform ation?
15.W hich countries builtthe N on A ligned A. 1.Nationalisationofprivatebanks
M ovem ent?
2.Abolishmentofprincelypensions
A.1.India2.Indonesia3.Egypt4.Yugoslavia
24.W hatw as JP m ovem ent?
16.W hatforeign policy did N ehru form ulate for
A.Itwasstartedbytheoppositionparties,united
the im m ediate neighbours?
underJaya Prakash N arayan againstthe
A .H e form ulated the P anchsheelpolicy ofnon-
CongressandespecialyagainstIndiraGandhi.
interferenceineachother’sinternalaffairs.
25.HowdidIndiraGandhijustifytheimposition
17.H ow m any w ars did India face w ith its
ofem ergency?
neighboursinthefirstthirtyyearsof
A .She justified itas necessary:
Independence?
A .India faced w ars w ith P akistan in 1948,1965 1.To preserve order 2.To save dem ocracy
and 1971 and w ith C hina in 1962. 3.Toprotectthesocialandeconomic
transformation
18.W hich issues did LalBahadurShastriface as 4.Topreservethenationalintegrity.
a prim e m inister?
A. 1.AntiHindiagitation 26.N am e som e w elcom e m oves and unpopular
m oves taken by the em ergency governm ent.
2.Shortageoffoodinthecountry A.
3.W arw ith Pakistan in 1965 WelcomeMoves UnpopularMoves
19.W hatw ere Sam yuktha Vidhayak Dal(SVD) 1.Controloverprice 1.Demolitionofslums
governments?
rise
A.Theywerebasicalyacoalitionoflegislators
2.Cam paign against
againstCongress,madeupJanSangh,Socialists,
blackmarketingand 2.Forcedsterilisation
SwatantraPartyandCongressdefectors,besides
bonded labour
localparties.
20.Whichintermediatecastesgainedpolitical
powerin1967electionsinvariousStates? 27.W hatw ere the aim s of42nd C onstitutional
A. 1.Jats-Haryana&UP Am endm ent?
2.Kurm is & Koeris-Bihar A.1.Excludingcourtsfromelectiondisputes
3.Yadavs -UP & Bihar 2.Strengtheningthecentralgovernmentvis-a-vis
4.Lodhis-MP stategovernments
5.Reddys & Kam m as -AP 3.Providingmaximumprotectionfromjudicial
6.Vokkaligas-Karnataka chalengestosocialandeconomictransformation
7.Valalas-TamilNadu. legislation
4.M aking the Judiciary subservientto P arliam ent
21.W hatw as the Shivsena's dem and?
A.1.Shivsena'sdemandwasBombayshould 28.Giveexamplesforindependentinstitutionsin
belongtoMaharashtriansonly. theinstitutionalframeworkofIndia?

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A.Ex: 1.Judiciary A.1.M id day m ealschem e in G overnm ent
2.ElectionCommission schools
3.C om ptro lerand A uditorG eneral 2.Saleofriceat2rupeesperkgforthepoor
3.Liquorprohibition
29.Giveexamplesfortheplaceswhere
com m unalriots happened betw een 7.W hatw as the econom ic dim ension ofthe
1947-77. Assam m ovem ent?
A. 1.Ranchi 2.Ahmedabad A .1.Train and otherestablishm ents w ork in the
3.Jalgaon 4.Aligarh handsofNon-Assamesecommunities
30.W hatis Delhiagreem ent? 2.Themajorresourcesofthestatei.e.Tea&Oil
A.1.TheagreementreachedbetweenSheik didnotbenefitthelocals.
Abdulah,thePrimeMinisterofKashmirand 8.W hatw ere the dem ands ofAssam m ovem ent?
JawaharlalNehru,thePrimeMinisterofIndiaon A.1.Localpeopleshouldbegivengreater
thestatusofJammuandKashmirin 1952 is preference in em ploym ent
ca led D elhiagreem ent. 2.The"outsiders"shouldberemoved
2.A ccording to this,the K ashm iris w ould becom e 3. The resources should be used forthe benefit
fulcitizensofIndiaandthestatewilhavegreater ofthelocals
autonom y com pared to the otherstates ofIndia. 9.W hatis "Ethnic C leansing"?
A.Itisaforcibleevictionofminoritytribal
com m unities by m ajority people through even
18.EM ERGING POLITICAL TRENDS outrightmasskilings.
(1977-2000) 10.Whichfactorsinfluencedtheuseofarmed
forcesintheNorthEasternregion?
A.1.Itwasasensitiveborderareaadjacentto
1.WhichpartiesmergedtoformtheJanataParty China,M yanm arand Bangladesh
form ed againstthe C ongress P arty in 1977? 2.TheRebelgroupsdemandedseparationfrom
A .T he C o ng ress (O ),S w atantra P arty,B haratiya India & procured arm s and help from outside
Jana Sangh (BJS),Bhartiya Lok D al(BLD )and forces
SocialistParty m erged to form the Janata Party. 3.Thelargescaleethnicviolenceagainst
2.W ho played an im portant role in bringing m inorities by rebelgroups
togetheraltheanti-Congressandanti-
11.W hatw as the m ostsignificantdem and in
Em ergency parties to fightthe 1977 elections?
AkaliDal'sresolutionof1978?
A. 1.JayaPrakashNarayan
A .1.To am end the constitution to give m ore
2.AcharyaJBKripalani pow ers to the states

3.W hy w as the 1977 Lok Sabha election a

historicone? 2.Toensuregreaterdecentralisationofpowers
A .Because the C ongress party w as defeated at
NationallevelforthefirsttimeandJanataparty 12.W ho w as Bhindranw ale? W hatw as his
cam e to pow er. dem and?
A .1.J S Bhindranw ale w as the leaderofa group
4.Giveexamplesforoppositionpartiesof1970s. ofmilitantSikhs
A.BLD,CPI(M),DMK,JanaSANGH&SAD 2. HisdemandwastheformationofaSikh
5.W hatis President's rule? state-Khalistan.
A.1.Accordingtoarticle356,thePresidentof 13.W ho w as SantLongow al? W hatw as his role
Indiamaydismissthestategovernmentonthe inPunjabagitation?
adviceoftheGovernor. A .H e w as the presidentofA kaliD al, w ho reached
2.Then the adm inistration ofthe state is run by anagreementwithPrimeMinisterRajivGandhion
the G overnor.Itis ca led P resident's R ule. Punjabissue.
6.W hatw ere the W elfare m easures started by
NT Ram a Rao? 14.W hatis Telecom Revolution?

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A .The spreading ofthe netw ork oftelephonic 24.W hatw ere the results ofO peration Barga?
com m unication in the country using sate lite A.1.Bargadarrightsweremadehereditary.
technologyTelecomRevolution.Itwasstartedby 2.Bargadarsguaranteedafairshareofthecrop.
PrimeMinisterRajivGandhi. 3.Agriculturalproductionincreased.
4.RuralpovertydeclinedinWestBengal.
15.W hatw as the Suprem e Court's judgem entin
Shah Bano case in 1985? 25.W hatdid the M andalCom m ission
A.The judgem ent:"A divorced M uslim w om an recom m end?
shouldbepaidmaintenancebyherex-husband" A.Itrecommended27%reservationsforOther
16.H ow did the union governm entrespond on B ackw ard C lasses (O B C 's) in the governm ent
the judgem entofShah Bano case? em ploym entand educationalfacilities.
A.1. Thegovernmentcameunderpressureofthe
26.W hatis the im portance of73rd and 74th
orthodoxsectionsandenactedanew
am endm entofthe constitution?
lawin1986.
A.1.These am endm ents provided localself
2.New law letoffM uslim husbands and
governm ents a constitutionalstatus.
permitedMuslimreligiousbodiestopaythe
2.The73rdamendmentcreated institutionsof
maintenancetothedivorcedwomenforashort
localselfgovernmentatvilage
periodofthreemonths.
3. The74thamendmentcreatedinstitutionsof
17.W ho led the farm ers'agitation in the country? localselfgovernm entin tow ns and cities.
A.1.M ahendra Singh Tikait-UP & H aryana 27.W hatis the beliefofBJP on D em ocracy and
Secularism?
2.Sharad Joshi-M aharashtra A.Itbelievesthatof'DemocracyandSecularism'
are W estern ideas and are notsufficientand w hat
18.W hatis policy paralysis? isneededtodrawuponancientIndianculture.
A.Itisasituationinwhichthecoalition
governm entcould notim plem entany policy 28.W hy w as Rajiv G andhiassassinated?
m eantforserious change w ith the fearof A .H e w as assassinated by LTTE,Tam ilseparatist
withdrawalofsupportbypartners. groupofSriLankaasretaliationforhisrolein
sending Indian A rm y to SriLanka.
19.W hatare the m echanism s putin forthe
29.W hatw ere the conditions laid dow n by IM F
stabilityofthecoalitiongovernments?
forStructuralAdjustmentProgram?
A.1.Com m on M inim um Program m e
2. CoordinationCommitees
(or)
20.W hich coalition governm ents com pleted their W hatw ere the m easures taken in the policy of
fu lterm s? liberalization?
A .1.The BJP led N ationalD em ocratic A liance A.1.Drasticrestrictiongovernment expenditure
(NDA) 2.ReducingrestrictionsandTaxesonimportof
2.T he C ongress U nited progressive A liance (U P A ) foreigngoods
3.Reducing restrictions on foreign investm ents in
21.W hich parties w ere a partofLeftFrontin
In d ia
W estBengal?
4.Openingofmanysectorsoftheeconomyto
A.1.CPI(M)2.CPI3.ForwardBlock
privateinvestors
4.RevolutionarySocialistParty(RSP)
30.O n w hich indicators,the Indian dem ocracy
22.W hatw as O peration Barga? wouldbecaledsuccessful?
A.Itw as the land reform program started by the A. 1.Free,fairandregularelections
W estBengalgovernm entto record the nam es of
2.Voterturnouts
the sharecroppers to secure theirrights.
3.G overnam entturnovers
23.W ho w ere Bargadars?
4.Em pow erm entofnew groups
A.Theywerethepeoplewhotiledtheland 5.Maintenanceofessentialcivilliberties.
belongingtolandlordsandpaidthelargestshare
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19.POST W AR W ORLD AND INDIA 10.OnwhichthingsdidSuperpowersgain
access due to m ilitary a liances?
A .They gained access to:
1.H ow did the U S PresidentH arry Trum an 1.Thevitalresources
com m enton the im pactofSecond W orld W aron 2 .M arkets fo r their p ro d ucts & safer
hiscountry? placesfortheircapital
A.H e com m ented,"W e have em erged from this 3.M ilitary bases
war,themostpowerfulnationintheworld-the 4.Spread theirideology
mostpowerfulnation,perhapsinalhistory" 5.Gaineconomicsupport
2.W hatw ere the m ostim portantprocesses 11.W hatw as Space Race?
cam e into existence afterW orld W ar2? A.Theintensecompetitionbetweenthepower
A. 1.EstablishmentoftheUNO blocksofUSAandUSSRtoputmoreandmore
satelitesinthespacewascaledSpaceRace.
2.Cold W ar
3.Decolonisation 12.W hatis Bi-polarw orld?
A.Thesituationinwhichtheworldpoliticsare
3.W hatw as the Tw in objective ofstarting the controledbytwosuperpowersi.e.USAandUSSR
UNO? iscaledbipolarworld.
A. 1.Ensurelastingpeace 13.W hatis N on Aligned M ovem ent(N AM )?
2.H um an developm ent
A.Theinternationalorganisationstaredwiththe
4.W ho are the perm anentm em bercountries of aim to prom ote culturaland econom ic
cooperation am ong the new ly independent
theSecurityCouncil?
countriesofAsia,AfricaandLatinAmerica
A.Theyarefivepermanentcountries.
1.USA 2.USSR(Russia) withoutjoininganyoftwopowerblocks.
3.UK 4.France 5.China 14.W ho w ere the im portantleaders ofN A M ?
A. 1.Nehru(India)

5.W hatis veto pow er?

A.Itisthepowerthepermanentmembersto 2.N asser(Egypt)
m ake invalid orrejectany decision taken by the 3.Tito(Yugoslavia)
SecurityCouncilofUNO. 4.Sukarno(Indonesia)
6.W hatw ere the tw o m ajorand political
15.W hatis W estAsian Crisis?
em erged in the post-w arperiod?
A.Theconflictsthedevelopedbetweenusedare
A.1.The Com m unistbloc led by the USSR
often know n as the W estA sian C risis. 16.W hy w
2.TheDemocratic-CapitalistblockledbytheUSA
7.W hatw as cold w ar? ere the Jew s persecuted in Europe?
A .1.The intense tension betw een the U SA and A .B ecause the C hristians considered the Jew s
the U SSR betw een 1945-91 w as ca led the C old responsibleforthecrucifixionofJesusChrist. 17.W
War.
2.The w arw as foughtbehind closed doors hatw as the Zionistm ovem ent?
throughpropagandaandwords. A .Itw as the m ovem entofthe Jew s ca led for
unitingthemspreadacrosstheworldandto
8.W hatw ere the m ain tactics used during C old
reclaimPalestineastheirHomelandandbuilda
W ar?
separate state forJew s. 18.W hich areas are
A. 1.ProxyWars
being used as bufferzones
by Israel?
2 . M ilita ry A lia n c e s
A.1.G aza 2.G olan H eights 3.W estBank 19.W hy
3.A rm s Race
did Egyptsupportthe Palestinians
9.NamesomeMilitaryAliancesformedduring
duringtheconflict?
Cold W ar?
A.AsanArabcountry,Egyptsupportedthe
A.Militaryaliances:1.NATO2.WarsawPact
PalestinianswhoarealsoArabs.
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20.W hatw as P LO ? W ho w as its leader? A .It w as the fo rm in w hich the lib eratio n strug g le
A.ThePalestinianLiberationOrganisation(PLO) organisedbythesupportersofMujiburRahman
w as an organisation form ed w ith a lthe different forseparateBangladeshcountryfromPakistan.
Arabfractions aimingtoregainthelanditlost
31.W hatw as KargilW ar?
withoutviolence.YasserArafatwastheleader.
A.1.Anti-Indianmilitantsoccupiedportionsof
21.W hatw as the tw in slogan ofSaddam IndianTerritoryinJ&Kwiththebackingof
H ussein used in 1968-coup in Iraq? Pakistanarmy.
A. 1.ArabNationalism 2.Theywererepeledthroughamajormilitary
2.Socialism operationin1999caledKargilWar.
32.W hathas been a m ajorirritantin the relation
22.W rite aboutRevolution in Iran. betw een India and SriLanka?
A.1.RevolutiontookplaceinIranin1979inwhich A.IthasbeenthetreatmentofTamilspeaking
thekingofIransupportedbytheUSwasremoved. m inorities by SriLankan G overnm ent.
2.And a new governm entjointly contro led by 33.W hatis proxy w ar?
Shia Islam ic clerics and dem ocratica ly elected A .1.The w arbetw een tw o sm a lcountries
leaderswasestablished. representing benefits ofthe superpow ers is ca led
23.W ho are the Talibans? proxywar.
A .They w ere Islam ic extrem ists w ho took over 2.The superpow ers used this strategy during the
A fghanistan afterw ithdraw alofU SSR Troops coldwarwithoutfightingdirectly.
from the country.
24.W hatw ere the reform s introduced by
GorbachevinUSSRcaled?
A.1.Glasnost2. Perestroika
20.SOCIALMOVEMENTSINOURTIMES
25.W hatdid the co lapse ofthe USSR m ark?
A.Itm arked the beginning ofnew Era the w orld
p o litic s . 1.W hatis the role ofpeople in m ovem ents?
A.Theyparticipateinlargenumbers,tryto
1.Eraofunipolarworld understand som e problem ,decide in favourof
som e form ofchange then actua ly forit.
2.Eraofglobalisation
2.W hy w as the A m erican C ivilRights M ovem ent
26.W hatis UnipolarW orld? fought?
A .A situation in w hich the w orld politics are A.Itwasfought:
contro led by a single pow erfulcountry i.e.the 1.ForequaltreatmentofAfricanAmericans/
U SA is ca led U nipolarW orld. BlackAmericans
27.W rite any tw o principles ofP anchsheel. 2.Againsttherulesthatpermitedsegregationof
blacksandwhitesinschools,busesandpublic
A.1.Respectforeachother'ssovereigntyand
places
te rrito ria l in te g rity
3. Againstthediscriminationagainstthemin
2.Non-interferenceintheinternalaffairsofother
appointments,housingandvotingrights.
countries
3.W hatw ere the non-violentform s ofthe
28.W ho is DalaiLam a? Am erican CivilRights M ovem ent?
A.HeistheleaderofTibet,whotookasylumin A. 1.Massivedemonstrations
IndiaafterChinaannexed Tibetin1950.
2.M arches
29.W hatw as the resultofIndo-Pak W ar1947-48? 3.Civildisobedience
A.KashmirwasdividedintotwopartsbyaLineof 4.Boycotofdiscriminatoryservice
C o n tro l.
1.PakistanoccupiedKashmir(PoK)2.Jammu& 4.W hatw ere the dem ands ofthe W ashington
Kashm ir(Indian state) M arch protesters?
A.Theirdemands:
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2.Fu land fairem ploym ent underprivilegedandpoor.ThisiscaledNeo-
3.Righttovote liberalism/Globalisation.
4.Integratededucationsystem
11.W hy w as G reenpeace m ovem entstarted?
5.W ho w ere the im portantleaders ofH um an A.1.Itstartedasaprotestin1971againstthe
RightsMovementintheUSSR? A m erican underw aternucleartests nearA laska,
A.1.AlexanderSolzhenitsyn,thefamouswriter USA.
2.AndreiSakharov,thenuclearscientist 12. W hatis the aim ofGreenpeace m ovem ent?
6.W hatw as G lasnost? A .Its aim is ensuring the ability of the earth to
A.TheprocessofreformintheUSSRbyPresident nurturelifeinalitsdiversity.
Gorbachevtobringgreaterfreedomforthepeople
13.Whatarepolaricecaps?
w as ca led G lasnost.
A.The vastaccum ulations ofw aterin the form of
7.WhatistheMilitary-Industrialcomplex? Ice on the tw o poles are ca led polarice caps.
A.The com panies w hich produce nucleararm s
arecolectivelycaledthemilitaryIndustrial 14.W hatare the fourm ain dom ains ofthe
complex. Bhopalgasdisastervictims?
8.W hatare the differences betw een SA LT and A.1.Properm edicaltreatm entto the victim s
S T A R T discussio ns? 2.Adequatecompensationforthembasedon
A. internationalstandards.
3.Fixingcriminalresponsibilityforthedisasteron
the m anagem entofM N C.
4.Stepstopreventsuchdisastersinfuture.
SALT START 15.Giveexamplesformultipurposedamsin
1.TheUSAandthe 1.Thelargestandmost India.
USSRbegan Strategic complexarmscontrol A .1.Bhakhra N angal 2.H irakud
Arm s Lim itation Talks treaty in the history
(SALT)tocutdown signedin1991between 3.NagarjunaSagar
theirnucleararsenal. USAandUSSRiscaled
2.Thesetalkswere StrategicArms 16.W hatdid the people to be displaced from
unsuccessful. ReductionTreaty Narmadariverprojectdemand?
rise (START). A.1. Afaircompensationtoalthepeoplewho
2.Duetothistreaty,80% livedthere
ofalstrategicnuclear 2.Properrehabilitationwithlandinreturnforthe
w eapons w ere rem oved landlost.
by 2001. 3.Afforestationtocompensateforthelossof
forestsunderthedam.
17.W hy did the W orld Bank decide to w ithdraw
9.W hatw ere the effects ofC hernobylA ccident? itsfundingtoSardarSarovarProject?
A.1.A m ajoraccidenttook place in the nuclear A.Becauseoftheintenseprotests,mobilization,
plantatChernobylinUSSRkiling m arches,hungerfasts and an international
1. A large num berofw orkers died in the accident. cam paign by N arm ada Bachao Andolan (N BA),
2.Italso contam inated the atm osphere in m any the W orld Bank w ithdrew its funding.
Europeancountries. 18.W hatw as SilentVa ley M ovem ent?
3.Its effects created a new aw areness am ong the A.Itw as started againstbuilding a dam across
peopleofworldaboutthedangerofnuclear tworiversintheSilentValeyinWesternGhatsin
pow er. Kerala.
4.Ithelpedtomergeantiwarconcernswiththe 2.Aftersevereprotests,thegovernmentstopped
concerns ofenvironm entalprotection. 10.W hatis N the projectand converted the va ley into a
NationalParkin1985.
eo-liberalism ?
A .The econom ic and politicalchanges happening 19.W rite aboutA nti-arrack M ovem entin A P .
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A.1.Itwasstartedagainstthesaleanddrinking 2.Funds
ofliquorbyDalitwomenofDubaguntavilagein 3.Em ploym ent
NeloredistrictofAP.
2 .A fter p ro tests b y w o m en acro ss the state, 2.W hich area has been ca led Telangana in
arrack w as officia ly banned in 1993 and total erstwhile-HyderabadState?
prohibitionwasimposedin1995. A.TheareaofeightdistrictsofHyderabadState,
consistedofTeluguspeakingpeoplehasbeen
20.W hatis AFSP Act,1958?
ca led Telangana.
A.1.ArmedForcesSpecialPowersAct(AFSPA,
1958)givesthesecurityforcestherighttoarrest 3.W hatw ere the three distinctregions speaking
orshootpeoplesimplyundersuspicionofbeing Telugulanguage?
involvedinanti-nationalactivities. A. 1.Telangana
2.N orth Eastern states are dem anding to scrap 2.CoastalAndhra
the A ctas itis argued thatthe provisions ofthe 3.Rayalaseema
lawhavebeenabused.
21.W hatis M eira PaibiM ovem ent? 4.W hy did the dem and forVishalandra com e
A .1.Itw as started by the M anipuriw om en to fromAndhraregion?
preventthepublicdisorderduetoalcoholabuse A.Becausetherichfromcoastalareaswerekeen
in late 1970s. to investin Telangana to m ake use ofits
2.AfterimposingAFSPAinthestate,theystarted resources.
patrolinginthestreetsatnightagainstthe
5.W ho w ere the signatories to the G entlem en's
militaryoperationsandhumanrightsviolationsby
agreement1956?
the arm y.
A.
22.Whatarethesimilaritiesbetweentheanti- FromTelangana: FromAndhra:
arrack m ovem entofand M eira Paibim ovem ent?
A.1.Bothmovementswerestartedbywomen. 1.BurgulaRamakrishna 1.BezawadaGopal
Rao Reddy
2.The rootcause ofthe m ovem ents is alcoholism . 2.KVRangaReddy 2.NeelamSanjeeva
3.Both w ere successful. 3.JVNarasingaRao Reddy
4.Itshowsthatanythingcanbepossibleif 4.MarriChennaReddy. 3.GouthuLatchanna
womenareunited. 4.A luriSatyanarayana
23.W hatare the basic features ofa social Raju.
m ovem ent?
A.1.Socialmovementsraisediversedemands.
2.Som e resistthe changes thatare forced upon
6.W hatw ere the M ulkirules?
and som e otherdem and forchange
A.Theseweretherulesunderwhichonlythose
3.They often distance them selves from individual
w ith a m inim um of12 years ofresidence in
politicalparties.
Telangana w ere eligible forjobs & adm ission to
4.Theywerefoughtinaparticipatoryand educationalinstitutionsinthisarea.
dem ocratic m anner.
7.Whatis"StatewithintheState"?
A .The G entlem en's A greem ent-1956 recognised
thedistinctidentityofTelanganawithinthenew
stateofAndhraPradesh.Soitcametobeknown
as"StatewithintheState”.
21.THE M OVEM ENT FOR THE FORM ATION 8.Whatarethemainreasonsforthediscontent
OFTELANGANASTATE overthenon-implementationoftheGentlemen's
Agreement?
A.Threemainreasons:
1.W hy did the people ofTelangana fightforlong
1.DiversionofsurplusrevenuefromTelanganato
tim e dem anding separate state?
otherregionsofthestate
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sector A.1.Thedevelopmentwasconfinedtoinand
3.G ranting ofdom icile status to C oastalA ndhra aroundHyderabadcity.
personsworkinginTelanganainviolationofthe 2. Thelocalpeopledidnotbenefitmuchfromthis
M ulkirules development.
3.Theywereinfactlosingcontrolovertheirown
9.W hatw as the centralgovernm entresponse to
landtorealestatedevelopers. 4.The people
the 1969 A gitation?
ofTelangana w ere notsatisfied due to the backw
A.1.The centralgovernm entheld
ardness ofthe otherparts ofthe region.
longtalksandcameupwithanEightPointPlan.
2.Itbasicalyconsistedofseting 16.W hatcould be the reasons forhighernum ber
up severalcom m itees ofsuicidesinTelangana?
3.Eventhoughthisdidnotsatisfymostpeople, A.1.Hugeinvestmentsinboringdeeperwelsdue
theagitationrecededforthetimebeing. to the depletion ofground w ater
10. WhatwasJaiAndhramovement?Whatwere 2.Increase in the prices ofinputs like fertilizers &
theirdemands? pesticides.
A.Thecountermovementstartedin1972in 3.Draughts,failureofcrops&lossoflivelihood.
Seem andhra region in response to the 1969- 4.C om petition from cheap im ported A gricultural
Telanganaagitation. Products. 17.Whywerethetribalorcasteorganisations
The dem ands: formedinTelangana?
1.Greaterdevelopmentofcoastaldistricts 1. Fightingagainstonslaughtontheir
2.Rem ovalofthe M ulkirules conventionalformsoflife.
11.W hatw as the resultofthe JaiAndhra 2.Forprotectingtheirexistentialneeds-Jal,
Jungle,Zameen(Water,Forest,Land)
m ovem ent?
A .1.A six pointform ula w as form ulated by the 18.Giveexamplesforthetribalorcaste
CentralGovernmentin1973,assuringalthe organisationsformed inTelanganaduringthe
regionsthatpriorityingovernmentemployment m ovem ent?
wouldbegiventolocalpeople. A.1.Tudum debba 2.Lam badaNagarabheri
3.Educationalopportunities w ould be expanded
in a lregions and a C entralU niversity w ould be set
upinHyderabad.

12. HowdidTelanganaloseitsdistinctidentity 3.YerukalaKurru4.MadigaDandora

as prom ised in the G entlem an's agreem ent? 5. Kurma-golaDoludebba6.MokuDebba
A.1.6-pointformulawasformulatedbycentral 19.W hatw ere the organisationalexperim ents
governm entin 1973 afterjaiAndhra m ovem ent. triedoutforTelanganaState?
2.The M ulkiRules and the regionalcom m itee for A. 1.Telangana JanaParishad
Telanganaweredroppedintheformula.Thus
2. TelanganaMahasabha
Telanganalostitsdistinctidentity.
3.TelanganaJanasabha
13.W hatare the m ain festivals thatare 4.TelanganaAikyaVedik
celebratedinTelanagna?
20.W hatare the differentprotestform s in
A. 1.Bathukamma 2.Bonalu
Telanganamovement?
14.G ive exam ples forthe film s w hich represent A. 1.DhoomDhaams 2.Garjanas
the people,language and culture ofTelangana 3.Padayatras 4. Bonalu
accurately? 5.Rangoli 6.Sadakbandh
A. 1.MaBhoomi2.OseyRamulamma 7. Relayhungerstrike8.Vantavaarpu

21.W hatis Dhoom Dhaam ?

3. Bathukamma4.JaiBoloTelangana A.This is a form ofprotestw ith songs and
dances by m any artists -Singers and dancers of
15.Duringthelasttwentyyears,Hyderabadhas
differentfolklorecomeontothesamedaisand
becom e a very large and prosperous city.W hy presenttheir skils
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22.W hatw as Vanta Varpu program ? A.Ex:1.BJP2.BSP3.CPI
A .Itw as a w ay ofprotestin w hich people cam e
on to the public roads,cooked food item s and ate 29.W hatcould be the reasons forthe low er
them ontheroaditselfduringtheTelangana literacyrateinTelanganaascomparedto
m ovem ent. CoastalAndhra?
A.1.Educationalopportunitieswerenotspreadal
23.W hatw as the im portance of
overTelangana.
K.ChandrasekharRao'sFastof2009in 2.DiscriminationagainstTelanganainthe
Telanganamovement?
alotmentoffundsforeducationinthebudget.
A.1. TheTRSleaderwasonfastfor10days
betw een 29th N ovem berand 9th D ecem ber2009. 30.W hatis G ross C ropped area?
2.This galvanized the people and the m ovem ent A .The totalarea on w hich crops w ere grow n in a
receivedandyouthrustandmeaning. year is ca led G ro ss C ro p p ed A rea.

24.W hich conditions persuaded the central 31.W hatare the differences betw een A ndhra
governm entto announce the form ation of andTelanganaregionsregardingirrigation
Telanganaon9thDecember2009? fa c ilitie s ?
A.1.Spreadingthemovementamongthe A.
com m unities atgrassroots Andhra Telangana
2. KChandrasekharRao'sfast
1.Canalsaremajor 1.1.Welsaremajor
3.The proposed Assem bly M u tadion 10th
irrig a tio n fa c ilitie s h e re . irrig a tio n fa c ilitie s h e re .
Decem ber.
2.Farmersdidnot 2.Thefarmersspenta
25.W hatare the reasons forthe w ithdraw alof spendmoneyascanal lotofmoney
announcem entofTelangana by the central irrigation w as provided to dug expensive w e ls.
government? bythegovernment. 3.GrossCroppedArea
A.1.Theinvestorsfromotherregionsworried 3.GrossCroppedArea didnotchange
abouttheirinvestmentsonpropertiesin increased.
H yderabad.
2.Andhrafarmersworriedofirrigationwaterthe .
canalsandregularelectricsupply 32.W hatw ould have been the bestw ay to use
3.Theyfeltthatitwouldbe unfortunatetodivide the m ineralresources ofTelangana?
the state,once united by Telugu language. A.Establishingmineralbasedindustriesinthis
4.Theypeoplestartedprotestsagainstthe regionisthebestway.
decision.
26.N am e the six m ajoragitations launched by 33.Whydidthestudentsplayaleadingrolein
TelanganaJointActionCommittee(TJAC)? dem anding a separate state forTelangana?
A. 1.N on Cooperation M ovem ent A .Because they hoped thatthey w ould getgood
jobopportunitiesintheirownstate.
2.MilionMarch 3.SakalaJanulaSamme 34.In w hatw ays the em ploym entopportunities
4.SagaraHaram 5.SansadYatra forSCs,tribalandnomadicpeopleofTelangana
6.Chalo Assem bly couldhavebeenensured?
A.1.Supplyingtherawmaterialsfortheircaste
27.W hatw as the 2014 Tim e Line ofform ation of professionsthroughspecialcorporations
Telanganastate? 2.Separatebudgetalocationforthesecategories
A.1.Lok Sabha passed the Telangana Bilon 18th 35.W hatare the problem s being faced by the
February. farm ers ofTelangana due to overreliance on
2.The Rajya Sabha passed the Bilon 20th welsforirrigation?
February. A.1.Depletionofthegroundwater
3.The Presidentsign on the bilon 1stM arch. 2.Spendingmoremoneyondiggingborewels
4.Telanganawasformedon2ndJune2014. deeper
28.Giveexamplesforthepartiesthatsupported
TelanganabilintheParliament?

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3.Spending large am ounts on electric m otors and
pum p sets.
4.Indebtednesswithincreased agricultural
investment.
36.W rite som e slogans used during the
Telanganamovement?
A.1969: 1.JaiTelangana!
2.Gonguragoback!
1.JaiTelangana!
2009:
JaiJaiTelangana!
2.KCR sachhudo!
Telanganavachhudo!

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 TELANGANA SOCIALSTUDIES TEACHERS FORUM (TSSTF)- NALGONDA
DIVISIONAL LEVEL SOCIAL STUDIES TALENT TEST

1. Which is the highest peak in Eastern Ghats ( )

A) Aroma konda B) Velikonda C) Pala konda D) Seshachala hill
2) The Triangular area which lies the south of Narmada river is called as ( )
A) Malwa Plateau B) Chota Nagpur Plateau C) Deccan Plateau D) Tibetan plateau
3) kudamkulam nuclear power plant established in this state ( )
A) Kerala B) Karnataka C) Tamilnadu D) Maharashtra
4. Schooling Revolution is related this state ( )
A) Himachal Pradesh B) Sikkim C) Kashmir D) Andhra Pradesh
5. “LOO” winds blow in this region ( )
A) Northern Plains B) Eastern Plains C) Western Plains D) Southern Plains
6. which of the following does not belong to the service sector ( )
A) Tailors B) Money lenders C) Astronaut D) Workers in a match factory
7. Gross Domestic Product means…. ( )
A) The amount of final and intermediate goods in a year
B) Total final goods and services in a decade
c) the total value of final goods and services produced in the world in a year
D) The value of final goods and services produced in a country during a year
8) Peninsular rivers flow in this direction ( )

A) West to East B) East to West C) North to South D) South to North

9) Population is influenced by these factors ( )
A) Births B) Deaths C) Migrations D) All the above
10) Which of the following is not a Himalayan river system ? ( )
A) Ganga River B) Indus River C) Brahmaputra River D) Godavari River
11) which one of the following is the reason for population change ( )
A) Births B) Deaths C ) Migrations D) All the above
12) A city with a population between 10 lakh and one crore is called as ( )
A) Revenue village B) Class Cities C) Mega cities D) Metropolitan cities
13) Which of the following is not suitable for establishment of settlements ( )
A) Place B) Situation C) History of the place D) People
14) Which of the following is not a factor of production ( )
A) Land B) Labour C) Capital D) Profit
15) Globalization happened in this century ( )
A) 15 thcentury th
B) 17 Century C) 20 thcentury D)11 thCentury
16) Multi National Company means ( )
A) which controls production in one country only
B) Which controls production in different places in the country
C) which cannot control production more than one country
D) which controls production in more than one country
17.After independence the policies taken by the government to ensure that people get food( )

A) establishment of fair price shops B) Mid day meals scheme

C) Anganwadi center D) Above all
18. This indicator is better as a measure of development ( )
A) Social Development B) Human Development C) Per Capita Income D) Above all
19.Sardar Sarovar dam constructed on which river ( )
A) River Godavari B) River Krishna C) River Tapti D) River Narmada
20. The book “Silent Spring” written by ( )
A) Gandhi B) Bava Mahaliya C) Digvijay Singh D) Rachel Carson
21) Countries that tried to dominate the Black Sea ( )
A) Turkey, America B) Russia, Turkey C) Britan, France D) Germany, Italy
22) Which of the following is not a doctrine of Sun Yat Sen?
A) Sun B) Min C) Chui D) shek
23) China’s ruling dynasty in the early 20 thcentury ( )
A) Tudor Dynasty B) Manchu Dynasty C) Stuart Dynasty D) Chin Dynasty
24) A day declared by Muslims as a day of direct action day ( )
A) September 6,th1947 B) December 7 th1948
C) August 16 th
1946 D) January 2 nd
1989
25) Chipko movement was started by ( )
A) Sundarlal Bahuguna B) Medhapatkar C) Irom sharmila D) None of the above
26) Where is the head quarters of Election Commission of India? ( )
A) Kolkata B) Bombay C) Bengaluru D) New Delhi
27) Present at what age Indian citizens are getting right to vote ( )
A) 12 B) 16 C) 18 D) 21
28) Method of Election to the Constitution Assembly ( )
A) Direct method B) Indirect Method C) Nomination Method D) Audio Method
29) The part where words like secularism ad socialism are included in the constitution ( )
A) Preamble B) Fundamental Rights C) Fundamental Duties D) Directive Principles
30) After the death of Nehru, Who assumed the post of Prime Minister ( )
A) Indira Gandhi B) Rajeev Gandhi C) P V Narasimha Rao D) Lal Bahadur Shastri
31) Who created Panchsheel ( )
A) Jawaharlal Nehru B) Ambedkar C) Rajeev Gandhi D) Indira Gandhi
32) A party that came to power at the Center after the Emergency ( )
A) Congress Party B) Shiromani Akalidal C) communist party of India D) Janata Party
33) Who said that even 15 paisa of every rupee spent on poor does not reach the poor ( )
A) Rajeev Gandhi B) Jyothi Basu C) Indira Gandhi D) Jawahar lal Nehru
34) cold war was fought between these two countries ( )
A) Japan, America B) Russia, Germany C) Russia, America D) Britain, France
35) The frequent conflict between Arabs and Jews is called as ( )
A) Europe Conflict B) West Asia conflict C) South Asia Conflict D) Arab Spring
36) Mira Paibi means ( )
A) Industrial workers B) Reformers C) Torch bearers D) Farmers
37) Which is not there in the demands of black people’s civil rights movement ( )
A) Decent Housing B) Right to Vote C) A co-educational facility for white and black
children D) Separate country
38) expand MGNREGA ( )
A) Mahatma Gandhi National Real Employment Act
B) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act
C) Mahatma Gandhi New Rural Employment Act
D) Mahatma Gandhi New Real Employment Act

39) Expand IPCC ( )

A) Internal Government Popular on Cloud Change
B) International Government post on Condensation Climate
C) Inter – Governmental panel on Climate Change
D) Internal Government on clock change
40) National Institution of Nutrition is located in ()
A) Hyderabad B) Mumbai C) Delhi D) Chennai

41) Eric Hobsbawm describes the 20 thcentury as ( )

A) The Age of Extremes B) The Age of Democracy C) The Age of theories D) The Age
of Intellectuals
42) The immediate cause of World War II ( )

A) Aggressive Nationalism B) Hitler Attack on Poland

C) Militarism D) Death of Ferdinand and Sofia
43) Revolution in telecom sector brought by ( )
A) Indira Gandhi B) P V Narasimha Rao C) A B Vajpayee D) Rajeev Gandhi
44) Emergency in the country was declared by ( )
A) Indira Gandhi B) Morarji Desai C) Charan Singh D) Babu jag Jeevan ram
45) An organization in which Muhammad Ali Jinnah was actively participated ( )
A) Indian National Congress B) Swarajya Party C) Muslim league D) Republican Party
46)The Slogan “ Do or Die” related to ( )
A) Non Co-operation movement B) Quit India Movement
C) Khilafat Movement D) Civil disobedience movement
47) Boundary line between India and China ( )

A) Durand line B) Mac Mohan line C) Everest line D) Radcliff line

48) Who among the following was not inspired by Communism ( )
A) Roy B) Tagore C) Jawaharlal Nehru D) Subhas Chandra Bose
49) A non – colonial country for Britain ( )
A) Vietnam B) India C) Nigeria D) Myanmar
50) Which one is mismatched ( )
A) Jammu hills – Jammu and Kashmir
B) Mishmi hills - Arunachal Pradesh
C) Kochhar hills - Assom
D) Patkai hills - Uttara Pradesh
51) Ooty is located in these mountains ( )
A) Mahadev Hills B) Nilgiris C) Araval i D) Annamalai
52) The following are related to public distribution system ( )
A) Self Help Groups B) Banks C) Rythu Bazar D) Fair price shops
53) The German word “Trade” means ( )
A) business B) Track C) Monsoon D) Jet stream
54) Which of the following is not a tributary of the river Indus ( )
A) Sutlej B) Teesta C) Ravi D) Chenab
55) Working age as per census ( )
A) 10 -14 years B) 20 – 60 years C) 15 – 59 years D) 21 – 62 years
56) Summer resorts like Shimla, Nainital, Missouri are located in this region ( )
A) Greater Himalayas B) Lower Himalayas C) Shivalik Range D) Nilgiris
57) Government collects mainly wheat and rice through this for the storage of food grains ( )

A) B C C I B) F C I C) D C I D) F C C I
58) A desert in the rainfed region of the Aravalli Mountains ( )
A) Sahara B) Thar C) Atacama D) Son
59) Density means….. ( )
A) Population growth B) Total Population
C) Number people in a Unit area D) Low Population
60) The Cold War belonged to which two countries ( )
A) Japan - U S A
B) Russia (USSR) – Germany
C) Russia (USSR) – U S A
D) Britain - France
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