Chapter 3 Drainage
Chapter 3 Drainage Question 1. Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below. (i) Which one of the following describes the drainage patterns resembling the branches of a tree? (a) Radial (b) Dendritic (c) Centrifugal (d) Trellis ans. (b) Dendritic pattern. (ii) In which of the following states is the Wular lake located? […]
Chapter 2 Physical Features of India
Chapter 2 Physical Features of India Question 1. Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below: (i) A landmass bounded by sea on three sides is referred to as (a) Coast (b) Island (c) Peninsula (d) None of the above Ans. (c) Peninsula (ii) Mountain ranges in the eastern part of India forming its […]
Chapter 1 India-Size and Location
Chapter 1 India-Size and Location Question 1. Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below. (i) The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through (a) Rajasthan (b) Odisha (c) Chhattisgarh (d) Tripura Ans. (b) Odisha. (ii) The easternmost longitude of India is (a) 97°25′ E (b) 68°7′ E (c) 77°6’E (d) 82°32’E Ans. (a) 97°25′ […]
Chapter 4 Food Security in India eng
Chapter 4 Food Security in India Question 1. How is food security ensured in India? Answer: Food security of a nation is ensured if all of its citizens have enough nutritious food available, all persons have the capacity to buy food of acceptable quality and there is no barrier to access to food. Question 2. […]
Chapter 3 Poverty as a Challenge eng
Chapter 3 Poverty as a Challenge Question 1. Describe how the poverty line is estimated in India. Answer: While determining the poverty line in India, a minimum level of food requirement, clothing, footwear, fuel and light, educational and medical requirements etc. are determined for subsistence. These physical quantities are multiplied by their prices in rupees. […]
Chapter 2 People as Resource eng
Chapter 2 People as Resource Question 1. What do you understand by ‘people as a resource’? Answer: People as a resource is a way of referring to a country’s working people in terms of their existing productive skills and abilities. Question 2. How is human resource different from other resources like land and physical capital? […]
Chapter 1 The Story of Village Palampur eng
Chapter 1 The Story of Village Palampur Question 1. Every village in India is surveyed once in ten years during the Census and some of details are presented in the following format. Fill up the following based on information on Palampur. (a) Location: (b) Total area of the village: (c) Land use (in hectares): Cultivated Land Land not […]
Chapter 6 Democratic Rights eng
Chapter 6 Democratic Rights Question 1. Which of the following is not an instance of an exercise of a fundamental right? (a) Workers from Bihar go to Punjab to work on the farms. (b) Christian missions set up a chain of missionary schools. (c) Men and women government employees get the same salary. (d) Parents’ property is inherited by […]
Chapter 5 Working of Institutions eng
Chapter 5 Working of Institutions Question 1. If you are elected as the President of India which of the following decision can you take on your own? (a) Select the person you like as Prime Minister. (b) Dismiss a Prime Minister who has a majority in the Lok Sabha. (c) Ask for reconsideration of a bill passed by […]
Chapter 4 Electoral Politics eng
Chapter 4 Electoral Politics Question 1. Which of the following statements about the reasons for conducting elections are false? (a) Elections enable people to judge the performance of the government. (b) People select the representative of their choice is an election. (c) Elections enable people to evaluate the performance of the judiciary. (d) People can indicate which policies they […]