Class X

Ch 3 The Making of Global World  Q. What role did the ‘Silk route’ play in linking distant parts of the world?  Answer: The routes on which cargoes carried Chinese silk to the west were known as ‘Silk routes’. (i) Historians have discovered several silk routes over land and by sea, covering vast regions of Asia and connecting Asia with Europe and North Africa. Even pottery from China, textile and spices from India and South Asia also travelled the same route. (ii) In return, precious metals like gold and silver flowed from Europe to Asia. The traders along with trading items carried knowledge, ideas, values, skills, inventions, lifestyles, food habits, religious beliefs, etc. (iii) Culturally, Buddhism emerged from Eastern India and spread in several directions through the silk routes. Thus, silk route not only played a major role in linking distant parts of the world, but also promoted pre-modern trade and cultural links. Q. Why did Europeans flee to America in the 19th Centu...

Ch 6 political party Answer the following questions Q. Name the national political party which gets inspiration from India’s ancient culture and values. Mention features of that party.  Answer: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gets inspiration from India’s ancient culture and values. Features: 1 This party founded in 1980 draws 2 Cultural Nationalism (Hindutva) is an important element in its conception of Indian nationhood and politics. 3 Wants full territorial and political integration of Jammu and Kashmir with India. 4 A uniform civil code for all people living in the country irrespective of religion and ban on religious conversions. 5 Earlier limited to north and west and to urban areas, the party expanded support in the south, east, the north-east and rural areas. Q. What is meant by a ‘national political party’? State the conditions required to be a national political party.  Answer: National political parties have their units in various states. By and large all these units f...

Class X Subject: S.St Chapter: Money and credit Answer the following questions Q. What is Barter system? Explain this system with an example. Ans. * Barter System: * In a barter system where goods are directly exchanged without the use of money, double coincidence of wants is an essential feature. When both parties have to agree to sell, buy and ready to exchange each other’s commodities are called double coincidence of wants. * Example * : A Shoe seller sells his shoe in exchange o f wheat. In this case, both parties i.e., shoe seller and wheat producers have to agree to sell and buy each other’s commodities. This is barter system and this system requires double coincidence of want. Q. Mention the short comings of the barter system that led to the evolution of money? Ans. A. Exchanging of goods was difficult. Demand of two persons for each other’s commodity should have risen at the same time, other wise exchange was not possible. This is known as double coincidence of w...

The Rise Of Nationalism in Europe  Answer the following questions- Q. Describe steps taken by the French revolutionaries to create a sense of collective identity amongst the French people.  Answer: French revolutionaries introduced various other measures such as: 1. The Estate General was elected by the body of active citizens and renamed the National Assembly. 2. New hymns were composed, oaths taken and martyrs commemorated all in the name of the nation. 3. A centralized administrative system was put in place and it formulated uniform laws for all citizens within its territory. 4. Internal customs, duties and dues were abolished and a uniform system of weights and measures was adopted. 5. Regional dialects were discouraged and French, as it was spoken and written in Paris, became the common language of the nation. 6. They further declared that it was the mission and the destiny of the French nation to liberate the people of Europe from despotism and help them to b...

  Chapter 2 - Forest and Wildlife Resources Notes Conservation of Forest and Wildlife in India Conservation is vital since it will help us to protect our environment and protect our ecosystem which in turn helps to preserve the genetic diversity that the ecosystem has. The Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act was implemented in 1972, which made various provisions for protecting habitats. The central government also announced several projects for protecting specific animals, which were gravely threatened, including the tiger, the one horned rhinoceros, the Kashmir stag or hangul, three types of crocodiles – fresh water crocodile, saltwater crocodile and the Gharial are some of the animals. The government has also provided partial or full legal protection to animals such as Indian elephants, black buck, snow leopard etc. to protect them from extinction.   Project Tiger The tiger population in 1973 declined to 1,827 from the estimated 55,000 and hence forced the authorities to t...

Chapter: Power Sharing   Q. Define the term Ethnic and brief about the ethnic composition of Belgium. Answer Ethnic means a social division based on shared culture and common descent. People belonging to an ethnic group may not necessarily share the same religion or nationality.   Belgium is a small country in Europe, having a population of a little over one crore. Its ethnic composition is as follows- 1. §     59 percent of the country’s total population lives in the Flemish region and speak Dutch language. 2. §     Another 40 percent of people live in the Wallonia region and speak French.The remaining one percent of the Belgians speak German. 3. §     In the Belgian capital, Brussels, 80 percent of the population is French-speaking and 20 percent is Dutch-speaking. 4. Remaining 1% of the Belgians speak German. 5. The minority French speaking community was relatively rich and powerful.   Q. Analyze how majoritariani...