CBSE Class 10 - Geography - Minerals and Energy Resources (Short Q and A) (#cbseNotes)

Class 10 - Geography Minerals and Energy Resources (Short Q and A)

Q1: What are Placer deposits?

Answer: Minerals that occur as alluvial fans in sands of valley floors, and the base of hills.


Q2: Define Rat-hole Mining.

Answer: In the tribal areas of North-East India mining is carried out by individuals or communities illegally. The mining is done in the form of a long narrow tunnel known as Rat hole mining.


Q3: Write two uses of Mica and also areas famous for mica deposits.

Answer: Mica is used in electric and electronic industries
Areas found in:
(a) Gaya-Hazaribagh inJharkhand, and
(b)Ajmer and Beawarin Rajasthan

CBSE Class 10 - Social Science - Periodic Test Paper 2 - (2017-18) (#cbsePapers)

CBSE Class 10 - Social Science - Periodic Test Paper 2 - (2017-18)

CBSE Class 10 - History - Chapter 4 - The Making of a Global World (Important Terms To Remember) (#cbseNotes)

Chapter 4 - The Making of a Global World (Important Terms To Remember)

Trade:
It is an activity of buying selling or exchanging goods or services between people firms or countries.



Silk Route:
The Silk Route is a historical network of interlinking trade routes across the Afro-Eurasian landmass that connected East , South , and Western Asia with the Mediterranean and European world, as well as parts of North and East Africa. The name ‘silk routes’ points to the importance of West-bound Chinese silk cargoes along this route.


Indentured Labour:
A bonded labour under contract to work for an employer for a specific amount of time, to pay off his passage to a new country or home.

CBSE Class 9/10/NTSE/CTET - Important Rivers Of India (#cbseNotes)

Important Rivers Of India

CBSE Class 9 - Geography Notes

1. Ganga
States covered: Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal
Length: 2,525 K.M.
Origin at: Gangotri
Ends at: Bay of Bengal


2. Yamuna
States covered: Uttarakhand,Himachal Pradesh,Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi
Length: 1,376 K.M.
Origin at: Garhwal in Yamunotri
Ends at: Bay of Bengal


3. Brahmaputra
States covered: Assam, Arunachal,Tibet
Length: 2,900 K.M.
Origin at: Lake Manasarovar
Ends at: Bay of Bengal

CBSE Class 10 - Social Science - Periodic Test 1 - Question Paper - (2017-18) (#cbsenotes)

CBSE Class 10 - Social Science  - Periodic Test 1 - Question Paper  - (2017-18) 

CBSE Class 10 - Marking Scheme of SA2 Social Science Sample Question Paper (2016-17)

CBSE Class 10  - Marking Scheme of SA2 Social Science Sample Question Paper (2016-17)

See Class 10 SA2 Social Science SQP (2016-17)

CBSE Class 10 - SA2 Social Science Sample Question Paper (2016-17) (#cbsepapers)

CBSE Class 10  - SA2 Social Science Sample Question Paper (2016-17)

See Marking Scheme of SA2 Social Science SQP (2016-17)

CBSE Class 10 - Economics - Consumer Rights (Short Q and A) (#cbseclass10)(#cbsenotes)

Consumer Rights

Class 10 - Economics 

Short Q & Answers


Q1: What are the different ways of exploitation of consumers in the market?

Answer:
 ① Higher price
 ② Quality lapse
 ③ Underweight & under measurement


Q2: Define consumer.

Answer: Consumer is a person who buys and uses a good or service from the market after making a payment.


Q3: What is CORPA?

Answer: is CORPA is the consumer Protection Act enacted by the government of India on 24th December 1986.

CBSE Class 10 - SA2 (Pre) Social Science Sample Question Paper (2016-17) (#cbsepapers)

CBSE Class 10  - SA2 (Pre) Social Science Sample Question Paper (2016-17)

CBSE Class 10 - History - Rise Of Nationalism in Europe (#cbsenotes)

Rise Of Nationalism in Europe 

Unification of Germany in 1848
image courtesy: wikimedia commons

MCQs based on NCERT Class 10 - History  Chapter 

Q1: In 18th century, political clubs became an important rallying point for people who wished to discuss government policies and plan their own form of action. Of them which club was most successful?

(a) The Jacobins
(c) The Bolsheviks
(b) The Marseillaise
(d) None of these


Q2: When dis industrialization begin in England?

(a) In the first half of the 18th century.
(b) In the second half of the 18th century.
(c) In the first half of the 19th century.
(d) In the second half of the 17th century.


Q3: ____ is a political philosophy that stressed the importance of tradition, established institutions and customs and preferred gradual development to quick change.

(a) Liberalism
(b) Conservatism
(c) Radicalism
(d) None of the above


Q4: Which one of the following types of government was functioning in France before the revolution of 1789?

(a) Dictatorship
(b) Militar
(c) Monarchy
(d) Council of French Citizen

CBSE Class 10 - History - THE RISE OF NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

THE RISE OF NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

Commonly Asked Questions

Q1: What was Federic Sorrieu's dream of 'Democratic Republics'?

Answer: In 1848, Federic Sorrieu prepared a print called 'The Dream of Worldwide Democratic and Social Republic. He tried to visualise his dream of a world made up 'democratic republics'. According to him:

1. People of Europe and America marching and forming a long train towards the statue of liberty and offering homage to it.

2. He personified liberty as a female figure.

3. In his glorified dream, he grouped people of the world as distinct nations which are identified by their national costumes and national flags.

4. From heavens, Saints and angels gaze upon the scene symbolising the fraternity among the nations of the world.


Q2: How the concept of nation was visualised in Europe in 18th and 19th century?

Answer:
1. Artists in 18th and 19th centuries tried to give a face and personify the concept of a nation.
2. Nations were portrayed as female figures and alma mater (motherlands).
3. The Female figure became an allegory of the nation. e.g. Germania. In her visual representation, Germania wears a crown of oak leaves as the German Oak stands for heroism.

CBSE Class 10 - Economics - Globalisation and Indian Economy

Globalisation and Indian Economy

Q & A based on NCERT Chapter

Q: Define Globalisation.

Answer: Globalisation is an integration among the countries through foreign trade and foreign investments by MNCs. Its a linkage of nation's markets with global markets.


Q: What is MNC? Give two examples.

Answer: Multinational Corporation or MNC is a business firm operating in several countries but centrally managed from one (home) country.
Examples of MNCs in India: Nokia, Ford, L&T, Oracle


Q: List three factors for globalisation.

Answer:  Factors for globalisation are:

Ⓐ Liberalisation of trade and investment policies.
Ⓑ Improvement in Technology
Ⓒ Influence from international organizations.

CBSE Class 10 - Social Science- SA1- Sample Question Paper (2016-17)

CBSE Class 10 - Social Science- SA1- Sample Question Paper (2016) 

CBSE Class 10 - Social Studies- SA2- Sample Question Paper with Marking Scheme(2016)

CBSE Class 10 - Social Studies- SA2- Sample Question Paper with Marking Scheme(2016) 

CBSE Class 10 - Geography - Chapter 6 - Manufacturing Industries (Very Short Q and A)

Manufacturing Industries

Steel Factory

VSQA based on NCERT Chapter

Q1: Which industry uses limestone as raw material?


Answer: Cement



Q2: Enterprises like BHEL, SAIL etc. are categorised as which type of industrial sector?

Answer: Pubic sector enterprises


Q3: What is agglomeration economy?

Answer: Cities provide markets and other facilities like banking, insurance, transport, labour, consultants etc. to various sectors of business and industries. Many industries come together and make use of services offered by these urban institutions. This is known as agglomeration economy.


Q4: What is the full form of NTPC?

Answer: National Thermal Power Corporation



Q5: Give an example of agro-based industry?

Answer: Sugar industry, Textile industry.

CBSE Class 10 - Economics - Chapter 3 - Money and Credit (Short Q and A)

Money and Credit

Short Question and Answers based on NCERT Chapter

Q1: Define money?

Answer: It is defined as medium of exchange.


Q2: What does money serve?

Answer: Money serves as :
a. a unit of accounting
b. a store of value or purchasing power
c. a standard of deferred payment


Q3: What is Double Coincidence of Wants?

Answer: It refers to a situation wherein what a person wishes to sell is exactly the same as that the other person wishes to buy.



Q4: In which situation Double Coincidence of Wants is the most suitable?

Answer: In barter system.



Q5: What is the form of money in Ancient Period?

Answer: Grain and cattle (Barter System)

CBSE Class 10 - History - The Rise Of Nationalism In Europe (Important Definitions)

The Rise Of Nationalism In Europe 

Important Definitions

The Titan's Goblet - Painted by Thomas Cole in 1833
- An allegorical depiction

Q1: Define Nationalism.

Answer: A sense of belonging to one nation. Its a feeling of pride and patriotism towards country one belongs to.


Q2: What is Plebiscite?

Answer: A direct vote by which the people of a region, themselves decide to accept or reject a proposal.


Q3: Who is an absolutist?

Answer: It refers to an unrestricted, despotic and authoritarian often referred to central repressive monarchy government.


Q4: Define Monarchy

Answer: It is a form of government headed by a king or family members or a dynasty family.

NCERT Solution Class 10 - Social Science - CH3 : Democracy and Diversity

Democracy and Diversity

NCERT Chapter Solutions for CBSE Class 10 Political Science  

Q1: Some Dalit groups decided to participate in the UN Conference against racism in Durban in 2001, demanding the inclusion of caste in the agenda of this conference. Here are three reactions to this move:

Amandeep Kaur (a government official): Our Constitution declares caste discrimination to be illegal. If some caste discrimination continues, it is an internal matter. I am opposed to this being raised in an international forum. 

Oinam (a sociologist) : I am opposed to this because caste and race are not similar divisions. Caste is social division, while race is a biological one. Raising caste in this conference on racism would mean equating the two.

Ashok (a Dalit activist) : The argument about internal matter is  a way of preventing open discussion of oppression and discrimination. Race is not purely biological. It is as much a legal and sociological category as caste. Caste discrimination must be raised in this conference.

Which of the three opinions do you agree with most and why?

Answer: I agree with Ashok's views. We should not prevent people from an open discussion of oppression and discrimination just for the sake of internal state matter. We can't discriminate people and divide them based on intellectual grounds. We can't be a democratic nation and a free society, if there is oppression and discrimination in our society. Open debates is one of the indicator of a democratic society which values equality.


Q2: I met this group of girls from Pakistan and felt that I had more in common with them than many girls from other parts of my own country. Is this anti-national to feel so?

Answer: No. It is not anti-national to feel so.  It is quite common that people belong to different regions or nations can have common liking and interests. For example, the girls from Pakistan may like Hollywood movies, south Indian food and Thai food like any other girl from India.


Q3: A Cartoon like  this can be read by different people to mean different things. What does this  cartoon mean to you? How do other students in your class read this?

Answer: The giant in the cartoon is going to cut his black colour hand which is different from his other white hand. His small head reflects that he fails to realize that this stupid act would cripple him for life. It definitely reflects how a narrow minded society can harm itself by keeping a biased discrimination among its own people.
Other students in my class may have different opinions or perspectives.


Q3: Read these three poems by Dalit writers. Why do you think the poster is titled ‘Hidden Apartheid’?

Answer: These poems reflect that atrocities on Dalits and discrimination based on caste still exist in one way or other despite having laws to check such exploits.


Q4: Imrana is a student of class X, section B. She and all her classmates are planning to help students of class XI in giving a farewell party to the students of class XII. Last month she played for section team in a game of kho-kho against the team of class X, section A. She goes back home in a bus  and joins all  the students from various classes all of who come from trns- Yamuna area in Delhi. Back home, she often joins her elder sister, naima, in complaining against her brother who does no work at home, while the sisters are asked to help their mother. Her father is looking for a good match for her elder sister, from  a Muslim family with a similar economic status, from their own ‘biradari’.

Can you list the various kinds of identities that Imrana has?

At home She is a girl
In terms of religion                 She is __________
In the school         She is __________
_____________ She is __________
_____________ She is __________


Answer: Imrana has different identities in different contexts:

  At home She is a girl
In terms of religion She is Muslim
In the school She is a class X student
In class X She is from section B
In the game She is a member of kho-kho team
In the family She is Naima’s younger sister.

CBSE Class 10 - Social Science - SA1 Question Paper (2014)

SOCIAL SCIENCE Q. Paper

Class X Summative Assessment-I (September 2014) 

Time Allowed: 3 hours                                                                   Maximum Marks: 90

	INSTRUCTIONS (i) Question Paper has 30 questions in total. All questions are compulsory. (ii) Marks are indicated against each question. (iii) Questions No. 1 to 8 are very short answer questions and carry 1 mark each. (iv) Questions from 9 to 21 carry 3 marks each. Answers of these questions should not exceed 80 words. (v) Questions from 22 to 29 carry 5 marks each. Answer of these questions should not exceed 100 words. (vi) Question No. 30 is a map question. Attach the map inside your answer book.
Q1:	Explain any five reasons for bringing in large number of new readers among children, women and workers during the late 19th century. Or Identify the hero of the novel 'Indulekha'.	1
Q2:	In what broad category do the soils of Maharashtra fall?	1
Q3:	Which local body has a 'Mayor' as its head?	1
Q4:	What does the concept of patriarchy refer to?	1
Q5:	What is the language .spoken by the people residing in the Wallonia region of Belgium?	1
Q6:	How many days of guaranteed employment are provided under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005?	1
Q7:	Give an example of a non-renewable resource.	1
Q8:	ATM is an example of which sector?

CBSE Class 10 - History - THE AGE OF INDUSTRIALISATION (MCQs)

THE AGE OF INDUSTRIALISATION

(MCQs)

Industrial Revolution led to pathetic conditions
for women and children.
credits: clipart-europe.com

Q1: When did the earliest factories come up in England?

(a) 1720s
(b) 1730s
(c) 1740s
(d) 1750s


Q2: Guilds were associations of

(a) Industrialization
(b) Exporters
(c) Traders
(d) Producers


Q3: Which one of the following factories was considered as a symbol of new era in England in the late eighteenth century?

(a) Iron and steel
(b) Metal
(c) Jute
(d) Cotton


Q4: Who invented the steam engine

(a) New Camen
(b) Richard Arkwright
(c) James Watt
(d) None of the above

Q5: In India, the first cotton mill was set up in

(a) Madras
(b) Bombay
(c) Kanpur
(d) Surat