CBSE Class 8 - Our Pasts iii - CH6 - Colonialism and the City

Colonialism and the City

The Story of an Imperial Capital

Vijay Chowk on Republic Day

Short Q & A

Q1: Name any two industrial cities that grew rapidly in Britain n the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries.

Answer: Leeds and Manchester 

Q2: Name the three Presidency cities of Colonial India in the late eighteenth century. Write their present names as well.

Answer: Calcutta (Kolkata), Bombay (Mumbai) and Madras (Chennai)

Q3: What is Urbanisation?

Answer: Urbanisation is the process by which more and more people begin to reside in towns and
cities. 

Q4: What is de-urbanisation?

Answer: It is the process by which more and more people begin recede away or leave the cities due to decline or decay of big cities or due to political reasons.

Q5: Name the Indian cities which were de-urbanised during the nineteenth century.

Answer: Machlipatnam, Surat and Seringapatam

CBSE Class 9 - SA2 Hindi -B (हिंदी पाठ्यक्रम - ब) Sample Question Paper 2012-13

Class 9 -हिंदी पाठ्यक्रम - ब - प्रशन पत्र Sample Paper (SA2)-2012-13

For this session (2012-2013), CBSE published sample questions including syllabus, marking scheme and Value based questions. The same is displayed below.

CBSE Class 7 - Our Pasts-ii - CH10 - Eighteenth Century Political Formations

Eighteenth Century Political Formations

Short Q & A

Q1: Who were Later Mughals?

Answer: The Mughal successors of Aurangzeb were known as Later Mughals. They were weak leaders and Mughal empire declined in their reigns.


Q2: During the period of Later Mughals, name the Iranian ruler who invaded Delhi?

Answer: Nadir Shah in 1739.


Q3: Name the Afghan ruler who invaded north India five times in Later Mughals period?

Answer: Ahmad Shah Abdali between 1748 and 1761.


Q4: The later Mughal emperors were puppets in the hands of which two powerful groups?

Answer: The Iranis and Turanis (nobles of Turkish descent).

CBSE Class 10 - SA2 Hindi - B (हिंदी पाठ्यक्रम - ब) Sample Question Paper 2012-13

Class 10 -हिंदी पाठ्यक्रम - ब - प्रशन पत्र Sample Paper (SA2)-2012-13

From this session (2012-2013), CBSE published sample questions including syllabus, marking scheme and Value based questions. The same is displayed below.


☛ You may download SA2 - 2012 papers from these links: QPaper-1, QPaper-2 and QPaper-3

CBSE - Class 10 - Social Science - CH8 - Challenges to Democracy

CHALLENGES TO DEMOCRACY

Q & A

Q1: What are the different types of challenges to a Democracy?

Answer:

• Constitutional Design
• Federalism and its functioning (centralization vs decentralization)
• Working of institutions (executive and judiciary)
• Elections
• Democratic rights
• Accommodation of diversity
• Political groups and organizations
• Challenge of Expansion of democracy 
• foundational challenge of making the transition to democracy
• challenge of deepening of democracy to strengthen
• Different countries have different challenges.

 
Q2:  What are the influences of Socio-economic Inequality on Indian democracy?

CBSE Class 9 - SA-2 - English (C) Sample Question Paper - 2012-13

Class 9 -English (Communicative) Sample Paper (SA2)

Here follows the Sample Question Paper by CBSE including syllabus, marking scheme and Value based questions.

CBSE Class 10 - Maths - Arithmetic Progression (MCQs)

Arithmetic Progression

MCQs

Q1: In an AP, if d = -4, n=7, a_n = 4, then a is

(a) 6
(b) 7
(c) 20
(d) 28


Q2(CBSE): Which term of the A.P. 24, 21, 18, ................... is the first negative term?

(a) 8th
(b) 9th
(c) 10th
(d) 12th


Q3(SQP): The sum of first five multiples of 3 is:

(a) 45
(b) 65
(c) 75
(d) 90

CBSE Class 10 - SA-2 - English (C) Sample Question Paper (2012-13)

Class 10 -English (Communicative) Sample Paper (SA2)-2012-13

From this session (2012-2013), CBSE has stopped publishing Sample Question Papers (SQP). However it did release syllabus, marking scheme and solved sample questions including Value based questions. The same is displayed below.


☛ You may download SA2 - 2012 papers from these links: QPaper-1, QPaper-2 and QPaper-3

CBSE Class 10 - Science - CH 15 - Our Environment (MCQs)(#eduvictors)(#class10Science)(#environmentQuiz)

Our Environment

(MCQs)

Q1: What percentage of sunlight is captured by plants to convert it into food energy?

(a) 1%
(b) 10%
(c) 50%
(d) more than 50%


Q2: Flow of energy in an ecosystem is  always

(a) unidrectional
(b) bidrectional
(c) multidirectional
(d) none of these


Q3: Which of the following is non-biodegradable?

(a) Tea leaves
(b) Nylon
(c) remains of animals
(d) fleece of sheep

CBSE Class 9 - Maths (SA2) Sample Question Paper- 2012-13

Class 9 -Maths Sample Paper (SA2)

From this session (2012-2013), CBSE has stopped publishing Sample Question Papers (SQP). However it did release syllabus, marking scheme and solved sample questions including Value based questions. The same is displayed below.