Sunday, 3 March 2013

CBSE Class 10 - SA2- Science (KV) Sample Q Paper - 2012-13


Class 10 -Science Sample Paper (SA2) - 2012-13


Here follows a SA-2 Science Sample Question Paper (Solved) by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghatan


See also  blog article for more SA2 - class 10 science papers.




Saturday, 2 March 2013

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

Colonialism and the City

The Story of an Imperial Capital
CBSE Class 8 - Our Pasts iii - CH6 - Colonialism and the City
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


Friday, 1 March 2013

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).

Thursday, 28 February 2013

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?

Wednesday, 27 February 2013

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.