11) Write any three features of Himalayas.
12) Distinguish between Khadar and bhangar.
13) What is the longitudinal and latitudinal extension of India. What is its
importance?
14) Discuss the major reasons of poverty in India.
15) What is democracy ? What are the features of democracy?
16) Describe the circumstances leading to the outbreak of revolutionary
protest in France.
17)Why do we need a constitution and what does the constitution do?
18) On an outline map of India Mark the following-
a) Southernmost point of India.
b) Northernmost latitude of India.
c) Tropic of Cancer
d) The state which shares the boundaries with both China and Pakistan.
e) The state which shares its boundaries with China, Nepal and Bhutan.
Answers
15.(i) Democracy is a form of government in which rulers are elected by the people on the principle of one person, one vote. (ii) Democracy must be based on free and fair elections, where those who are currently in power have a fair chance of losing. Voters should have a choice of candidates.
Answer:
11) The Himalayas, geologically young and structurally fold mountains, stretch over the northern borders of India.
(ii) These mountain ranges run in a west-east direction from the Indus to the Brahmaputra.
(iii) The Himalayas represent the loftiest and one of the most rugged mountain barriers of the world.
12) khadar soil-
• new Alluvial soil is known as Khadar.
•it is more fertile.
• the Nava younger deposit of the fluid Plains are cold Khadar.
•khadar soil is found in law areas like valleys which are flooded every year.
Black soil-
• the older alluvium of the plain is called Bangar.
• it is less fertile.
• with continuous deposit off alluvium a terrace like feature is formed.
• the bhangar soil has high concentration of kankar or bigger particles.
13)The longitudinal extent of India is 68 degree 7' E and 97 degree 25' E whereas the latitudinal extent of India is 8 degree 4' N and 36 degree 7' N. 1. Longitudinal extent influences the climate in the region. ... The latitudinal extent influences the duration of day and night as one moves from south to north.
14)Poverty is one of the biggest social cause in India. Poverty has become the root cause for all the other issues and this becomes a hindrance for the development of the country.
15)democracy is a form of government that allow people to choose their rules and in which ruler are elected by pe. feature of democracy: 1. leader elected by people rule the country.
16)The circumstances which led to the outbreak of revolutionary protest in France were a combination of social, economic, political and Intellectual circumstances. ... They did not have any political rights or social status, but paid all the taxes. So, they were very discontented.
17)A Constitution helps serve as a set of rules and principles that all persons in a country can agree upon as the basis of the way in which they want the country to be governed. The constitution also spells out the ideals the citizens believe that their country should uphold. That is why we need a Constituition.