Answer the following questions in short:-
1. Differentiate between ubiquitous and localised resources.
2. Explain any two fundamental rights of the Indian constitution.
3. Explain the doctrine of lapse.
4. What is secularism?
5. What is colonial?
6. What do you mean by land use?
Answers
Answer:
1. Natural resources that are found every where are called ubiquitous resources, like air. Natural resources that found in a particular place are called localized resource like copper or iron ore.
2 The Constitution guarantees six fundamental rights to Indian citizens as follows: (i) right to equality, (ii) right to freedom, (iii) right against exploitation, (iv) right to freedom of religion, (v) cultural and educational rights, and (vi) right to constitutional remedies.
3. The doctrine of lapse was a policy of annexation initiated by the East India Company in the Indian subcontinent in relation to the princely states, and applied until 1859, two years after Company rule was succeeded by the British Raj.
4. Secularism is the principle of seeking to conduct human affairs based on secular, naturalistic considerations
5. Colonialism is a practice or policy of control by one people or power over other people or areas, often by establishing colonies and generally with the aim of economic dominance. In the process of colonisation, colonisers may impose their religion, language, economics, and other cultural practices.
6. Land use” is the term used to describe the human use of land. It represents the economic and cultural activities (e.g., agricultural, residential, industrial, mining, and recreational uses) that are practiced at a given place. Public and private lands frequently represent very different uses.