Question

Q.2. Define the following terms.
(a) Manuscript
(b) Orbit
(c) Inequality​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) Manuscript:

A manuscript is an old document that was written by hand before printing was invented.

b) Orbit: An orbit is the path that an object takes in space when it goes around a star, a planet, or a moon. It can also be used as a verb. For instance: “The earth orbits around the Sun.” The word 'revolves' has the same meaning, but 'rotates' is the spin of the object.

Inequality: Social inequality is characterized by the existence of unequal opportunities and rewards for different social positions or statuses within a group or society. It contains structured and recurrent patterns of unequal distributions of goods, wealth, opportunities, rewards, and punishments.

Answer 2

Answer:

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a) MANUSCRIPTS

➯ Manuscripts are an important source of information for historians.Manuscripts are documents that have been written by hand.Originally,they were written on stone or clay tablets.In India,early manuscripts were written on the dried bark of trees,thinly beaten copper plates and dried palm leaves.

Later around the 8thCE,in the middle East and Europe,people started writing on parchment (the dried skin of goats and sheep).Paper became a popular medium for manuscripts only after 15th century CE.

In India, manuscripts were usually written in Sanskrit or Pali.Tamil was one of the languages used in South India.

All written sources of ancient Indian history are basically of three types -religious literature, secular literature and the accounts of travellers.

b) Orbit

➯The path taken by the planets to go around the Sun is known as the orbit.

c) Inequality

➯Inequality is another basis of discrimination. Inequality takes on various forms like the unequal distribution of wealth,or the unequal status of men and women.

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