Que.8.- Long answer type questions. (Any five)
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1. Improvement in water and sanitation can control many diseases. Explain
with the help of example
2. Why were the Delhi sultans interested in cutting down the forest? Docs
deforestation occur for the same reason today?
3. How are spring and neap tides formed?
4. How are high tides important?
5. How did some M.L.A. Become ministers?
6. How does a government function in a state?
7. What was the role of the Zamindar in Mughal administration?
Answers
Answer:
1. Water and sanitation are the basic necessities for the maintenance of our health. Poor quality of water causes a lot of health problems. Similarly, poor sanitation causes epidemics by giving birth to dangerous insects and worms. ... Improvement in water and sanitation can control these happenings.
3. The highest tides, called spring tides, are formed when the earth, sun and moon are lined up in a row. This happens every two weeks during a new moon or full moon. Smaller tides, called neap tides, are formed when the earth, sun and moon form a right angle. ... Neap tides happen during a quarter or three-quarter moon.
4. Tides cause changes in the depth of the sea, and also produce oscillating currents known as tidal streams, making prediction of tides important for coastal navigation. The strip of seashore that is submerged at high tide and exposed at low tide, the intertidal zone, is an important ecological product of ocean tides.
7.
The role of the zamindar in Mughal administration was to collect the revenues and taxes from the peasants. Thus, they acted as an intermediate between the Mughals and the peasants.
2nd answer..refer to the attachment
