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QUESTION -2

a) Who invented the telescope? What did Isaac Newton prove?

b) Name any two literary works of Shakespeare.

c) What was the famous theory introduced by Copernicus?

d) Mention any two famous paintings of Leonardo da Vinci.

e) In which country was the first printing press set up? When was it?


QUESTION - 3


With reference to the Gram Panchayat , describe the following functions :


a) Civic Facilities
b) Welfare Functions
c) Developmental Functions ​

Answer 1

QUESTION -2

a) The Newtonian telescope, also called the Newtonian reflector or just the Newtonian, is a type of reflecting telescope invented by the English scientist Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727), using a concave primary mirror and a flat diagonal secondary mirror.

Isaac Newton changed the way we understand the Universe. Revered in his own lifetime, he discovered the laws of gravity and motion and invented calculus. He helped to shape our rational world view.

b) *Comedy of Errors.

*Merchant of Venice.

c) Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) was a mathematician and astronomer who proposed that the sun was stationary in the center of the universe and the earth revolved around it.

d) *Mona Lisa (c. 1503–19) ...

*Last Supper (c. 1495–98) ...

e) China

Created in China, the printing press revolutionized society there before being further developed in Europe in the 15th Century by Johannes Gutenberg and his invention of the Gutenberg press.

QUESTION - 3

Gram Panchayat is an ‘Executive Wing’ of the Gram Sabha. It ensures that Constitution makers’ dream of ‘Gram Swaraj’ is realised. The members of a Gram Panchayat are elected by the Gram Sabha.

a) Provision of safe drinking-water which involves construction and maintenance of public wells and tanks.

b) Health care facilities for which the Panchayats set up dispensaries and health centers.

c) *Minor irrigation schemes.

*Preparation and execution of agricultural plans.

Answer 2

Ans=1The Newtonian telescope, also called the Newtonian reflector or just the Newtonian, is a type of reflecting telescope invented by the English scientist Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727), using a concave primary mirror and a flat diagonal secondary mirror.

2=Comedy of Errors, Merchant of Venice.

3=Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) was a mathematician and astronomer who proposed that the sun was stationary in the center of the universe and the earth revolved around it.

4=Mona Lisa, Last Supper.

5=China.