subject-history,geography,civics
Q1. Answer in detail (any 4)
a) List the rights that our constitution has given us to preserve the diversity of social groups in our country?
b) What you know about the great bath at Mohenjo-Daro?
c) Where was the kingdom of Magadha situated? What were the natural advantages that helped it to become the most powerful kingdom in north India?
d) Why do we need a government?
e) What is standard time? How is it useful?
f) What do you understand by the inclination of the earth’s axis?
Answers
Answer:
A) Our constitution provides that the state shall not discriminate against any citizen on the basis of religion , race , caste , sex or region .
It is important for all people to be equal because only then our society would develop in true sense of the term. It is our right to be treated equally.
C) Many rivers such as the Ganga and Son flowed through Magadha. These rivers made the land fertile for agriculture. Moreover, these rivers were important for transport and water supplies.
E) The standard time is the time required by an average skilled operator, working at a normal pace, to perform a specified task using a prescribed method.
F) The axis of the Earth is tilted at an angle of 23 1/2° from a perpendicular to the orbital plane. This tilting of the axis is called the inclination of the Earth's axis. Due to this inclination, the axis of the Earth makes an angle of 66 1/2° with the plane of the Earth's orbit.