V. Answer in one or two sentences
1. What is meant by atmospheric pressure?
2. Describe about the composition of soil.
3. What were the regions covered in the Madras presidency during British re
4. State any four reason for the new trend of urbanization in the 19th century
5. What is meant by Black Money?
6. Give short note on Archives?
7. Write a short note on "Planetary winds”
8. Define 'weather'.
9. Write about the importance of Gurukulas.
10. What do you know about RTE?
11. Write a short note on Black Hole Tragedy.
12. What were the benefits derived by the English after the Battle of Plassey?
13. Mention the causes for the Battle of Buxar.
14. What are the traditional handicrafts industries of India?
Answers
Answer:
(1) The air around you has weight, and it presses against everything it touches. That pressure is called atmospheric pressure, or air pressure.
(2)The basic components of soil are minerals, organic matter, water and air. The typical soil consists of approximately 45% mineral, 5% organic matter, 20-30% water, and 20-30% air. These percentages are only generalizations at best.
(3) The Madras presidency during the British regime covered a vast exopause of the southern part of India that encompasses modern day Tamil Nadu, the Lakshadweep Island, Northern Kerala, Rayalaseema, coastal Andhra, districts of Karnataka and various districts of southern Odisha. Dalhousie Square in Calcutta and Fort St.
(4)Opening of Suez Canal, the introduction of steam navigation, construction of Railways, Canals, and harbours. Growth of factory industries etc.
(5)Black money includes all funds earned through illegal activity and otherwise legal income that is not recorded for tax purposes.
(6) An archives is a place where people can go to gather firsthand facts, data, and evidence from letters, reports, notes, memos, photographs, and other primary sources.
(7)Planetary winds comprise winds distributed throughout the lower atmosphere. The winds regularly blow throughout the year confined within latitudinal belts, mainly in north-east and south-east directions or from high-pressure polar-regions to low-pressure regions.
(8)Weather is the state of the atmosphere, describing for example the degree to which it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy. ... Weather refers to day-to-day temperature and precipitation activity, whereas climate is the term for the averaging of atmospheric conditions over longer periods of time.