10.
Define terms
Answer: a. Eviction, b. Violation, c. Criminal Law, d. Civil Law
Eviction is the process of forcing someone to leave a property.
Violation is the act of breaking a rule or law.
Criminal Law deals with crime and the legal punishment of criminal offenses.
Civil Law deals with disputes between individuals or organizations and seeks to resolve conflicts, often
through compensation.
11. Who was Swami Dayanand Saraswati?
Answer: Swami Dayanand Saraswati was an Indian philosopher, social leader, and founder of the Arya
Samaj, a Hindu reform movement.
12. Write a short note on Private Sector Industry?
Answer: Private sector industry is the part of the economy run by individuals and companies for profit
and is not controlled by the state.
13. Who was William Jones and William Carey?
Answer: William Jones was a British philologist and judge in India, known for his study of ancient India.
William Carey was a British Christian missionary, a social reformer, and a pioneer in Bengali typography
and translation.
14. Mention any two reasons people had for not sending girls to the school in the past?
Answer: Two reasons people had for not sending girls to school in the past were:
Fear that schools would take girls away from their domestic duties.
Belief that education would corrupt girls or expose them to negative influences
15. State three reasons that Mahatma Gandhi thinks that English Education had enslaved Indians?
Answer: Three reasons Mahatma Gandhi thought English education had enslaved Indians were:
It created a cultural divide between the educated elite and the masses.
It focused on English literature at the expense of Indian languages and culture.
It made Indians feel inferior and dependent on British thought and rule.
16. Why do you think the introduction of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the 1980 is a significant step in
ensuring access to justice for all?Answer: Public Interest Litigation (PIL) is significant because:
It allows any individual or organisation to file a petition on behalf of the public interest, not just the
aggrieved party.
It enables the court to consider a letter or telegram as a PIL, making access to justice easier for the poor
and uneducated.
It broadens the scope of justice by addressing issues like environmental pollution, human rights
violations, and the rights of marginalized communities.
17. Define Industrial Regions. Why was Sakchi chosen to set up the steel plant?
Answer: Industrial regions are areas with a high concentration of industries. Sakchi was chosen to set up
the steel plant because:
It was close to the iron ore, coal, and manganese deposits.
It had access to water from the Subarnarekha and Kharkai rivers.
It was well-connected by railways.
18. (a) What did Ambedkar want to achieve through the temple entry movement (b) In the British period;
what new opportunities open up for people who came from castes that were considered as ""
Answer: (a) Ambedkar wanted to achieve equal rights and dignity for Dalits (formerly "untouchables") by
challenging caste prejudices and religious norms. (b) New opportunities included jobs in cities, in the
army, and in plantations, which did not rely on traditional caste hierarchies.
19. What is a human resource?
Answer: **Answer: A human resource refers to the people who make up the workforce of an
organization, business sector, or economy.
20. What do you mean by population density?
Answer: **Answer: Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is
a quantity of type number density.
21. Define birth rate and death rate.
Answer: **Answer: Birth rate is the total number of live births per 1,000 population in a year. Death rate
is a measure of the number of deaths in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per
unit of time.
22. What is migration?
Answer: **Answer: Migration is the movement of people from one place to another, often for work or
other opportunities.
23. Name any two densely populated regions of the world.
Answer: Two densely populated regions of the world are:
South Central Asia, East and Southeast Asia