Question: What is the work of the police? Answer: The police maintain law and order to establish peace in the society. By doing this, the police provide security to the general public. Question: List two things that the work of a Patwari includes. Answer: Patwari measures land and keeps land …
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Question: Who was Yasmin Khala? Answer: Yasmin Khala was a Municipal Corporation employee. Question: What had children done to the street light? Answer: They had broken the streetlight while playing. Question: What did children want to know? Answer: They wanted to know whom did the lights on the streets belong …
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Question: Who calls the meeting of the Gram Sabha and Gram Panchayat? Answer: It is the Secretary who calls the meeting of the Gram Sabha and Gram Panchayat. Question: What problems do the women of Hardas village face? Answer: The women of Hardas village have to go to the Suru …
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Question: Name the various races that live in South Africa Answer: Various races that live in South Africa are: Black people who belong to South Africa Whites who came there to settle Indians who came as labourers and traders. Question: What do you mean by apartheid? Answer: Apartheid means separation on people …
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Question: Name some institutions that are part of the government. Answer: The Supreme Court, the Indian Railways, Bharat Petroleum. Question: List any two functions of the government. Answer: The government protects the boundaries of the country. It maintains peaceful relations with other countries. Question: What happens when someone commits a crime? …
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Question: How do we feel in the company of the people who are very much like us? Answer: We feel safe and secure in the company of such people. Question: Define the term ‘prejudice’ with an example. Answer: Prejudice means to judge other people negatively or see them as inferior. …
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Question: Give an example of diversity in India. Answer: The people of India, living in different parts, speak different languages. Question: Give an example of unity in diversity among Indians. Answer: All Indians share the same national pride of having India as their motherland. Question: Why did Samir Do, the paper …
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Question: When was the Iron Pillar made? Answer: It was made about 1500 years ago. Question: Mention the most striking feature of the Iron Pillar. Answer: The Pillar has not rusted in all these years. Question: What do you mean by the word ‘Stupa’? Answer: The word Stupa means a …
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Question: Who was Samudragupta? Answer: He was a famous ruler of the Gupta dynasty. Question: How do we know about him? Answer: We know about him from a long inscription, which is a poem in Sanskrit composed by his court poet, Harishena. Question: Where is this poem inscribed? Answer: This poem …
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Question: Where can evidence of trade be found? Answer: Evidence of trade can be found in the Sangam poems. Question: What was South India famous for? Answer: It was famous for items like gold and precious stones and spices like pepper. Question: How can you say that Rome had a …
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