Question: What is a market? Answer: A market is a physical place where buyers and sellers meets and exchange goods, services and information. Market serves as a link between the producers and the consumers, thereby ensuring the distribution of goods and services in a society. Two types of activities takes …
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Question: What is meant by advertising? Answer: Advertising is the process of publicising a product or service by drawing people’s attention to the product. Advertisements focus on all the good points of the product to make it appear as attractive as possible so that people are tempted to buy it. …
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Question: Name any four forms of media. Answer: Newspapers, television, magazines and Internet. Question: Give examples for the means of communication in the ancient world. Answer: The means of communication in the ancient world were: People used drums to communicate over long distances, or runners carried the information. Later, there …
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Question: “The right to vote was not always a universal right.” Explain with examples. Answer: The right to vote was not always a universal right. In early democracies, only some people were allowed to vote. For example, in the United Kingdom only male landowners who were Protestant by faith, could vote. …
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Question: What is a village panchayat? How did it help Susheela? Answer: Village panchayats are democratic institutions at local level. They provide a forum for the people to discuss and decide on issues concerning their lives in the village. It helped Susheela to get her own freedom and justice. Question: How …
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Question: Why is the legislative council called a permanent body? Answer: The legislative council is called a permanent body because it cannot be dissolved. Every second year one-third of its member who complete their term retire. Question: How are representatives to the Vidhan Sabha elected? How have the territorial constituencies …
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