Q.1 Read the given extract and answer the following questions. Planning is the widely accepted strategy for judicious use of resources. It has importance in a country like India, which has enormous diversity in the availability of resources. There are regions which are rich in certain types of resources but are deficient in some other […]

1. Read the source given below and answer the question that follows. (previously asked questions) In some countries, power usually changes between two main parties. Several other parties may exist, contest elections and win a few seats in the national legislatures. But only the two main parties have a serious chance of winning majority of […]

1. Read the source given below and answer the question that follow: ‘In the hills the Gujjars are exclusively a pastoral tribe ñ they cultivate scarcely at all. The Gaddis keep flocks of sheep and goats and the Gujjars, wealth consists of buffaloes. These people live in the skirts of the forests, and maintain their […]

1. Read the source given below and answer the question that follow: The spread of railways from the 1850s created a new demand. Railways were essential for colonial trade and for the movement of imperial troops. To run locomotives, wood was needed as fuel, and to lay railway lines sleepers were essential to hold the […]

1. Read the source given below and answer the questions that follow. (Previously asked question) Source-A :Idea of Satyagraha ‘ Satyagraha is not physical force. A satyagrahidoes not inflict pain on the adversary; he does not seek his destruction … In the use of satyagraha, there is no ill-will whatever.‘ Satyagraha is pure soul-force. Truth is […]

1. Read the source given below and answer the questions that follow. The first clear expression of nationalism came with the French Revolution in 1789. The political and constitutional changes that came in the wake of the French Revolution led to the transfer of sovereignty from the monarchy to a body of French citizens. The […]