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71% part of earth’s surface is covered with water.

(a) Andhra Pradesh

Correct Answer is: (d) Rajasthan

Correct Answer is: (a) Rajasthan

All water reserves found on surface and under the ground, which are useful to human beings are called water resources.

Correct Answer is: (a) Aluminium

Correct Answer is: (b) 56%

The moon appears big in the sky though it is smaller than other heavenly bodies because it is nearest to the earth than other heavenly bodies

Goats are mainly reared in Rajasthan, U.R, Punjab, Gujarat, M.P., Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, etc.

Correct Answer is: (d) All these

These are divided into two parts: biotic and abiotic resources.

It is decreasing due to the use of tractors, harvesters, pumps, canals, sufficient electric supply and increasing facilities of transportation.

Members of the solar system includes the Sun and everything that orbits it like planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,.Uranus and Neptune), their satellites, asteroids, comets, interplanetary gas and dust.

Murrah, Jafrabadi, Bhadavari, Surti, Neli, Mehsana, etc. are the main breeds.

These are found mainly in eastern and western Himalayas, Hills of Assam, Panchmarhi of M.P. and the Mahabaleshwar hills of Maharashtra.

According to him, “The fields remain unploughed, Farm land remains empty for want of food crops and lack of animals, there may be scarcity of milk, butter, cheese and other animal products”.

(c) Nagaland

Major domesticated animals found in India are cow, bull, buffalo, goat, sheep, horse, mule, donkey, pig, etc.

Himalayan hilly region, north – west climatic area, eastern and western coastal area and the regions of medium rainfall.

In India animal resource contributes in different works as such agriculture, milk production, leather production, compost making, transportation, providing meat and different artistic things are also obtained from the horns. In India, the animals are used in transportation and agricultural work. That is why these are of much importance.

Camels are very useful in desert area. At present, the number of camels is 4 lakhs in India, which is 2.4% of the world. The number of camels is more in Rajasthan. Here, 50% camels of the country are found. Other states where camels are reared are – Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, U.P. and M.P.

Forest products can be divided into two classes:

1. Main Yields: Wood of different trees are the main yield of Indian forests. The trees from which wood is obtained in India are deodar, pine, maple, fir, spruce, shisham, sanovar, saal, saagwan, sesam, mahua, chandan, semal, haldu, arjun, mango, khair, babool, bamboo, neem. 

2. Less important yields: These are lac, catechu, gum, mahua, tung, cane, rubber, fruit, honey, herbs, medicines, leather, coloring materials, turpentine oil, viroja, natural silk.

Following are the important measures:

1. Development of good pastures which can provide complete nutrition to animals. 

2. In rural areas at gram panchayat level, veterinary hospitals and artificial hybrid reproduction centers should be established to improve the breed of animals. 

3. Vaccines and medicines should be provided to save ailing animals from diseases. 

4. Scientific ways of rearing animals should be adopted.

Reduction of water pollution, recycling, reuse, conservation and management of rainwater harvesting are included in water conservation.

When several unwanted materials are mixed in water, its quality declines and dangerous effects are seen on its use, such contamination is called water pollution.

Two sources of heat in the interior of the earth are the radioactive elements trapped inside and the immense temperature and pressure in the deep interior.

(d) Sutlej – Ganga – Brahmaputra basin

Correct Answer is: (a) Agriculture

92% of underground water is used in agricultural work, 5% in industries and 3% in domestic works.

All those natural materials which are dug out from the earth’s surface for commercial use are called minerals.

Main cause is that industrial, agricultural and domestic wastes are mixed in fresh water bodies.

It is used in agricultural sector.

1. Due to uneven topography, the Deccan Plateau has many natural depressions. 

2. The plateau is made up of hard, non-porous igneous and metamorphic rocks.  

Water quality means purity of water or water without external contaminants.

Those sources which provide water to the fields for irrigation purposes such as – rivers, canals, tanks, lakes and dams, etc.

Per capita availability of water is decreasing day by day due to continuous population growth in India. Due to the release of industrial, agricultural and domestic waste, water amount of clean water is reducing. Therefore, scarcity of water is emerging

Selucus was the heir to Alexander.

Chandragupta Morya ended the misrule of the Nand dynasty in 322 BC.

In order to propagate Dhamma, Ashoka sent Sone and Uttara to Swarnbhoomi (Pegu), Mahendra and Sanghmitra to Sinhal (Sri Lanka), Maharakshit to Yawan Pradesh and Rakshit to Vanwasi (North Canada).

Samudragupta was the son and heir of Chandragupta-I. Shortly after becoming the ruler of Magadh, he defeated all the kings of northern India and expanded his empire in the south and north-east also. Samudragupta occupied a large land part of India and organized the Ashwamedh Yagya. Samugragupta’s regime was the Golden Period of Gupta Empire both with political as well as cultural point of view. Samudragupta had provided protection to various musicians and scholars in his court.

Emperor Ashoka was the son of Bindusar. During his father’s rule, he was an administrator of a subdivision of the Empire. Therefore, he obtained the required experience to run the empire. Ashoka became the ruler of Magadh in 269 BC. After that, during thirty years of his regime, he got almost whole India under his Empire. Kalinga was a strong kingdom in the neighbourhood of Magadh and Ashoka invaded it in order to conquer it. When he saw great harm to humanity which was caused by his victory over Kalinga, he decided not to wage any war in the future.

Emperor Ashoka was the first ruler who made effort to communicate with his people through writings at various places. These plaques related to his regime are found in different parts of India. Most of these scriptures are written in ‘Prakrit’ language, which was the language of common people. Some scriptures in north-western parts are in Greek language. The script of most of the plaques is ‘Brahmi’, but a few are also in some other scripts.

In the plaques of Emperor Ashoka, his name has been written as ‘Devana Priyadarshi’ and ‘Ashoka’. In his Empire, emperor Ashoka had adopted a liberal policy towards all the other religions and had appointed officers named Dhamma Mahatamyas in order to impart moralistic education to the people. In order to resolve the disputes arising among the followers of Buddhist

religion, Ashoka organized the Third Buddhist Council in Patliputra and he also sent many preachers to preach Dhamma in foreign countries. Emperor Ashoka spent his entire life for the service of living beings and for the welfare of the people after the war of Kalinga. He got it declared that any person can meet him any time for resolving any problem(s). During the regime of Ashoka, the great miseries of the people had reduced to a great extent and their moral standard had improved considerably well.

Chandragupta Morya defeated Selucus and occupied Kandhar, Kabul, Hairat and parts of Baluchistan from him.

About the Gupta Empire, the Chinese visitor Fahiyan writes that- the people were happy. Physical and capital punishments did not exist. Nobody except the chandals ate meat or drank wine. People did not lock their houses also.

Samudragupta was one of the greatest rulers, not only of Gupta dynasty, but also of all the dynasties that ruled over India. He was brave, courageous and intelligent. He was a great musician and he liked to play the Veena. He loved and cared for his people and was a religious ruler who ruled according to Vedic traditions.

Patliputra was the capital of Magadh.

Alexander had invaded upon the western part of India.

Gupta dynasty is considered as the Golden Period of Indian history because dining that time, the people were happy. The kings were kind. There was no dearth of money. There was prosperity and progress all around. Gold coins were in circulation. Unprecedented progress was achieved in the field of art and literature.

(b) Emperor Ashoka

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Nand dynasty ruled upon Magadh before the establishment of the Morya Empire.