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a. Muthu asks Raj what he would want.

b. Sesame seeds, onions, tomatoes and pickles.

Raju’s mother called him and gave him a list of items to be bought from Muthu’s shop. She told him to get some cinnamon, betel leaves, ginger and garlic. But, being a little boy, he goes to the shop, singing happily all the way. When the shop owner asks him what does he want, he forgets what his mother had told him to buy and recites different items like sesame seeds, onions, tomatoes and pickles. When he gets back home, his mother gets angry and twists his ears due to his poor memory.

(b) ginger and garlic

His mother asked him to buy some cinnamon, betel leaves, ginger and garlic

(b) cardamom

Yes, an ordinary citizen can win a case over a powerful/influential person in this judicial system. Our Constitution does not allow any interference in the functioning of the Judiciary. Our Constitution has declared that The Judiciary is independent of the Legislature and the Executive Body. The judges are not under any influence or control of powerful people, and so they are able to give impartial judgements. Therefore, any person, rich or poor can definitely get proper justice.

The various judgements given by different courts in the case of Ratlam Municipality are as follows :

Verdict by the Taluka Court: The Municipality and Town Improvement Trust have failed in their duty of maintaining cleanliness. Both the institutions are ordered to cleanse the place with immediate effect. The work of a closed drainage should be completed within 15 days. However, the Municipality challenged this verdict in the Ratlam District Court.

The following is the ruling of the District Court:

• The judgement of the Taluka Court is hereby declared unfair.
• This verdict was challenged by the residents. They went to the High Court.
• The High Court sustained the judgement of the Taluka Court but added the some words to it.

The following is the verdict of the High Court:

• For a closed drainage system, 7 months’ time is given instead of 15 days. The pits should be filled with soil to stop water accumulation and mosquito breeding. The work should be completed within two years.
• The Ratlam Municipality being unhappy with the verdict appealed to the Supreme Court.

However, the Supreme Court sustained the judgement of the Taluka Court and further ordered that:
The chemical and dye plants which were responsible for the pollution should be closed with the joint effort of the Municipality and the state government.

Lactic acid is the first organic acid produced by microbial fermentation.

Mycorrhiza refers to symbiotic association between the fungus and the root of higher plants. These fungi in these associations absorb water phosphorus, nitrogen, potassium, calcium from soil and pass it to the plant. The fungus brings about the solubilization of organic matter of soil humus, release of inorganic nutrients absorption and their transfer to roots. The genus Glomus forms a mycorrhizal association with plants.

Human insulin, hepatitis B surface antigen, human growth hormone, interferons etc.

• Chemical fertilizers major pollutant. 
• Switch to organic farming and use of biofertilizers need of the time. 
• Main sources of biofertilizers. Bacteria, Fungi & Cyanobacteria. Eg Rhizobium present in roots of leguminious plants fix atmospheric nitrogen into usable organic form. Azospirillium and Azotobacter – free living bacteria – fix atmospheric Nitrogen.
• Symbiotic Associations Eg.Genus Glomus sp. form mycorrhiza. 
• Fungal symbiont absorbs phosphorus from soil and passes it to plant.
• Plants show resistance to root – borne pathogens. 
• Tolerance to salinity and drought.
• Increase in growth and development. 
• Cynobacteria– autotrophic – fix atmospheric nitrogen Eg. e.g. Anabaena, Nostoc, Oscillatoria.
• Blue green algae – increase fertility by adding organic matter

D) All the above

D) All the above

Yes, the forces due to the spring on the two blocks are equal and opposite. But it’s not an example of Newton’s third law because there are three objects (2 blocks + 1 spring). Spring force on one block and force by the same block on the spring is an actionreaction pair.

B) Uttar Pradesh

B) employment opportunities are less in villages

(B) Bangalore

Correct option is (b) Roughbook

Jharkhand, Odisha, adjoining Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, parts of Rajasthan, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

A mini steel plant is one in which steel is produced from steel scrap. It uses an electric furnace. 

An integrated steel plant is one in which steel is produced right from iron ore. It uses a blast furnace.  

Cotton, jute and sugar.

A) It has raised the living standard of farmers all over India.

Correct option is A) 2005

Correct option is C) 2005

The advantages of tourism are: 

1. We can gain knowledge about the place, culture, civilization, life style by the tour. 

2. We can satisfy our curiosity going to different places. 

3. Going on tour to religious place we find peace of mind. 

4. We gain happiness and health improvement by visiting different places. 

5. We can have full of relaxation from clumsy thoughts and problems when we visit beautiful places surrounded by worth seeing scenes.

To grow more than one crop on a piece of land during the same year is called multiple cropping.

1. The cultivation which is under multiple cropping has many reasons for it. 

2. It has a well-developed irrigation system.

3. Different crops are grown in three crop seasons. 

4. It increases the production from the land. 

5. They may have two main crops and a third crop. 

6. There is no land that is left idle. 

7. There is no possibility of expansion in land area under cultivation. 

8. The plants grown also used as cattle feed. 

(OR)

The factors that contribute to the multiple cropping in village areas. 

1. Availability of more labour. 

2. Availability of irrigation facilities. 

3. Availability of fertile soil. 

4. Experienced farmers.

B) more than one crop

The Ganga Plains lie to the east of the Aravalli in the North Indian Plain.

Most of the West Bengal state of India and Bangladesh together constitute the delta of Ganga Brahmaputra system.

1. Growing more than one crop on a piece of land during the year is known as multiple cropping. 

2. It is the most common and traditional practice to increase production on a given piece of land. 

3. All farmers in Rampur grow at least two main crops.

Sardar Ahmed Khan Kharal refused to pay tax to the government and rose in revolt against it. He fopght against the English at some places. Ultimately he died while fighting the British near Pakpattan.

C) i & ii are correct

During the revolt of 1857 A.D. revolt occurred in cantonments of Lahore, Firozpur, Peshawar, Ambala, Mianwali etc. of Punjab.

Correct option: (a) Ganga Plains

Now only 3% of the total irrigated area is under tank irrigation.

Peninsular rivers.

A Thak is a natural or man-made hollow on the earth’s surface into which rain-water is collected.

Almatti dam is construted to Krishna river.

River Tapi rises at Multai.

Sorrow of Bengal

Godavari River.

Is the longest tributary of the Ganga is Yamuna.

Hirakud project is built across Mahanadi river.

The Almatti dam is constructed near Almatti village inBasavana Bagewadi taluk and the Narayanapura dam is located near Siddapur village in Muddebihal taluk of Vijayapura district. Bagalkot, Vijayapura, Kalburgi, Yadgir and parts of Belagavi districts benefit from this project.

The length of Sindhu river is 2897 km.

The Brahmaputra rises near lake Manasa Sarovar (Tibet), and flows towards the east. It enters India through a narrow gorge in Arunachal Pradesh. The it flows to the west and turns to the South in Bangla desh where it joins the Ganga. Its length is 2589 kms.