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When the princess imagined her lover opening the door that hid the tiger, she was horrified. She imagined the horror of her lover being killed by the hungry tiger. The scene mover her heart moved. She in her dreams had covered her face with hands. She did everything to hide from the cruelty. She had lain awake at night imaging the cruelty of scene. Although she was hot-blooded and semi-barbaric, she had a heart which could feel pain and suffering.

राजकुमारी ने जब यह कल्पना किया कि उसका प्रेमी उस कमरे के दरवाजे को खोल रहा है जिसके पीछे बाघ छिपा है तो वह काफी डर गई। वह उस भय से कांप उठी कि उसके प्रेमी को वह भूखा बाघ जान से मार रहा है। इस दृश्य की कल्पना मात्र से उसका हृदय मुंह को आ गया। सपने में ही उसने अपने चेहरे को भय के मारे अपने हाथों से ढक लिया। इस क्रूरता से बचने के लिए उसने हर संभव प्रयास किया। रात को इस विभित्स दृश्य की कल्पना करके वह अपने बिस्तर से उठ खड़ी हुई। जबकि उसका भी खून गरम था और वह अर्द्ध-बर्बर थी, कर भी उसके पास हृदय था जिसमें दर्द और वेदना का अनुभव था।

When she imagined her lover opening the door that hid the lady, she screamed and tore her hair. She became restless. Her soul burned in agony at the sight of her lover rushing to the lady with whom he was to be married the next moment. Her tears had no meanings as they lost in the joy of marriage. She was left to live through misery of the procession, the happy couple and the shouts of the crowd.

उसने जब यह कल्पना किया कि उसका प्रेमी, उसे दरवाजे को खोल रहा है जिसके पीछे नारी छिपी है तो वह चिल्ला उठी और अपनी बालों को तोड़ने लगी। वह बेचैन हो गई। उसका हृदय उस दृश्य की कल्पना मात्र से कि उसका प्रेमी उस नारी के पास विवाह करने के लिए जा रहा है तो वेदना से वह कराह उठी। विवाह के इस खुशी में उसकी आंसू को कोई महत्व नहीं रह गया। खुशहाल नव-दंपति के सम्मान में निकले जुलूस और उसके चिल्लाने की आवजे के बीच वह अपनी दुखों के साथ जीने को विवश थी।

1. – (j) 

2. – (i) 

3. – (h) 

4. – (b) 

5. – (g) 

6. – (n) 

7. – (f) 

8. – (k) 

9. – (o) 

10. – (m) 

11. – (e)

12. – (d)

13. – (c) 

14. – (a) 

15. – (l)

The Western and the Eastern Ghats are situated in the Peninsular Plateau region. The Western Ghats mark the western edge of the Deccan Plateau and lie parallel to the Western Coast. 

The Eastern Ghats mark the eastern edge of the Deccan Plateau. They stretch from the Mahanadi Valley to the Nilgiri Hills in the south. The eastern coastal plain runs to its east. The Western Ghats are continuous and regular and can be crossed only through passes like the Thal, Bhor and the Pal Ghats. They are comparatively high in elevation (average 900 to 1600 metres). No major river cuts across the Western Ghats. 

The Eastern Ghats are discontinuous and irregular. They are of relatively lower elevation (average 600 m). They are dissected by rivers draining into the Bay of Bengal.

(c) 3,42,239 sq. km

Western Ghats are also called Sahayadri hills.

Correct Answer is: (a) 6100 km

(c) The Coastal Plain

If good education, training, and health facility are provided to human resources, they can be transformed into human capital. They possess the capability to increase the national income and transform society, that is population is an asset. If a higher investment is made on education and health of children, they will be able to earn a higher income in the future and make valuable contributions to society. Therefore, governments work towards providing good education and health facilities to their citizens. Therefore Human Resources are considered very vital among the factors of production.

Educated and healthy, working people are considered a nation’s human resources.

The people who work In various jobs in the fields of agriculture, industry, and service sectors are referred to as working people.

Health is an important asset to humans. Good health improves not only the quality of life of people but also the quality of their work. Therefore, if rapid economic development has to be achieved, the health of the people should be improved.

If a higher investment is made on education and health of children, they will be able to earn a higher income in the future and make valuable contributions to society. Therefore governments work towards providing good education and health facilities to their citizens.

1. Human resource

2. 943: 1000

3. 10 (Ten)

4. education, skill health level

5. infant mortality

6. low.

a. The employment generation in agricultural sector has been decreased from 74% in 1972-73 to 53% in 2009-10.

The employment generation in industrial sector has been increased from 11% in 1972-73 to 22% in 2009-10. 

The employment generation in service sector has shown an increase of 10%.

b. There is a 11% increase in employment generated by industry.

c. 1) Yes, we expected a greater change in employment by industry. But it did not happen. 

2) Large industries began to replace workers with technology. More and more automation has taken place. 

3) Hence it did not happen.

Overdraft facility is given Current account holders.

Pie chart: A pie chart displays the contribution of each value to a total. It represents multiple subgroups of a single variable. It contains only one data series. A pie chart shows values as circular sectors of the total circle. Pie chart may be

1. Normal Pie chart 

2. Exploded Pie chart 

3. Doughnut chart or Donut chart 

4. Exploded Doughnut chart

(a) – (ii); 

(b) – (iii); 

(c) – (iv); 

(d) – (i)

Line chart chart is used to display trends over time.

Pie chart: A pie chart displays the contribution of each value to a total. It represents multiple subgroup of a single variable. It contains only one data series. A pie chart shows values as circular sectors of the total circle. Pie chart may be 

1. Normal Pie chart 

2. Exploded Pie chart 

3. Doughnut chart or Donut chart 

4. Exploded Doughnut chart

Correct answer is (d) Star chart

Correct answer is (c) Pie Chart

(d) All the above

Tom had cheated Cronshaw. So, he wanted to take the matter into the court. For the prestige of the family, George had to give 500 pounds to Cronshaw. But as soon as the cheque was cashed, they went together to a famous gambling den Monte Carlo. Thus Tom cheated George. So, George was very much angry.

Tom was handsome and smart. He was the most amusing companion. So, the people liked him even though he was a worthless fellow.

The plane was shot down by enemy fire and the pilot fell out of the plane before it crashed in a matter of minutes. A parachute, a white structure mushroomed and opened like a flower in the sky and pilot floated gently down with the wind to the ground and this is how pilot rescued himself.

1. Plane was veering and shuddering in the sky. 

2. Man floated gently down with the wind. 

3. Boy emerged from the clump of trees.

Pilot was flying to Airforce station, Ambala.

c) Air station, Ambala

c) clump of trees

Tom passed a very enjoyable life for twenty years. He raced, gambled, philandered with the prettiest girls, ate in the best restaurants and dressed well.

Pastoralists coped with the changes by the following ways.

1. Reduced the number of cattle.

2. 2. Moved to new pasture lands.

3. Became agriculturalist.

4. Became traders.

Many Indians reacted differently by the introduction of western style clothing.

1. The wealthy Parsis of western India were among the first to adopt western style of clothing. Baggy trousers and the Phenta (or hat) were added to long colourless coats with boots and a walking stick to look like a gentleman.

2. To some, western clothes were a sign of modernity and progress.

3. There were others who were convinced that western culture would lead to a loss of traditional cultural identity.

4. The use of western style clothes was taken as a sign of the world turning upside down.

5. Some men resolved this dilemma by wearing western clothes without giving up their Indian ones.

Impact of introduction of machine in agriculture on poor farmers:

1. It brought misery to poor farmers.

2. They came under debt.

3. They had to leave their farms.

1. June to September is the period of advancing monsoon.

2. Development of monsoon low pressure trough.

3. Formation of south-west monsoon winds.

4. Distribution of rainfall across the country.

5. Breaks in monsoon.

6. Known for uncertainties.

Land revenue was the main source of finance of the colonial government. By expanding cultivation it could increase its revenue collection. It would get more jute, cotton, wheat and other agricultural produce that was required in England. Uncultivated land appeared unproductive to the colonial officials as it produced neither revenue nor agricultural produce. It was seen as ‘waste land’ that needed to be brought under cultivation.

The Great Agrarian Depression started in 1930s which ruined the wheat farmers all around. The acts of these zealous farmers who, to expand the wheat cultivation, recklessly uprooted all vegetation. They turned the soil cover into dust by using tractors. Their overzealous acts turned the whole regions of the Great Plains into dust bowl.

Thorn forests and scrubs are found in the north western part of India including semi-arid areas of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.

1. Found in regions with less than 70cm of rainfall

2. Trees are scattered and have long roots penetrating deep into soil to get moisture.

3. Stems are succulent to conserve water.

4. Leaves are thick and small to minimise evaporation.

Provisions made in the National Population Policy 2000:

1. Imparting compulsory school education up to 14 years of age.

2. Reducing infant mortality rate to below 30 per 1000 live birth.

3. Achieving universal immunisation of children against all vaccine-preventable diseases.

4. Raising marriage age for girls.

5. Making family welfare a people-centred programme.

Maqbool’s ambition, as a soldier’s son was to become a soldier when he grew up.

Maqbool was the son of a soldier who was awarded for his bravery and died fighting for the nation. His father used to always advice him not to be afraid of enemy. After the death of his father, Maqbool and his mother used to live together, where the plane crashed.

Correct Answer is : a) P.V.C

The boy knew what the officer did not know True.

a) Packet of papers

cricket rules were drawn up in 1974. 

1. Parties and candidates should be free to contest elections.

2. Elections must be held regularly immediately after the term is over.

3. Elections should be conducted in a free and fair manner.

The main reasons for the continuous loss of grazing lands of Maasais:

1. European imperial powers scrambled for territorial possessions in Africa, slicing up the region into different colonies.

2. Maasai land was divided into British Kenya and German Tanganyika.

3. The best grazing lands were gradually taken over by white settlements and Maasais were pushed into a small area.

4. The Maasais lost about 60 percent of their pre-colonial lands.

5. They were confined to an arid zone with uncertain rainfall and poor pastures.

6. Large areas of grazing land were turned into game reserves.

Five Ideas of Dietrich Brandis for Management of forest in India are:

(i) Training people in the science of conservation.

(ii) Framing rules about the use of forest resources.

(iii) Restriction on felling of trees.

(iv) Restriction on grazing.

(v) Preservation of forest for timber production.

Yes, I have heard the word glucose and seen it written on glucose packet. I have seen it in various advertisements on TV and in newspapers etc

In the picture glucose drip is given to Nitu. The glucose bottle is hanging on a stand and from there drop by drop glucose is being given using a tube and a needle.