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| 101. |
Give a brief account of the people of Bastar. |
| Answer» Solution : (i) Bastar is located in the southernmost part of Chhattisgarh.(ii) Different communities live in Bastar such as Maria and Muria Gonds, Dhurwas, Bhatras, etc. (iii) They speak different languages but share common customs and beliefs. (iv) They believe that each village was given its land by the Earth and in return, they look afterthe Earth by MAKING offerings during the festivals. (v) In ADDITION to the Earth, they pay respect to the spirits of river, the forest and the mountain.(vi) Since each village knows its boundaries, they look after their natural resources within thatboundary. (vii) If they want to take some wood from another village, they pay a small fee called .devsari. inexchange. (viii) Some VILLAGES protect their FORESTS by keeping watchmen and each house contributes grainsto pay them.They meet once in a year to discuss issues of concern, including forests. | |
| 102. |
After the end of the World War II, why was a tribunal set up at Nuremberg ? |
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Answer» To try Hitler his family members. |
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| 103. |
Why the period after the success of French Revolution can be called as the age of social changes? |
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Answer» Solution :(i) The French Revolution opened up the possibility of creating a dramatic change in the way in which society was structured. ii. Before the 18th century, society was broadly divided into estates and orders and it was the aristocracy and church which controlled economic and social POWER. iii.Suddenly, after the revolution, it seemed possible to change this. In many parts of the world INCLUDING Europe and Asia, new ideas about individual RIGHTS and who controlled social power began to be a point of discussion. iv. In India Raja Rammohan Roy and Derozio talked of the significance of the French Revolution and many others debated the ideas of POST revolutionary Europe. v. The developments in the colonies, in turns, reshaped these ideas of societal change. |
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| 104. |
What was 'Jungvolk' ? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :These were NAZI youth groups for CHILDREN below 14 YEARS of age. | |
| 105. |
Why was Robespierre Guillotined? |
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Answer» SOLUTION :The five features of CONSTITUTION of France are: (i) Constitutional Monarchy: The constitution made France a constitutional monarchy. In this system, monarch would remain monarch but all legislative powers would be transferred to the National Assembly. (ii) National Assembly: It was INDIRECTLY elected. In it, citizens voted for a GROUP of electors, who in turn chose the assembly. Once chosen, National Assembly would keep a control on the country. (iii) Right to Vote: However, not all citizens had the right to vote, only MEN above 25 years of age, who paid taxes equal to at least 3 days of a labourer.s wage were given the status of active citizens. Only active citizens were entitled to vote. (iv) Powers of National Assembly: National Assembly had the power to make laws. It is voted by about 50,000 electors and constituted of 745 members. It could keep control on both king and the ministers. (v) Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizens: The constitution began with the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens. Rights such as the right to life, freedom of speech, freedom of opinion, equality before law, were established as natural and inalienable rights. |
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| 106. |
What does Kolkhoz means? |
| Answer» Solution :These were collective farms. Peasants worked on this LAND and the PROFIT is hared AMONGST them. Those who resisted COLLECTIVISATION were severely punished. | |
| 107. |
Draw up a list of democratic rights we enjoy today and whose origins could be traced to the French Revolution |
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Answer» SOLUTION :The following fundamental rights given in the Indian CONSTITUTION can be traced to the French Revolution - • The right to equality • The right to FREEDOM of speech and expression • Right against exploitation was not the right PROVIDED by the French. • Right to ASSEMBLE and form unions. |
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| 108. |
What kind of segregation was practised by Hitler ? |
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Answer» Solution :(i) Once in power, the Nazis quickly began to IMPLEMENT their dream creating an exclusive racial community of pure Germans by physically eliminating all those who were seen as .undesirable. in the extended empire. (ii) Nazis wanted only a SOCIETY of .pure and healthy Nordic Aryans.. (iii) They alone were considered .desirable.. (iv) Only they were seen as worthy of propering and multiplying against all others, who were classed as .undesible.. This meant that even those Germans, who were seen as impure or ABNORMAL had no right to exist. (vi) Under the Euthansia PROGRAMME Helmuth.s father along with other Nazi officials had condemned to death many Germans, who were considered mentally or physically unfit. |
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| 109. |
Who could qualify as an Elector? |
| Answer» Solution :To QUALIFY as an ELECTOR and then as a member of the Assembly, a MAN had to belong to the HIGHEST bracket of taxpayers. | |
| 110. |
Nazis used deceptive terms for their activities of mass killings. |
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| 111. |
What do you know about triangular slave trade? What legislative measures were taken to end slavery in French colonies? |
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Answer» Solution : Reluctance of Europeans to go and work in distant and unfamiliar lands meant a shortage of labour on the plantations. So this was met by a triangular slave trade between Europe, Africa and the America. The exploitation of slave labour made it possible to meet the growing DEMAND in European markets for sugar, coffee and indigo. Legislative Measures: • Throughout the 18th century, there was a little criticism of slavery in France. • The National Assembly held long debates about whether the rights of man should be extended to all French subjects, including those in the colonies. But it did not pass any laws, fearing opposition from BUSINESSMEN whose incomes depended on the slave trade. • It was finally the convention which in 1794 legislated to free all slaves in the French overseas possessions. • This however turned out to be a short-term measure, ten years later, Napoleon reintroduced slavery. • Plantation owners understood their FREEDOM as including the right to enslave AFRICAN Negroes in pursuit of their economic interests. • Slavery was finally ABOLISHED in French colonies in 1848. |
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| 112. |
How did hunting become a big sport for the Indian people? |
| Answer» Solution :(i) In India, HUNTING of tigers and other ANIMALS had been part of the culture of the COURT and nobility from centuries. (ii) Many Mughal paintings show PRINCES and emperors enjoying their hunt. (iii) Under colonial rule, the scale of hunting increased to such an extent that various species became almost EXTINCT. | |
| 113. |
What do you know about the political clubs formed in France? |
| Answer» Solution :Large sections of the population believed that the revolution had to be carried further, as the Constitution of 1791 had given the rights only to the RICHER section. So, political clubs became important for the PEOPLE who WISHED to discuss government policies and plan their own forms of action. The most successful of these clubs was the Jacobin Club. OMEN too formed their own clubs to get the right to vote. | |
| 114. |
Which nations were the Axis power during World War - II |
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Answer» U.K., FRANCE, USA, USSR |
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| 115. |
In which famous war was Napoleon Bonaparte defeated? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :NAPOLEON was defeated at .BATTLE of Waterloo. in 1815. | |
| 116. |
Which event led to the October Revolution of 1917 in Russia? |
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Answer» Solution :Following events LED to the OCTOBER Revolution of 1917 in Russia: (i) A conflict grew between the Provisional Government and the Bolsheviks as Lenin feared that the Provisional Government may set up a distatorship. (II) On 16 October, 1917, Lenin persuaded them to accept socialists power and appointed a Military Revolutionary Committe under Leon Trotsky to organise the seizure. iii. The uprising began on 24 October and Kernsky, the Prime Minister left the city to call troops. iv. In a swift response, the Military Revolutionary Committee ordered its supporters to seize government offices and arrest ministers. v. By nightfall, the city was under the committee.s control and the ministers had surrendered. vi. Uprisings took place in other cities. There was heavy fighting but by December, the Bolsheviks controlled the Moscow Petrograd AREA. |
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| 117. |
Forests consisting of which type of trees were preferred by the Forest-Department? |
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Answer» FORESTS having trees which PROVIDED fuel, fodder, and leaves. |
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| 118. |
How did USA enter into World War - II |
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Answer» Solution :(i) USA had resisted involvement in the war, it war, it unwilling to FACE another economic crisis after the war. But it could not stay out of the war for long. JAPAN was expanding its power in the east. (ii) It had occupied French Indo-China and was planning attacks on US naval bases in the Pacific When Japan extended its support to HITLER and bombed the base at Pearl Harbour, the US entered thhe SECOND World War. (iii) The war ended in May 1945 with Hitler.s defeat and the US dropping the atomic bomb on HIROSHIMA and Nagasaki in Japan. |
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Read the sources given below and answer the question that follow : SOURCE - A : Hitler's Rise to Power This in the economy, policy and society formed the background to Hitler's rise to power. Born in 1889 in Austria, Hitler spent his youth in poverty. When the First World War broke out, he enrolled for the army, acted as a messenger in the front, became a corporal, and earned medals for bravery. The German defeat horrified him and the Versailles Treaty made him furious. In 1919, he joined a small group called the German Workers' Party. He subsequently took over the organisation and renamed it the National Socialist German Workers' Party. This party came to be known as the Nazi party. What was the National Socialist German Worker's Party renamed as ? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :NAZI PARTY | |
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Assertion: Existing socialists parties in Europe wholly approved the way Bolshevik party took power and kept it. Reason: May non -Rusians from outside the USSR participated in the conference of the People of the East and the Bolshevik founded Comintern. |
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| 121. |
What was Hitler's foreign policy ? |
| Answer» Solution :In foreign policy also Hitler acquired quick successes. He pulled out of League of Nations in 1933, reoccupied the RHINELAND in 1936, and integrated Austria and Germany in 1938 under the slogan, .One people, one EMPIRE and one leader.. He then went on to wrest GERMAN - speaking Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia - and gulped the entire country. In all this he had the unspoken SUPPORT of England, which had considered the Versailles verdict too harsh. These quick successes at home abroad seemed to reverse the destiny of the country. | |
| 122. |
The majority religion of Russia was |
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Answer» GREEK ORTHODOX Church |
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| 123. |
Assertion (A): Throughout the 18th century there was little criticism of slavery in France. Reason (R) : The National Assembly passed a law that gave rights to all the French subjects including those in colonies. |
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Answer» Both A and R are TRUE and R is the CORRECT EXPLANATION of A. |
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| 124. |
What was the Duma? How far was it successful? |
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Answer» Solution :(i) Duma was an elected legislative body like the parliament having representatives of the THIRD estate. (ii) The TSAR dimissed the first Duma WITHIN 75 days and the re-elected Second Duma within three months. He did not WANT any restrictions or reductions in his powers. He charged the voting laws and packed the Third Duma with the conservative policians. Liberals and revolutionaries were kept out. |
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| 126. |
The French Revolution was |
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Answer» against the dictatorial POLICIES of the MONARCH |
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| 127. |
What was Guillotine? How was it used? |
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Answer» Solution :Robespierre.s period is known as REIGN of Terror as he followed the policy of severe control and punishment in France (i) GUILLOTINE was a device consisting of two POLES and a blade with which a person is BEHEADED. It was named after Dr. Guillotin, who invented it. (ii) Robespierre was convicted by the court in July 1794, arrested and on the next day SENT to the guillotine and killed in the same manner he punished people. |
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| 128. |
Why did European forests regard shifting cultivation as harmful for the forests? |
| Answer» Solution : European forests regarded shifting cultivation as harmful for the forests for the followingreasons: (i) They FELT that land which was used for cultivation every few YEARS could not grow trees forrailway timber. (ii) When a FOREST was burnt, there was the added danger of the flames spreading and burningvaluable timber. (III) Shifting cultivation also made it harder for the GOVERNMENT to calculate taxes. Therefore, the government decided to ban shifting cultivation. | |
| 129. |
In May 1917, the Bolshevik leader Vladmir Lenin returned to Russia from his exile. |
| Answer» Solution :In APRIL 1917, the Bolshevik leader VLADIMIR LENIN returned to RUSSIA from his EXILE. | |
| 130. |
How Nazis projected Hitler ? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :Nazi propaganda skilfully projected Hitler as a MESSIAH, a saviour, as SOMEONE who had ARRIVED to relieve PEOPLE from their distress. | |
| 131. |
The First World War did not leave a deep imprint on European Society and Polity. |
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| 132. |
State any three measures taken by Provincial Government to suppress the Bolshevik influence? |
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Answer» Solution :Three measures taken by Provincial Government to SUPPRESS the Bolshevik influence. i. Provisional Government took strick action against the spreading of discontent in the country. ii. It TRIED suppressing Bolshevik demonstration, with the result , many Bolshevik leaders were arrested and few had to go into hiding or fleeing. iii. TROOPS were sent to TAKE over telephone and telegraph offices and also PROTECTED the Winter Palace. |
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| 133. |
Briefly describe the role of International Military Tribunal set up after the Second World War. |
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Answer» Solution :At the beginning of the winters in 1942, the governments of the Allied powers announced their intent to punish Nazi War criminals. On December 17,1942, the leaders of the UNITED States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union decided to hold an International Military Tribunal to resolving to prosecute those responsible for violence against civilian populations. The four charges brought against these officials were : (i) Conspiracy to commit CRIMES of peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity. (ii) Crimes against peace (iii) War crimes (iv) Crimes against humanity (v) After the defeat in WORLD War - II, GERMANY surrendered, Hitler committed suicide. His propaganda Minister Goebbels and his family collectively committed suicide. (vi) At the end of the war, and International Military Tribunal was set up at Nuremburg. (vii) Nuremburg prisoners were imprisoned for life and many who killed Jews MERCILESSLY were sentenced to death. (viii) The amount of brutality, committed by Nazi army officers was much more than the punishment given to them. |
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Source C: After February In April 1917, the Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin returned to Russia from his exile. He and the Bolsheviks and opposed the war since 1914. Now he felt it was time for soviets to take over power. He declared that the war be brught to a close, land be transferred to the peasants, and banks be nationalised. These three demands were Lenin's April Theses. He also argued that the Bolshevik Party rename itself the communist Party to indicate its new radical aims. Most others in the Bolshevik Party were initially surprised by the April Theses.They thought that the time was not yet ripe for asocialist revolution and the Provisiional Government needed to be supported. But the developments of the subsequent months changed their attitude. Source A -What were the three demands of Lenin's April Theses? |
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Answer» SOLUTION :THREE demands (i) He declared that the war he brought to a close. ii. Land to be TRANSFERRED to the peasants. III. Banks to be NATIONALISED |
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| 135. |
How did Indian labour suffer at the British hands in the plantations? |
| Answer» Solution : (i) In Assam, both men and women from forest communities like Santhals and Gonds wererecruited to work on tea plantations.(ii) Their wages were low and CONDITIONS of work were very bad, ROUGH and TOUGH. (iii) They could not return easily to their HOME villages, as they were kept as BONDED labourerswho were tied to their landlords | |
| 136. |
Under which situation, Nazi Propaganda was appreciated ? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :After 1929, banks collapsed and BUSINESSES shut down, WORKERS lost their jobs and the middle classes were THREATENED with destitution. Insuch a situation Nazi propaganda won people.s hearts. | |
| 137. |
Robert Owen, a leading English manufacturer, sought to built a cooperative communilty called _______________in Indiana, U.S.A. |
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| 138. |
Which territories were included in Russian Empire? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :Russian Empire included current day FINLAND, LATVIA, Lithuania, Estonia, parts of POLAND, Ukraine and Belarus. It also included today.s central Asian STATES as Georgia. Armenia and Azerbaijan. | |
| 139. |
How were people benefitted with the trade in forest products? |
| Answer» Solution :(i) Many communities left their traditional occupations and started trading in forest products.(ii) This happened not only in India but ACROSS the world. For example, with the growingdemand for rubber in the mid-19th century, the Mundurucu PEOPLE of Brazilian Amazon who LIVED in villages on high ground, began to collect LATEX from wild rubber trees forsupplying to traders. (iii) Gradually, they descended to live in trading ports and became COMPLETELY dependent ontraders. | |
| 140. |
Match the column A with the column B |
| Answer» Solution :(i) (B) (ii) (a) (III) (d) (IV) (c ) (v ) (e ) | |
| 141. |
What kind of education was given in Nazi schools ? |
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Answer» Solution :(i) JEW teachers were dismissed from the schools. (ii) Children were segregated Germans and Jews neither could sit together nor PLAY together. (iii) Subsequently, undesirable children - Jews, the physically handicapped and Gypsics were thrown out of schools. (iv) Schools textbooks were rewritten. (V) .Racial Science. was introduced to justify Nazi.s ideas of race. (vi) Children were TAUGHT to be LOYAL and submissive to hate the Jews and worship Hitler. (vii) Boxing was introduced as Hitler believed that it could make children hearted, strong and masculine. |
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Describe the formation of the Nazi Party. |
| Answer» SOLUTION :Economic crisis FORMED the background to Hitler.s rise to power was born in Austria and spent his YOUTH in poverty. In the First World War, he JOINED the army and acted as messenger in the front. The Treaty of Versailles and the defeat of Germany in World War I made him furious and HORRIFIED. The 1919. he joined a small group called the .German Workers Party. and renamed it after taking over that party as, .The National Socialist German Workers Party. This party later on came to be known as the Nazi Party.. | |
| 143. |
The German parliament was known as : |
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Answer» NATIONAL Parliament |
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| 144. |
How forest dwellers' lives changed after new forest laws were imposed? |
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Answer» Solution : The new forest LAWS CHANGED the lives of forest dwellers in yet another way. Before the forest laws, many people who lived in or near forests had survived by huntingdeer, partridges and a variety of small animals. This customary PRACTICE was prohibited by the forest laws. Those who were caught huntingwere now PUNISHED for poaching |
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Source B: A Turbulent Time: The 1905 Revolution During the 1905 Revolution, the Tsar allowed the creation of an elected consultative Parliament or Duma. For a brief while during the revolution, there existed a large number of trade unions and fatory committees made up of factory workers. After 1905, most committees and unions worked unofficially, since they wre decalred illegal. Severe restrictions were placed on political activity. The Tsar dimissd the first Duma within 75 days and the re elected second Duma within three months. He did not want any questioning of his authority or any reduction inhis power. He changed the voting lawsand packed the third Duma with conservative politicians. Liberals and revolutionaries were kept out. Why did the Tsar dismiss the Duma the first time? |
| Answer» Solution :The Tsar dismissed the first DUMA because SERVERE RESTRICTIONS were placed on political ACTIVITY. | |
| 146. |
The period of the early Planed Economy was linked to the achievements of the collectivisation of agriculture. |
| Answer» Solution :The period of the EARLY PLANNED ECONOMY was LINKED to the DISASTERS of the collectivisation of agriculture. | |
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Assertion (A): In India, hunting of tigers and other animals had been part of the culture ofthe court and nobility for centuries.Reason (R) : But under colonial rule the scale of hunting decreased to such an extent thatvarious species became almost extinct. |
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Answer» Both A and R are true and R is the correct EXPLANATION of A. |
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| 148. |
Which countries formed central Powers block during World War I? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :GERMANY, Austraia, HUNGARY and Tukery. | |
| 149. |
What was the impact World War -I on European society ? |
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Answer» Solution :The First World War left a deep imprint on European society and POLITY. (i) Soldiers came to be placed above civilians. (ii) Politicians and publicists laid great success on the need men tobe aggressive, strong and masculine. (iii) The media glorified trench life but actually soldiers lived miserable lives in these trenches, trapped with rats feeding on corpses. (iv) They faced poisonous gas and enemy SHELLING, and witnessed their ranks reduce rapidly. (v) Aggressive war PROPAGANDA and national honour occupied centre stage in the public sphere, while POPULAR support grew for CONSERVATIVE dictatorships that had recently come into being. |
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| 150. |
_____were essential for colonial trade and for the movement of Imperial troops. |
| Answer» SOLUTION :RAILWAYS | |