454 + Interview Questions in History in Class 9 Page 7 InterviewSolution

301.	1905 Revolution proved to be a dress rehearsal for the revolution that took place in 1917 in Russia. Give three arguments in support of the statements.
Answer» Solution :(i) Revolution of 19.5 was materialized after the incidence of BLOODY Sunday in which a MASS of peaceful workers with their wives and children marched to winter palace and were attacked and killed by Tsar.s soldiers. ii. With the result, Duma, a representative body was formed and ACCEPTED by the Tsar. iii. This revolution had GIVEN an inspiration to the MENSHEVIK leaders to form workers organization and protest against Tsar, his policies of participaton in the war, not looking at food shortages and other problems of the people.

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302.	What was ‘Directory?
Answer» Solution :DIRECTORY. was an EXECUTIVE made up of FIVE MEMBERS. They were appointed by TWO elected legislative councils.

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303.	In which country did Nazi Germany first try experiment of 'concentration of Germans in _____________ ?
Answer» POLAND France England SPAIN ANSWER :A

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304.	Between 1880 and 1920, forest cover in the Indian subcontinent declined by 9.7 millionhectares, from 108.6 million hectares to 98.9 million hectares. Discuss the role of the followingfactors in this decline
Answer» Solution :(i) Railways - During the colonial rule in India, there was a great demand of SLEEPERS from the railways. And in those days sleepers were made out of wood. Thus, expansion of railwaysled to deforestation on a LARGE scale. (ii) Shipbuilding – As SHIPS were an integral part of the military power of the British, theshipbuilding industry carried a great importance. When the quantity of the oak treesdecreased in Britain, they started to import it from India. Thus, leading to deforestation in India on a large scale. (iii) Agricultural expansion – With the growing population, there was an increase in DEMANDFOR food. Thus it led to the expansion of cultivated land. More and more forests werecleared up for cultivation.(iv) Commercial farming - For the expansion of British industries, there was an increase indemand for various raw material like cotton, indigo. Thus, leading to large scale commercialfarming in India. This could also become possible by clearing forests. (v) Tea/Coffee plantations – There was an increase in the demand for tea and coffee in Britain.The climate of north-eastern India and the eastern coast was perfect for plantations. Large areas of forests were cleared for plantations. The British plantation owners were given land at very cheap rates. (vi) Adivasis and other peasant users - Adivasis had always been the protectors of forestsand hence they had no role in deforestation. However, some peasants MAY have utilised the opportunity to expand the cultivated land, as had happened in Java. Moreover, thesignificant increase in cultivated land also indicated towards clearing of forests for farming.

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305.	Name the important political clubs formed by women in France to fight for their political rights.
Answer» SOLUTION :The SOCIETY of REVOLUTIONARY and The REPUBLICAN WOMEN.

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306.	Source A: Economy and Society Workers were a divided social group. Some had strong links will the villages from which they came. Others had settled in cities permanently. Workers were divided by skill. A metalworkers of St. Petersburg recalled, Metalworkers considered themselves aristocrats among other workers. Their occupations demanded more training and skill...................Women made up 31 per cent of the factory labour force by 1914, but they were paid less than men (between half and three quarters of a man's wages). Divisions among workers showed themselves in dress and manners too. Some workers formed associations to help members in time off unemployment or financial hardship but such associations were few. Why did some workers form associations?
Answer» Solution :Some WORKERS formed ASSOCIATES to HELP MEMBERS in time of unemployment or financial hardship but such ASSOCIATIONS were few.

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307.	As jobs disappeared, the youth took to agriculture and total despair became commonplace.
Answer» SOLUTION :As JOBS DISAPPEARED, the YOUTH took to criminal activities and total despair BECAME commonplace.

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308.	Name the river which flows across Bastar from east to west.
Answer» SOLUTION :RIVER Indrawati.

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309.	Who was Mirabeau?
Answer» Solution :Being born into a nobel family, MIRABEAU SUPPORTED the people in the French revolution and encouraged people in numerous ways to PARTICIPATE in the French revolution. During the formation of the national assembly, he brought out a journal and gave a powerful and encouraging SPEECH to the crowd at Versailles.

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310.	Allied Powers in World War II
Answer» GERMANY, ITALY, Japan Germany, Italy, Turkey U.K., FRANCE, USSR, USA U.K. France, Italy Answer :C

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311.	________________believed in the idea of cooperative communities built through individual initiative.
Answer» ANSWER :ROBERT OWEN

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312.	French society in the 18th century was divided into three_____
Answer» SOLUTION :ESTATES

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313.	Assertion: In 1918 Lenin persuaded Petrograd Soviet and the Bolshevik Party to agree to a socialist seizure of power. Reason: A Military Revolutionary committee was appointed by the Soviet under Leon Trotsky to organise the seizure.
Answer» ANSWER :d

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314.	How were Darwin and Herbert Spencer's ideas adopted by Hitler or Nazis ?
Answer» Solution :(i) Hitler borrowed racism from thinkers like Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer. (ii) Darwin was a natural scientist, who tried to selection. Herbert Spencer later added the idea of survival of the fittest. (iii) According to this idea, only those species survived on earth that could adapt themselves to changing climatic conditions. (iv) Darwin NEVER advocated HUMAN intervention in what he THROUGHT was a purely natural process of selection. However his ideas were used by racist thinkers and politicians to JUSTIFY imperial rule over CONQUERED people. (v) The Nazi argument was simple : the strongest race would survive and weak ones would perish. The Aryan race was the finest. It had to retain its purity, become stronger and dominate the world.

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315.	Write a few lines to show what you know about : The Duma
Answer» Solution :Duma was an elected legislative body like the parliament having respresentatives of the thirdestate. The Tsar dismissed 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 changed the voting laws and packed the thrid Duma with teh conservative politicians. Liberals and REVOLUTIONARIES were ketp out.

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316.	Read the sources given below and answer the questions that follow:SOURCE : The woodcutters of Java The Kalangs of Java were a community of skilled forest cutters and shifting cultivators. They were so valuable that in 1755 when the Mataram kingdom of Java split, the 6,000 Kalang families were equally divided between the two kingdoms. Without their expertise, it would have been difficult to harvest teak and for the kings to build their palaces. When the Dutch began to gain control over the forests in the eighteenth century, they tried to make the Kalangs work under them. In 1770, the Kalangs resisted by attacking a Dutch fort at Joana, but the uprising was suppressed.Why did the Kalangs attack the Dutch fort?
Answer» Solution :Because the DUTCH BEGAN to GAIN control over the forests and tried to MAKE the KALANGS workunder them.

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317.	The disappearance of forests is referred to as _______
Answer» SOLUTION :DEFORESTATION

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318.	How were forests classified on the basis of the Forest Act, 1878?
Answer» Solution :Classification of forests on the basis of Act of 1878: (i) Reserved forests: The best forests were called Reserved forests. VILLAGERS could not take anything from these forests. (ii) Protected forests. They were also protected by the villagers but they could collect WOOD fromthe Protected forests. (III) Village forests: They were located near the villages and could be EXPLOITED by the villagersbut not for COMMERCIAL purposes.

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319.	The German Parliament or Reichstag, was elected on the basis of equal and universal votes cast by all adults including women.
Answer» ANSWER :T

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320.	6 major places A,B,C,D,E and F are marked on the outline map of Europe. These were the major countries of First World War. Identify and write the name of the allied power countries on the map (Central powers and Allied powers)
Answer» SOLUTION :A-England B- GERMANY C-France D-Austria E-Turkey F-USSR

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321.	Describe the events leading to the economic crisis in Germany.
Answer» Solution :• Germany had fought the war largely on LOANS and had to pay war reparation in gold. •This depleted gold reserves at a time when RESOURES were scarce. • In 1932, Germany refused to pay, and the French occupied its leading industrial area .Ruhr., to claim their coal. • Germany retaliated with passive resistance and printed paper currency wrecklessly. • With too much printed money in circulation, the value of the German mark fell. • As the value of the mark collapsed, PRICES of goods soared. • The image of the Germany carrying carloads of currency notes to buy a loaf of bread was widely publicised. • This crisis came to be known as .hyper-inflation., a situation when prices rise phenomenally high. •Eventually the Americans intervened and bailed Germany out of the crisis by introducing .The Dawes PLAN. which reworked the terms of separation to ease the financial burden on Germany.

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322.	_____________regarded private property as the root of all social ills.
Answer» ANSWER :SOCIALISTS

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323.	Which tribunal was set up after world war II to punish the Nazis for their crime against humanity ?
Answer» SOLUTION :INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL

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324.	What was a communist society according to Karl Marx?
Answer» Solution :Marx believed that to free themselves from CAPITALIST EXPLOITATION, WORKERS had to construct a RADICALLY socialist society where all PROPERTY was socially controlled.

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325.	What is Swidden Agriculture? Where is it practised? Describe its main features.
Answer» Solution : One of the major impacts of European COLONIALISM was on the practice of shifting cultivationor ‘Swidden Agriculture.. This is a traditional agricultural practice in MANY parts of Asia, Africa and South America. It has many local names such as Lading in Southeast Asia, Milpa in CENTRAL America andChena in Sri Lanka, etc. In India, Dhya, Penda, Bewar, Jhum, etc. are some of the local TERMS for Swidden agriculture. In shifting cultivation, parts of forests are cut and burnt in rotation. Seeds are sown in the ashes after the first monsoon rains, and the crop is harvested byOctober-November. Such plots are CULTIVATED for a couple of years and then left fallen for 12 to 18 years for theforests to grow back.

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326.	Which secret police was formed to punish the one who criticised Bolsheviks?
Answer» Solution :the SECRET police called CHEKA FIRST and LATER OGPU and NKVD.

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327.	The disappearance of forests is referred to as afforestation.
Answer» ANSWER :F

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328.	Society in 18th century Europe was divided into Estates and ______________________.
Answer» ANSWER :ORDERS

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329.	Explain any five ways in which the lives of the villagers were affected by the Forest Acts.
Answer» Solution :The lives of the villagers were affected by the forest laws:(i) Now the villagers were deprived of their customary practices like hunting, cutting, grazingtheir cattle, collecting fruits, etc. (ii) One of the major impacts was on the practice of shifting cultivations or SWIDDEN agriculture. (iii) People were now forced to steal wood from the forests and if they were caught, they wereat the MERCY of the forest guards who would take BRIBES from them. (iv) Women who collected fuel WOODS were especially worried. (v) It was common for police, constables and forest guards to harass people by demanding freefood from them.

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330.	What was Nazi's school syllabus ?
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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331.	Write a few lines to show what you know about : The Liberals
Answer» Solution :Those people, who wanteda nation which tolerated all religions, were known as liberals in Russia. Their main motive was to safe guard the rights of the individuals against the government. They ALSO opposed the dominating power of the dynastic rulers. One can say the outlook of theLiberals was conceived to a certain levelas they agreed a REPRESENTATIVE, ELECTED parliamentary government SUBJECTS to laws. They wanted an independent judiciary but disagreed with the idea of Universal ADULT Franchise and voting rights of women.

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332.	Assertion (A) : Hitler pulled out of League of Nations in 1943, reoccupied the Rhineland in 1944. Reason (R ) : Schacht had advised Hitler against investing hugely in rearmament as the state will run on deficit financing.
Answer» Both A and R are true and R is the CORRECT EXPLANATION of A. Both A and R are but R is not correct explanation of A. A is true but R is false. A is false but R is true. ANSWER :D

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333.	Describe the circumstances leading to the outbreak of revolutionary protest in France,
Answer» Solution :There were some causes which led to the outbreak of revolutionary protest. They are as follows - (i) Privileges based on birth: There were rich people in the society who received privileges by birth leading to resentment among common people. (ii) The war with Britain for an independent America: Due to this war, there was a high debt on the French monarchy. For the repayment of those debts, many new taxes were imposed on the common people. (iii) Concentration of power among the privileged: There was no equal division of power in the society. The third estate was dependent on the first and the SECOND estate for money. (iv) Subsistence Crisis: There was a demand SUPPLY gap of bread due to the increasingpopulation and less production of grain. (v) Growing middle Class: A new class emerged due to the INCREASE in overseas trade. This class was wealthy because of its ability to utilise opportunities and not because of birth right. As the people of the middle class were educated and believed in the idea of equal distribution of wealth they began raising their voice to END the privileges on the basis of right of birth. The above circumstances led to the outbreak of a revolution. There were also few thinkers during this PERIOD that by their books spread the idea of democracy and equality.

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334.	When did women finally get the right to vote in France?
Answer» Solution :WOMEN finally got the RIGHT to vote in FRANCE in 1946.

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335.	Assertion (A) : The economic crisis created deep anxieties and fears in people. Reason (R ) : The middle classes, especially salaried employed and pensioners, saw their saving diminish when the currency lost its value.
Answer» Both A and R are TRUE and R is the correct EXPLANATION of A. Both A and R are but R is not correct explanation of A. A is true but R is false. A is false but R is true. ANSWER :A

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336.	Read the sources given below and answer the questions that follow:SOURCE : The Fears of the PeopleWhen the colonial government proposed to reserve two-third of the forest in 1905, and stop shifting cultivation, hunting and collection of forest produce, the people of Bastar were very worried. Some villages were allowed to stay on in the reserved forests on the condition that they worked free for the forest department in cutting and transporting trees, and protecting the forest from fires. Subsequently, these came to be known as 'forest villages'. People of other villages were displaced without any notice or compensation. For long, villagers had been suffering from increased land rents and frequent demands for free labour and goods by colonial officials. Then came the terrible famines, in 1899-1900 and again in 1907-1908. Reservations proved to be the last straw.What were the forest villages?
Answer» Solution :Some villages were ALLOWED to stay on in the RESERVED forests on the condition that they workedfree for the forest DEPARTMENT in CUTTING and transporting trees, and protecting the forest fromfires. SUBSEQUENTLY, these came to be known as .forest villages..

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337.	What do you know about the ‘Estates General?
Answer» Solution :“The Estates General. was a political body to which the three estates sent their representatives. In FRANCE of the Old Regime, the monarch did not have the power to impose TAXES to his will alone. Rather he had to call a MEETING of the Estates General to PASS the proposals for NEW taxes. However, it was the monarch alone who could decide when to call a meeting of this body.

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338.	In what ways was theworking population in Russia different from other countries in Europe, before 1917?
Answer» Solution :(i) Compared to thecondition of the people of Europe, RUSSIAN people, especially the workingclass like the farmers and the factory workers was very deplorable. (ii) The main reason for it was the autocratic government of the Tsar Nicholas II, who exploited these people day by day by hiscorrupt and oppressive policies. (iii) Much of the produce of the peasant workers went into the hands of the landowners and the privileged classes.Large properties were owned by the nobility, the crown and the Orthodox Church. (iv) In European COUNTRIES, the peasants respected nobles and fought for them WHEREAS in Russia, the peasants wanted the land of the nobles to be given to them. (v) Then often refused to pay rent and even murdered the landlords.This was because of the various oppressive policies and their built up frustration. (vi) The factory workers FACED equally miserable situation. They could not form any TRADE unions and political parties to express their grievances. (vii) The private industrialists exploited the workers and many times did not give them fixed minimum wages also. There was also no limitset for the working hours.

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339.	State the reasons of setting up an International Military Tribunal at Nuremburg.
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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340.	In the early 19th century, the colonial government thought that the forests were productive.
Answer» ANSWER :F

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341.	What kind of products did nomadic communities of India like Banjaras trade in?
Answer» Solution :Elephants, HIDES, horns, silk cocoons, ivory, BAMBOO, SPICES, fibres, grasses, gums and RESINS, etc.,were the products TRADED by Banjara communities.

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342.	Why was the treasury of France empty when Louis XVI ascended the throne?
Answer» Solution :Long years of war had DRAINED the FINANCIAL resources of FRANCE and along with it was the cost of maintaining an extravagant court at immense PALACE of Versailles.

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343.	Why was the subsistence crisis caused in France?
Answer» Solution :It is an extreme SITUATION where the BASIC means of LIVELIHOOD were endangered.

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344.	Assertion: During the 1918 and 1919, the greens and whites controlled most of the Russian empire. Reason: They were not backed by French, American, British and Japanese troops.
Answer» ANSWER :C

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345.	Assertion (A) : The ideas of philosophers were discussed intensively in salons and coffee houses and spread among people through books and newspapers. Reason (R): These were frequently read aloud in groups for the benefit of those who could not read and write.
Answer» Both A and R are TRUE and R is the CORRECT EXPLANATION of A. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A. A is true but R is FALSE. A is false but R is true. Solution : Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

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346.	In what ways did the British regulate forest trade?
Answer» Solution : (i) The British government gave many large European trading firms the sole right to trade INTHE forest products of particular AREAS. (ii) Grazing and hunting by the LOCAL people were restricted.(iii) In this process, many pastoralists and NOMADIC communities LOST their livelihoods. Some ofthem were forced to work in factories, mines and plantations in order to restrict them fromentering into forest trade.

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347.	Study the picture and answer the question that follows : Which one of the following leaders were greeted in the above form ?
Answer» Stalin Lenin Hitler Louis XVI ANSWER :C

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348.	How did the Nazis proceed to realise their murderous racial ideology by eliminating the undesirable ?
Answer» SOLUTION :JEWS were not the only community classified as .undesirable.. There were other too. Many .Gypsies. and .Blacks. living in Nazi Germany were considered as racial inferiors who threatened the biological purity of the superior Aryan race. They were widely persecuted. EVEN Russians and POLES were considered subhuman and hence UNDESERVING of any humanity. When Germany occupied Poland and parts of Russia, captured civilians were forced to work as slave labour. Many of them died simply through hard work and starvation.

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349.	In The Spirit of the Laws, Rousseau proposed a division of power within the government between the legislative, the executive and the judiciary.
Answer» SOLUTION :In The SPIRIT of the Laws, MONTESQUIEU proposed a division of POWER within the government between the legislative, the executive and the judiciary.

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350.	Which colonial power ruled over Indonesia?
Answer» SOLUTION :The DUTCH from BELGIUM.

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1905 Revolution proved to be a dress rehearsal for the revolution that took place in 1917 in Russia. Give three arguments in support of the statements.

What was ‘Directory?

In which country did Nazi Germany first try experiment of 'concentration of Germans in _____________ ?

Between 1880 and 1920, forest cover in the Indian subcontinent declined by 9.7 millionhectares, from 108.6 million hectares to 98.9 million hectares. Discuss the role of the followingfactors in this decline

Name the important political clubs formed by women in France to fight for their political rights.

As jobs disappeared, the youth took to agriculture and total despair became commonplace.

Name the river which flows across Bastar from east to west.

Who was Mirabeau?

Allied Powers in World War II

________________believed in the idea of cooperative communities built through individual initiative.

French society in the 18th century was divided into three_____

Assertion: In 1918 Lenin persuaded Petrograd Soviet and the Bolshevik Party to agree to a socialist seizure of power. Reason: A Military Revolutionary committee was appointed by the Soviet under Leon Trotsky to organise the seizure.

How were Darwin and Herbert Spencer's ideas adopted by Hitler or Nazis ?

Write a few lines to show what you know about : The Duma

The disappearance of forests is referred to as _______

How were forests classified on the basis of the Forest Act, 1878?

The German Parliament or Reichstag, was elected on the basis of equal and universal votes cast by all adults including women.

6 major places A,B,C,D,E and F are marked on the outline map of Europe. These were the major countries of First World War. Identify and write the name of the allied power countries on the map (Central powers and Allied powers)

Describe the events leading to the economic crisis in Germany.

_____________regarded private property as the root of all social ills.

Which tribunal was set up after world war II to punish the Nazis for their crime against humanity ?

What was a communist society according to Karl Marx?

What is Swidden Agriculture? Where is it practised? Describe its main features.

Which secret police was formed to punish the one who criticised Bolsheviks?

The disappearance of forests is referred to as afforestation.

Society in 18th century Europe was divided into Estates and ______________________.

Explain any five ways in which the lives of the villagers were affected by the Forest Acts.

What was Nazi's school syllabus ?

Write a few lines to show what you know about : The Liberals

Assertion (A) : Hitler pulled out of League of Nations in 1943, reoccupied the Rhineland in 1944. Reason (R ) : Schacht had advised Hitler against investing hugely in rearmament as the state will run on deficit financing.

Describe the circumstances leading to the outbreak of revolutionary protest in France,

When did women finally get the right to vote in France?

Assertion (A) : The economic crisis created deep anxieties and fears in people. Reason (R ) : The middle classes, especially salaried employed and pensioners, saw their saving diminish when the currency lost its value.

What do you know about the ‘Estates General?

In what ways was theworking population in Russia different from other countries in Europe, before 1917?

State the reasons of setting up an International Military Tribunal at Nuremburg.

In the early 19th century, the colonial government thought that the forests were productive.

What kind of products did nomadic communities of India like Banjaras trade in?

Why was the treasury of France empty when Louis XVI ascended the throne?

Why was the subsistence crisis caused in France?

Assertion: During the 1918 and 1919, the greens and whites controlled most of the Russian empire. Reason: They were not backed by French, American, British and Japanese troops.

Assertion (A) : The ideas of philosophers were discussed intensively in salons and coffee houses and spread among people through books and newspapers. Reason (R): These were frequently read aloud in groups for the benefit of those who could not read and write.

In what ways did the British regulate forest trade?

Study the picture and answer the question that follows : Which one of the following leaders were greeted in the above form ?

How did the Nazis proceed to realise their murderous racial ideology by eliminating the undesirable ?

In The Spirit of the Laws, Rousseau proposed a division of power within the government between the legislative, the executive and the judiciary.

Which colonial power ruled over Indonesia?