Long Answer Type“Roadways still have an edge over railways in India.” Support the statement with arguments.
On the given political outline map of India, locate and label the following with appropriate symbols:
A. Oil Field - Digboi
B. Iron and Steel Plant – Bhilai
C. Major Sea Port - Kochi
How can the formal sector loans be made beneficial for poor farmers and workers? Suggest any five measures.
How did the Civil Disobedience Movement come into force in various parts of the country? Explain with examples.
“Napoleon had destroyed democracy in France but in the administrative field he had incorporated revolutionary principles in order to make the whole system more rational and efficient.” Analyse the statement with agreements.
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“The peace negotiations in Geneva followed the division of Vietnam that set in motion a series of events that turned Vietnam into a battle field.” Analyse the statement with agreements.
Three Features A, B and C are marked on the given political outline map of India. Identify these features with the help of the following information and write their correct names on the lines marked in the map:
A. The place where the cotton mill workers organized Satyagraha.
B. The place related to the calling off the Non – Cooperation Movement.
C. The place where the Indian National Congress Session was held.
“Democracy stands much superior in promoting dignity and freedom of the citizens”. Justify.
“Political parties are a necessary condition for a democracy”. Analyse the statement with examples.
Political parties are a necessary condition for a democracy for the reasons mentioned below:
i. When societies develop, expand and become more complex in terms of social, economic and political relations, they need political parties to sustain governance.
ii. Political parties tend to provide the base on which the praxis of government is built.
iii. Political parties gather public views on various important issues, articulate them and then present them to the government, which is what democracy is.
iv. Parties bring various representatives together, support or restrain government and its apparatus, develop policies, justify or oppose them in the public domain depending on their political ideology.
v. Parties which fail to form the government form the opposition and monitor the actions of the ruling party, thereby preventing the misuse or abuse of limits
imposed by the Constitution.
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