Exercise Question Answers for Chapter 2 Reshaping India’s Political Map for Class VIII in subject social Science ********************************* Questions and activities: 1. Compare the political strategies of the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughals. What similarities and differences existed between them? Answer: Similarities: Both aimed to control a large part of India. Both used strong armies and weapons to conquer. Taxes from people and trade were their main income. Built forts, palaces, and mosques/temples. Faced resistance from local rulers. Differences: Delhi Sultans mostly ruled through force and raids. Mughal rulers, especially Akbar, used alliances, marriages, and tolerance. Mughals built a better administration (mansabdari system). Delhi Sultans shifted capitals and had frequent violent successions. Mughals stayed in power longer because of better planning. 2. Why did kingdoms like the Vijayanagara Empire and the Ahom Kin...
Grassroots Democracy–Part 1 Governance(Class-6-Social Science)
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Subject-Social Science
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1. What is the meaning of ‘governance’?
Answer: The process of taking decisions, organizing the society's life with different sets of rules, and ensuring that they are followed, is called governance.
2. Why do we need a government?
Answer:
- To maintain law and order in society and to avoid conflict.
- It Provide basic and essential public services like hospitals and school/ colleges.
- To protect environment, forests, birds and other species.
- To provide security to the country from foreign enemies.
3. What is the meaning of ‘democracy’? Why is it important?
Answer:The word ‘democracy’ comes from two Greek words — dÄ“mos meaning ‘people’, and
kratos meaning ‘rule’ or ‘power’; so ‘democracy’ literally means the ‘rule of the people’.
4. Describe the two pictures given in Fig. 10.1 on page 151 — What differences do you see between them?
Answer: The two pictures in figure 10.1 on page 151 described the traffic scene on a busy road in an urban place (city).
Let us see the differences in Picture 1 and Picture 2.
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5. How do you connect this with our discussion on rules?
Answer: Rules are essential for social order and better life. Rules made once can be changed. In school and home we also have rules.
6. What are some of the rules in your school? Who made them?
Answer: Every school has some rules and regulations for students, teaching staff and non-teaching staff.These are made for a safe and productive learning environment.
Common School Rules:-
1. Students are expected to wear a neat and clean school uniform.
2. It is mandatory for students to attend school regularly.
3. Students are expected to follow discipline.
4. Classroom behaviour:-
a) No use of electronic devices like mobiles and laptops.
b) Bullying, teasing, commenting and discriminating against others are strictly not allowed.
The school rules are made by the school administration, including the Principal and Vice Principal.
7. Can you identify the categories of public service or other activities that are represented in the ten pictures in Fig. 10.2 on page 152?
Answer:
Picture 1: Infrastructure services
Picture 2: Transport services
Picture 3: Security and Safety Services
Picture 4: Healthcare services
Picture 5: Disaster Management and relief services
Picture 6: Traffic Police
Picture 7: Judicial services
Picture 8: Educational Services
Picture 9: Postal services
Picture 10: Banking Services
8. What role do you think the government plays in each of these activities?
Answer:
- Government is directly involved in providing all kinds of public services.
- It ensures that these services are provided to all people.
- It creates adequate Infrastructure, employee trained manpower and ensures free flow of service.
9. Can you think of other aspects of your daily life where the does the government plays an important role?
Answer:
- Checking an ensuing quality and prices of food articles.
- Helping to preserve forest cover, to protect the environment from pollution.
- Ensuring regular supply of water and electricity.
- Maintenance of parks, cleaning of roads, providing street lamps, etc.
- Providing health and education facilities.
10. Explain how the three government organs are at work in the case of the cybercriminals described above. How do they intervene?
Answer:
- Digital technologies have eased the life of people and at the same time created a new class of criminals.
- To prevent cyber crime, the Government has passed new laws in order to fight such criminal activities.
- They are usually fined as well as jailed for some years.
11. Observe the table (Fig.10.5). Highlight the functions and responsibilities that affect your life the most.
Answer:
The functions and responsibilities that affects our life the most are as follows:
Central Governemnt
1. Defence
2. Currency
3. Education
4. Communications: Railways, roadways.
State Government
1. Police
2. Public health
3. Education
4. Agriculture
Local government
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Unity in Diversity, or 'Many in the One'
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