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S.ST HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

Q1- DISTINGUISH BETWEEN WHEATHER AND CLIMATE. ANS- climate is the sum total of weather conditions over a large area for a long period of time. Weather stands for actual atmospheric conditions for a short period.

Q2-WHY THE TAMILNADU COAST RECIEVES WINTERRAINFALL? ANS-Tamilnadu gets most of rain from retreating monsoon in October and November. These winds after picking up moisture from Bay of Bengal. Thus tamilnadu gets most of rain in winter when the fury of monsoons is over in most parts of the country

Q2-WHY WE NEED PARLIAMENT? ANS-The powers of parliament include law making or legislation, financial, executive and judicial powers. i.The parliament can enact laws on the subjects mentioned in the union list and concurrent list. ii.The parliament controls the finance of the nation. iii.The parliament controls the executive.

Q3-WHAT ARE THE WORKS AND POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT? ANS-The president appoints the prime minister. The president appoints some members of the lok sabha and rajya sabha. He appoints governors, judges of Supreme Court and high courts, ambassadors and attorney general. He gives approval to many bills passed by the state legislature. He distributes the share of income tax among the states.

Q4- WHAT ARE THE WORKS AND POWERS OF THE PRIME MINISTER? ANS- He prepares the list of the ministers according to his sweet will. He decides what department is to be allotted to a particular minister. The prime minister is the head of the council of ministers. The council of minister has no existence without the prime minister. The prime minister may advise the president for the dissolution of the lok sabha.

Q5- WHAT IS THE WORK OF THE SPEAKER IN THE LOK SABHA? ANS- He assures systematical and peaceful work. He is neutral. He does not go on his own party’s meeting. He can punish any member of any party.

Q6-WHAT PROBLEMS CAME IN THE SPREAD OF FARMING OF WHEAT? ANS- When wheat cultivation had expended dramatically in the early twentieth century, zealous farmers recklessly uprooted all vegetation, and tractors had turned the soil over, and broken the sod into dust. The whole region had become dust bowl.

Q7- WHAT ARE THE REASONS OF CHANGE IN WEATHER IN THE INDIAN SUB- CONTINENT? ANS- The heat low around the Arabian sea caused due to intensive heating during the pre monsoon months. The Tibetan high-level plateau gets intensely heated during summer, which results in strong vertical air currents and the formation of high pressure over the plateau.

Q8-WHEN AND WHERE THE DUST STORM CAME? ANS- Dust storm came in 1930 in the southern plains of North America.

Q9-WHY MANCHU WAS AGAINST FORREIGN MATERIALS? ANS- The manchus, were suspicious of all foreign merchants. They feared that the merchants would meddle in local politics and disrupt their authority.

Q10-WHAT ARE THE MAIN FACTORS OF POVERTY IN INDIA? ANS- The factors responsible for poverty in India are as follows                	   1.Low level of economic development. 2. Huge income inequalities. 3. Higher illiteracy rate. 4. Social exclusion.

Q11-WHAT IS POVERTY LINE? ANS- A person is considered poor if his or her income or consumption level falls below a given minimum level and the minimum level is called poverty line.

Q12-WHY THERE IS DIFFERENT TYPES OF POVERTY LINE IN DIFFERRENT COUNTRIES? ANS- Each country uses an imaginary line that is considered appropriate for its existing level of development and its accepted minimum social norms. For example, a person in the United States may be considered poor. In India, owning of a car is still considered luxury.

Q13-WHAT IS EPIDEMIC? WHAT ARE THE FACTORS OF EPIDEMIC? ANS- An epidemic is defined as the occurrence of an illness or other health related event that is unusually large or unexpected.

Q14-GIVE SOME SAFETY MEASURES TO COPE WITH RAIL ACCIDENT. ANS- The safety measures are as follows: •	At railway crossing pay attention to the signal and the swing barrier. •	Do not stop the train on a bridge or tunnel where evacuation is not possible. •	Do not take flammable material. •	Do not smoke in train. •	Do not pull the emergency cord unnecessarily.

Q15-GIVE SOME REASONS OF RAIL ACCIDENTS. ANS- The most common types of rail accident are due to lack of maintenance, human error or sabotage. Various type of dangerous cargo such as fuel oil products.

Q16-GIVE SOME SAFETY MEASURES TO COPE WITH ROAD ACCIDENTS. ANS- The safety measures are as follows: •	Drive only if you are competent enough •	Be familiar with road markings •	Be careful while driving in rainy season •	Be a licensed driver •	Keep to your lane •	Don’t accelerate or decelerate suddenly

Q17-GIVE SOME REASONS OF ROAD ACCIDENT. ANS- The main causes are the violation of traffic regulations, speeding, drunk driving and poor maintenance of the vehicle and the roads. All these reasons add to the rising number of accidents and road fatalities.

Q18-WHO WAS CAPTAIN SWING? ANS- Captain Swing was a mythic name used in letters addressed to land owners to break their threshing machines. The workers feared loss of job livelihood owing to the introduction of threshing machine.

Q19-WHAT CHANGES CAME WITH MODERN AGRICULTURE? ANS- The richer farmers expanded grain production sold grains in the world market, made profits and became powerful. The poor left their villages in large numbers. Some went from midlands to the southern counties where jobs were available. The income became unstable, their jobs insecured, their livelihood precarious.

Q20-WHEN AND WHERE DID BTHE DUST STORM CAME?. HOW THE WHOLE LANDSCAPE GOT CONVERTED INTO DUST BOWL? ANS- In 1930s, terrifying dust storms began to blow over southern plains. When wheat cultivation had expanded dramatically in the early twentieth century, zealous farmers recklessly uprooted all vegetation, and tractors had turned the soil over, and broken the sod into dust. The whole region had become a dust bowl.

Q21-HOW THE PEASANTS WERE FORCED TO CULTIVATE OPIUM? ANS- Opium was, however, primarily known for its medicinal properties. In 19th century, there were great demands for the international commercial crops- Indigo and opium. Here it is pertinent to discuss the fiscal policy of colonial rulers and conditions of farmers in India. The British saw land revenue as a major source of government income. For this reason, they took several measures as increased revenue rates, and expand the area under cultivation. Opium cultivation naturally augmented the revenue of the colonial rulers.

Q22-WHAT IS THE MAIN ROLE OF OPPOSITE PARTY IN LOK SABHA? ANS- There role is very important because sometimes there comments make the other party change there decision and are necessary for running the nation properly.

Q23-WHAT HAPPENED TO THE POOR? ANS- They could no longer collect apples and berries or hunt small animals for meat. Nor could they gather the stalks that lay on the fields after landlords, everything had a price which the poor could not afford to pay.

Q24- BY THE END OF CENTURY PEASANTS WERE PRODUCING WHICH KIND OF CROPS? ANS- By the end of century, peasants were producing sugarcane, cotton jute, wheat and several other crops for export, to feed the population of urban Europe and to supply the mills of Lancashire and Manchester in England.

Q25-WHAT WAS THE OPINION OF FARMERS ON THRESHING MACHINES? ANS- They complained of the insolence of labourers, their drinking habits, and the difficulty of making them work. The machines they thought, would help them reduce there dependence on labourers.