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What is the period of the Paleolithic Age?

The period of the Paleolithic Age lasted roughly from 2.5 million years ago to 10,000 B.C. It was a period where humans lived as simple... View Article

AIR Spotlight – Jal Jeevan Mission: Har Ghar Jal

AIR Spotlight is an insightful programme featured daily on the All India Radio Newsonair. In this program, many eminent panellists discuss issues... View Article

Who has written the Constitution of India?

Prem Behari Narain Raizada was the calligrapher of the Indian Constitution. The original constitution was handwritten by him in a flowing italic... View Article

Write one reason why you think the Constitution’s safeguards to protect minority communities are very important.

To prevent the cultural domination of the majority community, it is important to safeguard and protect the minority communities. Constitutional... View Article

List two reasons why Adivasis are becoming increasingly marginalised.

While portraying adivasis in movies, books, social functions, there is stereotyping of Adivasis in India. They are portrayed wearing different... View Article

Write in your own words two or more sentences of what you understand by the word ‘marginalisation’ .

There are multiple factors which lead to marginalisation. Those are political, cultural, social and economic factors. Marginalised sections... View Article

Make sentences with each of the glossary words given. Acquit, To appeal, Compensation, Eviction, Violation.

Acquit If a person is being tried by the court for a criminal case, and the court finds that the person is not guilty of the crime then the... View Article

Write a story around the theme, ‘Justice delayed is justice denied’.

If a person’s property has been illegally occupied he can go to the courts and get the illegal encroachment evicted if the police do not... View Article

Re-read excerpts from the judgment on the Olga Tellis vs Bombay Municipal Corporation case. Now write in your own words what the judges meant when they said that the Right to Livelihood was part of the Right to Life.

Slum dwellers' right to livelihood was protected by judgments like Olga Tellis vs Bombay Municipal Corporation in 1985. Right to Livelihood was... View Article

Why do you think the introduction of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the 1980s is a significant step in ensuring access to justice for all?

Post-1980 period the judiciary was willing to take into account the rights of those sections of society who would find it difficult to take help... View Article

Keeping the Sudha Goel case in mind, tick the sentences that are true and correct the ones that are false. (a) The accused took the case to the High Court because they were unhappy with the decision of the Trial Court. (b) They went to the High Court after the Supreme Court had given its decision. (c) If they do not like the Supreme Court verdict, the accused can go back again to the Trial Court.

Answer: Only option (A) is correct. Option (b) is wrong because after the Supreme Court gives its verdict, they cannot approach the High Court.... View Article

Re-read the list of Fundamental Rights. How do you think the Right to Constitutional Remedies connects to the idea of judicial review?

It means citizens have the right to move courts to issue orders, writs or directions to enforce the rights of citizens, if their fundamental... View Article

You read that one of the main functions of the judiciary is ‘upholding the law and Enforcing Fundamental Rights’. Why do you think an independent judiciary is necessary to carry out this important function?

To ensure that there is no misuse of powers by the executive and legislative, the courts play an important role and this is possible due to... View Article

Look up the annual calendar of holidays of your school. How many of them pertain to different religions? What does this indicate?

Usually in schools, the holidays given to students are on independence day, republic day, Gandhi Jayanti, Childrens Day, Teachers Day etc. Apart... View Article

Will the government intervene if some religious group says that their religion allows them to practise infanticide? Give reasons for your answer.

Our constitution guarantees the right to life. No one has any authority to take the life of another person. It is against the law. For example,... View Article

Complete the sentences below using some of the following words. (sparsely, favourable, fallow, artificial, fertile, natural, extreme, densely) When people are attracted to an area, it becomes ___ populated, Factors that influence this include _ climate; good supplies of _ resources and ___ land.

Answers: The right answers are densely, favourable, natural, fertile. As plain areas are more suitable for service activities, manufacturing... View Article

What is a population pyramid? (a) A graphical presentation of the age, sex composition of a population. (b) When the population density of an area is so high that people live in tall buildings. (c) Pattern of population distribution in large urban areas.

A good way to look at the composition of the population in a country is by studying the population pyramid, which is also known as the age-sex... View Article

In 1999, the world population reached (a) 1 billion (b) 3 billion (c) 6 billion

Answer: The correct answer is option (C) - 6 billion. The world’s population reached one billion in 1804. Until the 1800s, the population... View Article

Which are three main factors that cause population change? (a) Births, deaths and marriage (b) Births, deaths and migration (c) Births, deaths and life expectancy

Answer: The correct answer is option (B) - Births, Deaths and Migration Birth rate, Death rate, Migration are the factors influencing population... View Article

What does the term ‘population distribution’ refer to? 1) How the population in a specified area changes over time. 2) The number of people who die in relation to the number of people born in a specified area. 3) The way in which people are spread across a given area.

There are 5 different Geographical factors which affect the uneven distribution of population in the world. These are Topography, Climate, Soil,... View Article

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