Q. Suggest any three steps to minimise the environmental degradation caused by the industrial development in India.

Q. Why do MNCs set up their offices and factories in those regions where they get cheap labour and other resources?

Q. 'Credit has its own unique role for development'. Justify the statement with arguments.

Q. Consumption of energy in all forms has been rising all over the country. There is an urgent need to develop a sustainable path of energy development and energy saving'. Suggest and explain any three measures to solve this burning problem.

Q. "The decade of 1830 had brought great economic hardship in Europe". Support the statement with arguments.

Q. How are 'Gobar gas plants' beneficial to the farmers ?

Q. "Political parties are a necessary condition for a democracy". Analyse the statement with examples.

Q. How can the formal sector loans be made beneficial for poor farmers and workers? Suggest any five measures.

Q. "The plantation workers in Assam had their own understanding of Mahatma Gandhi and the notion of Swaraj". Support the statement with arguments.

Q. Why did Mahatma Gandhi relaunch the Civil Disobedience Movement with great apprehension ?Explain.

Q. Explain by giving examples how Multinational Corporations (MNCs) are spreading their productions in different ways.

Q. Name any two sectional interest groups.

Q. What was the main aim of the Scholar Revolt of 1868?

Q. What is meant by regional political party? State the conditions required to be recognised as a regional political party?

Q. "Democracy accommodates social diversities. Support the statement with examples.

Q. Suggest and explain any five measures to reform political parties.

Q. What are public interest pressure groups ? Describe their functioning.

Q. Distinguish between pressure groups and political parties by stating any one point of distinction.

Q. Classify industries on the basis of source of raw material. How are they different from each other ?

Q. "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 arguments.

Q. 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 cotton mill workers organised Satyagraha.
B. The place related to the calling off the Non-Cooperation Movement.
C. The place where the Indian National Congress Session was held.

Q. Explain the need to expand formal sources of credit in rural India.

Q. Who was proclaimed German Emperor in a ceremony held at Versailles in January 1871?

Q. Why did India adopt multi-party system ?

Q. Describe the impact of globalisation on Indian economy with examples.

Q. Explain any five major problems faced by road transport in India.

Q. "Roadways still have an edge over railways in India." Support the statement with arguments.

Q. What type of flag was designed during the `Swadeshi Movement' in Bengal? Explain its main features.

Q. If any damage is done to a consumer by a trader, under which consumer right one can move to consumer court to get compensation.

Q. "The Ho Chi Minh Trail became advantageous to Vietnamese in the war against U.S." Support the statement with arguments.