Bihar Board Class 10 · Social Science · Matric exam 2027
Bihar Board Class 10 Social Science Question Paper 2024
The board’s 2024 question paper, set H — all 112 questions as printed; 80 objective answers from the board’s own key; full model answers for 3 written questions, how the answer begins for 29 more. Each question names its chapter, where that chapter’s most-asked questions are.
Full marks 80 · Time 2 h 45 min
Section A · Objective questions (80)
Who was the king of Sardinia?
- (A) Victor Emmanuel ✓
- (B) Napoleon
- (C) Charles X
- (D) None of them
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
Who founded the Third International in 1919?
- (A) Karl Marx
- (B) Lenin ✓
- (C) Friedrich Engels
- (D) Robert Owen
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
Who was the chief hero of the unification of Italy?
- (A) Mazzini
- (B) Cavour
- (C) Garibaldi
- (D) All of them ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
By what name is the first Russian Revolution of 1917 known?
- (A) October Revolution
- (B) March Revolution
- (C) February Revolution ✓
- (D) November Revolution
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
Which of the following is not a liberal leader?
- (A) Dadabhai Naoroji
- (B) Firoj Shah Mehta
- (C) Bipin Chandra Pal ✓
- (D) Surendranath Bannerjee
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
Which of the following proposed separate electorate for Muslims for the first time?
- (A) Simon Commission
- (B) Morley-Minto Reforms ✓
- (C) Delhi Pact
- (D) Montague-Chelmsford Report
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
Where was the first textile mill established in India?
- (A) Gujarat
- (B) Andhra Pradesh
- (C) Maharashtra ✓
- (D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
In which country was the 'corn law' passed?
- (A) Britain ✓
- (B) Russia
- (C) Germany
- (D) France
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
In which state is the Indira Gandhi canal located?
- (A) Kerala
- (B) Maharashtra
- (C) Rajasthan ✓
- (D) Bihar
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
Where is Rohila National Park?
- (A) West Bengal
- (B) Himachal Pradesh ✓
- (C) Tamil Nadu
- (D) Assam
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
India is the leading producer of which mineral in the world?
- (A) Manganese
- (B) Copper
- (C) Bauxite
- (D) Mica ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
Which mineral is needed to make aluminium?
- (A) Tin
- (B) Bauxite ✓
- (C) Manganese
- (D) Iron
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
In which state is Damodar Valley Project located?
- (A) Jharkhand ✓
- (B) West Bengal
- (C) Bihar
- (D) Odisha
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
Which is the largest sugarcane producing state in South India?
- (A) Andhra Pradesh
- (B) Odisha
- (C) Tamil Nadu
- (D) Maharashtra ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
Where is Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Limited located?
- (A) Salem
- (B) Bhadravati ✓
- (C) Vijaynagar
- (D) Durgapur
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
Which shipyard makes warships for India?
- (A) Mazagaon ✓
- (B) Kolkata
- (C) Chennai
- (D) None of these
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
Which river is known as the 'Sorrow of Bengal'?
- (A) Kosi
- (B) Ganga
- (C) Damodar ✓
- (D) Gandak
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
The tremor of the ocean bottom is related to
- (A) Cyclone
- (B) Tsunami ✓
- (C) Tide
- (D) None of these
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
From which state was Meghalaya carved out?
- (A) Manipur
- (B) Tripura
- (C) Arunachal Pradesh
- (D) Assam ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
Who has the right to make laws on the subjects of the concurrent list?
- (A) State
- (B) Union
- (C) Both (A) and (B) ✓
- (D) None of these
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
Who is the head of village court?
- (A) Panch
- (B) Sarpanch ✓
- (C) Mayor
- (D) Nyaya Mitra
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
The government based on public opinion is
- (A) Monarchy
- (B) Dictatorship
- (C) Democracy ✓
- (D) None of these
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
Who elects the Sarpanch?
- (A) Members of Gram Sabha ✓
- (B) State Government
- (C) Mukhiya and Panch
- (D) Panch
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
Where was the seven-party alliance formed ?
- (A) India
- (B) Pakistan
- (C) Myanmar
- (D) Nepal ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
Which of the following is an abiotic resource ?
- (A) Human
- (B) Bird
- (C) River ✓
- (D) Tree
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
What is regur called ?
- (A) Red soil
- (B) Black soil ✓
- (C) Alluvial soil
- (D) Laterite soil
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
Where is the Sharavati River Valley Project located ?
- (A) Bihar
- (B) Karnataka ✓
- (C) Uttar Pradesh
- (D) Tamil Nadu
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
What percentage of India is covered by forest ?
- (A) 21.25%
- (B) 24.62% ✓
- (C) 33%
- (D) 18%
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
Where is Naharkatia oil field located ?
- (A) Arunachal Pradesh
- (B) Assam ✓
- (C) Nagaland
- (D) Tripura
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
When was the first National Water Policy adopted ?
- (A) 1975
- (B) 1982
- (C) 1987 ✓
- (D) 2002
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
In which year did the most severe earthquake occur in Bihar ?
- (A) 1931
- (B) 1932
- (C) 1933
- (D) 1934 ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
Where among the following is the thermal power generation plant located ?
- (A) Barauni
- (B) Kahalgaon
- (C) Kanti
- (D) All of these ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
Which economic activity is predominant in rural areas ?
- (A) Primary ✓
- (B) Secondary
- (C) Tertiary
- (D) None of these
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
Which sector has benefitted the least by the policy of globalization ?
- (A) Agriculture ✓
- (B) Service
- (C) Manufacturing
- (D) None of these
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
- Q 35Objective1 mark
Dinar is the currency of which country ?
- (A) Iran
- (B) Iraq ✓
- (C) Saudi Arabia
- (D) Afghanistan
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
What is the duration of eleventh five-year plan ?
- (A) 1996 - 2002
- (B) 2002 - 2007
- (C) 2007 - 2012 ✓
- (D) 2012 - 2017
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
Gas and electricity productions are placed in which sector ?
- (A) Primary sector
- (B) Secondary sector ✓
- (C) Tertiary sector
- (D) None of these
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
The process of economic development which raises the standard of living of all the sections of the society is called
- (A) Sustainable Development
- (B) Inclusive Development ✓
- (C) Economic Growth
- (D) All of these
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
Who prepared India's first Human Development Report ?
- (A) Planning Commission ✓
- (B) National Development Council
- (C) World Bank
- (D) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
The secondary sector is also known as
- (A) Agriculture sector
- (B) Industrial sector ✓
- (C) Service sector
- (D) All of these
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
Which of the following is the headquarters of North Central Railways ?
- (A) Allahabad ✓
- (B) Hajipur
- (C) Jabalpur
- (D) Mumbai Central
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
When did All India Radio start ?
- (A) 1930
- (B) 1936 ✓
- (C) 1957
- (D) 1965
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
Which state has the first position in terms of length of roads in India ?
- (A) Gujarat
- (B) Karnataka
- (C) Maharashtra ✓
- (D) Rajasthan
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
Which of the following states is most affected by cyclonic storms ?
- (A) Odisha ✓
- (B) Bihar
- (C) Madhya Pradesh
- (D) Jharkhand
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
Which of the following is a first-aid equipment ?
- (A) Life jacket
- (B) Fire extinguisher
- (C) Rope
- (D) Bandage and Tape ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
Aswan dam is built on which river ?
- (A) Nile ✓
- (B) Amazon
- (C) Krishna
- (D) Godavari
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
Richter scale is used in which disaster?
- (A) Flood
- (B) Cyclone
- (C) Earthquake ✓
- (D) Drought
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
Eastern Bihar is prone to which calamity?
- (A) Earthquake
- (B) Flood ✓
- (C) Drought
- (D) None of these
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
When was the national income estimated for the first time in India?
- (A) 1798
- (B) 1848
- (C) 1868 ✓
- (D) 1911
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
Circular flow is related to which of the following?
- (A) Production
- (B) Income
- (C) Expenditure
- (D) All of these ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
What is the difference between income and consumption called?
- (A) Production
- (B) Saving ✓
- (C) Exchange
- (D) Distribution
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
Micro-financial institutions started from which country?
- (A) India
- (B) China
- (C) Bangladesh ✓
- (D) Myanmar
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
Which sector has the least contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
- (A) Primary sector ✓
- (B) Secondary sector
- (C) Tertiary sector
- (D) None of these
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
Which of the following is a part of economic infrastructure?
- (A) Education
- (B) Health
- (C) Civil Services
- (D) Transportation ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
Where is the headquarters of World Trade Organization situated?
- (A) New York
- (B) Geneva ✓
- (C) Hanoi
- (D) Paris
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
The meaning of National income is
- (A) Family income
- (B) Income of Public enterprises
- (C) Government income
- (D) Monetary value of all final goods and services of an economy ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
Who was the political guru of Gandhiji?
- (A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale ✓
- (B) Rabindranath Tagore
- (C) Vipin Chandra Pal
- (D) Vyomkesh Banerjee
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
Which of the following was not a part of allied powers ?
- (A) Britain
- (B) Germany ✓
- (C) France
- (D) Russia
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
In which language was 'Samvad Kaumudi' published ?
- (A) Bangla ✓
- (B) Hindi
- (C) Marathi
- (D) English
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
Who is famous as the liberator of Indian newspapers ?
- (A) Warren Hastings
- (B) Charles Metcalfe ✓
- (C) Lord Lytton
- (D) Lord Ripon
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
With whom is the policy of 'Blood and Iron' related ?
- (A) Lenin
- (B) Stalin
- (C) Bismarck ✓
- (D) Garibaldi
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
Bohemia was under which of the following countries ?
- (A) Austria ✓
- (B) Greece
- (C) Turkey
- (D) Poland
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
Between which countries was the treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed ?
- (A) Russia and Italy
- (B) Russia and France
- (C) Russia and England
- (D) Russia and Germany ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
Where did William I become the emperor in 1871 ?
- (A) Italy
- (B) England
- (C) Germany ✓
- (D) Poland
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
Who among the following suggested democratic decentralization ?
- (A) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee ✓
- (B) Tendulkar Committee
- (C) Narsimham Committee
- (D) Chelliah Committee
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
Which constitutional amendment is related to urban local self government ?
- (A) 75th
- (B) 74th ✓
- (C) 73rd
- (D) 72nd
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
Chipko movement was started from which state ?
- (A) Uttarakhand ✓
- (B) Himachal Pradesh
- (C) Madhya Pradesh
- (D) Kerala
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
Who declares emergency ?
- (A) President ✓
- (B) Prime Minister
- (C) Chief Justice
- (D) None of them
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
Which country does not have a federal system of governance ?
- (A) India
- (B) China ✓
- (C) Belgium
- (D) Switzerland
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
Which is the oldest political party in India ?
- (A) Janata Dal
- (B) Bharatiya Janata Party
- (C) Indian National Congress ✓
- (D) Nationalist Congress Party
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
In which of the following countries is direct democracy found ?
- (A) Switzerland ✓
- (B) India
- (C) America
- (D) Belgium
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
Due to which quality democracy is considered better than other forms of government ?
- (A) Nurturer of equality and liberty
- (B) Public opinion
- (C) Reconciliation of differences
- (D) All of these ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
What is COPRA ?
- (A) Right to information Act
- (B) Consumer Protection Act ✓
- (C) Human Development Index
- (D) Consumer Right Day
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
By what name was the Land Development Bank earlier known ?
- (A) Regional Rural Bank
- (B) Cooperative Bank
- (C) Land Mortgage Bank ✓
- (D) NABARD
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
Railways were started in India during whose reign ?
- (A) Lord Dalhousie ✓
- (B) Lord Lytton
- (C) Lord Cornwallis
- (D) Lord Minto
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
When was Louis Sixteen hanged ?
- (A) 1748
- (B) 1793 ✓
- (C) 1798
- (D) 1854
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
Who implemented the New Economic Policy (NEP) ?
- (A) Lenin ✓
- (B) Metternich
- (C) Bismarck
- (D) Stalin
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
Who succeeded Lenin ?
- (A) Mazzini
- (B) Stalin ✓
- (C) Trotsky
- (D) Kerensky
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
Who surrendered after the declaration of Potsdam ?
- (A) France
- (B) Japan ✓
- (C) Vietnam
- (D) India
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
Who was the first President of Swaraj Dal ?
- (A) Motilal Nehru
- (B) Chitta Ranjan Das ✓
- (C) Madan Mohan Malaviya
- (D) Manavendra Nath Roy
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
Section B · Written questions (32)
Write in brief about Cold War.
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Model answer · Cold War
- 1.The Cold War was a tense situation that emerged between the USA and the Soviet Union after the Second World War.1 mark
- 2.This war was fought as ideological differences and a show of power rather than a direct military conflict.1 mark
- Write the exact phrase 'tense situation' along with 'USA and the Soviet Union' and 'after the Second World War'.
- Write the exact phrase 'ideological differences and a show of power' and state it was 'rather than a direct military conflict'.
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What were the causes of the French Revolution of 1848 ?
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Model answer · causes of French Revolution 1848
- 1.The liberal policies of Louis Philippe failed, due to which people started to oppose him. Rising unemployment and starvation among the people created widespread discontent in France, which prepared the background for the revolution.1 mark
- 2.Demands for political reforms grew strong among the people of France. Reformist movements were launched for the expansion of suffrage, and these reformist movements inspired the Revolution of 1848.1 mark
- Write 'liberal policies of Louis Philippe' failed and mention both 'unemployment and starvation' in the first point.
- In the second point, use the exact words 'political reforms' and 'expansion of suffrage'.
- Keep each cause in its own paragraph without repeating the other point.
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Why was the All India Trade Union Congress established ?
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Model answer · formation of All India Trade Union Congress
- 1.The All India Trade Union Congress was established to address the changed industrial conditions and the problems of workers that arose after the First World War. These problems included low wages, longer working hours and exploitation of the labourers by the industrialists. The unorganised labourers wanted to improve their position, so they began to form their organisation on a national level to solve these problems.1 mark
- 2.The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) was founded on 31 October, 1920. It was established to secure representation for Indian workers at the global level following the formation of the Industrial Labour Organisation (ILO) in 1920, by which the labourers' problem got international recognition. It also organised the labourers on a national level to protect their interests against exploitation.1 mark
- Write the year 1920 and the name ILO clearly in the second paragraph.
- Mention wages, working hours and exploitation as the problems faced by workers after the First World War.
- Do not add later events like Trade Union Act 1926 or the Minimum Wages Act, as the question only asks for the reason of establishment.
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How did industrialization affect the livelihood of the labourers ?
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1. Due to industrialisation, the working hours of labourers increased and they had to work for long periods at low wages. Industrialisation has damaged the livelihood of labourers to this extent that they had no money to…
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →What is Communism ?
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1. Communism is a social and economic system in which the means of production are owned by the entire society. In this system individual ownership on the means of production is polished off and all means of production,…
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →What was the purpose of the Hoa Hao movement ?
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1. The main objective of the Hoa Hao movement was to spread revolutionary ideas and oppose French colonialism. It worked to arouse the people of Indo-China against the French rule and to carry forward the spirit of…
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →How did print revolution assist the growth of Nationalism in India ?
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1. The printing revolution helped the growth of nationalism in India by making books, newspapers and journals available cheaply in large numbers to the people. This led to rapid spread of ideas and disseminated nationalist…
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →How the series of inventions of machines paved the way for industrial revolution ?
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1. In 1770, James Hargreaves developed the spinning machine, spinning Jenny, in which sixteen distaffs moved by moving a wheel so eight threads could be spinned simultaneously. In 1769, Richard Arkwright invented the…
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →How is right to information the saviour of democracy ?
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1. The Right to Information gives citizens the legal right to obtain information about the activities of the government. This right brings transparency in governance because people can know how the government is working…
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →Mention any four features of Indian Federal System.
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1. There is a clear division of powers between the central and state governments in the Indian federal system, as legislative powers have been mentioned in three lists - the union list, the state list and the concurrent…
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →Why has India adopted multi-party system ?
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1. India is a vast and diverse country where various social, cultural, and linguistic groups exist. Due to this huge diversity, people of different castes, religions, regions and genders have their own distinct problems…
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →What were the main demands of the Indian Farmer's Union ?
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1. Indian Farmer Union demanded to increase the government's cost price of sugarcane and wheat.
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →Discuss the role of judiciary in federal system.
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1. There is an independent and uppermost judiciary which has right to explain the constitutions. In the federal system, the judiciary acts as the supreme institution for interpreting the constitution and ensures that the…
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →What factors are responsible for the success of democracy ?
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1. For democracy to succeed in India it is necessary to educate people. Education can create awareness among citizens. People still do not have direct control over the system, so it is necessary to educate people so that…
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →What is mixed economy ?
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1. Mixed Economy is a mixture of capitalist and socialist economy. It is the economy where means of production are owned by the government and private individuals both, that is, the means of production are owned and…
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →Mention four positive effects of globalization.
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1. Due to globalisation, people are able to use and buy goods and services of other countries at an affordable price.
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →What is the function of financial institutions ?
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1. Financial institutions provide credit and deposit facilities for the society. These institutions advance loans for short term, medium term and long term on the basis of need, and complete the activities related to…
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →What is the role of self-help group in women empowerment ?
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1. Self-help groups organize women and make them self-reliant and economically independent. These groups encourage women to do regular saving, which helps them to become financially strong and self-dependent.
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →Discuss the rights given to the consumers under the Consumer Protection Act.
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1. The right to safety is the primary right of consumer. This right is directly related to the purchases of goods and services from the market. Consumer has the right to have the security from those goods and services…
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →Discuss the economic importance of money.
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1. Money facilitates the buying and selling of goods and services as a medium of exchange. Before the invention of money, people used the barter system in which goods were exchanged directly for goods. This system created…
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →Nuclear power is obtained from which minerals ?
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1. Nuclear power is obtained from minerals like Uranium, Thorium, Ilmenite, Vanadium, Antimony and Monazite. Uranium is the raw material for nuclear energy and is found from ancient rocks, mainly in Pitch blend which…
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →What is the utility of manganese ?
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1. Manganese is mainly used in the manufacturing of rust resistant steel and Ferro Manganese alloy. Out of the total production of the Manganese in India, 85 percent is used in the manufacturing of alloy.
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →Define thermal pollution.
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1. Thermal pollution is the pollution caused when hot water from industries and thermal power plants is released into water bodies without cooling.
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →Mention the problems related to the development of canals in Bihar.
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1. One problem related to the development of canals in Bihar is siltation. The rivers coming down from the Himalayas carry huge amount of silt with them, which gets deposited in the canals built on the Ganga and its…
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →Write the characteristics of mangrove forests.
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1. Mangrove forests are forests that grow in saline water and tidal areas.
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →Write the names of two coal fields of Jharkhand.
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1. Jharia is a major coal field of Jharkhand.
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →Describe the methods of rain water harvesting and recycling.
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1. Rainwater harvesting begins with collecting rainwater from rooftops or open spaces through pipes into underground tanks or pits. In this method rain falling on the roof of a house or on open ground is channelled through…
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →Give a brief account of the characteristics of alluvial soil.
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1. Alluvial soil is formed due to the alluvial deposits of the three important river systems of the Himalayas namely Sindhu, Ganga and Brahmaputra, and is also formed by the deltas of Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Kaveri…
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →What is the difference between dam and embankment ?
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1. A dam is a structure built to block or control the flow of river water. It is constructed on rivers to create artificial water reservoirs which help in checking the emergence of flood like conditions.
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →Write two measures that reduce the effects of earthquakes.
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1. Before granting permission for the construction of the building it is essential to check these facts whether these buildings are built on earthquake resistant techniques. In earthquake affected areas special economic…
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →Define satellite communication.
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1. Satellite communication is a communication system in which information is transmitted from one place to another using artificial satellites.
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →Why is disaster management necessary ?
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1. Disaster management is necessary to reduce the loss of life and property caused by disasters. Disasters like floods, drought, earthquake, Tsunami and cyclones destroy human lives and property on a large scale, and…
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