Social Science : 2010 : CBSE : [Delhi] : Set I

The French Revolution was the first revolution of its kind in the world and its proclamation was “Liberty, Equality and Fraternity” for all its citizens.

Vietnam gained formal independence in 1945 before India, but it took another thirty years of fighting before the republic of Vietnam was formed.

The first printing press was developed in the year 1448 by Johann Gutenberg in Strasbourg, Germany. The first book that he printed was the Bible.

In 1836 a notable event took place when Charles Dickens’s ‘Pickwick Papers’ was serialised in a magazine. Magazines were attractive since they were illustrated and cheap.

Two groups into which resources are classified on the basis of their origin are:

(a) Biotic Resources:   Living things

Kharif crops are sown in the month of April, i.e., before pre-monsoon and harvested after monsoons.

Traditional system of rain-water harvesting in Rajasthan are the underground water tanks or “tankas”, in which they store drinking water.

Limestone is used as the main raw material in the cement industry.

The two subjects included in the Uino List are as follows:-

1. Atomic energy

Federalism is a system of government in which the power is divided between a central authority and various constituent units of the country.