Social Science_Board Paper_Class 10_All India_Set 2_2019

Currency is a generally accepted form of money in an economy, which includes coins and paper notes. It is without any use of its own, but still it is accepted as a medium of exchange because it is authorized by the government of the country.

The reasons for the necessity of supervision by the Reserve Bank of India of formal sources of loans are:

• The RBI monitors that the banks are actually maintaining cash balances.
• It monitors that the banks give loans not just to profit-making businesses and traders but also to small cultivators, small scale industries, to small borrowers, etc.

Red and Laterite soils in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala are more suitable for crops like cashew nut.

Alluvial soil is the most widely spread and important soil. In fact, the entire northern plains, a narrow corridor of Rajasthan and Gujarat, and the eastern coastal plains particularly in the deltas of the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna and the Kaveri rivers, etc., are made of alluvial soil. The soil is suitable for the growth of sugarcane, wheat and rice.

During 19^th century, many people got worried about the effects of the novel on readers who were taken away from their real surroundings into an imaginary world where anything could happen that was why women and children were seen as easily corruptible.

After the revolt of 1857, the attitude to freedom of the press changed. Enraged Englishmen demanded a clamp down on the vernacular press. As it became assertively nationalist, the colonial government began debating measures of stringent control.

The leaders of Belgium amended the constitution of the country four times, during 1970-1993, to accommodate the regional differences of the French and Dutch speaking communities within the political setup.

Frédéric Sorrieu, a French artist, presented utopian vision in his prints as he was influenced by the democratic and social Republics of Europe and America.

The Tonkin Free School was started in 1907 AD to provide a Western style education. This education included classes in science, hygiene and French.

• Fast transportation has facilitated faster delivery of goods across long distances at lower costs.
• Containers that can be loaded intact on to ships, railways, planes, and trucks have led to huge reduction in port handling costs and increased the speed with which exports can reach markets.
• Fall in the cost of air transport has enabled much greater volumes of goods being transported by airlines.