Social Science_Board Paper_Class 10_All India_Set-3_2006

The major problems are:

1.      Stiff competition in the international market with the synthetic fiber .

2.      Competition with the other jute growing countries like Brazil, Philippines.

The two major buyers of the country are: U.S.A. and Canada.

Two measures of controlling land degradation in India are:

1.     Scientific agriculture is the most important measure which should be undertaken. In South India, especially Tamil Nadu, farmers practice scientific agriculture to avoid land degradation.

2.     Waste disposal in the urban areas should be done sensibly. In New Delhi, MCD is working on the waste disposal project.

Industries are the major cause of water pollution in the urban areas. There are many direct and indirect ways through which the industries are causing water pollution:

1.     The effluent coming from the industries are not treated well before dumping into the rivers. There are many industries which have been banned in Delhi because of this problem.

2.     Some industries, like the leather and dye industries cause water pollution because they use chemicals for the processing of the raw materials.

Two damaging effects of the earthquakes on the ground can be:

1.  Due to the earthquakes the occurence of the cracks on the ground surface area are very prominent phenomena.  The  occurence of cracks in the structures located in the Bhuj area  is  one of the most important examples.

2.  Landslide on the hilly areas is another devastating phenomenon which causes death. The earthquake in Muzaffarabad under POK caused large number of deaths due to landslide and avalanches in this hilly region.

Not in syllabus

 Economic Development is long-term increase in per capita income along with improvement in quality of life.
The two bases of measuring economic development of a country are its national income and per capital income.

The two ill effects of casteism are:
(i) The casteism has divided the society on caste lines.
(ii) The political leaders now seek support on the basis of caste. Politics is getting Caste vs. Caste politics.

First aid is the assistance given to an injured or sick person in need of urgent medical assistance. The two main objectives of First Aid are:
(i) To provide initial aid for injured or patient to prevent any complication.
(ii) To give primary medical aid until the doctor arrives.

(i) Annie Besant established the Home Rule League to mobilize India masses and struggle for self-rule.She indulged in Indian freedom struggle with Congress and became first lady President of the Congress.

(ii) Her Theosophical Society led to the social awakening of the Indians as her society brought forward the goodness of old Indian culture

 Out of Syllabus.