Social Science_Board Paper_Class 10_All India_Set 3_2017

The idea of Satyagraha emphasised the power of truth and the need to search for truth. It suggested that if the cause was true, if the struggle was against injustice, then physical force was not necessary to fight the oppressor.

Igneous and metamorphic rocks are found in the cracks, crevices and faults of joints.

Democracy ensures that decision making will be based on norms and procedures. So, a citizen who wants to know if a decision was taken through the correct procedures can find this out. This is known as transparency.

The maximum retail price MRP printed of the cover of a product indicates the maximum price the shopkeeper can charge for the product. One can protest and complain if someone sells a good at more than the printed MRP. In fact consumers can bargain with the sellers to sell at a price less than MRP.

An example of Violation of consumer’s right to choose-

Suppose you want to buy an electric torch and the shopkeeper says that he can sell the torch only if you buy cells to go in it. If you are not interested in buying the cells, your right to choice is denied.

Democracy is a system of government that bases its legitimacy on the participation of the people. Due to reliance on elections, democracies have as their default principle the concept of majority rule.

Asom Gana Parishad is a political party which grew out of a movement.

Money by eliminating the need for double coincidences of wants makes it easier to exchange things. It is no longer required for a person to look for another person who will buy his goods and at the same time sells him what he wants. A person holding money can easily exchange it for any good or service that he might want.

 A three-tier quasi-judicial machinery has been set up for redressal of consumer disputes under COPRA (Consumer Protection Act), at the district, state and national level.

At the district level court, cases involving the claims upto ₹20 lakhs are handled, at the state level court, cases involving the claim between ₹ 20 lakhs and ₹ 1 crore  are handled and at the national level court, cases involving claims exceeding ₹ 1 crore are handled.

 If any case is dismissed at district level court, the consumer can appeal to state level court and then to national level court.

The multinational companies play a major role in the process of globalization and they interlink production across countries. They spread their production in various countries.  MNCs set up offices in regions where they can get cheap labour and other resources to carry the operations. They set up the production units in those places which are quite close to the market and labours are easily available. This is done so that the cost of production can be reduced and they can earn greater profits. MNCs also set up production units jointly with some of the local companies of other countries.  MNC’s might also look for government policies that look after their interests. Also at time, MNC’s place orders for production with small producers in different countries. The products are then supplied to the MNCs, which then sell these under their own brand to end consumers. Footwear, sport items industries are examples of industries where production is carried out by a large number of small producers around the world.