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Why did nationalist tensions emerge in the Balkans?
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Give two examples of different types of global exchanges which took place before the seventeenth century, choosing one example from Asia and one from the Americas.
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Explain how the global transfer of disease in the pre-modern world helped in the colonisation of the Americas.
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Write a note to explain the effects of the following:
The coming of rinderpest to Africa.
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Give reasons for the following.
Woodblock print only came to Europe after 1295.
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Give reasons for the following
Gandhi said the fight for Swaraj is a fight for liberty of speech, liberty of the press, and freedom of association.
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Write short notes to show what you know about the Gutenberg Press
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Write short notes to show what you know about Erasmus’s idea of the printed book.
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Write short notes to show what you know about the Vernacular Press Act.
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Answer the following questions in about 120 words.
How have technical and economic development led to more consumption of resources?
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Why did some people fear the effect of easily available printed books? Choose one example from Europe and one from India.
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Multiple choice questions.
Which of the following conservation strategies do not directly involve community participation?
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Match the following animals with their category of existence.
| Animals/Plants | Category of existence |
| Black buck | Extinct |
| Asiatic elephant | Rare |
| Andaman wild pig | Endangered |
| Himalayan brown bear | Vulnerable |
| Pink head duck | Endemic |
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Match the following.
| Reserved forests | other forests and wastelands belonging to both government and private individuals and communities |
| Protected forests | forests are regarded as most valuable as far as the conservation of forest and wildlife resources |
| Unclassed forests | forest lands are protected from any further depletion |
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Answer the following questions in about 30 words.
What is biodiversity? Why is biodiversity important for human lives?
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Answer the following questions in about 120 words.
Describe how communities have conserved and protected forests and wildlife in India.
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Answer the following questions in about 120 words.
Write a note on good practices towards conserving forest and wildlife.
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Multiple choice questions
Based on the information given below classify each of the situations as ‘suffering from water scarcity’ or ‘not suffering from water scarcity’.
(a) Region with high annual rainfall.
(b) Region having high annual rainfall and large population.
(c) Region having high annual rainfall but water is highly polluted.
(d) Region having low rainfall and low population.
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Answer the following questions in about 30 words.
What is water scarcity and what are its main causes?
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Multiple choice questions.
Which one of the following minerals is formed by decomposition of rocks, leaving a residual mass of weathered material?
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