HSC Arts (English Medium) 12th Standard Board Exam - Maharashtra State Board Important Questions

Explain various reasons for the growth of public expenditure.

Look at the following web chart and write a short paragraph based on it in about 120 words. Suggest a suitable title:

(A) Read the following extract and answer the questions given below:
   Chronic floods during the monsoon, on average, affect more than 30 million Indians annually Ironically, 60% of India's farmland, 66% of its livestock and its entire forest area depend on rains for survival.
   According to a recently released Central Water Commission (CWC) report, on an average, 7·21 million hectares (roughly 72,000 sq. km.) go under floodwater. This water typically ravages 3·78 million hectares of agricultural land, damaging crops worth Rs. 1, 118 crores annually.
   Heavy rains and floods account for nearly 1,700 lives lost annually. Apart from this, I ·25 lakh houses are annually damaged by torrential rains that also wipe out nearly 96,000 livestock.
   Floods are the most recurrent natural calamity, hitting India almost every year. According to the CWC's report on financial aspects of flood control, anti-sea erosion and drainage projects, it is not possible to provide absolute protection instantly to all flood-prone areas. It says that such an attempt will neither be practical nor economically viable.
   The CWC's analysis of floods in India from 1953 to 2011 shows a marginal decline in flood-affected areas over the years, the data shows 1977 1978 and 1979 were the worst-hit. The 1977 floods killed over 11,000 people, six-time the average for the 59 years, between 1953 and 2011. In terms of area and population affected, the floods of 1978 were the most destructive.
  In terms off the financial loss, recent floods have been far more destructive. The total loss of crops, houses and public utilities in 2009 was Rs. 32541 crores, the highest for any year.

Question
(1) What is the above extract about?

(2) How do floods adversely affect India?

(3) Why is it not possible to provide absolute protection to all flood-prone areas?

(4) How would you help the flood-affected people?

(5) Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed :
(i) The floods of 1978 were the most destructive.
(Change the sentence into the 'positive degree'.)
(ii) Floods are the most recurrent natural calamity hitting India almost every year.
(Make it a complex sentence.)
(iii) Floods have been far more destructive.
(Rewrite the sentence using the Simple Present tense.)

(6) Give the meanings of:
(i) entire
(ii) calamity

(B) Write a brief summary of the above extract with the help of the points given below and suggest a suitable title.
Floods - natural, recurrent calamity in India - destroy life and property - no absolute protection - neither practical nor economically viable- floods in 1977 and 1978. 

निम्नलिखित प्रश्‍न का केवल एक वाक्य में उत्तर लिखिए:

लोकगीतों के दो प्रकार लिखिए।

निम्नलिखित पारिभाषिक शब्द के लिए हिंदी शब्द लिखिए।

Output

निम्नलिखित पंक्ति में उद्धृत रस पहचानकर उनके नाम लिखिए।

तू दयालु दीन हौं, तू दानि हौं भिखारि।
हौं प्रसिद्ध पातकी, तू पाप पुंजहारि।।

निम्नलिखित पारिभाषिक शब्द के लिए हिंदी शब्द लिखिए।

Balance

निम्नलिखित शब्द की पारिभाषिक शब्द लिखिए:

Speed

No country was included in the ANZUS treaty except Australia, New Zealand, and the United States of America, because ______.

Explain the co-relation between the following.

Globalisation and culture

State whether the following statement is true or false with reason.

National Commission for Women was set up to protect the rights of women in India.

State whether the following statement is true or false with reason.

Lokayukta can investigate complaints against political executives.

Answer the following question in 150 to 200 words with reference to the given points:

Explain in detail the factors influencing Indian foreign policy.

1. Geography
2. History
3. Economy
4. Polity
5. International System

Explain the various methods of personality measurement.

Points:

1. Behavioural analysis
2. Self-report technique
3. Projective method

Answer the following questions with the help of the given points:

Explain the stages of creative thinking.

Points:

1. Preparation
2. Incubation
3. Illumination
4. Verification

Describe post traumatic stress disorder.

Explain the positive symptoms of schizophrenia.

1. Hallucinations
2. Delusions
3. Disorganized speech
4. Incongruent affect

Write differences.

Tribal community and Rural Community

Write differences.

Regionalism and Linguism

Write differences.

Casteism and Communalism