PIS BARODA STD - 9

Ch-4 Climate On an Outline Map of India show the following:  a. Area receiving rainfall over 400cm b. Areas receiving less than 20 cm of rainfall c. Direction of the southwest monsoon over India d. Wettest place of the world e. City on the eastern coast having average temperatures between 24 -25°      Celsius in the winter season ii.   iii. iv.

Forest Society and Colonialism Practise Sheet 1. Which of the following is not associated with swidden agriculture? Karacha 2. Forests consisting of which types of trees were preferred by the Forest Department? Forests having trees suitable for building ships and railways. 3. In South-East Asia shifting agriculture is known as___. Lading 4.Java is famous for____. Rice Production 5.What is deforestation? The disappearance of forests is referred to as deforestation. 6.Name any two local communities of Bastar. Maria Gonds, Muria Gonds, Dhurwas, Bhatras and Halbas.  7. What is ‘Scientific Forestry’? A system of cutting trees controlled by the forest department, in which old trees are cut and new ones are planted. 8. Who was the leader of the Forest Revolt in Bastar? Gunda Dhur was the leader of the Forest Revolt in Bastar. 9.Explain the ‘Blandongdiensten system’. It was introduced by the Dutch in Indonesia who imposed rent on the lands which were cultivated i

ELECTORAL POLITICS Why do we need elections? A rule of the people is possible without any elections if all the people can sit together and take all the decisions. Although, this is not possible in any large community nor is it possible for everyone to have the time and knowledge to take decisions on all matters. Therefore, in most democracies people rule through their representatives. Define elections. What are the choices given to the voters before elections? A mechanism by which people can choose their representatives at regular intervals and change them if they wish to do so is called elections. Therefore, elections are considered essential for any representative democracy. Voters can choose who will make laws for them. They can choose who will form the government and take major decisions. They can choose the party whose policies will guide the government and law making. What makes an election democratic? Universal Adult Franchise:  Everyone should be able to c

Forest Society and Colonialism Deforestation The disappearance of forests or destruction of forest by humans for various reasons is referred to as deforestation. The causes of deforestation by the British in India 1.        The British directly encouragedthe production of commercial crops like jute, sugar, andcotton. The demand for these crops increased in nineteenth-century Europe where foodgrains were needed to feed the growing urbanpopulation and raw materials were required for industrialproduction. 2.        In the early nineteenth century, the British thought that forests were unproductive. Forests were consideredto be wilderness that had to be brought under cultivation so thatthe land could yield agricultural products and revenue, and enhancethe income of the British. 3.        By the early nineteenth century, oak forests in England were disappearing. This created a problem of timber supply for the Royal Navy. By the 1820s, search parties were sent to ex