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Asked: November 10, 2025In: Class 10 Social Science

In the past eight years, India’s elephant population has declined by nearly 25% due to man-made threats such as electrocution, train collisions, poaching and significant habitat fragmentation. Electrocution alone accounted for 70% of unnatural deaths. Which of the following is the most significant indirect consequence of these threats on the elephant population?

India’s elephant population has declined due to electrocution, poaching, train collisions and habitat loss. These threats force elephants into human areas searching for food, resulting in increased human-elephant conflicts in protected regions and nearby villages. The correct option is (A).

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Asked: November 10, 2025In: Class 10 Social Science

“Consequences of environmental degradation do not respect national or state boundaries.” Which of the following is the essence of this statement?

The statement highlights that environmental degradation affects everyone, crossing national and state boundaries. Therefore, development must be sustainable, balancing economic growth, social well-being and environmental protection, ensuring resources are preserved for future generations. Correct Option: (C) Sustainable Development

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Asked: November 10, 2025In: Class 10 Social Science

Two places A and B are marked on the given outline map of India. Identify them and write their correct names on the line drawn near them. (A) The place where the Indigo Planter’s movement took place (B) The place where a Peasant Satyagraha was organised

The place where the Indigo Planter’s movement took place – Champaran, Bihar (1917), where Mahatma Gandhi led the Indigo Satyagraha against British planters.

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Asked: November 10, 2025In: Class 10 Social Science

Read the given text and answer the following questions: New forms of popular literature appeared in print, targeting new booksellers employed peddlars who roamed around villages, carrying little books for sale. There were almanacs or ritual calendars, along with ballads and folktales. But other forms of reading matters, largely for entertainment, began to reach ordinary readers as well. In England, penny chapbooks were carried by petty peddlars known as chapmen and sold for a penny, so that even the poor could buy them. In France, were the ‘Biliotheque Bleue’ which were low – priced small books printed on poor quality paper and bound in cheap blue covers. Then there were the romances, printed on four to six pages and the more substantial ‘histories’ printed on four to six pages and the more substantial ‘histories’ which were stories about the past. Books were of various sizes, serving many different purposes and interests. (i) Evaluate briefly the term ‘Chapbook’. (45 words) (ii) Describe the role of peddlers in the distribution of popular literature in villages. (80 words) (iii) Write about the new forms of literature that were introduced in Europe to attract new readers. (80 words)

A chapbook was a small, inexpensive book sold in Europe, often for a penny, making it accessible to ordinary people, including the poor. It contained stories, ballads, folktales or practical information, serving both entertainment and educational purposes for a wide ...

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Asked: November 10, 2025In: Class 10 Social Science

Napoleon introduced several administrative reforms in regions he conquered but they were met with mixed reactions from the local population. Examine this statement with reference to both the reforms and the responses.

Napoleon’s reforms modernised administration through uniform laws, efficient taxation and the Napoleonic Code ensuring equality. However, his expansionist wars and strict control angered people, who saw the French as conquerors rather than liberators, leading to resistance in several European regions.

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