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1. False 

2. False 

3. True 

4. False 

5. False

5. Once upon a time there was a boy named Jack. 

4. He and his mother were poor. 

3. The mother asked Jack to sell the cow in the market.

2. The old man offered five magic beans.

1. So Jack took the magic beans.

When Jack arrived at his home without any money, his mother was very angry at his foolishness. She threw away the five magic beans out of the window. During the night, the magic beans grew into a huge beanstalk. It reached high into the sky. Jack climbed on it. When he reached the top, he found a Giant was living in a huge castle.

They were called “Magic beans” because they grew into a huge beanstalk over night. The beanstalk reached high into the sky.

Jack’s mother was very angry and threw the beans through the window.

1. Old man 

2. Jack 

3. Mother 

4. Jack 

5. giant

1. League of nations was formed in 1920 with the twin objective of avoiding war and to maintain peace in the world. 

2. The main work done by the League was to solve the dispute arose between Sweden and Finland over the sovereignity of Aaland Island. It ruled that the island should go to Finland. 

3. League solved the frontier dispute between Poland and Germany in upper Silesia. 

4. When dispute arose between Greece and Bulgaria in 1925, Greece invaded Bulgaria and the League ordered a ceasefire.

5. League had been successful in signing the Locarno Treaty in 1925 by which Germany,France, Belgium, Great Britain and Italy mutually guaranteed peace in Western Europe. 

6. The main reason for the failure of the League was Italy, Japan and Germany headed by dictators refused to be bound by the orders of the League and started violation and League rules. 

7. When League condemned the violation, they withdrew their membership. 

8. League did not had a military power of its own. 

9. Though it had a world-wide membership, it became the center of European diplomacy. 

10. The League remained a passive witness to events, issues and incidents of violations therefore finally dissolved in 1946.

Reasons for the failure of League of Nations are: 

1.  Super powers were not the members of the League.
2.  The League failed to prevent Germany, Japan and Italy from attacking/waging war against other countries. 
3.  The member countries violated international agreements.

The USA could not become a member as the US Congress refused to sanction the proposal of President Woodrow Wilson even though he was very active in the formation of the League.

Even though it showed a lot of promise and much was expected of it, it failed eventually to prevent Germany and Italy from violating international agreements and attacking other countries. So the World War – II emerged. Hence we can say League of Nations was failed.

The League of Nations was hoped that it would help eliminate wars through “collective security” and settle disputes between countries through arbitration or negotiation.

The French broke their isolation by striking a mutual alliance with Russia in 1891 and after resolving irritants, with Britain in 1904.

1. Socialism and 

2. Communism

After a long struggle for political right like the right to vote – British women got these rights in 1918. In the long protracted wars like the World Wars, industrial production and other services are necessary. With men away in the battle fields, more women had to work in factories, shops, offices, voluntary services, hospitals and schools. Beginning with the confidence of being bread winners, women began raising their voice for equality in all walks of life. Getting the right to vote was a big step in that direction.

Instead of real peace, these alliances created an atmosphere of fear and ‘armed peace’ in Europe.

The five big victorious powers of the time viz. the USA, the UK, France, Italy and Japan participated in this conference.

The Austro Hungarian empire, the Russian empire, the Ottoman Empire and the German empire, etc.

The British women got the right to vote in 1918.

1. In the long protracted wars like World Wars, industrial production and other services were necessary. 

2. With men away in the battle fields, more women had to work in factories, shops, offices, voluntary services, hospitals and schools. 

3. Beginning with confidence of being breadwinners, women began raising their voice for equality in all walks of life.

4. They established ‘International Women’s Suffragist Movement organization in 1914 for right to vote. 

5. After a long struggle for political right like right to vote-British women got them in 1918. 

6. Getting the right to vote was a big step towards equality in all walks of life.

1. The Two world wars occurred in this age.

2. The world saw the Great Depression in the same period. 

3. Scientific knowledge rose to new heights. 

4. Women got right to vote firstly during this period.

1. Avoid wars and live peacefully. 

2. Spread the theme of love and uproot hatred. 

3. Respect the feelings of others. 

4. Respect international laws and promote international brotherhood. 

5. Live for good cause and preserve world peace. 

6. Love human beings and promote social progress.

1. In the long protracted wars like World Wars, industrial production and other services were necessary.

2. With men away in the battle fields, more women had to work in factories, shops, offices, voluntary services, hospitals and Schools, 

3. Beginning with the confidence of being bread winners, women began raising their voice for equality in all walks of life. 

4. They established the ‘International Women’s Suffragist Movement’ organization in 1914 for right to vote, 

5. After a long struggle for political right like right to vote-British women got them in 1918. 

6. Getting the right to vote was a big st2ep towards equality in all walks of life.

Alluvial soil, Black soil, Red soil, Laterite soil, Mountain soil, Desert soil.

The basic components of soil are mineral, organic matter, water and air. It consists of about 45% mineral, 5% organic matter, 25% of water and 25% air. It is only a generalized fact. The composition of soil varies from place to place and time to time.

Definition:

Soil is a mixture of Organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids and organisms that together support life.

Classification of soils: 

Soils are classified on the basis of their formation, colour, physical and chemical properties. Based on these, soil is classified into six major types.

They are:

Alluvial soil, Black soil, Red soil, Laterite soil, Mountain soil, Desert soil.

Alluvial soil:

• Found in the regions of river valleys, flood plains and coastal regions.
• Formed by the deposition of silt by the running water.
• Most productive of all soils.
• Suitable for the culitivation of sugarcane, jute, rice, wheat.

Black soils:

• Formed by weathering of igneous rocks.
• Clayey in nature.
• Retains moisture.
• Ideal for growing cotton.

Red Soils:

• Formed by weathering of metamorphic rocks and crystalline rocks.
• Found in semi – arid regions.
• Not a fertile.
• Is soil brown red in colour due to the presence of iron oxide
• Suitable for millet cultivation.

Laterite soils:

• Formed by the process of leaching. 
• Found in trophical regions, which experienced alternate wet and dry condition. 
• Infertile soil. 
• Suitable for plantation of tea and coffee.

Mountain soils: 

• Found in slopes of mountains. 
• Thin and acidic in nature. 
• Nature of soil differs based on the altitude.

Desert soils: 

• Found in hot desert region. 
• Porous and saline in nature. 
• Infertile in nature. 
• Agriculture not successful.

Soil conservation is the process of protecting the soil from erosion to maintain its fertility

Soil conservation: 

• The process of protecting the soil from erosion to maintain its fertility.
• Methods of soil conservation are afforestation, controlled grazing, construction of dams, crop rotation etc., 

Soil erosion: 

• Removal or destruction of the top layer of soil by natural forces and human activities. 
• Running water and wind are the major agents of Soil erosion. Rill erosion and Gully erosion are the major types of soil erosion

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Igneous rocks are also called Primary rocks.

1. Soil is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids and organisms that together support life.

2. Soil minerals form the basis of soil. It forms on the surface of the earth. It is known as the ‘skin of the earth’.

3. Soils are produced from rocks (parent material) through the processes of weathering and natural erosion.

4. Water, wind, temperature change, gravity, chemical interaction, living organisms and pressure differences all help break down parent material. It leads to the formation of loose material.

5. In course of time, they further break down into fine particles. This process release the minerals locked in the rock fragments.

6. Later on, the vegetative cover which develop in that region forms humus content in the soil. This way the soil gets matured gradually.

India,. China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Nigeria, etc.

Deserti soil is porous and saline.

Red soil is suitable for milled cultivation.

1. Petrus

2. 12 

3. Minerals 

4. Elements, compounds 

5. Ignus, firel 

6. Crystallins 

7. Change, shape 

8. Faste

M.N. Roy, Tagore and Nehru.

Four realms of the earth, are lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere.

Igneous rocks:

• Formed by the solidification of molten magma. 
• Classified into 2 types: 
• Extrusive and Intrusive Igneous rocks. 
• Crystalline in nature. 
• Hard in nature.

Sedimentary rocks:

• Formed by the sediments derived and deposited by various agents.
• Classified into 3 types:
• Organic, Mechanical, Chemical sedimentary rocks. 
• Non – crystalline rocks 
• Soft and get eroded easily.

Laterite are the typical soils of trophical regions. These soils are found in the regions which experienced alternate wet and dry condition. As these soils are formed by the process of leaching, it is in fertile.

Lithosphere is composed of solid rocks and unconsolidated materials.

Sedimentary rocks consist of many layers which were formed by the sediments deposited at different periods. As it consists of many strata, it is also known as ‘Stratified rocks’.

Correct answer is Stalin.

George Orwell wrote his famous satire “Animal farm” to highlight how the ideals of Russian Revolution were compromised in USSR.

1. Hitler promised employment for those looking for work and a secure future for the youth. 

2. He promised to weed out all foreign influences and resist all foreign ‘conspiracies’ against Germany.

Both extrusive and intrusive rocks are examples of igneous rocks. Extrusive rocks are formed when the molten magma present inside the earth's interior comes out onto the earth's surface, cools down and becomes solid on the earth's crust. These rocks have very fine grained structure. For example, basalt. When molten magma cools down and solidifies deep within the earth's crust, intrusive rocks are formed. Since they cool down slowly, they form large grains. Granite is an example of such a rock.

4. Laterite soil is thin and acidic

Stalin in 1928.

The Act was passed in 1933. This act established a dictatorship in Germany.

Alsace and Lorraine.

German economy faced severe crises after the war as it was saddled with the burden of paying war damages, etc.