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The theory of social contract of origin of state was propounded systematically by Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Jean Jaccques Rousseau.

(i) The exchange of goods among people, states and countries are referred to as a trade.

(ii) Trade between two countries is called international trade.

(iii) When the value of expert exceeds the value of imports, it is called a favourable balance of trade.

(iv) When the value of imports exceeds the value of exports, it is termed as the unfavourable balance of Trade.

(b) Agriculture

The 21 years Gandhiji spent in South Africa offered him valuable insights in familiarizing himself with the inhuman situations that existed outside as well as helping him develop appropriate concepts and techniques of nonviolent defence. He resisted non – violently any oppression and exhorted the Indians to take part in public activities.

For him, South Africa was the place where he first tried methods of non violence and after 20 years of relentless struggle he won finally against the whites.

Syphilis. AIDS

Parturition is the expulsion of young one from the mother uterus at the end of gestation.

Organs of the reproductive system are gonads. Testes are male gonads and ovaries are female gonads.

The endometrium is the inner epithelial layer along with its mucous membrane of the mammalian uterus.

(c) Endosperm is a nutritive tissue

(a) Corpus Luteum

The endometrium is the lining of uterus.

Human testes responsible for synthesis of male gametes(sperms) need slightly lower temperature than the normal body temperature for this function. Thus, they are located outside the abdominal cavity in a sac like structure called scrotum.

(a) Progesterone

During the Luteal phase of the menstrual cycle in the uterus, the hormone progesterone is produced by the ovaries. Progesterone and estrogen are secreted by the Corpus Luteum, which develops from the Graafian follicle. So this phase of the menstrual cycle is called the secretory phase.

(I) have toiled – Present perfect tense

(II) Many people will have toiled to make it.

It cannot be brought back by money.

Money is unable to bring it back.

– Chanakya, 350 BC

The barking of the dog awakened Mrs. Groover at night and in the darkness. She did not know who was there in the garden. Hence she asked who was there or else threatened to unleash the dog.

Thirukkural is a book of teachings by the great Tamil saint-poet, Thiruvalluvar.

The answer is  (D) Suffrage

The rich, young man wasted most of his time roaming with his friends and making fun of other people.

The answer is  (C) Chinizes

The rich young man wasted his time by roaming around with his friends, more often than not, making fun of others. He was arrogant to no bounds and decided to test the patience of Thiruvalluvar, which was an unethical thing to do. Despite his egoistical behaviour, he listened to the words of Thiruvalluvar carefully and put them to use, thereby changing his idleness and bad habits.

The answer is  (B) Royalty 

Answer is: Eleven fifty

The celebrated Pundit had many disciples and admirers as he was an eloquent speaker. Whenever he gave a discourse, hundreds of people gathered to listen to him. The milkmaid also made it a point to listen to him as she was sure that the Pundit was speaking about God and Truth. The only one who was very near to God and Truth could command such wisdom’ , she thought. She was happy that she made a humble contribution to supplying milk to the Pundit.

She paid reverence to the river.

3,1,5,2,4 

3.The celebrated Pundit had many disciples and admirers. 

1. Among them was the landlord of the area who lived on the other side of the river. 

5. The landlord had commissioned a poor milkmaid Moti to supply milk to the Pundit. 

2. The milkmaid discharged her duty faithfully day after day. 

4. She crossed the river by the help of a ferry boat.

(a) Moti was a milkmaid.

(b) The Pundit told her to bring milk, an hour before the sunrise for only a month.

(c) He said so because he was under a vow for performing a certain ritual.

1. e 

2. c 

3. d

4. f 

5. a 

6. b

1. disciples, admirers 

2. milkmaid 

3. faithfully 

4. great privilege

5. eloquent 

6. enthusiastically

The milkmaid discharged her duty faithfully, by delivering milk every morning.

1. Moti, the milkmaid 

2. The pundit

1. Commissioned 

2. ferry boat 

3. pundith 

4. serve

1. False

2. True 

3. True 

4. False 

5. True

1. Moti, the milkmaid 

2. The Pundit 

3. Moti, the milkmaid 

4. The Pundit 

5. Moti, the milkmaid 

6. The Pundit 

7. Moti, the milkmaid

(a) – False, 

(b) – True

West Bengal, Bihar and Assam.

(a) False 

(b) False

(c) True 

(d) True
Correct statements
(a) Silk is an animal fibre.
(b) Jute is obtained from the stem of a plant.

Janaki was a Social Studies teacher. That day she came a bit late to the class. She brought the brilliant red and black checked rumals, shawls with black and blue geometric patterns with her. That material made the dull class vibrant. She wrote on the blackboard ‘Textiles of India – “Ikat” of Andhra Pradesh and pronounced the word “Ikat”. “Ikat” means “to bind” or “knot”. Then she elicited the name of Nalgonda district from the students. She made them know the name ‘Pochampally’, a village in Nalgonda district in connection with “Ikat”. Every student immediatley connected to the village. A handloom is a hand operated loom which weaves. It has been weaving fabrics for centuries. Now we have forgotten our heritage in race with the machine. After telling this, Janaki began to tell the story of Ikat. It is called ‘Chitiki’ in Telugu, ‘Patola’ in Gujarati and simply ‘Ikat’ in Oriya. She showed them a silk patola sari from Patan, Gujarat which created a mesmerising effect. Then she asked them if they were thinking about ‘Ikat’ or ‘tie and dye’. When no one could answer her, she told them about ‘warp’ and ‘weft’. The threads stretched lengthwise are called ‘warp’ and the threads intersecting them widthwise are called ‘weft’. In ‘Ikat’ the threads are carefully sorted, warp and weft divided into bundles, then tied with the materials like plastic sheets, rubber strips and then dropped into colours.

The weavers count the threads, measure the distance, calculate when to repeat a pattern and then tie the knots. They draw patterns on the graphs and copy them on the threads. ‘Chitiki rumal’ was the favourite headgear of fishermen and other labourers. Gujarat traders put them on their shoulders as the towels. In Telugu ‘Chitikedu’ means a small quantity of material. Then the students came to know about the original explanation of Ikat. They understood that the characteristic of Ikat was small and small dots of colour. Once Chitiki fabric was our favourite export item. There are different stories about its origin. Different regions fight about its origin but there is no systematic documentation to resolve this dispute. Tying the knot is sacred in our tradition. Muslim culture influenced the designs in Ikat in parts of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Deccan.

‘Chitiki Rumal’ is the favourite headgear of fishermen and other labourers. It is also used by Gujarat traders as the towel on their shoulders.

The main theme of the story is making the children know the richness of our cultural heritage. The story of Ikat’ presents the present condition of textiles in Andhra Pradesh, the meaning of Ikat, the great skill of weavers behind weaving Ikat, the holiness of tying the knot and our traditions. It sends us a message that we should promote handicrafts and protect artists.

I like the process of weaving the most as it is a complex process. Counting the threads, measuring the distance, calculating when to repeat a pattern and tying the knot seem that it is a complex process.

When the teacher was discussing handloom, she became silent because of the present status of it. She thought that we had forgotten our heritage in the race with the machine. So, she became serious in those kinds of thoughts.

Nylon is a synthetic fibre made from chemicals. On burning nylon these chemicals don’t produce the smell of burning paper or hair which are natural substances.

The teacher used the words such as Chitiki, Patola and Ikat to explain the handloom. Saying these words, she opened a silk patola sari from Patan, Gujarat. It had a red design on a black background with rows of flowers in the border. The simple leaf design repeated across the body and the flowers in the border created a mesmorising effect. So, their attention was divided between her words and fabrics.