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Correct option is c. P T Usha

Correct option is c. Arunima Sinhar

I cheer for my country’s women’s cricket team in matches. I also encourage my younger sister to concentrate on her favourite game/sport as much as she concentrates on her studies.

Correct option: (b) Soviet Union

Correct option is a. million rupee baby

Cost price of pen = Rs. 90

Selling price of pen = Rs. 100

Hence,

Gain = selling price – cost price = 100 – 90 = Rs. 10

Gain% = \(\frac{gain}{cost\,price}\) x 100 = \(\frac{10}{90}\) x 100 = \(\frac{100}{9}\) = \(11\frac{1}{9}\)%

Cost price of cooler = Rs.1200

Overhead expenses = Rs. 40

Total cost = 1200+40 = Rs. 1240

Selling price of cooler = Rs.1550

Gain = 1550 - 1240 = Rs.310

= Gain% = \(\frac{gain}{cost\,prize}\)x 100 = \(\frac{310}{1240}\)x 100 = 25%

Correct option is (a) India and China

Correct option is (d) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

Table, Chair, Bed, Doors, Bullock cart etc.

The process of making yarn from fibres is called spinning. In this process, fibres from a mass of cotton are drawn out and twisted. This brings the fibres together to form a yarn. Spinning is done at home using simple devices like hand spindle (Takli) and charkha. On large scale big spinning machines are used.

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The thin strands are called as yarns which are made from fibre. Spinning is the process of making yarn. The process where the cotton fibers are drawn out and being twisted. This process brings all the fibres together to from a yarn.

Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibre which is woven knitted for making garments.

1. Paddy, chilli and other commercial crops are packed in gunny bags. 

2. All bags of these types are made up of coarse jute fabric. 

3. These bags are suitable for carrying heavy material. 

4. Jute fibre is obtained from stem of jute plant.

• The tiny strands like structures are called fibres. 
• A single fibre can easily break up. 
• But the yarn is a strand made up of multiple fibres. 
• The number of fibres increases the thickness or fitness of yarn will increases. 
• So the yarn is stronger than fibre.

1. Jute fibre is obtained from the stem of the jute plant. 

2. The stem of the harvested plant is cut and immersed in water for some days. 

3. When the stem is soaked in water it becomes rotten and easy to peel. 

4. Then the fibres are separated from the stem to get jute yarn.

(c) looms,Answer is correct

c. Spinning.

• Jute fibre is obtained from stem of jute plant. 
• The stem of the harvested plant is cut and immersed in water for some days. 
• When the stem is soaked in water it becomes rotten and easy to peel. 
• Then the fibres are separated from the stem and twisted in to yarn. 
• By weaving of these yarn, we can make gunny bags.

1. Cotton is usually picked by hands. Cotton wool is separated from seeds. This process is called ginning. 

2. Cotton fibre is collected after removing the seeds from the cotton boll. 

3. This cotton fibre is cleaned, washed and combed. 

4. After combed its is spun to make cotton yarn.

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(i) Sunderlal Bahuguna is my favourite environmentalist. 

(ii) Chipko movement and Anti Tehri Dam movement.

(iii) By creating awareness among public for conservation of forest and wildlife to achieve sustainable development.

(a) Climatic divide : A bold relief feature which has two different types of climates on its either side is called a climatic divide. 

(b) Annual range of temperature: The difference between highest monthly mean temperature and the lowest monthly mean temperature is called annual range of temperature. In other words, it is the difference in mean temperature of the hottest month subtracted by the mean temperature of the coldest month. Annual Range of temperature = Mean temperature of hottest month – mean temperature of the coldest month.  

(i) West Bengal and 

(ii) Orissa 

October and November 

(a) Moderating influence of the sea: In coastal areas, land is in contact with the sea. Hence, the heat absorbed by the land in the day is transferred to the sea. Vice-versa, the heat absorbed by the sea is transferred back to the land in the night. As a result, places in coastal areas do not become very hot in the day or very cold in the night. This phenomenon is called moderating influence of the sea. 

(b) Equable climate: If the annual range of temperature is very less (<5° C), a place is said to have equable climate mostly found in the coastal areas. 

(c) Extreme climate: If the annual range of temperature is quite high (>20° C), a place is said to have extreme climate normally found in interior areas. Also known as continental climate.

The Tropic of Cancer divides India into two equal halves. The southern half is completely in the Torrid Zone while the northern Half is completely in the Temperate Zone. Yet, the climate of places in both the northern and southern region is not very different from each other on account of the Himalayas and the monsoons. It is for this reason that India is sometimes said to have a ‘sub-tropical’ kind of climate which means that the typical tropical kind of climate has been modified by the monsoons.

Following are the three characteristics of the monsoon kind of climate. 

a. There is a distinct rainy season from June to September 

b. Rainfall occurs due to seasonal winds called monsoons. 

c. Rainfall is sudden, unpredictable and uncertain. 

Mawsynram lies in the funnel shaped depression caused by the Khasi range in Meghalaya. The Bay of Bengal branch of monsoons is trapped in it, causing heavy rainfall. Shillong, on the other hand, lies on the leeward side of the Khasi hills and gets lesser rainfall.

Delhi is in the interior of India where the moderating influence of the sea is absent. Mumbai on the other hand lies closer to the sea. Hence, the annual range of temperature in Delhi is more than the annual range of temperature in Mumbai. 

(a) Loo : Loo is a local name given to hot and dry winds which blow into the low pressure trough created in the northern plains in summer. 

(b) Kal Baisakhi : Kalbaisakhi (Calamity in the month of harvest or Baisakh) is the name given to violent storms hitting the coast of West Bengal in April and May. These cause widespread destruction. 

(c) Mango Showers: Pre-monsoon showers in Kerala that help in ripening of mangoes are known as mango showers.  

North-west India (Punjab) 

Thiruvananthapuram is closer to the equator than Agra. For this reason, it is warmer than Agra in December, when the sun rays are directly overhead in the southern hemisphere.  

• Arabian Sea Branch, 
• Bay of Bengal Branch

(a) Kerala

(b) Mediterranean Sea

The Deccan plateau is higher than the northern plains. As altitude increases, temperature decreases. Hence, it is cooler than the northern plains in summer. 

(a)  June, July, August and September

(b)  October and November

Correct Answer is: (b) less

The Nilgiris, Anaimalai, Palani hills, Cardomom hills, Varusanadu, Andipatti and Agasthiyar hills.

(a) The Aravallis are parallel to the direction of the Arabia Sea branch of the South West Monsoon. Hence there is no rainfall in Rajasthan due to this branch. On the other hand, the Aravallis block the Bay of Bengal branch towards their east which is why there is little or no rainfall in the western part of Rajasthan where the Thar Desert lies. 

(b) Rajasthan is away from the moderating influence of the sea. As a result, the monthly mean temperature is very high in May and June. The hot air rises and creates a regime of extremely low pressure.

As the peninsular plateau is at an altitude, the summer temperatures are lower than in the northern plains. This creates an area of slightly higher pressure over the peninsular plateau which does not allow the monsoons to come over India. 

(a) Tamil Nadu lies on the leeward side of the Western Ghats because of which it does not receive any rainfall in summer due to the south-west monsoon. However, in winter, the north-east monsoon picks up moisture from the Bay of Bengal and sheds rainfall in Tamil Nadu.

(b) Mumbai lies on the windward side of the Western Ghats where the south-west monsoons strike first and are forced to shed their moisture. Chennai lie on the east which does not receive any rainfall due to the south-west monsoon. The rainfall in winter is substantially less than Mumbai. 

Mangalore gets rainfall between June to September because it is on the windward side of the Western Ghats. It receives rainfall from the south-west monsoon winds. Chennai which lies in the rain-shadow area of the Western Ghats gets a little rainfall from the south-west monsoon winds. It gets rainfall from the north-east winds in winter because Chennai faces the north-east monsoon. It is situated on the windward side of the Eastern Ghats.

(a) Due to the triangular shape of the Indian peninsula and the fact that the western part of the peninsular tip is higher, the south-west monsoon winds are divided into two components – the Arabian Sea branch and the Bay of Bengal branch. 

(b) In June, India becomes extremely hot which is why the entire Indian subcontinent becomes a region of extremely low pressure. This causes the South East Trade Winds (which usually blow only till the equator) to cross the equator, be deflected due to Coriolis force and enter India.

Following are the salient features of the monsoon rainfall in India. 

a. It occurs in mostly in summer 

b. It is erratic and unpredictable. 

c. It is very unevenly distributed 

d. The rainfall is mainly orographic (relief) in nature.

e. Rainfall also occurs due to cyclones and convection currents.