Diversity and Discrimination — Social Studies STD 6 — Question

Why does the Southern Hemisphere experience Winter and Summer Solstice in different times than that of the Northern Hemisphere?

Who was Pulakeshin II? How have we come to know about him?

What is a source? What is its importance to the historians?

Describe different types of Maps.

How are plains formed? Why are they thickly populated?

List the compulsory functions of the municipal bodies.

Read the following news item.
Nimone is a village on the Chauphula-Shirur Road. Like many others, this village has also been facing a severe water shortage for the last few months and villagers depend on tankers for all their needs. Bhagvan Mahadeo Lad (35) of this village was beaten with sticks, iron rods and axes by a group of seven men. The incident came to light when some villagers brought a badly injured Lad to hospital for treatment. In the FIR recorded by the police Lad said that he was attacked when he insisted that the water in the tanker must be emptied into the storage tanks constructed as part of the water supply scheme by Nimone Gram Panchayat so that there would be equal distribution of water. However, he alleged that the upper caste men were against this and told him that the tanker water was not meant for the lower castes.

1. Why was Bhagvan beaten?
2. Do you think that the above is a case of discrimination? Why?

Describe the functions of the gramabhojaka. Why do you think he was powerful?

Who all studied sources of history? What did they explore?

What do you mean by decentralization of power?