Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Resources — Social Studies STD 8 — Question

"History has instances of religious discrimination, like the Nazi persecution of Jews and mistreatment of religious minorities In Israel. Saudi Arabia restricts non-Muslim places of worship and gatherings for non-Muslim prayer."
(i) What is religious discrimination?
(ii) Why is religious discrimination wrong?

Give at least 2 arguments against representative democracy.

Why are human resources important?

Why is judiciary important?

Explain the basic idea behind the representative democracy?

What was the demand of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi that was refused by the British?

Why education for girls is necessary? Discuss.

Why were the new laws against domestic violence introduced?

Imagine yourself to be a worker working in a chemical factory, which has received orders from the government to move to a different site 100 kms away from the present location. Write about how your life would change. Read out your responses in the classroom.

Fill in the blanks with the following words: Universal Adult Franchise; MLAs; representative; directly.
Democratic governments in our times are usually referred to as representative democracies. In representative democracies, people do not participate(i) _______________ but, instead, choose their (ii) _______________ through an election process. These (iii) _______________ meet and make decisions for the entire population. These days, a government cannot call itself democratic unless it allows what is known as (iv) _______________ . This means that all adult citizens in the country are allowed to vote.