India: Climate Vegetation and Wildlife — Social Studies STD 6 — Question

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

What new schools of thought emerged in India in the 1st millennium BCE? What are their core principles?

Make a list of characteristics of a good urban local body.

How do we measure historical time?

Explain the role of community in addressing challenges and supporting its members, with examples from both rural and urban contexts.

How can various sources help us understand history?

What are the major types of landforms and their significance to life and culture?

Read the source given below and answer the questions that follows.
But when do we come across a name for the entire Indian sub-continent? Because ancient Indian texts are difficult to date, this is not an easy question to answer. The Mahabharata uses the terms
‘Bharatavarsha’ and ‘Jambudvipa’, and scholars generally agree that this long poem was written from a few centuries BCE onward.
The first term, ‘Bharatavarsha’, clearly extends to the entire Subcontinent, and the text includes the names of numerous rivers and peoples. ‘Bharatavarsha’ means ‘the country of the Bharatas’. ‘Bharata’ is a name that first appears in the Rigveda, where it refers to one of the main Vedic groups of people. In later literature, several kings named ‘Bharata’ are mentioned.

(i) What are the challenges faced by the scholars in determining when the Indian sub-continent was first referred to by a single name ?
(ii) How does the term ‘Bharatavarsha’ contribute to our understanding of ancient Indian geography and identity ?
(iii) What significance does the name ‘Bharata’ hold in ancient Indian literature and how does its evolution reflect the development of Indian identity ?

In the stories of Shalini and Tenzing, we see examples of joint families. What do you think are the aspects of modern living that make some couples opt for a nuclear family (i.e. living apart from older generations or other relatives)? What could be some advantages as well as disadvantages of the two kinds of families?

How did early humans live?