Social Studies SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS(3 Mark)

A. The Prime Ministers has to accommodate different groups and factions in his party as well as alliance partners.
B. He also has to pay heed to the views and positions of coalition's partners and other parties, on whose support the survival of the government depends.
C. The agenda and the policies of the government are usually decided as a common minimum programmes. This includes only those policies which are common to all coalition partners.

(i) Regular electoral competitions provide incentives to political parties and leaders.
(ii) They know that if they raise issues that people want to be raised, their popularity and chances of victory will increase in the next elections.
(iii) But if they fail to satisfy the voters with their work, they will not be able to win again.

i. The statement highlights the importance of human resource:
a. It is the people who develop the economy and society.
b. It is the people who make and use resources.
c. Resources have no meaning without people. e.g. coal is just a piece of rock until people were able to make it usable.
ii. Natural events like a river flood or Tsunami become a 'disaster' only when they affect a crowded settlement.
iii. The population is the pivotal element from which the significance is derived.
Thus, resources, calamities and disasters are all meaningful only in relation to human beings.

i. The provincial Government which was established after February revolution of 1917 was controlled by landlords, industrialists and army officials.
ii. Lenin was against the Provincial Government. He brought together different Soviets and prepared them for revolution.
iii. It was under the leadership of Lenin that the Provincial Government was overthrown by soviets. On 16th October 1917, Lenin persuaded the Petrograd Soviet and the Bolshevik Party to agree to a socialist seizure of power.

A. They opposed to liberals and radicals. In the 18 th century, they were generally opposed to the idea of change.
B. By the 19th century, they accepted that some changes were necessary, but through a slow process.
C. They believed in old or past tradition and customs.

(i) In July 2002, the stock of wheat and rice with FCI was 63 million tonnes which was much more than the minimum buffer norms of 24.3 million tonnes.
(ii) The stock eased after 2002-03 due to relief operations undertaken by the government as the year was declared as drought year due to failure of monsoon.
(iii) The decline in stocks continued in subsequent years. However, these remained consistently higher than the buffer norms. The situation improved with the distribution of food grains under different schemes launched by the government.