10th Class Social Studies

Question: Read the para given below and answer the following question.
(Read the para (given), Understanding and Interpretation)
Answer: Water is a common source to all. Rivers are one of the water resources. Rivers are one of the main economic contributor to the GDP in India. The rivers are useful many ways to the mankind. These are used for agricultural purpose,
domestic purpose, for industrial usage and for fishing etc.

Question: What role do the rivers play in our economy?

Answer: Rivers are important for the country’s economy, because of the following reasons. Agriculture is the main occupation to the Indians. The rivers are one of the water sources to agriculture.
1) For domestic usage, rivers are useful well.
2) Rivers carry the silt and sediment which make the floods. Plains, fertile and provide the most productive agriculture lands in the country.
3) Most of the industries are depend on rivers. Because rivers are generating power and as means of transport.
4) Recreation, tourist promotion and fishing are also being developed along the water flows.

Question: What are the four bandis of Hiware Bazar?
Answers: The four bandis were made famous by the Ralegan Siddhi experience. The bandis are
1) Kurhad bandi (means ban on falling trees)
2) Charai bandi (ban of tree grazing)
3) Nas bandi (family planning)
4) Nasha bandi (ban on liquor)

Question: How the dairy industry developed in Hiware Bazar?
Answer: In Hiware bazar dairy was developed
1) Loans have been given to small farmers.
2) As a result, the number of milk animals in the village has increased.
3) Fodder availability has been increased due to better productivity.
4) Hence the milk production has witnessed a more than 20 fold increase from 140 to 3000 litres per day.

Question: What are the water sources of your village/ town?
Answer: The main water sources of my village/ town are
1) Borewells
2) Public taps (purified water through pipelines) through Panchayat or Municipality.
3) Water tanks (mostly in rainy season) for agriculture purpose and animal usage.
4) Through under the government schemes 20 litres per Rs.2 only.

Question: What are the Himalayan rivers?
Answer: The three major river system arise from the Himalays. They are 1) The Ganga river system
2) The Brahmaputra river system and The Indus river system

Question: What are the features of perennial rivers?
Answer:
1) These are seasonal.
2) They flow through the shallow valleys.
3) They always flow straight and linear courses.

Question: The ground water laws are both out dated and inappropriate. Explain.
Answer: Now a days, ground water has become the main source, especially for domestic use and agriculture.
1) The tremendous increase in the use of ground water has a significant impact on water availability and access to it.
2) Over extraction of water from one tube well often dries up other tube wells around.
3) The current laws about the usage of ground water in many states are both out dated and inappropriate.
4) The basic link between access to ground water and land ownership on which these rules are based, are flawed.
5) Ground water is a common pod resource. It should be made available for future generations.
6) There must be some restriction while using the ground water by land owners.

Question:

Look at the map of Ganga and name the states which are drained by the river Ganga. And also list out rivers which flow north and south directions.

Answer: River Ganga originates from Gangotri glacier. The states which are drained by the river Ganga are:
(1) Uttarakhand
(2) Uttarpradesh
(3) Bihar
(4) West Bengal

North flowing Rivers: Tons, Son, Karmganga, Punpun, Dhadhar, Betwa, Chambal.

South flowing Rivers: Yamuna, Ramganga, Gomati, Ghagra, Gandak, Kosi, Burhi Gandak.