Unit-1
What is the second layer of the earth called?
Mantle
Name of the scientist who proposed the concept of Pangea.
Alfred Wegener
activity or movement designed to affect fundamental changes in the socio-economic situation is called
Revolution
Which country is deemed as the origin of the industrial revolution?
Britain/England
What are the three types of plate movements?
Moving away
Moving towards
Sliding across
What is subduction?
When an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate, the denser plate is bent downward and slides under the edge of the continent, this process is known as subduction.
Who is the inventor of steam engine?
James watt
Who is the inventor of power loom?
Edmund Cartwright
What is the difference between hazard and risk ?
Hazard: Possibility of causing harm
Risk: Probability of harm occurring
The mix of gases, ash and rocks that are blown out of the crater in an eruption.
The invisible hands in the capitalism are
market and profit
According to Karl Marx, society was divided into two classes; 1. Wealthy land and factory owners and 2. The poor working class people. Both the classes were respectively known as...
Bourgeoisie and Proletariats
List down any three benefits of the volcano.
New land formation.
New minerals available
Geothermal energy available
New fertile soil
Tourism at volcanoes
The origin of the 2004 Indian ocean tsunami was...
Sumatra, Indonesia
What is socialism?
An economic system wherein all the means of production are owned by the government and it is believed that the wealth should be redistributed to the people as per their need and through social welfare programmes as well.
List down any 4 points of Capitalism.
1. Profit driven economic system
2. Less interference of the government
3. Exploitation of laborers
4. Division of society into economic classes