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Best Reference Books For Class 10 CBSE 2020-21

This post is not sponsored and these are just my personals opinions. Please don't feel offended. Class 10.. who isn't scared of class 10. It is in class 10th that you get to face different kinds of pressures such as giving board exams for the first time,peer pressure, pressure from relatives, pressure from those annoying aunties who keep asking you about your grades, .. well, you get the idea. Students are under a lot of pressure to perform well in academics. And with that being said, here are some of the best books, which in my opinion, will help you a lot in class 10. 1) ALL IN ONE When it comes to board exams, you need to study each and every topic thoroughly, and this book is one of the best which you can have to get an in-depth knowledge on each and every topic . They also come with questions from previous year board exam papers and give you some more questions to learn and thus, strengthen your preparation. Believe me, this book will help you a lot in studying each and e...

PASTORALISTS IN THE MODERN WORLD [ IMPORTANT POINTS ]

Gujjar Bakarwals belonged to Jammu Kashmir. They were herders of sheep and goat. In winter, they lived in the low hills of Shiwalik range   Gaddi shepherds belonged to Himachal Pradesh. During winter ,they stayed in the low hills of Shiwalik range By April, they moved north and spent the summer in Lahul  and Spitti. In garhwal and kumaon, the gujjar cattle herders came down to the dry forests of bhabhar in the winter and went up to the high meadows, the bugyals in summer. Dhangars were an important pastoral community of Madhya  Pradesh The gollas, kuribas and kurumas were important pastoral communities of the dry central plateau of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Raikas lived in the deserts of Rajasthan. Before partition in 1947, they used to migrate to Sindh and grazed their animals on the banks of indus. Maru Raikas herded camel. Another group of Raikas reared sheep and goat. The British believed all grazing lands as wastelands. From the mid ...

Important chemical compounds for Class 10

  Chemistry is a subject which never fails to annoy students, But we are here to provide short notes about some compounds which are very important from chemistry's point of view. So ,without any further ado... LETS GET STARTED  !!! SODIUM CHLORIDE:- white crystalline solid insoluble in alcohol pure NaCl is not hygroscopic.it is hygroscopic due to impurities. used in 'salting' out of soap and making freezing mixtures. SODIUM HYDROXIDE:- prepared by chlor-alkali process. It is generally formed near cathode. It is deliquescent in nature. It is a white crystalline solid. It is corrosive It is sparingly soluble in alcohol. However, KOH is fairly soluble in alcohol. On exposure to atmosphere, it absorbs CO2 and forms sodium carbonate carbon monoxide is neutral but it shows acidic nature with NaOH sodium hydroxide break down protein to a pasty mass it is also called soda lye. SODIUM CARBONATE:- most important chemical of commercial use. Na2CO3.H2O is also known as crystal carbonat...

CONSUMER RIGHTS

 consumer protection act  :- 1986 consumer protection act is also known as COPRA in 1985, united nations adopted guidelines for consumer protection. They created a body known as consumer international list of consumer rights :-  1)right to safety 2)right to be informed 3)right to choose 4)right to seek redressal consumer rights movement is not strong enough under COPRA,  1 3 tier quasi-judicial machinery at the district, state and national level was set up for redressal of consumer disputes. the district level deals with cases involving claims upto 20 lakhs. the state level deals with cases involving claims from 20 lakhs to 1 crore. the national level deals with cases involving claims exceeding 1 crore. the ISI mark is for assuring quality of non food products. the Agmark is for assuring quality of food products. it is mandatory on the part of producers to get verified by BIS. BIS :- Bureau of Indian Standards. people participate in market as both consumers and produ...

EVOLUTION

origin of species is written by Charles Darwin in 1859 Herbert Spencer coined the term 'survival of the fittest.' Lamarck gave the theory of progressive use and disuse of organs and believed in the inheritance of acquired characters. an experiment to prove that organic compounds were the basis of life was performed by Stanley Miller. nucleoproteins gave probably the first sign of life. a single chromosome contains hundred to thousands of genes. genetics is the study of inheritance. Y chromosome does not have any allele linked to it Three botanists - Hugo DeVries, Carl Correns and Erich von Tschermak ,independently rediscovered Mendel's work in the same year, a generation after Mendel published his papers. Evolution can be described as generation and shaping of diversity by environmental selection extinct species must have existed at some time:- this statement describes evolution java man, peking man and heidelberg man are the fossils of "homo erectus". crow magnon...

RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT

RESOURCE:- everything availbale in our environment which can be used to satisfy our needs, provided it is technologically accessible ,economically feasible and culturally acceptable is called a resource. human begins interact with nature through technology and create institutions to accelerate their economic development. resources can be classified in 4 ways:-  1)on the basis of origin (biotic and abiotic) 2)on the basis of exhaustiblity(renewable and non renewable) 3)on the basis of ownership (individual, community and national) 4)on the basis of status of development (potential, developedstock and reserved) example of private resources:-land,houses,buildings,plantation,etc. examples of community resources:-grazing grounds, burial sites ,ponds,public parks,picnic spots,playgrounds,etc. technically all the resources belong to the nation. the country can acquire even private property for public good. ***ALL THE MINERALS ,WATER RESOURCES,FORESTS,WILDLIFE,LAND WITHIN POLITICAL BOUNDAR...

FEDERALISM

 sri lanka still continues to be a unitary form of government. examples of coming together federations: U.S.A , switzerland, and australia. examples of holding together federations:- india,spain,belgium. the constitution provides a 3 fold distribution of power between the state and the central government. subjects of union list:- national defence,currency,foreign affairs,banking and communication. subjects of state list: police,trade,commerce,agriculture, irrigation,etc. subjects of concurrent list:- education, forest, trade unions,marriage,adoption,succession,etc. the union government has the power to make laws of residuary subjects. in case of conflicts in law making on subjects included in the concurrent list, the law made by the central government will prevail. Jammu and Kashmir has its own special constitution. indians who do not are not permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir cannot buy land or house there. the union territories do not have powers like those of a state. Cent...

AGRICULTURE

 PRIMITIVE SUBSISTENCE FARMING :- practised on small patches of land with the help of primitive tools like hoe,dao and digging sticks and family/commmunity labour. INTENSIVE SUBSISTENCE FARMING:- practised in areas of high population pressure on land. it is labour intensive farming, where high doses of biochemical inputs and irrigation are used for obtaining higher inputs. there is enormous pressure on agricultural land. COMMERCIAL FARMING:- its main characteristics is the higher doses of modern inputs. rice is a subsistence crop in odisha but a commercial crop in haryana and punjab. in plantation farming, a single crop is grown over a large area. all the produce is used as raw material in their respective industries. eg. of plantation crops:- banana,sugacane,tea,coffe,rubber,etc. tea ---> assam north bengal coffee ---> karnataka RABI CROPS:- sown from octiber to december and harvested in summer from april to june. eg:- wheat,barley,gram ,pea, mustard,etc. availability of pre...