Who plays an important role in keeping an eye on the elected representatives and in making them responsible to the persons who elected them

The Gram Panchayat has a Secretary who is also the Secretary of the

Which of the following is not the source of funds for the Panchayat?

The Gram Panchayat is elected for

Maintain roads of villages, collection of local taxes etc are the work of

Where do people directly participate and seek answers from their elected representatives?

Why was the first day special for the Hardas village people(with reference to NCERT) ?

Who is called the Sarpanch?

The member of Panchayat is also called

Who appoints Secretary of Gram Panchayat?

From where do the village women have to get water(with reference to NCERT book Ch- 5 Panchayati raj) ?

Who is responsible for calling the meeting of Gram Sabha?

At which level does Zila Parishad actually make development plans?

What was name of grandfather of Ashoka?

In which book were Chanakya’s ideas written?

Who was supported by a wise man named Chanakya?

From which area was Taxila and Ujjain ruled?

In which language were the Ashoka’s inscriptions written?

What is the meaning of word Dhamma?

The Lion Capital of Ashoka is a sculpture of four Indian lions standing back to back, on an decorative base, and we can see it on Indian currency notes. It was originally placed atop the Ashoka pillar at an important Buddhist site. What is the name of that site?

Ashoka the Great, was an Indian emperor of the Mauryan Dynasty, and he ruled almost all of the Indian sub-continent. India has history of many such famous empires, such as those of the Mauryas, the Mughals, the Cholas, etc. If a kingdom is a country, state, or territory ruled by a king or a queen, what is an empire?

The Mauryan Empire was one of the world's largest empires from 322–185 BCE, and the largest ever in the Indian sub-continent. There were three important rulers of the Maurya dynasty - Chandragupta, his son Bindusara, and Bindusara's son Ashoka. When is a family known as a dynasty?

The Mauryan Empire, at the height of its success, stretched from the north along the natural boundaries of the Himalayas to the east into Assam and also to the west into Balochistan (south west Pakistan and south east Iran, including the Hindu Kush mountains of what is now Afghanistan). Pataliputra (now Patna), Taxila, and, Ujjain were famous cities of the Mauryan Empire, and many merchants, officials, and craftspeople lived in these cities. What was the capital of the Mauryan Empire?

Empires are huge kingdoms, and they need more resources to work smoothly. The Mauryan empire was divided into many parts, and each part was ruled differently, but Pataliputra was under the direct control of the emperor. Officials were given salaries and were appointed to collect taxes from farmers, herders, crafts persons and traders across the empire. How were the officials supervised?

The Mauryans controlled roads and rivers that were important for transport. The famous book by Chanakya , the Arthashastra, tells us that the north-west was famous for blankets and south India for its gold and precious stones. And the Mauryan government collected whatever resources were locally available as taxes and tributes. What is a tribute?

Tributes were collected from people as and when the king wanted to. And the people had to pay them, whether they wanted to or not. Tribals living in the forests were more independent, but they were also expected to pay something to the emperor's officials. What were the forest people expected to pay the tribute with?

Ashoka was the most famous Mauryan ruler, and after failed attempts by his ancestors, he was the one who conquered Kalinga to fulfill his ambition to rule India. But after witnessing the massacre in that war, he embraced the peaceful religion of Buddhism. How did he, then, take the message of the Buddha to the peoples of Asia?

Everyone has problems; some suffer from illnesses, some from quarrels with friends and family, and so did people in Ashoka's empire. Ashoka felt that it was his duty to help them, and he appointed officials to do that. What were those officials known as?

To solve people's problems - quarrels in families, improper treatment of slaves and servants, and animal sacrifice - Ashoka appointed officials known as 'dhamma mahamatta' to visit different places and teach people about the 'dhamma'. Ashoka also inscribed his messages on rocks and pillars. But how could illiterate people learn from those inscriptions?

Ashoka spread his policy of dhamma (happiness for all) through edicts inscribed in rocks, and the sites of those inscriptions were chosen carefully so that they were accessible to people everywhere in his empire. He also sent messengers to other lands, like Syria, Egypt, Greece, and Sri Lanka to spread the message of dhamma. What else did he do for the people?

Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Australia and Antarctica are the seven continents of the earth. Europe is surrounded on three sides by water and is separated from Asia by the Ural mountains. Asia is the most populated continent in the world. Africa is the only continent through which all the major latitudinal lines pass. Australia is the smallest continent and is also called the island continent. Antarctica is a frozen desert with no permanent human settlements. North America is made up of only two countries and is flanked by the two largest oceans. South America is separated from North America by an isthmus. Which of these continents is the largest?

The air has nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and many other gases. Oxygen is the gas that is majorly responsible for life on earth. Carbon dioxide is required for the survival of plants. Plants need nitrogen and bacteria fix it for them. Other gases like argon, sulphur, helium, etc., are rare, but they are also very important for the life cycle. Which of these is the major constituent of air?

Asia is the largest continent in the world and has the highest population in the world. It also has the highest mountain range in the world, the Himalayas. The Arctic Circle passes through Europe whereas the Tropic of Cancer passes through Asia. The continents of Asia and Europe are together known as Eurasia. Which mountain range separates Europe and Asia?

North America and South America are the third and fourth-largest continents in the world. North America consists of only two countries and is surrounded by the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and South America is completely in the southern hemisphere. The land between the two continents is known as Central America but it is not a different continent. What is the thin strip of land connecting North and South America called?

All oceans are a part of the hydrosphere, and the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Southern, the Arctic, and the Indian ocean are the five oceans of planet Earth. The Pacific is the deepest and the Arctic is the smallest ocean in the world. Commercially, the Atlantic ocean is the busiest ocean, and the Indian ocean is named after the country of India. Which of these is the largest in size?

The Himalayas is the longest mountain range in Asia and the highest in the world. It was formed when the country of India rammed into Asia millions of years ago, and it is an example of fold mountains. It has the highest mountain peaks in the world: the K2, Mt Everest, Kanchanjunga, Nanga Parbat, etc. Which mountain peak in the Himalayas is the highest in the world?

The Pacific ocean is not only the deepest but also the largest in the world. It is surrounded by Asia and the Americas, and it covers one-third of the surface of the earth. The Ring of Fire is a chain of volcanic mountains in the Pacific, and tropical cyclones known as typhoons are very common in the Pacific. What is the deepest point in the Pacific called?

The excessive release of carbon dioxide pushes up the temperature of the earth. This melts glaciers and affects weather cycles around the world. The sea level also rises constantly due to this. The amount of carbon dioxide produced by a country is known as the carbon footprint of that country. The Kyoto protocol is a contract signed by many countries to reduce their carbon footprints by cutting emissions of carbon dioxide and other harmful gases. What is this effect called?

Plateaus are elevated, flat-topped, table land that are a few hundred metres above sea level. They are formed mainly after the molten lava from volcanoes cools down to form rocks. The Deccan plateau is the oldest and largest plateau in India, and the Western plateau and the East African plateau are some of the oldest plateaus in the world. Which is the largest plateau in the world ?

The country of China has a number of landforms spread throughout the country. The Tibetan plateau in the west, the Gobi desert in the north, the Himalayas in the south west, the Taklamakan desert, the Manchurian plains, etc are the different kinds of landforms found in China. The Himalayas act as a border between India and China, and the Brahmaputra is the river that flows both in India and in China. Which is the longest and largest river of China?

Africa is the second-largest continent in the world, and it is full of various landforms. The Sahara desert (the largest desert in the world) in the north, the Atlas mountains in the extreme north-west, the Kalahari desert in the south, the Ethiopian Highlands in the east, the Nubian desert in the north-east, etc. are the major landforms of Africa. Which river (the longest in the world) forms the largest fertile plain in Africa?

The wearing away of the earth’s surface is called

In some mountains there are permanently frozen rivers of ice known as

The lower blocks in Block Mountains are

Mountains may be arranged in a line known as

Which area is the most useful for human habitation?(a) (b) (c) (d)

The available land is not only for our use but also for

Flat-topped table land standing above the surrounding area

Who form the Gram Panchayat