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Tribals, Dikus and the vision of a golden age

What problems did shifting cultivators face under
British rule?

05/11/2024

SST

8th

Coordinate Geometry

Three vertices of a rectangle are (3, 2), (– 4, 2) and (– 4, 5). Plot these points and find the coordinates of the fourth vertex.

05/11/2024

Mathematics

9th

Tribals, Dikus and the vision of a golden age

State whether true or false:
(a) Jhum cultivators plough the land and sow seeds.
(b) Cocoons were bought from the Santhals and sold
by the traders at five times the purchase price.
(c) Birsa urged his followers to purify themselves,
give up drinking liquor and stop believing in
witchcraft and sorcery.
(d) The British wanted to preserve the tribal way of
life.

05/11/2024

SST

8th

Coordinate Geometry

Taking 0.5 cm as 1 unit, plot the following points on the graph paper :
A (1, 3), B (– 3, – 1), C (1, – 4), D (– 2, 3), E (0, – 8), F (1, 0)

05/11/2024

Mathematics

9th

Tribals, Dikus and the vision of a golden age

Fill in the blanks:
(a) The British described the tribal people as
____________.
(b) The method of sowing seeds in jhum cultivation
is known as ____________.
(c) The tribal chiefs got _________ titles in central
India under the British land settlements.
(d) Tribals went to work in the __________ of Assam
and the ____________ in Bihar.

05/11/2024

SST

8th

Coordinate Geometry

Find the coordinates of the point
(i) which lies on x and y axes both.
(ii) whose ordinate is – 4 and which lies on y-axis.
(iii) whose abscissa is 5 and which lies on x-axis.

05/11/2024

Mathematics

9th

Coordinate Geometry

A point lies on the x-axis at a distance of 7 units from the y-axis. What are its coordinates? What will be the coordinates if it lies on y-axis at a distance of –7 units from x-axis?

05/11/2024

Mathematics

9th

Coordinate Geometry

Which of the following points lie on y-axis?
A (1, 1), B (1, 0), C (0, 1), D (0, 0), E (0, – 1),
F (– 1, 0), G (0, 5), H (– 7, 0), I (3, 3).

05/11/2024

Mathematics

9th

Ruling the countryside

What were the circumstances which led to the
eventual collapse of indigo production in Bengal?

05/11/2024

SST

8th

Ruling the countryside

Why were ryots reluctant to grow indigo?

05/11/2024

SST

8th