1)They are the most common type of forests in India
2)They occur in tedious where the rainfall is between 70cm-200cm
3)They shed there leaves for a particular period of time.
4)They are of two types Dry Tropical deciduous forest and Wet Tropical deciduous forest.
5)The animals found here are tiger,wolves,rabbit etc.

Buffer stock is the stock of food grains (e.g., wheat,rice etc.) procured by the government through Food Corporation of India (FCI). It is created in order to distribute food grains in deficit areas and among poorer section of society at an affordable price.
Government has created buffer stock for the following reason
(i) Food grains like wheat and rice and procured by the government through FCI from surplus states. This food grains is then stored in granaries.
(ii) Government has created buffer stock to distribute these food grains in deficit areas and among the poor section of society at much lower price than market price.
(iii)It helps to resolve the problem of shortage of food during adverse weather condition.

Fair Price Shops are distribution channels
of Government making available the
essential commodities like rice,kerosene,
wheat etc., to common man at controlled prices.
These shops are maintained to restrict the
monopoly practices of traders and check
hoarding of essential goods.
Fair Price means controlled Price or 
reasonable price
This price is generally lower to that of 
market price.

Arguments against democracy:

1. Change of leaders lead to instability.
2. Only political  competition, no scope for morality.
3. Consulting more people leads to delays.
4. Ordinary people don't know that what is good for them.
5. Leads to corruption.
Arguments for democracy:
1. A democratic government is a better government because it is a more accountable form of government.
2. Democracy improves the quality of decision making and reduces the chances of rash or irresponsible decisions taken.
3. Democracy provides a method to deal with differences and conflicts.
4. Democracy enhances the dignity of citizens.

Democracy is not magical solution for all problems. Democracy has many defects. Eventhough it ensures people the right to take their own decisions, it does not guarantee that all descisions will be good. Since so many people are consulted their will be a delay in descision making. A democratic government is unstable as there is constant change in leadership. Electoral competition leads to corruption. therefore we can conclude that democracy is not a magical solution to all problems but is better than other forms of government.

It is a comprehensive family planning programme initiated by the Government of India. It provides a reliable and relevant policy framework for improving family welfare services and for measuring and monitoring the delivery of family welfare services and their demographic impact in future.
Reasons for Initiations NPP 2000 It was initiated by the government
(i) to improve healthcare quality and coverage, measuring and monitoring the delivery of family welfare programme
(ii) to enable the increasingly literate and aware families to achieve their reproductive goals and the country.
(iii) to achieve rapid population stabilisation,
(iv) to promote synergy with the ongoing educational, info-technology and socio-economic transition.
(v) to achieve rapid population stabilisation and sustainable development as well as improvement in economic, social and human development in the new millennium.

Cold weather season begins from the month of November and continue till February. Some features of child weather season are :

• December and January are the coldest months in north India.
• Temperature decreases from South to north.
• Northeast trade winds blow over most of the country. These are dry winds and hence do not cause rainfall over most parts of the country. Coromandel coast and some parts of Andhra Pradesh receive rainfall from NE winds during winter months.
• Due to westerly depression, the North and North western parts of the country receive light rainfall in winter season. This rainfall is beneficial for rabi crops.
• The peninsular plateau in india does not have a marked and well defined cold season.

Mountains along the eastern boundary are called purvanchal range of himalayas. Beyond the Dihang gorge, the Himalayas bend sharply to the south and spread along the eastern boundary of the country. They are known as the Purvanchal.
Three features of the purvanchal mountains are:
1. They compress of sandstone and sediments.
2. They are covered with dense forests.
3. They comprise of Patkai hills, Manipur hils, etc.

During 18th century, the working class of France faced the following problems:
1. They had to bear the entire burden of taxation. They were forced to pay taxes on every item which made their lives more miserable.
2. There was no equality of law and liberty to express their views and opinion.
3. They had to face discrimination because they had to pay feudal dues which was an amount collected by the nobles from the peasants. In this way the upper class enjoyed special privileges and lower caste had to suffer.

The raw materials and money in hand are known as working capital, which are used for production of commodities.

In other words, working capital is the cash available for funding daily operations of an organization.

It is also called as current capital.

The formula of working capital = current assets – current liabilities.

a. During the colonial period, Indian farmers produced crops like Indigo, opium to cater to the World market.
b. These were the two major commercial crops of the 19th century.
c. By the end of 19th century crops like wheat, cotton , sugarcane, jute were produced to meet the needs of growing population in Europe.
d. Also to meet the industrial need of Britain as cotton served as raw material for the industries.

The first secret police of russia was called the Cheka.It was established in December 1917 .

Reichstag is the name of the german parliament.