Simon commission is one of the factors leading to the civil disobedience movement!

This commission was appointed in November, 1927
The Simon commission is named after Sir John Simon, who was the chairman of the commission.
The commission was appointed by the British Government to investigate the need for further constitutional reforms.
The commission had seven British members but no Indian members.
This was seen as a deliberate move to insult the self-respect of Indians

In 1927, the Congress decides to boycott the commission 'at every stage and in every form'.
Even the Muslim League agreed to boycott the commission.

Next year, an 'All India Hartal' was organized by the people. When the commission reached Mumbai, people greeted the commission with slogan "Simon Go Back".
during these protests and hartals...Lala Lajpat Rai was arrested and beaten up.

Finally, the commission was sent back with some suggestions and recommendations.

The role of Technology in promoting the globalization process has been explained below:
● Globalisation is the process of rapid integration or interconnection between countries.
● The most important factor that has increased the globalization process is Rapid improvement in technology.
● The most prominent development is the improvement in transportation technology which has made the delivery of goods over long distance possible at a lower cost in a shorter duration of time.
● Information and Communication Technology has improved and has been changing rapidly.
● Telecommunication facilities are being used to contact one another around the world and to gain information instantly.
● It is also become easier to use the satellite communication to communicate to the remote areas.

The four terms of credit are :

1 Interest rate- The borrower has to pay a sum of money as interest along with the prinicipal amout.

2.Collateral- It is an asset that the borrower owns and uses this as aguarentee to the lender until the loan is repaid.

3. Documentation- Proper documents of borrowing with all the terms and conditions must be submitted.

4. Mode of repayment - The mode through which the borrower will repay the loan must be clearly mentioned.

Globalisation has resulted in the trade of foreign commodities in domestic countries. Globalisation is the interconnection between counties through the expansion of foreign trade and foreign investment. It is the process of integrating the home country with foreign countries through the movement of goods, services, investment, technology and people.

With the growing globalisation, Chinese manufacturers are exporting Chinese toys to the Indian economy. In India, toys are sold at a high price. Because of this high price for toys, the Chinese manufacturers have started to export plastic toys to India. It will give a lot of opportunities and openings for domestic consumers to reach out beyond the domestic market. The consumers can choose between Indian and Chinese toys. Chinese toys have become more popular in the Indian markets due to its low price and attractive designs. Thus a large proportion of Indian toys have been substituted with much cheaper Chinese toys. This has also reduced the price of toys in the Indian market.

But the producers are at a loss because of the import of Chinese toys. Producers in India has to compete with the Chinese producers. Even though this greater competition has resulted in the improved standards of the products produced at a lower price, Indian producers are having a tough time competing in the market. The Chinese toys are far better in terms of cost of production and designs.

Thus the excessive import of toys has enabled the Indian buyers to have a wider choice at lower prices. The Chinese toy makers also acquire an opportunity to expand their production and profits. But the Indian producers face losses and many are shutting down their production.

Following were the three major problems faced by the peasants of Awadh during the days of the Non Co-operation Movement:

1.  In Awadh, the talukdars and landlords extracted very high rents and a variety of other cesses from the peasants.
2.  The peasants also had to do ‘begar’ labour for the landlords and work on their farms without any remuneration.
3.  There was no security of tenure and peasants were often evicted, in order to deny any opportunity for them to develop a right over the land they cultivated.

Most of these beliefs are fundamentally not true. People of one religion do not have the same interests and aspirations in most of the contexts. Every individual has his/her own choices, roles, positions and identities. There are many voices inside every community. All these voices have a right to be heard. Therefore, any attempt to bring all followers of one religion together in contexts other than religion is bound to suppress many voices within that community.

It is believed that people of the same religion must have same interest which is highly not true. There interest and demands depends on the society such as the social class they belong to etc

Cotton and metals were the most dynamic industries in Britain. During the first phase of industrialization.
At the end of the nineteenth century, less than 20% of total workforce was employed in technologically advanced industrial sectors. This shows that the traditional industry could not be displaced by the new industries.
The cotton or metal industries could not set the change of pace in the traditional industries. But the traditional industries experienced many changes which were brought by small and apparently ordinary innovations.
Machine-made goods were standardized and could not match the high quality finish of hand-made goods. The people from the upper classes preferred things produced by hand.

1)Mineral means from mines and agro means farm produce.The industries where raw material is any kind of mineral such as iron ore,aluminium etc are mineral based industries.These are capital intensive units as involves large investment eg:steel manufacturing etc.Agro based such as food processing industry eg:manufacturing tomato sauce or any fruit juice etc.
2)Mineral based industries use mineral ores as raw materials whereas agro based industries use plant and animal product as raw materials .
3)Agro based industries are a source of employment for people in rural areas whereas mineral based industries are source of employment for people in rural as well as urban areas.
4)Mineral based industries have a large investment whereas there is no large investment in agro based industries.
5)Example of agro based industry: dairy industry,cotton textile industry; example of mineral based industry: iron and steel industry,heavy machinery industry. 

The values attached with use of minerals are:-
a. Optimum utilisation of resources and avoiding wastage.
b. Using minerals in a planned way.
c. Recycling of metals and usage of substitutes.

• Print created a new world of innovative ideas in the minds of people
• Ideas were printed and circulated worldwide
• But this print culture had its own controversies as some groups of people had their fears
• It was felt that since there was no control on printed content, rebellions and protests would arise in the minds of people
• This idea was expressed by various social and religious reformers who raised the criticism
• For example, Martin Luther King, the religious reformer wrote Ninety Five Theses which criticised many practices and rituals of Roman Catholic  Church

The difference between Municipal corporation and Municipality:

Municipal corporation:

    The municipal corporations are formed for the administration of big cities like Delhi, Hyderabad, and Mumbai more which have a ‘population’ of over 100000 people.

    The Municipal corporations consist of councils which have ‘Councilors’ directly elected by the ‘people’.  

    The councils are headed by the Mayor and a Deputy Mayor.

Municipality:

    The municipality is formed for the administration of smaller towns and cities which have a smaller number of population between 25000 - 100000 people.

    The municipality is set up by the process of state legislatures. This also has council and ‘counsellor’ directly elected by the ‘people’.  

    It is ‘headed’ by a President or a Chairman

Cotton and metals were the most dynamic industries in Britain. During the first phase of industrialization. At the end of the nineteenth century, less than 20% of total workforce was employed in technologically advanced industrial sectors. This shows that the traditional industry could not be displaced by the new industries. The cotton or metal industries could not set the change of pace in the traditional industries. But the traditional industries experienced many changes which were brought by small and apparently ordinary innovations. Machine-made goods were standardized and could not match the high quality finish of hand-made goods. The people from the upper classes preferred things produced by hand.

There is an urgent need to develop a sustainable path of energy development. The two broad measures to do it are:
1. Promotion of energy conservation: Economic development of any country is dependent on the availability of energy resources. All sectors including agriculture, transport, industry etc. require energy. Much of our sources of energy are conventional which have limited supply. So energy resources must be used judiciously.
 2. Increased use of Renewable energy: Conventional sources of energy or fossil fuels are exhaustible and harmful to the environment. The rising prices and limited supply make them an unreliable source of energy in the long run. Therefore, countries should shift to renewable energy resources like solar and wind energy. As concerned citizens, we can take small steps:
1. Switching off electronic devices when not in use prevents unnecessary wastage of energy.
2. Taking public transport and engaging in activities like carpooling 3. Using non-conventional sources of energy like putting a solar panel.

El Dorado, formerly El Hombre Dorado or El Rey Dorado, was the phrase referred by the Spanish Empire to represent a mythical tribular head of the Muisca indigenous population in the Spanish imperial territory of Colombia.  

The scene described in this classical artwork, which exhibits at the Gold Museum in Bogota, Colombia, shows the influence of the El Dorado legend. The myth speaks about the Muisca king who would defend himself in gold dust throughout festivals, then disappear from a boat into Lake Guatavita.

The RBI undertakes the responsibility of controlling credit created by the commercial banks. RBI uses two methods to control the extra flow of money in the economy. These methods are quantitative and qualitative techniques to control and regulate the credit flow in the country.  When RBI observes that the economy has sufficient money supply and it may cause inflationary situation in the country then it squeezes the money supply through its tight monetary policy and vice versa.

The characteristics of a political party are
(i) Political parties contest elections and share power.
(ii) They agree on some policies and programmes for the society to promote collective good.
(iii) If a political party is unable to win a majority, it makes an alliance with other parties to form a Coalition Government.
(iv) Political parties try to persuade people that their policies are better than others.
The above characteristics show that political parties are necessary for a democracy.