The grandmother kissed the forehead of the narrator before he left for abroad. The narrator considered it the last sign of physical contact. He might not see her again. He did not expect his old grandmother to live for five more years. She was a terribly old lady. 

The Khelo India programme has been introduced to revive the sports culture in India at the grass-root level by building a strong framework for all sports played in our country and establish India as a great sporting nation.

The objective of “Physical Education” discipline (thematic learning modules: “Physical Education”, “Applied Physical Education”) is to develop a comprehensive outlook of an individual with a strong civic position, moral qualities, sense of responsibility, an independent, initiative, tolerant person who is able to

1. Summers are very hot in a desert 

2. Mountains are very big.

3. Wild animals live in forest.

4. Sea water is very salty

5. River water is so cold.

1.गर्मी में रेगिस्तान में बहुत गर्म होता है

2. पहाड़ बहुत बड़े हैं।

3. जंगली जानवर जंगल में रहते हैं।

4. समुद्र का पानी बहुत नमकीन होता है

5. नदी का पानी इतना ठंडा होता है।

• यह जन भागीदारी को बढ़ावा देता है।
• यह छात्रों को आनंद, आनंद और मनोरंजन प्रदान करता है।
• यह एक सहपाठियों के बीच प्रतिभा को पहचानने में मदद करता है।
• यह ईमानदारी, अनुशासन, सहयोग और सहानुभूतिपूर्ण रवैये जैसे सामाजिक मूल्यों को विकसित करता है।

• It promotes mass participation.
• It provides fun, enjoyment and recreation to students.
• It helps to identify the talent among one’s classmates.
• It develops social values such as honesty, discipline, cooperation and sympathetic attitude.
• Variety of opportunities provide good leadership skills.

1. Desert is a arid land with usually sparse vegetation.

2. Mountains are storehouse of water which is the basic need of the human beings.

3. The forest air was cool and damp.

4. Sea water percolates down through the rocks.

5.The boy was drowned in the river.

1. Desert is a arid land with usually sparse vegetation.

2. Mountains are storehouse of water which is the basic need of the human beings.

3. The forest air was cool and damp.

4. Sea water percolates down through the rocks.

5.The boy was drowned in the river.

Iona Potapov had lost his son, who died a week before. He wished to share his suffering and his emotions and grieve at his loss. However, the people he came across, whether passengers or others, were not interested in listening to his story. Either the people were in a hurry or were tired or busy. Thus, none of them paid heed to his words as he began every time. Finally, he told it all to his horse

Its a river

The Tigris is the eastern of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of the Armenian Highlands through the Syrian and Arabian Deserts, and empties into the Persian Gulf

Mahatma Gandhi said that Mother Nature has provided resources that are sufficient for everyone but people because of their greedy nature are trying to keep a lot more than what is required for themselves creating socio-economic disparities. He also meant that if resources are shared equally, no person would go hungry or thirsty.

(i) It means that the earth has abundant resources to satisfy everyone’s needs but in our greed and hurry to develop, we have been recklessly exploiting these resources. 

(ii) In the name of development, we have indulged in activities such as deforestation, overgrazing, encroachment into forest lands, overuse of ground water, use of plastics, etc. 

(iii) The exploitation of natural resources not only harms the environment but may cripple the future generations of the development process itself. 

(iv) If fossil fuels are exhausted, the development of all countries would be at risk. 

(v) Thus, there is a need for conservation and judicious use of resources for development.

Simple (general) Majority

• This refers to a majority of more than 50% of the members present and voting in the House.
• Also known as Functional or Working majority.
• This is the most commonly used type of majority.
• When the law does not specify the kind of majority needed, a simple majority is used for passing bills or motions.
• Ordinary bills require only a simple majority.
• For example, in the Lok Sabha, out of the total strength of 545, suppose 45 were absent and 100 abstained from voting. This means, only 400 members were present and voting. In this case, the simple majority needed is 201 (50% + 1).
• Instances where a simple majority is needed:
  • To pass money bill/financial/ordinary bills
  • To pass Adjournment Motion/Non-Confidence Motion/Censure Motion/Confidence Motion (Read about Parliamentary Proceedings’ Devices.)
  • To declare a financial emergency
  • To declare President’s Rule (state emergency)
  • To elect the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
  • Constitution Amendment Bill under Article 368 which needs to be ratified by the states needs only a simple majority at the State Legislatures.

Magnesium nitrate crystallizes with six molecules of water while barium nitrate crystallizes as the anhydrous salt. This again shows that the tendency to form hydrates decreases with increasing size and decreasing hydration enthalpy down the group.

Packing and Unpacking a Tuple : In Python there is a very powerful tuple assignment feature that assigns right hand side of values into left hand side. In other way it is called unpacking of a tuple of values into a variable. In packing, we put values into a new tuple while in unpacking we extract those values into a single variable.

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Germanium was called eka-silicon in Mendeleef's time.

The boiling point for Gallium stands at approximately 2200 degrees Celsius, and its density is 5.907 grams per cubic centimetre which is high like the density of water.

‘Tutankhamun’ means the ‘living image of Amun’. Amun was the major god in the ancient Egyptian society whose temples and images were destroyed by a preceding ruler named Akhenaten. He destroyed the ancient religious order of the Egyptians. Tut’s changing of his name represents his efforts in the restoration of the old ways that were once destroyed.

When Indian got independence in 1947, present-day Meghalaya comprised two districts of Assam and enjoyed partial autonomy within the state of Assam.

A movement began in 1960, demand for a separate Hill State.

The Assam Reorganisation (Meghalaya) Act of 1969 accorded an autonomous status to Meghalaya.

The Act came into effect on 2 April 1970, and an autonomous state of Meghalaya was created in  Assam.

The autonomous state had a 37-member legislature in at par  Sixth schedule to the Indian constitution.

Factors Affecting Price Elasticity of Demand 

1. Availability of substitutesp—A commodity with more and close substitutes tends to have an elastic demand and one with a few weak substitutes has an inelastic demand.For example: If price of Pepsi falls, a large number of consumers will switch over the Pepsi from Coke. On the other hand when the price of milk increases, the quantity demanded will not decrease much and vice versa. 

2. Proportion of Income Spent—Smaller is the proportion of Income spent on a commodity, the smaller will be the elasticity of demand and vice-versa. For example: The demand for soap, salt, matches, etc. is highly inelastic since the consumer spends a very small proportion of his income on them. 3. Habits of the consumer—Price elasticity of demand depends also upon whether or not the consumers are habitual of using a commodity. If consumers are habitual of consuming some commodities, they will continue to consume these even at higher prices. The demand for such commodities will be usually inelastic. 

4. Time Factor—Price Elasticity is generally low for the short period as compared to long period. This is for 2 reasons— 

Firstly—It takes time for consumers to adjust their tastes, preferences and habits. Secondly, new substitutes may be developed in the long run.