media questions

Extra questions of civics chapter media

Q1 What is media?

Everything ranging from the stall at the local fair to the programme that you see on TV can be called media. Media is the plural form of the word ‘medium’ and it describes the various ways through which we communicate in society.

Q2. What are mass media? The forms of media that reaches millions of people, or the masses, across the country and the world and, thus, they are called mass media.
Q3 Give any 2 examples of electronic media.

 Television, Radio
Q4 Give any 2 examples of print media.

Newspaper, Magazine
 Q5 How does the changing technology affect media?

 Changing technology, or machines, and making technology more modern, helps media to reach more people. It also improves the quality of sound and the images that we see.

Q6.What are the different sources through which the media makes money?

 One way in which the mass media earns money is by advertising different things like cars, chocolates, clothes, mobile phones, etc.

 The second way by which media makes money is by becoming a part of big business houses.

Q7. What is a balanced report?

A balanced report is one that discusses all points of view of a particular story and then leaves it to the readers to make up their minds.

Q8.  What is independent media?

An independent media means that no one should control and influence its coverage of news. No one should tell the media what can be included and what should not be included in a news story.

Q9 What role do the media play in a democracy?

 In a democracy, the media plays a very important role in providing news and discussing events taking place in the country and the world.

It is on the basis of this information that citizens can, for example, learn how government works. And often, if they wish to, they can take action on the basis of these news stories.

Q!0. How has the television technology changed our world?

 Changing technology, or machines, and making technology more modern, helps media to reach more people.

 It also changes the ways in which we think about our lives. Television has enabled us to think of ourselves as members of a larger global world. Television images travel huge distances through satellites and cables. It has brought the world closer to us.

Assignment for history

Assignments of history class 7^th

Q1. Who built Rajarajeshvara temple?

Ans.  King Rajaraja Chola in Thanjavur.

Q2. Which sufi  saint  established  dargah at Ajmer?

Ans. Khwaja   Muinuddin  chishti.

Q3. Name any two pilgrimage centres?

Ans Vrindavan (Uttar Pradesh ) and  tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu).

Q4.  Name the city which  was the suba headquarter as well as capital of chauhan kings ?

Ans. Ajmer( Rajsthan)

Q5.  Name two famous Guilds   in South India in eighth century.

Ans  Manigramam  and Nanadesi

Q6. Who were Bidri?

Ans  The craftspersons  of bidar were so famed for inlay work  in copper and silver that it came to be called bidri.

Q7.  Why was Surat called a gateway to west?

Ans.1.  Because trade with west Asia  via gulf of Ormuz done from Surat.

2. Many pilgrim ships sailed to Mecca from Surat.

Q8. Why Surat began to decline towards the end of the 17^th century ?

Ans.  1.  The loss of the markets  and productivity .

2. control of the sea routes by the Portuguese.

3. The competition with Bombay port.

Q9. Who owned large number of ships  in 16^th &17^th century?

Ans. Mulla Abdul Ghafur  and Virji Vora.

Q10. Write architectural  splendor of Hampi?

Ans. The royal buildings were splendid with arches, domes and pillared halls for holding sculptures.

They had well planned orchards and pleasure gardens .

Q11. Which was one of the most important festivals celebrated at Hampi?

Ans.  Mahanavami  festival.

Q12. How Hampi was ruined?

Ans By the defeat of  Vijayanagara kings in 1565 by deccani sultans-  Golconda, Bijapur,Ahmadnagar, Berar and Bidar.

assignment of class 7 history and civics

                                Towns traders and craftsperson

                                 OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS :

Q1.The Capital city of the Cholas was _________

Q2. Name the river that flowed through this capital city.___________

Q3.a)Name the temple present in this city. b) Who built this temple ?

Q4. Who was the architect of this temple ? ________________________

Q5. Which diety is located in this temple ? _______________________

Q6. Kings used to hold court in the ______________ (pavilions)

Q7. Other name of sculptors who made bronze idols ____________________

Q8. In which place did they make these idols ? ___________________

Q9. Give an example of a Temple town in :-

a) Madhya Pradesh : _____________________        b) Gujarat : _____________________

c) Tamil Nadu : _________________________          d) Andhra Pradesh : _______________

Q10. Chola bronze statues were made using the ___________    technique.

Q11. Bronze is an alloy of _________ and __________

Q12.Give an example of pilgrimage centres in :

a) Uttar Pradesh : ______________________ b) Tamil Nadu : ________________________

c) Rajasthan : _______________________

Q13. Which city was the capital of the Chauhan kings and later became the suba headquarters of the Mughals ? ______________________________

Q14. Which city provides an excellent example of religious co-existence ? ____________

Q15.Name the sufi saint who settled in this city and attracted devotees from all creeds ? __________________________________________________________

Q16. Instead of collecting the taxes, sometimes the ‘rights’ were given to the temples.

Q17. Name any 5 items on the sale of which taxes were imposed on the traders ?

a) _____________ b) ______________ c) ______________ d) _____________ e) ________

Q18. The association or group formed especially by the horse traders, who had to travel through many kingdoms to sell/trade was called ______________

Q19.-Name 2 examples of such associations : a) _________ b) ___________ 

Chapter-6 Understanding Media

Q-1 Fill in the blanks: -

       

1) ________ and _________ are examples of electronic media, newspaper and magazines are examples of __________ media.

       

 2) _______ invented the first television.

       

 3) An _________ media means that no one should control and influence its coverage.

     

  4) In a democracy _________, ___________ and _______ are a few ways by which publics can protect against any issue.

Q-2 Give reasons: -

       

1) Most television channels and T.V.are part of big business house because_________________.

     

 2) Some advertisements are shown repeated by during the same programme because___________________.

     

 3) A balanced report is one that_________________.

       

4) It is common to say that the ‘media sets the agenda’ because____________________.

     

 5)___________ is my favourite TV programme because _________________.

Q-3 Define the following: -

       a) Local media

       b) Censorship

assignment major landforms

                                Assignment class 6^th geography

1.       What are relief features or landforms?

2.       How much part of the earth is covered with water?

3.       Define these  a. glaciers b. debris or alluvium c. faults d. horst and graben

4.       Which mountain is snowcapped inspite of being near the equator and why?

5.       What is anticline and syncline?

6.       Give some examples of volcanic mountains.

7.       Make a flowchart of landforms with two examples of each.