Chapter 1. The French Revolution

French Society before the Revolution * King Louis XVI increased the debt of Paris by over 3 million livres. * French society was divided into three estates. * The middle class started questioning feudal privileges. * Owing to the economic and political situation, King Louis decided to convene the Estate General. Outbreak of the Revolution ... Read more

Chapter 15. Improvement in Food Resources

Improvement of Crop Resources * Green revolution contributed to increased food grain production. * White revolution contributed to increased availability of milk. * The gradual increase in food production can be brought about by crop variety improvement, crop production improvement and crop protection management. * Crop variety improvement involves selecting a high yield crop variety ... Read more

Chapter 14. Natural Resources

Natural Resources * The region where the atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere interact and supports life is called biosphere. * Air is mixture of gases like nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide and water vapour. * Water exists as seas and oceans on the Earth’s surface and as water vapour in the atmosphere. * Soil is a mixture ... Read more

Chapter 13. Why do we Fall ill

Diseases * Health is a state of physical, mental and social well being. * Disease is an unhealthy condition caused by microorganisms, improper diet or is inherited. * Bacteria cause diseases like typhoid, cholera, tuberculosis and anthrax. * Viruses cause the common cold, influenza, dengue fever, AIDS and rabies. * Fungi cause skin infections. * ... Read more

Chapter 12. Sound

Production and Propagation of Sound * Sound is a form of energy that produces the sensation of hearing in our ears. * Sound is produced due to the vibration of objects. * Intensity of sound is the amount of sound energy incident per unit time per unit area. * Sound propagates through a medium. * ... Read more

Chapter 10. Gravitation

Kepler’s Law of Gravitation * To resolve shortcomings of the models propounded by Ptolemy and Copernicus, * Kepler propounded three laws on planetary motion. * Kepler’s first law, the law of orbits, states that the orbit of a planet is an ellipse with the sun at one of the foci. * An ellipse is a ... Read more