NCERT NOTES

Development Different persons can have different developmental goals :- •Landless labourers - More days of work and better wages; local school is able to quality education for their children; there is no social discrimination and they too can become leaders in the village. •prosperous framers from Punjab - Assured a high family income through higher support prices for their crops and through hard working and cheap labours; they should be able to settle their children abroad. For Development people look at mixed goals Besides seeking more income, one-way or the other, people also seek things like equal treatment, freedom security and respect of other. They resent discrimination. All these are important goals. Example : • If you get a job in a far off place, before accepting it would try to consider many factors, apart from income, such as facilities for your family, working atmosphere, or opportunity to leam. • If there is respect for women there would be more sharing of house work an...

Power Sharing Belgium -> Gerographical position :  Small country in Europe, bordered by the Netherlands, France and Germany. -> Area and Population :  Smaller in area than the Indian state of Haryana. Population- a little over one crore, half of the state of Haryana.   Ethnic Composition   : 59% live in Flemish region - speak Dutch, 40% live in Wallonia region - speak French, 1% speak German   Capital : Brussels-80% speak French, 20% Speak Dutch.   -> Important Point : In Brussels, the Dutch-speaking people are in a minority which is the opposite of the rest of the country, where they are in a majority.   The minority population of French-speaking people was richer than the Dutch-speaking people. The majority community were given benefits much later. This led to tension between the two communities in the 1950s and 1960s. Tension was more acute in the capital city of Brussels. Sri Lanka -> Geographical Position : A small island in Asia, of...

The Theme Of Frederic Sorrieu's Painting -> In 1848, Friedric Sorrieu,a french artist, prepared a series of four prints visualizing his dream of a world made up of 'Democractic and social republics', as he called them. -> The first print of the series to the people of Europe and America- men and women of all ages and social classes- marching in a long train and offering homemade to the Statue of Liberty as the pass by it. -> a figures was shown with the torch of enlightment in one hand and the charter of the Rights of man in the other. -> on the earth in the foreground of the image lie the remains of the symbol of absolutist institutions. The French Revolution and the idea of nation. • Steps taken by French Revolutionaries to create a sense of collective identity amongst the French people- Ideas of La Patrie and Le citoyen, new french flag, Estate general was elected and renamed National Assembly,new hymns, oaths taken, centralized administration, uniform system...