Crossword Puzzle

Forest Society & Colonialism

Class IX

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ACROSS 3. This race encouraged the production of Commercial Crops in India 7. A missionary who observed the events of Tribal movement in Bastar 8. The term used for shifting cultivation in south-east Asia 9. Cluster of Villages 13. Leader of Tribal movement in Chhotanagpur Region 14. Policy followed by Dutch at the time of Japanese attack on Java 15. Wooden Planks laid across railway tracks 16. Term used for shifting cultivation in Srilanka 17. place where Gunda dhur belongd to 18. The leader of tribal movement in Andhra Pradesh

DOWN 1. The First Inspector general of Forests in India 2. A system cutting trees were controlled by the forest department 4. The river which winds across the Bastar from East to West 5. Who started questioning for the state ownership of forest 6. A community of Java skilled in forest cutting 10. Place where the Dutch began their scientific forestry 11. The colonial power in Indonesia 12. The first Forestry school was established in this city

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OUTCOMES OF DEMOCRACY

Class X

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ACROSS 4. Over a hundred countries of the world today claim and practice some kind of _____________________: they have formal constitutions, they hold elections, they have parties and they guarantee rights of citizens. 8. Is based on the idea of deliberation and negotiation. So some delay in decision making and implementation is bound to take place. 10. Democratic government is a _____________. It may be slow, less efficient, not always very responsive or clean. But a democratic government is people's own government. 12. In a democracy, a citizen who wants to know if a decision was taken through the correct procedures can find this out. This is known as 13. Because democracy follows procedures, its decisions may be both more ________________ to the people and more effective. 14. Democracy remains a democracy only as long as every citizen has a chance of being in ____________ at some point of time.

DOWN 1. Our interest in and fascination for democracy often pushes us into taking a position that democracy can address all socio-economic and political problems. If some of our expectations are not met, we start blaming the  2. The democratic government develops mechanisms for the citizens to hold the government ___________________ and mechanisms for citizens to take part in decision making whenever they think fit.  3. One of the factors on which- the economic development of a country depends.  5. The most basic ___________________ should be that it produces a government that is accountable to the citizens,and responsive to the needs and expectations of the citizens. 6. Democracy can only create conditions for achieving something. ___________________ have to take advantage of those conditions and achieve those goals.  7. Democratic governments do not have a very good record when it comes to _______________________ with citizens.  9. Ability to handle these, is thus a definite plus point of democratic regimes.  11. Democracy is not simply rule by majority opinion. The majority always needs to work with the __________________ so that governments function to represent the general view.