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CBSE Class 10 Social Science Solved Question Paper 2016

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Why has aluminium metal great importance?

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Suggest any three steps to minimise the environmental degradation caused by the industrial development in India.

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'Consumption of energy in all forms has been rising all over the country. There is an urgent need to develop a sustainable path of energy development and energy saving'. Suggest and explain any three measures to solve this burning problem.

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Suggest any three steps to minimise the environmental degradation caused by the industrial development in India.

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Why do MNCs set up their offices and factories in those regions where they get cheap labour and other resources?

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If any damage is done to a consumer by a trader, under which consumer right one can move to consumer court to get compensation?

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Why are most of the poor households deprived from the formal sector of loans?

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Rules and regulations are required for the protection of the consumers in the market place. Justify the statement with arguments.

In India, the consumer movement as a ‘social force’ originated with the necessity of protecting and promoting the interests of consumers against unethical and unfair trade practices.

Rampant food shortages, hoarding, black marketing, adulteration of food and edible oil gave birth to the consumer movement in an organized form in the 1960s.
Till the 1970s, consumer organisations were largely engaged in writing articles and holding exhibitions.
Because of all these efforts, the movement succeeded in bringing pressure on business firms as well as government to correct business conduct which may be unfair and against the interests of consumers at large.
Therefore in 1986 the Indian government enacted the Consumer Protection Act 1986.

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