List of Map Items for Examination

A. History

Chapter 3 : Nationalism in India - (1918-1930)

(i) For location and labelling/Identification on Outline Political Map of India

1. Indian National Congress Session : Calcutta (Sep. 1920), Nagpur (Dec. 1920), Madras (1927)

and Lahore (1929).

2. Important Centres of Indian National Movement

(Non-cooperation and Civil Disobedience Movement)

(i) Champaran (Bihar) : Movement of Indigo Planters

(ii) Kheda (Gujarat) : Peasant Satyagraha

(iii) Ahmedabad (Gujarat) : Cotton Mill Workers Satyagraha

(iv) Amritsar (Punjab) : Jallianwala Bagh incident.

(v) Chauri Chaura (UP) : Calling off the NCM.

(vi) Bardoli (Gujarat) : No tax campaign.

(vii) Dandi (Gujarat) : Civil Disobedience Movement.

B. Geography

Chapter 5 : Mineral and Energy Resources

Minerals : (Identification only)

(i) Iron ore mines : Mayurbhanj, Durg, Bailadila, Bellary and Kudremukh.

(ii) Mica mines : Ajmer, Beawar, Nellore, Gaya and Hazaribagh.

(iii) Coal mines : Raniganj, Jharia, Bokaro, Talcher, Korba, Singrauli, Singareni and Neyveli

(iv) Oil Fields : Digboi, Naharkatia, Mumbai High, Bassien, Kalol and Ankaleshwar.

(v) Power Plants : (Locating and Labelling only)

(a) Thermal : Namrup, Talcher, Singrauli, Harduaganj, Korba, Uran, Ramagundam,

Vijaywada and Tuticorin.132

(b) Nuclear : Narora, Rawat Bhata, Kakrapara, Tarapur, Kaiga and Kalpakkam.

Chapter 6 : Manufacturing Industries

For Locating and labelling only

(i) Cotton Textile Industries : Mumbai, Indore, Ahmedabad, Surat, Kanpur, Coimbatore

and Madurai.

(ii) Woollen Industries : Srinagar, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Panipat, Mirzapur and Jamnagar.

(iii) Silk Industry : Anantnag, Srinagar, Murshidabad and Mysore.

(iv) Iron and Steel Plants : Burnpur, Durgapur, Bokaro, Jamshedpur, Rourkela, Bhilai,

Vijaynagar, Bhadravati, Vishakhapatnam and Salem.

(v) Software Technology Parks : Mohali, NOIDA, Jaipur, Gandhinagar, Indore, Mumbai,

Pune, Kolkata, Bhubaneshwar, Vishakhapatnam, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mysore,

Chennai and Thiruvanantapuram.

Chapter 7 : Lifelines of National Economy

Identification Only :

Golden Quadrilateral, North-South Corridor and East-West Corridor

National Highways : NH-1, NH-2 and NH-7

Location and Labelling :

(i) Major Ports : Kandla, Mumbai, Jawahar Lal Nehru, Marmagao, New Mangalore,

Kochi, Tuticorin, Chennai, Vishakhapatnam, Paradip, Haldia and Kolkata.

(ii) International Airports : Amritsar (Raja Sansi), Delhi (Indira Gandhi International);

Mumbai (Chhatrapati Shivaji), Thiruvanantapuram (Nedimbacherry) ; Chennai

(Meenam Bakkam), Kolkata (Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose) and Hyderabad

Note : Items of locating and labelling may also be given for identification.

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India's Chances

Guys, it is the time to pick favorites for the Cricket World Cup 2011. The countdown for the mega event has begun, and everyone, including the legends of cricket have started picking their favorites to win the World cup. According to the legends of the game India is favorite to win the World cup.

In my opinion India is not favorite to win this World cup, even though they are top contenders for the coveted trophy. One of the main reasons for India's unlikely success is the fact they are playing in front of the home crowd. Such big events like World cup brings a lot of pressure on the players. The title of being favorites adds to already existing pressure of home crowd expectations. Indifferent form of their best one day batsman Yuvraj Singh could also harm India's chances. Moreover their senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar will be desperate for winning this World cup in order to have at least one big trophy under his belt before he retires from cricket. You can see Sachin Tendulkar faltering or failing when approaching an important milestone. He has never featured in a World cup winning team despite featuring in five editions of the tournament. This is likely to be the last World cup for Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin Tendulkar is known to fail whenever there is pressure on him. Any shrewd captain should be able to exploit this weakness of Sachin Tendulkar. Another issue would be the spot to play Gautam Gambhir. Gautam Gambhir is better as an opener. He might not be effective in one day games in the middle order, and it could disrupt the whole batting order. There is no clear picture yet as to what combination India is likely to go. There is too much confusion with too many confusing choices. But if some of the players in the Indian batting line up hit purple patch, nothing could stop India from winning this edition of the World cup.

Australian team is not being picked as favorites this time. They are still the at the top of the ICC ranking table. Moreover reduced expectations on the Australian team might work in their favor. What could go against the Australian team is form and future of some of their key players, including their captain and star batsman Ricky Ponting. The Ashes results could also have a bearing on their performance in the upcoming World cup. The Australian team is still a force to reckon with and can peak at the right time to win the World cup.

South Africa is my favorite to win the World cup this time. They neither have the pressure of being favorites, nor they are playing in front of their home crowd. The tag of being chokers might actually work in their favor this time. Because they have been labeled chokers, it may release the any expectations on them, and may ultimately release any pressure on them. They have one of the best batting line up and best the best fast bowler in the world in their line up. South Africa should be able to open their account for World cup trophies.

The most unpredictable team ever, and the most unpredictable team in the tournament. Pakistan is not being given much of a chance by the pundits, but you should discount Pakistan at your own peril. Again, less expectation from this team may eventually work in their favor. Moreover, not having to play before home crowd, yet playing home like condition may also favor them. They may not have the best team in the world on the paper, but have the team to beat any team, and have players who can change the course of the game from any situation.

England has also emerged as a very strong team in the recent past. They could repeat their success in T20 edition of the World cup in the one day version, of course with little bit of luck at crucial stages of the tournament. England also has considerably less pressure on them.

Sri Lanka is a good team, but will be under pressure playing in front of their home crowds. I do not see Sri Lanka going all the way especially without Jaysurya in their ranks at the top of the order, and indifferent form of Tilakratne Dilshan. The Sangarkara's and Jayawardana's are not much effective in one-day format, especially in the absence of big hitters like Jaysurya at the top. They do not have a threating bowling line up either. I do not give much chance to Sri Lanka.

New Zeeland is one team, about whom the less said the better. They have some capable cricketers, but are failing as a unit. A couple of good games at the knockout might just give them an outside chance of winning the trophy.

West Indian team of today is exactly opposite of the West Indian team that participated in the first three editions of this prestigious tournament. I do not see West Indies winning this tournament, but cricket is funny old game.

Bangladesh has the ability to upset quite a few teams in this tournament like it did to India in the previous editions. Ireland too can upset the big teams as it knocked out Pakistan in the initial stages of the tournament in the last edition of the World cup. The rest of the teams, I guess, are mere participants.

PORTIONS 4 SA2 CLASS X

NOTE: Only that of Maths, Science, Social, English and Malayalam



SOCIAL
HISTORY
Events and Processes (ANY ONE OF THE THEMES 1 AND 2, THEME 3 IS COMPULSORY)
1. Nationalism in Europe. (Chapter 1)
2. Nationalist Movement in Indo- China. (Chapter2)
3. Nationalism in India (Chapter 3)
GEOGRAPHY
1. Mineral Resources and Power
2. Manufacturing Industries
3. Lifelines of Indian Economy
POLITICS
1. Competitions and Contestations in democracy
2. Outcomes of democracy
3. Challenges in Democracy
ECONOMICS
1. Money and Credit
2. Globalization
3. Consumer Awareness

MATH
1. Quadratic equations
2. Arithmetic progressions
3. Circles
4. Constructions.
5. Areas Related to Circles
6. Surface Areas & Volumes
7. Heights & Distances.
8. COORDINATE GEOMETRY
9. PROBABILITY

SCIENCE
1. Carbon compounds;
2. Periodic classification of elements
3. Reproduction
4. Heredity and evolution
5. Light
6. Human Eye
7. Our Environment
8. Management of Natural Resources

MALAYALAM
TOPICS

A) Reading Section: 08
Reading comprehension of an unseen prose passage
B) Writing Section(Composition): 14
1.Essay Writing(topics related to social issues, family and school life)
2.Letter writing(applications, letter to the editor of a Newspaper, Commercial correspondence)
C) Grammar Section: 18
1.Transformation of sentences(based on the text book)
2.Vocabulary building
3.Sandhi and Samas
While giving the knowledge of formal grammar, emphasis should be laid on its functional/applied aspect so as to promote good under standing of the language and to promote appropriate linguistics skill.
D) Literature Section: Prose 40
Lessons to be studied: (03)
1)ODAYILNINNU-KESAV DEV (P-76)
2)BALYAKALA SAKHI-CHILA NIREEKSHAN NAGAL-Different Authors (P-80)
3)ORU JATHI, ORU MATHAM-M.K.SANU (P-III)

Poetry:
Poems to be studied: 03
1. SEETHA SWAYAMVARAM-EZHUTHASSAN-(P-64)
2. VAZHIVETTUNAVARODU-N.N. KAKKAD (P-92)
3. MOZHIYAMBUKAL-VAYANA-AYYAPPA PANICKAR (P-98)

Non-detailed (Text book) MRITHA SANJEEVANI By CHANDRAMATHY UAYOOR published by Early Bird publication Ernakulam, Kerala
Lessons to be studied: Last nine lessons

ENGLISH
1. The Letter
2. The Ultimate Safari
3. The Frog and the Nightingale
4. Mirror
5. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
6. Julius Caesar

Rajini- Best Jokes !!!

Rajinikanth doesn’t wear a watch. He decides what time it is.

Rajinikanth has already been to Mars, that’s why there are no signs of life there..

Rajinikanth killed the dead sea.

If you spell ‘Rajanikant’ wrong on Google it doesn’t say, “Did you mean Rajinikanth?” It simply replies, “Run while you still have the chance.”

Rajinikanth can play the violin with a piano

Rajnikanth once wrote a cheque, the bank bounced!

Micheal Jordan to Rajini: I can spin a ball on my finger for over two hours. Can you? Rajni: Rascala; how do you think the earth spins!?

Rajinikanth once ordered a plate of idli in McDonald’s, and got it.

If Rajnikant was born 100 years earlier, British would have fought to get independence from India.

When Rajnikant logs on to facebook.com, facebook updates its status message!

Rajni once killed 20 men just by saying “BANG”

Rajinikanth knows Victoria’s secret.

Rajinikanth can divide by zero.

Rajinikanth has counted to infinity, twice.

When Rajinikanth gives you the finger, he’s telling you how many seconds you have left to live.

When Rajanikanth looks in a mirror the mirror shatters, because not even glass is stupid enough to get in between Rajanikanth and Rajanikanth.

Rajinikanth once kicked a horse in the chin. Its descendants are today called giraffes

Rajinikanth doesn’t move at the speed of light. Light moves at the speed of Rajinikanth

Rajinikanth once warned a young girl to be good “or else”. The result? Mother Teresa

Rajinikanth calls Voldemort by his name.

Rajinikant once ate an entire bottle of sleeping pills. They made him blink

Rajinikant doesn’t bowl strikes, he just knocks down one pin and the other nine faint out of fear.

Naan oru joke sonna..........

Recently the father of physics made a visit to earth to watch a movie.He watched a few Tamil movies and had his head spinning. He was convinced that all his logic and laws in physics were just a hugepile of junk and apologised for everything he had done.In the movie of Rajanikanth, Newton was confused to such an extent that he went paranoid. Here are a few scenes:

1) Rajanikanth has a Brain Tumor which, according to the doctors can't be cured and his death is imminent. In one of the fights, our great Rajanikanth is shot in the head. To everybody's surprise, the bullet passes through his ears taking away the tumor along with it and he is cured. Long Live Rajanikanth.

2) In one of the movies, Rajanikanth is confronted with 3 gangsters. Rajanikanthhas a gun but unfortunately only one bullet.Guess, what he does.......He holds a knife in his hand and throws at the middle gangster..& shoots thebullet towards the knife. The knife cuts the bullet into 2 pieces and kills both the gangsters on each side of the middle gangster & the knife kills the middle one.

3) Rajanikanth is chased by a gangster. Rajanikanth has a revolver but he has nobullets in it. Guess, what he does. Nah not even in your remotest imaginations.He waits for the gangster to shoot. As soon as the gangster shoots, Rajanikanth opens the bullet compartment of his revolver and catches the bullet. Then, he closes the bullet compartment and fires his gun. Bang... And the gangster dies....

This was too much for our Newton to take and he was completely shaken and he decided to go back. But he happened to see a movie for one last time and thought that at least one movie will follow his theory of physics. The whole movie goes fine and Newton is happy that all in the world hasn't changed. Oops not so fast.The Climax finally arrives. Rajanikanth gets to know that the villain is on the other side of a very high wall. So high that Rajanikanth can't jump even if he tries like one of those superman techniques that our heroes normally use.Rajanikanth has to desperately kill the villain because its the climax. (Newton dada is smiling since it is virtually impossible)..Rajanikanth suddenly pulls two guns from his pocket(Probably a backup). He throws one gun in the air and when the gun has reached the height of the wall,he shoots at the trigger of the first gun in air, with his second gun. Now the first gun fires off and the villain is dead.

South Africa take series despite Yusuf blitz

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Yusuf Pathan launched the sort of assault that has made him a rich man to ensure it wasn't all one-way traffic in Centurion but it wasn't enough to prevent South Africa from snatching the series with a 33-run victory. After a tough tour over the past month-and-a-half, the last day of the series seemed set to be an anti-climactic non-scrap courtesy yet another Hashim Amla century and a slew of reckless strokes from the Indians.
Yusuf, though, blasted a century of utter violence when all looked lost at 119 for 8, and after an hour of Yusuf, the South African bowling was looking clueless and India were 49 short, dreaming of a miraculous win. Yusuf clubbed a 68-ball century but holed out soon after, much to the relief of the Sunday crowd at Supersport Park.
The tour had begun with South Africa's crushing Test victory in Centurion and ends with another defeat for the visitors at the same venue. One reason India's bowlers will be thrilled to be heading back home will be that there will be less sparring with Amla, who has plundered more than 1100 runs in the past 11 months against India in Tests and one-dayers. He collected another 116 on Sunday to push South Africa to a tall total in a rain-hit match.
MS Dhoni had chosen to bowl on winning the toss, perhaps swayed by Supersport Park's reputation of being a ground where it is easy to chase in day games. No matter what the past record, it is unlikely any team can win when its top order combusts so spectacularly and heedlessly as India's did. Barring Virat Kohli, the rest of the top six were dismissed not by unplayable deliveries but by attempts at extravagant strokes.
Rohit Sharma's horror series ended as he was bowled by Lonwabo Tsotsobe going for a loose drive through the line; Dhoni's imperious cut ended as an edge to first slip; Yuvraj Singh edged two boundaries to third man before giving catching practice to JP Duminy at point; Suresh Raina smashed a couple of fours before an upper cut sailed to third man; Parthiv Patel was the only one in the top order to inspire confidence, middling nearly every ball for the second innings in a row before falling to a debatable diving catch by Faf du Plessis at cover. India were 74 for 6 in the 14th over, and their only hope of saving the series seemed to be if the ominous clouds circling the stadium brought a massive downpour which washed away the match before the 20th over.
Enter Yusuf. He fell over reverse-sweeping Robin Peterson for a six early in his innings, but the wickets kept tumbling at the other end. With Zaheer Khan adopting a blithe step-away-and-swing approach, the end seemed minutes away, but he knuckled down after some initial scares and kept turning the strike over to Yusuf.
Indian fans would have nursed little hopes even when intermittent bursts of hitting took Yusuf to 66 off 58, and India climbed to 175 for 8 in the 33rd over. All that changed as Yusuf pounded four sixes and three fours in the next three overs to reach his century - so quickly that few realised he had reached the milestone till he raised his bat. That frenzy, through which Yusuf remained completely calm, ended with a 21-run over from Tsotsobe that brought the required-rate below five. Yusuf skied another attempted blast down the ground soon after, which du Plessis clasped to settle South African nerves.
Yusuf's ton was in absolute contrast to Amla's in the morning, when the South African chose patience over pyrotechnics to coolly compile his runs - he reached his half-century on the back of 30 consecutive singles. After Graeme Smith's troubles against Zaheer Khan continued, Amla let No. 3 Morne van Wyk be the aggressor. van Wyk grew in confidence as his innings progressed, unleashing a series of powerful cuts whenever he was given width, and even pulled off an audacious lap-shot off Munaf Patel for four.
India went in with only two quick bowlers, and their armada of spinners didn't pose too many questions to the South African batsmen. South Africa glided to 113 for 1 before Yuvraj plucked a spectacular caught-and-bowled to send back van Wyk, and had AB de Villiers stumped with a sharply turning delivery.
Amla and Duminy, the home side's two form batsmen this series, both had lives - Duminy surviving a close lbw shout and Amla dropped at square leg - and revived South Africa with a 102-run stand. The standout shot in Amla's innings was the dab to third man, perfectly timing the ball as he opened the face to pick up several boundaries, one of which brought up his century.
In the four overs that remained after an 80-minute stoppage, South Africa lost their heads and plenty of wickets as panicky running, smart bowling and attempted slogging combined to result in a collapse of 6 for 24. Amla played only two deliveries in those last four overs. India went in to lunch on a high, but there was little joy for them after the break barring Yusuf's heroics, and their dreams of a maiden series win in South Africa were shattered.