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1. 1.

   Who is responsible for overall development of all sections of the society?

2. 2.

   Name some schemes that the government has instituted for housing.

3. 3.

   What is the aim of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act?

4. 4.

   Fill In the blanks:

   1. India is currently the ____________ aviation market.
   2. India's road network is the ____________ road network in the word.
   3. India has the world's ____________ electricity generation capacity.
   4. ____________ is rapidly emerging as a major source of power.
   5. Indian Railways was founded by the British in _____________.
5. 5.

   Write T for True and F for False statements:

   1. The Mumbai suburban railway is the world's densest railway route.
   2. India is the world's second largest telecommunications market.
   3. Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana provides additional wages, employment and food security.
   4. Conventional sources of power include coal, petroleum, domestic waste and solar power.
   5. Integrated Rural Development Programme works with problems of malnutrition, morbidity, mortality and school drop outs.
6. 6.

   Give some examples of conventional and non-conventional sources of power generation in India