Odisha BSE Madhyama Social Science case studies
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The Madhyama Examination is one of the examinations conducted by the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha, a body corporate constituted under the Odisha Secondary Education Act, 1953, which regulates, controls and develops secondary education in the state and examines candidates who have completed a prescribed course of study, awarding certificates to successful candidates. The Board publishes a dedicated Scheme of Studies for the Madhyama Examination, subject-wise syllabi for Madhyama Class IX and Class X, and a document giving the pattern of questions with distribution of marks for Class X. The Odisha BSE Madhyama Social Science case studies are 5 cases and about 4,110 words.
1The Delayed Canal and the Sowing Window
A block agriculture officer in a rain-fed block of Kandhamal district must advise 40 marginal farming families in the first week of July. The block's average rainfall is 780 mm, of which 85 per cent falls between mid-June and September, and it usually stops abruptly around 20 September.
784 words, about 4 min2Two Accounts of 1817
A Class IX history group is studying the 1817 Paika rebellion in Khurda with two documents. Document A is a palm-leaf chronicle copied in 1862 by a descendant of a Paika commander.
773 words, about 4 min3The Gram Sabha That Had No Quorum
Gram Panchayat Gopalpur has 3,200 registered voters in 9 wards. Its standing orders, read out at the start of every meeting, say that the quorum for the Gram Sabha is one-tenth of registered voters, and that a meeting without quorum must be adjourned and reconvened after seven days with fresh notice.
864 words, about 4 min4Three Offers for Sixty Thousand Rupees
A farm family in Bargarh district cultivates 1.2 hectares of paddy and needs Rs 60,000 in the first week of July for seed, fertiliser, diesel and hired labour. Expected yield is 45 quintals per hectare, so about 54 quintals, harvested in the first week of November - four months after the loan.
809 words, about 4 min5Eighteen Hours Before Landfall
A coastal block has 42,000 people in 26 villages. The meteorological bulletin says a cyclone will cross the coast about 30 km south of the block in roughly 18 hours, with winds up to 150 km per hour and a storm surge of 2 to 3 metres above the tide.
880 words, about 4 min