2. • During the 9th century, Chinese alchemists made X
with certain chemicals, out of which one was
Saltpeter .
• People in that era were unaware of the existence
of germs. They believed diseases like cholera,
malaria and plague used to spread by inhaling
polluted air and also evil spirits used to posses in
these diseases.
• Carried away by superstitious thoughts, people
started to believe that the loud noise from X could
scare those evil spirits and hence cure the people.
• Id X.
6. • Working overtime is something nobody likes. According to
statistics, in 2022, 300 people in Japan committed suicide
due to work load. Eventually they developed a term for the
same which is Karoshi , meaning death by overwork .
• A young man from Japan did not want to be a victim of it and
so he created a religion called X. In this religion people can
avoid overtime by giving an excuse that it is forbidden in
their religion and since it is forbidden to suspend someone
on religious grounds people could easily get away with it.
• Id X.
14. • Bengal’s then strategic point of defence against any land attack from
the Western side was the narrow pass of Teliagarhi near Rajmahal.
• To its south was an enormous land of hill and Jungle popularly called
X through which no large army could pass due to its lack of roads food
supplies and human habitations.
• Id X.
20. *)Five members of the gang travelled on the roof of the train that night and as
the express was passing through an un-electrified section, they drilled a hole on
the roof between Chinnasalem and Vriddhachalam stations.
*)Two of them entered the parcel van through the hole, broke open the wooden
boxes and took cash bundles wrapping them in their lungis. As the train reached
Vriddhachalam station, the bundles were given to other gang members on the
ground near tracks.
*)Later all escaped. After this, the gang hired a van from Madhya Pradesh and
transported the booty to their native village.
*) What conclusion in the record book did it lead to?
