Social Science Questions & Answers

When shown along with Shiva, Goddess Parvati has only two hands, the right one holding a blue lotus and the left hanging loosely by the side. When represented independently, Parvati Ma is shown with four hands, two hands holding red and blue lotuses and the other two exhibiting the varada and Abhaya mudras. Goddess Parvati has a charming personality. Married …

Friendship Day is celebrated every year, on the first Sunday of August. In 2017, it will be celebrated on 6th August. The day for the occasion was declared by the US congress in 1935. The occasion began as a small event, to commemorate the relation shared by friends. Today, it has taken the shape of a grand festival. Gone are …

It’s a colloquial term that refers to a style of parenting which involves paying extremely close attention to children. It’s also called over parenting. It gets its name from the fact that parents hover over children like a helicopter, to make sure they aren’t harmed in any way. This particularly pertains to school-related problems. It can be detrimental for children …

There is saying: ‘God created the world but the Dutch created Holland‘. Holland (more correctly called the Netherlands) is a low-lying country where more than two-fifths of the land is below sea-level at high tide. Since early this century Dutch engineers have reclaimed much of this flat land by building dykes (sea walls) to hold back the sea. The marshy …

Tree-frogs are found in Europe, North and South America, New Guinea, North Africa, and warm parts of Asia. They have small sticky discs on the tops of their fingers and toes, which help them, cling to the branches of trees. The best-known European tree-frog is less than two inches long. Its Latin name is Hyla arborea. Its color is usually …

Kiran Bedi, Ph.D, is India’s first and highest ranking (retired in 2007) woman officer who joined the Indian Police Service in 1972. Her experience and expertise include more than 35 years of tough, innovative and welfare policing. She has worked with the United Nations as the Police Advisor to the Secretary General, in the Department of Peace Keeping Operations. She …

In order to eliminate the social issue of child labour, there is need to follow some effective solutions on urgent basis to save the future of any developing country. Following are some solutions to prevent child labour:

There are various reasons of child labour in our country. Some of the causes of global child labour are similar however differ country to country. Most common reasons are like poverty, repression of child rights, improper education, limited rules and laws on child labour, etc. Following are some important points regarding causes of child labour:

Child labour is a type crime in which children are forced to work in their very early age and perform the responsibilities just like adults by taking part in the economic activities. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), there is an age limit applied to the children that children up to age fifteen will not involve in any type …

Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) was the first president of the American Federation of Labor, the first enduring national labor union. He served as president from 1886 until his death in 1924, except for a single year, 1895. Born in London, he immigrated to the United States at the age of 13, and worked as a cigar-maker. He became the leader of …