Studied? Yes!

  Well, as much as we belong to History, It definitely has shown copious belonging to our marks card and competitve exams. NTSE is one such exam, which includes all the History lessons we have learnt throughout our Middle and High school. Hence as a continuation of the previous blog ( If you haven't read the previous blog , click here!   10th Grade_NTSE Portions  ), We will be dealing with the 9th grade syllabus of NTSE History preparations, a small chunk of the big whole.  ( Click on the images to maximise it!)  Pivotal People and their work  Hope this helps you! 

    Aptitude tests / Mental Ability is one stream which is vital in every competitive exam.  Involving tedious mental calculations and applications , this subject deals with problems which we need to reason out and analyse very closely.  In this blog, I have put together few important topics and formulas from various  Mental Ability chapters. Calendar In an ordinary year , the first day and the last day of the year are same In a leap year , the first and last day will be subsequent days  ( Odd days -- Odd days basically means the number of days which donot form a complete week , for example 365 days forms 52 weeks and 1 day , hence this extra 1 days forms the odd day in a ordinary year)  Ordinary year = 1 odd day Leap year = 2 odd days 100 years = 5 odd days 200 years = 3 odd days 300 years = 1 odd day 400 years = 0 odd days No. of leap years in  100 years = 24 leap years 200 years = 48 leap years 300 years = 72 leap years 400 years = 97 leap years  Repeating Calendar  * Add 28 to

 The feeling of nationalism spread in Europe and deeply affected European history as much as it did affect our History textbooks and report cards, but the influence it had on this country, almost 6,467 km away, will surely make you gape in awe. And 'this' country which we are talking about is Our beloved 'India'. In this History Blog, we will be going through all the important dates and events mentioned in the chapter "Nationalism In India", helping us to brush up through all the vital concepts!  (If you haven't read the Nationalism in Europe blogs  Click here   or  here! )  So, Let's start  1) 1913 - 1918 - Prices doubling leading to hardships for common people 2) 1918 - 19 and 1920-21 - Crop failure - famine 3) January 1915 - Gandhi returned to India 4) 1916 - Champaran in Bihar - Peasants against plantation  5) 1917 - Kheda, Gujarat - Peasants protested against Revenue 6) 1918 - Ahmedabad - Cotton Mill workers protest 7) 1919 - Rowlatt Act 8)