History

The Making of a Global World

Question:

Give a brief account on Indian Bankers and Traders.

Answer:

The Shikaripuri shroffs and Nattukottai Chettiars of India were amongst the many groups of bankers and traders who financed export agriculture in Central and Southeast Asia, using either their own funds or those borrowed from European banks.
They had a sophisticated system to transfer money over large distances, and even developed indigenous forms of corporate organisation.
Indian traders and moneylenders also followed European colonisers into Africa. The Hyderabadi Sindhi traders, however, ventured beyond European colonies, and established flourishing emporia at busy ports worldwide. From the 1860s, they began selling local and imported curios to tourists whose numbers were beginning to swell, thanks to the development of safe and comfortable passenger vessels.

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The Making of a Global World

Q 1.

When and why was indentured labour migration abolished ?

Q 2.

What is difference between international momentary system and the Bretton Woods system?

Q 3.

Give two examples from history to show the impact of technology on food availability.

Q 4.

Give a brief account on Indian Bankers and Traders.

Q 5.

What were silk routes ? [CBSE 2014]

Q 6.

The decision of MNCs to relocate production to Asian countries.

Q 7.

What were Corn Laws ? Why these Laws were abolished ?

Q 8.

What at the factors which transformed 19th century world ?

Q 9.

Why was there a need for clearing lands in Britain during the nineteenth century ? Explain any three reasons.
[CBSE Comp. (D) 2008]

Q 10.

Explain the three types of movements or flows within international economic exchange. Find one example of each type of flow which involved India and Indians, and write a short account of it.

Q 11.

What are canal colonies' ?

Q 12.

What were the crucial influences that shaped post-war ( II World War) reconstruction?

Q 13.

Write a short note on Sir Henry Morton Stanley.

Q 14.

“The example of indentured labour migration from India and other parts of the world illustrates the two-sided nature of the 19th century"world.” Explain by giving examples.
Or
Why 19th century indentured has been described as a ‘new system of slavery’ ? Explain. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2012, 2014]

Q 15.

What were the impacts of the Bretton Woods system ? Explain.

Q 16.

In the. 19th century, all over the world more than 150 million people migrated from one country to another.’ Explain the factors responsible for this migration.

Q 17.

India played a crucial role in the late 19th century world economy”. Explain. [CBSE 2014]

Q 18.

Mention the impact of the First World War on agricultural economies.

Q 19.

Who discovered America ?

Q 20.

Till the 1870's meat was an expensive luxury beyond the reach of the European poor”. Give reason.

Q 21.

Name the technology which enabled the transportation of perishable foods over.

Q 22.

Who was indentured labourer ?

Q 23.

"The First World War was the first modern industrial war". Justify the answer.

Q 24.

The First World War was a war like no other before. Justify.

Q 25.

Name the economist who thought that India gold exports during the Great Depression of 1929 promoted global economic recovery.

Q 26.

What were the limitations of IMF and the World Bank ? Mention any two.

Q 27.

Explain how the global transfer of disease in the pre-modern world helped in the colonisation of the Americas.

Q 28.

What is mass production and mass consumption?

Q 29.

Give two examples of different types of global exchanges which took place before the 17th century, choosing one example from Asia, and one from the America.

Q 30.

By 1890, a global agricultural economy had taken shape.' Explain by giving example.
Or
Describe any three changes in the global agricultural economy after 1890. [CBSE 2014]

Q 31.

Explain the impact of the First World War on Britain.
Or
How did the First World War change the economic life of the people in Britain ? Explain. [CBSE 2008 (D)]
Or
Describe in brief the world economic conditions of the post First World War period. [CBSE 2010 (D), Sept. 2012, 2013]

Q 32.

What was the impact of the Great Depression on USA ? Explain. [CBSE 2013]

Q 33.

What do you know about the Great Depression ? Explain the major factors responsible for the Great Depression. [CBSE 2008 (F), Sept. 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013]

Q 34.

Mention any four factors responsible for indentured labour.

Q 35.

‘The First World War was modern industrial war’. Explain.
Or
Explain how the First World War was so horrible a war like none other before. [CBSE 2010 (0)]
Or
How far is it correct to say that "The First World Wax was the First modem industrial war”? Explain. [CBSE Sept. 2010]

Q 36.

Define Rinderpest. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011, 2012]

Q 37.

Name some of the important food items which travelled from far away places to India.

Q 38.

What steps were taken by the British government to improve agriculture in West Punjab ?

Q 39.

Why most of the borders of African countries run straight ?

Q 40.

What is the meaning of ‘cultural fusion’? Give two examples.

Q 41.

How was the income received from trade surplus with India used by Britain ? [CBSE 2008 (D)]

Q 42.

Which was the world's first mass produced car?

Q 43.

Which two crucial influences, shaped post-war reconstruction ?

Q 44.

Name any two world institutions which were established under the Bretton Woods. Also mention one objective of each. [CBSE 2014]

Q 45.

What was the main aim of the post-war international economic system in the world ?

Q 46.

Why China and other Asian countries became attractive destination for investment by foreign MNC's ?

Q 47.

What is G-77 ?

Q 48.

"European conquests produced many painful economic, social and ecological changes through which the colonised societies were brought into the world economy."Explain. [CBSE 2015]

Q 49.

Explain the social and economic impacts of the First World War. Suggest any two ways to save the world from the Third World War.
Or
"The First World War was mainly fought in Europe but its impact was felt around the world."Explain by giving examples.
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What was the impact of the First World War on the socio-economic conditions of the world ? Write four points. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011]

Q 50.

Give two examples of different types of global exchanges which took place before the seventeenth century, choosing one example from Asia and one from the Americas.