By 1890, a global agricultural economy had taken shape.' Explain by giving example.
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Describe any three changes in the global agricultural economy after 1890. [CBSE 2014]
(i) Food and other products : Food and Other products started flowing from far away places. It was no longer grown by a peasant tilling his own land, but by an agricultural worker, perhaps recently arrived, who was now working on a large farm that only a generation ago. had perhaps been a forest.
(ii) Infrastructure : The food and other products being transported by railways bud: for that very purpose and by ships which were increasingly manned in these decades by low paid workers from southern Europe Asia Africa and the Caribbean Islands.
(iii) Raw materials : Indian farmers were producing raw cotton and other farm products to British industry. World trade between 1820 and 1914 multiplied about 25 to 40 times.
(iv) Scrapping of Corn Law : The scrapping of the Corn Laws laid the foundation of free trade. Now food could be imported or exported into Britain freely.
(v) Commercialisation of agriculture in colonies: The imperial countries took various steps to commercialise agriculture in their colonies. For example. British government built a network of irrigation canals to transform semi desert waste land of West Punjab into fertile agricultural land.
Explain the impact of the Great Depression on the Indian economy. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2014]
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Explain the impact of the Great Depression on Indian farmers in the early twentieth century. [CBSE 2009 (F), Sept. 2012]
How was the income received from trade surplus with India used by Britain ? [CBSE 2008 (D)]
G-77 can be seen as a reaction to the activities of Bretton Woods Twins. Explain the statement with five arguments. [CBSE 2013]
Why thousands of people fled Europe for America in the 19th century ?
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Why did thousands of people flee away from Europe to America in the 19th century ? Give any three reasons. [CBSE Sept. 2010]
Read the following passage, and answer the questions that are given below : Grow more jute, brothers, with the hope of greater cash. Costs and debts of jute will make your hopes get dashed. When you have spent all your money and got the crop off the ground _______traders, sitting at home, will pay only ? Rs.5 a maund.
(i) Who made profits from jute cultivation according to the jute growers ?
(ii) Explain the factors which were responsible for the poor condition of jute cultivators.
India played a crucial role in the late 19th century world economy.” Explain by giving an example.
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What was the importance of the Indian trade for the Britishers ?
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How did India play a crucial role in the nineteenth century world economy ? Explain with examples. [CBSE Comp. (O) 2008]
What is NIF.O ?
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Why did Group 77 countries demand a New International Economic Order ? Explain. [CBSE 2009 (D). Sept, 2010]
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Why did most of the developing countries organise themselves as a group the Group of 77 (G-77) ? [CBSE 2012)
What steps were taken by the British government to improve agriculture in West Punjab ?
Name the disease which had terrifying impact on people's livelihoods and local economy of Africa during 1890's.
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]
Name any two world institutions which were established under the Bretton Woods. Also mention one objective of each.
Mention any two factors which were responsible for price rise of food grains in Britain in the late 18th century.
Name any two countries which became major supplier of wheat during the First World War.
Name any two world institutions which were established under the Bretton Woods. Also mention one objective of each. [CBSE 2014]
"Food offers many examples of long distance cultural exchange."Explain. [CBSE Sept. 2011]
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Assess with examples the contribution of food to the process of globalisation of the early periods. [CBSE 2012]
Explain the social and economic impacts of the First World War. Suggest any two ways to save the world from the Third World War.
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"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]
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.
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.
Explain the role of technology in shaping the world economy of the 19th century. [CBSE 2010 (D)]
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What was the impact of technology on food availability ? Explain with the help of examples. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011, 2014]
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What was the role of technology in transforming in the 19th century world ? Explain with an example. [CBSE Sept. 2010]
What were the main reasons for the attraction of Europeans to Africa ? [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2014]
Give three examples to show that the world changed with the discovery of new sea routes to America. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011, 2012]
Write any three factors responsible for indentured labour migration from India. [CBSE Sept. 2010. 2013]