How did Henry Ford revolutionise mass production in the US ? Explain. [CBSE 2012]
(i) Henry Ford adopted the assembly line of a Chicago slaughterhouse to his new car plant in Detroit.
(ii) The assembly line allowed a faster and cheaper way of producing vehicles. It forced workers to repeat a single task mechanically and continuously.
(iii) This increased their efficiency in the single task and the speed of production too.
(iv) Standing in front of the conveyer belt, no worker could delay the motion or take a break.
(v) In the beginning many workers quit, since they could not cope up with the stress of work.
(vi) Henry Ford doubled their ‘wages and against that he not only increased the speed of the conveyer belt but also banned trade unions.
Write any three factors responsible for indentured labour migration from India. [CBSE Sept. 2010. 2013]
Name any two Indian groups of bankers who financed export agriculture in Central and South-east Asia.
"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 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]
‘The First World War was modern industrial war’. Explain.
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Explain how the First World War was so horrible a war like none other before. [CBSE 2010 (0)]
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How far is it correct to say that "The First World Wax was the First modem industrial war”? Explain. [CBSE Sept. 2010]
Give three examples to show that the world changed with the discovery of new sea routes to America. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011, 2012]
How was the income received from trade surplus with India used by Britain ? [CBSE 2008 (D)]
Name the economist who thought that India gold exports during the Great Depression of 1929 promoted global economic recovery.
Name any two world institutions which were established under the Bretton Woods. Also mention one objective of each. [CBSE 2014]
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.
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]
Highlight three main features of life of African people before the coming of Europeans. [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]
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)
Before the arrival of outsiders most of the Africans had a little reason to work for a wage’. Give reasons.
India played a crucial role in the late 19th century world economy”. Explain. [CBSE 2014]
Name any two world institutions which were established under the Bretton Woods. Also mention one objective of each.
Name the disease which had terrifying impact on people's livelihoods and local economy of Africa during 1890's.
Name any two countries which became major supplier of wheat during the First World War.
What is difference between international momentary system and the Bretton Woods system?
Why China and other Asian countries became attractive destination for investment by foreign MNC's ?