Write any three factors responsible for indentured labour migration from India. [CBSE Sept. 2010. 2013]
(i) Most Indian indentured workers came from the present day regions of eastern Uttar Pradesh. Bihar. Central India and the dry- districts of Tamil Nadu. In the mid-nineteenth century these regions experienced many changes – cottage industries declined, land rents rose, lands were cleared for mines and plantations. All this affected the lives of the poor, they failed to pay then rents, became deeply indebted.
(ii) On the other hand workers were required in other countries for plantations, mines, road and railway construction projects.
(iii) In hope for better future in other countries many workers from India started migrated in other countries.
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]
Name any two world institutions which were established under the Bretton Woods. Also mention one objective of each. [CBSE 2014]
Give three examples to show that the world changed with the discovery of new sea routes to America. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011, 2012]
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]
Before the arrival of outsiders most of the Africans had a little reason to work for a wage’. Give reasons.
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.
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]
India played a crucial role in the late 19th century world economy”. Explain. [CBSE 2014]
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 is difference between international momentary system and the Bretton Woods system?
What was the importance of Silk Routes ?
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How did Silk Routes link the world ? Explain with three suitable examples. [CBSE 2008 (D)]
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Explain any three characteristics of Silk Routes. [CBSE Comp. (D) 2008, Sept. 2010, 2012]
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Enumerate the importance of Silk Routes. [CBSE Sept. 2010]
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 the disease which had terrifying impact on people's livelihoods and local economy of Africa during 1890's.