The First World War was a war like no other before. Justify.
(i) The war included world's leading industrial nations which now harnessed the vast powers of modem industry. –
(ii) The war was fought in air, on land and in water.
Name any two Indian groups of bankers who financed export agriculture in Central and South-east Asia.
‘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]
Before the arrival of outsiders most of the Africans had a little reason to work for a wage’. Give reasons.
"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]
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.
Why did the European employers find it difficult to recruit labour in Africa ? Give two methods they used to recruit and retain labour. [CBSE 2011)
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Why was there a shortage of labour willing to work for wages in Africa in the 1890s ? How did Europeans try to recruit and retain labour ? Explain any two methods. [CBSE 2012]
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What methods were used by the European employers to recruit and retain the African labourers ?
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 ?
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]
Highlight three main features of life of African people before the coming of Europeans. [CBSE 2013]
Name the economist who thought that India gold exports during the Great Depression of 1929 promoted global economic recovery.
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]
India played a crucial role in the late 19th century world economy”. Explain. [CBSE 2014]
The agricultural regions and communities were the worst affected by the Great Depression of 1929'. Give one reason.
G-77 can be seen as a reaction to the activities of Bretton Woods Twins. Explain the statement with five arguments. [CBSE 2013]
Till the 1870's meat was an expensive luxury beyond the reach of the European poor”. Give reason.
How was the income received from trade surplus with India used by Britain ? [CBSE 2008 (D)]
Why China and other Asian countries became attractive destination for investment by foreign MNC's ?