SSLC (English Medium) कक्षा ९ - Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education Question Bank Solutions

______ founded the Society of Jesus to propagate Christianity.

Who invented the sewing machine?

______ merged the operation of many large companies to form a trust.

Samuel Slater was a citizen of ______.

Moses Brown was a Leading ______ industrial.

What was the role played by Andrew Carnegie in the holding of steel?

The Mullai Periyar Dam Construction was completed in 1895 by an army Engineer and civil servant ______.

Assertion (A): Money lending had been practised since time immemorial. Earlier the lenders lent at their own risk.
Reason (R): But the British enacted a law allowing them to attach land or property in default of repayment.

Answer all questions given under the heading.

Indentured Labour

1. What was the Indentured labour system?
2. How many Indians were transported under this system?
3. In which year was it started?
4. What was its result?

What do you mean by “The Indenture system”?

Write short notes on:

1. Colonel Pennycuick
2. Famine in British India

Under the permanent settlement the cultivators more at the mercy of ______.

Mahajans, Sahukars and bohras were ______.

Assertion (A): Even in times of famines no remission was given to the peasants.
Reason (R): The land tax was the main source of revenue to the British.

Why was the indentured labour introduced?

How did the permanent settlement (1793) affect the cultivators?

Explain the Ryotwari System.

Explain the term commercialisation of crops.

Answer all questions given under the heading

Malayan Peninsula

1. What was the reason for the European traders to come to South-east Asia?
2. Who was Albuquerque?
3. Who challenged the presence of the Portuguese?
4. When did the Dutch Capture Malacca?

Write a note on the famines which occurred in British India.