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Why was the cotton textile industry concentrated in the cotton growing belt in the early years? Explain.
Concept: The Peculiarities of Industrial Growth
Which logo of quality is marked on the packaged food items?
Concept: Market for Goods
Read the source given below and answer the question that follows:
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Will Thorne is one of those who went in search of seasonal work, loading bricks and doing odd jobs. He describes how job-seekers walked to London in search of work: 'I had always wanted to go to London, and my desire… was stimulated by letters from an old workmate… who was now working at the Old Kent Road Gas Works… I finally decided to go… in November 1881. With two friends I started out to walk the journey, filled with the hope that we would be able to obtain employment, when we get there, with the kind assistance of my friend… we had little money when we started, not enough to pay for our food and lodgings each night until we arrived in London. Some days we walked as much as twenty miles, and other days less. Our money was gone at the end of the third day… For two nights we slept out - once under a haystack, and once in an old farm shed… On arrival in London we tried to find… my friend… but… were unsuccessful. Our money was gone, so there was nothing for us to do but walk around until late at night, and then try to find someplace to sleep. We found an old building and slept in it that night. The next day, Sunday, late in the afternoon, we got to the Old Kent Gas Works and applied for work. To my great surprise, the man we had been looking for was working at the time. He spoke to the foreman and I was given a job.’ |
- Analyse the major factor which led London to become an attractive place for job seekers.
- Analyse the reason for the appointment of Will Thorne by the Old Kent Gas works.
- Examine the preference of hand labour over machines by the industrialists of Victorian Britain.
Concept: Before the Industrial Revolution
Give reasons for the following.
The Roman Catholic Church began keeping an Index of Prohibited books from the mid-sixteenth century.
Concept: The Nineteenth Century
Which of the following newspaper was started by Bal Gangadhar Tilak?
Concept: Print and Censorship
Arrange the following in chronological order:
- The print culture created the conditions for the French Revolution.
- Martin Luther’s writings led to the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.
- Menocchio reinterpreted the message of the Bible.
- Johann Gutenberg invented the Printing press.
Concept: Print Comes to Europe
Examine any three effects of Print culture on the French Revolution.
Concept: The Reading Mania
How did print come in India? Explain with an example.
Concept: India and the World of Print
Statement I: Western printing techniques and mechanical press were imported in the late 19th Century as western powers established their outposts in China.
Statement II: Beijing became the hub of the new print culture, catering to western-style schools.
Concept: The First Printed Books
Provide evidence to support the claim that print culture had a significant impact on the social lives of women in India?
Concept: The Nineteenth Century
In which one of the following institutions in India was a system of reservation for women made by amending the Constitution In 1992?
Concept: The Nineteenth Century
Who among the following said - “Printing is the ultimate gift of God and the greatest one."?
Concept: The Print Revolution and Its Impact >> Religious Debates and the Fear of Print
Read the given source and answer the questions that follow:
| After the Revolt of 1857, the attitude to freedom of the press changed. Enraged Englishmen demanded a clamp down on the 'native' press. As vernacular newspapers became assertively nationalist, the colonial government began debating measures of stringent control. In 1878, the Vernacular Press Act was passed, modelled on the Irish Press Laws. It provided the government with extensive rights to censor reports and editorials in the vernacular press. From now on the government kept regular track of the vernacular newspapers published in different provinces. When a report was judged as seditious, the newspaper was warned, and if the warning was ignored, the press was liable to be seized and the printing machinery confiscated. |
- On which rule was the 'Vernacular Press Act' based? (1)
- Why did the attitude of the British change towards the freedom of press after the Revolt of 1857? Explain. (1)
- Explain any two impacts of passing the 'Vernacular Press Act. (2)
Concept: Print and Censorship
What is the main difference between a federal form of government and a unitary one? Explain with an example.
Concept: Decentralisation in India
How is the tertiary sector different from other sectors? Illustrate with a few examples.
Concept: Sectors of Economic Activities
Explain how public sector contributes to the economic development of a nation.
Concept: Division of Sectors as Organised and Unorganised
Give one example each of primary and tertiary economic sectors.
Concept: Historical Change in Economic Sectors
Describe the importance of manufacturing industries as a backbone of economic development of the country .
Concept: Historical Change in Economic Sectors
Describe the role of industries in the development of agriculture.
Concept: Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sectors in India
Describe the importance of a third-tier of government in a vast country like India.
Concept: Concept of Federalism
