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Urban luxury manufacturers like the high-quality silks and cotton of Dacca or Murshidabad must have been hit first by the almost simultaneous collapse of indigenous court demand and the external market on which these had largely depended. Village crafts in the interior and particularly, in regions other than eastern India where British penetration was earliest and deepest, probably survived much longer, coming to be seriously affected only with the spread of railways. (Sarkar : 1983 : 29) |
When the British took over states and towns of India, some of them lost their courts, artisans, and court gentry. Give any one reason.
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| "For Indian nationalists, the issue of economic exploitation under colonial rule was a central issue." |
How did Indian nationalists promote industrialization in the early years of independence?
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Which of the following features is not an element of the policy of Apartheid?
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Which of the following is true for a model of South Asian colonial city?
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Assertion (A): Urbanization in the colonial period saw the prosperity of indigenous industries.
Reason (R): There was emergence of new colonial Cities.
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Define work in the organised sector.
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Discuss the impact of land reforms during the colonial period.
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How were labourers recruited and appointed by the colonial administrators in the tea gardens?
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How did the planters in the tea plantation live?
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| The following observations were made by G.B. Pant during a speech that moved the constitution of the Advisory Committee on fundamental rights, minorities, etc. "We have to take particular care of the Depressed Classes, the Scheduled Castes, and the Backward Classes ...we must do all we can to bring them up to the general level..the strength of the chain is measured by the weakest link of it and so until every link is fully revitalised, we will not have a healthy body politic. Recent years have seen renewed debate about the States' decisions on reservation to this section." |
- Based on the passage above, who are referred to as the weakest link of the society?
- Why should and how can this weakest link be fully revitalised?
- Define 'Secularisation of caste'
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Assertion (A): Urbanisation in the colonial period saw the formation of new urban centres.
Reason (R): These urban centres were designed to functions as trading posts alone.
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Assertion (A): In most of the states, land ceiling act proved to be toothless.
Reason(R): There were many loopholes and most landowners were able to escape from having their surplus land taken over by the state.
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Major difference between developing and developed countries is in the number of people in ______ salaried employment.
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Before Independence Industries were located mainly in which types of cities?
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| In Modern Foods, which was set up by the government to make healthy bread available at cheap prices, and which was the first company to be privatised, 60% of the workers were forced to retire in the first five years. |
Based on the given passage, answer the following question.
- What do you mean by disinvestment?
- How did disinvestment impact the workers?
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Many items like paper and wood products, glass and ceramics were reserved for the ______ sector by the government.
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Is statehood always based on linguistic identity? Give reasons for your answer.
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“After independence, the government took over the commanding heights of the economy.” What were the initiatives taken by the government to do the same?
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Using an example, show how the treatment of Indian plantation labour was different from the way Colonial administration treated their own labour back home.
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Emile Durkheim and Karl Marx offer two different interpretations of social movements. Explain these two interpretations.
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