SSLC (English Medium) Class 9 - Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education Question Bank Solutions for Social Science

Explain the important feature of Indian agriculture.

Textile is a products ______.

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Agriculture

1. What was the source of water for agriculture?
2. Who created the biggest network of canals in the 14th century?
3. What was used in the north to lift water from wells?
4. Who created a network of canals in the south of India?

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Crops in India

1. What were the food grains produced in India?
2. Name the commercial crops.
3. Mention the two new crops introduced by the Europeans in India.
4. What is Sericulture?

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Commerce

1. Mention the Major ports in the Asiatic trade in the seventeenth century.
2. What were the major export of India?
3. What was imported from China?
4. What were used to transfer money from one city to another?

What was Karkhanas?

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Persian wheel

______ with the support of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain set sail in three ships.

The Portuguese navy defeated the King of Calicut and captured Goa ______.

Henry, the Navigator of Portugal laid the foundation for ______.

______ trade increased with the discovery and colonization of America.

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Vasco da Gama

1. When did Vasco da Gama sailed from Portugal?
2. Where did he reach in Africa?
3. Where did he reach on the Malabar Coast?
4. Why was Vasco da Gama astounded?

The name Cape of Good Hope was given by ______.

The Portuguese claimed the territories discovered by ______.

The Philippines was named after ______ Prince Philip.

Ptolemy’s Geography was brought from the ______ Empire.

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Bartholomew Diaz

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Lopo Gonzalves

Explain the working class strikes with special reference to Hay Market Massacre.

In India, Labour Day was first celebrated in ______.