Question 1. Multiple choice questions: (i) Which of these statements is not a valid reason for the depletion of flora and fauna? (a) Agricultural expansion (b) Large scale developmental projects (c) Grazing and fuel wood collection (d) Rapid industrialisation and urbanisation (ii) Which of the following conservation strategies do not directly involve … [Read more...] about Chapter 2 Forest and Wildlife Resources
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Chapter 1 Resources and Development
Question 1. Multiple choice questions. (i) Which one of the following type of resource is iron ore? (a) Renewable (b) Biotic (c) Flow (d) Non-renewable (ii) Under which of the following type of resource tidal energy cannot be put? (a) Replenishable (b) Human-made (c) Abiotic (d) Non-recyclable (iii) Which … [Read more...] about Chapter 1 Resources and Development
Chapter 5 Print Culture and The Modern World
Question 1 Give reasons for the following: (i) Woodblock print only came to Europe after 1295. (ii) Martin Luther was in favour of print and spoke out in praise of it. (iii) The Roman Catholic Church began keeping an Index of Prohibited Books from the mid-sixteenth century. (iv) Gandhi said the fight for Swaraj is a fight for liberty of speech, liberty of the … [Read more...] about Chapter 5 Print Culture and The Modern World
Chapter 4 The Age of Industrialisation
Question 1. Explain the following: (i) Women workers in Britain attacked the Spinning Jenny. (ii) In the seventeenth century merchants from towns in Europe began employing peasants and artisans within the villages. (iii) The port of Surat declined by the end of the eighteenth century. (iv) The East India Company appointed gomasthas to supervise weavers in India. … [Read more...] about Chapter 4 The Age of Industrialisation
Chapter 3 The Making of a Global World
Question 1 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. Answer 1 From Asia: (i) Chinese silk cargoes used to travel through the silk routes. (ii) Later Chinese pottery, textiles and spices from India and Southeast Asia also travelled through these … [Read more...] about Chapter 3 The Making of a Global World