Contributing Factors

Q.

State whether true or false: At independence, the majority of Indians lived in villages.

Q. A shift from steam engines to diesel and electric engines has increased carrying capacity of the Indian Railways both for the passenger traffic and the goods traffic. How would you reflect this change using the concept of PPC?

Q. The Continental System was a blockade enforced by ____________.

1. Walpole of France
2. Napoleon of France
3. Walpole of England
4. Napoleon of England

Q. Which of the following were some of the causes of the Industrial Revolution in England?

1. Walpole's peace policy
2. England's naval supremacy
3. Napoleon's Continental System
4. English colonies across the world

Q. Statement 1: The socio-economic conditions of farmers in Europe in the 16th century enhanced their mobility.

Statement 2: Income in the farming sector fell drastically, leading to many people losing their farms.

Statement 3: The textile industry provided people with new avenues for employment at that time.

Select the option that is true about these statements.

1. Statements 1 & 2 are correct but statement 3 is incorrect.
2. Statements 1 & 2 are incorrect but statement 3 is correct.
3. Statements 1, 2 & 3 are incorrect.
4. Statements 1, 2 & 3 are correct.

Q.

how was the period of early planned economy linked to the distress of collectivisation of agriculture in the soviet union?explain.

(5 marks)

Q.

explain the factors responsible for of non-farming activities in villages

Q. Choose the factors that eventually led to the Industrial Revolution.

1. Machines produced goods at a large scale.
2. Demand for cloth and other machine-made goods exceeded that of hand-made goods.
3. Labour-intensive factories could not meet the demand for machine-made goods.
4. All of the above.

Q. Who produced the first commercial locomotive?

1. George Stephenson
2. Robert Fulton
3. James Watt
4. Richard Trevithick