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Q. 11. How did India play a crucial role in the nineteenth century world economy? Explain with examples. 3×1=3

Ans. Foodgrain and raw material exports from India to Britain and the rest of the world increased. The value of British exports to India was much higher than the value of British imports from India. Thus Britain had a ‘trade surplus’ with India. By helping Britain balance its deficits with other countries, India played a crucial role in the late nineteenth century world economy. Britain’s trade surplus with India also helped to pay the so-called ‘home charges’ that included private remittances home by British officials and traders, interest payments on India's external debts and pensions of British officials in India.

Q. 12. Why did the people begin to recognise the need of housing for the poor after industrialisation in Britain? Explain three reasons. 3×1=3

Ans. See Q.6, Textbook Questions, Chapter 6. [Page H-50

Q. 13. “By the end of the 19th century a new visual culture was taking shape.” Write any three features of this new visual culture. 3×1=3

Ans. The print culture was the new visual culture taking shape by the end of the 19th century. The growing demand for books was met with the help of technological improvements in printing. Print material was available in the form of newspapers, magazines, journals etc.
(i) Earlier reading was restricted to the elite but advancement in print culture helped in the production of books on a large scale and for a cheaper price. Books could now reach the economically weaker sections too.
(ii) It helped in increasing the literacy rate in most parts of Europe.
(iii) Printed material carried combined information about current affairs alongwith entertainment, information about wars and trade as well as news of developments in other places. Printed material also carried the ideas of scientists and philosophers to the common people.

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How was the involvement of women, the most important event of the novel in the 18th century?

Ans. See Q. 1(a), Textbook Questions, Chapter 8. Page H-67

Q. 14. Study the following data carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Social Science 2008 Question Papers Class X
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