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Q. 18. Analyse the growth of consumer movement as a ‘social force’ in India, which led to the enactment of COPRA, 1986 by the Indian Government. 3

Ans. The consumer movement as a ‘social force’ originated with the necessity of protecting and promoting the interests of consumers against unethical and unfair trade practices of the producers and sellers.
i. Rampant food shortages, hoarding, black marketing, adulteration of food and edible oil gave birth to the consumer movement in an organised form in the 1960s.
ii. In the early phase, consumer organisations were mainly engaged in writing articles and holding exhibitions. They formed groups to look into malpractices in ration shops and overcrowding in road passenger transport.
iii. Because of all these efforts, the movement succeeded in putting pressure on businesses and the government to change their unfair ways. As a result of all this, a major step was taken by the Indian Government in 1986. It enacted the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, which popularly came to be known as COPRA.

Q. 19 Explain in brief the role of Guiseppe Mazzini in the unification of Italy. 4

Ans. Guiseppe Mazzini had played an important role in the unification of Italy. He formed a secret society called ‘Young Italy’ in Marseilles, to spread his goals. He believed Italy could not continue to be a patchwork of small states and had to be forged into a single unified republic. During 1830s, Mazzini sought to put together a coherent programme for a unitary Italian Republic. As uprisings in 1831 and 1848 had failed, the mantle now fell on Sardinia-Piedmont under its ruler Emmanuel II to unify Italy.

Under Chief Minister Cavour, Sardinia-Piedmont succeeded in destroying the Austrian forces in 1859. Even Garibaldi joined the fray. In 1860, they marched into South Italy and the kingdom of the two Sicilies and with the help of the local peasants, drove out the Spanish rulers. In 1861, Victor Emmanuel II was proclaimed as King of United Italy.

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“Schools became an important place for political and cultural battles in Vietnam against French Imperialism.” Support the statement with four suitable examples. 4×1=4

Ans. See Q. 14 and Q. 15, Additional Questions, Chapter 2. [Page H-16

Q. 20. Give four points of distinction between Individual Resources and National Resources. 2+2=4

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