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Q.1. Explain the following :(a) Social changes in Britain which led to an increase in women readers.(b) What actions of Robinson Crusoe make us see him as a typical coloniser ? [CBSE Sept. 2011]Or“Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe made the readers feel that they were part of a superior community”. Support the statement. [CBSE 2013]OrWhat actions of Robinson

Q.1. Give reasons for the following :(a) Woodblock print only came to Europe after 1295. [CBSE 2013](b) Martin Luther was in favour of print and spoke out in praise of it.(c) The Roman Catholic Church began keeping an Index of Prohibited books from the mid-sixteenth century.(d) Gandhi said the fight for ‘Swaraj is a fight for

Q.1. Give three reasons why the population of London expanded from the middle of the eighteenth century.[CBSE 2008 ID). Sept. 2010. 2011]Ans.By 1750, the population of London was about 675,000. Its population, however, continued to expand. Between 1810 and 1880 it increased from 1 million to about 4 million. ” The reasons for this increase

Q.1. Explain the following :(a) Woman workers in Britain attacked the Spinning Jenny. [CBSE Sept. 2011](b) In the seventeenth century, merchants from towns In Europe began employing peasants and artisans within the villages.(c) The port of Surat declined by the end of the eighteenth century.(d) The East India Company appointed Gomasthas to supervise the weavers

Q.1. Give two examples of different types of global exchanges which took place before the 17th century, choosing one example from Asia, and one from America.Ans.(a) Asia: The silk routes are a good example of vibrant pre-modern trade before the 17th century. The historians have identified several silk routes, overland and by sea, linking Asia with

Q.1. Explain:(a) Why is the growth of nationalism in the colonies linked to an anti-colonial movement ?(b) How did the First World War help in the growth of the National Movement in India?    [CBSE2014]OrExplain any four facts to show how did the First World War help in the growth of the National Movement in India. [CBSE March