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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

Q.1. Write a note on(a) What was meant by the ‘civilizing mission’ of the colonisers?(b) Huynh Phu So.Ans.(a) What was meant by the ‘civilizing mission’ of the colonisers:-  Unlike other colonisers, the French colonisers did not aim only for economic exploitation of their colonies. The French colonising mission was also driven by the idea of

Q 1(a) Write a note on Guiseppe Mazzini.Answer: Giuseppe Mazzini (1807-1872) was an Italian politician, journalist and activist for the unification of Italy and spearheaded the Italian revolutionary movement. His efforts helped bring about the independent and unified Italy in place of several separate states, many dominated by foreign powers. He also helped define the

Q-1 Why are 19th and 20th centuries important in the history of clothing?Answer: Before the age of democratic revolutions and the development of capitalist markets in eighteenth-century Europe, most people dressed according to their regional codes, and were limited by the types of clothes and the cost of materials that were available in their region. Clothing

Q-1 Describe one way in which in the nineteenth century, technology brought about a change in equipment and give one example where no change in equipment took place.Answer: Television channels made money by selling television spots to companies who were happy to pay large sums of money to air commercials for their products to cricket’s captive