PEASANTS AND FARMERS which practice disappeared by 1800, drastically changing the lives of the labourers? (1) Till 1800, the labourers lived with landowners, ate with their masters and helped themthroughout the year doing various jobs (2) Now they were paid wages and employed only during harvest times (3) To increase their profits the landlords cut the amount they had to spend on their workers (4) All the above
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Option: 4 Solution : -. |
PEASANTS AND FARMERS What was the result of the ‘Opium War’ (1837-42)? (1) China was forced to accept the humiliating terms of the subsequent treaties signed (2) It had to legalise the opium trade (3) It had to open up China to foreign merchants (4) All the above
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Option: 4 Solution : -. |
PEASANTS AND FARMERS In the 19th century, the two major commercial crops India came to produce for the world Market were (1) indigo (2) opium (3) maize (4) both (1) and (2)
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PEASANTS AND FARMERS Opium was exported from India to: (1) China (2) Rome (3) U.K. (4) Portugal
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PEASANTS AND FARMERS Why were the Confucian rulers of China, the Manchus, suspicious of all foreign Merchants? (1) The British were buying tea at very low rates (2) They feared that the British would interfere in local politics and disrupt their authority (3) China was self-sufficient and did not want to trade with any country (4) All the above
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PEASANTS AND FARMERS Which of these reasons led to a radical transformation of the landscape by the early 20th century? (1) White Americans had moved westward (2) Local tribes were displaced (3) Entire landscape was carved into different agricultural belts in the USA (4) All the above
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PEASANTS AND FARMERS The Manchus were (1) Chinese rulers (2) Roman rulers (3) Indian rulers (4) Portuguese rulers
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PEASANTS AND FARMERS Who was Captain Swing? (1) A farmer (2) A labourer (3) A mythical name (4) A landlord
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PEASANTS AND FARMERS What did the enclosure imply? (1) It meant green fields (2) Piece of land enclosed from all sides (3) It meant open fields (4) Vast area of marshy land
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PEASANTS AND FARMERS In 1831, Cyrus McCormick invented the first mechanical reaper. What was its most Important advantage? (1) In could harvest 50 acres of wheat (2) 500 acres of wheat could be harvested in two weeks (3) It could cut grass on large areas (4) It could prepare the ground for cultivation
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