Unit 2 Ch 6 : Manufacturing Industries — Social Studies STD 10 — Question

What is geothermal energy? In which regions have experimental projects been set up in India?

How did a wave of economic nationalism strengthen the wider nationalist sentiment growing in Europe? Explain.

Name two products that industries produce for agriculture.

Read the extract answer the questions that follow:
Economists began to think in terms of the national economy. They talked of how the nation could develop and what economic measures could help forge this nation together.
Friedrich List, Professor of Economics at the University of Tubingen in Germany, wrote in 1834:
'The aim of the zollverein is to bind the Germans economically into a nation. It will strengthen the nation materially as much by protecting its interest externally as by stimulating its internal productivity. It ought to awaken and raise national sentiment through a fusion of individual and provincial interests. The German people have realised that a free economic system is the only means to engender national feeling.'

1. What was the view of the German economists?
2. Who was Friedrich List? How did he explain the Zollverein?

Why are rules and regulations required for the protection of the consumers, in the market place? Explain with examples.

What did the spread of print culture in nineteenth century India mean to:
Reformers.

“The Habsbury Empire that ruled over Austria-Hungry, was a patchwork of many different regions and peoples.” Justify the statement with suitable examples.

Explain the importance of conservation of minerals. Highlight some of the measures to conserve them

Why is coal called the most important source of energy even today in India? Explain with reasons.

Describe in brief the categorisation of dams in India.