Unit 1 Ch 4 : The Age of Industrialisation — Social Studies STD 10 — Question

How would you identify unclassed forests under various forest cover?

How are complaints treated as testimony to the success of democracy?

Why was Simon Commission rejected in India?

Describe the process of unification of Germany.

Analyse any three problems faced by road transport in India.

Explain any three advantages of globalisation.

Read the passage on the left and answer the questions.
Ford Motors, an American company, is one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers with production spread over 26 countries of the world. Ford Motors came to India in 1995 and spent Rs. 1700 crore to set up a large plant near Chennai. This was done in collaboration with Mahindra and Mahindra, a major Indian manufacturer of jeeps and trucks. By the year 2004, Ford Motors was selling 27, 000 cars in the Indian markets, while 24,000 cars were exported from India to South Africa, Mexico and Brazil. The company wants to develop Ford India as a component supplying base for its other plants across the globe.
Would you say Ford Motors is a MNC? Why?

How is Panchayat Samiti formed and at what level?

“A public expression of dissatisfaction with democracy shows the success of democratic project”. Justify the statement.

What was the Proto-industrialisation? Explain its importance.