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History Peasants And Farmers
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In which year was the mechanical reaper invented?
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1830
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1831
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1832
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1833
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1831
Which method of cultivation was adopted by the white settlers in the USA?
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shifting cultivation
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primitive cultivation
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intensive agriculture
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none of the above
Explanation
shifting cultivation
Which country was not involved in the triangular trade?
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England
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China
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India
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America
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America
Which country became the bread basket of the world?
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England
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America
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Japan
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France
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America
The white settlers swept into the Great Plains across the River Mississippi after the
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1830s
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1840s
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1850s
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1860s
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1860s
The continuous movement of the pastoral communities helps in
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Recovery of the pastures
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prevention of their overuse
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Reduction in the demand of houses
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both A and B
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both A and B
why did the white settlers want to push away the Indian Americans from their lands?
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The land possessed by the Indians could be turned into cultivated fields
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Forest timber could be exported, animals hunted for skins, mountains mined for gold and Minerals
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Both (a) and (b)
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It was a committed policy of the US Government
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Both (a) and (b)
Which of these reasons led to a radical transformation of the landscape by the early 20th century?
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White Americans had moved westward
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Local tribes were displaced
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Entire landscape was carved into different agricultural belts in the USA
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All the above
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All the above
In the 19th century, the two major commercial crops India came to produce for the world Market were
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indigo
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opium
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maize
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both (a) and (b)
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both (a) and (b)
Name the US President who said “Plant more wheat, wheat will win the war.”
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President Roosevelt
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President Clinton
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President Bush
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President Wilson
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President Wilson
In 1831, Cyrus McCormick invented the first mechanical reaper. What was its most Important advantage?
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In could harvest 50 acres of wheat
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500 acres of wheat could be harvested in two weeks
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It could cut grass on large areas
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It could prepare the ground for cultivation
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500 acres of wheat could be harvested in two weeks
What did the settlers of the Great Plains realise after the 1930s?
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Using older methods of cultivation were better than modern machines
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Competition with other countries was not healthy
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They had to respect the ecological conditions of each region
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None of the above
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They had to respect the ecological conditions of each region
In 1839, who was sent by the Emperor to Canton as a Special Commissioner to stop the opium trade?
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I-tsing
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Lin Ze-xu
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Lao-Tsu
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None of the above
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None of the above
What did the enclosure imply?
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It meant green fields
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Piece of land enclosed from all sides
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It meant open fields
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Vast area of marshy land
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Piece of land enclosed from all sides
Opium was exported from India to:
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China
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Rome
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U.K.
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Portugal
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China
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