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