Unit 2 Ch 7 : Lifelines of National Economy — Social Studies STD 10 — Question

What began English printing in India?

Match List I (organisations and struggles) with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

	List I		List II
1	Congress Party	A	National Democratic Alliance
2	Bharatiya Janata Party	B	State party
3	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	C	United Progressive Alliance
4	Telugu Desam Party	D	Left Front

	1	2	3	4
(a)	C	A	B	D
(b)	C	D	A	B
(c)	C	A	D	B
(d)	D	C	A	B

A company that owns or controls production in more than one nation is called :

What was the aim of establishing industries in tribal and backward areas?

Different arguments are usually put forth in favour of and against power sharing. Identify those which are in favour of power sharing and select the answer using the codes given below? Power sharing :

1. Reduces conflict among different communities.
2. Decreases the possibility of arbitrariness.
3. Delays decision making process.
4. Accommodates diversities.
5. Increases instability and divisiveness.
6. Promotes people’s participation in government.
7. Undermines the unity of a country.

What changes occurred in the seventeenth century, as urban culture bloomed in China?

1. Print was no longer used just by scholar officials.
2. Merchants used print in their everyday life, as they collected trade information.
3. New readership preferred fictional narratives, poetry, autobiographies, anthologies of literary masterpieces, and romantic plays.
4. Women began publishing their poetry and plays. Wives of scholar-officials published their works and courtesans wrote about their lives.