Unit 4 Ch 1 : Development — Social Studies STD 10 — Question

Why do we expect a lot from a democratic government?

Explain any three features of the "go east movement" in Vietnam.

What is the role of consumer forums?

What is the difference between a pressure group and a political party?

Describe the bad effects of informal sources of credit on borrowers.

Explain the three conditions that determine MNC‘s setting up production in other countries.

Why are a large number of people forced to enter the unorganised sector jobs?

Provide evidence to support the claim that print culture had a significant impact on the social lives of women in India?

What is biogas? Where in India are biogas plants set up and why?

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.
In what ways will the production of cars by Ford Motors in India lead to interlinking of production?