Unit 4 Ch 4 : Globalization and the Indian Economy — Social Studies STD 10 — Question

What is the function of the Bureau of Indian Standards?

For development, people look at a mix of ______.

How do banks mediate between those who have surplus funds (the depositors) and those who are in need of these funds (the borrowers)?

COPRA does not propose formation of:

More than half of the workers in the country are working in which of the primary sectors:

Chinese toys have become more popular in the Indian markets. Within a year, ___________ of the toy shops have replaced Indian toys with Chinese toys.

Read this newspaper report and answer the questions that follow:

A vessel dumped 500 tons of liquid toxic wastes into open-air dumps in a city and in the surrounding sea. This happened in a city called Abidjan in Ivory Coast, a country in Africa. The fumes from the highly toxic waste caused nausea, skin rashes, fainting, diarrhea etc. After a month seven persons were dead, twenty in hospital and twenty-six thousand treated for symptoms of poisoning. A multinational company dealing in petroleum and metals had contracted a local company of the Ivory Coast to dispose of the toxic waste from its ship. Who are the people who benefitted in this situation?

In developed countries, the ………… sector has become the most important in terms of total production.

Workers in this sector do not produce goods:

The task of measuring GDP in India is undertaken by: