Unit 1 Ch 4 : The Age of Industrialisation — Social Studies STD 10 — Question

Which of the following innovations helped the weavers in increasing productivity and compete with mill sector?

In which of the given years was air transport nationalised :

The percentage of elected women members in Lok Sabha has never reached even :

An independent institution to conduct Panchayat and municipal elections, in each state is called :

Which form of power sharing is most commonly referred to as federalism?

The Rourkela Steel plant was set up in collaboration with which country?

Laxmi, owning about two hectares of unirrigated land-dependent only on rain and growing crops, like jowar and arhar. All five members of her family work in the plot throughout the year. Everyone is working, none remains idle, but in actual fact, their labour effort gets divided. Each one is doing some work but no one is fully employed.
Which situation is being faced by Laxmi and her family?

Why is the tertiary sector becoming so important in India?

1. Government is taking the responsibility of providing the basic services.
2. Development of agriculture and industry leads to the development of services such as transport, trade, storage and others.
3. In India maximum population is dependent on agriculture that's why this sector dominates.
4. As income level rise, certain sections of people start demanding many more services.
5. Over the past decade or so, certain new services such as those based on information and communication technology have become important and essential.