Description : Give a brief history of the revolts by different tribal groups in the country. -History
Last Answer : Several tribal groups in different parts of the country were unhappy with the changes they were experiencing and the problems they were facing under the British rule. Finally, they rebelled against the ... in 1910. The Warli Revolt in Maharashtra in 1940. Birsa Munda also led one such movement.
Description : Q.2. What were the changes in the kind of work available to women in London between the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries? Explain the factors which led to this change. -History
Last Answer : Employment in Factories: In the 18th and the 19th centuries, a large number of women were employed in the factories because, during that period, most of the production activities were carried ... in wartime industries and offices because most of the male citizens were fighting at the front.
Description : Choose any tribal group Hiring in India today. Find out about their customs and way of life, and how their lives have changed in the last 50 years. -History
Last Answer : Students are suggested to visit a neighbouring tribal area and collect information regarding their customs and way of life and other things.
Description : What was the contribution of Christian missionaries in spreading education among tribal groups and lower castes? -History
Last Answer : These missionaries set up schools for tribal groups and lower caste children. Here, they were equipped with some skills to make their way into a new world.
Description : How did different tribal groups live? Describe in brief. -History
Last Answer : Tribal people were involved in many different types of activities: Some tribal people practised jhum cultivation also known as shifting cultivation. This was done on small patches of land, mostly ... Shifting cultivators were found in the hilly and forested tracts of north-east and central India.
Description : How did the British officials view settled tribal groups and those who moved about from place to place? -History
Last Answer : The British officials saw settled tribal groups such as the Gonds and Santhals as more civilised than hunter-gatherers or shifting cultivators. These tribal groups lived in the forests and kept on ... The British considered them wild and savage and therefore they needed to be settled and civilised.
Description : How did traders and moneylenders exploit the tribal people? -History
Last Answer : Tribal groups often needed to buy and sell in order to be able to get the goods that were not produced within the locality. This led to their dependence on traders and moneylenders. Traders came around with things for sale. They sold the goods at high prices.
Description : How did the tribal groups view the market and the traders? -History
Last Answer : They viewed them as their main enemies.
Description : What problem did the British face after they stopped the tribal people from living inside forests? -History
Last Answer : They faced the problem of shortage of labour.
Description : Why did the British want tribal groups to settle down and become peasant cultivators? -History
Last Answer : It was because settled peasants were easier to control and administer than people who were always on the move.
Description : Mention different types of activities of the tribal people. -History
Last Answer : Some practiced jhum cultivation, Some were hunter-gatherers. Some herded animals. Some took to settled cultivation.
Description : How did the powers of tribal chiefs change under colonial rule? -History
Last Answer : Change in the Powers of the Tribal Chiefs under Colonial Rule Before the arrival of the British in India, tribal chiefs were important people. They had economic power. They had the right ... they had earlier enjoyed amongst their people. Now they were unable to fulfill their traditional functions.
Description : Explain 5 socio – economic conditions of Russia at the beginning of the twentieth century. -History 9th
Last Answer : 1)Huge number of Russian population were Agriculturalist.Almost 85 percent of the population in Russia relied mostly on Agriculture. 2)Industry depended mostly on raw materials from agriculture.St.Peters berg and ... arised. 5)The rule of law not prevailing in many as a direct result of corruption.
Description : At the beginning of the twentieth century, who published ‘The Economic: History of India’ ? -Do You Know?
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Description : Q.4. Write about the different innovations in printing technology during the 19th century? [CBSE Sept. 2010] -History
Last Answer : (i) By the mid-nineteenth century, Richard M. Hoe of New York had perfected the power-driven cylindrical press. This was capable of printing 8,000 sheets per hour. This press was ... time. (iii) From the turn of the twentieth century, electrically operated presses accelerated printing operations.
Description : The following were the features of the Nation state that emerged in Europe in the 20th century. a. The concept and practices of a modern state with sovereign centralised power developed in Europe. ... identified their nations. Mainly female figures were used to portray the nation. d. None of these
Last Answer : b. Nation state was supposed to be a state where majority of its citizens shared common identify and history.
Description : Q.5. Why did some people in the eighteenth century Europe think that print culture would bring enlightenment and end despotism? [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011] -History
Last Answer : Spreading of new ideas: After the coming of the print culture, the ideas of scientists and philosophers now became more accessible to the common people. Ancient and medieval scientific texts were ... , became aware of reasoning and recognized the need to question the existing ideas and beliefs.
Description : What's a good book to learn about 20th century political history?
Last Answer : You want a book on political history that doesn’t discuss politics? Huh?
Description : Does anyone have a good documentary or video on the history of Ireland in the 20th century?
Last Answer : answer:You might want to look at The Story of Ireland. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+story+of+ireland&aq=f It's a five part series produced by the BBC and is available on youtube but ... to see the whole thing on youtube, in the correct order. Maybe you can find it somewhere else.
Description : If you were an evil time traveler and wanted to disrupt world history as much as possible, what event during the 20th century would you change, and why?
Last Answer : I would start with J. P. Morgan. Destroy the American economy by stopping him from loaning to it, then hinting to Canada and Mexico that the U. S. would be ripe pickings. Then of course move on to ... . Do the same with Asia, and finally with Australia. Then, I would start an epic war between them.
Description : Q.5. What forms of entertainment came up in the nineteenth century England to provide leisure activities for the people? -History
Last Answer : (i) London Season: For wealthy Britishers, there had long been an annual ‘London Season. Several cultural events, such as the opera, the theatre, and the classical music performances were organised for ... holidays by the sea. so as to derive the benefits of the sun and the bracing winds.
Description : The major expansion of Bombay’s population in the mid-nineteenth century was -History
Last Answer : In the beginning, it was a major outlet for cotton textiles from Gujarat. In the nineteenth century, the city functioned as a port through which large quantities of raw materials such as cotton and ... factors the population of Bombay increased from 644,405 in 1872 to nearly 1,500,000 in 1941.
Description : Give explanations for the following : (a) Why did the well off Londoners support the need to build housing for the poor in the nineteenth century? -History
Last Answer : Threat to public health: The poor were living in one-room houses which were over¬crowded. These houses were badly ventilated and lacked sanitation. Thus, these houses were a threat to public health. Fire ... the population of Bombay increased from 644,405 in 1872 to nearly 1,500,000 in 1941.
Description : Q.1. Give three reasons why the population of London expanded from the middle of the eighteenth century. -History
Last Answer : By 1750, the population of London was about 675,000. Its population, however, continued to expand. Between 1810 and 1880 it increased from 1 million to about 4 million. ”
Description : Q.1. Give two examples of different types of global exchanges which took place before the 17th century, choosing one example from Asia, and one from America. -History
Last Answer : Asia: The silk routes are a good example of vibrant pre-modern trade before the 17th century. The historians have identified several silk routes, overland and by sea, linking Asia with Europe ... El Dorado, the fabled city of gold. Thus there were global exchanges before the seventeenth century.
Description : 3. Through a focus on any two countries, explain how nations developed over the nineteenth century. -History
Last Answer : Focus countries - Germany and Italy. Germany Nationalist sentiments were often mobilised by conservatives for promoting state power and achieving political domination over Europe. This can be observed in the ... Spanish rulers. In 1861, Victor Emmanuel II was proclaimed as the king of Italy.
Description : Why did Machlipatnam lose its importance as a port-town by the late 18th century? [V.Imp.] -History
Last Answer : It was because the British shifted their trade to the new ports of Bombay, Madras and Calcutta.
Description : A man who lived on the top floor of a twenty story building had to go up and down daily for work, and of course, for food and the other necessities. On most days he could only ride the elevator to ... way. When it rained, however, he could ride all the way up to the twentieth story. Why? -Riddles
Last Answer : The man wasn't tall enough to reach the button for the 20th floor. He could only reach the 15th story button on the elevator. When it rained, he brought his umbrella, and used it to press the 20th story button on the elevator.
Description : On Star Trek the Next Generation, Why is Capt. Picard, arguably the least archetypal twentieth century character, cast as the most interested in that now bygone century?
Last Answer : It was most likely Plot used to progress Data’s understanding of human behavior (as Data was just as interested in it as Picard…) If I remember correctly
Description : What do you believe is the greatest American novel of the twentieth century?
Last Answer : I would nominate George Orwell’s 1984.
Description : Early Vietnamese nationalists had a close relationship with Japan and China in the first decades of the twentieth century.' -SST 10th
Last Answer : 1. With the 'Go-East Movement gaining popularity, in 1907-08 some 300 Vietnamese students went to Japan to acquire modern education. For many, the primary objective was to drive out the ... , Vietnamese students also organized the Association for the Restoration of Vietnam Viet-Nam Quan Phuc Hoi)
Description : Explain how the condition of the workers steadily declined in the early twentieth century Europe. -SST 10th
Last Answer : The abundance of labour in the market affected the lives of workers. Thousands tramped to cities for work. Many job-seekers had to wait weeks, spending nights in open sky or under ... of the workers were irregularly and seasonally employed pushing them to the brink of starvation and disease.
Description : Explain any three causes of air pollution in Calcutta in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. -SST 10th
Last Answer : The city life of Calcutta was full of contrasts, according to Durgacharan Ray. 1. In the 19 th century, Calcutta was brimming with opportunities - for trade, commerce and jobs. 2. ... - was added by the railways. The body that controlled industrial pollution was Bengal Smoke Nuisance Commission.
Description : Until the middle of the twentieth century, production was largely organised within countries. What crossed the boundaries of these countries? -SST 10th
Last Answer : There were raw materials, food stuff and finished products.
Description : Explain, from where did the workers come and how did they get job in Industries in the early twentieth century? -SST 10th
Last Answer : (i) As the news of employment spread, workers travelled great distances in the hope of work in the mills. For instance, from the United Provinces, they went to work in the textile mills ... authority and power. He began demanding money and gift for his favour and controlling the lives of workers.
Description : How much of Russia's total production in the twentieth century came from agriculture ?
Last Answer : In the twentieth century, 50% of Russia's total production came from agriculture.
Description : Why did many Chinese people support the nationalists t the beginning of the twentieth century?
Last Answer : Need answer
Description : Why the changes and advances in technology during the twentieth century?
Last Answer : What is the answer ?
Description : What are observations about a twentieth-century Artifact?
Description : What were the causes of the rapid growth of cities in the United states at the turn of the twentieth century?
Description : What way did industrialization in the US contribute to the rise of the second Ku Klux Klan in the early twentieth century?
Last Answer : Factories located in urban centers attracted a growing number ofimmigrant laborers.
Description : What made sainsburys in the middle of the twentieth century looks like an oriental boudoir?
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Description : Annie Besant inspired the opening of schools in many cities is Options: A) End of nineteenth century B) Early nineteenth century C) Early twentieth century D) End twentieth century
Last Answer : A) End of nineteenth century
Description : Give two examples where the names of the fossils are derived from. (HOTS) -History
Last Answer : Homo heidelbergensis: The species of Homo heidelbergensis have been discovered from German city Heidelberg. Homo neanderthalensis: Its species have been found in Neander valley, Dusseldorf, a German city.
Description : Why is it important to know the history of other cultures then our own?
Last Answer : Because you are a person of the world, not just of your own little community. And as such, you should be compassionate and understanding of others and the history of others. So when you meet the emperor of Japan, you bow to him because you know that is the culture of that country.
Description : If some of your pupils misbehave with you in the college campus you must (a) Report to the principal (b) Report to their parents (c) Improve their behavior by your own character and scholarship (d) Mobilize other teachers against these guys
Last Answer : (c) Improve their behavior by your own character and scholarship
Description : If some of your pupils misbehave with you in the college campus you must (a) Report to their parents (b) report to the principal (c) Improve their behavior by your own character and scholarship (d) Mobilize other teachers against these guys.
Description : If some of your pupils misbehave with you in the college campus you must Options: A) report to the principal B) report to their parents C) improve their behaviour by your own character and scholarship D) mobilize other teachers against these guys
Last Answer : C
Description : Imagine you could say 12 words to anyone in history who would you speak to and why?
Last Answer : I’d tell Hitler as a child…“I’m going to kill you, The Boys From Brazil has inspired me.” As for why, for the lulz, pure & simple.