1.Why was the Mandal Commission setup? What was its main recommendations?
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The Mandal Commission was set up to investigate the extent of educational and social backwardness
among various sections of Indian society and recommend ways of identifying these "backward
classes".
Its main recommendations were :
2.How has state capacity received a boost as a consequence of globalization? Explain.
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3.Discuss the Political consequences of Globalisation.
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Globalisation results in an erosion of state capacity, that is, the ability of government
to do what they do.
4.Explain any four cultural consequences of globalisation.
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5.Show with the help of one example that globalisation has affected the dress culture of India.
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6. What is worldwide interconnectedness?
Ans: Worldwise interconnectedness is the connection between each other for various kinds of flow like ideas moving from one part of the world to another, capital shunted between two or more places, commodities being traded across borders, and people moving in search of better livelihoods to different parts of the world.
7.Which of the statements are TRUE about globalisation?
a. Globalisation is purely an economic phenomenon.
b. Globalisation began in 1991.
c. Globalisation is the same thing as westernisation.
d. Globalisation is a multi-dimensional phenomenon.
Ans: (d). Globalisation is a multi-dimensional phenomenon.
8. Which of the statements are TRUE about the impact of globalisation?
a. Globalisation has been uneven in its impact on states and societies.
b. Globalisation has had a uniform impact on all states and societies.
c. The impact of globalisation has been confined to the political sphere.
d. Globalisation inevitably results in cultural homogeneity
Ans: a. Globalisation has been uneven in its impact on states and societies.
d. Globalisation inevitably results in cultural homogeneity
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9.Which of the statements are TRUE about the causes of globalisation?
a. Technology is an important cause of globalisation.
b. Globalisation is caused by a particular community of people. c. Globalisation originated
in the US.
d. Economic interdependence alone causes globalisation.
Ans: a. Technology is an important cause of globalisation.
c. Globalisation originated in the US.
10. Which of the statements are TRUE about globalisation?
a. Globalisation is only about movement of commodities
b. Globalisation does not involve a conflict of values.
c. Services are an insignificant part of globalisation.
d. Globalisation is about worldwide interconnectedness.
Ans: b. Globalisation does not involve a conflict of values.
d. Globalisation is about worldwide interconnectedness.
11.Which of the statements are FALSE about globalisation?
a. Advocates of globalisation argue that it will result in greater economic growth.
b. Critics of globalisation argue that it will result in greater economic disparity.
c. Advocates of globalisation argue that it will result in cultural homogenisation.
d. Critics of globalisation argue that it will result in cultural homogenisation.
Ans: b. Critics of globalisation argue that it will result in greater economic disparity.
d. Critics of globalisation argue that it will result in cultural homogenisation.
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12.How has technology contributed to globalisation?
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