Class 12 Sociology - Social Change And Development in India : Chapter 1 - Structural Change - Questions and Answers

List of Questions and Answers

Q 1.The establishment of rule by one country over another is known as:
(a)Imperialism
(b)Capitalism
(c) Colonialism
(d) Feudalism

(Social Change and Development in India - Chapter 1: Structural Change)

Ans: (c) Colonialism

Q 2.The emergence of machine production based on the inanimate power resources like steam and electricity is known as
(a) Globalization
(b) Industrialisation
(c) Capitalism
(d) Colonialism

(Social Change and Development in India - Chapter 1: Structural Change)

Ans: (b) Industrialisation

Q 3.__________ is an economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and organised to accumulate profits within a market system.
(Social Change and Development in India - Chapter 1: Structural Change)

Ans: Capitalism

Q 4.Name the English merchant who in 1690 arranged to lease three villages Kolikata, Gobindapur, and Sutanuti.
a) Job Charnock
b) Fort William
c) T. Raleigh
d) None of the above
(Social Change and Development in India - Chapter 1: Structural Change)

Ans: a) Job Charnock

Q 5.Tea Industry began in India in the year _____.
(Social Change and Development in India - Chapter 1: Structural Change)

Ans: 1851

Q 6.Industrialisation refers to the emergence of ________ production.
(Social Change and Development in India - Chapter 1: Structural Change)

Ans: machine