NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Social Science - India an the Contemporary World - II

Explain how the global transfer of disease in the pre-modern world helped in the colonisation of the Americas.

a) Guiseppe Mazzini
b) Count Camillo de Cavour
c) The Greek war of independence
d) Frankfurt parliament
e) The role of women in nationalist struggles

Write a newspaper report on:
a) The Jallianwala Bagh massacre
b) The Simon Commission

Briefly trace the process of German unification.

Compare the images of Bharat Mata in this chapter with the image of Germania in Chapter 1.

List all the different social groups which joined the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1921. Then choose any three and write about their hopes and struggles to show why they, joined the movement.

What steps did the French revolutionaries take to create a sense of collective identity among the French people?

Who were Marianne and Germania? What was the importance of the way in which they were portrayed?

Why did nationalist tensions emerge in the Balkans?

Choose three examples to show the contribution of culture to the growth of nationalism in Europe.

Imagine that you are an indentured Indian labourer in the Caribbean. Drawing from the details in this chapter, write a letter to your family describing your life and feelings.

Imagine you are a woman participating in the Civil Disobedience Movement. Explain what the experience meant to your life.

How was the history of nationalism in Britain unlike the rest of Europe?

Explain what is referred to as the G-77 countries. In what ways can G-77 be seen as a reaction to the activities of the Bretton Woods twins?

Why did industrial production in India increase during the First World War?

Explain how print culture assisted the growth of nationalism in India.

Through a focus on any two countries, explain how nations developed over the nineteenth century.

Explain the causes of the Great Depression.

Explain the three types of movements or flows within international economic ex- change. Find one example of each type of flow which involved India and Indians, and write a short account of it.

Imagine that you have been asked to write an article for an encyclopaedia on Britain and the history of cotton. Write your piece using information from the entire chapter.