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Which of the following is not a local name of shifting cultivation?

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  1. Milpa

  2. Rabi

  3. Tavy

  4. Jhum

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

. It has many local names such as lading in Southeast Asia, milpa in Central America, chitemene or tavy  in Africa, and chena in Sri Lanka.  In India, dhya, penda, bewar, nevad, jhum, podu, khandad and  kumri are some of the local terms for swidden agriculture. Rabi is a kind of crop.

By $1773$, the British government in Bengal had established a monopoly to trade in ___________.

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  1. Indigo

  2. Opium

  3. Tea

  4. Cotton

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Correct Option: B

Why was common land essential for survival of the poor in England?

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  1. Common land supplemented income of the poor and helped them during bad times

  2. Poor could move freely in common land

  3. Poor could set up industry in common land

  4. All the above

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Correct Option: A

Which one of the following is the appropriate reason that excited swing rioters to destroy threshing machines during $1930s$ in England?

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  1. They broke these machines in the name of Captain Swing

  2. These machines deprived workmen of their livelihood

  3. Captain Swing was a person who broke all these machines

  4. They were threatening landloads

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Correct Option: B

Who was the American leader under whom maximum expansion of wheat cultivation took place?

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  1. President Wilson

  2. President Lincoln

  3. President Bush

  4. President Clinton

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Correct Option: A

What was done in different countries of England during the Captain Swing movement?

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  1. Threshing machines were broken

  2. Rich farmers were compelled to help poor farmers

  3. Landowners were looted

  4. Agriculture was expanded

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Correct Option: A

Agricultural Revolution first occurred in __________.

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  1. England

  2. France

  3. USA

  4. India

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Agricultural Revolution began in Great Britain around the turn of the 18th century. In many ways, British agriculture advanced more rapidly than any other European nation. The increased agricultural production of the 18th century can be traced to four interrelated factors:

  • The increased availability of farmland.
  • A favorable climate.
  • More livestock.
  • Improved crop yield.

Why did the landlords and farmers decided to buy threshing machines?

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  1. To increase profit from land

  2. To reduce their dependence on labourers

  3. To bring more land under cultivation

  4. To prevent the labourers from toiling day and night

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

During the Napoleonic Wars, prices of foodgrains were high and farmers expanded production vigorously. Fearing a shortage of labour, they began buying the new threshing machines that had come into the market. They complained of the insolence of labourers, their drinking habits, and the difficulty of making them work. The machines, they thought, would help them reduce their dependence on labourers. 

Cyrus McCormick invented the reaper in

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  1. 1950

  2. 1831

  3. 1800

  4. 1900

  5. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 In 1831, Cyrus McCormick invented the first mechanical reaper which could cut in one day as much as five men could cut with cradles and 16 men with sickles. 

By selling which of the following items to China, did the British regularly collect money for purchasing tea from China?

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  1. Opium

  2. Jute

  3. Cotton

  4. Sugar cane

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 In 1785, about 15 million pounds of tea was being imported into England. By 1830, the figure had jumped to over 30 million pounds. In fact, the profits of the East India Company came to depend on the tea trade. England at this time produced nothing that could be easily sold in China. They could buy tea only by paying in silver coins or bullion. It was believed that a loss of treasure would impoverish the nation and deplete its wealth.  They searched for a commodity they could sell in China, something they could persuade the Chinese to buy. Opium was such a commodity. By the early 1820s, about 10,000 crates were being annually smuggled into China.