Question

In what ways were the novels in colonial India useful for both the colonizers as well as the nationalists ?
OR
Why did most of the developing countries organize themselves as a group - the Group of 77 (G-77) ?

CBSE Class X Social Science SA ( 3 marks)

Answer 1

(i) Colonial administrators found vernacular novels a valuable source of information about native life and customs.
(ii) New novels had descriptions about domestic life, people's dress, their religious worship, their beliefs and practices.
(iii) Indians used novels as a medium to criticise the defects in their society and suggest remedies.
(iv) Through glorified account of the past, these novels helped in creating a sense of national pride among their readers.
OR
(i) The developing countries came under the guidance of IMF and World Bank which were dominated by the former colonial powers in order to uplift their economies.
(ii) Former colonial powers exploited the natural resources of developing nations through IMF and World Bank.
(iii) The developing nations organized themselves into G-77 so as to gain real control over their natural resources, to get more development assistance and fairer prices for raw materials.
(iv) They also wanted a better opportunity for their manufactured goods in the markets of developing nations.
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Answer 2

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$\textbf{HERE ARE YOUR ANSWERS.}$

✳ Novels have proved useful for both Colonizers as well as Nationalists. They give information about life, living, social developments and economic conditions. All this was useful for colonizers to deal with colonial people.
These information were also used by nationalists. They used novels to organize people and formulate their programs.

✳ As developing countries did not benefit from the $\textbf{`Bretton Woods Agreement'}$. The fast growing western economies got more benefits from $\textbf{`International Monetary Fund'}$ and $\textbf{`World Bank'}$.
Therefore, the developing countries organized themselves as a group $\textbf{-The Group of 77 or G-77}$.
They demanded for a New International Economic Order (NIEO). By NIEO, they demanded for their real control over their natural resources. They asked for better prices for raw materials and fairer prices of manufactured goods from developed countries.

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