Question

What was the Corn Law ? Why was the Corn Law abolished ? What was the result of the abolishing ?
OR
How did Industrial Revolution give rise to Capitalism ? Explain.
OR
Highlight any three changes that took place in London between the two World Wars.

CBSE Class X Social Science SA ( 3 marks)

Answer 1

(i) The laws allowing the British Government to restrict import of corn is known as "Corn Law".

(ii) These laws were abolished because the industrialists and urban dwellers were unhappy with high food prices; as a result of which they forced the abolition of the Corn Laws.

Result : Food could be imported into Britain at a more cheaper rate.

 OR

(i) Imperialism became the ill- begotten child of industrialization in the following manner.

(ii) Industrialization chiefly needed two things. One of them being the constant supply of raw- materials and the other is that the finished goods be sold at the same speed.

(iii) The industrialized countries had introduced heavy import duties as protective tariffs to check the import from other countries.

(iv) Faced with the problem of finding new markets for their products, the producer nations chose such countries where industrialization had not yet reached.

(v) Hence a race for bringing those areas under their effective occupation or effective influence started among the various industrialized nation.

(vi) As a consequence, Britain, France, Germany and Japan, etc. set up their colonies in Asia, Africa and South America etc.

(vii) Hence a race for bringing those areas under their effective occupation or effective influence started among the various industrialized nations.

 

OR

(i) Between the two World Wars the responsibility for housing the working classes was accepted by the British state.

(ii) A million of single family cottages were built by Local authorities.

iii) The city had extended beyond the range where people could walk to work.

(iv) New forms of mass transports were introduced.

Answer 2

(i) The laws allowing the British Government

to restrict import of corn is known as the “Corn

Laws”.

(ii) These laws were abolished because the

industrialists and urban dwellers were unhappy

with high food prices; as a result of which they

forced the abolition of the Corn Laws.

Result : Food could be imported into Britain at a

much cheaper rate.