Peasants and Fa...

During whose tenure had white settlers moved to westward in large numbers?

England, in 1868, was producing about 80 percent of the food it consumed. Which of the following was not a reason for this increase in food-grain production?

Why did landlords and rich farmers start buying threshing machines during the Napoleonic wars?

Which of the following were the major commercial crops grown by the Indian farmers in the early 19^th century under the colonial rule?

In which of the following ways did the enclosure movement start by the rich farmers affect the lives of poor peasants?

Which of the following native American tribes lived near the Pacific ocean?

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The American War of Independence was from the year 1775 to the year 1783.
b. Thomas Jefferson became the President of the U.S.A. in the year 1801.

From the late nineteenth century, the production of which of the following crops made a dramatic expansion in the USA?

Which of the following battles established British supremacy in India?

Who invented the first mechanical reaper in 1831?

Which of the following is correct about the enclosure movement in the late eighteenth century?

Which of the following created the grounds for the Great Agrarian Depression of the 1930s?

a. Fall in wheat prices
b. Closure of banks
c. Rise in cost of farm machinery
d. Collapse of export markets

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Lin Ze-xu was a special commissioner to Canton sent by the Chinese king to stop the opium trade.
b. Britain declared war in 1842 when Lin announced that Canton was closed to foreign trade.
c. China lost the opium wars and had to legalise opium trade in China.

What was Captain Swing responsible for during the 1830s?

Why were the farmers in many parts of England growing turnip?

a. It increased the nitrogen content of the soil.
b. It was in great demand by the peasants in the village markets.
c. It was a good fodder crop, relished by cattle.

Match the following:

Which of the following countries was known as the bread basket of the world in the 20^th century?

Which of the following natural disasters occurred in the great plains of America in the 1930s?

During the first world war, who among the following was the President of the United States, who said that wheat will win the war?

Between 1820-1850, in which area did the Native Americans settle down when the US government adopted the policy of clearing them out, so that the lands could be cultivated and exploited?