Class 10 - History

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Set 11

1. What methods were employed by employers to recruit and retain labor in the late nineteenth century?

(A) Offering high wages
(B) Imposing heavy taxes and changing inheritance laws
(C) Providing better working conditions
(D) Implementing labor strikes

2. How were heavy taxes utilized in labor recruitment during the late nineteenth century?

(A) To fund social welfare programs
(B) To encourage entrepreneurship
(C) Could be paid only by working for wages on plantations and mines
(D) To support cultural events

3. How were inheritance laws changed to affect labor recruitment?

(A) Allowing multiple family members to inherit land
(B) Discouraging land inheritance altogether
(C) Allowing only one family member to inherit land
(D) No impact on land inheritance

4. What was the effect of inheritance law changes on peasants?

(A) Increased access to land
(B) Displacement from land and pushing into the labor market
(C) Enhanced agricultural productivity
(D) No impact on their lives

5. What restrictions were imposed on mineworkers during the late nineteenth century?

(A) Complete freedom to move about
(B) Confined in compounds and not allowed to move about freely
(C) Allowed to choose their workplace
(D) Provided with luxurious accommodations

6. How did rinderpest arrive in Africa in the late 1880s?

(A) Natural occurrence
(B) Imported by African traders
(C) Carried by infected cattle imported from British Asia
(D) Introduced by European explorers

7. How did rinderpest impact Africa's cattle population along its path?

(A) Caused no harm
(B) Reduced cattle population by 50%
(C) Killed 90% of the cattle
(D) Increased cattle population

8. How did the loss of cattle impact African livelihoods?

(A) Enhanced agricultural productivity
(B) Strengthened African communities
(C) Destroyed African livelihoods
(D) Had no significant impact

9. How did Europeans use the scarce resource of cattle to strengthen their power in Africa?

(A) By promoting cattle farming
(B) By distributing cattle to African communities
(C) Monopolizing the remaining cattle resources
(D) By encouraging self-sufficiency

10. How did the control over scarce cattle resources contribute to European colonization in Africa?

(A) Delayed colonization efforts
(B) Facilitated African independence
(C) Weakened European influence
(D) Enabled European conquer and subdue Africa