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'Improvement in… (Class 10 Social Science 2024, Q33B)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2024, set 32/1/1 · 5 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2024: question 33(B)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 32/1/1, section D, question 33(B), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q33(B) · 5 marks · Long answerThe Making of a Global World

'Improvement in technology has stimulated the globalisation process.' Explain the statement with examples.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2024 board paper, set 32/1/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

Name the two broad areas of technology that changed.

Hint 2

Think about what transport improvements did to cost and time.

Hint 3

Think of the mobile phone and the Internet and what business they enable.

Step-by-step solution

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  1. Rapid improvement in technology has been one major factor stimulating globalisation.

    1 mark

  2. Transport technology has improved greatly over the last fifty years, with containers, bigger ships and air cargo.

    1 mark

  3. This makes delivery of goods over long distances much faster and at lower cost. For example, perishable goods like flowers or fruits can be exported by air.

    1 mark

  4. Information and communication technology has developed even more remarkably. Telecommunications, computers and the Internet have been changing rapidly.

    1 mark

  5. Telegraph, telephones including mobile phones, and fax let people contact one another across the world. Services such as call centres and data entry are done from distant countries, so production and trade spread globally.

    1 mark

Answer: Better transport lowered the cost and time of moving goods, and ICT (phones, computers, Internet) linked the world, which stimulated globalisation.

Where the marks are

  • Technology as a major factor in globalisation (1 mark)
  • Improved transport technology (1 mark)
  • Faster, cheaper delivery of goods, with an example (1 mark)
  • Advances in ICT (1 mark)
  • Telecom and Internet used for global contact and services (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from The Making of a Global World, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2024 board paper, set 32/1/1: every question, by section.

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