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"Rapid improvement in… (Class 10 Social Science 2024, Q33a)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2024, set 32/2/1 · 5 marks · Long answer

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

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 32/2/1, section D, question 33(a), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q33(a) · 5 marks · Long answerGlobalisation and the Indian Economy

"Rapid improvement in technology has been one major factor that 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 32/2/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

Think of the two areas of technology that changed most: moving goods and moving information.

Hint 2

How does cheaper, faster transport help a producer sell in another country?

Hint 3

Add examples such as mobile phones, the Internet, and call centres or air-freighted perishables.

Step-by-step solution

Each step shows the marks it earns, as an examiner would award them. Checked by an independent re-solve from the question paper.

  1. Technology has been a major driver of globalisation because it has made it far easier and cheaper to link distant countries through movement of goods, services, people and information.

    1 mark

  2. Transport technology: in the last fifty years, containers, bigger ships, cargo aircraft and better roads and railways have developed greatly.

    1 mark

  3. Result: goods are delivered much faster over long distances and at lower cost. For example, perishable items like flowers and fruits, and garments, can be exported by air to distant markets.

    1 mark

  4. Information and communication technology (ICT) has changed even more rapidly: telecommunications, computers and the Internet.

    1 mark

  5. Telegraph, telephone, mobile phones and fax let people contact each other around the world, and the Internet allows instant e-mail and video communication. This lets firms spread production across countries, for example call centres and software services in India serving foreign companies.

    1 mark

Answer: Improvements in transport and in information and communication technology cut costs and time, linking markets worldwide and so stimulating globalisation.

Where the marks are

  • States that technology stimulates globalisation (1 mark)
  • Transport improvements explained (1 mark)
  • Faster, cheaper delivery of goods with example (1 mark)
  • Developments in ICT (telecom, computers, Internet) (1 mark)
  • Communication examples such as mobile phones and the Internet (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Globalisation and the Indian Economy, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2024 board paper, set 32/2/1: every question, by section.

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