NCERT · CLASS 10 · HISTORY · INDIA AND THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD - II
NCERT "India and the Contemporary World - II"
Class 10 History — NCERT survey of nationalism + globalisation: rise of European nationalism, nationalism in India (Gandhian phase), the making of a global world, age of industrialisation, print culture + the modern world.
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India and the Contemporary World - II — Class 10 History, published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). Prescribed by CBSE + most Indian state boards. Foundation reading for UPSC Civil Services aspirants.
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🏭 Age of Industrialisation
12 loc · 40 cards · Ch 4: The Age of Industrialisation (NCERT Class 10 — India and the Contemporary World II)
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What did FRÉDÉRIC SORRIEU depict in his 1848 set of prints?
FRÉDÉRIC SORRIEU — a French artist — produced a famous SET of FOUR prints in 1848 imagining a 'PACT BETWEEN NATIONS' — a world organised as democratic + social Republics. In PRINT 1: peoples of Europe + the Americas process forward in solidarity, paying homage to the Statue of LIBERTY (holding a TORCH of Enlightenment + the Charter of Rights of Man…
How did WWI affect ordinary Indians?
INFLATION doubled prices (1913-18); FORCED RECRUITMENT in rural areas (esp. Punjab + Madras Presidencies — created widespread anger); 13 lakh Indian SOLDIERS sent overseas (Mesopotamia, France, Egypt) — 50,000+ died; CROP FAILURES + INFLUENZA epidemic (1918-19) killed 12-13 million Indians (more than the war itself).
What was "proto-industrialisation"?
Phase BEFORE the factory system (~16-18th c.); merchants from TOWNS bought RAW WOOL/COTTON, gave it to PEASANT FAMILIES in COUNTRYSIDES who SPUN/WOVE/DYED at home; then collected the cloth + sold to international markets. Expanded peasant income; commercial revolution; foundation for later factory production.
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Class 10 History — NCERT survey of nationalism + globalisation: rise of European nationalism, nationalism in India (Gandhian phase), the making of a global world, age of industrialisation, print culture + the modern world. The textbook is part of the NCERT syllabus for Class 10 History + is the official textbook prescribed by CBSE (the Central Board of Secondary Education) + most state boards across India. It is also a foundational reference for UPSC Civil Services aspirants preparing the History component of GS-I.
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