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Social Science — CBSE Class 10 board question

Q1. [1]
There were three important developments that greatly shrank the pre-modern world. Identify the incorrect one from the following options :
  1. (a) The flow of trade
  2. (b) The flow of labour
  3. (c) The flow of capital
  4. (d) The flow of technology
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Model Answer

The incorrect option is (d) The flow of technology.

The three flows are: trade in goods, migration of labour, and movement of capital for investment — not technology.

Source: The Nineteenth Century (1815–1914), Chapter 3

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Explanation

The passage clearly states the three types of flows as (1) flow of trade, (2) flow of labour, and (3) flow of capital. Technology is not listed as one of these three flows. Examiners expect you to directly identify the odd one out by recalling this specific list from the textbook.

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