Globalisation
One world, many links.
↳ Countries tied closer together.
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Globalisation and the Indian Economy · Class 10 Economics
English 4 topics 139 leveled MCQs 78 flashcards 4 games Free
Shared by a Veda teacher · Generated with Veda AI · Sep 2026
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MNC
More than one country.
↳ Production across borders.
Foreign Investment
Buying assets abroad.
Investment = money spent on land, buildings, machines and equipment. When an MNC makes it, it is foreign investment.
↳ Made in hope of profit.
Technology Stimulated Globalisation
What pushed globalisation?
Rapid improvement in technology has been one major factor behind globalisation — moving goods and information faster and cheaper.
↳ Factor number one.
Transportation Technology
Fifty years of change.
Improvements in the past fifty years have made much faster delivery of goods across long distances possible at lower costs.
↳ Faster and cheaper.
Containers
The humble box.
Goods packed in containers are loaded intact onto ships, railways, planes and trucks.
↳ Cheaper, quicker trade.
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What Is Globalisation? — Integration Through Trade and Foreign Investment
Globalisation as the rapid integration or interconnection of countries, brought about by greater foreign investment by MNCs and greater foreign trade; what MNCs and foreign investment are; the ways countries are linked;…
- A multinational corporation, or MNC, owns or controls production in more than one country at once
- Money spent on assets such as land, buildings, machines and other equipment is investment; investment made by MNCs is foreign investment
- In the past two to three decades, more and more MNCs have looked for locations around the world that are cheap for production, so foreign in…
~20 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
2
Factors That Enabled Globalisation — Rapid Improvement in Technology
How improvements in transportation technology — containers and cheaper air transport — and in information and communication technology — telecommunications, computers and the Internet — made it possible to move goods fas…
- Rapid improvement in technology has been one major factor that stimulated the globalisation process
- Transport technology has improved repeatedly over the last fifty years, so goods now cross long distances far more quickly and for less mone…
- Goods are placed in containers that can be loaded intact onto ships, railways, planes and trucks; containers have hugely reduced port handli…
~18 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
3
Factors That Enabled Globalisation — Liberalisation of Foreign Trade and Investment Policy
What trade barriers are — import taxes and quotas — and why governments use them; why India protected its producers after Independence; the policy changes from around 1991 that removed barriers to foreign trade and inves…
- A tax on imports is a trade barrier: if India taxes imported toys, buyers pay more, Chinese toys are no longer as cheap, imports fall and In…
- A trade barrier is so called because some restriction has been set up; a quota — a limit on the number of goods that can be imported — is an…
- A trade barrier lets a government dial foreign trade up or down, and decide which goods come in and how much of each
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Beyond the Board Paper (Project): MNCs Across Countries, the WTO and Fair Globalisation
Enrichment for the interdisciplinary project — not examined in the board paper. How MNCs spread and interlink production across countries, how foreign trade integrates markets (Chinese toys), the World Trade Organisation…
- This topic is for the interdisciplinary project, internally assessed for 5 marks; it is not evaluated in the board examination
- MNCs set up production where it is close to markets, where skilled and unskilled labour is cheap, where other factors of production are assu…
- MNCs spread production by setting up joint production with local companies, buying up local companies (the most common route — for example,…
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139 questions laddered from warm-up to topper-level, each with an explanation. A taste:
Which statement best describes globalisation as explained in the chapter?
Beginner
A The closing of borders to foreign goods and firms
B The rapid integration or interconnection between countries
C The growth of farming within a single country
D The printing of a common currency for all countries
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The rapid integration or interconnection between countries
The chapter's definition.
A Korean electronics company owns factories in India, Vietnam and Mexico. What kind of company is it?
Beginner
A A cooperative society
B A multinational corporation
C A self-help group
D A small-scale unit
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A multinational corporation
It controls production in more than one nation.
Why do MNCs usually set up factories in countries with low wages and plentiful resources?
Intermediate
A To pay the highest possible wages to all their workers
B To avoid selling any goods in those countries
C To keep the cost of production low and earn greater profits
D To help governments collect more taxes from them
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To keep the cost of production low and earn greater profits
Cheap labour and resources cut costs.
A Japanese car company spends Rs 2,000 crore on land, buildings and machines for a plant in Gujarat. What is this spending called?
Beginner
A Foreign trade
B Foreign investment
C A trade barrier
D A quota
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Foreign investment
Investment made by an MNC.
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