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During British rule, labourers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar were shipped to Mauritius, Fiji and the Caribbean as:Read the answer and worked solution →The time-bound contract system for colonial plantation labour was known as the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Portuguese sent labour from Goa, Daman and Diu to work in:Read the answer and worked solution →A steady outflow of Indian semi-skilled and skilled labour to West Asia followed the:Read the answer and worked solution →Doctors, engineers and later software professionals migrating to the USA, Canada and UK form the:Read the answer and worked solution →Migration was first recorded in the Census of India conducted in:Read the answer and worked solution →Place of birth and duration of residence were added to the Census in:Read the answer and worked solution →Reasons for migration were first incorporated in the Census of:Read the answer and worked solution →A person whose place of birth differs from the place of enumeration is a:Read the answer and worked solution →In the 2011 Census, migrants by place of last residence numbered about:Read the answer and worked solution →How many streams of internal migration does the Census identify?Read the answer and worked solution →Short distance rural to rural migration streams are dominated by:Read the answer and worked solution →Most of the 5 million people who migrated into India came from:Read the answer and worked solution →Which state occupied first place in attracting migrants from other states?Read the answer and worked solution →The state with the largest number of net out-migrants is:Read the answer and worked solution →Poverty and population pressure that make people leave a place are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Regular work and higher wages that attract migrants to cities are called:Read the answer and worked solution →The main cause of male migration is work and employment; for females it is:Read the answer and worked solution →Marriage migration of females is reversed in which state?Read the answer and worked solution →A major benefit for the source region of migrants is:Read the answer and worked solution →In 2002 India received how much in remittances from international migrants?Read the answer and worked solution →A negative consequence of unregulated migration to industrial states is the growth of:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the pull factorsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the migration streamsRead the answer and worked solution →Find the real termRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the migration wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Sends or receivesRead the answer and worked solution →Which waveRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Migration bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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During British rule, labourers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar were shipped to Mauritius, Fiji and the Caribbean as:

  1. Indentured labourers
  2. Free spice traders
  3. Colonial army men
  4. Tea estate owners
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Correct answer: A. Indentured labourers

1. They worked on plantations under contract. 2. Living conditions were poor. 3. They were indentured labourers. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 2, Migration: Types, Causes and Consequences._

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The time-bound contract system for colonial plantation labour was known as the:

  1. Charter Act
  2. Girmit Act
  3. Rowlatt Act
  4. Vernacular Act
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Correct answer: B. Girmit Act

1. It is the Indian Emigration Act. 2. Migrants called it by a local name. 3. That is the Girmit Act. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 2, Migration: Types, Causes and Consequences._

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The Portuguese sent labour from Goa, Daman and Diu to work in:

  1. Angola and Mozambique
  2. Fiji and British Guyana
  3. Surinam and Martinique
  4. Mauritius and Reunion
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Correct answer: A. Angola and Mozambique

1. Each colonial power used its own colonies. 2. The Portuguese held African colonies. 3. Angola and Mozambique were the destinations. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 2, Migration: Types, Causes and Consequences._

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