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Globalisation as a concept fundamentally deals with:Read the answer and worked solution →The crucial element of globalisation created by constant flows is:Read the answer and worked solution →Which invention is credited with laying the basis for nationalism?Read the answer and worked solution →At the simplest level, globalisation results in an erosion of:Read the answer and worked solution →The old welfare state is giving way to a minimalist state that performs core functions such as:Read the answer and worked solution →In place of the welfare state, the prime determinant of economic and social priorities becomes:Read the answer and worked solution →Economic globalisation immediately draws attention to institutions like the WTO and the:Read the answer and worked solution →Developed countries have guarded their borders against movement of people using:Read the answer and worked solution →Critics worried about social justice call for institutional safeguards known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Some economists have described economic globalisation as:Read the answer and worked solution →The rise of a uniform world culture through globalisation is called cultural:Read the answer and worked solution →The spread of burgers and blue jeans as global culture was earlier studied as the soft power of:Read the answer and worked solution →Critics call the world's buying into the American dream:Read the answer and worked solution →A khadi kurta worn over jeans illustrates that cultural exchange can produce:Read the answer and worked solution →Globalisation making each culture more distinctive is called cultural:Read the answer and worked solution →During colonial rule India became an exporter of:Read the answer and worked solution →India embarked on economic reforms to de-regulate trade and investment in:Read the answer and worked solution →Critics from the political right want a return to:Read the answer and worked solution →Widespread protests at the 1999 WTO Ministerial Meeting took place at:Read the answer and worked solution →The first World Social Forum meeting in 2001 was held at:Read the answer and worked solution →The fourth World Social Forum meeting in 2004 was held in:Read the answer and worked solution →Patenting of which plant by American and European firms generated opposition in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the global flowsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the resistance wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the globalisation yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the globalisation wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Homogenise or heterogeniseRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the consequencesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Globalisation bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Globalisation as a concept fundamentally deals with:

  1. Flows
  2. Wars
  3. Votes
  4. Loans
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Correct answer: A. Flows

1. Ideas, capital, commodities and people move across borders. 2. These flows define globalisation. 3. Their scale and speed today are new. _Source: syllabus Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 9, Globalisation._

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The crucial element of globalisation created by constant flows is:

  1. Military dominance of states
  2. Worldwide interconnectedness
  3. National self-reliance policy
  4. Cultural uniformity of nations
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Correct answer: B. Worldwide interconnectedness

1. Flows of ideas, capital, goods and people sustain it. 2. The result is worldwide interconnectedness. 3. Events in one place affect others. _Source: syllabus Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 9, Globalisation._

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Which invention is credited with laying the basis for nationalism?

  1. Printing
  2. Telegraph
  3. Microchip
  4. Telephone
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Correct answer: A. Printing

1. Technology shapes collective life. 2. Printing laid the basis for nationalism. 3. Telegraph, telephone and microchip revolutionised communication. _Source: syllabus Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 9, Globalisation._

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