Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Structural Change

Question:
Capitalism emerged due to:
A. American Exploration of the world.
B. growth in science and technology
C. European plunder of wealth and resources.
D. Surplus labour
Options:
Only A, B and D
Only A, C and D
Only B and C
All of the above
Correct Answer:
Only B and C
Explanation:
Capitalism in the west emerged out of a complex process of European exploration of the rest of the world, its plunder of wealth and resources, an unprecedented growth of science and technology, its harnessing to industries and agriculture. Western colonialism was inextricably connected to the growth of western capitalism.