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CBSE 2023 · Region 4 · Set 3 · Q21
(A) State the names and countries of the two hostile groups that turned each other in the First World War.
(A)
State the names and countries of the two hostile groups that turned each other in the First World War.
OR
(B)
Differentiate between Fixed and Floating exchange rate.
Marking-scheme solution
(i) On the one side were ‘the Allies’ (Triple Alliance- Britain, France and Russia).
(ii) On the opposite side were ‘the Central Powers’ (Triple Entente – Germany, Austria – Hungry and Ottoman Turkey).
(B) Differentiate between Fixed and Floating Exchange rate.
(i) Fixed Exchange rates- when exchange rates are fixed and governments intervened to prevent movements in them.
(ii) Flexible or Floating Exchange rates – These rates fluctuate depending on demand and supply of currencies in foreign exchange markets, in principle without interference by governments.
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