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Imperialism and global transformation - class-VIII

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The first English factory in India was established at ____________.

  1. Bombay

  2. Surat

  3. Hooghly

  4. Calcutta


Correct Option: B

The Britishers set up colonies along the ______ coast of America.

  1. Western

  2. Gulf

  3. Pacific

  4. Eastern


Correct Option: D

The ______ established a 'seaborne empire' over the Indian ocean.

  1. Dutch

  2. British

  3. Portuguese

  4. French


Correct Option: C

The people of Netherlands are called ______.

  1. Portuguese

  2. Dutch

  3. French

  4. English


Correct Option: B

Which of the colonial powers brought the dreadful disease of Rinderpest to Africa ?

  1. Spain

  2. France

  3. Germany

  4. Italy


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Italy brought the dreadful disease of Rinderpest to Africa. There was a large scale infection in Africa that caused major changes to animal life. Rinderpest entered in 1887 at Massawa from Indian cattle for the Italian army. Rinderpest swept from the Horn of Africa west to the Atlantic and south to the Cape of Good Hope. Ethiopia lost 95% of their cattle and most of the human population starved to death.

Name the place where big European countries met in 1885 to complete the process of carving up of Africa among them. 

  1. Paris

  2. London

  3. Rome

  4. Berlin


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Big European countries met in 1885 at Berlin to complete the process of carving up of Africa among them. Major European powers negotiated and formalized claims to territory in Africa and this was also called the Berlin West Africa Conference.

Territories of which continent did not experience colonial rule by another country in their early history?

  1. Asia

  2. Africa

  3. Europe

  4. America


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Territories of Europe did not experience colonial rule by another country in their early history. The era of European colonialism lasted from the 16th century to the mid-20th century and involved European powers vastly extending their reach around the globe by establishing colonies in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The dismantling of European empires following World War II saw the process of decolonization begin in earnest

What was the problem faced by the Europeans in the process of colonization for trade in Africa?

  1. Lack of mineral resources

  2. Lack of fertile agricultural land

  3. Lack of population

  4. Lack of labour


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Mineral resources, fertile agricultural lands and unskilled manpower were abundant in Africa. But skilled labour needed for industries was scarce in Africa.

What was the erstwhile name of Caribbean islands?

  1. East Indies

  2. Fiji islands

  3. West Indies

  4. Mauritius islands


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Caribbean islands, a group of many islands situated in the Caribbean Sea was formerly known as West Indies. East Indies was the erstwhile name of the Indonesian islands. 

Aung Suu Kyi belongs to ______.

  1. Thailand

  2. Myanmar

  3. Laos

  4. Indonesia


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese politician, diplomat, and author who is the First and incumbent State Counsellor and Leader of the National League for Democracy. She is also the first woman to serve as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar, the Minister of the President's Office. In the 2015 elections, her party won a landslide victory, taking 86% of the seats in the Assembly of the Union  well more than the 67 percent supermajority needed to ensure that its preferred candidates were elected President and Second Vice President in the Presidential Electoral College

To which of the following countries did the indentured labour from the India migrate in $19$th century.

  1. Algeria

  2. Ivory Coast

  3. Nigeria

  4. Caribbean islands


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Indentured labour migrated to Caribbean Islands. The Indian indenture system was a system of Indentured servitude, by which 2 million Indians were transported to labour in European colonies, as a substitute for slave labour, following the abolition of the trade in the early 19th century.

What was the problem faced by the Europeans in the process of colonization for trade in Africa?

  1. Lack of mineral resources.

  2. Lack of fertile agricultural land.

  3. Lack of population.

  4. Lack of labour


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Mineral resources, fertile agricultural lands and unskilled manpower were abundant in Africa. But skilled labour needed for industries was scarce in Africa.

Rival European countries carved up the different territories in a continent in order to establish their colonies there. Identify the continent.

  1. Asia

  2. Europe

  3. Africa

  4. South America


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The continent of Africa was divided mercilessly amongst major European powers. In 1885 European leaders met at the infamous Berlin Conference to divide Africa and arbitrarily draw up borders that exist to this day.  With the exception of Ethiopia and Liberia, all the states that make up present day Africa were parceled out among the colonial powers within a few years after the meeting.

Identify the pair of European countries which did not have colonial control on any of the territories of Africa.

  1. Belgium, Italy

  2. Portugal, Spain

  3. Poland, Denmark

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Poland and Denmark did not have colonial control on any of the territories of Africa.Poland never formally had any colonial territories, however over its history the acquisition of such territories was at times contemplated, but never attempted. The closest Poland came to acquiring such territories was indirectly through the actions of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Apartheid is a system of ____________.

  1. economic discrimination

  2. political discrimination

  3. racial discrimination

  4. religious discrimination


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Apartheid was a political and social system in South Africa while it was under white minority rule. This was in use in the 20th century, from 1948 to 1994. Racial segregation had been used for centuries but the new policy started in 1948 was stricter and more systematic. In the system, the people of South Africa were divided by their race and the races were forced to live apart from each other. There were laws that kept up the racial separation. The system of apartheid in South Africa was banned in 1994. The last president under apartheid was Frederik Willem de Klerk. After this, Nelson Mandela became the first black president. Both were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts. Today, the term apartheid is sometimes used to speak about similar systems in other countries.

 

Who was Noam Chomsky?

  1. A religious leader

  2. A scholar

  3. A Chinese ruler

  4. A Chinese artist


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Noam Chomsky is a famed scholar  who is known for both his groundbreaking contributions to linguistics and his penetrating critiques of political systems. He is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activities. He is also known as the father of modern linguistics.

China during the World War II era can BEST be described as ______________.

  1. In a constant state of civil war

  2. A stable republic

  3. Occupied by outside forces

  4. A communist dictatorship

  5. Active Axis participant


Correct Option: A

People of non-Muslim religions within the Ottoman Empire were _______. 

  1. Allowed to practice their religion but had restricted political rights

  2. Forcibly convened to Islam through continue persecution

  3. Driven into neighboring lands to free ups for Muslim expansion

  4. Permitted to practice their religions on an equal basis with Muslims

  5. Granted religious freedom if they served in military on Mamluks


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Under the Ottoman Empire, non-Muslims were (A) permitted to practice, but had lesser political rights: for instance, they were subject to special taxes. Non-Muslims were not (B) persecuted into conversion-the empire maintained large Christian and Jewish populations throughout its existence- but they were also not (D) permitted total equality regardless of religion. There was no plan to (C) forcibly remove non-Muslims for expansion purposes-the Armenian genocide was not primarily a land grab-nor were non-Muslims permitted religious equality as a result of military service (E) ; Mamluks were actually kidnapped non-Muslims, usually from outside the empire proper, raised as soldiers with loyalty only to the Sultan, and usually wound up converting to Islam because of their removal from their original faiths and large exposure to Islam.

Which of these BEST describes why the Qing Dynasty was in decline by the early years of the 19th century?

  1. Losses in war with foreign powers

  2. Mass peasants revolts

  3. Rise of Western-style liberal politics

  4. Attacks on foreigners on Chinese soil

  5. Food shortages government corruption and banditry


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Losses in war with foreign powers.

Which of the following statements concerning the improvement of women's status as a result of the Tanzimat reforms is most accurate?

  1. The inclusion of reforms for women was not even considered in Ottoman society during the period of the Tanzimat reforms.

  2. While not all women benefited, elite women were freed from the restrictive aspects of Muslim society during the period of the Tanzimat reforms.

  3. Muslim restrictions against the social equality of women were swept away as part of the Tanzimat reforms

  4. Despite widespread discussion of the practices of seclusion, polygamy, and veiling, few improvements in women's social status were won in the 19th century.

  5. Women in the Ottoman Empire became as free as those in western Europe and the United States.


Correct Option: D

As the world's economy expanded in the nineteenth century, the need for greater supplies of money led to a rush to develop new gold and diamond mines in _______________.

  1. South Africa

  2. Brazil

  3. Alaska

  4. Arabia


Correct Option: A

The Christian world was disturbed in 1529 when Vienna was besieged by _______.

  1. The Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth

  2. The Hapsburg Empire

  3. The Byzantine Empire

  4. The Ottoman Empire

  5. The kingdom of Granada


Correct Option: D

Which statement best describes the economies of the newly independent nations of South America during the nineteenth century?

  1. These nations began industrializing through the process of import substitution.

  2. These nations developed subsistence farming economies to replace the imports of European grains.

  3. Latin America became dependent on the production of a small number of natural resources or cash crops for export to global markets.

  4. Latin America attracted large numbers of immigrants, which provided cheap labor for its growing industrial economy.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Latin America became dependent on the production of a small number of natural resources or cash crops for export to global markets.

Java is now famous as a _____ in Indonesia.

  1. Wheat-producing island

  2. Rice-producing island

  3. Maize-producing island

  4. Tea-producing island


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • Once covered in dense forest, much of the Indonesian landscape has been gradually cleared for permanent fields and settlements as rice cultivation developed over the last hundreds of years.
  • Java is now famous as a rice-producing island in Indonesia.
  • The colonial power in Indonesia were the Dutch. 

Which doctrine did not allow European powers to build colonies on the American continent?

  1. Jackson doctrine

  2. Munroe doctrine

  3. Madison doctrine

  4. Adams doctrine


Correct Option: B

The revolutionary army led by Simon Bolivar liberated ______.

  1. Venezuela

  2. Chile

  3. Peru

  4. Argentina


Correct Option: A

Who captured large number of slaves from the interiors of Africa?

  1. Britishers

  2. French

  3. Portuguese

  4. Dutch


Correct Option: C

Which two Chinese commodities were in great demand in the European markets?
This question has multiple answers.

  1. Silk

  2. Utensils

  3. Tea

  4. Spices


Correct Option: A,B

Till ______ was alive no European power could think of building power in India.

  1. Bahadur Shah

  2. Shahjahan

  3. Aurangzeb

  4. Jahandar Shah


Correct Option: C

 The Boers in South Africa were ______.

  1. Irish immigrants

  2. French immigrants

  3. Dutch immigrants

  4. German immigrants


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The English had established an outpost in the Cape of Good Hope to help the passing ships to rest and replenish food supplies. Some Dutch farmers had settled in this area to cultivate and sell the produce to the passing ships. They came into conflict with the local African people whom they tried to drive away from their lands. They were called Boers. 

The ______ had established an outpost in the Cape of Good Hope.

  1. Dutch

  2. Portuguese

  3. French

  4. English


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The English had established an outpost in the Cape of Good Hope to help the passing ships to rest and replenish food supplies. 

Where did the the Boer War (1899-1902) take place? 

  1. South Africa

  2. Zambia

  3. Zimbabwe

  4. Sudan


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The British fought two Boer wars to gain control over much of what is today called South Africa. These wars ended in 1902 and the British consolidated all the regions of South Africa into the 'Union of South Africa. 

Africa was known as the _____ Continent.

  1. Unknown

  2. Dark

  3. Black

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

During the middle of the 19th century, Africa was referred to as the "Dark Continent," because little was known about the mysterious land itself. Africa had dense forests, perennial lakes, and large tracts of deserts. 

The ______ imposed a reign of terror on the colonised people, including mass killings and forced labour.

  1. Congo Free State

  2. French Congo

  3. Republic of Soth Africa

  4. Central African Republic


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

King Leopold II presented himself as a philanthropist eager to bring the benefits of Christianity, Western civilisation, and commerce to African natives. It was the world’s only private colony, and Leopold referred to himself as its “proprietor.” Initially, he was most interested in ivory, a material that was greatly valued in the days before plastics. Another thing that attracted Leopold was rubber. One lucrative source of wild rubber was the Landolphia vines in the great Central African rainforest, and no one owned more of that area than Leopold. His private army would march into a village and hold the women hostage, forcing the men to scatter into the rainforest and gather a monthly quota of wild rubber. The effects were devastating. Many of the women hostages starved, and many of the male rubber gatherers were worked to death.

In 1870's only ______ of Africa was under colonial powers.

  1. 15%

  2. 50%

  3. 10%

  4. 60%


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The "Scramble for Africa" was the invasion, occupation, division, colonisation and annexation of African territory by European powers during the period of New Imperialism, between 1881 and 1914. In 1870, only 10 percent of Africa was under European control; by 1914 it had increased to 90 percent of the continent, with only Ethiopia (Abyssinia), the Dervish state (present-day Somalia) and Liberia still being independent.

Except for _____, the whole of Africa was colonised.

  1. Ethiopia

  2. Nigeria

  3. Libya

  4. Congo


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ethiopia was able to decisively defeat Italy in a war and thus became the only traditional non-European empire to defeat a European army. 

Europeans did not establish complete political control of ____.

  1. China

  2. Africa

  3. India

  4. Vietnam


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

China was having its own culture with strong tilt towards communism. Though  European powers established parts of coastal cities or trade ports as "concessions," which they occupied and controlled. Some, such as Shanghai, were divided into multiple European concessions. Others, like British-controlled Hong Kong, were fully absorbed into the European empires. This is why China is labelled as partially dominated by Europe.

King _____ of Belgium erected a colony in the Congo river basin.

  1. William II

  2. Nicholas II

  3. Leopold II

  4. Henry


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In the late Nineteenth century King Leopold II of Belgium attempted to influence the Belgian government to support colonial expansion around the then-largely unexplored Congo Basin. The rulers showed a sheer ambivalence and hence Leopold was successful in establishing a colony there.

In what areas changes were found in the period of great mobility?

  1. Economic

  2. Social

  3. Political

  4. All of above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In the period of great mobility there were great changes in economic, social, political and culture. Groups of people traveled long distances in search of opportunity. The subcontinent held immense wealth and the possibilities for people to carve a fortune.

By which year the entire Asian region came under the imperial rule?

  1. 1910

  2. 1914

  3. 1916

  4. 1918


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The European nations transformed due to the Renaissance Movement, developing a crave for modern imperialism. By 1914, this caving brought the entire Asian and African regions under the imperial rule.

In Bengal, the East India Company's headquarters were located at.

  1. Fort St George

  2. Fort william

  3. Fort St David

  4. Shantiniketan


Correct Option: B

The East India Company was established in the year ______.

  1. $1607$ AD

  2. $1600$ AD

  3. $1700$ AD

  4. $1669$ AD


Correct Option: B

Till the end of the $17$th Century the growth of the executive and legislative powers of the East India Company depended on.

  1. Governor

  2. Governor-General

  3. Parliament

  4. Crown


Correct Option: D

When the East India Company was established India was ruled by.

  1. A Mughal Emperor

  2. A Gupta Emperor

  3. A Mauryan Emperor

  4. A Sunga Emperor


Correct Option: A

The exclusive right of trading between ___________ was granted to the East India Company.

  1. North America and South American

  2. Red Sea and Caspian Sea

  3. The Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan

  4. France and Poland


Correct Option: C

The Governor of the East India Company was.

  1. Appointed by the monarch of England

  2. Appointed by the British Parliament

  3. Elected by the members of the East India Company

  4. Nominated by the Mughal Emperor


Correct Option: C

The privileges of free trade granted to the English East India Company were confirmed in $1717$ by Emperor _________.

  1. Bahadur Shah

  2. Farrukh-Siyar

  3. Muhammad Shah

  4. Aurangzeb


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Farrukh-Siyar was the Mughal emperor of India between 1713 and 1719. In 1717, the British East India Company purchased duty-free trading rights in all of Bengal from him. He issued a farman giving the British East India Company the right to reside and trade in the Mughal kingdom. 

Which of the African country was first affected by the Rinderpest diseases?

  1. Cape of Good Hope

  2. Eritria

  3. Nigeria

  4. Madagascar


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Rinderpest was an infectious viral disease of cattle, domestic buffalo, and some other species of even-toed ungulates, including buffaloes, large antelope and deer, giraffes, wildebeests, and warthogs. The virus is thought to have been introduced into Eritrea in 1887 by Indian cattle brought by the Italians for their campaign against Somalia. It spread throughout the Horn of Africa, and crossed the Zambezi in March of 1896

The East India Company had taken Bombay from ________.

  1. Dutch

  2. Charles I

  3. Charles II

  4. Portuguese


Correct Option: C

The first strategically placed factory that the Britishers had fortified was at.

  1. Surat

  2. Bombay

  3. Masulipatnam

  4. Madras


Correct Option: D

The Young Turk Revolution of 1908 involved or resulted in all of the following EXCEPT:

  1. Outside involvement by Western activists

  2. A coalition of various Turkish reform groups

  3. The abolition of the position of Sultan

  4. Industrial improvements

  5. A new constitutional government


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Members of the military tradition, military officers, among the Young Turks revolted.In some communities, such as the Jewish (cf. Jews in Islamic Europe and North Africa and Jews in Turkey), reformist groups emulating the Young Turks ousted the conservative ruling elite and replaced them with a new reformist one.The Ottoman general elections, 1908 took place during November and December of 1908. On the seventeenth of December, the Committee of Union Progress, a unionist organization, won a majority in the parliament. 

What allowed Britain and France to benefit from Spain's silver mining in Latin America?

  1. Both nations manufactured goods for sale to Spain, which did not develop a strong manufacturing sector.

  2. Britain used military resources to take Spanish colonies while France's royal family inherited the Spanish throne through marriage.

  3. Britain used military resources to take Spanish colonies while France provided Spain with manufactured goods.

  4. Both of these nations used military force to seize colonies in the silver-producing areas.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Both nations manufactured goods for sale to Spain, which did not develop a strong manufacturing sector.

When the Abbasid and Ottoman decline are compared all of the following are true EXCEPT:

  1. They both failed to develop a clear principle of succession leading to political power-struggles.

  2. They both faced the displeasure of the religious minorities living in their empires

  3. They both experienced intervention of mercenary soldiers and slave armies in politics

  4. They both dealt with peasant and towns people revolts due to oppression by the landed aristocracy

  5. They both dealt with powerful threats from the West


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Both Abbasid Caliphs and Ottoman Sultans avoided naming successors while alive, out of fear of an overthrow by the newly named heirs. Both empires were persecutory of Muslim religious minorities, in particular Shi'ism. Both the Abbasids and Ottomans, began to rely, to their detriment, on foreign mercenaries and even slave armies who grew powerful enough to influence politics with their military might. For the Abbasids these were Mamluks and for the Ottomans the Janissaries. Peasants revolt plagued both empires and often stemmed from the heavy tax burden levied on them by the landed aristocracies.

Who liberated Chile, Peru and Argentina?

  1. Fidel Castro

  2. San Martin

  3. Simon Bolivar

  4. Rafael Trujillo


Correct Option: B

Which Spanish conqueror plundered and conquered Peru?

  1. Cortez

  2. Pizarro

  3. Montejo

  4. Castillo


Correct Option: B

______ were estates of thousands of acres which contained copper and silver mines, agricultural lands and pastures and also factories.

  1. Estancia

  2. Condominium

  3. Haciendas

  4. Propiedad


Correct Option: C

Who enslaved and plundered the native Indians?

  1. Spaniards

  2. French

  3. Britishers

  4. Portuguese


Correct Option: A

Who led a revolutionary army in Latin America which was supported by black slaves and farmers?

  1. San Martin

  2. Fidel Castro

  3. Rafael Trujillo

  4. Simon Bolivar


Correct Option: D

______ landed on what today are called the West Indies.

  1. Vaco da Gama

  2. Columbus

  3. Bartholomeu Diaz

  4. John Cabot


Correct Option: B

From which year revolts broke out in Latin America against Spain?

  1. 1818

  2. 1810

  3. 1815

  4. 1820


Correct Option: B

Who dominated the eastern region, Mozambique and Angola region?

  1. Germans

  2. Portuguese

  3. Dutch

  4. French


Correct Option: B

The East India Company was established in the year ______.

  1. 1600

  2. 1601

  3. 1602

  4. 1603


Correct Option: A

Which explorer was secretly sent by King Leopold II of Belgium to the Congo region?

  1. John Speke

  2. David Livingstone

  3. Henry Morton Stanley

  4. James Grant


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Congo Free State was a large state in Central Africa from 1885 to 1908, which was in personal union with the Kingdom of Belgium under Leopold II. Leopold II was able to procure the region by convincing the international community that he was involved in humanitarian and philanthropic work and would not tax trade.Via the Association Internationale Africaine he was able to lay claim to most of the Congo basin. 


On May 29, 1885, the king named his new colony the Congo Free State. The Congo Free State operated as a corporate state privately controlled by Leopold II through a Non-governmental organization, the International Association of the Congo.

The state included the entire area of the present Democratic Republic of the Congo and existed from 1885 to 1908, when the government of Belgium reluctantly annexed the area.

The status of becoming the first colonizer in the African continent went to ______.

  1. Belgium

  2. Portugal

  3. Spain

  4. England


Correct Option: A

The first Dutch expedition fetched a profit of about _____%.

  1. 100

  2. 200

  3. 300

  4. 400


Correct Option: D

In _____, a large part of the population was killed and plundered and enslaved due to Colonisation.

  1. Australia

  2. China

  3. India

  4. America


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

From the 1490s to early 20th Century, Europeans and White Americans were engaged in unbroken killings of Native Peoples of Americas. they were killed, tortured, sexually abused, were forcefully involved in military occupations and in the slave trade.

The European nations held a conference in _____ in 1884.

  1. Berlin

  2. Rome

  3. Tokyo

  4. London


Correct Option: A

_____ was a famous Scottish explorer.

  1. David Livingstone

  2. Mungo Park

  3. Samuel Baker

  4. Captain Speke


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

David Livingstone was a Scottish missionary and explorer . He was one of the greatest European explorers of Africa. He reached to new peoples in the interior of Africa and introduce them to Christianity, as well as freeing them from slavery.

When was the East India Company established in England?

  1. 1600

  2. 1602

  3. 1605

  4. 1616


Correct Option: A

In which year did the Dutch Government established direct rule over Indonesia?

  1. 1800

  2. 1805

  3. 1798

  4. 1803


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In 1800, the Dutch Government disbanded the Company and established direct rule over Indonesia. Since the government was in deep financial crises, it wanted to use Indonesia as a source of revenue. The Dutch forced the native people to deliver products like coffee, sugar and spices as taxes. This was sold in international markets by the government which earned huge profits.

The ____________ continent was known as the unknown continent till the 18th century.

  1. Asia

  2. Africa

  3. America

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Africa continent was known as the unknown continent till the 18th century.

Which country under the Dutch rule produced most of the world's supply of quinine and pepper?

  1. India

  2. China

  3. Indonesia

  4. Japan


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Dutch capitalists started investing in Indonesia to set up plantations in which a single crop like rubber, pepper or sugarcane was extensively planted. These were managed by the Dutch planters. Many of the crops were even brought from distant countries like India. Thus, the Dutch Indonesia produced most of the worlds supply of quinine and pepper, over a third of its rubber, a quarter of its coconut products, and a fifth of its tea, sugar, coffee, and oil.

Despite holding a monopoly, the East India Company had faced competition from what it had termed as the 'interloper's represented by the ________.

  1. Portuguese

  2. Indigenous merchants

  3. British free merchants

  4. Dutch


Correct Option: C
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