Foreign Exchange - Demand and Supply

India 2017 cannot mix with the dark ages


Link of the article given Above  


Class 12
Topic Foreign Exchange
                       
Further related topics
Ø  Foreign Exchange Market
Ø  Exchange Rate
Ø  Tourism affecting foreign exchange market


Instructions to Teachers
The teacher should give this article to students as a hand out and children should ask them to read this article for 15 minutes The teacher could discuss about the relationship between tourism and foreign exchange

Approximate Time required -90 minutes (2 periods )

Terms to learn – Exchange Rate , Foreign Exchange

Synopsis – Recently a swiss couple was attacked by mob of boys near fatehpur sikri which affected the reputation of India’s most celebrated tourist destination

Lesson related worksheet

Q1 Define the term “Foreign Exchange “
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Q2 Define the term “Foreign Exchange Rate”
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Q3 How is foreign exchange determined
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Q4 What are the factors affecting demand of foreign exchange
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Q5 What are factors affecting supply of foreign exchange
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Passage related questions

Q1 Which famous tourist destination we are talking about ?
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Q2 Which country couple was involved in this incidence
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Q3 How it will affect tourism in our country
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Q4 What do you mean by the term “knowledge economy “
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Q5 Which factor of foreign exchange ( demand / supply ) will be affected in this case
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 Q6 Explain the statement “India cannot become a knowledge economy and grow at a double –digit rate if parts of it are living in the dark ages”
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New Words to be learnt
1.       Reputation
2.       Brutally
3.       Assaulted
4.       Harassment
5.       Transgression
6.       Endemic
7.       Lynch
8.       Schizophrenic
9.       Sociological

10.   Offender

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