CSEC Practice Questions

CSEC Practice Questions

Question 1. (2006) 
(a) Outline the MAJOR problems faced by the British Caribbean sugar industry from the 1880s
to 1914. (15 marks)
(b) Describe FOUR policies used by planters to overcome problems in the sugar industry from the
1880s to 1914. (10 marks)
Total 25 marks

Question 2. (2006)
(a) Outline FOUR reasons why manufacturing industries increased in the British Caribbean after
1940. (16 marks)
(b) Discuss the extent to which the growth of manufacturing industries affected women’s occupations
in the British Caribbean after 1940. ( 9 marks)
Total 25 marks

Question 3. (2007)
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
In the early 1900s, the sugar industry in the British Caribbean recovered from a major
crisis which it had been facing since 1884. Nevertheless. it could not compete with the
Cuban sugar industry which was more prosperous.
(a) Outline the MALl\l factors which enabled the British Caribbean sugar industry to recover from
the crisis it faced in the late 1800s. (9 marks)
(b) Explain why the Cuban sugar industry was more prosperous than the British Caribbean sugar
industry in the early 1900s. (16 marks)
Total 25 marks

Question 4. (2007)
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
In the 1900s, mining industries developed in some Caribbean territories. Bauxite mining
in British Guiana (Guyana) and Jamaica became a major industry and had important
effects on the economies of these two countries.

(a) Discuss FIVE factors that were responsible for the development of the bauxite industry in British
Guiana (Guyana) and Jamaica in the 1900s. (10 marks)
(b) Examine the effects of the bauxite industry on the economies of British Guiana (Guyana) and
Jamaica. (15 marks)
Total 25 marks

Question 5. (2013)
Write a letter to the London Chamber of Commerce assessing how the measures adopted to ensure its
survival succeeded in improving the Caribbean sugar cane industry during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
You are required to assess at least FIVE measures taken from any TWO of the following areas: science
and technology, markets, capital, labour.
Total 25 marks

Question 6. (2013)
You are an employee in the Ministry of Energy, Trinidad and Tobago and you are responding to a request for
background information on the petroleum industry from a likely investor. Write a response to the request.
You are required to discuss at least FIVE points taken from any TWO of the following areas: early
development, government policies, investment capital and human resources.
Total 25 marks