The Making of a Global World: Class 10 Important Questions with Answers

15 MCQs

1. Cowries used as money in China and East Africa came from
   (a) Sri Lanka (b) the Maldives (c) Bengal (d) Java
2. The silk routes thrived almost till the
   (a) 10th century (b) 15th century (c) 18th century (d) 19th century
3. Which crop came to Europe from the Americas?
   (a) wheat (b) rice (c) maize (d) barley
4. Noodles travelled west to become
   (a) pasta (b) spaghetti (c) bread (d) pizza
5. The most powerful weapon of the Spanish conquerors was
   (a) guns (b) horses (c) smallpox germs (d) ships
6. Rinderpest killed about ___ of African cattle.
   (a) 50% (b) 70% (c) 90% (d) 30%
7. Indentured labour was abolished in
   (a) 1900 (b) 1921 (c) 1947 (d) 1885
8. Hosay is a festival of indentured workers in
   (a) Fiji (b) Trinidad (c) Mauritius (d) Malaya
9. The Bretton Woods conference was held in
   (a) 1919 (b) 1929 (c) 1944 (d) 1947
10. The dollar was anchored to gold at
    (a) $25 an ounce (b) $35 an ounce (c) $45 an ounce (d) $5 an ounce
11. Henry Ford's workers were paid
    (a) $1 a day (b) $5 a day (c) $10 a day (d) $2 a day
12. India's exports and imports nearly halved between
    (a) 1914–18 (b) 1928–34 (c) 1939–45 (d) 1919–24
13. G-77 demanded a
    (a) new currency (b) New International Economic Order (c) world government (d) gold standard
14. The European powers carved up Africa at Berlin in
    (a) 1815 (b) 1885 (c) 1914 (d) 1944
15. Laws restricting corn imports into Britain were the
    (a) Corn Laws (b) Navigation Acts (c) Poor Laws (d) Factory Acts

1 (b) · 2 (b) · 3 (c) · 4 (b) · 5 (c) · 6 (c) · 7 (b) · 8 (b) · 9 (c) · 10 (b) · 11 (b) · 12 (b) · 13 (b) · 14 (b) · 15 (a)

Assertion–Reason (6)

(a) Both true, R explains A. (b) Both true, R does not explain A. (c) A true, R false. (d) A false, R true.

1. A: Smallpox killed large numbers of America's original inhabitants. R: They had no immunity to European diseases.
2. A: Gold and silver flowed from Asia to Europe on the silk routes. R: Europe bought Asian silk and spices.
3. A: Irish peasants starved in the 1840s. R: They depended heavily on the potato, which was destroyed by disease.
4. A: The Indian subcontinent was central to pre-modern trade. R: It lay on routes linking the east and the west.
5. A: The US became an international creditor after the First World War. R: Britain borrowed heavily from US banks during the war.
6. A: The Great Depression helped Indian peasants. R: Agricultural prices fell sharply.

Key: 1 (a) · 2 (d) · 3 (a) · 4 (a) · 5 (a) · 6 (d)