The Making of Global World Class 10 MCQs Questions with Answers
Question 1.
Hosay was a:
(a) Riotous Hindu festival
(b) Riotous carnival
(c) Violent blood-shedding war
(d) History and art festival
Answer:
(b) Riotous carnival
Explanation: The annual Muharram procession got transformed into a riotous carnival called
‘Hosay’ for the religious figure Imam Hussain which saw the attendance of workers of all races and religions.
Question 2.
Which country had voluntarily cut off its economic relationship with the world economy in 1949?
(a) India
(b) England
(c) America
(d) China
Answer:
(d) China
Explanation: China retreated into isolation and cut off all of its economic ties with the world in terms of trade and exports.
Question 3.
Fill in the blank by choosing the appropriate option:
Smallpox- America; Rinderpest- …………………
(a) Asia
(b) Europe
(c) Africa
(d) Australia
Answer:
(c) Africa
Explanation: Rinderpest was a fast-spreading cattle disease in Africa which affected the local economy largely.
Question 4.
Why did China become an attractive destination for multinational companies?
(a) Economic policies were not established.
(b) Raw material was cheap.
(c) Labour wages were low.
(d) Land was cheap.
Answer:
(c) Labour wages were low.
Explanation: Wages of factory laborers in China are very low and hence cost of production decreased massively.
Question 5.
Which of the following two continents did the silk routes connect?
(a) Asia and America
(b) Europe and America
(c) Asia and Europe
(d) Europe and Southern Africa
Answer:
Question 6.
Fill in the blank by choosing the most appropriate option:
……….. and Germany became new colonial powers by the 19th century.
(a) Australia
(b) Belgium
(c) France
(d) Italy
Answer:
(b) Belgium
Question 7.
Which of the following countries has an effective right of veto over key IMF and World Bank decisions?
(a) USA
(b) UK
(c) France
(d) India
Answer:
(a) USA
Question 8.
Which of the following is a direct effect of the Second World War on the economy of the world?
(a) The US became the mass exporter of gold.
(b) The US emerged as the dominant economic, political and military power in the Western world.
(c) the Soviet Union collapsed.
(d) Soldiers died in larger numbers than the civilians.
Answer:
Question 9.
Who amongst the following West-Indies cricketers trace their roots to indentured labour migrants from India?
(a) Vivian Richards and Gary Sobers
(b) Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo
(c) Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul
(d) Brian Lara and Courtney Walsh
Answer:
(c) Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Explanation: Their families migrated during the time indentured laborers and were forced to station on plantations for work to various countries of the world.
Question 10.
Which of the following was NOT a destination of Indian indentured migrants?
(a) China
(b) Caribbean Islands
(c) Fiji
(d) Ceylon
Answer:
(a) China
Explanation: Indentured laborers were sent to Assam, the Caribbean islands of Trinidad, Guyana and Surinam, Mauritius and Fiji. Tamil workers were sent to Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka).
Question 11.
In which one of the following years Great Depression occurred in the world?
(a) 1929-30
(b) 1935-36
(c) 1939-40
(d) 1941-42
Answer:
(a) 1929-30
Question 12.
Which of the following technological breakthrough hastened industrialization in Europe in the 19th century?
(a) Pigeon messenger service
(b) Telegraph
(c) Slow transportation services
(d) Handmade goods
Answer:
Identify the following on basis of the hints given:
Question 13.
Identify the name of the institution:
(1) It is a Bretton Wood twin institution.
(2) It was created to deal with external surpluses and deficits of its member nations.
(3) Its operations began in 1947.
Answer:
Question 14.
Identify the country:
(1) It imported opium to China.
(2) John Maynard Keynes thought that its gold exports promoted global economic recovery.
(3) It was colonized by Britain.
Answer:
India
Explanation: India was colonized by Britain for almost 2 centuries and became the major exporter of precious metals during the depression years. Indian farmers were forced to grow opium which the British traded in China.
Correct and Rewrite/True-False
State whether the following statements are True or False. If false, correct the statement.
Question 15.
As early as 3000 BCE an active coastal trade linked the Indus Valley Civilisation with the present-day East and South Asia.
Answer:
False.
As early as 3000 BCE an active coastal trade Linked the Indus Valley Civilisation with present-day West Asia.
Explanation: Indus Valley Civilisation is located in South Asia in the subcontinent of India. There was evidence of its links with West Asia and not East Asia.
Question 16.
Foods such as potatoes, soya, groundnuts, maize, tomatoes, chilies, and sweet potatoes were introduced in Europe after the discovery of routes to India.
Answer:
False.
Foods such as potatoes, soya, groundnuts, maize, tomatoes, chilies, and sweet potatoes were introduced in Europe after the discovery of routes to the Americas.
Explanation: These foods were only introduced in Europe and Asia after Christopher Columbus accidentally discovered the Americas. The potato was a native food of the continent.
Question 17.
Chickenpox paved the way for the Portuguese and Spanish conquest and colonization of America.
Answer:
Question 18.
The Indentured Labour System was abolished in 1921 in India.
Answer:
True.
Explanation: India’s nationalist leaders opposed the system of indentured labour migration as abusive and cruel. Hence it was abolished in 1921.
Question 19.
In the nineteenth century, as you have seen, colonial India had become an importer of agricultural goods and exporter of manufactured goods.
Answer:
Question 20.
The Second World War was fought between the Axis powers (mainly Nazi Germany, Japan and Italy) and the Allies (Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the US).
Answer:
True
Explanation: The Second World War was fought (1940-1945) between the Axis and Allied powers.
Question 21.
The First World War saw the use of machine guns, tanks, aircraft, chemical weapons, etc. on a massive scale for the first time.
Answer:
True
Explanation: The First World War was a mechanical/industrial war because all kinds of newly invented machines were used to fight a war for the first time.
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Question 22.
Legends spread in seventeenth-century Europe about South America’s fabled wealth. Many expeditions set off in search of
Answer:
El Dorado, the fabled city of gold.
Question 23.
………….. was carried by infected cattle imported from British Asia to feed the Italian soldiers invading Eritrea in East Africa.
Answer:
Rinderpest
Explanation: Rinderpest was a cattle plague that arrived in Africa in the late 1880s.
Question 24.
Tamil migrants went to and Malaya.
Answer:
Ceylon (Present day Sri Lanka)
Explanation: Indentured labour was sent to work overseas on different plantations, fields and farms forcefully. The main destinations of Indian indentured migrants were the Caribbean islands (mainly
Trinidad, Guyana and Surinam), Mauritius and Fiji.
Question 25.
……. was formed to demand a new international economic order (NIEO).
Answer:
Question 26.
The IMF and the World Bank commenced financial operation in
Answer:
1947
Question 27.
…………… were needed to link the agricultural regions to the ports.
Answer:
Railways
Assertion Reasoning questions Class 10 History Chapter 4
In each of the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is given followed by a corresponding statement of Reason (R). Select the correct answers to codes (a), (b), (c), or (d) as given below:
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(c) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.
(d) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.
Question 28.
Assertion (A): The war had led to an economic boom, that is, to a large increase in demand, production and employment.
Reason (R): More and more material was needed to fulfill the requirements of the rising population in Europe.
Answer:
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Explanation: Economic boom happened because war needs had to be fulfilled. Soldiers required food, clothing and medical supplies.
Question 29.
Assertion (A): Nineteenth-century indenture has been described as a ‘new system of slavery’
Reason (R): New races of slaves were bought and encouraged to work far away from their homeland.
Answer:
Question 30.
Assertion (A): As the depression hit the world, India did not lose much.
Reason (R): India became an exporter of gold during the depression years.
Answer:
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Explanation: Indian livelihoods were destroyed when it comes to the jobs of producers and farm laborers due to drastic reductions in prices of agricultural products. Salaried professionals from the city enjoyed their lives in a better position with fixed incomes.
Question 31.
Assertion (A): Industrialists and urban dwellers forced the abolition of the Corn Laws.
Reasons (R): Post abolition of Corn Laws, food could be imported into Britain more cheaply than it could be produced within the country.
Answer:
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Explanation: Prices of corn and other food products rose exponentially. This led to inflation and hence the government was forced to abolish corn Laws which otherwise banned import of corn and other foreign goods.
Question 32.
Assertion (A): There are large communities of people of Indian descent in Caribbean countries.
Reason (R): Most indentured workers who were taken to work on plantations there, stayed on after their contracts ended.
Answer:
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).