AP 10th Class Social History Bits 3rd Lesson The Making of a Global World
Select and write the most appropriate option :
Question 1.
Main destination of Indian indentured labours
A) China
B) Japan
C) West Indies
D) Europe
Answer:
C) West Indies
Question 2.
The country which passed the’Corn-Laws’to restrict the import of Corn
A) Great Britain
B) Spain
C) USA
D) France
Answer:
A) Great Britain
Question 3.
From which place migrants went to Ceylon and Malaya?
A) Odisha
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Karnataka
Answer:
B) Tamil Nadu
Question 4.
Why National leaders opposed indentured labour migration from India?
A) Low pages
B) It was very cruel
C) Low sanitary conditions
D) All these
Answer:
D) All these
Question 5.
When Irish potato famine come?
A) 1845 – 49
B) 1849 – 54
C) 1854 – 59
D) 1865
Answer:
A) 1845 – 49
Question 6.
The assembly line method is associated with the name of
A) Rosa Parker
B) V.S.Naipaul
C) Henry Ford
D) Chanderpaul
Answer:
C) Henry Ford
Question 7.
Rinderpest was a
A) Plant disuse
B) Colony
C) Pesticide
D) Cattle disease
Answer:
D) Cattle disease
Question 8.
Country which voluntarily cut off it’s economic relationship with the world economy in 1949?
A) India
B) China
C) England
D) America
Answer:
B) China
Question 9.
The silk routes linked Asia with
A) Europe
B) Northern Africa
C) Both A and B
D) None of these
Answer:
C) Both A and B
Question 10.
The country which has an effective right of veto over IMF and World Bank?
A) Srilanka
B)Japan
C) India
D) USA
Answer:
D) USA
Question 11.
Smallpox: America :: Rinderpest:
A) Africa
B) America
C) India
D)Japan
Answer:
A) Africa
Question 12.
Household income in Europe declined after the First World War because
A) Europe government imposed heavy taxes
B) Factories and offices closed
C) Death and injuries reduced the number of able bodied work force
D) People stopped going to work as they were scared of the work situation
Answer:
C) Death and injuries reduced the number of able bodied work force
Question 13.
Most powerful bomb used by Spanish to conquer America
A) Poisonous gas
B) Germs
C) Atom Bomb
D) None of these
Answer:
B) Germs
Question 14.
America was discovered by
A) Rhodes
B) Marco Polo
C) Henry Ford
D) Columbus
Answer:
D) Columbus
Question 15.
Food items not known to our ancestors
A) Potatoes
B) Sweet potatoes
C) Chillies
D) All these
Answer:
D) All these
Question 16.
When Corn Laws were abolished?
A) Price became cheaper
B) Large areas were left uncultured
C) Importing food grains
D) All these
Answer:
D) All these
Question 17.
Many expeditions set off in search of El Dorado, the fabled city of
A) Gold
B) Silver
C) Copper
D) Diamonds
Answer:
A) Gold
Question 18.
Hosay was a
A) Riotous Hindu Festival
B) A violent war
C) History and Art Festival
D) Riotous carnival
Answer:
D) Riotous carnival
Question 19.
To restrict the import of Corn the British Government issued
A) Corn Act
B) Corn Laws
C) Import Act
D) Food Act
Answer:
B) Corn Laws
Question 20.
First cotton mill was established in
A) Ahmedabad
B) Kanpur
C) Bombay
D) Amritsar
Answer:
A) Ahmedabad
Question 21.
The country which became colonial power along with Germany by the 19th century
A) Australia
B) America
C) Belgium
D) France
Answer:
C) Belgium
Question 22.
Most indentured workers came from present regions of
A) Dry districts of Tamil Nadu
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Bihar
D) All these
Answer:
D) All these
Question 23.
For more than a millenia cowries or seashells were used as form of
A) Toys
B) Currency
C) Cloth
D) Spices
Answer:
B) Currency
Question 24.
The,Great Depression started in
A) 1930
B) 1929
C) 1928
D) 1931
Answer:
B) 1929
Question 25.
The pre-colonial port that connected India to the Gulf countries and Red-sea ports
A) Surat
B) Mumbai
C) Madras
D) Machilipatnam
Answer:
A) Surat
Question 26.
The Great Depression started in this country.
A) Britain 1929
B) Germany 1929
C) USA 1929
D) France 1930
Answer:
C) USA 1929
Question 27.
Who among the following was a Nobel prize winner?
A) J.M. Keynes
B) VS. Naipaul
C) Chanderpaul
D) Rainnaresh Sarwan
Answer:
B) VS. Naipaul
Question 28.
Why the price of wheat fall down in India by 50% between 1928 and 1934?
A) Floods
B) Great Depression
C) Droughts
D) Less production
Answer:
B) Great Depression
Question 29.
Music book’Dawn of the century’was brought up by
A) Janies Watt
B) Coftien
C) Keynes
D) E.T. Paul
Answer:
D) E.T. Paul
Question 30.
Ode aim of the post-war international economic system.
A) To promote good health for the people of the world.
B) To promote education worldwide.
C) To ensure economic stability of underworld countries.
D) To preserve economic stability and full employment in the industrial sector.
Answer:
D) To preserve economic stability and full employment in the industrial sector.
Question 31.
The First World War between the two power blocs between
A) 1914 – 1917
B) 1914 – 1919
C) 1914 – 1918
D) 1914 – 1920
Answer:
C) 1914 – 1918
Question 32.
China restricted overseas ‘Contacts and retreated into isolation in
A) 16th
B) 15th
C) 19th
D) 18th
Answer:
B) 15th
Question 33.
Corn Laws were imposed to
A) restrict import of Corn to England
B) allow import of Corn into England
C) Jjnpose tax on Corn in England
D) ban the sale of Corn in England
Answer:
A) restrict import of Corn to England
Question 34.
People migrated to Australia and America for
A) Capital
B) Labour
C) Raw materials
D) Both A snd C
Answer:
B) Labour
Question 35.
Indentured labour migration was abolished in
A) 1920
B) 1919
C) 1921
D) 1922
Answer:
C) 1921
Question 36.
Concept of Assembly line was introduced by
A) Chanderpaul
B) Keynes
C) Henry Ford
D) Rainnaresh Sarwan
Answer:
C) Henry Ford
Question 37.
Chutney music was created by
A) Indian migrants in Malaya
B) People in Mauritius
C) Indian migrants in Australia
D) Indo-Caribbean people
Answer:
B) People in Mauritius
Question 38.
Which of the following was not a destination of Indian indentured migrants?
A) China
B) Fiji
C) Ceylon
D) Caribbean islands
Answer:
A) China
Question 39.
Rinderpest disease badly affected the economy and livelihood of people of
A) Asia
B) Europe
C) South America
D) Africa
Answer:
D) Africa
Question 40.
Export of Indian yarn to China declined in
A) 1907
B) 1906
C) 1908
D) 1909
Answer:
B) 1906
Question 41.
World Bank and IMF started their financial operations in
A) 1945
B) 1946
C) 1943
D) 1947
Answer:
D) 1947
Question 42.
Indentured labourers were sent to work in the plantations on
A) Fiji islands
B) Mauritius
C) Carribean islands
D) All these
Answer:
D) All these
Question 43.
Europeans were attracted to Africa because of
A) To recruit labour
B) Beautiful nature
C) For it’s vast land resources and mineral wealth
D) To invest
Answer:
C) For it’s vast land resources and mineral wealth
Question 44.
Main destination of Indian indentured migrants
A) Africa
B) USA
C) Australia
D) Trinidad and Guyana
Answer:
D) Trinidad and Guyana
Question 45.
Before the war Eastern Europe was the major supplier of
A) Rice in the world market
B) Tea in the world market
C) Coffee in the world market
D) Wheat in the world market
Answer:
D) Wheat in the world market
Question 46.
The country which did not take part in the First World War
A) Germany
B) Portugal
C) England
D) France
Answer:
B) Portugal
Question 47.
America’s original inhabitants had no immunity against the disease came from Europe
A) Malaria
B) Chickenpox
C) Smallpox
D) Filaria
Answer:
C) Smallpox
Question 48.
Axis powers during Second World War
A) Germany, Italy, Japan
B) Australia, Japan, Italy
C) Italy, Japan, Australia
D) Australia, Japan, Britain
Answer:
A) Germany, Italy, Japan
Question 49.
European migrating agency
A) Elgin Mill
B) Birla Agencies
C) Tata Agencies
D) Andrew Yule
Answer:
D) Andrew Yule
Question 50.
The country which was not in Axis Power
A) Japan
B) Italy
C) Britain
D) Nazi Germany
Answer:
C) Britain
Question 51.
European powers met in 1885 to divide Africa between themselves at
A) Berlin
B) London
C) New York
D) Amsterdam
Answer:
A) Berlin
Question 52.
Mines located in present day Peru and Mexico and enhanced Europe’s wealth and financed its trade with Asia
A) Bauxite
B) Silver
C) Copper
D) Iron ore
Answer:
Question 53.
First industrial country in the world
A) Japan
B) Germany
C) France
D) Britain
Answer:
B) Germany
Question 54.
China became an attractive destination for multinational companies because
A) Raw material was cheap
B) Labour wages low
C) Economic policies liberal
D) Land rates low
Answer:
B) Labour wages low
Question 55.
Rinderpest spread in Africa in
A) 1888s
B) 1889s
C) 1890s
D) 1887s
Answer:
C) 1890s
Question 56.
During the First World War women in Europe stepped into jobs. Which earlier men
A) Because men had been to other countries for ‚obs
B) Because men went to battle
C) Because the laws allowed women to do jobs
D) None of these
Answer:
B) Because men went to battle
Question 57.
Tarnil migrants went to
A) Mauritius and Fiji
B) Trinidad and Guyana
C) Ceylon and Surinam
D) Ceylon and Malaya
Answer:
D) Ceylon and Malaya
Question 58.
G-77 was a group of 77
A) Poor countries
B) Developed countries
C) Developing countries
D) Rich countries
Answer:
C) Developing countries
Question 59.
Columbus discovered Anierica In
A) 1495
B) 1492
C) 1459
D) 1491
Answer:
B) 1492
Question 60.
West Indies cricketers that had trace their foots to indentured labour migrants from India
A) Vivan Richards and Clive Lloyd
B) N. Pooran and A. Joseph
C) Chanderpaul and Sarwan
D) Brian Lara and K. Mayers
Answer:
C) Chanderpaul and Sarwan
Question 61.
During First World War Indian factories supplied
A) Tents and leather boots
B) Horse and mule saddles
C) Jute bags and cloth for army uniforms
D) All these
Answer:
D) All these
Question 62.
The main reason behind the world shrank
A) Production increased for European market
B) Europe became the centre for world trade
C) European sailors found a sea route
D) None of these
Answer:
C) European sailors found a sea route
Question 63.
What do you mean by International Monetary System?
A) A system of withdrawal of money
B) A system to deposit money
C) A system that links national currencies and monetary system
D) None of these
Answer:
C) A system that links national currencies and monetary system
Question 64.
Between whom the Second War fought?
A) America and Europe
B) USA and Japan
C) The Allies and Axis powers
D) None of these
Answer:
C) The Allies and Axis powers
Question 65.
Which of these come under the Allies power?
A) Japan, Russia
B) Britain, Germany
C) Britain, France, Russia
D) None of these
Answer:
C) Britain, France, Russia
Question 66.
What did the ‘Bretton Woods’ associated with
A) A United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference
B) A peace settlement
C) A post-war international system to preserve economic stability
D) Both A and B
Answer:
D) Both A and B
Question 67.
Tariff means
A) Tax imposed on a country’s imports
B) Tax imposed on a country’s exports
C) Tax imposed on a person’s annual income
D) None of these
Answer:
A) Tax imposed on a country’s imports
Question 68.
US also became a colonial power in the late 1890s by taking over some colonies
earlier held by
A) Portugal
B) Spain
C) France
D) Belgium
Answer:
B) Spain
Question 69.
Who worked in American plantations during the 18th century?
A) Slaves captured from Africa
B) Indentured labour from Europe
C) Unemployed youth of America
D) Indentured labour from Malaya
Answer:
A) Slaves captured from Africa
Question 70.
Cotton textile export from India to Britain declined in the early 19th century. The reason was
A) Quality of cotton textile was poor
B) Shortage of raw cotton in India
C) Cottbn was exported to America
D) Imposition of tariff on cotton import to Britain
Answer:
D) Imposition of tariff on cotton import to Britain
Question 71.
When the cotton export to Britain declined India did not lose much. The reason
A) Demand for cotton in India increased
B) Demand for Indian cotton textile in America increased
C) Demand for Indian cotton textile in China increased
D) Demand for Indian cotton textile in Germany increased
Answer:
B) Demand for Indian cotton textile in America increased
Question 72.
Name the place and the year of United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference.
A) Vietnam, 1939
B) Tokyo 1944
C) China, 1911
D) Bretton Woods in 1944
Answer:
D) Bretton Woods in 1944
Question 73.
From the mid 19th century, faster industrial growth in Britain led to
A) higher income
B) migration of people to Britain
C) women participation in industrial sector
D) unemployment in Rural Britain
Answer:
A) higher income
Question 74.
The geographical exploration in Africa was directly linked to
A) Vast land with resources
B) Labour to work for plantations in America
C) Imperial projects
D) Search for scientific information
Answer:
C) Imperial projects
Question 75.
From ancient times travellers travelled long distances in search of
A) Food
B) Spices
C) Knowledge
D) Spiritual leaders
Answer:
A) Food
Question 76.
What started after the decline of Bretton Woods institutions?
A) MNCs started
B) Flow of capital started
C) Globalisation process
D) None of these
Answer:
C) Globalisation process
77. What were canal colonies?
A) Large colonies
B) Sea ports
C) Large canals
D) Irrigated areas
Answer:
D) Irrigated areas
78. Which food travelled west from China to be called Spaghetti?
A) Soya
B) Groundnuts
C) Potato
D) Noodles
Answer:
D) Noodles
Question 79.
Which disease spread like wild fire in Africa in the 1890s?
A) Smallpox
B) Pneumonia
C) Cattle plague
D) None of these
Answer:
C) Cattle plague
Question 80.
Which of the following is not a economic exchange?
A) Flow of capital
B) Flow of labour
C) Flow of trade
D) Flow of Kbnowledge
Answer:
D) Flow of Kbnowledge
Question 81.
Bretton Woods system was based on which type of rates?
A) Base
B) Fixed
C) Floating
D) Inflation
Answer:
B) Fixed
Question 82.
The Bretton Woods is a
A) Place
B) Palace
C) Country
D) Institution
Answer:
A) Place
Question 83.
MNCs works in
A) One country
B) Many countries
C) Two countries only
D) None of these
Answer:
B) Many countries
Question 84.
T-model Ford car was produced by
A) Henry Ford
B) Barny Parker
C) Ebenezer Howard
D) Morton Stanley
Answer:
D) Morton Stanley
Question 85.
IMF
A) International Money Fund
B) International Monetary Finance
C) Indian Monetary Fund
D) International Monetary Fund
Answer:
C) Indian Monetary Fund
Question 86.
MEO
A) New Indian Economic Order
B) New International Excise Order
C) New International Economic Order
D) New International Economic Ordinance
Answer:
A) New Indian Economic Order
Question 87.
The smallpox was first brought to America by
A) Spanish conquerors
B) Portuguese conquerors
C) Dutch conquerors
D) French conquerors
Answer:
C) Dutch conquerors
Question 88.
To escape religious persecution, the people of Europe fled to
A) Australia
B) Asia
C) America
D) Africa
Answer:
B) Asia
Question 89.
Railways were developed to link ports with
A) Industries
B) Agricultural regions
C) Forest regions
D) Plantations
Answer:
C) Forest regions
Question 90.
In the plantations developed in America, the two chief crops grown were
A) Coffee and Tea
B) Rubber and Tea
C) Sugarcane and Cotton
D) Rubber and Coffee
Answer:
C) Sugarcane and Cotton
Question 91.
Large number of people In Europe died In 1840s due loa disease, which destroyed the
A) Soya crop
B) Maize crop
C) Potato crop
D) Onion crop
Answer:
D) Onion crop
Question 92.
Pasta was taken by Arab traders to
A) China
B) America
C) Spain
D) Sicily
Answer:
C) Spain
Question 93.
Until 18th century, the two countries were considered the richest In the world.
A) China and Japan
B) China and AmerIca
C) China and India
D) Spain and Portuguese
Answer:
D) Spain and Portuguese
Question 94.
VS. Nalpaul was a
A) A film producer
B) A philosopher
C) A cricketer
D) A writer 4hose forefathers migrated as indentured workers
Answer:
C) A cricketer
Question 95.
‘Globalisation’ today mainly refers to
A) Movement of capital B) Cultural links among world societies
B) Culturai links among world societies
C) An economic system that has emerged in the last 50 years
D) Trade, migration of people In search of work
Answer:
A) Movement of capital B) Cultural links among world societies
96. The best-cost cuffing decision was made by
A) Henry Ford
B) James Watt
C) James Ford
D) None of these
Answer:
A) Henry Ford
97. 19th century indenture has often been described as
A) New system of slavery
B) Serfdom
C) Forced conscription
D) None of these
Answer:
A) New system of slavery
Fill in the blanks:
1. As early as 3000 BCE an active coastal trade linked the Indus Valley CMlisation with present day _______
Answer: West Asia
2. Chinese pottery also travelled through _______
Answer: silk route
3. Noodles travelled west from China to become _______
Answer: Spaghetti
4. Sicily an island at present is In _______
Answer: Italy
5. European sailors crossed western ocean to reach _______
Answer: America
6. Silver is available from the mines in and _______
Answer: Spaghetti Peru, Mexico
7. Fabled city of gold _______
Answer: El Dorado
8. The powerful weapon of Spanish conquerors _______
Answer: smallpox
9. America’s had no immunity against smallpox. _______
Answer: original inhabitants
10. Until the 19th century the countries pre-eminent in Asian trade _______
Answer: Ghina,
11. Movements within international economic exchange _______
Answer: flows
12. In Britain population growth increased the demand for _______
Answer: foodgrains
13. The areas irrigated by the new canals were called _______
Answer: the canal
14. Transport of perishable goods to long distances done by _______
Answer: refrigerated ships
15. Africa was carved between the _______ in
Answer: European powers, 1885
16. The religion made famous by Bob Marley was _______
Answer:
17. Indentured labour migration was abolished in _______
Answer: 1921
18. Indigo is used for _______
Answer: dyeing cloth
19. Higher imports and less exports is _______
Answer: trade
20. The First World war fought between _______
Answer: 1914-18
21. During the First World War Britain, France and Russia were _______
Answer: Allies
22. During the First World War Germany, Austria-Hungary and Ottoman Turkey were _______
Answer: Central
23. One of the important feature of the US economy of the 1920s was _______
Answer: mass production
24. The Great Depression began in _______
Answer: 1929
25. Many companies and banks collapsed in US due to _______
Answer: The Great Depression
26. According to John Maynard Keynes Indian Gold export promoted _______
Answer: global economic recovery
27. Mahatma Gandhi launched Civil Disobedience Movement at the height of depression in _______
Answer: 1931
28. During Second World War Nazi Germany, Japan and Italy were _______
Answer: Axis powers
29. During Second World War Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the US were _______
Answer:
30. United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference was held in _______
Answer: July, 1944
31. United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference was held at _______
Answer: Bretton Woods, USA
32. External surpluses and deficits of member nations will be deal by _______
Answer: IMF
33. IMF means _______
Answer: International Monetary Fund
34. The post-war international economic system is also described as _______
Answer: the Bretton Woods System
35. IMF and the World Bank commenced financial operations in _______
Answer: 1947
36. The country that had Veto power over IMF and World Bank decisions is _______
Answer:
37. The Bretton Woods system was based on _______
Answer:
fixed exchange
38. The group developed by the developing countries _______
Answer: G-77
39. NIEO stands for _______
Answer: New International Economic order
40. The system introduced after the collapse of fixed exchange rates is _______
Answer: floating exchange
Matching:
Question 1.
| Column – A | Column – B |
| 1) Arab traders | A) Pottery |
| 2) Italian | B) Smallpox |
| 3) Chinese | C) Rinderpest |
| 4) Indian | D) Spaghetti |
| 5) Spanish | E) Pasta |
| F) Cowries |
Answer:
| Column – A | Column – B |
| 1) Arab traders | E) Pasta |
| 2) Italian | D) Spaghetti |
| 3) Chinese | A) Pottery |
| 4) Indian | F) Cowries |
| 5) Spanish | B) Smallpox |
Question 2.
| Column – A | Column – B |
| 1) The Great Depression | A) America |
| 2) Big European powers met in Berlin to complete the carving of Africa between them | B) 1845-49 |
| 3) Irish potato famine | C) 1929-30 |
| 4) Rinderpest arrived in Africa | D) Australia |
| 5) Smallpox | E) 1885 |
| F) 1880 |
Answer:
| Column – A | Column – B |
| 1) The Great Depression | C) 1929-30 |
| 2) Big European powers met in Berlin to complete the carving of Africa between them | E) 1885 |
| 3) Irish potato famine | B) 1845-49 |
| 4) Rinderpest arrived in Africa | F) 1880 |
| 5) Smallpox | A) America |
Question 3.
| Column – A | Column – B |
| 1) Rinderpest | A) Australia |
| 2) Traders | B) Stanley |
| 3) Explorer | C) Henry Ford |
| 4) Demand for labourers | D) Shikaripuri Shroffs |
| 5) Rastafarianism | E) Cattle plague |
| F) Bob Marley |
Answer:
| Column – A | Column – B |
| 1) Rinderpest | E) Cattle plague |
| 2) Traders | D) Shikaripuri Shroffs |
| 3) Explorer | B) Stanley |
| 4) Demand for labourers | A) Australia |
| 5) Rastafarianism | F) Bob Marley |
Question 4.
| Column – A | Column – B |
| 1) The First World War | A) 1929 – 1930s |
| 2) The Second World War | B) Early 1920s |
| 3) The Great Depression | C) Late 1880s |
| 4) The US economy boomed | D) 1914 – 1918 |
| 5) Rinderpest arrived in Africa | E) 1916 – 1918 |
| F) 1939 – 1945 |
Answer:
| Column – A | Column – B |
| 1) The First World War | D) 1914 – 1918 |
| 2) The Second World War | F) 1939 – 1945 |
| 3) The Great Depression | A) 1929 – 1930s |
| 4) The US economy boomed | B) Early 1920s |
| 5) Rinderpest arrived in Africa | C) Late 1880s |
True or false:
1. Marco Polo accidentally discovered the vast continent that would later become known as the Americas. ( )
Answer: false
2. Precious metals, particularly Bauxite from mines located in present day Peru and Mexico enhanced Europe’s wealth and financed it’s trade with Asia. ( )
Answer: false
3. Many expeditions set off in search of El Dorado, the fabled city of Gold. ( )
Answer: True
4. Food offers many examples of long distance cultural exchange. ( )
Answer: True
5. After the Corn Laws were scrapped British agriculture prospered. ( )
Answer: false
6. Europeans were attracted to Africa due to slave trade. ( )
Answer: false
7. Trade flourished and markets expanded in the late 18th century. ( )
Answer: false
8. Despite decolonisation for many years former colonial powers controlled vital resources in many of their former colonies. ( )
Answer: True
9. Employers used many methods to recruit and retain, labour ( )
Answer: True
10. Expansion of trade and closer relationship with the world economy meant a loss of freedom and livelihoods. ( )
Answer: True
11. During the war industries were restructured to produce consumerist goods. ( )
Answer: false
12. Until the 15th century China and India were among the world’s richest countries.( )
13. While share of cotton textile export increased, export of raw cotton decreased equally fast.( )
Answer: false
14. V.S. Naipual, the Nobel prize winning writer is descended from indentured labour migrated from India. ( )
Answer: True
15. Indian textiles faced stiff competition in international markets from the early 19th century. ( )
Answer: True
16. America was7the world’s leading economy before the First World War. ( )
Answer: false
17. Agricultural regions and communities were the worst affected by the Great Depression. ( )
Answer: True
18. Developing countries were greatly benefitted by the Bretton Woods system. ( )
Answer: false