Extra 40 MCQs with answers from the chapter "The Making of a Global World" for Class 10 CBSE History:
1-10: Early Globalization and Pre-Modern Trade
What does
globalization
refer to?
a) Political dominance
b) Economic and cultural integration worldwide
c) Military expansion
d) Spread of diseases
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Answer: (b) Economic and cultural integration worldwide
In ancient times, how were goods primarily exchanged between countries?
a) Digital transactions
b) Trade routes such as the Silk Route
c) Stock markets
d) Colonial rule
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Answer: (b) Trade routes such as the Silk Route
What was the Silk Route mainly used for?
a) Transporting spices from Africa
b) Trading silk, spices, and other goods between Asia and Europe
c) Military movements between countries
d) Religious expansion
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Answer: (b) Trading silk, spices, and other goods between Asia and Europe
Which country is credited with introducing silk production to the world?
a) India
b) China
c) Japan
d) Egypt
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Answer: (b) China
The earliest form of globalization can be seen in:
a) The establishment of the United Nations
b) The exchange of goods, ideas, and cultures through trade routes
c) The rise of industrialization
d) The World Wars
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Answer: (b) The exchange of goods, ideas, and cultures through trade routes
The discovery of which sea route in the 15th century intensified global trade?
a) The route to the Americas
b) The route around Africa to India
c) The Arctic Ocean route
d) The Mediterranean route
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Answer: (b) The route around Africa to India
Which crop was introduced to Europe from the Americas in the 16th century?
a) Rice
b) Wheat
c) Maize
d) Cotton
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Answer: (c) Maize
The movement of
people, plants, and animals
between the Old and New Worlds after Columbus' voyages is known as:
a) The Industrial Revolution
b) The Agricultural Revolution
c) The Columbian Exchange
d) The Renaissance
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Answer: (c) The Columbian Exchange
Which disease was
unintentionally introduced
to the Americas by Europeans?
a) Malaria
b) Smallpox
c) Plague
d) Cholera
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Answer: (b) Smallpox
The
Atlantic Slave Trade
primarily involved the forced transportation of people from:
a) Europe to Asia
b) Africa to the Americas
c) Asia to Europe
d) Australia to Europe
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Answer: (b) Africa to the Americas
11-20: The Nineteenth-Century Global Economy
What major event in the 19th century led to increased global trade?
a) The Industrial Revolution
b) The Renaissance
c) The Cold War
d) The Great Depression
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Answer: (a) The Industrial Revolution
Which innovation greatly helped
global trade and transportation
in the 19th century?
a) The printing press
b) Steamships and railways
c) Electric cars
d) The internet
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Answer: (b) Steamships and railways
Which of the following was a
major export from India to Britain
during the colonial period?
a) Machinery
b) Textiles
c) Steel
d) Oil
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Answer: (b) Textiles
What role did
gold and silver
play in 19th-century trade?
a) They were used as the main form of currency
b) They were only used in European trade
c) They had no impact on trade
d) They were used only for
jewellery
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Answer: (a) They were used as the main form of currency
Which canal, opened in 1869, significantly
shortened the sea route between Europe and Asia
?
a) Panama Canal
b) Suez Canal
c) Erie Canal
d) Grand Canal
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Answer: (b) Suez Canal
What was the
impact of the British rule on Indian textile industries
?
a) It led to their growth and success
b) It caused them to decline as British goods replaced them
c) It had no impact
d) It helped Indian traders earn profits
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Answer: (b) It caused them to decline as British goods replaced them
Which country emerged as the
leading industrial power
in the 19th century?
a) China
b) Britain
c) India
d) Spain
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Answer: (b) Britain
What was the
primary reason for European colonization
in Asia and Africa?
a) To spread religion
b) To control trade and resources
c) To improve living conditions
d) To introduce democracy
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Answer: (b) To control trade and resources
Which crop became highly profitable in British colonies, leading to forced
labor
?
a) Tea
b) Sugarcane
c) Cotton
d) Coffee
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Answer: (b) Sugarcane
What was the
Indentured Labour System
?
a) A form of voluntary migration
b) A system where workers were bound by contracts and taken to colonies
c) A method of forced military recruitment
d) A way to train industrial workers
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Answer: (b) A system where workers were bound by contracts and taken to colonies
21-30: World Wars and the Great Depression
Which event led to a major economic crisis in 1929?
a) World War I
b) The Great Depression
c) The Industrial Revolution
d) The Russian Revolution
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Answer: (b) The Great Depression
What was the
Bretton Woods Conference (1944)
about?
a) Planning the Cold War
b) Creating a global economic system
c) Dividing Africa among European powers
d) Ending World War II
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Answer: (b) Creating a global economic system
Which organization was created after the Bretton Woods Conference?
a) The United Nations
b) The World Bank and IMF
c) The European Union
d) NATO
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Answer: (b) The World Bank and IMF
Which country emerged as the
largest economic power after World War II
?
a) Britain
b) United States
c) Germany
d) France
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Answer: (b) United States
What was the purpose of the
Marshall Plan (1947)
?
a) To rebuild war-torn European economies
b) To support industrialization in India
c) To help Germany in World War II
d) To establish colonial rule in Africa
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Answer: (a) To rebuild war-torn European economies
The
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
was established to:
a) Provide loans to developing countries
b) Control world trade
c) Regulate oil production
d) Provide military support to countries
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Answer: (a) Provide loans to developing countries
The
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
aimed at:
a) Reducing trade barriers between countries
b) Controlling global oil production
c) Increasing taxation on imports
d) Establishing colonies in Asia
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Answer: (a) Reducing trade barriers between countries
What led to the
collapse of the Bretton Woods system in 1971
?
a) Rise of European economy
b) The US abandoning the gold standard
c) The formation of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
d) The Great Depression
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Answer: (b) The US abandoning the gold standard
Which organization replaced GATT in
1995
?
a) United Nations
b) International Labour Organization (ILO)
c) World Trade Organization (WTO)
d) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Answer: (c) World Trade Organization (WTO)
What was the major impact of
economic globalization
after 1991?
a) Reduced international trade
b) Increased movement of goods, services, and capital across borders
c) Decline in industrial production
d) Closure of multinational companies
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Answer: (b) Increased movement of goods, services, and capital across borders
31-40: Impact of Globalization on India and the World
What was the primary
economic impact of British rule in India
?
a) Growth of Indian industries
b) Deindustrialization and destruction of handicrafts
c) Promotion of self-sufficiency
d) Decline of agriculture
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Answer: (b) Deindustrialization and destruction of handicrafts
How did globalization impact Indian agriculture?
a) Farmers gained direct access to global markets
b) Decline of small farmers due to competition from global agribusiness
c) Government control over agriculture increased
d) Agriculture remained unaffected
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Answer: (b) Decline of small farmers due to competition from global agribusiness
Why did many Indian and Chinese indentured laborers migrate during the 19th century?
a) For industrial jobs in Europe
b) As bonded laborers under long-term contracts
c) As soldiers in European armies
d) To participate in colonial administration
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Answer: (b) As bonded laborers under long-term contracts
How did the
Great Depression of 1929
impact India?
a) Decline in exports and rising unemployment
b) Growth of Indian industries
c) Increased agricultural production
d) Increase in wages
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Answer: (a) Decline in exports and rising unemployment
Why did Indian nationalists
oppose colonial economic policies
?
a) They promoted self-sufficiency
b) They enriched British industries while exploiting Indian resources
c) They provided economic benefits to farmers
d) They reduced trade with Europe
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Answer: (b) They enriched British industries while exploiting Indian resources
Which event is considered the
first step towards economic globalization
?
a) The Industrial Revolution
b) World War I
c) The Cold War
d) The establishment of the United Nations
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Answer: (a) The Industrial Revolution
What was the main effect of
modern transportation
on globalization?
a) Reduced economic growth
b) Faster and cheaper movement of goods and people
c) Decrease in world trade
d) Collapse of industries
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Answer: (b) Faster and cheaper movement of goods and people
What was the role of
Multinational Corporations (MNCs)
in globalization?
a) They restricted trade
b) They connected economies across different countries
c) They promoted isolationism
d) They stopped the spread of industrialization
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Answer: (b) They connected economies across different countries
What was the effect of globalization on
employment in India
?
a) More jobs in information technology (IT) and service sectors
b) Decrease in foreign investment
c) Less job opportunities for skilled workers
d) Reduced industrial production
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Answer: (a) More jobs in information technology (IT) and service sectors
Which of the following best defines
economic liberalization
?
a) Government control over industries
b) Reducing trade barriers and allowing private businesses to grow
c) Increasing state control over agriculture
d) Complete elimination of foreign
trade
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Answer: (b) Reducing trade barriers and allowing private businesses to grow
