MCQ Questions for Class 10 Social Science The Making of Global World with Answers
1. Reason for decline of cotton textile export from India to Britain in the early 19th century:
2. When the export of cotton textile to Britain declined, India did not lose much. Why?
3. Give the correct reason for decline of household income in Europe after the First World War:
4. During the First World War women in Europe stepped into jobs which earlier men were expected to do. What was the reason?
5. Which of the following did not take part in the First World War?
6. In which country did the Great Depression start?
7. Identify one aim of the post-war international economic system:
8. Who adopted the concept of assembly line to manufacture automobiles?
9. Name the place and the year of United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference:
10. What was the outcome of Bretton Woods Conference? It led to the establishment of:
11. Why did China become an attractive destination for Multi-National Companies?
12. From the mid-19th century, faster industrial growth in Britain led to:
13. Which of the following countries has an effective right of veto over key IMF and World Bank decisions?
14. The First World War was fought mainly in
15. The geographical exploration in Africa was directly linked to
16. From ancient times travellers travel long distances in search of
17. Many of our common foods such as potatoes, soya, groundnuts, maize, etc. were only introduced in Europe and Asia after ____ accidentally discovered the vast continent that would later become known as the Americas.
18. Precious metals, particularly ___, from mines located in present-day Peru and Mexico enhanced Europe’s wealth and financed its trade with Asia.
19. Many expeditions set off in search of El Dorado, the fabled city of __.
20. America’s original inhabitants had no immunity against diseases that came from Europe. ___ in particular proved a deadly killer.
21. Reduced role of ____ and the rising importance of the Americas gradually moved the centre of world trade westwards.
22. Which country passed the ‘Corn Laws’ to restrict the import of corn?
23. Demand for __ led to the migration of people to America and Australia.
24. Between 1820 and 1914, world trade is estimated to have multiplied 25 to 40 times. Nearly ___ percent of this trade comprised ‘primary products’.
25. One of the oldest livestock markets in ____ was at Smithfield.
26. Animals were slaughtered for food at the starting point – in America, Australia or New Zealand, and then transported to ____ as frozen meat, thereby reducing the shipping costs and reducing meat prices.
27. In 1885 the big European powers met in __ to complete the carving up of Africa between them.
28. The US also became a colonial power in the late 1890s by taking over some colonies earlier held by ____.
29. In Africa, in the 1890s, a fast-spreading disease of ___ had a terrifying impact on people’s livelihoods and the local economy.
30. Europeans came to ___ hoping to establish plantations and mines, but they faced the problem of Labour shortage.
31. Rinderpest arrived in Africa in the late 1880s. It was carried by infected cattle imported from British Asia to feed the Italian soldiers invading __ in East Africa.
32. The loss of ___ destroyed African livelihoods.
33. The main destinations of Indian indentured migrants were the ___.
34. Most Indian indentured workers came from the present-day regions of __.
35. Migrants from __ went to Ceylon and Malaya.
36. India’s nationalist leaders began opposing the system of indentured labour migration as abusive and cruel. It was abolished in __.
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