Class 10 CBSE Social Science History Chapter The Making of a Global word MCQs with Answers.
1. Which of the following wiped out cattle in Africa in the 19th century?
(A) Blue Tongue
(B) Rinderpest
(C) Black Leg
(D) Bloat
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2. With which of the following religions is Hosay associated?
(A) Islam
(B) Christianity
(C) Judaism
(D) Zorastrianism
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3. Who among the following was a Nobel Prize-winning writer of Indian origin?
(A) R K Narayan
(B) Arundhati Roy
(C) V S Naipaul
(D) Rudyard Kipling
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4. Which of the following periods witnessed the volume of world trade multiply rapidly?
(A) 1940-50
(B) 1820-1914
(C) 1930-40
(D) 1453-98
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5.Which of the following countries isolated itself from the rest of the world towards the end of the medieval period?
(A) China
(B) India
(C) The US
(D) Britain
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6.Which of the following was not a character of Europe until the 18th century?
(A) Religious conflict
(B) Crowded cities
(C) Persecution
(D) None of these
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7.Which of the following was not a Bretton Woods institution?
(A) The World Bank
(B) The UNO
(C) The IMF
(D) None of these
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8.The IMF became operative in
(A) 1944
(B) 1919
(C) 1947
(D) 1995
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9. The World Bank was established for the purpose of
(A) post-war reconstruction
(B) post-Depression recovery
(C) controlling exchange rates
(D) monitoring various countries’ surpluses and deficits
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10. Which of the following terms is associated with ‘assembly line method’ of production?
(A) Conveyor belt
(B) The Industrial Revolution
(C) The Russian Revolution
(D) Workers’ revolutions
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11. Which of the following was a reaction to the Bretton Woods System?
(A) G-77
(B) The NIEO
(C) Both A and B
(D) None of these
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12. South Africa was a colony of
(A) the Portuguese
(B) the Dutch
(C) the British
(D) the French
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13. Which of the following best explains the decision of MNCs to shift their operations to Asian countries?
(A) Cheap labour
(B) Better availability of raw materials
(C) Better quality of raw materials
(D) Low tariffs
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14. Corn Laws in Britain
(A) encouraged the import of corn
(B) restricted the import of corn
(C) lowered the prices of food grains
(D) reduced the demand for corn
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15. Which of the following was not a result of World War I?
(A) Increase in household incomes
(B) Reduction in able-bodied workforce
(C) Increase in the number of employed women
(D) Restructuring of industries
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16. Which of the following periods saw the emergence of a large number of independent nations?
(A) 1945-65
(B) 1970-90
(C) 1920-40
(D) 1900-20
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17. In the East, which of the following countries was benefitted by the Bretton Woods System?
(A) Indonesia
(B) China
(C) Philippines
(D) Japan
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18. Which of the following has veto power in IMF and World Bank?
(A) UK
(B) China
(C) US
(D) All of the above
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19. Which of the following countries sided with Germany in World War II?
(A) Russia
(B) Japan
(C) France
(D) India
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20. One of the following ‘country-colony’ pairs (Africa) is not correct. Point out the wrong one.
(A) Belgium-Congo Free State
(B) Britain-Nigeria
(C) Portugal-Madagascar
(D) France-Algeria
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