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Rajasthan Board Class 10 (RBSE) The Making of a Global World — practice questions

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As early as 3000 BCE, an active coastal trade linked which civilisation with West Asia?Read the answer and worked solution →The pre-modern Silk Routes were so named because they primarily carried:Read the answer and worked solution →The Great Depression began in approximately which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which crop, introduced from the Americas, ultimately became staple food in many parts of Europe and helped reduce famine?Read the answer and worked solution →The Bretton Woods system established the post-WWII international monetary framework with two key institutions. They are:Read the answer and worked solution →Indentured labour migration from India in the 19th century supplied workers mainly to:Read the answer and worked solution →V.S. Naipaul, whose ancestors were indentured labourers, is associated with which Caribbean country?Read the answer and worked solution →Rinderpest cattle plague devastated which continent in the 1890s, weakening African economies and labour resistance to colonial conquest?Read the answer and worked solution →After WWI, Britain's wartime borrowing made it a:Read the answer and worked solution →The 'Group of 77' (G-77) demanded a NIEO. NIEO stands for:Read the answer and worked solution →During the late 19th century, the route which connected the East and West via the Suez Canal opened in:Read the answer and worked solution →Why did Indian indenture migration end in 1921?Read the answer and worked solution →The 'Coolie ship' Tamils who emigrated to Sri Lanka and Malaya during indenture were primarily from which Indian region?Read the answer and worked solution →Match each term in world tradeRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: a global worldRead the answer and worked solution →

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As early as 3000 BCE, an active coastal trade linked which civilisation with West Asia?

  1. Mesopotamian
  2. Egyptian
  3. Indus Valley
  4. Chinese
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Correct answer: C. Indus Valley

1. syllabus opens Ch 3 with ancient trade examples. 2. An active coastal trade linked the Indus Valley civilisation with present-day West Asia (Mesopotamia) by 3000 BCE. 3. Trade involved goods, ideas, skills and even germs. _Source: syllabus History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 3 "The Making of a Global World", §Pre-modern World ¶2_

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The pre-modern Silk Routes were so named because they primarily carried:

  1. Silk from China to West
  2. Tea from China to Europe
  3. Spices from India to Africa
  4. Coffee from Ethiopia to India
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Correct answer: A. Silk from China to West

1. syllabus discusses the Silk Routes extensively. 2. Chinese silk cargoes travelling these routes gave them their name. 3. The routes existed on land and by sea, linking vast regions of Asia, North Africa and Europe. _Source: syllabus History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 3 "The Making of a Global World", §Silk Routes ¶1_

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The Great Depression began in approximately which year?

  1. 1914
  2. 1929
  3. 1939
  4. 1950
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Correct answer: B. 1929

1. syllabus places the Great Depression in interwar history. 2. It began around 1929 and lasted till the mid-1930s. 3. Most parts of the world experienced catastrophic declines in production, employment, incomes and trade. _Source: syllabus History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 3 "The Making of a Global World", §Great Depression ¶1_

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