CBSE Class 10 Social Science The Making of A Global World MCQs Set 05

Answer: (a) Indus valley

Explanation:
1. Around 3000 BCE, an active coastal trade linked the Indus Valley civilisation with present-day West Asia.

Teacher's Note:
a) The Indus Valley civilisation had active coastal trade links from around 3000 BCE.
b) This was one of the earliest known long-distance trade networks.

Answer: (b) Chinese

Explanation:
1. The silk routes are named after the Chinese silk cargoes that travelled west along them.

Teacher's Note:
a) 'Silk Routes' refers to Chinese silk travelling westward.
b) These routes also carried pottery, textiles and spices alongside silk.

Answer: (a) (i)-d, (ii)-b, (iii)-c, (iv)-a

Explanation:
1. The Great Irish Potato Famine occurred 1845-1849 (d); El Dorado was the fabled city of gold (b); smallpox acted as a form of biological warfare against America's original inhabitants (c); and John Winthrop was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (a).

Teacher's Note:
a) Potato Famine = 1845-49; El Dorado = fabled gold city.
b) Smallpox = biological warfare (unintentional); John Winthrop = first Massachusetts Bay governor.

Answer: (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Explanation:
1. The world did effectively shrink in the 16th century, and this is correctly explained by European sailors opening new sea routes to Asia and across the Atlantic to America, connecting previously separate regions.

Teacher's Note:
a) New sea routes to Asia and America effectively shrank the pre-modern world.
b) Both statements are true, and R correctly explains A.

Answer: (a) Import restriction

Explanation:
1. The Corn Laws were import restrictions that allowed the government to limit the import of corn into England.

Teacher's Note:
a) The Corn Laws were import restrictions on corn.
b) Their repeal later allowed cheaper food imports into Britain.

Answer: (b) Europe

Explanation:
1. Nearly 50 million people emigrated from Europe to America and Australia in the 19th century, driven by unemployment and the promise of a better life.

Teacher's Note:
a) About 50 million Europeans emigrated to America and Australia in the 1800s.
b) Unemployment in Europe and demand for labour abroad drove this migration.

Answer: (b) 1921

Explanation:
1. The indentured labour system was abolished in 1921.

Teacher's Note:
a) Indentured labour was abolished in 1921.
b) This system had earlier sent many Indian workers to plantations abroad under exploitative contracts.

Answer: (a) (i)-b, (ii)-c, (iii)-a

Explanation:
1. Sir Henry Morton Stanley was associated with the New York Herald (b); the cattle plague disease was Rinderpest (c); and the Wilge river is located in Transvaal (a).

Teacher's Note:
a) Stanley = New York Herald; cattle plague = Rinderpest.
b) Wilge river = located in Transvaal, South Africa.

Answer: (c) Pasta

Explanation:
1. Noodles are believed to have travelled west from China, becoming known as pasta (spaghetti) once they reached Italy.

Teacher's Note:
a) Noodles from China became known as pasta in the West.
b) This is a classic example of food-based cultural exchange along ancient trade routes.

Answer: (d) Both (I) and (II) are correct

Explanation:
1. Both statements accurately describe the silk routes: they connected distant regions commercially and culturally, and were named after the Chinese silk cargoes that travelled westward along them.

Teacher's Note:
a) Silk routes connected distant regions both commercially and culturally.
b) They are named for the Chinese silk that travelled west along them -- both statements are correct.

Answer: (a) Accidental discovery of America

Explanation:
1. These foods originated with America's indigenous peoples and reached the rest of the world only after Columbus's accidental discovery of America opened up new trade in crops.

Teacher's Note:
a) These foods originated in the Americas and spread globally only after Columbus's voyage.
b) This was a direct consequence of the accidental discovery of America, not industrialisation or Buddhism's spread.

Answer: (b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

Explanation:
1. Both statements are historically true, but China's later isolation (from the 15th century) does not explain why China and India were among the richest nations due to earlier Asian trade dominance -- the two facts are unconnected as cause and explanation.

Teacher's Note:
a) Both facts are true, but they describe separate historical periods and are not causally linked.
b) China's wealth came from earlier trade dominance; its later isolation is a separate, subsequent development.

Answer: (a) Indus valley

Explanation:
1. The Indus Valley civilisation had active coastal trade from around 3000 BCE.

Answer: (b) Chinese

Explanation:
1. 'Silk Routes' refers to Chinese silk travelling westward.

Answer: (a) Import restriction

Explanation:
1. The Corn Laws were import restrictions on corn into England.