CBSE Class 10 Social Science The Making of A Global World MCQs Set 07

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.