Knowledge Check: The Making of the Global World
Knowledge Check
Q1: The Silk Routes connected Asia with
A) Africa only
B) Europe and North Africa
C) America
D) Australia
Q2: Which food item reached Europe from America after Columbus?
A) Rice
B) Wheat
C) Potato
D) Barley
Q3: Smallpox helped Europeans conquer America because
A) Europeans had guns
B) Native Americans had no immunity
C) Europeans had more soldiers
D) Native Americans had no horses
Q4: Buddhist missionaries travelled through Silk Routes to spread
A) Trade only
B) Religion and culture
C) War
D) Diseases
Q5: The Corn Laws were abolished in Britain in
A) 1815
B) 1846
C) 1869
D) 1914
Q6: The Suez Canal was opened in
A) 1853
B) 1869
C) 1914
D) 1929
Q7: Refrigerated ships helped in export of
A) Cotton
B) Meat
C) Indigo
D) Opium
Q8: Indentured labour was a system of
A) Free workers
B) Bonded labour for fixed years
C) Slave trade
D) Factory workers
Q9: Most Indian indentured workers went to
A) Africa
B) Caribbean islands
C) Australia
D) England
Q10: Rinderpest disease reached Africa in
A) 1860s
B) Late 1880s
C) 1914
D) 1929
Q11: Rinderpest killed 90% of cattle in Africa and helped
A) African farmers
B) European colonisers
C) Indian traders
D) Chinese merchants
Q12: The First World War was fought from
A) 1900-1904
B) 1914-1918
C) 1929-1933
D) 1939-1945
Q13: During First World War, India sent
A) Only money
B) Soldiers and workers
C) Only food
D) Nothing
Q14: The Great Depression started in
A) 1914
B) 1929
C) 1939
D) 1947
Q15: During Great Depression, agricultural prices fell by
A) 10%
B) 20%
C) 60%
D) 90%
Q16: A farmer in Punjab grows wheat. During 1930s, he gets very low price because of
A) Good harvest
B) Great Depression
C) New machines
D) High demand
Q17: Indian exports decreased during Great Depression because
A) Britain stopped buying
B) Countries had less money
C) Ships stopped
D) Factories closed in India
Q18: British government collected high revenue from Indian farmers during depression to
A) Help farmers
B) Meet its own expenses
C) Build roads
D) Give loans
Q19: A school boy eats potato daily. This food reached India from
A) China
B) Africa
C) America
D) Australia
Q20: Indian spices reached Europe through
A) Silk Routes
B) Railways
C) Suez Canal
D) Aeroplanes
Q21: Which invention made large scale movement of meat possible?
A) Railways
B) Steamships
C) Refrigerated ships
D) Telegraph
Q22: Shikaripuri Shroffs were famous for
A) Trading silk
B) Lending money
C) Growing indigo
D) Making ships
Q23: Indentured labour system was abolished in
A) 1900
B) 1921
C) 1947
D) 1857
Q24: Hosay festival in Trinidad was celebrated by
A) African slaves
B) Indian indentured workers
C) European planters
D) Chinese workers
Q25: Which country supplied most meat to Europe in late 19th century?
A) India
B) Argentina
C) Africa
D) China
Q26: During First World War, production of war materials increased using
A) Old methods
B) Assembly line method
C) Hand work
D) Animal power
Q27: US became the centre of world economy after
A) 1914
B) First World War
C) Great Depression
D) Second World War
Q28: Jute prices fell sharply in India during
A) 1920s
B) 1930s
C) 1940s
D) 1950s
Q29: Which crop failed badly during Great Depression in India?
A) Rice
B) Wheat
C) Cotton
D) Tea
Q30: A village farmer could not pay revenue during 1930s because
A) He grew less crop
B) Prices of crops fell
C) Rain failed
D) Seeds were bad
Q31: Which is NOT a New World crop?
A) Potato
B) Maize
C) Tomato
D) Rice
Q32: Nattukottai Chettiars were famous for
A) Growing rice
B) Banking and money lending
C) Making ships
D) Teaching
Q33: The Hosay festival is similar to
A) Diwali
B) Muharram
C) Holi
D) Christmas
Q34: Which country did NOT send indentured labour from India?
A) Mauritius
B) Fiji
C) England
D) Caribbean
Q35: The First World War ended in
A) 1914
B) 1918
C) 1929
D) 1939
Q36: Indian indentured workers in Fiji celebrated
A) Christmas
B) Chhath Puja
C) Easter
D) New Year
Q37: During Great Depression, India’s exports of jute fell from Bengal because
A) Jute was not grown
B) World demand fell
C) Ships stopped
D) Factories closed
Q38: The cattle plague in Africa destroyed
A) 10% cattle
B) 50% cattle
C) 90% cattle
D) All crops
Q39: Which technology helped quick transmission of news during war?
A) Railways
B) Steamships
C) Telegraph
D) Refrigeration
Q40: Post-war economic recovery was difficult because
A) Too much production
B) Europe had huge debts
C) No workers
D) No factories