CBSE - The Making of a Global World

According to which famous economist, Indian gold exports promoted global economic recovery? (1) Paul Wood (2) John Maynard Keynes (3) Amartya Sen (4) David Jones

The Europeans brought to Africa a devastating disease which destroyed : (1) Rinderpest, a disease carried by infected cattle, imported from British Asia to feed Italian soldiers (2) 90 percent of cattle in Africa by 1897 (3) Both (1) and (2) (4) None of the above

Which of the following powerful weapons was used by the Spanish conquerors to colonise Americas during the mid-seventeenth cuntry? (1) Conventional military weapons (2) Modern military weapons (3) Biological weapons (germs of smallpox) (4) Nuclear weapons

Through the NIEO, the developing countries demanded : (1) A system that would give them real control over their natural resources (2) More development assistance and fairer prices for raw materials (3) Better access for their manufactured goods in developed countries markets (4) All the above

Who among the following discovered the continent of America? (1) Vasco da Gama (2) Ferdinand Magellan (3) Christopher Columbus (4) Copernicus