CBSE - The Making of a Global World

1 The Making of a Global World In which one of the following cities did the European powers meet in 1885
to divide Africa between themselves?

(1) London
(2) New York
(3) Berlin
(4) Amsterdam

2 The Making of a Global World Which of the following allowed the British Government to restrict the import of corn?

(1) Food Act
(2) Corn Act
(3) Corn Laws
(4) Import Act

3 The Making of a Global World Post-war reconstruction was shaped by two crucial influences. They were :

(1) The US emerged as the dominant economic, political and military power in the western world
(2) The capitalist world collapsed
(3) The Soviet Union emerged as a world power
(4) Both (1) and (3)

4 The Making of a Global World The worldwide spread of the MNCs in the 1950s and 1960s was partly due to :

(1) US businesses expanded in these years
(2) Western Europe and Japan became powerful industrial economies
(3) High import tariffs imposed by different governments forced the MNCs to locate their manufacturing operations and become domestic operators in many countries
(4) All the above

5 The Making of a Global World "Bretton Woods" is associated with

(1) a post-war international system to preserve economic stability
(2) A United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference (held in July 1944, in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire)
(3) A peace settlement after the Second World War
(4) Both (1) and (2)

6 The Making of a Global World The British trade surplus with India in the 19th century helped Britain :

(1) To balance its trade deficits with other countries
(2) It helped to pay home charges that included private remittances by British officials and traders
(3) Britain could pay interest payments on Indias external debts and pensions of British officials in India
(4) All the above

7 The Making of a Global World The example of indentured labours migration from India illustrates :

(1) The two-sided nature of the 19th century world
(2) A world of faster economic growth as well as great misery, higher income for some and poverty for others
(3) Technological advances in some areas, new forms of coercion in others
(4) All the above

8 The Making of a Global World When did the global agricultural economy start?

(1) 1894
(2) 1890
(3) 1892
(4) 1891

9 The Making of a Global World Who adopted the concept of an assembly line to produce automobiles?

(1) T. Cuppola
(2) V. S. Naipaul
(3) Henry Ford
(4) Ramesh Sarwan

10 The Making of a Global World From whom could a humble Indian peasant borrow capital for growing food and
other crops for the world market?

(1) From Indian bankers like Shikaripuri Shroffs and Nattu Kotai
(2) From traders and moneylenders like Hyderabadi Sindhis, who followed European colonisers into Africa
(3) Both (1) and (2)
(4) All the above