CBSE - The Making of a Global World

1 The Making of a Global World Which one of the following institutions was established in the Bretton Wood Conference?

(1) International Security Fund
(2) International Monetary Fund
(3) Indian Monetary Fund
(4) International Labour Organisation

2 The Making of a Global World The reasons why the inflow of fine Indian cotton into Britain and other countries declined in the 19th century were :

(1) Industrialisation and expansion of cotton manufacture in Britain
(2) Imposition of tariff on cloth imported into Britain to protect local industries
(3) British manufacturers began to seek overseas markets for their cloth, Indians faced stiff competition in international markets
(4) All the above

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 Which one of the following was experienced during Great Depression of 1929?

(1) Increase in production and income
(2) Increase in employment and trade
(3) Decrease in production and employment
(4) All the above

5 The Making of a Global World The Second World War was a war fought for .

(1) 8 years, from 1930-1938
(2) 6 years, from 1939-1945
(3) 5 years, from 1939-1944
(4) 10 years, from 1939-1949

6 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

7 The Making of a Global World What is the name of the routes linking Asia with Europe and northern Africa?

(1) Asian routes
(2) Silk routes (3) Trade routes
(4) Africa routes

8 The Making of a Global World The introduction of which of the following crops led to European poor
to eat better and live longer?
(1) Potato
(2) Spaghetti
(3) Tomatoes
(4) Soya

9 The Making of a Global World The Bretton Woods twins are :

(1) The USA and Soviet Russia
(2) The two international banks - The IMF and the World Bank - set up to finance post-war reconstruction
(3) The framework agreed upon by the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference
(4) All the above

10 The Making of a Global World The two evidences we have of India carrying on an active coastal trade in ancient times are :

(1) Indians carried goods, money, skills and ideas abroad
(2) An active coastal trade, as early as 3000 BC, linked Indus Valley Civilisation
with present- day West Asia
(3) Both (1) and (2)
(4) For more than a millennium, cowries (a form of Indian currency) found its way from Maldives, to China and East Africa.