The Making of a Global World The Group of 77 or G - 77 was :
(1) A group formed by western nations to exploit the developing nations
(2) A group formed by the developing countries to demand a new international
economic order
(3) A protest against the western economic policies
(4) All the above
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 2 Solution : -. |
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
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 3 Solution : -. |
The Making of a Global World The decision-making in the IMF and the World Bank is controlled by :
(1) All the member-nations of these two banks
(2) Western industrial powers and the USs right to veto over key IMF and World
Bank decisions
(3) The Asian-African bloc
(4) A
majority vote by all the nations
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 2 Solution : -. |
The Making of a Global World Silk Route refers to
(1) Network of routes connecting China and Rome
(2) Network of routes connecting India and Rome
(3) Network of routes connecting China and India
(4) Network of routes connecting Asia with Europe and Northern Africa
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 2 Solution : -. |
The Making of a Global World MNCs are :
(1) Foreign companies that flourish in the developing countries
(2) Multinational corporations (or large companies) that operate in several
countries
at the same time
(3) Large companies that try to exploit small companies
(4) West European and Japanese companies which exploit the developing countries
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 2 Solution : -. |
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)
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 4 Solution : -. |
The Making of a Global World Indentured labour means :
(1) Labour, which is marked by identification marks on their bodies
(2) A bonded labourer, under contract to work for a specific time for his
employer,
to pay off his passage to a new country or home
(3) A slave brought in a share market
(4)
All the above
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 2 Solution : -. |
The Making of a Global World Which of the following is the first European country that conquered
America?
(1) The French
(2) The English
(3) The Spanish
(4)
The Germans
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 3 Solution : -. |
The Making of a Global World Who were the first people to link the world in ancient times and why?
(1) Priests and pilgrims travelled vast distances for knowledge and spiritual fulfilment
(2) Travellers, traders, priests and pilgrims travelled vast distances
for knowledge,
opportunity, spiritual fulfilment or to escape persecution
(3) Traders
(4) All the above
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 2 Solution : -. |
The Making of a Global World 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
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 3 Solution : -. |
