THE MAKING OF A GLOBAL WORLD

People livelihood and local economy of which one was badly affected by the disease called Rinderpest?
1. America
2. Africa
3. Europe
4. Asia
Which of the places was an important destinattion for the indentured migrants?
1. Florida
2. Melbourne
3. Carribean Island
4. Mexico
Who among the following is a nobel prize winner?
1. V.S.Naipaul
2. J.M.Kenyes
3. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
4. Ramnaresh Sarvan
Which of the following statement correctly identifies the com laws?
1. Restricted the import of corn to England
2. Allowed the import of com to England
3. Imposed tax on com
4. Abolished sale of com
Which of the powerfull weapon was used by the spanish conquerors to colonise America during mid 17th century?
1. Biological weapons
2. Conventional weapons
3. Modern military weapons
4. Nuclear weapons
Who adopted the concept of an assembly line to produce automobiles?
1. Henry Ford
2. T.Cuppola
3. V.S.Naipaul
4. Samuel morse
Which of the following enabled the Europeans to conquer and control the Africans?
1. Victory in war
2. Control over the scarce reasource of cattle
3. Death of Africans due to rinderpest
Which of the following is the direct effect of great dipression on Indian trade?
1. Peasants and farmers suffered
2. indian exports and imports nearly halved between 1928-1924
3. Peasants indebtedness increased
4. Led to widespread unrest in rural India
Which of the following factors compelled the Africans to work for wages?
1. Poverty
2. Loss of livestock
3. Oppression by colonisers
4. Willingness to work for wages
Which of the following is the most important cause of great dippression?
1. Decline in agricultural production
2. Agricultural overproduction
3. Loss of employment
4. Closure of banks and factories
Which of the following resulted inBritain's trade surplus?
1. British export to India was higher than British Imports from India
2. British export of opium from india increased
3. British import from India became higher than British export to India
4. Imports of cotton from India was profitable for the British merchants
Which of thwe following countries has an effective right over veto over key IMF and World Bank decisions?
1. France
2. Australlia
3. Russia
4. USA
Why did china became an attractive destination for Multinational companies?
1. It had abundace of raw material
2. China was highly industrialised
3. Because wages were low in China
4. It had vast and thinly populated land suitable for setting up productions unit
From mid 19th century ,faster industrial growth in britain led to;
1. Higher income
2. Unemployment in rural Britain
3. Migration of people to britain
4. The arrival of women industrial workers
Bretton woods conference led to the estsblishment of;
1. ILO
2. International Monetary Fund
3. UNESCO,1945
4. FAO,1945
Name the place and year of United Nations monetary and financial conference?
1. China,1911
2. Tokyo,1944
3. Vietnam,1939
4. Bretton woods ,1944
Which of the following did not take part in tne first world war?
1. Portugal
2. Germany
3. France
4. England
In which country did the great dipression start?
1. Britain
2. France
3. USA
4. Germany
Identify the aim of the post-war international economic system?
1. To ensure economic stability of underdeveloped countries
2. To promote good health for the people of the world
3. Promotion of education world wide
4. To preserve economic stability and full employment in the industrial world
During the first world war women in europe stepped into the jobs which earlier mens were supposed to do. What was reason?
1. Because men went to battle
2. Because men went to other countries in search of jobs
3. Because libralisation of women in society
4. Because menfolk decided to take charge of the household
Who worked in american plantations during 18th century?
1. Emigrants from Europe
2. Slaves caprured from Africa
3. Unemployed population from america
Reason of decline of cotton textile export from India to Britain in early 19th century?
1. Imposition of tariff on cotton import into britain
2. Qyality of cotton textile was poor
3. Shortage of raw cotton in India
4. Cotton producers have found other buyers
10000000 people died in Ireland between 1845-1849 due to;
1. Potato famine
2. Epidemic
3. Foriegn invasion
4. Drought
From ancient times travellers travel long distances in search of ;
1. Food
2. Knowledge
3. Peace
4. Spiritual leaders
The group of powers collectively known as the axis power during second world war were;
1. Germany,Italy,Japan
2. Austria,Germany,Italy
3. France,Japan,Italy
4. Japan,Germany,Italy
Who discovered vast continent ,later known as America?
1. Vasco da Gama
2. Christopher Columbus
3. V.S.Naipaul
4. None of these
Until 18th century two countries were considred the richest in the world ?
1. India ,China
2. China, Japan
3. England,France
4. England ,Italy
Most Indian indentured workers came from;
1. Eastern Uttar Pradesh
2. North eastern states
3. Jammu and Kashmir
4. none of these
The World bank was setup to;
1. finance rehabiliation of refugees
2. finance post war construction
3. finance industrial devlopment
4. help third world countries
The geographical exploration in Africa was directly linked to;
1. Search scientific information
2. Imperial projects
3. Vast land with rich reasources
4. Labour to work for plantations in America

THE MAKING OF A GLOBAL WORLD

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