Practice Set 3 — The Making of a Global World

Class 10 History • English Medium

NCERT + Board + Competitive Level

Class 10
Subject History
Total Questions 30
Marks 30
Part A — Multiple Choice Questions

Q1. Which ancient trade network linked Asia with Europe and helped exchange goods and ideas?

Q2. Which disease spread to Europe after contact with the Americas?

Q3. What was one important effect of the discovery of the Americas?

Q4. Which food became an important source of nutrition for poor Europeans after its arrival from the Americas?

Q5. Why was the abolition of the Corn Laws important for Britain?

Q6. Which development reduced the cost of transporting goods across oceans?

Q7. What was the main purpose of refrigerated ships?

Q8. Which of the following was a major destination of Indian indentured labourers?

Q9. Which group formed a large part of Indian indentured labour migration?

Q10. Which factor encouraged many Indians to enter the indentured labour system?

Part B — Chronological Arrangement

Q11. Arrange the following events in chronological order:

1. First World War
2. Great Depression
3. Second World War
4. Abolition of Corn Laws

Q12. Which is the correct sequence of the major economic developments?

1. Industrialisation
2. Expansion of world trade
3. First World War
4. Great Depression

Part C — Matching

Q13. Match the following:

1. Silk Routes
2. Potato
3. Corn Laws
4. Refrigerated ships

a. Food from the Americas
b. Restrictions on food imports
c. Ancient trade connections
d. Transport of perishable food

Q14. Match the following places with their historical significance:

1. India
2. Caribbean
3. Fiji
4. America

a. Destination of Indian indentured workers
b. Source of indentured labour
c. Destination of European migrants
d. Plantation economies

Part D — Assertion & Reason

Q15. Assertion (A): The Silk Routes were important for more than trade.

Reason (R): They also enabled the movement of ideas, religions and cultures.

Q16. Assertion (A): Technology played an important role in the making of a global world.

Reason (R): Railways and steamships made the movement of goods faster and cheaper.

Q17. Assertion (A): Indentured labour was exactly the same as slavery.

Reason (R): Indentured workers worked under contracts for a fixed period.

Q18. Assertion (A): Globalisation affected the lives of ordinary people.

Reason (R): Changes in food, migration, employment and trade influenced people's lives.

Part E — Conceptual & Analytical Questions

Q19. Why were the Silk Routes historically significant?

Q20. How did the potato influence European society?

Q21. Which factor contributed to the growth of nineteenth-century international trade?

Q22. Why did European migrants move to America and Australia?

Q23. What was one effect of the abolition of Corn Laws?

Part F — Passage-Based Questions
Read the passage carefully:

Before the nineteenth century, long-distance trade and cultural exchange had already connected different regions of the world. The Silk Routes were important examples of these connections. Traders carried silk, textiles, spices and other goods across long distances. Along with goods, travellers and merchants also carried ideas, religions and cultural practices. These networks show that global connections existed long before the modern period.

Q24. What did the Silk Routes mainly connect?

Q25. Which of the following was traded along the Silk Routes?

Q26. What else travelled along with goods?

Read the passage carefully:

The nineteenth-century global economy was closely connected with migration. Millions of Europeans migrated to different parts of the world. Many moved to America and Australia in search of land, employment and better economic opportunities. At the same time, large numbers of Indian and Chinese workers migrated as indentured labourers. These movements of people helped shape the economic and social life of many societies.

Q27. Why did many Europeans migrate overseas?

Q28. Which two groups are mentioned as indentured labourers?

Q29. What was one important consequence of migration?

Q30. Which statement best summarises the making of a global world?

Test Result

Answer Key & Detailed Explanations
Q1. Correct Answer: A
The Silk Routes connected Asia with Europe and other regions through trade and cultural exchange.
Q2. Correct Answer: A
Smallpox was among the diseases that spread to indigenous populations in the Americas after European contact, causing devastating effects.
Q3. Correct Answer: B
The discovery and colonisation of the Americas created new trade routes and connected distant economies.
Q4. Correct Answer: A
The potato came from the Americas and became an important food for many Europeans, particularly the poor.
Q5. Correct Answer: B
The abolition of the Corn Laws allowed Britain to import food grains more freely and cheaply.
Q6. Correct Answer: A
Steamships reduced the time and cost required to transport goods across oceans.
Q7. Correct Answer: A
Refrigerated ships allowed perishable foods such as meat to be transported over long distances.
Q8. Correct Answer: A
Fiji was one of the destinations where Indian indentured labourers were employed.
Q9. Correct Answer: A
Many indentured workers came from poor peasant and working communities.
Q10. Correct Answer: A
Poverty, indebtedness and the search for employment encouraged many Indians to enter the indentured labour system.
Q11. Correct Answer: A
The Corn Laws were abolished before the First World War, followed by the Great Depression and then the Second World War.
Q12. Correct Answer: A
Industrialisation helped expand world trade, while the First World War and Great Depression came later.
Q13. Correct Answer: A
Silk Routes = ancient trade connections; potato = food from the Americas; Corn Laws = restrictions on food imports; refrigerated ships = transport of perishable food.
Q14. Correct Answer: A
India was a source of indentured labour, Caribbean economies relied heavily on plantation labour, Fiji received Indian workers and America attracted European migrants.
Q15. Correct Answer: A
The Silk Routes carried both goods and ideas, religions and cultural practices.
Q16. Correct Answer: A
Improved transport technologies such as railways and steamships directly helped expand world trade.
Q17. Correct Answer: D
The assertion is false because indentured labour was not exactly the same as slavery. The reason is true because workers were bound by contracts for a fixed period.
Q18. Correct Answer: A
Global economic changes affected ordinary people through migration, employment, food and trade.
Q19. Correct Answer: A
The Silk Routes connected different regions through both economic and cultural exchange.
Q20. Correct Answer: A
The potato became an important food crop and helped improve food availability for many Europeans.
Q21. Correct Answer: A
Improved transportation and communication made international trade faster and more efficient.
Q22. Correct Answer: A
Many Europeans migrated overseas because they wanted land, employment and better economic opportunities.
Q23. Correct Answer: A
The abolition of the Corn Laws enabled Britain to obtain food from overseas at lower prices.
Q24. Correct Answer: A
The Silk Routes connected different regions through long-distance trade and cultural interaction.
Q25. Correct Answer: A
Silk, textiles, spices and other goods were traded through the networks known as the Silk Routes.
Q26. Correct Answer: A
Ideas, religions and cultural practices travelled along with traders and goods.
Q27. Correct Answer: A
Many European migrants went overseas in search of land, employment and better economic opportunities.
Q28. Correct Answer: A
Indian and Chinese workers formed major groups involved in indentured labour migration.
Q29. Correct Answer: A
Migration influenced the economic, social and cultural development of societies around the world.
Q30. Correct Answer: A
The making of the global world was a long historical process involving trade, migration, technological change and cultural exchange.