SILVER BELLS SCHOOL

SST WORKSHEET

THE MAKING OF GLOBAL WORLD

1 People livelihood and local economy of which one of the following was badly
affected by the disease named Rinderpest.
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(a) Asia (b) Europe
(c) Africa (d) South America

2 Which of the following places was an important destination for indentured

migrants?
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(a) Florida (b) Melbourne
(c) Carribbean island (d) Mexico

3 The group of powers collectively known as the Axis power during the Second
World War were:
(a) Germany, Italy, Japan
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(b) Austria, Germany, Italy
(c) France, Japan, Italy
(d) Japan, Germany, Turkey

4 Who among the following is a Nobel Prize winner?

(a) V.S. Naipaul
(b) J.M. Keynes 1
(c) Shivnarine Chanderpaul
(d) Ramnaresh Sarwan

5 Which of the following statements correctly identifies the corn laws?

(a) Restricted the import of corn to England
(b) Allowed the import of corn to England 1
(c) Imposed tax on corn
(d) Abolished the sale of corn

6 Which of the following is the direct effect of Great Depression on Indian Trade?
(a) Peasants and farmers suffered.
(b) Indian exports and imports nearly halved between 1928–1934. 1
(c) Peasants’ indebtedness increased.
(d) Led to widespread unrest in rural India.

7 Which of the following enabled the Europeans to conquer and control the
Africans?
(a) Victory in war
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(b) Control over the scarce resource of cattle
(c) Death of Africans due to rinderpest
(d) Lack of weapons in Africa to fight against the Europeans

8 Who discovered the vast continent, later known as America?

(a) Vasco da Gama (b) Christopher Columbus 1
(c) V.S. Naipaul (d) None of these
9 Until 18th century which two countries were considered the richest in the world?
(a) India and China
(b) China and Japan 1
(c) England and France
(d) England and Italy

10 Why were the Europeans attracted to Africa?

(a) By its natural beauty
(b) By the opportunities for investment 1
(c) For its vast land resources and mineral wealth
(d) For recruitment of labour

11 Transport of perishable goods over long distance was possible because of

(a) improved railways
(b) airline services 1
(c) refrigerated ships
(d) steam ships

12 The World Bank was set-up to

(a) finance rehabilitation of refugees.
(b) finance post war construction. 1
(c) finance industrial development.
(d) help third world countries.

13 Most Indian indentured workers came from:

(a) Eastern Uttar Pradesh
(b) North-eastern states 1
(c) Jammu and Kashmir
(d) None of these

14 Who adopted the concept of an assembly line to produce automobiles?

(a) Henry Ford (b) Karl Benz 1
(c) V.S. Naipaul (d) Samuel Morse

15 Explain the following

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(a) G-77 (b) Great Depression of 1929

16 ‘China became an attractive destination for investment by foreign MNCs in the

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19th and 20th centuries’. Justify the statement.

17 Discuss the importance of language and popular traditions in the creation of

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national identity.

18 Who profits from jute cultivation according to the jute growers’ lament? Explain. 3

19 'The Spanish conquest and colonization of America was decisively underway by

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the mid-sixteenth century'. Explain with example.

20 Explain giving examples, the role played by technological inventions in

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transforming 19th century world.
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transformation of the world in the nineteenth
century.

Or What was the impact of technology on food

availability? Explain with the help of examples.
21 Why has 19th century indenture Labour System been described as a ‘new
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system of slavery’? Explain.

22 How far is it correct to say that “The First World War was the first modern
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industrial war”? Explain.

23 Explain any five consequences of the Great Depression of 1929 on Indian

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economy?

24 What were the major economic effects of the Second World War? 5

25 What key lessons did politicians and economists learn from the interwar
economic experiences? Or Economists and politicians draw two key lessons 5
from inter-war economic experiences. Explain.

26 Describe the factors that led to the end of Bretton Woods system and the
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beginning of globalization.

27 Describe the circumstances responsible for the formation of G-77. Or Why did
most of the developing countries organise themselves as the Group of 77 (G- 5
77)?

28 How were the working conditions for the indentured migrants overseas? How
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did the different cultural form blend into new forms?

29 What do you know about the Great Depression? Explain the major factors
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responsible for the Great Depression.

30 Analyse the impact of the Great Depression on USA. 5

31 What is meant by the Bretton Woods Agreement? Explain. 5

32 All three flows were closely interwoven and affected peoples’ lives more deeply
now than ever before. The interconnections could sometimes be broken –
for example, labour migration was often more restricted than goods or capital
flows. Yet it helps us understand the nineteenth-century world economy better if
we look at the three flows together.
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(a) Name any two factors that interacted in a complex way to transform
societies and reshape external relations.
(b) How many types of movement within international economic exchanges
were identified by economists?
(c) Among the types of flows, which was often more restricted?

33 Which one of the following is not true about Indentured Labour Migration from
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India?
 (a) In India, indentured labourers were hired under contracts which promised
return travel to India after they had worked five years.

(b) R ecruitment was done by agents engaged by employers and paid a small
commission.

(c) Indentured Labour Migration from India abolished in 1941.

(d) Shivnaraine Chanderpaul is descended from indentured labour migrants

from India.

34 Identify the correct statement.

(a) The First World War saw the use of machine guns, tanks, aircraft, chemical
weapons, etc. on a massive scale.
(b) The Great Depression began around 1939.
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(c) The IMF and the World Bank were designed to meet the needs of the
underdeveloped countries.
(d) Tax imposed on a country’s imports from the rest of the world is associated
with the term tariff.

35 ____________ are a good example of vibrant premodern trade and cultural

links between distant parts of the world.
(a) The Suez canal routes
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(b) The Panama canal routes
(c) The ancient routes
(d) The silk routes

36 Choose the correctly matched pair

(a) Bretton woods – New Hampshire, France
(b) Nazi – France 1
(c) Stalingrad – Austrialia
(d) Group of 77 – Developing countries

37 Statement I: The silk routes are a good example of vibrant pre-modern trade
and cultural links between distant parts of the world.
Statement II: Trade and cultural exchange always went hand in hand.
(a) Statement (i) is correct and (ii) is incorrect 1
(b) Statement (i) is incorrect and (ii) is correct
(c) Both (i) and (ii) are incorrect
(d) Both (i) and (ii) are correct

38 Statement I: The IMF and the World Bank commenced financial operation in
1947.
Statement II: The Second World War was fought between 1939-1945.
(a) Statement (i) is correct and (ii) is incorrect 1
(b) Statement (i) is incorrect and (ii) is correct
(c) Both (i) and (ii) are incorrect
(d) Both (i) and (ii) are correct

39 Assertion (A): Europe now emerged as the centre of world trade.

Reason (R): China’s reduced role and the rising importance of the Americas 1
gradually moved the centre of world trade westwards.
 (a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct
explanation of Assertion (A)
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the
correct explanation of Assertion (A)
(c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false
(d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true

40 Assertion (A): Geographical explorations helped the conquest of Africa.

Reason (R): Geographical explorations were only driven by an innocent search
for scientific information.
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct
explanation of Assertion (A) 1
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the
correct explanation of Assertion (A)
(c) A ssertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false
(d) A ssertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true

41 Assertion (A): Historically, Africa had abundant land and a relatively small
population.
Reason (R): In the late nineteenth century, Europeans were attracted to Africa
due to its vast resources of land and minerals.
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct
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explanation of Assertion (A)
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the
correct explanation of Assertion (A)
(c) A ssertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false
(d) A ssertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true

42 Which one of the following is not true about the Rinderpest or the Cattle
Plague?
(a) In Africa, in the 1890s, a fast spreading disease of cattle plague or
rinderpest had a terrifying impact on people’s livelihood and the local economy.
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(b) Entering Africa in the east, rinderpest moved west like forest fire.
(c) It was carried by infected cattle imported from British Australia to feed the
German Soldiers invading Congo.
(d) The loss of cattle destroyed African Livelihoods.

43 Identify the correct sentence

(a) The First World War was the first modern industrial war.
(b) The US was not affected by the Great Depression 1
(c) Between 1928 and 1934 wheat prices in India fell by 90 per cent
(d) The IMF and the World Bank Commenced operations in 1920

44 Choose the correctly matched pair

(a) Famous sociologist – John Maynard Keynes
(b) Christopher Columbus – Australia 1
(c) Car manufacturer – Henry Ford
(d) Oscar Prize winning writer – V.S. Naipaul

45 Peoples livelihood and local economy of which one of the following was badly 1
affected by the disease named Rinderpest:
 (a) Asia (b) Europe
(c) Africa (d) South America

46 Under which of the following types of resource the tidal energy can be put?
(a) Replenishable (b) Human-made 1
(c) Abiotic (d) Non-recyclable

47 Assertion (A): The First World War was the first modern industrial war.
Reason (R): It saw the use of machine guns, tanks, aircraft, chemical weapons,
etc. on a massive scale which were all increasingly products of modern large
scale industry.
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct
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explanation of Assertion (A)
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the
correct explanation of Assertion (A)
(c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false
(d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true

48 Assertion (A): The IMF and the World Bank were designed to meet the financial
needs of the underdeveloped countries only.
Reason (R): Most developing countries organised themselves as the Group of
77 to demand a new international economic order.
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct
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explanation of Assertion (A)
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the
correct explanation of Assertion (A)
(c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false
(d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true

49 What problems were faced in transporting food over long distances till 1870s? 3

50 Highlight the ways discovered by the indentured labourers for their survival. 3

51 Who were the Indian entrepreneurs abroad? How did they operate? 3