Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 10 (CBSE) · Social Science
Chapter: Chapter 3 — Chapter 3: The Making of a Global World
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What was the Silk Route? [1]
(A) A trade network linking China, Central Asia and Europe
(B) A modern shipping lane
(C) A type of currency
(D) A political alliance
2. What did the Silk Route exchange? [1]
(A) Silk, spices and precious goods
(B) Only modern electronics
(C) Only weapons
(D) Nothing of value
3. What else did trade routes spread besides goods? [1]
(A) Religions and ideas
(B) Nothing else
(C) Only diseases, nothing beneficial
(D) Only currency
4. Which regions did India trade with historically? [1]
(A) Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa
(B) Only itself, with no external trade
(C) Only Europe
(D) Only the Americas
5. What types of routes did pre-modern trade use? [1]
(A) Overland and maritime routes
(B) Only overland routes
(C) Only maritime routes
(D) No specific routes
6. What did trade spread besides goods and ideas? [1]
(A) Crops, technologies and diseases
(B) Nothing else spread
(C) Only wealth
(D) Only conflict
7. What does pre-modern trade show about the world? [1]
(A) It was already interconnected before modern globalisation
(B) It was completely isolated
(C) No trade existed then
(D) Only local trade existed
8. Why study pre-modern global trade links? [1]
(A) They shaped later colonial and modern trade patterns
(B) No reason
(C) Only for history tests
(D) It's not useful
9. What drove global trade expansion in the 19th century? [1]
(A) Industrialised nations seeking raw materials and markets
(B) Isolationist policies
(C) Reduced trade everywhere
(D) No specific driving factor
10. When did the Great Depression begin? [1]
(A) 1929
(B) 1900
(C) 1945
(D) 1990
11. What did the Great Depression cause? [1]
(A) Global unemployment and business failures
(B) Global prosperity
(C) No significant impact
(D) Only local effects in one country
12. What disrupted global trade in the early 20th century? [1]
(A) World Wars I and II
(B) Peaceful trade agreements only
(C) Nothing disrupted trade
(D) Only local disputes
13. What institutions formed after 1945? [1]
(A) The IMF and World Bank
(B) Only the United Nations
(C) No new institutions formed
(D) Only regional trade blocs
14. What do these institutions help manage? [1]
(A) Global economic cooperation and stability
(B) Only military alliances
(C) Nothing significant
(D) Only cultural exchange
15. What do these historical events show about economies? [1]
(A) National economies are interconnected
(B) Economies are completely isolated
(C) No connection between nations exists
(D) Only wealthy nations are affected by crises
16. Why study the world economy's 19th-20th century history? [1]
(A) It explains the roots of today's global economic structures
(B) No reason
(C) Only for history tests
(D) It's not useful