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1.

What was the Bretton wood system?

a)

Post war the military system

b)

Post war political system

c)

Post war international economic system

d)

None of these

2.

What did indentured labour mean?

a)

Cheap Labour

b)

Free Labour

c)

Bonded Labour

d)

None of these

3.

Who adopted the concept of assembly line to produce automobiles?

a)

Samuel Morse

b)

Henry Ford

c)

T. Cuppla

d)

Imam Husain

4.

Which Descendants of indentures workers is a Noble Prize winning writer -

a)

Bob Morley

b)

V. S. Naipaul

c)

Amartya Sen

d)

Ram Naresh Sarwan

5.

The great Depression begin in

a)

1927

b)

1928

c)

1929

d)

1930

6.

The Chutney music popular in-

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Japan

d)

None of these

7.

Which of the following is not a economic exchange?

a)

Flow of Labour

b)

Flow of Capital

c)

Flow of Knowledge

d)

Flow of Trade

8.

What is meant by NIEO?

a)

New International Entertainment Organisation

b)

New International Economic Order

c)

New Internal Ecosystem Operations

d)

None of these

9.

Introduction of which crop made a difference between life and death in Europe?

a)

Maize

b)

Potato

c)

Noodles

d)

Groundnuts

10.

Silk route refers to

a)

network of routes connecting China and Rome

b)

network of routes connecting India andd Rome

c)

Network of routes connecting India and China

d)

network of routes connecting Asia with Europe and North Africa

11.

Which of the following is the first European country that conquered America?

a)

The French

b)

The England

c)

The Spainish

d)

The German

12.

Which one of the following is not an example of cultural fusion?

a)

Hosay

b)

Kathak

c)

Rastafarianism

d)

Chutney music

13.

Indian indentured labour was described as

a)

Juggler

b)

Trickster

c)

Coolie

d)

Porter

14.

IMF stands for

a)

Inland Maintenance Force

b)

International Military Force

c)

International Monetary Fund

d)

Indian Monetary Factor

15.

Which one of the following country has an effective right of Veto over the IMF and the World Bank?

a)

India

b)

Sri Lanka

c)

USA

d)

Japan

16.

The Bretton Woods Monetary System was based on

a)

floating as well as fixed rates

b)

fixed exchange rates

c)

floating exchange rates

d)

None of these

17.

Which of the following was the world's first mass produced car?

a)

Maruti 800

b)

Ambassador

c)

Volkswagen

d)

T Model Ford

18.

The Global agricultural economy took shape in

a)

1870

b)

1885

c)

1892

d)

1890

19.

Frwom which of the following country did Britain borrow large sums of money during the First World War?

a)

The United States of America

b)

Russia

c)

Japan

d)

Germany

20.

Who were the first people to link the world in ancient times and why?

a)

(a)Priests and pilgrims travelled vast distances for knowledge and spiritual fulfilment

b)

(b) Travellers, traders, priests and pilgrims travelled vast distances for knowledge,opportunity, spiritual fulfilment or to escape persecution

c)

(c) Traders

d)

(d) All the above

21.

. The main reason why the world “shrank” in the 1500s is :

a)

(a) Emergence of Europe as the centre of world trade

b)

(b) China’s retreat into isolation and its reduced role in politics

c)

(c) Slaves working in plantations, growing sugar and cotton for European markets

d)

(d) European sailors found a sea route to Asia, and also crossed the Atlantic and discovered America.

22.

The two evidences we have of India carrying on an active coastal trade in ancient times

are :

a)

(a) Indians carried goods, money, skills and ideas abroad

b)

(b) An active coastal trade, as early as 3000 BC, linked Indus Valley Civilisation with present day West Asia

c)

(c) Both (a) and (b)

d)

(d) For more than a millennium, cowries (a form of Indian currency) found its way from

Maldives, to China and East Africa.

23.

. The dramatic changes in global agricultural economy by 1890, were :

a)

(a) Food no longer came from a nearby village but from thousands of miles away, grown by a migrant recently arrived

b)

(b) Food was transported by railways recently built and ships manned by low-paid workers

from southern Europe, Asia, Africa

c)

(c) Forests were converted into large farms, leading to ecological changes

d)

(d) All the above

24.

. Indentured labour means :

a)

(a) Labour, which is marked by identification marks on their bodies

b)

(b) A bonded labour, under contract to work for a specific time for his employer, to pay off his passage to a new country or home

c)

(c) A slave brought in a share market

d)

(d) All the above

25.

Indentured labour system was abolished in India in :

a)

(a) 1900

b)

(b) 1920

c)

d)

(d) 1922

26.

. The reasons why the inflow of fine Indian cotton into Britain and other countries

declined in the 19th century were :

a)

(a) Industrialisation and expansion of cotton manufacture in Britain

b)

(b) Imposition of tariff on cloth imported into Britain to protect local industries

c)

(c) British manufacturers began to seek overseas markets for their cloth, Indians faced stiff competition in international markets

d)

(d) All the above

27.

The Second World War was fought between :

a)

(a) America and Europe

b)

(b) USA & England and Germany & Japan

c)

(c) The Allies (Britain, France, Soviet Union and the US) and the Axis powers (Nazi Germany, Japan and Italy)

d)

(d) The USA, England and France and Germany and Italy

28.

The British ‘trade surplus’ with India in the 19th century helped Britain :

a)

(a) To balance its trade deficits with other countries

b)

(b) It helped to pay home charges that included private remittances by British officials and traders

c)

(c) Britain could pay interest payments on India’s external debts and pensions of British officials in India

d)

(d) All the above

29.

Post-war reconstruction was shaped by two crucial influences. They were :

a)

(a) The US emerged as the dominant economic, political and military power in the western

world

b)

(b) The capitalist world collapsed

c)

(c) The Soviet Union emerged as a world power

d)

(d) Both (a) and (c)

30.

The dramatic change in global agricultural economy occurred in West Punjab, India. The

similarity was :

a)

(a) Building of irrigation canals to transform semi-deserts into fertile agricultural lands for growing wheat and cotton for export

b)

(b) Peasants from other parts of Punjab opposed it.

c)

(c) Importing laboures from southern India

d)

(d) Both (a) and (b)

31.

The decision-making in the IMF and the World Bank is controlled by :

a)

(a) All the member-nations of these two banks

b)

(b) Western industrial powers and the US’s right to veto over key IMF and World Bank decisions

c)

(c) The Asian-African bloc

d)

(d) A majority vote by all the nations

32.

. Which of the following statements is true about the international monetary system?

a)

(a) A system which links national currencies and monetary system

b)

(b) A system based on fixed exchange rates, for example, Indian rupee was pegged to the dollar at a fixed rate

c)

(c) The dollar was anchored to gold at a fixed price of $ 35 per ounce of gold

d)

(d) All the above

33.

The European colonies in Asia and Africa after Independence faced the problems of :

a)

(a) Burden of poverty and a lack of resources

b)

(b) Overpopulation and illiteracy

c)

(c) The economic and social handicaps of long periods of colonial rule

d)

(d) Dependence on the colonial powers for economic growth

34.

The IMF and the World Bank shifted their attention in the late 1950s towards the

developing countries, because

.

a)

(a) They wanted to dominate the economy of the developing nations

b)

(b) Europe and Japan had rapidly rebuilt their economies and did not need the help of IMF and World Bank

c)

(c) The developing countries formed NIEO

d)

(d) Both (b) and (c)

35.

The Group of 77 or G - 77 was :

a)

(a) A group formed by western nations to exploit the developing nations

b)

(b) A protest against the western economic policies

c)

( c) A group formed by the developing countries to demand a new international economic order

d)

(d) All the above

36.

. MNCs are :

a)

(a) Foreign companies that flourish in the developing countries

b)

(b) Multinational corporations (or large companies) that operate in several countries at the same time

c)

(c) Large companies that try to exploit small companies

d)

(d) West European and Japanese companies which exploit the developing countries

37.

. Which of the following statements are reasons for the collapse of the system of fixed

exchange rate in the 1960s?

a)

(a) The rising costs of its overseas involvements weakened the US finances and competitive strength

b)

(b) The US dollar no longer commanded confidence as the world’s principal currency

c)

(c) The US dollar could not maintain its value in relation to gold

d)

(d) All the above

38.

The ‘Bretton Woods’ twins are :

a)

(a) The USA and Soviet Russia

b)

(b) The two international banks — The IMF and the World Bank – set up to finance post-war reconstruction

c)

(c) The framework agreed upon by the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference

d)

(d) All the above

39.

. Which among the following were considered as Allies Powers?

a)

(a) Britain, Japan and Russia

b)

(b) Germany, Austria - Hungary and Ottomon Turk

c)

Germany, Italy and Japan

d)

(d) Britain, France, Russia

40.

. Which of the following West Indies cricketers trace their roots to indentured labour

migrants from India?

a)

(a) Vivian Richards and Gary Sobers

b)

(b) Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo

c)

(c) Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnaraine Chanderpaul

d)

(d) Brian Lara and Courtney Walsh

41.

What is El Dorado in South America?

a)

(a) It was the place where Columbus landed

b)

(b) Where silver mines were located

c)

(c) A fabled city of gold

d)

(d) All the Above

42.

Which of the following statements is not true of mass production?

a)

(a) Lowered cost and prices of goods

b)

(b) Stress-free working

c)

(c) Increased output per worker

d)

(d) Assembly line production

43.

. In which one of the following cities did the European powers meet in 1885 to divide

Africa between themselves?

a)

(a) London

b)

(b) New York

c)

(c) Berlin

d)

(d) Amsterdam

44.

From which one of the following countries did Britian borrow large sums of money

during first World War?

a)

(a) United States of America

b)

(b) Russia

c)

(c) Japan

d)

(d) Germany

45.

Why did the wheat price in India fall down by 50 per cent between 1928 and 1934?

a)

(a) Due to less production

b)

(b) Due to floods

c)

(c) Due to Great Depression

d)

(d) Due to droughts

46.

. Which one of the following was experienced during Great Depression of 1929?

a)

(a) Increase in production and income

b)

(b) Increase in employment and trade

c)

(c) Decrease in production and employment

d)

(d) All the above

47.

Chutney’ music was popular in

a)

(a) Trinidad

b)

(b) Canada

c)

(c) England

d)

(d) Germany

48.

Most Indian indentured workers came from

a)

(a) Eastern U.P.

b)

(b) North-eastern states

c)

(c) Jammu and Kashmir

d)

(d) None of the above

49.

In which year did the Great Depression start?

a)

(a) 1928

b)

(b) 1929

c)

d)

(d) 1936

50.

. Which of the following diseases proved a deadly killer for the people of America?

a)

(a) Cholera

b)

(b) Small pox

c)

(c) Plague

d)

(d) None of the above

The Making of Global world.

Total questions: 50

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