MCQ Class 10 History Chapter 3 The Making of a Global WorldMCQ’s For All Chapters – History Class 10th 1. Mass production lowered costs and prices, enabling workers to buy:Only breadDurable consumer goods such as carsOnly landOnly goldQuestion 1 of 202. The Great Depression began around which year?1914192919351944Question 2 of 203. During the Depression, agricultural regions suffered most because:They were richerFall in agricultural prices was greater and prolongedThey imported more carsThey had more banksQuestion 3 of 204. In the mid-1920s many countries financed their investments through loans from:BritainUSChinaIndiaQuestion 4 of 205. By 1933 over how many banks had closed in the US?4004,00040,000400,000Question 5 of 206. In India, between 1928 and 1934 wheat prices fell by:10%25%50%75%Question 6 of 207. According to the Bengal jute growers’ lament, who profits from jute cultivation?PeasantsTradersBritish officialsAll equallyQuestion 7 of 208. India’s gold exports during the Depression:Promoted global economic recoveryReduced Britain’s recoveryIncreased Indian peasant incomeStopped international tradeQuestion 8 of 209. The Second World War was fought between which main alliances?Axis powers vs AlliesEurope vs AsiaFrance vs Germany aloneUS vs USSRQuestion 9 of 2010. Approximately how many people were killed as a result of the Second World War?10 million30 million60 million90 millionQuestion 10 of 2011. Which conference in July 1944 created the IMF and the World Bank?Berlin ConferenceBretton Woods ConferenceGeneva ConferenceParis Peace ConferenceQuestion 11 of 2012. The Bretton Woods system was based on:Floating exchange ratesFixed exchange rates pegged to the dollarBarter tradeGold coins onlyQuestion 12 of 2013. World trade grew annually at over what percent between 1950 and 1970 under Bretton Woods?2%5%8%12%Question 13 of 2014. Most developing countries organised as which group to demand a new international economic order?G-20G-15G-77UNCTADQuestion 14 of 2015. By “new international economic order” developing countries meant:Free trade onlyReal control over resources, fairer prices, more access to marketsMore coloniesFewer exportsQuestion 15 of 2016. What are MNCs?Nationalised companiesMultinational corporations operating in several countriesMilitary national councilsMicro national companiesQuestion 16 of 2017. The collapse of the Soviet Union and new policies in China brought many countries:Out of the world economyInto the fold of the world economyInto isolationInto warQuestion 17 of 2018. Wages were relatively low in countries like China making them:Unattractive for MNCsAttractive destinations for investmentOnly export marketsNon-competitiveQuestion 18 of 2019. The relocation of industry to low-wage countries stimulated:Only local marketsWorld trade and capital flowsCivil warsPrice increases onlyQuestion 19 of 2020. By the late twentieth century countries such as India, China and Brazil had undergone:Economic isolationRapid economic transformationDe-industrialisationOnly agricultural growthQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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