MCQ Class 10 History Chapter 3 The Making of a Global WorldMCQ’s For All Chapters – History Class 10th 1. Rinderpest entered Africa from which region?EuropeBritish AsiaSouth AmericaChinaQuestion 1 of 202. In late-nineteenth-century Africa, one method to push Africans into the labour market was:Offering free landHeavy taxes payable only by wage workAbolishing minesGiving cattle free of costQuestion 2 of 203. Indian indentured labourers were hired under contracts that promised return travel after how many years?Two yearsThree yearsFive yearsTen yearsQuestion 3 of 204. Most Indian indentured workers came from which present-day regions?Punjab and KashmirEastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, central India and Tamil NaduKerala and KarnatakaGujarat and MaharashtraQuestion 4 of 205. Which Caribbean festival evolved from the Muharram procession among Indian workers?CarnivalHosayChutneyRastafarianismQuestion 5 of 206. Which music form in Trinidad and Guyana reflects post-indenture cultural fusion?JazzChutney musicSambaQawwaliQuestion 6 of 207. When was the system of indentured labour migration abolished?1900191019211930Question 7 of 208. Which Indian banking groups financed export agriculture in Central and Southeast Asia?Marwari SethsShikaripuri shroffs and Nattukottai ChettiarsKashmiri tradersGujarati merchants onlyQuestion 8 of 209. By the 1870s India’s share of cotton textile exports had dropped to below:30%15%10%3%Question 9 of 2010. Which product became India’s single largest export for a while in the 1820s?IndigoOpium to ChinaRaw cottonTeaQuestion 10 of 2011. Britain had a trade surplus with India.This surplus was used to:Build Indian railwaysBalance Britain’s trade deficits with other countriesFinance wars onlyBuy goldQuestion 11 of 2012. The First World War was fought between which two main blocs?Allies vs Central PowersUS vs BritainAsia vs EuropeFrance vs RussiaQuestion 12 of 2013. How many were killed in the First World War?2 million5 million9 million20 millionQuestion 13 of 2014. During the war, women stepped into jobs earlier expected only of men because:Men went to battleIt was fashionableIt was ordered by US banksTo reduce war costsQuestion 14 of 2015. The war transformed the US from an international debtor to:A colonyAn international creditorA neutral countryA trade deficit nationQuestion 15 of 2016. After the war Britain was burdened with:Surplus wealthHuge external debtsGold from coloniesMore coloniesQuestion 16 of 2017. In 1921 what proportion of British workers was out of work?One in every twoOne in every fiveOne in every tenNoneQuestion 17 of 2018. Who pioneered the assembly line for car production in the 1920s US?John RockefellerHenry FordAndrew CarnegieThomas EdisonQuestion 18 of 2019. What was the world’s first mass-produced car?Model AT-Model FordChevy ClassicDodge DartQuestion 19 of 2020. Ford doubled the daily wage to $5 in January 1914 because:Workers were leaving due to stressHe wanted charityTo beat competitorsGovernment orderQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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