People livelihood and local economy of which one of the following was badly affected by the disease named Rinderpest. [CBSE 2011]
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • Africa
  • South America
Which of the following places was an important destination for indentured migrants?
  • Florida
  • Melbourne
  • Carribbean island
  • Mexico
The group of powers collectively known as the Axis power during the Second World War were:
  • Germany, Italy, Japan
  • Austria, Germany, Italy
  • France, Japan, Italy
  • Japan, Germany, Turkey
Who among the following is a Nobel Prize winner?
  • V.S. Naipaul
  • J.M. Keynes
  • Shivnarine Chanderpaul
  • Ramnaresh Sarwan
Which of the following statements correctly identifies the com laws?
  • Restricted the import of corn to ; England
  • Allowed the import of com to England
  • Imposed tax on com
  • Abolished the sale of com
Which of the following is the direct effect of Great Depression on Indian Trade?
  • Peasants and farmers suffered.
  • Indian exports and imports nearly halved between 1928-1934.
  • Peasants’ indebtedness increased.
  • Led to widespread unrest in rural India.
Which of the following enabled the Europeans to conquer and control the Africans?
  • Victory in war
  • Control over the scarce resource of cattle
  • Death of Africans due to rinderpest
  • Lack of weapons in Africa to fight against the Europeans
Who discovered the vast continent, later known as America?
  • Vasco da Gama
  • Christopher Columbus
  • V.S. Naipaul
  • None of these
Until 18th century which two countries were considered the richest in the world?
  • India and China
  • China and Japan
  • England and France
  • England and Italy
Why were the Europeans attracted to Africa?
  • By its natural beauty
  • By the opportunities for investment
  • For its vast land resources and mineral wealth
  • For recruitment of labour
Transport of perishable goods over long distance was possible because of
  • improved railways
  • airline services
  • refrigerated ships
  • steam ships
The World Bank was set-up to
  • finance rehabilitation of refugees.
  • finance post war construction.
  • finance industrial development.
  • help third world countries.
Most Indian indentured workers came from: [CBSE 2011]
  • Eastern Uttar Pradesh
  • North-eastern states
  • Jammu and Kashmir
  • None of these
Who adopted the concept of an assembly line to produce automobiles?
  • Henry Ford
  • Karl Benz
  • V.S. Naipaul
  • Samuel Morse
The First World War was fought mainly in
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • America
  • Africa.
The geographical exploration in Africa was directly linked to
  • Search for scientific information
  • Imperial projects
  • Vast land with rich resources
  • Labour to work for plantations in America
From ancient times travellers travel long
  • Food
  • Knowledge
  • Peace
  • Spiritual leaders
Common foods like potatoes, groundnuts, maize, tomatoes, chillies, sweet potatoes were introduced in
  • Europe
  • China
  • Africa
  • Australia
10,000,000 people died in Ireland between 1845-1849 due to
  • potato famine
  • epidemic
  • foreign invasion
  • drought
Thousands of people fled Europe for America in the 19th century due to
  • poverty and widespread deadly diseases
  • natural calamity
  • outbreak of a war among nations
  • outbreak of plague
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