NCERT Class 10 Chapter 3 The Making of a Global World MCQs for UPSC

1. What archaeological and historical evidence illustrates active long-distance trade connections in the pre-modern world as early as 3000 BCE?

1. A.An active coastal trade linked the Indus Valley civilisation with present-day West Asia, and cowries from the Maldives were used as currency in China and East Africa.
2. B.Direct railway networks linked the Nile Delta with the Gangetic plains.
3. C.The establishment of modern joint-stock banking corporations across the Mediterranean.
4. D.Trans-Atlantic steamship routes transporting manufactured cotton textiles.

2. Which of the following common food crops were introduced to Europe and Asia only after Christopher Columbus reached the Americas?

1. A.Wheat, barley, rice, and sugarcane
2. B.Potatoes, soya, groundnuts, maize, tomatoes, chillies, and sweet potatoes
3. C.Tea, black pepper, cardamom, and cinnamon
4. D.Oats, rye, olives, and grapes

3. What was the most decisive weapon and biological factor that enabled the Spanish and Portuguese conquest of the Americas in the sixteenth century?

1. A.Overwhelming naval armadas carrying heavy industrial artillery.
2. B.The signing of formal commercial treaties with native Aztec and Inca emperors.
3. C.Biological germs such as smallpox carried by conquerors, against which isolated indigenous populations had no immunity.
4. D.The invention of refrigerated transport vessels across the Atlantic.