CLASS 10 SOCIAL SCIENCE
HISTORY – THE MAKING OF A GLOBAL WORLD
QUESTION BANK – 500 QUESTIONS
High-Level | Competency-Based | HOTS | CBSE Pattern
SECTION A – VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
What is meant by globalisation?
What is meant by a global world?
Why were ancient societies connected through trade?
What were the Silk Routes?
Why were the Silk Routes important?
Which regions were connected by the Silk Routes?
How did trade routes facilitate cultural exchange?
How did religions travel along trade routes?
How did Buddhism spread through trade routes?
How did Christianity spread across different regions?
How did Islam spread through trade networks?
What were food travels?
Why are food travels important in understanding globalisation?
How did potatoes change European society?
How did food availability influence population growth?
What is meant by pre-modern globalisation?
What was the importance of the nineteenth century in globalisation?
What were Corn Laws?
Why were Corn Laws abolished in Britain?
How did the abolition of Corn Laws affect British agriculture?
Why did Britain import food grains?
What was the role of technology in nineteenth-century globalisation?
Name two technological innovations that transformed transport.
How did railways promote global trade?
How did steamships transform international trade?
What was the importance of the telegraph?
What was refrigeration technology?
How did refrigerated ships affect meat trade?
Why did the meat trade become cheaper?
How did globalisation affect European agriculture?
Why did European farmers face competition?
What was the impact of imported food on British farmers?
What was indentured labour?
Why were Indian labourers taken overseas?
What was the system of indentured labour?
Why did Indians migrate as indentured labourers?
Which regions employed Indian indentured labourers?
What was the role of Indian migrants in the plantation economy?
Why did indentured labour become known as a new system of slavery?
What was the impact of indentured migration on Indian culture?
What was the Rinderpest?
How did Rinderpest affect Africa?
Why was cattle important to African societies?
How did colonialism affect African livestock?
How did European colonial powers control African labour?
Why did Africans enter the labour market?
What was the role of mines in Africa?
What was the Great Depression?
When did the Great Depression begin?
Why did the Great Depression become global?
SECTION B – CONCEPTUAL QUESTIONS
Explain the meaning of globalisation in a historical context.
Why should globalisation not be considered a purely modern phenomenon?
Explain how trade connected distant societies before the nineteenth century.
Why were the Silk Routes important for economic and cultural exchange?
Explain the relationship between trade and migration.
How did travellers contribute to cultural exchange?
Explain the role of food in shaping global connections.
How did new foods influence European lives?
Why did the potato become important for European workers?
Explain how food availability can influence population growth.
Why did European exploration lead to the exchange of food crops?
Explain how disease travelled with people and goods.
How did the discovery of the Americas transform world trade?
Why did precious metals from the Americas become important in global trade?
Explain the connection between colonialism and globalisation.
Why was the nineteenth century a major period of economic integration?
Explain the importance of technological developments in globalisation.
How did railways transform economic activity?
How did steamships reduce transportation costs?
Why was the telegraph important for global markets?
Explain how refrigeration changed the food economy.
Why did meat become an important global commodity?
How did transport innovations affect migration?
How did global trade influence employment?
Explain the relationship between technology and imperialism.
SECTION C – HIGH-LEVEL ANALYTICAL QUESTIONS
Analyse how the Silk Routes connected the world before modern globalisation.
Examine the economic significance of pre-modern trade networks.
Analyse how trade routes contributed to cultural integration.
Why can food be considered an indicator of globalisation?
Analyse the impact of the discovery of America on global economic relations.
Examine how European conquest transformed the global economy.
Analyse the relationship between colonialism and economic integration.
Why did the nineteenth century witness rapid expansion of world markets?
Analyse the role of technology in creating an integrated world economy.
Examine how transport technology changed international trade.
Analyse the role of railways in expanding markets.
Why were steamships more efficient than traditional sailing ships?
Analyse how refrigeration transformed the international meat trade.
Explain how technological progress affected consumer behaviour.
Analyse the relationship between falling transport costs and global trade.
Why did globalisation create both opportunities and inequalities?
Analyse the impact of global trade on European farmers.
Why did millions of people migrate during the nineteenth century?
Analyse the economic causes of migration.
Explain how labour migration contributed to globalisation.
Why did colonial powers encourage or control migration?
Analyse the relationship between migration and plantation economies.
Explain why indentured labour was exploitative.
Analyse the similarities between indentured labour and slavery.
Why did indentured labour eventually decline?
SECTION D – SILK ROUTES AND PRE-MODERN GLOBALISATION
What were the Silk Routes?
Why were they named Silk Routes?
Which commodities travelled through the Silk Routes?
How did the Silk Routes link Asia with Europe?
How did merchants benefit from the Silk Routes?
How did travellers contribute to the growth of trade routes?
How did religions move along the Silk Routes?
Explain the connection between Buddhism and trade routes.
How did cultural ideas move across continents?
How did technology spread through ancient trade networks?
How did languages and customs travel along trade routes?
Why were trade routes important beyond commerce?
How did the Silk Routes demonstrate early globalisation?
Why were trade routes vulnerable to political changes?
How could wars affect long-distance trade?
How did political stability encourage trade?
Explain the relationship between trade and urban development.
How did ports and market towns grow through international trade?
Why were merchants important agents of globalisation?
How did migration strengthen trade networks?
SECTION E – FOOD AND GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
What is meant by food travels?
How did food crops travel across continents?
Why is the potato an important example of food globalisation?
How did potatoes affect European diets?
Why did potatoes become important for poor people?
How did food availability affect population growth?
How did the introduction of new crops reduce hunger?
Explain the relationship between food and migration.
How did European expansion change food habits?
How did maize travel to different parts of the world?
How did tomatoes become part of European cuisine?
How did chillies influence Asian food culture?
Why can food reveal connections between distant societies?
How did the Columbian exchange transform diets?
Why did the exchange of food crops have both positive and negative effects?
How did disease accompany the movement of people?
Why were indigenous populations of the Americas vulnerable to diseases?
How did disease contribute to European conquest?
Explain how food and disease travelled together.
Analyse the importance of food in the making of a global world.
SECTION F – NINETEENTH-CENTURY GLOBAL ECONOMY
Why was the nineteenth century important in the history of globalisation?
Explain the three major flows of the nineteenth-century global economy.
What was the flow of goods?
What was the flow of labour?
What was the flow of capital?
Explain how these three flows were interconnected.
Why did Britain become a major centre of global trade?
What were the Corn Laws?
Why did British industrialists oppose the Corn Laws?
Why did British consumers favour cheaper imported food?
What happened after the abolition of Corn Laws?
How did Britain become dependent on imported food?
Why did European agriculture become linked to global markets?
How did imported grain affect European farmers?
Why did agricultural prices fall?
How did falling agricultural prices affect rural populations?
Why did some European peasants migrate?
How did migration affect the receiving countries?
How did capital flow across national boundaries?
Why did European investors invest overseas?
SECTION G – TECHNOLOGY AND GLOBALISATION
Explain the role of railways in global economic integration.
How did railways help farmers access distant markets?
Why did railways encourage settlement in new regions?
How did railways support colonial expansion?
Explain the importance of steamships.
How did steamships reduce transport time?
How did steamships reduce transportation costs?
Explain the importance of the Suez Canal.
How did the Suez Canal change trade between Europe and Asia?
Why was the Suez Canal strategically important?
Explain the role of telegraph communication.
How did the telegraph change information flow?
Why was information important for international trade?
Explain the significance of refrigeration.
How did refrigeration encourage long-distance food trade?
Why did refrigerated meat become cheaper?
How did refrigeration affect European consumers?
How did refrigeration affect farmers in distant regions?
How did transport and communication technologies work together?
Analyse how technology accelerated globalisation.
SECTION H – MIGRATION AND INDENTURED LABOUR
What is indentured labour?
Why did Indian workers migrate overseas?
What were the conditions of indentured labour?
Why did workers agree to indenture contracts?
How were workers recruited?
Why were recruiters sometimes exploitative?
Which regions received Indian indentured labour?
How did indentured labour contribute to plantation agriculture?
Why were Indian labourers sent to the Caribbean?
Why were Indian labourers sent to Mauritius?
Why were Indian labourers sent to Fiji?
Why were Indian labourers sent to Ceylon and Malaya?
How did indentured labour differ from free labour?
Why was indentured labour described as a new system of slavery?
How did plantation owners benefit from indentured labour?
Why did workers face restrictions on leaving plantations?
What kinds of punishments were imposed on indentured workers?
How did workers resist exploitation?
How did indentured migrants maintain their cultural traditions?
What was the cultural impact of Indian migration?
SECTION I – AFRICA AND COLONIALISM
What was Rinderpest?
When did Rinderpest reach Africa?
How did Rinderpest affect African cattle?
Why was cattle central to African livelihoods?
How did the cattle epidemic affect African societies?
How did colonial governments benefit indirectly from Rinderpest?
Why did loss of cattle force Africans into wage labour?
How did colonial governments control African labour?
Why did European settlers require African labour?
How did taxes force Africans into labour markets?
What was the role of mines in colonial Africa?
How did mining change African societies?
Why did Africans migrate to mining areas?
How did colonial rule transform African economies?
Explain the relationship between disease and colonialism.
How did colonialism integrate Africa into the world economy?
Why was African integration into global markets unequal?
How did European colonial powers exploit African resources?
Explain the role of labour in colonial economic systems.
Analyse the impact of colonialism on traditional African economies.
SECTION J – THE GREAT DEPRESSION
What was the Great Depression?
When did the Great Depression begin?
What was the Wall Street Crash?
How did the financial crisis spread internationally?
Why did agricultural prices collapse?
How did overproduction contribute to the Depression?
Why did banks fail?
How did the Depression affect industrial production?
How did unemployment rise?
How did the Depression affect international trade?
Why did world trade decline?
How did the Great Depression affect farmers?
How did the Depression affect workers?
How did the Depression affect the United States?
How did the Depression affect Europe?
How did the Depression affect colonial economies?
Why did Indian farmers suffer during the Depression?
How did falling agricultural prices affect Indian peasants?
Why did peasants continue to owe debts?
How did the Depression affect India's exports and imports?
SECTION K – INDIA AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
How was India connected to the global economy before the nineteenth century?
What was the role of Indian textiles in world trade?
Why were Indian cotton textiles famous?
How did British policies affect Indian textile exports?
Why did Indian weavers lose markets?
How did British manufactured goods affect Indian industries?
Explain the transformation of India into a supplier of raw materials.
Why did India import British manufactured goods?
How did colonial trade policies favour Britain?
Explain the relationship between colonialism and deindustrialisation.
How did indentured migration connect India with the world economy?
How did Indian merchants participate in global trade?
How did Indian traders operate in Africa?
What was the role of Indian bankers and financiers?
How did the Great Depression affect Indian peasants?
Why did Indian agricultural prices fall during the Depression?
How did falling prices affect farmers' debts?
Why did gold become important to Indian peasants during the Depression?
How did the Depression influence Indian nationalist politics?
Analyse India's position in the nineteenth-century global economy.
SECTION L – ASSERTION AND REASON
Assertion: The Silk Routes were important trade routes.
Reason: They connected different regions through trade and cultural exchange.Assertion: Food played an important role in globalisation.
Reason: Crops travelled across continents and changed diets.Assertion: The abolition of Corn Laws increased food imports into Britain.
Reason: Britain could import cheaper food from other countries.Assertion: Railways contributed to globalisation.
Reason: They connected production areas with markets.Assertion: Steamships reduced transport costs.
Reason: They were faster and more efficient than traditional sailing ships.Assertion: Refrigeration transformed the meat trade.
Reason: Meat could be transported over long distances without spoiling.Assertion: Indentured labour was exploitative.
Reason: Workers often faced restrictions and harsh working conditions.Assertion: Rinderpest had a major impact on Africa.
Reason: It destroyed large numbers of cattle.Assertion: The Great Depression reduced world trade.
Reason: Falling demand and prices weakened international commerce.Assertion: Indian peasants suffered during the Great Depression.
Reason: Agricultural prices declined sharply.Assertion: Globalisation created equal benefits for all societies.
Reason: Economic integration affected social groups differently.Assertion: Colonialism accelerated global economic integration.
Reason: Colonies were integrated into systems of trade and resource extraction.Assertion: Technology was central to nineteenth-century globalisation.
Reason: Transport and communication became faster and cheaper.Assertion: Indian indentured workers contributed to plantation economies.
Reason: Plantation owners needed a large supply of labour.Assertion: The Great Depression affected India even though it began in the United States.
Reason: India was integrated into the international economy.
SECTION M – DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN
Differentiate between pre-modern globalisation and modern globalisation.
Differentiate between the Silk Routes and modern trade routes.
Differentiate between free labour and indentured labour.
Differentiate between steamships and sailing ships.
Differentiate between refrigerated and non-refrigerated transport.
Differentiate between colonial trade and free international trade.
Differentiate between migration and indentured migration.
Differentiate between the effects of globalisation on producers and consumers.
Differentiate between the impact of globalisation on Europe and Africa.
Differentiate between the impact of globalisation on Indian peasants and industrialists.
Differentiate between the nineteenth-century global economy and the Great Depression.
Differentiate between economic and cultural globalisation.
Differentiate between trade flows and capital flows.
Differentiate between labour migration and capital migration.
Differentiate between the effects of globalisation before and after technological development.
SECTION N – SOURCE / CASE-BASED QUESTIONS
A merchant travels from China to Europe carrying silk and returns with other commodities. What historical network does this represent?
A new crop from the Americas becomes a staple food in Europe. What does this reveal about global connections?
A British farmer loses his market because cheap grain is imported. Explain the historical process involved.
A refrigerated ship carries meat from distant farms to European cities. What technological change made this possible?
Workers sign contracts to work overseas for a fixed period. Identify the labour system.
A plantation owner recruits workers from India after the abolition of slavery. Explain the historical context.
A cattle epidemic destroys livestock and forces people into wage labour. Identify the historical event.
A country experiences falling exports, unemployment and agricultural prices. Which global event does this resemble?
An Indian farmer produces crops for export but faces falling prices. Explain the impact of the Great Depression.
A railway connects an agricultural region to a distant port. Explain how this can contribute to globalisation.
SECTION O – COMPETENCY-BASED QUESTIONS
Why would lower transport costs encourage international trade?
How would refrigeration change the location of meat production?
Why would the abolition of Corn Laws affect farmers outside Britain?
How could a disease in Africa influence European economic interests?
Why would plantation owners prefer indentured labour?
How could migration create cultural exchange?
Why could globalisation increase inequality?
Why could falling world prices harm farmers but benefit consumers?
How could a financial crisis in one country affect another?
Why would colonial governments impose taxes on African communities?
How could taxes force people into wage labour?
Why did industrialisation increase demand for raw materials?
How did industrialisation create international markets?
Why did European countries seek colonies?
How did colonies become suppliers of raw materials?
Why did colonialism distort local economies?
How did global markets influence Indian agriculture?
Why did Indian peasants become vulnerable to international price fluctuations?
How did migration create new communities overseas?
Why is globalisation both an economic and social process?
SECTION P – HIGH-LEVEL HOTS
"Globalisation has a long history." Justify.
"The Silk Routes were more than trade routes." Explain.
"Food is an important historical evidence of globalisation." Discuss.
"Technology alone did not create globalisation." Explain.
"Globalisation was shaped by migration as much as by trade." Discuss.
"The nineteenth-century global economy was based on interconnected flows." Explain.
"The abolition of Corn Laws changed Britain's relationship with the world economy." Analyse.
"Transport technology transformed the geography of production." Explain.
"Refrigeration was a revolutionary technology in global trade." Evaluate.
"Indentured labour was a form of coercive migration." Discuss.
"Colonialism and globalisation were closely connected." Analyse.
"Rinderpest changed African economic structures." Explain.
"Disease could be an economic force." Discuss with reference to Africa.
"The Great Depression demonstrated the interconnectedness of the world economy." Explain.
"Indian peasants were deeply connected to global markets." Discuss.
"Globalisation created winners and losers." Analyse.
"Migration transformed both sending and receiving societies." Explain.
"Technology reduced distance but did not remove inequality." Discuss.
"The global economy of the nineteenth century was not based on free choice alone." Analyse.
"Colonial power determined the terms of global economic integration." Evaluate.
SECTION Q – LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS
Explain the major features of the pre-modern global world.
Discuss the significance of the Silk Routes.
Explain how food connected the world.
Discuss the impact of the discovery of the Americas on global trade.
Explain how European conquest transformed the global economy.
Discuss the three flows of the nineteenth-century world economy.
Explain the impact of the abolition of Corn Laws.
Discuss the role of technology in globalisation.
Explain how transport and communication revolutionised global trade.
Discuss the importance of railways and steamships.
Explain the impact of refrigerated ships on the meat trade.
Discuss the causes and consequences of nineteenth-century migration.
Explain the system of indentured labour.
Discuss the experiences of Indian indentured workers.
Explain the relationship between indentured labour and colonialism.
Discuss the impact of Rinderpest on Africa.
Explain how colonialism transformed African economies.
Discuss the causes and effects of the Great Depression.
Explain the impact of the Great Depression on India.
Discuss how India became integrated into the global economy.
SECTION R – ADVANCED INTEGRATED QUESTIONS
Trace the evolution of globalisation from the Silk Routes to the nineteenth century.
Analyse the relationship between trade, migration and capital flows.
Explain how technological innovation changed the nineteenth-century world economy.
Analyse the relationship between industrialisation and colonialism.
Explain how globalisation transformed agriculture.
Analyse the impact of international trade on European farmers.
Explain why labour migration increased during the nineteenth century.
Analyse the exploitative nature of indentured labour.
Explain how colonialism controlled labour and resources.
Analyse the economic impact of Rinderpest on Africa.
Explain how global markets affected African societies.
Analyse why the Great Depression became a worldwide crisis.
Explain how the Great Depression affected agriculture.
Analyse the impact of the Depression on Indian rural society.
Explain why globalisation creates economic interdependence.
Analyse the advantages and disadvantages of economic integration.
Explain how globalisation can create both prosperity and exploitation.
Analyse the role of technology and political power in globalisation.
Explain how colonialism shaped unequal globalisation.
Analyse the long-term impact of nineteenth-century globalisation.
SECTION S – VERY HIGH-LEVEL QUESTIONS
"Globalisation is not a new phenomenon but its form has changed over time." Discuss.
"The history of globalisation is also the history of migration." Examine.
"Technological progress can transform economic relationships between distant societies." Analyse.
"Globalisation cannot be separated from imperialism." Evaluate.
"The nineteenth-century world economy depended on the movement of goods, labour and capital." Explain.
"Globalisation reduced distances but increased economic dependence." Discuss.
"Colonialism integrated colonies into the global economy on unequal terms." Analyse.
"Indentured labour reveals the exploitative side of globalisation." Discuss.
"Rinderpest shows how biological factors could transform economic history." Explain.
"The Great Depression exposed the vulnerability created by global economic integration." Analyse.
"The history of food is the history of human interaction." Discuss.
"The potato changed European society more than many political events." Evaluate.
"The discovery of America was a turning point in world history." Analyse.
"Transport technology was as important as industrial production in creating the global economy." Discuss.
"Cheap transport transformed patterns of consumption." Explain.
"Migration created new societies and cultures." Analyse.
"Indian migrants played an important role in making the global world." Discuss.
"Globalisation changed the lives of ordinary people, not just merchants and rulers." Explain.
"Economic integration does not necessarily mean equality." Analyse.
"The making of a global world was a complex process involving opportunity, exploitation, migration and technological change." Discuss.
SECTION T – QUESTIONS 401–500
How did trade routes contribute to the growth of cities?
Why were merchants important in pre-modern globalisation?
How did religious ideas travel with merchants?
How did cultural exchange occur through trade?
Why were the Silk Routes important for Europe?
Why were the Silk Routes important for Asia?
How did trade routes facilitate political connections?
Why were luxury goods important in early global trade?
How did silver from the Americas influence global trade?
Why did European powers seek control over trade routes?
How did the discovery of new sea routes alter global trade?
How did European expansion affect indigenous populations?
Why did disease become a powerful weapon of conquest?
How did new crops alter European agriculture?
Why did population growth accelerate after new foods became available?
How did food security affect social stability?
Explain the relationship between industrialisation and food imports.
Why did Britain become dependent on global food supplies?
How did British industrialisation influence agriculture abroad?
Why did European migration increase in the nineteenth century?
How did migration change settlement patterns?
How did railways encourage migration?
How did steamships encourage migration?
How did telegraph communication support migration and trade?
Why was the Suez Canal strategically significant?
How did canals reduce travel distances?
Why did transport costs matter for global trade?
How did refrigeration change international agricultural markets?
Why did meat imports increase in Europe?
How did global trade affect European consumers?
How did global trade affect producers in distant countries?
Why could cheap imports threaten local producers?
Explain the relationship between world prices and local livelihoods.
Why did European farmers suffer from imported grain?
How did falling agricultural prices influence migration?
Why did governments encourage overseas settlement?
How did migration contribute to colonial expansion?
Why was indentured labour introduced?
How were indentured workers recruited?
What challenges did indentured workers face?
Why did workers resist indenture?
How did indentured migrants preserve their cultural identity?
How did Indian migration influence Caribbean society?
How did Indian migration influence Mauritius?
How did Indian migration influence Fiji?
Why did indentured labour become controversial?
How did anti-indentured campaigns emerge?
Why was indentured labour abolished?
How did the end of indenture affect plantation economies?
Explain the wider historical significance of Indian migration.
How did Rinderpest affect African cattle owners?
Why did African communities become dependent on wage labour?
How did colonial taxation support labour recruitment?
Why did mines become centres of labour migration?
How did colonial economies transform African family structures?
How did colonial rule affect traditional African economies?
Why did European settlers seek control over African land?
How did colonialism affect African food production?
Explain the connection between disease, labour and colonialism.
Why did African economies become dependent on world markets?
What factors caused the Great Depression?
Why did agricultural prices fall during the Depression?
How did industrial production decline?
Why did unemployment rise?
Why did banks fail?
How did the Depression affect international trade?
Why did countries adopt protectionist policies?
How did protectionism affect global trade?
Why did farmers suffer during the Depression?
Why did the Depression affect colonial economies?
How did the Great Depression affect India?
Why did Indian agricultural prices collapse?
How did peasants respond to falling prices?
Why did indebtedness increase?
Why did gold become important during the Depression?
How did the Depression influence Indian rural society?
How did colonial policies influence India's vulnerability?
Why was India's economy dependent on world markets?
How did colonialism influence India's exports?
How did British imports affect Indian industries?
Why did Indian textile industries decline under colonial rule?
How did raw material exports benefit Britain?
Why did Indian producers lose control over markets?
How did Indian merchants adapt to global trade?
Why did Indian financiers become important in overseas trade?
How did Indian migration strengthen economic connections?
How did globalisation influence Indian society?
Why did economic integration create both opportunities and exploitation?
How did technology influence colonial expansion?
Why did imperialism and globalisation reinforce each other?
How did globalisation affect workers differently from employers?
Why did global markets create unequal opportunities?
How did migration create multicultural societies?
Why is the history of globalisation also a history of inequality?
How did the nineteenth-century global economy shape the modern world?
Why did the Great Depression change ideas about global economic integration?
How did colonial experiences influence later nationalist movements?
"The making of a global world involved both cooperation and coercion." Explain.
"Globalisation connected societies but did not make them equal." Analyse.
"The Making of a Global World was shaped by trade, migration, technology, colonialism and economic crises." Discuss the statement with suitable examples from the chapter.
