Class 10 - History

The Making Of A Global World Online MCQs Test

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Set 15

1. Who were some of the groups of bankers and traders financing export agriculture in Central and Southeast Asia?

(A) European colonisers
(B) Indian traders and moneylenders
(C) Shikaripuri shroffs and Nattukottai Chettiars
(D) Demerara indentured labourers

2. What system did Indian bankers have to transfer money over large distances?

(A) Telecommunication system
(B) Carrier pigeons
(C) Sophisticated banking system
(D) Smoke signals

3. Where did Hyderabadi Sindhi traders establish flourishing emporia in the 1860s?

(A) European colonies
(B) Central Asia
(C) Busy ports worldwide
(D) Indian subcontinent

4. What did Indian traders and moneylenders follow into Africa?

(A) Elephants
(B) European colonisers
(C) Hyderabadi Sindhi traders
(D) Carrier pigeons

5. What were some challenges faced by indentured labourers, according to Ram Narain Tewary's testimony?

(A) Lack of work
(B) Unavailability of jobs
(C) Heavy and unsatisfactory work conditions
(D) Excessive wages

6. Where were the main destinations of Indian indentured migrants in the nineteenth century?

(A) Europe
(B) India
(C) Caribbean islands, Mauritius, Fiji, Ceylon, and Malaya
(D) North America

7. How did agents attract prospective migrants for indentured labour?

(A) Providing accurate information
(B) Offering high wages
(C) Providing false information
(D) Disclosing all hardships

8. How have descendants of Indian indentured workers contributed to the global cultural landscape?

(A) By maintaining their original cultural practices
(B) By avoiding cultural fusion
(C) Through creative expressions reflecting cultural fusion
(D) By isolating themselves from other communities

9. Why did India’s nationalist leaders oppose the system of indentured labour migration?

(A) Due to its economic benefits
(B) Because it promoted cultural diversity
(C) As it was seen as abusive and cruel
(D) To support colonialism

10. When was the system of indentured labour migration abolished?

(A) 1800
(B) 1921
(C) 1900
(D) 1950