Objective Questions:
Questions asked in Pre-boards and previous years boards
Q.1 Which of the following did not become instrumental in colonizing the faraway lands?
a. Rinderpest
b. Potatoes
c. Small pox
d. Gun Powder
Q.2 Match the following items given in column I with those in column II.
| Column I | Column II |
| A. Silk routes | 1. Institution set-up to finance postwar reconstruction. |
| B. G-77 | 2. Carnival in Trinidad |
| C. Canal colonies | 3. Pre-modern trade links |
| D. World Bank | 4. Countries demanding a new international economic order |
| E. Hosay | 5. Semi-desert wastes in Punjab transformed by irrigation |
a. A-1, B-5, C-3, D-4, E-2
b. A-2, B-5, C-4, D-1, E-3
c. A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3, E-5
d. A-3, B-4, C-5, D-1, E-2
Q.3 Which was the fabled city of gold?
a. El Paso
b. El Dorado
c. Mexico
d. Lima
Q.4 In Trinidad the annual Muharram procession was transformed into a riotous carnival called __________ in which workers of all races and religions joined.
a. Tazia
b. Hosay
c. Chutney
d. Rinderpest