The third chapter of History, ‘The Making of a Global World’ is a must-know for every Class 10 board student. It explains how trade, conquest, migration and money linked distant regions together and slowly turned our planet into one connected global world.
Let’s go deep and practice as possible assertion and reason questions which can be asked in your exams.
Must practice these Assertion/Reason questions
Q.1 Assertion (A): The making of the global world has a long history involving trade, migration, movement of people for work and the movement of capital.
Reason (R): From ancient times, travellers, traders, priests and pilgrims travelled vast distances carrying goods, money, values, skills, ideas and inventions with them.
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false but R is true.
Answer: (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Q.2 Assertion (A): The silk routes created vibrant trade and cultural links between distant parts of the world.
Reason (R): Early Christian missionaries, Muslim preachers and Buddhist monks used the silk routes to travel to different regions.
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false but R is true.
Answer: (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Q.3 Assertion (A): Chinese silk was the only important commodity that moved along the silk routes.
Reason (R): Chinese pottery, Indian and Southeast Asian textiles and spices also travelled along the same routes, while gold and silver flowed from Europe to Asia.
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false but R is true.
Answer: (D) A is false but R is true.
Q.4 Assertion (A): Many common foods in Europe and Asia, such as potatoes and maize, have been known there since ancient times.
Reason (R): These crops were introduced in Europe and Asia only after Columbus discovered the Americas about five centuries ago
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false but R is true.
Answer: (D) A is false but R is true.
Q.5 Assertion (A): Spaghetti in Italy and noodles in China may have a connected history.
Reason (R): It is believed that noodles travelled west from China to become spaghetti, or that Arab traders took pasta to Sicily in the fifth century.
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false but R is true.
Answer: (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Q.6 Assertion (A): The Irish peasants suffered terribly when the potato crop failed in the mid-1840s.
Reason (R): Ireland’s poorest peasants depended so much on potatoes that when disease destroyed the crop, hundreds of thousands died of starvation.
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false but R is true.
Answer: (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Q.7 Assertion (A): The pre-modern world shrank greatly in the sixteenth century.
Reason (R): European sailors found a sea route to Asia and also successfully crossed the western ocean to America.
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false but R is true.
Answer: (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Q.8 Assertion (A): European conquest of America was mainly due to their superior military weapons.
Reason (R): Smallpox and other germs carried by Europeans killed and decimated America’s original inhabitants, who had no immunity because of long isolation.
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false but R is true.
Answer: (D) A is false but R is true.
Q.9 Assertion (A): Before its “discovery”, America had been cut off from regular contact with the rest of the world for millions of years.
Reason (R): Before the sixteenth century, America had a dense network of regular ocean trade with Europe and Asia.
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false but R is true.
Answer: (C) A is true but R is false.
Q.10 Assertion (A): Silver from the Americas played an important role in financing Europe’s trade with Asia.
Reason (R): Precious metals, particularly silver, from mines in present-day Peru and Mexico enhanced Europe’s wealth and financed its trade with Asia.
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false but R is true.
Answer: (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
These practice questions will support your exam preparation so go through them carefully. If you spot any wrong detail or want to ask a doubt, do share it with us. Your feedback helps us keep the content accurate and helpful for future learners.
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