Class 10 History Chapter 2 Assertion and Reason Questions - India and the Contemporary World - II

(i) Corn Laws: The laws allowing the British Government to restrict the import of corn is known as the Corn Laws.

(ii) Rinderpest: An epidemic in the 1890s wiped out 80-90 percent of all cattle in sub-Saharan Africa.

(iii) Small-pox: Smallpox came to North America in the 1600s. Symptoms included high fever, chills, severe back pain, and rashes.

(iv) Car Plant: The Packard Motor Plant on Grand Boulevard was one of the first large auto plants in the world. It has been abandoned since 1999. The Doverspike plant was a former Cadillac auto parts stamping factory on the east side of Detroit. It has been abandoned since 2014.

(i) Indian: Cowrie shells were among the devices used for divination by the Kaniyar Panicker astrologers of Kerala, India.

(ii) Chinese: Chinese pottery, also called Chinese ceramics, objects made of clay and hardened by heat: earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain, particularly those made in China.

(iii) Italian: In Italy, spaghetti is generally cooked al dente (Italian for "to the tooth"), fully cooked but still firm to the bite. It may also be cooked to a softer consistency.

(iv) Arab Traders: Interestingly, it was the Arabs that brought pasta to Italy, called 'Itriyya', first to Sicily in Italy. Because of its Middle Eastern origins, pasta used to have Middle Eastern flavours such as raisins and cinnamon.

(ii) The Great Depression: The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

(i) The Second World War: World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945.

(iv) The IMF and the World Bank commenced financial operations: The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank were both created at an international conference convened in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States in July 1944.

(iii) The Chinese Revolution: The Chinese Communist Revolution, known in mainland China as the War of Liberation, was the conflict, led by the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman Mao Zedong, that resulted in the proclamation of the People's Republic of China, on 1 October 1949.

(iv) Potato Famine in Ireland: The Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger, the Famine or the Irish Potato Famine, was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland from 1845 to 1852.

(ii) Rinderpest (Cattle Plague) had a terrifying impact on the livelihoods of the African people and the local economy: In Africa, in the 1890s, a fast-spreading disease of cattle plague or rinderpest had a terrifying impact on people's livelihoods and the local economy.

(i) The most well known silk route connected China to Europe. West bound Chinese silk cargoes travelled on this route. Chinese pottery also travelled through this route.

(ii) Historians have identified several silk routes over land and sea knitting together vast regions of Asia, linking Asia with North Africa.

(i) The silk routes are a good example of vibrant pre-modern trade and cultural links between distant parts of the world.

(ii) Buddhist Monk went from to central Asia to China with merchant caravans, preaching the new religion.

(iii) Buddhist Monuments were discovered in numerous city along the silk route.

(iv) The silk route was the route for the new wave of Christianity.

(v) The silk route was not only the source of goods but also for exchange of technologies (production of silk, paper, gun powder and Guns).

(vi) The art of silk weaving and sericulture which was monopolised by China spread in central Asia, Iran and other country by this routes.

(vii) Chinese pottery also travelled the same route, as did textiles and spices from India and Southeast Asia. In return, precious metals – gold and silver -flowed from Europe to Asia.

(viii) Music Transition– Music of Turkey and central Asia, India, Samarkand were merge with Chinese musical transition.

(ix) Choreographic Culture- Actors from Turkey and Iran made significant contribution to the choreographic culture of China.

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Assertion (A) is true. The First World War, also known as World War I, was a global war that lasted from 1914 to 1918, and involved most of the world's major powers. It was characterized by new technology such as tanks, chemical weapons, and aircraft, as well as the mobilization of millions of soldiers and civilians.

Reason (R) is also true. The First World War was mainly fought in Europe, but it also included conflicts in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. It involved several major powers, such as the British Empire, the French Third Republic, the Russian Empire, the United States, Italy, and Japan. The war had a profound impact on the world, leading to the collapse of empires and the reshaping of borders.

Therefore the reason (R) is the correct explanation of (A)