Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the three types of ‘flows’ identified by economists in the nineteenth-century world economy?  

   a) Trade, Education, and Politics  

   b) Trade, Labor, and Capital  

   c) Technology, Communication, and Migration  

   d) Goods, Services, and Information  

   Answer: b) Trade, Labor, and Capital  

2. What were the ‘Corn Laws’ in Britain?  

   a) Laws that promoted corn cultivation across Europe  

   b) Laws allowing free import of food grains  

   c) Laws restricting the import of corn to protect domestic producers  

   d) Agricultural reforms to improve corn production techniques  

   Answer: c) Laws restricting the import of corn to protect domestic producers  

3. What was the impact of the abolition of the Corn Laws in Britain?  

   a) Decrease in food imports  

   b) Increase in food prices  

   c) Cheaper food imports and decline of British agriculture  

   d) Rise in domestic agricultural production  

   Answer: c) Cheaper food imports and decline of British agriculture  

4. Why did thousands of men and women migrate from rural Britain to cities or overseas in the nineteenth century?  

   a) To escape urban pollution  

   b) Due to agricultural prosperity  

   c) Because of unemployment caused by competition from cheap imported food  

   d) To join military services abroad  

   Answer: c) Because of unemployment caused by competition from cheap imported food  

5. What technological advancements were crucial for expanding food production to meet British demand?  

   a) Solar panels and electric vehicles  

   b) Railways, harbors, and steamships  

   c) Printing press and telephone  

   d) Airplanes and automobiles  

   Answer: b) Railways, harbors, and steamships  

6. Which regions saw a significant increase in food production to meet Britain’s growing demand in the nineteenth century?  

   a) China and Japan  

   b) Eastern Europe, Russia, America, and Australia  

   c) Middle East and Africa  

   d) South America and the Caribbean  

   Answer: b) Eastern Europe, Russia, America, and Australia  

7. What led to the migration of nearly 50 million people from Europe to America and Australia in the nineteenth century?  

   a) Search for religious freedom  

   b) Demand for labor in agricultural lands abroad  

   c) Political revolutions in Europe  

   d) Development of new languages  

   Answer: b) Demand for labor in agricultural lands abroad  

8. How did the global agricultural economy evolve by 1890?  

   a) Focused only on local food production  

   b) Self-sufficient agricultural communities  

   c) A complex system involving labor migration, capital flows, and technology  

   d) Dependent solely on peasant farming  

   Answer: c) A complex system involving labor migration, capital flows, and technology  

9. Which financial center was the hub for capital flows in the nineteenth-century global economy?  

   a) Paris  

   b) Berlin  

   c) London  

   d) New York  

   Answer: c) London  

10. What does the term ‘self-sufficiency in food’ refer to in the context of nineteenth-century Britain?  

    a) Exporting food to other nations  

    b) Growing all the food needed within the country  

    c) Depending on colonies for food supply  

    d) Relying on imported food grains  

    Answer: b) Growing all the food needed within the country