Read the extract given below and answer any 5 out of 6 questions:
The Silk Routes are a good example of vibrant pre-modern trade and cultural links between distant parts of the world. The name 'silk routes' points to the importance of West-bound Chinese silk cargoes along this route. Historians have identified several silk routes, over land and by sea, knitting together vast regions of Asia, and linking Asia with Europe and northern Africa. They are known to have existed since before the Christian Era and thrived almost till the fifteenth century. But 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. Trade and cultural exchange always went hand in hand. Early Christian missionaries almost certainly travelled this route to Asia, as did early Muslim preachers a few centuries later. Much before all this, Buddhism emerged from eastern India and spread in several directions through intersecting points on the silk routes.
Question (i)
The Silk routes are a good example of:
(A) Modern trade
(B) Pre-modern trade
(C) Cultural links
(D) Both B & C
Answer:
From the paragraph
The Silk Routes are a good example of vibrant pre-modern trade and cultural links between distant parts of the world. The name 'silk routes' points to the importance of Westbound Chinese silk cargoes along this route.
Since ancient times, the Silk route has connected trade and cultural ties across remote regions of the world.
So, the correct answer is (D) - Modern Trade and Cultural links
Question (ii)
Silk is a _________ product.
A) Japanese
(B) Korean
(C) American
(D) Chinese
Answer:
From the paragraph
The name 'silk routes' points to the importance of West-bound Chinese silk cargoes along this route . Historians have identified several silk routes, over land and by sea, knitting together vast regions of Asia, and linking Asia with Europe and northern Africa.
Since ancient times , the origin of silk in China has served as a symbol of Chinese sovereignty.
So, the correct answer is (D) - Chinese
Question (iii)
What was exported from India through Silk route?
(A) Oil
(B) Petroleum
(C) Textile and Spices
(D) Herbs
Answer:
From the paragraph
They are known to have existed since before the Christian Era and thrived almost till the fifteenth century. But 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.
Through the silk route
- Arab nations exported oil and petroleum
- China exported herbs.
- India exported textiles and spices
Thus, India exported textiles and spices
So, the correct answer is (C) - Textiles and Spices
Question (iv)
Early Christian Missionaries and ______ preachers travelled through this route to Asia.
(A) Christian
(B) Sikh
(C) Muslim
(D) Buddhist
Answer:
From the paragraph
Trade and cultural exchange always went hand in hand. Early Christian missionaries almost certainly travelled this route to Asia, as did early Muslim preachers a few centuries later.
So, the correct answer is (C) - Muslim preachers
Question (v)
The word “Silk Route” has been derived from the popularity of the Chinese_______.
(A) connections across the world
(B) silk among tradesmen in the Roman empire
(C) dominance in Asia
(D) ownership of the roads
Answer:
So, the correct answer is (B): - silk among tradesmen in the Roman Empire
Question (vi)
How did the ‘Silk Route’ help China?
(A) Expanded China's foreign economic trade
(B) Help build dominance over the Western world
(C) Helped China in isolating itself from the world
(D) Led to many invasions led by Chinese rulers
Answer:
So, the correct answer is (A): Expanded China's foreign economic trade
In the past , the Silk Route was a well-known trade and commerce route that connected Eurasia and Asia. It increased China's international trade.
