CBSE Class 12 Political Science Globalisation MCQs

Question : In 1986-87, the overall fiscal deficit of India touched an all time high of
(a) 5% of GDP.
(b) 7% of GDP.
(c) 9% of GDP.
(d) 10% of GDP.
Answer : C

Question : Removing barriers or restrictions set by the government is what is known as _____?
(a) Globalization
(b) Liberalisation
(c) Regeneration
(d) Expansion
Answer : B

Question : When did the government remove the barriers for investment in India?
(a) 1990
(b) 1991
(c) 1992
(d) 1993
Answer : B

Question : Globalisation began in -
(a) 1990
(b) 1991
(c) 1992
(d) 1993
Answer : B

Question : Globalisation is
(a) An uni dimensional
(b) Multi-dimensional phenomenon
(c) A Political Phenomenon
(d) A Cultural Phenomenon
Answer : B

Question : The first WSF meeting was organized in -The earth summit was held in -
(a) Mumbai in 2004
(b) Delhi in 2004
(c) Porto Alerge in 2001
(d) Paris in 2001
Answer : D

Question : Within a year, _____ of the toy shops had replaced Indian toys with Chinese toys?
(a) 40 to 50%
(b) 50 to 60%
(c) 70 to 80%
(d) 80 to 90%
Answer : C

Question : What is the amalgamation and rapid unification between countries identified as?
(a) Globalisation
(b) Liberalisation
(c) Socialisation
(d) Privatisation
Answer : A 

Question : Which of the statements is true about the causes of globalisation?
(a) Technology is an important cause of globalisation.
(b) Globalisation is caused by a particular community of people.
(c) Globalisation originated in the U.S.
(d) Economic interdependence alone causes globalisation.
Answer : C

Question : According to the rightist view in India, globalisation tends to
(a) Benefits the weaker section of the society.
(b) Divides the State into rich and poor.
(c) Weakens the State.
(d) Reduces political party competition.
Answer : C

Question : The fourth WSF meeting was held in -
(a) Brazil
(b) India
(c) China
(d) Bangladesh
Answer : B

Question : ______ has helped most in the spread of production of services?
(a) Email
(b) Telegraph
(c) Call centres
(d) Fax
Answer : C

Question : Which of the statements are true about globalisation?
(a) Globalisation is purely an economic phenomenon.
(b) Globalisation began in 1991.
(c) Globalisation is the same thing as westernisation.
(d) Globalisation is a multidimensional phenomenon.
Answer : D

Question : What are the key ideas behind understanding the process of globalisation and its impact?
(a) Integration of production
(b) Integration of gross profits
(c) Integration of markets
(d) A & C
Answer : C

Question : Globalisation heads to each culture becoming.
(a) More different
(b) More distinctive
(c) More different and distinctive
(d) More transparent
Answer : C

Question : In which meeting there was a protest alleging that unfair trading practiced by the developed countries?
(a) WTO ministerial meetings at Seattle in 1992.
(b) IMF meetings at Washington in 1994.
(c) WTO ministerial meeting at Paris in 1990.
(d) WTO ministerial meeting at London in 1988.
Answer : A

Question : What is one of the universal criticism given by the critics to globalization?
(A) The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
(B) The economic depression would start in 21st century.
(C) It would lead the concentration of the global wealth to one country.
(D) None of the above
Answer : A

Question : Globalization has ......................... dimensions.
(A) political and social
(B) social and economic
(C) political and economic
(D) political, social and economic
Answer : D

Question : The wake of globalization was first felt in the 1990s in India when the finance minister, ..................... initiated the economic liberalization plan. 
(A) Dr. Manmohan Singh
(B) V.P. Singh
(C) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(D) Rajiv Gandhi
Answer : A

Question : Choose the correct option that has significantly contributed to the process of ‘Globalization’.
(A) Fear of war
(B) Security threats
(C) Advancement of technology
(D) Achievements of the United Nations U
Answer : C

Question : India has felt the impact of globalization through increased prosperity, partly triggered by increasing trade volumes, investment, and:
(A) weapons
(B) growth
(C) hatred
(D) terrorism
Answer : B

Question : Which one of the following is a right cause of globalization?
(A) The U.S. people initiated globalization
(B) Technology led to globalization
(C) The Cold War led to globalization
(D) The policy of Non-alignment led to globalization
Answer : B

Question : Globalization leads to each culture becoming .....................
(A) more different
(B) more transparent
(C) more distinctive
(D) more different and distinctive
Answer : D

Question : Which of the following statements is true about the causes of Globalisation?
(A) Growth of multinational companies with a global presence in many different economies.
(B) Globalisation is caused by a particular community of people.
(C) Globalisation originated in the US.
(D) Economic interdependence alone causes globalisation. 
Answer : A

Question : How India became an exporter of primary goods and raw materials and a consumer of finished goods?
(A) Because of its riches in agriculture
(B) During the Mughal period this exports increased
(C) As a consequence of Britain’s imperial ambitions this exports started
(D) None of the above
Answer : C

Question : Globalisation has allowed the ..................... of customs, language and products.
(A) restriction
(B) spread
(C) devaluing
(D) escalation
Answer : B

Question : Which one of the following is the disadvantage of globalization?
(A) It creates global opportunities
(B) It paves the way for global market
(C) It fails to generate sufficient employment
(D) None of the above
Answer : C

Question : Why India decided to deregulate various sectors including trade and foreign investment?
(A) Because Indian economy was not in balance
(B) It was a response to a financial crisis and to the desire for higher rates of economic growth
(C) Because government needed money
(D) All of the above
Answer : B

Question : What was the protest at World Trade Organization Ministerial Meeting, 1999?
(A) The decreasing job opportunities by developed nations
(B) The threat of pandemic
(C) Unfair trade practices by the economically powerful states
(D) Deteriorating cultural practices
Answer : C

Question : The main agenda of the World Social Forum is:
(A) opposition to terrorism
(B) opposition to neo- liberal globalization
(C) opposition to colonialism
(D) opposition to communism.
Answer : B

ASSERTION AND REASON BASED MCQs 

Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (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.

Question : Assertion: Economic globalization involves many actors other than the international institutions.
Reason: What is often called economic globalization usually involves greater economic flows among different countries of the world.
Answer : B

Question : Assertion: Globalization need not always be positive; it can have negative consequences for the people.
Reason: Globalization is a multidimensional concept. It has political, economic and cultural manifestations, and these must be adequately distinguished.
Answer : B

Question : Assertion: The critics argue that contemporary globalization represents a particular phase of global capitalism that makes the rich richer (and fewer) and the poor poorer.
Reason: Weakening of the state leads to a reduction in the capacity of the state to protect the interest of its poor.
Answer : A

Question : Assertion: Globalization results in an erosion of state capacity, that is, the ability of government to do what they do.
Reason: Globalization also gives freedom to governments to act in an arbitrary manner as far as the global issues are concerned.
Answer : C

Question : Assertion: There have been left wing protests to economic liberalization voiced through political parties as well as through forums like the Indian Social Forum. 
Reason: The left wing believed that globalization would corrupt the politics of India.
Answer : C

Question : Assertion: In 1991, responding to a financial crisis and to the desire for higher rates of economic growth, India embarked on a programme of economic reforms that has sought increasingly to de-regulate various sectors including trade and foreign investment.
Reason: This deregulation opened up the new opportunities of local as well as foreign trade. Hence, the hope of creating new employment opportunities.
Answer : A

Question : Assertion: While globalization is not caused by any single factor, technology remains a critical element.
Reason: The ability of ideas, capital, commodities and people to move more easily from one part of the world to another has been made possible largely by technological advances.
Answer : A

Case based MCQ Chapter 9 Globalisation Political Science

I. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follows:

While everything may not be known about the economic facets of globalisation, this particular dimension shapes a large part of the content and direction of contemporary debates surrounding globalisation. A part of the problem has to do with defining economic globalisation itself. The mention of economic globalisation draws our attention immediately to the role of international institutions like the IMF and the WTO and the role they play in determining economic policies across the world. Yet, globalisation must not be viewed in such narrow terms. Economic globalisation involves many actors other than these international institutions. A much broader way of understanding of economic globalisation requires us to look at the distribution of economic gains, i.e. who gets the most from globalisation and who gets less, indeed who loses from it. What is often called economic globalisation usually involves greater economic flows among different countries of the world. Some of this is voluntary and some forced by international institutions and powerful countries. As we saw in the examples at the beginning of this chapter, this flow or exchange can take various forms: commodities, capital, people and ideas. Globalisation has involved greater trade in commodities across the globe; the restrictions imposed by different countries on allowing the imports of other countries have been reduced. Similarly, the restrictions on movement of capital across countries have also been reduced. In operational terms, it means that investors in the rich countries can invest their money in countries other than their own, including developing countries, where they might get better returns.

Question : Where does economic globalisation draw our attention to?
(A) Declining economy
(B) Poverty in the third world countries
(C) To the role of international institutions like the IMF and the WTO
(D) All of the above
Answer : C

Question : How globalisation should not be viewed?
(A) in broader terms\
(B) in narrow terms
(C) positively
(D) None of the above
Answer : B

Question : According to broader way of looking at globalisation, what should we focus on?
(A) The distribution of economic gains
(B) Increasing poverty in third world countries
(C) Unemployment in economic sectors
(D) Increasing population of the world
Answer : A

Question : In terms of trade, what is the impact of globalisation?
(A) Countries are divided in groups and trading with their groups only.
(B) Developing countries are not given importance in trade.
(C) Any country can receive the opportunity of trading with the other countries.
(D) None of the above
Answer : C

II. Study the cartoon carefully and give the answers to the question that follows:

Question : What is depicted in the picture?
(A) Spread of nuclear weapons
(B) Spread of various diseases
(C) Attacks by using biological weapons
(D) None of the above
Answer : B

Question : Who identified the four basic aspects of globalization?
(A) IMF
(B) UN
(C) EU
(D) World Bank
Answer : A

Question : How did globalization help in the medical field?
(A) Exports of medicines increased.
(B) Helped in finding effective and speedy cure for the diseases with the collaboration of the medical facilities and knowledge of many countries.
(C) Inviting foreign doctors and creating employment opportunities in the various countries.
(D) All of the above
Answer : B

Question : Why is Africa featured in the above picture?
(A) Because it is the centre of globalization.
(B) The diseases mentioned in the picture have their epicentre in Africa.
(C) Because Africa is a poor country.
(D) Because world aims at developing Africa.
Answer : B 

III. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follows:

At the most simple level, globalisation results in an erosion of state capacity, that is, the ability of government to do what they do. All over the world, the old ‘welfare state’ is now giving way to a more minimalist state that performs certain core functions such as the maintenance of law and order and the security of its citizens. However, it withdraws from many of its earlier welfare functions directed at economic and social wellbeing. In place of the welfare state, it is the market that becomes the prime determinant of economic and social priorities. The entry and the increased role of multinational companies all over the world leads to a reduction in the capacity of governments to take decisions on their own. What is important is for people in different parts of the world to recognise these interconnections with the rest of the world. Currently, we are aware of the fact that events taking place in one part of the world could have an impact on another part of the world. The Bird flu or tsunami is not confined to any particular nation. It does not respect national boundaries. Similarly, when major economic events take place, their impact is felt outside their immediate local, national or regional environment at the global level.

Question : At the most simple level, globalisation results in an erosion of ......................... .
(A) political capacity
(B) state capacity
(C) capital capacity
(D) global capacity
Answer : B

Question : What is given way recently by the old “Welfare state”?
(A) More minimalist state
(B) More capitalist state
(C) More socialist state
(D) More democratic state
Answer : A

Question : What do the new states withdraw as a result of globalisation?
(A) Many of its ethics for the welfare of human race
(B) The ideal world order
(C) Many of its earlier welfare functions directed at economic and social well-being.
(D) All of the above
Answer : C

Question : The increase in the MNCs all over the world has resulted in ....................... .
(A) the governments’ inability to cater to their needs.
(B) the capacity of the nations to incorporate these MNCs.
(C) poverty to the population where these companies are set up.
(D) reduction in the capacity of governments to take decisions on their own.
Answer : D

IV. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follows: 

The most visible impacts of globalization are definitely the ones affecting the economic world. Globalization has led to a sharp increase in trade and economic exchanges, but also to a multiplication of financial exchanges. In the 1970s world economies opened up and the development of free trade policies accelerated the globalization phenomenon. Between 1950 and 2010, world exports increased 33-fold. This significantly contributed to increasing the interactions between different regions of the world. This acceleration of economic exchanges has led to strong global economic growth. It fostered as well a rapid global industrial development that allowed the rapid development of many of the technologies and commodities we have available nowadays. Knowledge became easily shared and international cooperation among the brightest minds speeded things up. According to some analysts, globalization has also contributed to improving global economic conditions, creating much economic wealth. At the same time, finance also became globalized. From the 1980s, driven by neo- liberal policies, the world of finance gradually opened. Many states, particularly the US under Ronald Reagan and the UK under Margaret Thatcher introduced the famous “3D Policy”: Disintermediation, Decommissioning, and Deregulation.

Question : We can see “a sharp increase” due to globalisation in ................................ ?
(A) employment and capital
(B) trade and economic exchanges
(C) poverty and hunger
(D) All of the above
Answer : B

Question : In between which years the world’s export has increased 33-fold?
(A) 1970-1980
(B) 1950-1990
(C) 1950-2000
(D) 1950-2010
Answer : D

Question : What is the impact of increase in the economic exchanges between the countries of the world?
(A) Strong global economic growth
(B) Sharp decline in the trade
(C) Decline in the unemployment numbers
(D) Increase in the index of poverty and hunger index
Answer : A

Question : After the 1980s, which policy was introduced by US and UK?
(A) 4D Policy
(B) 3D Policy
(C) Fair Trade Policy
(D) None of the above
Answer : B