Skip to content

'The silk… (Class 10 Social Science SQP 2024-25, Q22A)

questionbuddy.in/q/cbse-10-social-science-2024-25-sqp-q22a-silk-routes-good-example-vibrant

Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Sample paper, session 2024-25 · 2 marks · Very short answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science sample paper 2024-25: question 22(A)

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2024-25, section B, question 22(A), for 2 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q22(A) · 2 marks · Very short answerThe Making of a Global World

'The silk routes are a good example of vibrant pre-modern trade and cultural links between distant parts of the world.' Substantiate the statement with illustrations.

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2024-25.

Hints

Open one hint at a time and try again before the next.

Hint 1

Think of what travelled along the routes besides silk.

Hint 2

Which religions spread along them?

Step-by-step solution

Each step shows the marks it earns, as an examiner would award them. Checked by an independent re-solve from the question paper.

  1. The silk routes were land and sea routes linking Asia with Europe and northern Africa. They existed before the Christian Era and thrived till about the 15th century. They were named for the West-bound Chinese silk. Chinese pottery and Indian and Southeast Asian textiles and spices travelled along them, and gold and silver flowed from Europe to Asia.

    1 mark

  2. Cultural exchange went with trade. Buddhism spread from India in several directions along these routes. Early Christian missionaries and, later, Muslim preachers also travelled by them to Asia.

    1 mark

Answer: The silk routes carried goods such as silk, pottery, textiles, spices and precious metals, and also spread religions such as Buddhism, Christianity and Islam.

Where the marks are

  • Trade illustration: goods exchanged along the routes (1 mark)
  • Cultural illustration: spread of religions (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from The Making of a Global World, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paperSample paper 2024-25: every question, by section.

The question is transcribed from the official paper; figures are described in words. The solution, hints and chapter tag are ours. Spotted an error? Write tosupport@questionbuddy.in.