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How did trade and long… (Class 10 Social Science 2026, Q5b)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2026, set 32/5/1 · 2 marks · Very short answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2026: question 5(b)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2026, paper 32/5/1, section A, question 5(b), for 2 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q5(b) · 2 marks · Very short answerThe Making of a Global World

How did trade and long distance travel contribute to the spread of diseases during ancient period ? Explain.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2026 board paper, set 32/5/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

What else besides goods did travellers carry?

Hint 2

Think about the conquest of the Americas.

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. From ancient times traders, travellers, priests and pilgrims travelled long distances. They carried goods, ideas and skills with them, and also germs and diseases.

    1 mark

  2. Example: Spanish and Portuguese conquerors took smallpox germs to America. The local people had no immunity against it, so whole communities were wiped out.

    1 mark

Answer: Long-distance travel and trade carried disease germs to new regions, as smallpox carried to America by European conquerors shows.

Where the marks are

  • Travellers and traders carried germs along with goods and ideas (1 mark)
  • Example of smallpox in America and the lack of immunity (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 paper2026 board paper, set 32/5/1: every question, by section.

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