AI-generated practice question — model-generated for extra practice, not a previous-year CBSE board question.
The source passages do not specifically mention refrigerated ships or railways as examples in the context of technology and globalisation. However, based on the chapter's discussion of technology and globalisation:
Improvements in transportation technology — such as containers loaded onto ships, railways, planes and trucks — reduced port handling costs and enabled faster delivery of goods. These developments arose from economic needs: cheaper, faster movement of goods across long distances. Social conditions like demand for diverse goods further accelerated adoption.
This suggests that technology and globalisation are mutually reinforcing — economic and social needs drive technological innovation, which in turn expands global integration and interconnection between countries.
Source: Factors that have Enabled Globalisation, Chapter 4
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The question references "refrigerated ships and railways" — these specific examples appear in Chapter 3 (The Making of a Global World) of Class 10 History, not Chapter 4 (Economics). Since only Chapter 4 passages were provided, the answer is grounded strictly in those. In your actual exam, if this question appears in the History context, use the Chapter 3 examples: refrigerated ships enabled cheap meat transport from Americas/Australia to Europe (economic need = cheaper food; social condition = working-class demand), and railways opened up interiors for trade. Always answer from the chapter specified in the question.