HISTORY

Lesson 1 – How, When and Where

• Choose the correct answer:
1. Who was the last Viceroy of India?
(a) Lord Canning (b) Lord Mountbatten
(d) Lord Wellesley (c) Ripon
2. Medieval period was:
(a) the old period of history
(b) the period associated with the growth of all the forces of modernity
(c) none of the above
3. The British thought surveys were important for:
(a) writing history (b) effective judgement
(c) effective administration (d) none of these
4. The British preserve official documents because:
(a) the preserved documents reveal the progress made by country in the past
(b) one can study the notes and reports which were prepared in the past
(c) their copies may be made and used in modern time
(d) all of the above
5. Which one of the sources do historians use in writing about the last 250 years of Indian history?
(a) Official records of the French administration
(b) Official records of the British administration
(c) Official records of the Church administration
(d) None of the above
6. Which of the following is NOT the period of division of Indian History by James Mill?
(a) Hindu (b) Muslim
(c) Christians (d) Sikhs
7. Which is NOT the source of describing history?
(a) Diaries of people
(b) Accounts of pilgrims and travellers
(c) Conversation between two people
(d) Autobiographies of important personalities
8. The National Archives of India came up in the
(a) 1920s (b) 1910s
(c) 1930s (d) 1940s
Lesson 2 – From Trade to Territory : The Company Establishes Power
• Choose the correct answer.
1. Which of the following was NOT the Presidency?
(a) Madras (b) Bengal
(c) Bombay (d) Kalikata
2. Tipu Sultan stopped export through his kingdom in
(a) 1764 (b) 1772
(c) 1785 (d) 1790
3.The first English factory was set up in the year:
(a) 1600 (b) 1651
(c) 1655 (d) 1665
4. Who discovered the sea route to India in 1498?
(a) Columbus (b) Dutch
(c) East India Company (d) Vasco-da-Gama
5. Robert Clive committed suicide in the year
(a) 1770 (b) 1743
(c) 1767 (d) 1774
6. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in the year
(a) 1743 (b) 1752
(c) 1761 (d) 1763
7. Rani Channamma was the ruler of
(a) Bengal (b) Agra
(c) Kitoor (d) Delhi
8. Haidar Ali was the ruler of
(a) Bengal (b) Bombay
(c) Delhi (d) Mysore
9. European trading companies were attracted to India due to:
(a) cheap land (b) cheap labour
(c) No raw material like cotton silk and spices (d) none of these
10. Competition among the companies resulted in
(a) reduced profits of companies
(b) quality of goods increased
(c) price became low
(d) none of these
Lesson 3 – Ruling The Countryside
• Choose the correct answer.
1. The Champaran movement was against:
(a) peasants (b) the oppressive attitude of the planters
(c) East India Company (d) none of the above
2. The Company was appointed as the Diwan of Bengal in:
(a) 1763 (b) 1762
(c) 1765 (d) 1764
3. Gandhiji visited Champaran:
(a) to see the plight of Indigo planters in Champaran
(b) to see the progress of Indigo plantation
(c) to see the managing system of company
(d) none of the above
4. Who devised the new-system of revenue called Mahalwari?
(a) Queen Elizabetho
(b) Holt Mackenzie
(c) Gandhiji
(d) Queen Victoria
5. Growers of woad in Europe saw ……….... crop as competition to their earnings.
(a) Rubber (b) Tea
(c) Coffee (d) Indigo
6. Indigo production came down in Bengal in:
(a) 1852 (b) 1850
(c) 1859 (d) 1855
7. Who had developed the Munro system?
(a) Captain Alexander (b) Holt Mackenzie
(c) Thomas Munro (d) None of these
8. How much proportion of Indigo was imported from India by Britain in 1810?
(a) 75% (b) 95%
(c) 90% (d) 85%
9. H.T. Colebrook describes the conditions of the under-tenant farmers in
(a) 1800 (b) 1805
(c) 1806 (d) 1810
10. After harvest, the indigo plant was taken to the ……….... in the indigo factory.
(a) Dye (b) vat
(c) Farm (d) Machine
11. The international demand of indigo was affected by the discovery of:
(a) synthetic dyes (b) Woad
(c) blue colour (d) none of these
Lesson 4 – Tribal, Dikus and The Vision of a Golden Age
• Choose the correct answer.
1. The local weavers and leather workers turned to ..................... for supplies of Kusum and Palash
flowers.
(a) Santhals (b) Mundas
(c) Khonds (d) Labadis
2. The Bastar Rebellion in Central India broke out in:
(a) 1900 (b) 1910
(c) 1920 (d) 1940
3. Which revolt was popular in Maharashtra in 1940?
(a) The Bastar (b) The Kols
(c) Birsa movement (d) The Warli
4. The Khonds lived in:
(a) Karnataka (b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Odisha (d) Bihar
5. What type of lives did the herders live?
(a) Sophisticated (b) Settled
(c) Nomadic (d) None of these
6. …………..... tribe practised settled agriculture.
(a) Khonds (b) Labadis of Andhra Pradesh
(c) Santhals (d) Mundas of Chottanagpur Plateau
7. Jhum cultivation is practised these days in:
(a) eastern states of India (b) western states of India
(c) northern states of India (d) southern states of India
8. Santhals tribe rose in revolt in the year
(a) 1900 (b) 1855
(c) 1920 (d) 1930
9. In many regions Forest Department set up forest villages to ensure
(a) a regular supply of cheap labour
(b) a regular supply of forest produce
(c) a regular supply of agricultural produce
(d) none of the above
10. The revolt of Songram Sangma rose in the year 1906 in:
(a) Bengal (b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Assam (d) Odisha
11. The forest Satyagraha rose in the central provinces in:
(a) 1910 (b) 1920
(c) 1930 (d) 1940
12. Birsa spent time in the company of ............... preachers.
(a) Buddha (b) Vaishnav
(c) Sikhs (d) None of these
Lesson 5 – WHEN PEOPLE REBEL 1857 and After
• Choose the correct answer.
1. Bakht Khan was a soldier from
(a) Meerut (b) Agra
(c) Bareilly (d) Delhi
2. ………………………….. continued to fight a guerrilla war against British.
(a) Rani Lakshmibai (b) Tantia Tope
(c) Nana Saheb (d) Peshwa Baji Rao
3. The Mutiny started from
(a) Bareilly (b) Delhi
(c) Agra (d) Meerut
4. How many sepoys were dismissed from service and sentenced to ten years in9 May, 1857?
(a) Eighty (b) Eighty-five
(c) Ninety (d) Ninety-five
5. The sepoys were angry with the British because:
(a) of their policy of divide and rule (b) of the cartridge episode
(c) of their intolerating behaviour (d) none of these
6. Which emperor blessed the Mutiny?
(a) Mir Zafar (b) Bhakt Khan
(c) Bahadur Shah Zafar (d) None of these
7. Who was given the title of viceroy?
(a) Chief Commissioner (b) Forest Manager
(c) Governor General (d) None of these
8. Subsidiary Alliance was imposed on Awadh in:
(a) 1800 (b) 1801
(c) 1810 (d) 1815
9. When was law making conversion to Christianity made easier?
(a) 1810 (b) 1815
(c) 1850 (d) 1855
10. Which of the following is the decision taken by British to reform the Indian Society?
(a) Law against the practice of Sati
(b) (b) They encouraged the remarriage of widow
(c) English education was actively promoted
(d) All of the above
Lesson 6 – Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners
• Choose the correct answer.
1. .......................... cloth had a large market in Europe.
(a) Patola (b) Chintz
(c) Jamdani (d) None of these
2. Women and men who carried basket loads of iron ore on their heads were called:
(a) Agaria (b) Wootz
(c) Bandanna (d) Cossaes
3. In which century did the India's textile industry decline?
(a) 18th century (b) 17th century
(c) 19th century (d) 20th century
4. TISCO expanded steel production during the:
(a) First World War (b) Second World War
(c) Third World War (d) None of these
5. Portuguese first came to India in search of:
(a) Cotton (b) Spices
(c) Muslin (d) Steel
6. What things did Portuguese take back to Europe?
(a) Steel (b) Sugar
(c) Cotton textile (d) Coffee
7. Tipu Sultan's sword was made of
(a) stainless stee (b) Wootz
(c) Silver (d) none of these
8. Which of the following was NOT the name of Indian textile?
(a) Chintz (b) Cossaes
(c) Calico (d) Agaria
9. Michael Faraday spent four years in studying:
(a) the property of Indian steel (b) the ancient Indian culture
(c) the properties of Indian Wootz (d) none of these
10. Which place in India had one of the finest ores in the world?
(a) Raniganj
(b) Jharia
(c) Rajhara Hills
(d) None of these
11. Spinning Jenny was invented by:
(a) Weld
(b) Dorabji
(c) John Kaye
(d) none of these
Lesson 7 – Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation
• Choose the correct answer.
1. William Jones was a linguist because:
(a) he had studied Greek and Latin (b) he had learnt Persian
(c) he knew French and English (d) all of these
2. Who set up Asiatic Society of Bengal?
(a) William Jones (b) Henry Thomas Colebrooke
(c) Nathaniel Halhed (d) All of these
3. Madrasa was set up in Calcutta in the year
(a) 1750 (b) 1761
(c) 1771 (d) 1781
4. According to whom, "English education had enslaved Indians"?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Subhas Chandra Bose (d) Aacharya Vinoba Bhave
5. The Education Act was introduced in the year
(a) 1850 (b) 1835
(c) 1910 (d) 1900
6. Asiatick Researches (Journal) was NOT started by:
(a) William Jones (b) Henry Thomas Colebrooke
(c) Nathaniel Halhed (d) William Carey
7. Study of which of the following was NOT the purpose of setting up Madrasa in Calcutta in 1781?
(a) Arabic (b) Persian
(c) Sanskrit (d) Islamic laws
8. Who was Charles Wood?
(a) The President of the Board of Control of the Company
(b) Vice Commissioner of the Board of Control of the Company
(c) An Educationist
(d) None of the above
9. The English Education Act was passed
(a) to materialise Macaulay's thinking
(b) to make the English the medium of instruction for higher education
(c) to stop the promotion of oriental institutions
(d) all of the above
10. What type of school did Tagore want to set up?
(a) Where the child was happy
(b) Where he/she could be free and creative
(c) He/she was able to explore her own thoughts and desire
(d) All of the above
11. Who said these "Education means all round drawing out of the best in child and man-body, mind and
spirit"?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (d) None of these
Lesson 8 – Women, Caste and Reform
• Choose the correct answer.
1. Who supported the idea of self-respect movement?
(a) Mumtaz Ali (b) Rammohun Roy
(c) Periyar (d) Pandita Ramabai
2. The idea of widow remarriage was advocated by:
(a) Dayanand Saraswati (b) Jyotirao Phule
(c) Periyar (d) Pandita Ramabai
3. The Satyashodhak Samaj association was founded by:
(a) Mumtaz Ali (b) Periyar
(c) Jyotirao Phale (d) B.R. Ambedkar
4. Widow Remarriage Act was passed in the year
(a) 1826 (b) 1856
(c) 1876 (d) 1886
5. What is coolie ship?
(a) Luggage lifter at railway platform
(b) A ship that carried many Indians to Mauritius
(c) Association of Coolies
(d) None of the above
6. E.V. Ramaswamy was known by the name
(a) Phule (b) Periyar
(c) Vidyasagar (d) Dayanand Saraswati
7. During which period did Ambedkar lead three temple entry movement?
(a) Between 1900 to 1927 (b) Between 1927 to 1935
(c) Between 1935 to 1940 (d) Between 1940 to 1945
8. Prarathana Samaj was founded by:
(a) H.L.V. Derozio (b) Swami Vivekananda
(c) R.G. Bhandarkar (d) Raja Rammohun Roy
9. Which of the reforms movement was founded by H.L. V. Derozio?
(a) Young Bengal (b) Brahmo Samaj
(c) Veda Samaj (d) Aligarh Movement
10. Who started schools for Muslim girls in Patna and Calcutta?
(a) Mumtaz Ali (b) Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
(c) Sayyid Ahmed Khan (d) None of these
11. The first Urdu novels began to be written from
(a) the late sixteenth century (b) the late eighteenth century
(c) the late seventeenth century (d) the late nineteenth century
Lesson 9 – The Making of the National Movement 1870s – 1947
• Choose the correct answer.
1. Marathi newspaper 'Kesari' was edited by:
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai (b) Chitta Ranian Das
(c) Balgangadhar Tilak (d) Sarojini Naidu
2. Lala Lajpat Rai was a nationalist from:
(a) Bengal (b) Bihar
(c) Punjab (d) Haryana
3. Which of the following movement is associated with Chitta Ranjan Das?
(a) Quit India Movement (b) The Salt March
(c) Non-Cooperation Movement (d) None of these
4. The founder of Khudai Khidmatgars was:
(a) Mohammad Ali (b) Badshah Khan
(c) Shaukat Ali (d) None of these
5. Who established Natal Congress?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Balgangadhar Tilak (d) Lala Lajpat Rai
6. Bengal was divided by the British in the year:
(a) 1900 (b) 1910
(c) 1905 (d) 1920
7. Hindustan Socialist Republic Association was related with the nationalist:
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai (b) Balgangadhar Tilak
(c) Bhagat Singh (d) None of these
8. The Vernacular Press Act was enacted in:
(a) 1840 (b) 1857
(c) 1878 (d) 1890
9. Ilbert Bill was introduced in:
(a) 1860 (b) 1883
(c) 1878 (d) 1890
10. Naoroji was ………………..... settled in London.
(a) a businessman and publicist (b) an educationist
(c) an artist (d) none of these
11. Second World War ended in:
(a) 1910 (b) 1945
(c) 1920 (d) 1947
12. The fight for Purna Swaraj was fought under the presidentship of:
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) C. Rajagopalachari (d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
13. Who was the first Indian Governor-General of free India?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) C. Rajagopalachari (d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Lesson 10 – India After Independence
• Choose the correct answer.
1. How many countries of the world joined the conference of Bandung in Indonesia?
(a) 29 countries (b) Less than 20 countries
(c) More than 100 countries (d) 100 countries
2. Dharavi, the largest slum of the world, is situated in:
(a) Calcutta (b) Chennai
(c) Delhi (d) Mumbai
3. The leader who went on hunger strike for the Andhra Pradesh to protect the interest of Telugu
speakers is:
(a) Chitta Ranjan Das (b) Potti Sriramulu
(c) Krishna Menon (d) None of these
4. The Bhilai steel plant was set up in the year
(a) 1950 (b) 1952
(c) 1955 (d) 1959
5. How many Indians formed the Constituent Assembly?
(a) One hundred (b) Two hundred
(c) Three hundred (d) Four hundred
6. New state of Andhra Pradesh came into being:
(a) on 1 October, 1953 (b) on 15 October, 1953
(c) on 1 May, 1953 (d) on 15 May, 1953
7. Mukti Vahini was formed by the Bengali Population under the leadership of
(a) Mira Behn (b) Muziburr Rehman
(c) Potti Sriramulu (d) None of these
8. Which is NOT the features of our constitution?
(a) Adoption of Universal Adult Franchise
(b) Preference to Hindu Religion
(c) Equal rights to all citizens
(d) Special privileges for the poorest and most disadvantageous Indians
9. Up to which date were many of the princely states retained as administrative units?
(a) Up to October 15, 1947 (b) Up to October 31, 1947
(c) Up to October 15, 1955 (d) Up to October 31, 1956
10. The United Nations was formed in:
(a) 1940 (b) 1947
(c) 1945 (d) 1950
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11. India celebrated its 60 year of independence
(a) on August 15, 2007 (b) on January 26, 2000
(c) on August 15, 2009 (d) on January 15, 2005
12. Pakistan was divided into two parts because of:
(a) imposition of Persian on the Bengali speaking of the east
(b) imposition of Islamic language on the Bengali speaking of the east
(c) imposition of Urdu on Bengali speaking population of the east
(d) none of the above
GEOGRAPHY
Lesson 1 – Resources
• Choose the correct answer:
1. Which of these have some utility?
(a) Water (b) Vegetables
(c) Electricity (d) All of these
2. Which of these have economic value?
(a) Landscape (b) Metals
(c) Home remedies (d) None of these
3. Resources are distributed unequally over the earth because of:
(a) the different natural conditions
(b) level of development
(c) technological levels
(d) all of these
4. Resources drawn from nature and used without much modification are called:
(a) natural resources (b) human made resources
(c) none of these (d) cultural resources
5. The basis of classification of resources are:
(a) level of development and use (b) origin
(c) stock and distribution (d) all of these
6. The resources whose quantities are known, named as:
(a) potential resources (b) actual resources
(c) Stock (d) all of these
7. Give an example of biotic resources.
(a) rocks (b) Minerals
(c) Animals (d) soils
8. Coal is an example of:
(a) renewable resources (b) human resources
(c) non-renewable resources (d) potential resources
9. Technology is an example of:
(a) natural resources (b) human made resources
(c) both (a) and (b) (d) none of these
10. Resources used carefully and giving them time to get renewed is called:
(a) resource depletion (b) resource conservation
(c) resource pollution (d) none of these
11. Balancing the needs to use resources and also conserve them for future generation is called:
(a) Development (b) sustainable development
(c) Devaluation (d) all of these
Lesson 2 – Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Resources
• Choose the correct answer:
1. In which of the following continents is Tanzania situated?
(a) Asia (b) Europe
(c) South America (d) Africa
2. Which of the following is the most important natural resource?
(a) Water (b) Land
(c) Air (d) All of these
3. The uneven distribution of population in the world is due to the varied characteristics of:
(a) land and climate (b) Climate
(c) Vegetation (d) Settlements
4. The example of common property resource is:
(a) community land (b) individual building
(c) both (a) and (b) (d) none of these
5. ……………... is the use of land for different purposes like agriculture, forestry, mining, construction of
buildings, houses, industries and road.
(a) Land degradation (b) Land use
(c) Landfilling (d) Land digging
6. Which of the following determine the use of land?
(a) Soil and topography (b) Climate and vegetation
(c) Availability of water (d) All of these
7. Australia uses its largest portion of its area for:
(a) Pastures (b) crop land
(c) Forest (d) other uses
8. The lowermost layer of the soil is:
(a) Weathered rock (b) Parent rock
(c) Sub soil (d) None of these
9. Which of the following is used of soil conservation?
(a) Mulching (b) Shelter belts
(c) Contour ploughing (d) All of these
10. Which is not an example of ground water?
(a) Water flowing in rivers (b) Water through wells
(c) Water through hand pumps (d) Water through submersible pumps
11. Which of the following is a famous bird sanctuary?
(a) Kaziranga National Park (b) Tiger Park at Dudhwa
(c) Gir forest (d) Bharatpur Sanctuary
12. Why is it necessary to increase the area under forests?
(a) To maintain ecological balance
(b) Forest absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
(c) Forest help in raising the level of precipitation
(d) All of these
13. Large scale destruction of forests cover and arable land has occurred due to the following:
(a) Growing population (b) Ever growing demand of the population
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
Lesson 3 – Minerals and Power Resources
• Choose the correct answer:
1. Why has quarrying become a major environmental concern?
(a) Because minerals are pollutants
(b) Due to dust raised from the quarrying activities
(c) Because it is done by displacing people
(d) None of these
2. The process of taking out minerals from rocks buried under the surface of the Earth is named as:
(a) Mining (b) Pumping
(c) extracting (d) none of these
3. Give an example of shafts.
(a) Surface mining (b) Deep bores
(c) Off-shore drilling (d) None of these
4. What is the process in which minerals lying near the surface are dug?
(a) Drilling (b) Off-shore drilling
(c) Quarrying (d) Extraction
5. Name the process in which deep wells are bored to take out petroleum and natural gas.
(a) Quarrying (b) Shaft mining
(c) Drilling (d) Open cast mining
6. Gold is an example of ........................ minerals.
(a) Ferrous (b) non-ferrous
(c) both (a) and (b) (d) none of these
7. Which continent is the largest producer of iron?
(a) Asia (b) Europe
(c) North America (d) Australia
8. Which one of the following countries in Europe has the largest deposits of iron?
(a) Portugal (b) Russia
(c) Germany (d) Hungary
9. Which is one of the deepest gold mine of the world?
(a) Kolar (b) Jharia
(c) Raniganj (d) Bikaner
10. From which mineral is silicon obtained?
(a) Coal (b) Bauxite
(c) Thorium (d) Quartz
11. Suggest ways to conserve minerals.
(a) Reducing waste in the process of mining
(b) Recycling of minerals
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
12. Which one of the followings is not the way of saving energy at home?\
(a) Switching off lights when not in use
(b) Keeping gas off when not in use
(c) Cooking food in an open pan on low flame
(d) Switching on lights during daytime
13. Petroleum is referred to as 'black gold' because:
(a) it is black in colour (b) it is yellow in colour
(c) it is used in making jewellery (d) it is valuable
14. Where do we find natural gas resources in India?
(a) Bihar (b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Jammu and Kashmir (d) Mumbai High
15. Mineral fuel is found in:
(a) Sedimentary rocks (b) Metamorphic rocks
(c) Igneous rocks (d) All of these
16. Which of the following are non-conventional resources?
(a) Solar energy (b) Wind energy
(c) Tidal energy (d) All of these
17. Energy obtained from the earth is known as:
(a) Bio gas (b) Nuclear energy
(c) Thermal (d) Geothermal
Lesson 4 – Agriculture
• Choose the correct answer:
1. Which of the following are primary activities?
(a) Mining (b) Agriculture
(c) Fishing (d) All of these
2. What is cultivation of grapes called?
(a) Sericulture (b) Viticulture
(c) Horticulture (d) Floriculture
3. The important inputs like seeds, fertilisers, machinery etc form a system called as?
(a) Barter system (b) Water system
(c) Farm system (d) All of these
4. Type of farming to meet family needs is known as:
(a) Subsistense (b) Mixed
(c) Organic (d) None of these
5. Which of these is not commercial farming?
(a) Commercial Grain (b) Mixed
(c) Organic (d) Plantation
6. ......................... is also known as a paddy.
(a) Jowar (b) Wheat
(c) Bajra (d) Rice
7. Which of the following crops are raised in commercial grain farming?
(a) Maize (b) Wheat
(c) Both of these (d) None of these
8. Rubber plantation is famous in:
(a) Sri Lanka (b) Brazil
(c) Malaysia (d) USA
9. Which of the following are coarse grains?
(a) Jowar (b) Ragi
(c) Bajra (d) All of these
10. Which Of the following country is a leading producer of rice?
(a) China (b) Pakistan
(c) Malaysia (d) Egypt
11. Which type of soil is good for growing wheat?
(a) Desert (b) Loamy
(c) Sandy (d) None of these
12. Which of these are Millets?
(a) Jowar (b) Ragi
(c) Both of these (d) Maize
13. Which fibre requires frost free days to grow?
(a) Cotton (b) Jute
(c) Nylon (d) None of these
14. Which of the following countries usually practice Commercial agriculture?
(a) U.S.A. (b) Bangladesh
(c) India (d) Bhutan
Lesson 5 – Industries
• Choose the correct answer:
1. Which of the following is a secondary activity?
(a) Coal mining industry (b) Tourism industry
(c) Fishing (d) Agriculture
2. Change of raw materials into products of more value to people is called
(a) manufacturing (b) resources
(c) Population (d) none of these
3. Which is not the agro-based industry?
(a) Oil (b) Textile
(c) Sugar (d) Food Processing
4. Marine-based industries are based on:
(a) Minerals (b) forest products
(c) agricultural products (d) oceanic products
5. Fish is a product of the
(a) mineral-based industries (b) agro-based industries
(c) marine-based industries (d) forest-based industries
6. Basket weaving falls in the category of
(a) small-scale industry (b) cottage industry
(c) large-scale industry (d) none of these
7. Which of the following is a private sector industry?
(a) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (c) Steel Authority of India
(b) Tata Iron and Steel Industry (d) National Thermal Power Corporation
8. Why are state owned industries called public sector industries?
(a) Because they are established, run and maintained by private people
(b) Because they are established, run and maintained by the government
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
9. Which factors affect the location of industry?
(a) Land (b) Labour
(c) Capital (d) All of these
10. Industrialisation often leads to:
(a) Poverty (b) Population
(c) Development (d) None of these
11. What does an industrial system consists of?
(a) Inputs (b) Processes
(c) Output (d) All of these
12. Which metal is often called the backbone of modern industry?
(a) Steel (b) Gold
(c) Silver (d) Aluminium
13. The earlier name of Jamshedpur was:
(a) Sakshi (b) Sakchi
(c) Subarnarekha (d) Kharkai
14. Which among the following is the largest lake?
(a) Huran (b) Superior
(c) Ontario (d) Michigan
15. Which is not the quality of clothes?
(a) Muslin (b) Chintzes
(c) Calicos (d) Osaka
16. ITI is the full form of
(a) Indian Training Institute (b) Institute of Technology of India
(c) Indian Telephone Industry (d) Industrial Technology Institute
Lesson 6 – Human Resources
• Choose the correct answer:
1. When was Human Resource Development Ministry formed in India at central level of Government?
(a) In 1990 (b) In 1985
(c) In 2004 (d) In 2009
2. More than 90% of World's population lives in about ……….... of land surface.
(a) 20% (b) 30%
(c) 50% (d) 35%
3. The average density of world's population is:
(a) 10 persons per square kilometre (b) 80 persons per square kilometre
(c) 20 persons per square kilometre (d) 51 persons per square kilometre
4. The highest density of the population in the world is in:
(a) Europe (b) South America
(c) South central Asia (d) none of these
5. Which of the following is not the region where very few people live?
(a) High altitudes areas (b) Plains
(c) High mountains (d) Equatorial forest area
6. The population of the world is
(a) 77 billions (b) 7.0 billions
(c) 0.77 billions (d) 0.077 billions
7. Movement of people in and out of an area is called
(a) migration (b) death rate
(c) birth rate (d) growth rate
8. How have USA and Australia gained in respect of population growth?
(a) By immigration (b) By tourism
(c) By both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
9. Which of the following countries has slow growth rate of population?
(a) India (b) Pakistan
(c) United Kingdom (d) Brazil
10. Which country has high population growth rate?
(a) Pakistan (b) Kenya
(c) India (d) China
11. Human resources differ from one another in respect of
(a) educational level (b) age
(c) sex (d) all of these
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Lesson 1 – The Indian Constitution
• Choose the correct answer:
1. Constitution of a nation contains:
(a) Rules (b) Laws
(b) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
2. What refers to a goal or a principle in its most excellent or perfect form?
(a) Arbitrary (b) Ideal
(c) Polity (d) None of these
3. By which time had the nationalist movement gained momentum?
(a) Beginning of 20th century (b) Middle of 20th century
(c) End of 20th century (d) None of these
4. When did the King of Nepal finally take over as the head of government?
(a) February, 2002 (b) February, 2005
(c) February, 2007 (d) April, 2003
5. State governments have authority to make rules on subjects of
(a) Asian concern (b) National concern
(c) Both of these (d) None of these
6. Who has a role to play in formation of government under Universal Adult Suffrage?
(a) All adult Indians (b) Only males
(c) All children (d) None of these
7. What kind of role citizens of India play in electing representatives?
(a) Indirect No Role
(c) Direct (d) Submissive
8. What refers to independent people in a democratic form of government?
(a) Sovereign (b) Ideal
(c) Polity (d) Trafficking
9. If a 13-year old child is working in a factory, what is it called?
(a) Freedom to education both (b) Child labour
(a) and (b) (d) None of these
10. Which of the following are Fundamental Rights?
(a) Right to equality (b) Right to freedom
(c) Right against exploitation (d) All of these
11. Secularism means that the state promotes
(a) One religion (b) No religion
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
12. Who was the first Prime Minister of Free India?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(c) Mrs. Indira Gandhi (d) Guljari Lal Nanda
Lesson 2 – Understanding Secularism
• Choose the correct answer:
1. Where do Christians go for prayer?
(a) Temple (b) Church
(c) Mosque (d) Gurudwara
2. What happened in Hitler's Germany?
(a) Several million people were killed
(b) Bomb blast took place in Nagasaki
(c) Assassination of Mrs. Indira Gandhi
(d) All of these
3. What does to force someone to do something' mean?
(a) Coercion (b) Intervene
(c) Interpret (d) None of these
4. Indian Constitution contains
(a) fundamental rights (b) discrimination
(c) Unequality (d) all of these
5. What could the tyranny of majority result in?
(a) Discrimination (b) Coercion
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of the above
6. What can we not do in government schools?
(a) Sing national anthem (b) Sing Rashtriya Geet
(c) Celebrate any religious festival (d) None of these
7. What refers to the State's effort to influence a particular matter in accordance with the principles of
the constitution?
(a) Intervene (b) Coercion
(c) Meditation (d) None of these
8. Which is the sect of Jainism?
(a) Arya Samaj (b) Khalsa
(c) Digamber (d) Sanatan Dharm
9. What is celebrated on 2nd October of every year?
(a) Christmas Day (b) Children's Day
(c) Gandhi Jayanti (d) Diwali
Lesson 3 – Why Do We Need A Parliament
• Choose the correct answer:
1. Parliament enables Indian citizens to participate in
(a) Decision making (b) Control the government
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
2. During British rule which Government of India Act allowed some elected representation
(a) Government of India Act 1919 (b) Government of India Act 1909
(c) Government of India Act 1916 (d) Government of India Act 1947
3. Representatives to the Parliament are chosen by the
(a) People (b) Rulers
(c) Government (d) None of these
4. Who is the Chairman of Rajya Sabha?
(a) Prime Minister of India (b) President of India
(c) Vice-President of India (d) None of these
5. How many seats were won by BJP in Lok Sabha Election 2019?
(a) 285 (b) 295
(c) 301 (d) 303
6. The highest law-making body of our country consisting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha is
known as
(a) High court (b) Supreme court
(c) Parliament (d) none of these
7. The combined strength of all political parties in the Parliament with less than 50% of representatives
is
(a) ruling party (b) opposition
(c) coalition (d) none of these
8. What is the most important function of Lok Sabha?
(a) How to celebrate Diwali this year?
(b) The Prime Minister selects minister to work
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
9. What does PMO refer to?
(a) Prime Minister Office (b) Post Master Office
(c) Primary Municipal Office (d) None of these
10. Who looks after sanitary conditions of the country?
(a) Health Minister (b) Home Minister
(c) Finance Minister (d) All of these
11. The upper house of Parliament, representing the states, is termed as
(a) Lok Sabha (b) Rajya Sabha
(c) Parliament House (d) none of these
12. Which is an important way to control the executive in Parliament?
(a) Assembly (b) Zero hour
(c) Question hour (d) none of these
13. In Parliament seats are reserved for:
(a) SCs (b) STs
(c) None of them (d) Both (a) and (b)
Lesson 4 – Understanding Laws
• Choose the correct answer:
1. When did Jallianwala Bagh's massacre take place?
(a) 13 April (b) 13 March
(c) 13 May (d) 13 June
2. Where is Jallianwala Bagh located?
(a) Amritsar (b) Delhi
(c) Agra (d) Dehradun
3. When did the Rowlatt Act come into effect?
(a) On 10th February, 1917 (b) On 10th January, 1918
(c) On 10th March, 1919 (d) On 20th April, 1920
4. Who gave the order to fire in Jallianwala Bagh on innocent people protesting calmly?
(a) General Dyer (b) Dr. Satyapal
(c) Dr. Saifuddin Kichlew (d) None of these
5. What is the violence free relationship where husband and wife are equal with each other and they
enjoy equal rights?
(a) Equal relationship (b) Discriminated relationship
(c) Evolution (d) All of these
6. Law on Domestic Violence was made in this year
(a) 2005 (b) 2006
(c) 2007 (d) 2008
7. Who was the Afro-American woman who refused to give her seat to a white man in 1955?
(a) Rosy Peter (b) Rosa Parks
(c) Rosymary (d) Rose Jose
Lesson 5 – Judiciary
• Choose the correct answer:
1. What is the system consisting of courts which interpret the constitution and award judgement?
(a) Judiciary (b) Parliament
(c) Police (d) Legislative
2. What is the term used for money given to make amends for an injury or a loss?
(a) Donation (b) Compensation
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
3. What is the act of breaking a law as well as to the breach or infringement of Fundamental Rights?
(a) Violation (b) Acquit
(c) Dispute (d) All of these
4. Judiciary in India resolves the disputes between
(a) State and State (b) State and Citizen
(c) Citizen and Citizen (d) All the above
5. Who is the final interpreter of our Constitution?
(a) Judiciary (b) Government
(c) Executive (d) Legislative
6. Once appointed, a judge of a Supreme Court or a High Court can be removed by:
(a) The President (b) The Chief Justice of Supreme Court
(c) The Prime Minister (d) The Parliament
7. When was High Court under British Rule first established?
(a) In 1862 (b) In 1966
(c) In 1866 (d) In 1986
8. How many High Courts are there in India currently?
(a) 31 (b)21
(c) 11 (d) 01
9. What type of cases are decided by under Civil Law?
(a) Divorce (b) Rent matters
(c) Sale of land (d) All the above
10. The removal of persons from land or homes that they are currently living in, is called
(a) violation (b) eviction
(c) separation of power (d) judiciary
11. How many judges are there in Supreme Court?
(a) 26 judges (b) 36 judges
(c) 46 judges (d) 16 judges
Lesson 6 – Understanding Our Criminal Justice System
• Choose the correct answer:
1. Which type of advocate who pleads on behalf of the accused person?
(a) Public prosecutor (b) Defence lawyer
(c) Judge (d) All of these
2. What term refers to a person who is tried by a court for a crime?
(a) Accused (b) Lawyer
(c) Detention (d) Fair trial
3. What refers to any act that the law defines as a crime?
(a) Detention (b) Offence
(c) Witness (d) All of these
4. A person who is called upon in court to provide a first hand account of what he/she has seen, heard
or knows?
(a) Criminal (b) Offence
(c) Witness (d) None of these
5. Who register the FIR?
(a) Firemen (b) Policemen
(c) Lawyer (d) Public prosecutor
6. What is the act of keeping the accused in custody by the police?
(a) Cross-examine (b) Detention
(c) FIR (d) All of these
7. What is the type of the advocate who pleads the cases on behalf of the government and who has
been appointed by the government on permanent basis?
(a) Public prosecutor (b) Private prosecutor
(c) Deed writer (d) Typist
8. Who decides whether a person is guilty or not?
(a) Advocate (b) Public prosecutor
(c) Judge (d) Police
9. Article 21 of the Constitution Guarantees-
(a) Right to Speech (b) Right to Life
(c) Right to freedom (d) None of the above
Lesson 7 – Understanding Marginalisation
• Choose the correct answer:
1. Certain groups feels marginalised due to factors like:
(a) Social and cultural (b) Economic
(c) Political (d) All of these
2. What literally means the original inhabitants?
(a) Adivasis (b) Minorities
(c) Ghetto (d) Devoid
3. Where do Adivasis live?
(a) In or near Forest (b) Kaccha house
(c) Colonies (d) None of these
4. How much is population of the Adivasis in India?
(a) 2% (b) 4%
(c) 8% (d) 16%
5. Stereotyping of Adivasis is related to their being:
(a) Exotic (b) Primitive
(c) Backward (d) All the above
6. A person who does not get adequate nutrition or food is known as:
(a) malnourished (b) nourished
(c) well-nourished (d) none of these
7. What is use of timber?
(a) Construction of houses (b) Railways
(c) Furnitures (d) All of these
8. Constitutional safeguards are provided to the minorities on the basis of:
(a) Religion (b) Language
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
9. …………………… is a locality which is populated largely by members of a particular community.
(a) Ghetto (b) Adivasis
(c) Minorities (d) None of these
10. The minorities are forced to live on the margins of economic and social development, this is known
as
(a) malnourished (b) marginalisation
(c) Displaced (d) all of these
11. How much of Muslims are literate?
(a) 65% (b) 59%
(c) 80% (d) 94%
Lesson 8 – Confronting Marginalisation
• Choose the correct answer:
1. Who out of the following are facing inequalities due to marginalisation?
(a) Dalits (b) Women
(c) Adivasis (d) All of them
2. Which is the Article of Constitution that states that untouchability has been abolished?
(a) Article 16 (b) Article 18
(c) Article 28 (d)Article 17
3. Who wrote the poem on untouchability?
(a) Poet Chokhamela (b) Poet Surender Sharma
(c) Poet Maithali Sharan Gupta (d) Poetess Soyrabai
4. How does government ensure to end the inequity in the country?
(a) Through laws (b) Through reservations
(c) Both A and B (d) None of them
5. What term means to exclude or banish an individual or a group?
(a) Dalit (b) S.C.
(c) Ostracise (d) None of these
6. A person or a group that can express themselves and their views strongly are:
(a) assertive (b) representative
(c) forceful person (d) none of these
7. Who was Kabir by caste?
(a) Weaver (b) Kumhar
(c) Barbar (d) Mason
8. Which type of poems Kabir wrote?
(a) Bhakti tradition (b) Veer Ras
(c) Revolutionary (d) None of these
9. What do you understand by manual scavenging?
(a) Work of scavenging by machine (b)Work of scavenging by hand
(c) Work of scavenging by power (d) None of these
10. When did the Supreme Court ban the practice of manual scavenging?
(a) 2001 (b) 2002
(c) 2004 (d) 1993
11. The forest or tribal people living in their aboriginal state-the lifestyle are known as
(a) Invoke (b) Dalits
(c) Adivasis (d) None of these
12. Which Act is important for Adivasis?
(a) Act, 1989 (b) Act, 1990
(c) Act, 1991 (d) Act, 1996
13. Who needs to constantly work to bring equality and dignity for all?
(a) Government (b) People
(c) None of them (d) Both of them
Lesson 9 – Public Facilities
• Choose the correct answer:
1. Where are Anu and Kumar travelling through?
(a) Delhi (b) Chennai
(c) Mumbai (d) China
2. Which areas in Chennai faces severe water shortages?
(a) Madipakkam (b) Mtylapore
(c) Slums near Saidapet (d) All these areas
3. Which of the following is a water related disease?
(a) Plague (b) Eye flu
(c) Cholera (d) All of these
4. How can we prevent water related diseases?
(a) By using pond water (b) By using clean and safe water
(c) By using boring water (d) All of these
5. What are Public facilities?
(a) Essential facilities (b) Non essential facilities
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
6. Who carries the responsibility of providing public facility to the people?
(a) Government (b) Public
(c) Private organisation (d) None of these
7. Which of the following is most important public transport?
(a) Aeroplane (b) Boat
(c) Buses (d) Cars
8. Wherefrom the government gets funds for providing Public facility?
(a) Income Tax collected from the people
(b) Fines collected from the people
(c) Other taxes collected from the people
(d) All of these
9. What is the main sources of water?
(a) Municipal water (b) Borewell
(c) River water (d) All of these
10. Which facility, besides safe drinking water, is necessary to prevent water-borne disease?
(a) which Sanitation (b) Transport
(c) Road (d) All of these
Lesson 10 – Law and Social Justice
• Choose the correct answer:
1. The term used for event in which large number of losses occur to life and property:
(a) Toxic (b) Poisonous
(c) Disaster (d) Vulnerable
2. Which word is used for pollution?
(a) Contamination (b) Toxic
(c) Pure (d) None of these
3. What is the term used for a ten-year old child working in a factory?
(a) Child labour (b) Factory worker
(c) Baildaar (d) All of these
4. The law against child labour was implemented in
(a) 2001 (b) 2003
(c) 2005 (d) 2006
5. What is a minimum labour (Rupees) for a construction worker in your state?
(a) Above 75 rupees daily (b) Above 100 rupees daily
(c) Above 150 rupees daily (d) Above 300 rupees daily
6. Which of the following is powerlooms?
(a) Where the production is made by hand.
(b) Where the production is made by machines using electricity.
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
7. How do the private companies earn more profit?
(a) Giving high wages (b) Less working hours
(c) Both of these (d) None of these
8. The money spent to purchase new machine or building for gaining profits in future is called:
(a) Investment (b) expenditure
(c) Losses (d) none of these
9. Which type of pollution is created by vehicle's smoke?
(a) Air pollution (b) Water pollution
(c) Noise pollution (d) All of these
10. How can we reduce environment pollution?
(a) By using diesel cars (b) By using CNG kits in vehicle
(c) By using petrol cars (d) None of these
11. Which of the following are hazardous industries?
(a) Pesticides (b) Asbestos producing
(c) Ship breaking (d) All of these