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PT-03 Social science for 8th

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which one of the following industries is known as Sunrise Industry?

a)

Iron and steel Industry

b)

Cotton textile

c)

Information technology

d)

None of these

2.

Industries of cooperative sector are operated by the......

a)

Producers

b)

Suppliers of raw material

c)

Workers

d)

All of these

3.

Ahmedabad is the leading center of.........

a)

Iron and steel industry

b)

Cotton textile industry

c)

Chemical industry

d)

Aircraft industry

4.

The first cotton textile mill was established in Mumbai in

a)

1851

b)

1859

c)

1854

d)

1860

5.

Industries are classified on the basis of

a)

Raw material

b)

Size

c)

Ownership

d)

All of these

6.

Refers to an activity that is concerned with production of goods, extraction of minerals or the provision of services.

a)

Manufacturing

b)

Secondary activity

c)

Industry

d)

None of these

7.

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

8.

The full form of MIC is

a)

Mineral Insurance Company

b)

Methyl Isocynate

c)

Multi Insurance Corporation

d)

Member of Inner Cabinet

9.

Change of raw material into products of more value to people is called

a)

Manufacturing

b)

Population

c)

Resources

d)

None of these

10.

Which of the following is a not secondary activity?

a)

Coal mining industry

b)

Tourism industry

c)

Building industries

d)

Mining

11.

Which of the following is private sector industry?

a)

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

b)

Steel Authority of India

c)

Tata Iron and Steel Industry

d)

National Highway Authority

12.

What is the percentage of Muslims children under the age group of 6-14 years have neither enrolled in school nor dropped out?

a)

10%

b)

15%

c)

20%

d)

25%

13.

How much percentage of population in India is Adivasi?

a)

5%

b)

4%

c)

3%

d)

8%

14.

Which among these is not a minority group?

a)

Muslims

b)

Christians

c)

Parsis

d)

Hindus

15.

India has _____ national parks and ________ wildlife sanctuaries.

a)

54, 372

b)

104, 543

c)

103, 544

d)

15, 789

16.

Reservations for the OBCs in government jobs is up to_____

a)

25%

b)

27%

c)

50%

d)

60%

17.

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

18.

Who strongly felt that Indian languages ought to be the medium of teaching in Indian educational institutions?

a)

Thomas Macaulay

b)

James Mill

c)

William Adam

d)

Mahatma Gandhi

19.

In which year Wood's Dispatch-outlining the educational policy emphasized the practical benefits of European learning in India?

a)

1860

b)

1862

c)

1854

d)

1857

20.

Who advocated that Indians should be made familiar with the scientific and technical advances?

a)

Warren Hastings

b)

James Mill

c)

Thomas Macaulay

d)

Mahatma Gandhi

21.

in 1857, three universities were being established in

a)

Bombay, Madras and Calcutta

b)

Bengal, Madras and Bombay

c)

Delhi, Punjab and Calcutta

d)

None of these

22.

Who saw India as an uncivilized country that needed to be civilized?

a)

William Adam

b)

Thomas Macaulay

c)

James Mill

d)

Warren Hastings

23.

The English Education Act was passed

a)

To materialize 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

24.

Who considered English knowledge the supreme?

a)

James Mill

b)

William Jones

c)

Thomas Babington Macaulay

d)

William Carey

25.

Madarsa was set up in Calcutta in the year

a)

1750

b)

1761

c)

1771

d)

1781

26.

Nai Talim' was introduced by

a)

Thomas Macaulay

b)

Rabindranath Tagore

c)

Mahatma Gandhi

d)

James

27.

The Education Act was introduced in the year

a)

1850

b)

1870

c)

1835

d)

1900

28.

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

29.

William Jones had started a journal which was called

a)

The Times of India

b)

Bengal Gazette

c)

Asiatic Research

d)

Philosophical Research

30.

Those who have scholarly knowledge of Asiatic language and culture are called _____

a)

Linguistic

b)

Orientalists

c)

Vernacularists

d)

Munshis

31.

A person who can read, write and teach Persian is known as _______

a)

Munshi

b)

Maulavi

c)

Qazi

d)

Brahman

32.

According to Adam’s report, there were over ____ schools in rural Bihar and Bengal in the 1830s.

a)

1 lakh

b)

50 thousand

c)

2 lakhs

d)

5 lakhs

33.

According to 2011 census, Muslims are ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­______________ per cent of India’s population.

a)

14.2

b)

15.2

c)

16.2

d)

14.9

34.

Niyamgiri Hills located in Kalahandi district of ________

a)

Madhya Pradesh

b)

Orissa

c)

Nagaland

d)

Jharkhand

35.

The government set up a high-level committee in 2005 to examine the social,economic and educational status of the Muslim community in India. Committee Chaired by________

a)

Justice Ramachndra

b)

Justice Rajindar Sachar

c)

Justice Allauddin

d)

None of These