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WorksheetsPT-03 Social science for 8th
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Which one of the following industries is known as Sunrise Industry?
Iron and steel Industry
Cotton textile
Information technology
None of these
Industries of cooperative sector are operated by the......
Producers
Suppliers of raw material
Workers
All of these
Ahmedabad is the leading center of.........
Iron and steel industry
Cotton textile industry
Chemical industry
Aircraft industry
The first cotton textile mill was established in Mumbai in
1851
1859
1854
1860
Industries are classified on the basis of
Raw material
Size
Ownership
All of these
Refers to an activity that is concerned with production of goods, extraction of minerals or the provision of services.
Manufacturing
Secondary activity
Industry
None of these
Why are state owned industries called public sector industries?
Because they are established, run and maintained by private people
Because they are established, run and maintained by the government
Both (A) and (B)
None of these
The full form of MIC is
Mineral Insurance Company
Methyl Isocynate
Multi Insurance Corporation
Member of Inner Cabinet
Change of raw material into products of more value to people is called
Manufacturing
Population
Resources
None of these
Which of the following is a not secondary activity?
Coal mining industry
Tourism industry
Building industries
Mining
Which of the following is private sector industry?
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Steel Authority of India
Tata Iron and Steel Industry
National Highway Authority
What is the percentage of Muslims children under the age group of 6-14 years have neither enrolled in school nor dropped out?
10%
15%
20%
25%
How much percentage of population in India is Adivasi?
5%
4%
3%
8%
Which among these is not a minority group?
Muslims
Christians
Parsis
Hindus
India has _____ national parks and ________ wildlife sanctuaries.
54, 372
104, 543
103, 544
15, 789
Reservations for the OBCs in government jobs is up to_____
25%
27%
50%
60%
What type of school did Tagore want to set up?
Where the child was happy
Where he/she could be free and creative
He/She was able to explore her own thoughts and desire
All of the above
Who strongly felt that Indian languages ought to be the medium of teaching in Indian educational institutions?
Thomas Macaulay
James Mill
William Adam
Mahatma Gandhi
In which year Wood's Dispatch-outlining the educational policy emphasized the practical benefits of European learning in India?
1860
1862
1854
1857
Who advocated that Indians should be made familiar with the scientific and technical advances?
Warren Hastings
James Mill
Thomas Macaulay
Mahatma Gandhi
in 1857, three universities were being established in
Bombay, Madras and Calcutta
Bengal, Madras and Bombay
Delhi, Punjab and Calcutta
None of these
Who saw India as an uncivilized country that needed to be civilized?
William Adam
Thomas Macaulay
James Mill
Warren Hastings
The English Education Act was passed
To materialize Macaulay's thinking
To make the English the medium of instruction for higher education
To stop the promotion of oriental institutions
All of the above
Who considered English knowledge the supreme?
James Mill
William Jones
Thomas Babington Macaulay
William Carey
Madarsa was set up in Calcutta in the year
1750
1761
1771
1781
Nai Talim' was introduced by
Thomas Macaulay
Rabindranath Tagore
Mahatma Gandhi
James
The Education Act was introduced in the year
1850
1870
1835
1900
Who was Charles Wood?
The President of the Board of Control of the Company
Vice Commissioner of the Board of Control of the Company
An Educationist
None of the above
William Jones had started a journal which was called
The Times of India
Bengal Gazette
Asiatic Research
Philosophical Research
Those who have scholarly knowledge of Asiatic language and culture are called _____
Linguistic
Orientalists
Vernacularists
Munshis
A person who can read, write and teach Persian is known as _______
Munshi
Maulavi
Qazi
Brahman
According to Adam’s report, there were over ____ schools in rural Bihar and Bengal in the 1830s.
1 lakh
50 thousand
2 lakhs
5 lakhs
According to 2011 census, Muslims are ______________ per cent of India’s population.
14.2
15.2
16.2
14.9
Niyamgiri Hills located in Kalahandi district of ________
Madhya Pradesh
Orissa
Nagaland
Jharkhand
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________
Justice Ramachndra
Justice Rajindar Sachar
Justice Allauddin
None of These
