WorksheetsHow, When,& Where
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 31mins
Who produced the first map of India?
James Mill
James Rennel
James William
None of these
In which part historians have divided Indian history?
Medieval, Modern, Colonial
Ancient, Medieval, Colonial
Ancient, Medieval, Modern
None of these
What do you mean by Colonisation?
Conquest of one country by another.
Subjugation of two country by another country.
Subjugation of one country by another.
Conquest.
What do you mean by Census?
Official enumeration of the population after every 10 years.
Official enumeration of the population after every 12 years.
Official enumeration of the population after every 14 years.
Official enumeration of the population after every 16 years.
Who was the last Viceroy of India?
Lord Irwin
Lord Canning
Lord Harding
Lord Mountbatten
Which were not the sources of information of the British administration?
Memos
Reports
Notes
Diaries of Indians.
How did many historians refer British period in India as?
Modern
Colonial
Political subjugation
None of these
Who were the Calligraphists?
Write official accounts.
Person specialised in art and paintings.
Person specialised in the art of beautiful hand-writing.
Illustrate manuscripts.
Autobiographies are account of people written by whom?
Historians
Calligraphists
By other people
Themselves
What do you mean by contemporary?
The term refers to the future period.
The term refers to the present period.
The term refers to the past period.
None of these
What is Imperialism?
Imperialism is a political system.
Imperialism is a technical term.
Imperialism is a traditional system.
None of these
Who was James Mill?
Indian economist
Scottish economist
British economist
German economist
How did Mills divide Indian History?
Hindu
Muslim
British
All of the above
Who was Warren Hastings?
Last Governor General
First Governor General
First Indian Governor General
Last British Governor General
What is the ‘modern period’ associated with?
The modern period in India is associated with the establishment of British colonial rule and the fight we put up against it.
It covers the socio-cultural change that came about in India under the influence of the British.
Both a and b
None of the above
A major part of the Modern Indian History was occupied by ...............
The British Rule in India
The socio-economic changes
The rule of the medieval period
All of the above
Historians have divided history into _________ periods.
Three
Four
Two
Five
.............. Introduced the culture of recording everything.
Mughal kings
British rulers
Persian rulers
Turkish kings
The large-scale production of goods in factories using machine power is called................
urbanization
industrialization
nationalism
none of the above
.................helped to impart patriotism towards one's own homeland.
Nationalism
Colonialism
Socialism
Capitalism
State true and false.
Official documents help us understand what the people of country think.
True
False
State True Or False.
The British thought surveys were very important for effective administration.
True
False
Newspaper provide accounts of the movement in different parts of the country.
True
False
Who is the writer of 'A History of British India'?
Robert
Renner
James mill
Williams
Rennel was asked by.............. to produce maps of Hindustan.
Lord Mountbatten
Warren Hastings
Robert Clive
Munro
There was a time when historians were fascinated with dates.
True
False
There were heated debates between historians about the dates on which rulers were crowned or battles were fought.
True
False
At one time, history was synonymous with dates.
True
False
Who produced the first map of Hindusthan
James Rennel
Robert Clive
James Mill
Warren Hastings
In which year was the first map of India produced
1780
1785
1782
1789
Why did James Mill thought of civilizing India?
Because Indians followed old methods of living
Because there was Religious intolerance, caste taboos
Because people of India were not United
because Indians were not educated
Why do we divide history into different periods?
To remember properly
To capture the characteristics of time
To differentiate the events
None of the above
