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How, When,& Where

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who produced the first map of India?

a)

James Mill

b)

James Rennel

c)

James William

d)

None of these

2.

In which part historians have divided Indian history?

a)

Medieval, Modern, Colonial

b)

Ancient, Medieval, Colonial

c)

Ancient, Medieval, Modern

d)

None of these

3.

What do you mean by Colonisation?

a)

Conquest of one country by another.

b)

Subjugation of two country by another country.

c)

Subjugation of one country by another.

d)

Conquest.

4.

What do you mean by Census?

a)

Official enumeration of the population after every 10 years.

b)

Official enumeration of the population after every 12 years.

c)

Official enumeration of the population after every 14 years.

d)

Official enumeration of the population after every 16 years.

5.

Who was the last Viceroy of India?

a)

Lord Irwin

b)

Lord Canning

c)

Lord Harding

d)

Lord Mountbatten

6.

Which were not the sources of information of the British administration?

a)

Memos

b)

Reports

c)

Notes

d)

Diaries of Indians.

7.

How did many historians refer British period in India as?

a)

Modern

b)

Colonial

c)

Political subjugation

d)

None of these

8.

Who were the Calligraphists?

a)

Write official accounts.

b)

Person specialised in art and paintings.

c)

Person specialised in the art of beautiful hand-writing.

d)

Illustrate manuscripts.

9.

Autobiographies are account of people written by whom?

a)

Historians

b)

Calligraphists

c)

By other people

d)

Themselves

10.

What do you mean by contemporary?

a)

The term refers to the future period.

b)

The term refers to the present period.

c)

The term refers to the past period.

d)

None of these

11.

What is Imperialism?

a)

Imperialism is a political system.

b)

Imperialism is a technical term.

c)

Imperialism is a traditional system.

d)

None of these

12.

Who was James Mill?

a)

Indian economist

b)

Scottish economist

c)

British economist

d)

German economist

13.

How did Mills divide Indian History?

a)

Hindu

b)

Muslim

c)

British

d)

All of the above

14.

Who was Warren Hastings?

a)

Last Governor General

b)

First Governor General

c)

First Indian Governor General

d)

Last British Governor General

15.

What is the ‘modern period’ associated with?

a)

The modern period in India is associated with the establishment of British colonial rule and the fight we put up against it.

b)

It covers the socio-cultural change that came about in India under the influence of the British.

c)

Both a and b

d)

None of the above

16.

A major part of the Modern Indian History was occupied by ...............


a)

The British Rule in India

b)

The socio-economic changes

c)

The rule of the medieval period

d)

All of the above

17.

Historians have divided history into _________ periods.

a)

Three

b)

Four

c)

Two

d)

Five

18.

.............. Introduced the culture of recording everything.

a)

Mughal kings

b)

British rulers

c)

Persian rulers

d)

Turkish kings

19.

The large-scale production of goods in factories using machine power is called................

a)

urbanization

b)

industrialization

c)

nationalism

d)

none of the above

20.

.................helped to impart patriotism towards one's own homeland.

a)

Nationalism

b)

Colonialism

c)

Socialism

d)

Capitalism

21.

State true and false.

Official documents help us understand what the people of country think.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

State True Or False.

The British thought surveys were very important for effective administration.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Newspaper provide accounts of the movement in different parts of the country.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Who is the writer of 'A History of British India'?

a)

Robert

b)

Renner

c)

James mill

d)

Williams

25.

Rennel was asked by.............. to produce maps of Hindustan.

a)

Lord Mountbatten

b)

Warren Hastings

c)

Robert Clive

d)

Munro

26.

There was a time when historians were fascinated with dates.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

There were heated debates between historians about the dates on which rulers were crowned or battles were fought.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

At one time, history was synonymous with dates.

a)

True

b)

False

29.
What is an era?
a)
large blocks of time
b)
a body part
c)
10 years
d)
Joe Schmo
30.
History
a)
Very, very old
b)
Food, shelter, and clothing
c)
The way in with people live in a large area with a similar culture.
d)
Story of the past.
31.
History is the study of the past.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
A person who studies the past is an: 
a)
police officer
b)
store owner
c)
veterinarian 
d)
historian
33.

Who produced the first map of Hindusthan

a)

James Rennel

b)

Robert Clive

c)

James Mill

d)

Warren Hastings

34.

In which year was the first map of India produced

a)

1780

b)

1785

c)

1782

d)

1789

35.

Why did James Mill thought of civilizing India?

a)

Because Indians followed old methods of living

b)

Because there was Religious intolerance, caste taboos

c)

Because people of India were not United

d)

because Indians were not educated

36.

Why do we divide history into different periods?

a)

To remember properly

b)

To capture the characteristics of time

c)

To differentiate the events

d)

None of the above