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Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

State True or False.

James mill divided Indian history into three periods- Hindu, Muslim and Christian.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

State true and false.

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

a)

True

b)

False

3.

State True Or False.

The British thought surveys were very important for effective administration.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

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

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Who was the First Governor General of India

a)

Warren Hastings

b)

Lord Mountbatten

c)

Wellesley

d)

Dalhousie

6.

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

a)

Robert

b)

Renner

c)

James mill

d)

Williams

7.

Historians have usually divided Indian history into-

a)

Ancient

b)

Medieval

c)

Modern

d)

All the above

8.

Documents were carefully copied out and beautifully written by -

a)

Goldsmith

b)

Official

c)

Binder

d)

Calligrapher

9.

In which city National Archives of India located -

a)

Jaipur

b)

Bengaluru

c)

New Delhi

d)

Amritsar

10.

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.

11.

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.

12.

Who was the last Viceroy of India?

a)

Lord Irwin

b)

Lord Canning

c)

Lord Harding

d)

Lord Mountbatten

13.

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

a)

Memos

b)

Reports

c)

Notes

d)

Diaries of Indians.

14.

How did many historians refer British period in India as?

a)

Modern

b)

Colonial

c)

Political subjugation

d)

None of these

15.

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.

16.

Autobiographies are account of people written by whom?

a)

Historians

b)

Calligraphists

c)

By other people

d)

Themselves

17.

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

18.

Who was James Mill?

a)

Indian economist

b)

Scottish economist

c)

British economist

d)

German economist

19.

How did Mills divide Indian History?

a)

Hindu

b)

Muslim

c)

British

d)

All of the above

20.

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