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history and civics

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Birsa Munda raised which colour as a symbol of birsa raj

a)

Geen

b)

safron

c)

blue

d)

white

2.

Birsa was jailed for

a)

5 yrs

b)

2 yrs

c)

6 yrs

d)

a year

3.

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.

4.

Who was the last Viceroy of India?

a)

Lord Irwin

b)

Lord Canning

c)

Lord Harding

d)

Lord Mountbatten

5.

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.

6.

In which part historians have divided Indian history?

a)

Medieval, Modern, Colonial

b)

Ancient, Medieval, Colonial

c)

Ancient, Medieval, Modern

d)

None of these

7.

Who was the last powerful Mughal ruler

a)

Bahadur Shah Zafar

b)

Shahjahan

c)

Aurangzeb

d)

Wajid Ali Shah

8.

Who discovered the sea route to India in 1498

a)

Columbus

b)

Dutch

c)

East India company

d)

Vasco da Gama

9.

Competition among the companies resulted in

a)

Reduced profits of companies

b)

Quality of goods increased

c)

Price became low

d)

None of these

10.

In which battle was Tipu Sultan defeated

a)

Battle of Buxar

b)

Battle of Plassey

c)

Battle of Awadh

d)

Battle of Seringapatam

11.

Who was the son of hyder Ali

a)

Tipu Sultan

b)

Mir jafar

c)

Alivardi Khan

d)

Mir Qasim

12.

What was Farman

a)

A Royal order issued by Aurangzeb

b)

A Royal edict issued by the British

c)

A verdict of rule over Bengal

d)

None of these

13.

Which nawab of Bengal was defeated in the battle of Buxar

a)

Mir Jafar

b)

Siraj ud daulah

c)

Mir Qasim

d)

Murshid quli Khan

14.

Which governor general defeated Siraj ud daulah in the battle of Plassey

a)

Robert Clive

b)

William Bentinck

c)

Warren Hastings

d)

Lord Wellesley

15.

Who said the slogan ''Freedom is my birthright and I shall have it''

a)

Bepin Chandra Pal

b)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

c)

Lala Lajpat Rai

16.

Until 1813, East India Company was opposed to the _______ in India.

a)

missionary activities

b)

religious function

c)

education

d)

trade

17.

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

a)

Munshi

b)

Maulavi

c)

Qazi

d)

Brahman

18.

_______ was introduced in India in 1835.

a)

English Education Act

b)

Arabic Education Act

c)

Sanskrit Education Act

d)

Civil Services Act

19.

William Jones had started a journal which was called

a)

The Times of India

b)

Bengal Gazette

c)

Asiatick Research

d)

Philosphical Research

20.

______ was one of the first Company officials to study Sanskrit.

a)

Esther Hills

b)

John Mills

c)

William Jones

d)

Robert Clive

21.

The dyer used to dye threads by weavers of India was known as

a)

Checks

b)

Rangrez

c)

Chhipigars

d)

solvyns

22.

Specialist block printers known as..........…..

a)

Devangs

b)

Chhipigars

c)

Rangrez

d)

None of these

23.

Sale, Kaikollar and Devangs belonged to Gujarat

a)

False

b)

True

24.

Who invented Spinning Jenny?

a)

Robert Louis

b)

Richard Arkwright

c)

John mills

d)

John kaye

25.

Tipu Sultan’s sword was made of

a)

stainless steel

b)

wootz

c)

silver

d)

all of the above

26.

Sale, Kaikollar and Devangs belonged to Gujarat

a)

False

b)

True

27.

The weaver community of North India

a)

julahas or Momin weavers

b)

Tanti weavers

c)

Devangs

d)

Kaikollar

28.

Important weaving centers of Jamdaani

a)

Decca and Lucknow

b)

Surat and Ahmedabad

c)

Patna and Lucknow

d)

Decca and Ahmedabad

29.

Which textile was highly traded by Arab merchants

a)

Muslin

b)

Chintz

c)

Jamdaani

d)

Calico

30.

The Indian textiles were traded to which of the following regions

a)

Java

b)

Sumatra and Penang

c)

West and central Asia

d)

All of the above