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Total questions: 110

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The reason for Partition of Bengal given by Viceroy Curzon was

a)

administrative convenience

b)

dominion status

c)

ensure peace in Bengal

2.

The two groups of Congress united at this place in 1907

a)

Lahore

b)

Calcutta

c)

Lucknow

3.

in 1919 Gandhiji gave a call for Satyagraha against this...

a)

Vernacular Press Act

b)

Rowlatt Act

c)

No repesenatation for Indians in the Council

4.

Rabindranath Tagore showed his anger against the Jallianwala Bagh atrocities by...

a)

demonstrations

b)

renouncing knighthood

c)

by going on strikes/hartal

5.

Indians welcomed the Simon Commission with banners saying ''Simon Go Back ''because

a)

Indians wanted Purna Swaraj

b)

commission had no Indian representatives

c)

Indians stated the Boycott movement

6.

Gandhiji launched the Dandi march because the British had ...

a)

imposed a tax on salt for Indians

b)

not given enough seats to Indians in the Council

c)

took brutal actions against the satyagrahis

7.

During the Quit India Movement the slogan was

a)

Jai Hind

b)

Live and Let Live

c)

Do or Die

8.

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

a)

Bipin Chandra Pal

b)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

c)

Lala Lajpat Rai

9.

The first Indian women to become a President of the Indian National Congress was ___________________ .

a)

Kamla Nehru

b)

Sarojini Naidu

c)

Begum Rokeya Shakhawat Hossain

d)

Kasturba Gandhi

10.

When was the Indian National Congress established ?

a)

May 1887, Madras

b)

December 1885, Bombay

c)

July 1787, Kolkata

d)

June 1887, Delhi

11.

Who was the first President of Indian National Congress?

a)

Badruddin Tyabji

b)

W.C.Bannerji

c)

Dadabhai Naoroji

d)

A.O.Hume

12.

In which year The Arms Act was passed

a)

1870

b)

1875

c)

1880

d)

1878

13.

Moderates were demanding to conduct civil services exam in ___________.

a)

London

b)

Paris

c)

India

d)

Kolkata

14.

In 1905 Viceroy ________partitioned Bengal

a)

Curzon

b)

C.P. Ilbert

c)

Dyer

d)

A.O.Hume

15.

In which year Ilbert Bill was introduced by Britishers

a)

1882

b)

1883

c)

1884

d)

1885

16.

______ was a Indian businessman and publicist based in London.

a)

A) Lala Hadayal

b)

B) Dadabhai Naroji

c)

C) Jawaharlal Nehru

d)

D) Bhagat Singh

17.

Which British officer played an important role in founding Indian Nation Congress?

a)

A) A O Hume

b)

B) Robert Clive

c)

C) Esther Hill

d)

D) Chris Paul

18.

________ allowed for trial of Europeans by Indians.

a)

A) Ilbert Bill

b)

B) Vernacular Press Act

c)

C) Judiciary Bill

d)

D) Arms Bill

19.

The struggle for Partition of Bengal came to be known as

a)

A) Khilafat Movement

b)

B) Swadeshi Movement

c)

C) Salt Movement

d)

D) Quit India Movement

20.

Partition of Bengal was announced in ____.

a)

A) 1902

b)

B) 1905

c)

C) 1909

d)

D) 1907

21.

Vandemataram Movement took place in _____.

a)

A) Deltaic Andhra

b)

B) Coastal Kerala

c)

C) Konkan region

d)

D) Kashmir

22.

______ was a book written by Dadabhai Naroji.

a)

A) Stripurushtulana

b)

B) Slavery

c)

C) Poverty and Un-British Rule in India

d)

D) My Experiment with Truth

23.

______ was a Marathi newspaper edited by Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

a)

A) Muktangan

b)

B) Kesari

c)

C) Sakal

d)

D) Gazette

24.

_______ was the first movement successfully led by Gandhiji in India.

a)

A) Champaran Movement

b)

B) Natal Movement

c)

C) Quit India movement

d)

D) Punjab Movement

25.

______ was one of the Congress leaders from Bengal with radical objectives.

a)

A) Bipin Chandra Pal

b)

B) Ravindranath Tagore

c)

C) Raja Rammohan Roy

d)

D) R C Mukherjee

26.

All India Muslim League was formed in _____ in 1906.

a)

A) Dacca

b)

B) Poona

c)

C) Lahore

d)

D) Peshawar

27.

Jallianwala Masscare took place in _____.

a)

A) 1919

b)

B) 1921

c)

C) 1924

d)

D) 1917

28.

Non Cooperation movement was called-off because a group of peasants lit a _________ on fire?

a)

Parliament

b)

Government Office

c)

Police Station

d)

British Hospital

29.

Direct Action Day is associated with

a)

17 August 1947

b)

16 August 1946

c)

18 August 1948

d)

19 August 1946

30.

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre was inflicted by?

a)

Lord Curzon

b)

General Dyer

c)

Mahatma Gandhi

d)

Bipin Chandra Pal

31.

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

a)

Esther Hills

b)

John Mills

c)

William Jones

d)

Robert Clive

32.

William Jones had started a journal which was called

a)

The Times of India

b)

Bengal Gazette

c)

Asiatick Research

d)

Philosphical Research

33.

_______ was an English official who had deep respect for the Indian culture.

a)

Henry Colebrook

b)

James Warren

c)

Bruce Jones

d)

Paul Henry

34.

To promote Islamic law, a madarasa was set up at ______ in 1861.

a)

Bombay

b)

Calcutta

c)

Benaras

d)

Lucknow

35.

_______ was introduced in India in 1835.

a)

English Education Act

b)

Arabic Education Act

c)

Sanskrit Education Act

d)

Civil Services Act

36.

Those who have scholarly knowledge of Asiatic language and culture are called _____

a)

Linguistic

b)

Orientalists

c)

Vernacularists

d)

Munshis

37.

Wood’s Dispatch for ‘Education for Commerce’ in India was introduced by ____.

a)

Charles Wood

b)

William Wood

c)

Henry Wood

d)

Archie Wood

38.

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

a)

Munshi

b)

Maulavi

c)

Qazi

d)

Brahman

39.

Wood’s Dispatch also aimed at clearing _______ of Indian people.

a)

poverty

b)

moral character

c)

illiteracy

d)

sophistication

40.

_______ saw India as an uncivilised society that needed to be civilised.

a)

James Mill

b)

Thomas Macaulay

c)

Robert Clive

d)

Warren Hastings

41.

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

a)

missionary activities

b)

religious function

c)

education

d)

trade

42.

________ college was established in Calcutta on the banks of river Hooghly.

a)

Serampore

b)

Hindu

c)

Islamic

d)

Scottish

43.

_______ was one of the first British officials to attack the views of Orientalists.

a)

William Jones

b)

Henry Colebrook

c)

James Mill

d)

Henry Ongle

44.

According to Adam’s report, there were over ____ schools in rural Bihar and Bengal in the 1830s.

a)

1 lakh

b)

50 thousand

c)

2 lakhs

d)

5 lakhs

45.

In the 1830s, no classes were held for rural students once ______ started.

a)

harvest season

b)

rainy season

c)

winter season

d)

summer season

46.

To promote study of English texts, the company set up a Hindu College in _____

a)

Benaras

b)

Madras

c)

Surat

d)

Lucknow

47.

Wood’s Dispatch was introduced in _____.

a)

1854

b)

1855

c)

1845

d)

1839

48.

According to Aurbindo Ghosh, education should awaken the spirit of ___ among students of India.

a)

religion

b)

nationality

c)

thoughtfulness

d)

integration

49.

_______ started Shantiniketan in 1901.

a)

Rabindranath Tagore

b)

Subhash Chandra Bose

c)

Aurbindo Ghosh

d)

R C Mukherjee

50.

The _______ established the University of Bombay.

a)

British

b)

French

c)

Dutch

d)

German

51.
What is the meaning of human resources?
a)
The people who represents a business
b)
The best person to do the job
c)
The people employed to do work in a business
d)
Supervises employees and sets tasks to be done
52.

People use natural resources to make buildings, bridges, roads, machinery and vehicles which are known as:

a)

Human resource

b)

Human made resource

c)

Natural resource

d)

Un-natural resource

53.

People who move from one place to another to live are called...

a)

Migrants

b)

Travellers

c)

Gypsies

54.

Migration is...

a)

When people moves from home to another place

b)

When people travel to another city

c)

When people likes to migrate

55.

WHEN WAS HRD MINISTRY CREATED IN INDIA?

a)

1984

b)

1985

c)

1986

d)

1990

56.

THE WAY IN WHICH PEOPLE ARE SPREAD ACROSS THE EARTH SURFACE IS KNOWN AS

a)

POPULATION CHANGE

b)

POPULATION EXPLOSION

c)

POPULATION GROWTH

d)

PATTERN OF POPULATION DISTRIBUTION

57.

ALMOST THREE QUARTERS OF THE WORLD POPULATION LIVES IN THE CONTINENT ASIA AND .................

a)

EUROPE

b)

AUSTRALIA

c)

AFRICA

d)

NORTH AMERICA

58.

WHEN A PERSON ENTERS A NEW COUNTRY....

a)

EMIGRATION

b)

IMMIGRATION

c)

MIGRATION

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

59.

IF BIRTH RATE AND DEATH RATE ARE SAME POPULATION......

a)

INCREASES

b)

DECREASES

c)

EXPLODES

d)

REMAINS SAME

60.

IF DEATH RATE IS MORE THAN BIRTH RATE , POPULATION WILL....

a)

INCREASE

b)

DECREASE

c)

NO CHANGE

d)

BALANCED

61.

HUMAN RESOURCE IS THE ____________________RESOURCE.

a)

FIXED

b)

STAGNANT

c)

ULTIMATE

d)

EVEN

62.

More than 90% of the world population lives in about

a)

45% of land surface

b)

50 % of land surface

c)

25% of land surface

d)

30% of land surface

63.

Sixty percent of the world population stay in just -------countries of the world

a)

11

b)

15

c)

10

d)

13

64.

Average density of population of India is __________persons per square km.

a)

381

b)

382

c)

385

d)

585

65.

The average density of population of the world is ______persons per square km.

a)

50

b)

55

c)

51

d)

45

66.

People were attracted to the Middle East due to the discovery of

a)

COPPER

b)

OIL

c)

URANIUM

d)

IRON ORE

67.

Jerusalem and Vatican city are visited and preferred by people to settle down due to its__________________importance

a)

Industrial

b)

Climatic

c)

Economical

d)

Cultural

68.

There are __________groups of dependent population

a)

3

b)

2

c)

4

d)

5

69.

In countries like_________low birth rate makes the pyramid narrow at the base

a)

INDIA

b)

BANGLADESH

c)

JAPAN

d)

KENYA

70.

____________in JAPAN and _____________in INDIA are two densely populated areas

a)

TOKYA,CHENNAI

b)

KYOTO,PUNE

c)

OSAKA,MUMBAI

d)

OKINWA,DELHI

71.

In ___________the worlds, population reached 3 billion.This is termed as POPULATION EXPLOSION

a)

1804

b)

1976

c)

1969

d)

1959

72.

Refers to the approximate number of people in every square kilometer.

a)

Population Density

b)

Demography

c)

Population

d)

Population Growth

73.

Refers to the statistical study about human population.

a)

Population Density

b)

Demography

c)

Population

d)

Population Growth

74.

Refers to the rate of increase in the population of a country.

a)

Population Density

b)

Demography

c)

Population

d)

Population Growth

75.

It refers to the percentage of people who can read and write.

a)

literate

b)

literacy rate

c)

education

76.

The processing of raw materials into more valuable products falls under the category of

a)

Primary Industry

b)

Secondary Industry

c)

Tertiary Industry

d)

None of these

77.

Which one of the following is an example of public sector industry?

a)

AMUL

b)

SAIL

c)

TATA STEEL

d)

MARUTI UDYOG LTD.

78.

In which state is Tata Iron and Steel Company situated?

a)

West Bengal

b)

Jharkhand

c)

Odisha

d)

Bihar

79.

Which two states are more famous for their cotton textile industry?

a)

(a) Haryana and Punjab

b)

(b) Maharashtra and Gujarat

c)

(c) Kerala and Tamil Nadu

d)

(d) Assam and West Bengal

80.

One of the worst industrial disasters of all time occurred in __________ on 3 December, 1984.

a)

Indore

b)

Kolkata

c)

Bhopal

d)

Nashik

81.

Industries can be classified on the basis of

a)

Raw materials

b)

Size

c)

Ownership

d)

All of the above

82.

What is smelting?

a)

Metals extracted from their ores

b)

Distillation of metals

c)

Separating metals

d)

Sublimation of metals

83.

Emerging industries are also known as __________.

a)

Dark industries

b)

Hard industries

c)

Sunrise industries

d)

Powerful industries

84.

Industrial System consists of

a)

Raw materials, Size, Ownership

b)

Inputs, Processes, Outputs

85.

Types of Ownership

a)

Private, Raw, Public

b)

Landlord, Tenant

c)

Private, Public, Joint, Co-operative

86.

Examples of marine based industry are

a)

Animals and plants

b)

Products from sea and ocean

c)

Minerals

d)

Forests

87.

_________ is often called the backbone of modern industry.

a)

Copper

b)

Steel

c)

Nickel

d)

Limestone

88.

Banking is an example of ____________ industry.

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

89.

Ahmedabad is located on the banks of the _______ river.

a)

Sabarmati

b)

Tapi

c)

Narmada

d)

Krishna

90.

Look at the image and identify the type of industry.

a)

small scale industry

b)

large scale industry

91.

What is meant by a minimum wage ?

a)

A certain amount less than which a worker cannot be paid.

b)

A wage that is related to the workers rights

c)

A wage that is revised periodically

d)

All of the above

92.

According to 2011 census, (a)   million children aged between 5 and 14 work in various occupations including hazardous ones.

93.

Through ______,_________and _______ laws, the government can control the activities of induviduals. (Write it as Answer1,Answer2,Answer 3)

(a)  

94.

When did the Bhopal Gas Tragedy occur ?

a)

2nd December 1984

b)

30th August 2009

c)

5th November 1999

d)

none of the above

95.

What was the name of the survivor of the Bhopal Gas tragedy ?

(a)  

96.

What is the full form of PENCIL ?(Write first letter of each word in caps)

(a)  

97.

What was the name of the company from where the gas had leaked in Bhopal ?

a)

Amul diary

b)

Ratnadeep

c)

TISCO

d)

Union carbide

98.

The Right against exploitation prohibits :

a)

Forced labour

b)

Child labour

c)

Human trafficking

d)

All of the above

99.

When was the Child Labour act amended by the government ?

a)

1986

b)

2016

c)

2007

d)

2021

100.

What is The full form of NCLP ? (Write first letter of each word in caps)

(a)  

101.

power looms are small looms with _____ looms

a)

3-5

b)

6-7

c)

4-6

d)

5-8

102.

Fundamental rights are guaranteed by _______.

a)

Goverment

b)

Court

c)

Constitution

d)

Law

103.

The government had ordered the people of Delhi to switch from diesel to which gas?(Write short form)

(a)  

104.

Who is a consumer ?

a)

An induvidual who buys goods for personal use and not for resale

b)

A person who eats lot of food

c)

A person who sells goods in bulk

d)

None of the above

105.

Money spent to purchase new machinery or buildings or training so as to be able to increase or mordernise production in the future

(a)  

106.

What is the name of the has that had leaked during the bhopal gas tragedy ?

(a)  

107.

The period of safety training for workers was brought down from 6 months to ____________.

a)

12 days

b)

20 days

c)

15 days

d)

17 days

108.

(a)   becomes even more important when the laws seek to protect the weak from the strong.

109.

Pumps at contaminated wells are painted______.

a)

Blue

b)

Green

c)

Red

d)

None of the above

110.

What is the range of jail term in case of violation of the child labour ban ?

a)

2 years-4years

b)

11months-4years

c)

6months -2years

d)

3months -7years

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