Chapter 7 Civilising the Native Educating the Nation MCQ Questions Class 8 Social Science with

Answers

Question.William Jones was a linguist because

(a) he had studied Greek and Latin
(b) he knew French and English
(c) he had learnt Persian
(d) all of these

Answer : D

Question. Who started the journal Asiatick Researches?

(a) Henry Thomas Colebrooke
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) William Jones
(d) Max Muller

Answer : C

Question. The Education Act was introduced in the year

(a) 1850
(b) 1835
(c) 1910
(d) 1900

Answer : B

Question. The English Education Act was passed

(a) to materialise Macaulay’s thinking
(b) to make the English the medium of instruction for higher education
(c) to stop the promotion of oriental institutions
(d) all of the above

Answer : D

Question. Name the person who arrived in Calcutta in 1783 and was appointed as junior judge at the
Supreme Court.
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Lord Comwalis
(c) William Jones
(d) Henry Thomas

Answer : C
Question. Tagore wanted to combine the elements of ……………………. with traditional Indian
Education.
(a) Eastern Education
(b) Western Education
(c) religious education
(d) Local education

Answer : B

Question. Name the person who was a part of the Scottish missionary who helped to establish the
Serampore Mission
(a) Hudson Taylor
(b) Andrew Fuller
(c) William Carry
(d) William Ward

Answer : C

Question. Charles Wood despatch was also known as:

(a) Wood’s Despatch
(b) Wood’s Commission
(c) Macaulay Committee
(d) Court of Directors

Answer : A

Question. …………………… had argued that English education had enslaved Indians
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Raja Rammohan Roy
(c) Sardar Patel
(d) Rasbehari Bose

Answer : A

Question- A person who knows and studies several languages is known as

(a) teacher
(b) multi-talented
(c) linguist
(d) learner

Answer : C

Question- _______ was an English official who had deep respect for the Indian culture.
(a) Henry Colebrook
(b) James Warren
(c) Bruce Jones
(d) Paul Henry

Answer : A

Question. How did the European learning improve the moral character of Indians?
(a) It would expand the trade and commerce
(b) It would make them truthful and honest
(c) It would make the Indians realize the importance of developing resources of the country
(d) It would make them change their tastes and desires and create a demand for British goods

Answer : D

Question- Wood’s Dispatch for ‘Education for Commerce’ in India was introduced by ____.
(a) Charles Wood
(b) William Wood
(c) Henry Wood
(d) Archie Wood

Answer : A

Question. Three Englishmen were busy discovering the ancient Indian heritage and mastering Indian
languages. One was Willam Jones and another Henry Thomas Colebrooke. Name the third person
(a) Max Muller
(b) Nathaniel Halhed
(c) Warren Hastings
(d) Henry Thomas Colebrooke

Answer : B

Question. Name the important scholar who studied Sanskrit and found it to be the most scientific
language of the world. He also translated the important works Shakuntala and Manusmriti into
English
(a) Charles Wood
(b) William Jones
(c) Nathaniel Halhed
(d) Max Muller

Answer : B

Question- Until 1813, East India Company was opposed to the _______ in India.
(a) missionary activities
(b) religious function
(c) education
(d) trade
Answer : A

Question. Asiatick Researches (Journal) was not started by

(a) William jones
(b) Henry Thomas Colebrooke
(c) Nathaniel Halhed
(d) William Carey

Answer : D

Question- _____ toured Bihar and Bengal in the 1830s to prepare a report on Education in vernacular
schools.
(a) William Woods
(b) William Adams
(c) Robert Clive
(d) Thomas Bell

Answer : B

Question- ___ was a Scottish Missionary who helped to establish Serampore Mission.
(a) William Carey
(b) Thomas Woods
(c) Paul Derik
(d) James Watt

Answer : A

Question. What would you call a person who knows several languages ?
(a) Biographer
(b) Linguist
(c) Biolinguist
(d) Translator

Answer : B

Question- Wood’s Dispatch was introduced in _____.

(a) 1854
(b) 1855
(c) 1845
(d) 1839

Answer : A

Question. A Single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native literature of India and
Arabia. Who said these words?
(а) Wlliam Bentick
(b) James Mill
(c) Thomas Carlyle
(d) Thomas Babington Macaulay

Answer : D

Question- _______ started Shantiniketan in 1901.

(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Aurbindo Ghosh
(d) R C Mukherjee

Answer : A

Question. The temples of darkness that were falling of themselves into decay. Who said these words
about the Calcutta Madrasa and Benares Sanskrit College?
(a) Lord William Bentick
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Ripon
(d) Lord Macaulay

Answer : D

Question- _______ first started setting up schools exclusively for girls’ education.
(a) Christian missionaries
(b) Indian pandits
(c) Company
(d) Local government

Answer : A

Question. Which year was the English education Act introduced in India?
(a) 1800
(b) 1900
(c) 1835
(d) 1880

Answer : C

Question. Who set up Asiatic Society of Bengal?

(a) William Jones
(b) Henry Thomas Colebrooke
(c) Nathaniel Halhed
(d) All of the above
Answer : D

Question. Some comments about the Orientalist Vision of Learning by the British are given below.
Select the one that is not applicable to this particular style of learning.
(a) British argued that the aim of education ought to be to teach what was useful and practical.
(b) British argued that it is not advisable to encourage the study of Arabic and Sanskrit language and
literature
(c) British said that knowledge of the east was full of errors and unscientific thoughts
(d) British observed that Western literature was non-serious and light hearted.

Answer : D

Question. Warren Hastings took the initiative to set up a Madras at one of the important cities of
India and believed that the ancient customs of the country and Oriental learning ought to be the basis
of British rule in India. Which city is being referred to here ?
(a) Pondicherry
(b) Madras
(c) Calcutta
(d) Bombay

Answer : C

Question. What does the Arabic word Madrasa refer to?

(a) A place of learning, a school or college
(b) A place of worship
(c) A mine
(d) A factory

Answer : A

Chapter 8 Women Caste and Reform MCQ Questions Class 8 Social Science with Answers

Question. Who founded the Satyashodhak Samaj?

(a) Sri Narayan Guru
(b) E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker
(c) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(d) Jyotirao Phule

Answer : D

Question. What was the occupation of Madigas?

(a) Plantation
(b) Sewing Sandals
(c) Cleaning work
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question. _____ were often treated as untouchables.

(a) Shudras
(b) Brahmans
(c) Teachers
(d) Traders

Answer : A

Question. Stripurushtulana was written by _____.

(a) Ramabai Ranade
(b) Begum Rokya Shakhawat Hussain
(c) Tarabai Shinde
(d) Begum Kausar Bi

Answer : C

Question. Name the social reformer who worked for the upliftment of women in Maharashtra
(a) Jyotirao Phule
(b) Rama Bai Ranade
(c) Syed Ahmed Khan
(d) Annie Besant

Answer : A

Question. Name the important women personality who wrote and published a book Stripurushtulna,
criticising the social differences between men and women
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Mumtaz Ali
(c) Tarabai Shinde
(d) Rama Bai Ranade

Answer : C

Question. Few important points with respect to Raja Ram Mohan Roy are given below. Select the one
that is not true.
(a) Through Brahmo Samaj he attempted to reform Hindu society
(b) Rajaram Mohan Roy encouraged the study of local languages and wanted to abolish Western
education.
(c) He tried to show through his writings that the practice of widow burning had no sanction in ancient
texts.
(d) Rabindranath Tagore called him as the Father of Indian Renaissance

Answer : B

Question. Who was the important reformer who reinterpreted verses from the Koran to argue for
women’s education
(a) Mumtaz Ali
(b) Annie Besant
(c) Rashsundari Debi
(d) Sarojini Naidu

Answer : A

Question. Raja Rammohan Roy focused on spreading ____ all over the country.
(a) Western Education
(b) religious teachings
(c) castism
(d) untouchability

Answer : A

Question. ___ questioned religious texts that supported the caste system.
(a) Haridas Thakur
(b) Narayan Swami
(c) Ghasidas
(d) Patel

Answer : A

Question. _____ was founded by Henry Derozio.

(a) Young Bengal Movement
(b) Home Rule Movement
(c) Aligarh Movement
(d) Prerna Sabha

Answer : A

Question. Among the following, which class belonged to the traders and money lenders
(a) Brahmans
(b) Shudras
(c) Vaishyas
(d) None of these

Answer : C
Question. Name the uppermost caste in the social ladder that existed in ancient India
(a) Kshatriyas
(b) Shudras
(c) Vaishyas
(d) Brahmans

Answer : D

Question. ______ was a book written by Jyotiba Phule.

(a) Abhyas
(b) Gulamgiri
(c) Stripurushtulana
(d) Harijans of India

Answer : B

Question. Women who died by burning themselves on the funeral pyre of their husbands were called
____
(a) Suhagan
(b) Devi
(c) Sati
(d) Mata

Answer : C

Question. Paramhans Mandali was founded in 1840 to work for the:

(a) Demands of Labour
(b) Labour
(c) Plantation Workers
(d) Abolition of Caste

Answer : D

Question. Who was the founder of Arya Samaj?

(a) Rammohan Roy
(b) Balgangadhar Tilak
(c) Swami Dayanand
(d) Vivekananda

Answer : C

Question.. Name the class that belonged to the lower most strata in the social ladder of ancient India
(a) Brahmans
(b) Kshatriyas
(c) Vaishyas
(d) Shudras

Answer : A

Question. ________ encouraged widow remarriages in 19th century India.

(a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(c) Narendra Nath Dutt
(d) P C Mukherjee

Answer : A

Question. Widows’ Home in Poona was established by ______

(a) Tarabai Shinde
(b) Rokeya Hussain
(c) Pandita Ramabai
(d) Savitribai Phule

Answer : C

Question. His support for women upliftment made him pass the Widow Remarriage Act of 1856. Who
is being referred to here?
(a) Keshab Chandra Sen
(b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(c) Ishwara Chandra Vidyasagar
(d) Dadabai Naoroji

Answer : C

Question. The Mohammedan Anglo Oriental College was founded by

(a) Muhammad Ali
(b) Shaukat Ali
(c) Sayyid Ahmed Khan
(d) Deoband School

Answer : C

Question. With respect to ancient India, a list of statements related to the untouchables are given
below. Point out the one that is not true.
(a) They were not allowed to draw water from the wells used by the upper castes
(b) They were not considered as inferior human beings
(c) They were not allowed to bathe in ponds where the upper caste bathed
(d) They were not allowed to enter temples
Answer : B

Question. Who translated an old Buddhist text that was critical of caste.
(a) Pandita Ramabai
(b) Tarabai Shinde
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Jyotirao Phule

Answer : C

Question. Under which Governor General did Raja Ram Mohan Roy initiative to ban Sati?
(a) Lord Mountbatten
(b) William Bentick
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) Lord Ripon

Answer : B

Question. ______ belonged to the Ezhava caste.

(a) Srinath Guru
(b) Sri Narayana Guru
(c) Haridas Thakur
(d) Ambedkar

Answer : B

Question. The slaves of Africa were made to work in _____ plantations of America.
(a) rice
(b) potato
(c) cotton
(d) coffee

Answer : C

Question. What formed the basis for the division of Indian society?
(a) Gender
(b) Castes
(c) Colour
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question. Which samaj was founded by Jyotirao Phule?

(a) Brahmo samaj
(b) Satyashodhak Samaj
(c) Arya samaj
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question. Indian labourers were sent to work in the plantations of ____ by the British.
(a) China
(b) Mauritius
(c) USA
(d) Kenya

Answer : B

Question. B R Ambedkar belonged to ______ caste.

(a) Mahar
(b) Brahman
(c) Gond
(d) Dubla

Answer : A

Chapter 9 The Making of the National Movement: 1870s -1947 MCQ Questions Class 8 Social Science
with Answers

Question.Marathi newspaper ‘Kesari’ was edited by

(A) Lala Lajpat Rai
(B) Balgangadhar Tilak
(C) Chitta Ranjan Das
(D) Sarojini Naidu

Answer : B

Question. The Vernacular Press Act was enacted in

(A) 1840
(B) 1857
(C) 1878
(D) 1890

Answer : C

Question. The capacity to act independently without outside interference is termed as.
(A) Socialist
(B) Democratic
(C) Publicist
(D) Sovereign
Answer : D

Question. Which of the following achievements of the Moderates cannot be considered true?
(A) The Moderates helped in removing social injustices like the rigid caste structure that divided the
Indian society
(B) Due to the persistent efforts of the Moderates, Indians understood the concepts of freedom,
secularism and democracy.
(C) The Moderates created a sense of national consciousness
(D) This microscopic minority of leaders could change the policies and made a huge impact on British.

Answer : D

Question.Who established Natal Congress?

(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Balgangadhar Tilak
(D) Lala Lajpat Rai

Answer : B

Question.Second World War ended in

(A) 1910
(B) 1920
(C) 1945
(D) 1947

Answer : C

Question. Marathi newspaper ‘Kesari’ was edited by

(A) Lala Lajpat Rai
(B) Balgangadhar Tilak
(C) Chitta Ranjan Das
(D) Sarojini Naidu

Answer : B

Question. Where did the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association was formed?
(A) Bombay
(B) Kanpur
(C) Delhi
(D) Allahabad

Answer : C
Question. The founder of Khudai Khidmatgars was
(A) Mohammad Ali
(B) Shaukat Ali
(C) Badshah Khan
(D) None of these

Answer : C

Question. The fight for Purna Swaraj was fought under the presidentship of
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) C. Rajagopalachari
(D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Answer : B

Question- ______ was a Indian businessman and publicist based in London.

(A) Lala Hadayal
(B) Dadabhai Naroji
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Bhagat Singh

Answer : B

Question- ________ allowed for trial of Europeans by Indians.

(A) Ilbert Bill
(B) Vernacular Press Act
(C) Judiciary Bill
(D) Arms Bill

Answer : A

Question. Name the movement launched following the Partition of Bengal.

(A) Quit India Movement
(B) Salt Satyagraha
(C) Swadeshi Movement
(D) First war of Independence

Answer : C

Question- ______ was a Marathi newspaper edited by Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

(A) Muktangan
(B) Kesari
(C) Sakal
(D) Gazette
Answer : B

Question- Gandhiji arrived in India from _____ in 1915.

(A) Japan
(B) South Africa
(C) USA
(D) China

Answer : B

Question- ______ was one of the Congress leaders from Bengal with radical objectives.
(A) Bipin Chandra Pal
(B) Ravindranath Tagore
(C) Raja Rammohan Roy
(D) R C Mukherjee

Answer : A

Question- Freedom is our Birthright slogan was given by ________.

(A) Lala Lajpat Rai
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) Laxmi Sehgal
(D) Mahatma Gandi

Answer : B

Question- _______ and Muslim League signed a Historic Pact of Lucknow in 1916
(A) Communist Party
(B) British Empire
(C) Congress
(D) Socialist Party

Answer : C

Question- Jallianwala Masscare took place in _____.

(A) 1919
(B) 1921
(C) 1924
(D) 1917

Answer : A

Question- Gandhiji had established ______ in South Africa.

(A) Sabarmati Ashram
(B) Natal Congress
(C) Communist Party
(D) Labour Union

Answer : B

Question. A list of leaders are given below, identify the leader who is not considered as a Moderate
but a Radical.
(A) Pherozeshah Mehta
(B) Dadabhai Naoroji
(C) Aurobindo Ghosh
(D) Surendranath Banerjee

Answer : C

Question- ______ was launched in 1930.

(A) Civil Disobedience Movement
(B) Swarajya Movement
(C) Khilafat Movement
(D) Workers movement

Answer : A

Question- ____ was a lawyer and freedom fighter from East Bengal.
(A) Jatin Das
(B) Bipin Chandra Pal
(C) Chitta Ranjan Das
(D) Tagore

Answer : C

Question- Dandi March was led by ______ in 1930.

(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Sarojini Naidu
(C) Indira Gandhi
(D) S C Bose

Answer : A

Question- Quit India Movement took place in ______.

(A) 1942
(B) 1949
(C) 1940
(D) 1939

Answer : A
Question. Some important features of the Swadeshi Movement are given below: Pick out the one that
is not applicable to the Swadeshi Movement
(A) They encouraged the ideas of self help
(B) They boycotted British institutions and goods.
(C) Swadeshi movement stressed on the use of English language with minimal use of Indian languages.
(D) The Swadeshi movement sought to oppose British rule

Answer : C

Question- ______ was the first woman president of Congress.

(A) Annie Besant
(B) Sarojini Naidu
(C) Laxmi Sehgal
(D) Ambabai

Answer : B

Question. After a major split between the Moderates and Radicals, in which year did they reunite
again?
(A) In December 1930
(B) In December 1940
(C) In December 1920
(D) In December 1915

Answer : D

Question- Ahmedabad is located on the banks of _____

(A) Mahi
(B) Sabarmati
(C) Narmada
(D) Godavari

Answer : B

Question. The modern Indian middle class owed its birth to :

(A) The struggle between the ruling class and the proletariat
(B) The political upheavals in the country on account of the disintegration of the Mughal empire
(C) European enterprise in India resulting in the growth of a new working class and urban revolution
(D) Industrialisation

Answer : C

Question. The worst effect of the law, relating to sub-in-feudation of zamindari rights in British India,
was
(A) The rapid increase in the value of landed property
(B) The land became an objective of speculative investment and source of profit to the moneyed class
(C) The land lost its importance as a source of production and livelihood to the cultivators
(D) Both (B) and (C) above

Answer : D

Question. In which year Meruth conspiracy took place ?

(A) 1925
(B) 1927
(C) 1929
(D) 1930

Answer : C

Question. In which year Mahatma Gandhi was born ?

(A) 1889
(B) 1875
(C) 1869
(D) 1879

Answer : C

Question. At which place Mahatma Gandhi had his first Satyagraha ?

(A) Bardoli
(B) Champaran
(C) Amritsar
(D) Sabarmati

Answer : B

Question. In which year all India Farmers Union was formed ?

(A) 1928
(B) 1936
(C) 1942
(D) 1946

Answer : B

Question. In which year 'Workers Day' was celebrated forthe first time in India ?
(A) 1927
(B) 1937
(C) 1947
(D) 1957

Answer : A
Question. Who ordered the firing at Jallianwala Bagh ?
(A) Dayar
(B) Sounders
(C) Rend
(D) None of the above

Answer : A

Question. Who gave the slogan'Jai Hind' ?

(A) Subhash Chandra Bose
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) J. L. Nehru
(D) Sardar Patel

Answer : A

Question. When did Muslim League passed the 'Resolution for Pakistan'
(A) 1909
(B) 1930
(C) 1940
(D) 1947

Answer : C

Question. "Every blow on my body will prove to be a nail in the British coffin". Who gave the above
statement ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Pt. J.L. Nehru
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Answer : C

Question. At which place, Gandhi broke the salt law by making salt ?
(A) Sabarmati
(B) Dandi
(C) Bombay
(D) Surat

Answer : B

Question. Who headed the Interim government formed in India in 1946 ?

(A) J.L. Nehru
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Sardar Patel
(D) Jinnah

Answer : A

Question. Forwhich proposal Gandhi used the words a postdated cheque of a drowning bank ?
(A) Cripps Praposal
(B) C.R. Praposal
(C) Wavel praposal
(D) Cabinet mission praposal

Answer : C

Question. Who among the following was not a leader of the Indian National Army ?
(A) Subhash Chandra Boss
(B) Ras Bihari
(C) Mohan Singh
(D) Sukhdev

Answer : D

Question. The first session of All India Farmers Union was held at -
(A) Faizabad
(B) Lukhnow
(C) Delhi
(D) Surat

Answer : A

Question. When was the Congress Socialist Party formed?

(A) 1930
(B) 1932
(C) 1934
(D) 1936

Answer : C

Question. Against whom the Khilafat movement was launched ?

(A) Indian National Congress
(B) English Government
(C) Government of England
(D) None of the above

Answer : C
Question. Who among the following was not a part of khilafat movement ?
(A) Soukat Ali
(B) Mohammad Ali
(C) Abdul Kalam Azad
(D) Sardar Patel

Answer : D

Question. Which revolutionary was sentenced to death on the charge of the murder of Saunders ?
(A) Bhagat Singh
(B) Chandra ShekharAzad
(C) Ras Bihari
(D) Manmathnath

Answer : B

Question. Who among the following were the first to be arrested during Non-Cooperation
movement ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) J.L. Nehru
(C) Ali Brothers
(D) S.C. Boss

Answer : C

Question. Who was the head of the committee formed in 1924 to recommend reforms in the Act of
1919 ?
(A) M, L. Nehru
(B) Alexsender Moodyman
(C) C.R. Das
(D) John Simmon

Answer : A

Question. Name 'the secretary of state, who challanged the Indians to prepare a constitution ?
(A) Morle
(B) Bralenhead
(C) Montegue
(D) None of the above

Answer : B

Question. Who among the Indians denied to accept the Nehru report ?
(A) Communists
(B) Jinnah
(C) Congress
(D) None of the above

Answer : B

Question. During Lahore session in 1929 the Congress president used the following words "We have
only are target -complete independence". Who used these words ?
(A) Pt. J. N. Nehru
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Moulana Azad
(D) S.C. Boss

Answer : A

Question. 'Hindustan Democratic Federation' was founded by

(A)Yatindra Mukkherji
(B) Sachindra Sanyal
(C) Bhagat Singh
(D Rajnder Lahiri

Answer : B

Question. Who among the following was not a part of Kakori cons piracy ?
(A) Ram Prashad Bismilt
(B) Ranjendra Lahiri
(C) Sachindra Sanyal
(D) Kedarnath Sehgal

Answer : D

Question. 'Death or Victory', who gave this slogan ?

(A) Indian National Army
(B) Hindustan Democratic Socialist Party
(C) Naujawan Sabha
(D) None of the above

Answer : A

Question. Who among the following', with Bhagat Singh threw the bomb in Central Legislative
Assembly in the year 1929?
(A) Battu Keshwar Dutt
(B) Ray Guru
(C) Sukhdev
(D) Sachindra Sanyal
Answer : B

Question. Udham Singh went to England to kill -

(A) General Dayar
(B) Ex - Governor Dayar
(C) Mac - Donald
(D) None of the above

Answer : A

Question. Chandra Bose was appointed as the Chairman of the Independence League and was called
'Netaji'. In which year this happened ?
(A) 1942
(B) 1943
(C) 1944
(D) 1945

Answer : A

Question. Who among the following INA officers was not tried of the charge of treason ?
(A) Shahnawaj Khan
(B) Prem Shehgal
(C) Gurubhaksh Singh
(D) Mohan Singh

Answer : D

Question. When Gandhi broke the salt law at Dandi, who welcomed him with the words 'Law breaker
- you're welcomed'
(A) Pt. Nehru
(B) Sarojini Naidu
(C)Anibesant
(D) None of the above

Answer : B

Question. With how many followers Gandhi completed his Dandi March ?
(A) 75
(B) 57
(C) 78
(D) 801

Answer : C
Question. Underwhose leadership the army denied to fire on freedom fighters at Peshawar in 1930 ?
(A) Mohan Singh
(B) Chandan Singh Gadhwali
(C) Subhash Chandra Bose
(D) None of the above

Answer : B

Question. For which incident, Dr. Rajendra prasad used the words 'A marrige without groom' .
(A) First Round Table Conference
(B) Second Round Table Conference
(C) Third Round Table Conference
(D) Gandhi-Irwin pact

Answer : A

Question. Who presented the August praposals ?

(A) Wavel
(B) Irwin
(C) Linlithgo
(D) Mountbatten

Answer : D

Question. The ryotwari settlement was made with the :

(A) The zamindars
(B) The cultivators
(C) The village communities
(D) The muqaddams

Answer : B

Question. The theory of the early British rulers that the Company, as the owner of agricultural land,
was entitled to the whole of the'economic rent' derived its support from :
(A) The Theory of Surplus Value
(B) The Agio Theory of Interest
(C) Keynes' Theory of Income and Employment
(D) The Ricardian Theory of Rent

Answer : D

Question. The main reason for the permanent indebtedness of the peasantry was :
(A) False accounting
(B) Forged signatures
(C) Making the debtor sign for larger amounts than he had borrowed
(D) High rate of interest on loans

Answer : D

Question. Which of the following was not one of the reasons for the spurt in the demand for Indian
cotton goods in England to such an extent that the Indian calicoes emerged as the biggest item of the
Company's imports from India ?
(A) Change in English fashions and modes of dress
(B) Improvement in the quality of goods on account of introduction of superior variety of cotton
(C) Abolition of import duties on them in England (1685)
(D) The prohibition of imports from France (1688)

Answer : B

Question. An Indian mercantile class, which almost completely vanished on account of the British
economic policies and commercial practices of the Europeans in India, was :
(A) Freighttraders
(B) Sugar manufacturers
(C) Bankers
(D) Brokers

Answer : C

Question. Whom did the British monopoly over internal trade benefit the most ?
(A) The Company
(B) The employees of the Company
(C) The British government
(D) The gomashtas or the Company's servants

Answer : B

Question. The extension of the cultivation of indigo, cotton, opium, tea, and coffee in India, besides
benefiting the British planters, also benefited -.
(A) The zamindars
(B) The small merchants
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) The Indian bankers

Answer : C

Question. The root of the poverty of the people of India during the British rule was that:
(A) All economic resources of India were at the mercy of the British
(B) Indian economy had been bound to the colonial interests
(C) Agriculture remained almost the sole occupation of the masses.
(D) Foreign capital flowed into all branches of India's economic life

Answer : C

Question. The British industrial policy in India has been rightly called as the policy of :
(A) "Stagnated Growth"
(B) "De-industrialisation
(C) "Colonisation of Economy'
(D) "Monopolised Europeanisation

Answer : B

Question. According to Karl Marx, the British economic policies "caused a social revolution in
Hindustan" which was the consequence of :
(A) The destruction of co-operative living in the rural areas
(B) The western ideas of competition and market economy
(C) The emergence of a middle class which prospered on account of the British policies
(D) AIl the above

Answer : D

Question. In the ryotwari areas, the value of land declined appreciably because :
(A) All peasant cultivators were declared owners of land
(B) Instead of cultivation, sale of land was an easierway of sustenance
(C) The rate of land revenue was excessive
(D) The methods of collection of revenue were so harshas to make the ownership of land highly
undesirable

Answer : D

1. What literally means the original inhabitants?

(a) Adivasis

(b) Minorities

(c) Ghetto

(d) Devoid

► (a) Adivasis

2. How much of Muslims are literate?

(a) 65%

(b) 59%

(c) 80%

(d) 94%

► (b) 59%

3. What is use of timber?

(a) Construction of houses

(b) Railways

(c) Furnitures

(d) All of these

► (d) All of these

4. How much is population of the Adivasis in India?

(a) 2%

(b) 4%

(c) 8%

(d) 16%

► (c) 8%

5. Certain groups feels marginalised due to factors, like:

(a) Social and cultural

(b) Economic

(c) Political

(d) All of these

► (d) All of these

6. Stereotyping of Adivasis is related to their being:

(a) Exotic

(b) Primitive

(c) Backward

(d) All the above

7. Niyamgiri is a scared mountain of ?

(a) Adivasis

(b) Religious people

(c) Both (a) & (b)

(d) None of these

► (c) Both (a) & (b)

8. Tribal's are also referred to as

(a) Adevasip

(b) Abivasis

(c) Adivasis

(d) Adiviya

► (c) Adivasis

9. In social environment, Marginalisation is due to :

(a) Different Language

(b) Different Religion

(c) Minority

(d) All of these

► (d) All of these

10. A person who does not get adequate nutrition or food is known as:

(a) malnourished

(b) nourished

(c) well-nourished

(d) none of these

► (a) malnourished

11. The caste system is a hierarchical system and Dalits are considered to be

(a) at the lowest end

(b) at the top end

(c) no where

(d) at the middle end

► (a) at the lowest end

12. An area where the presence of the armed forces is considerable.

(a) Militarysed

(b) Miletarised

(c) Melitarised

(d) Militarised

► (d) Militarised
13. The poet Chokhamela belonged to which caste

(a) Munda

(b) Gond

(c) Mahar

(d) Santhal

► (c) Mahar

14. In 2003, the Safai Karamchari Andolan and 13 other organisations and individuals, including seven
scavengers, filed a PIL in the

(a) High Court

(b) Local Court

(c) Supreme Court

(d) District Court

► (c) Supreme Court

15. ________ is a locality which is populated largely by members of a particular community.

(a) Ghetto

(b) Adivasis

(c) Minorities

(d) None of these

► (a) Ghetto

16. The minorities are forced to live on the margins of economic and social development, this is known
as

(a) malnourished

(b) marginalisation

(c) displaced
(d) all of these

► (b) marginalisation

Question 1.
Define the term linguist.
Answer:
Linguist is someone who knows and studies several languages.

Question 2.
What was main aim behind establishing Hindu College in Benaras in 1791?
Answer:
Hindu College was established to encourage the study of ancient Sanskrit texts that would be useful for
the administration of the country.

Question 3.
What is meant by an Orientalist?
Answer:
Orientalists were those who were having scholarly knowledge of the language and culture of Asia.

Question 4.
How did Thomas Babington Macaulay see India?
Answer:
He saw India as an uncivilized country that needed to be civilized.

Question 5.
Why was the English Education Act introduced and in which year?
Answer:
Following Macaulay’s minute, the English Education Act of 1835 was introduced.

Question 6.
Who toured the districts of Bengal and Bihar in 1830’s?
Answer:
In 1830’s William Adam, a Scottish missionary toured the districts of Bengal and Bihar.

Question 7.
When did the Company decide about improving the system of vernacular education?
Answer:
After 1854, the Company decided to improve the system of vernacular education.

Question 8.
Name the institution established by Rabindranath Tagore.
Answer:
‘Santiniketan’ was established by Rabindranath Tagore in 1901.
Question 9.
Who was William John.
Answer:
William Jones was appointed as Junior Judge at the supreme court of company.

Question 10.
Which languages were learnt by William Jones?
Answer:
Greek, Latin, French and English.

Question 11.
By whom was the Asiatic society of Bengal was setup?
Answer:
By William Jones.

Question 12.
From whom did William Johns learnt Sanskrit language?
Answer:
The Pandits.

Question 13.
In which year was Madarsa setup in Calcutta?
Answer:
In 1781.

Question 14.
When was the Hindu college Benaras was established?
Answer:
In 1791.

Question 15.
Who emphasized on teaching of English language in manner of civilizing, changing the taste values and
cultures of the Indians?
Answer:
Lord Macaulay.

Question 16.
When was the English Education act introduced?
Answer:
In 1835.

Question 17.
Who was William Carey.
Answer:
William Carey was a Scottish missionary.

Chapter 8 Women, Caste and Reforms Very Short Answer Questions (VSAQs):

1. How did reformers bring changes in society?

Answer

Reformers brought changes in society by persuading people to give up old practices and adopt a new
way of life.

2. Who was Keshub Chander Sen?

Answer

Keshub Chander Sen was one of the main leaders of the Brahmo Samaj.

3. Who were known as Vaishyas?

Answer

Traders and moneylenders were known as Vaishyas.

4. Who was Mumtaz Ali?

Answer
Mumtaz Ali was a social reformer who reinterpreted verses from the Koran to argue for the education of
women.

5. Why are social reformers described so?

Answer

Social reformers are described so because they felt that some changes were essential in society and
unjust practices needed to be rooted out.

6. What was hook swinging festival?

Answer

In this festival, devotees underwent a peculiar form of suffering as part of ritual worship. With looks
pierced through their skin they swung themselves on a wheel.

7. Who published the book named Stripurushtulna? What is it about?

Answer

Tarabai Shinde published Stripuru¬shtulna. It is about the social differences between men afid women.

8. Why do people view leather workers with contempt?

Answer
Leather workers work with dead animals which are seen as dirty and polluting. Hence, people see them
with contempt.

9. How did widow’s home at Poona help the widows?

Answer

It trained them so that they could manage financial support for themselves.

10. Who were Madigas?

Answer

Madigas were experts at cleaning hides, tanning them for use and sewing sandals.

11. What was the Satyashodhak Samaj? Who founded it?

Answer

The Satyashodhak Samaj was an association that propagated caste equality. It was founded by Jyotirao
Phule.

12. Why were untouchable students not allowed to enter the classrooms where upper-caste boys were
taught?

Answer
There was a false notion among the upper-caste that untouchables would pollute the rooms where their
children were taught.

13. What did the Child Marriage Restraint Act state?

Answer

According to Child Marriage Restraint Act, no man below the age of 18 and woman below the age of 16
could marry.

14. Name the Hindu scriptures that were criticised by Periyar.

Answer

The codes of Manu, the ancient law given and the Bhagavad Gita and the Ramayana.

15. What was the Satyashodhak Samaj? Who founded it?

Answer

The Satyashodhak Samaj was an association that propagated caste equality. It was founded by Jyotirao
Phule.

16. What was aim behind Ambedkar led temples entry?

Answer
Ambedkar's aim was to make everyone see the power of caste prejudices within society.

The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947 Very Short Answer Questions (VSAQs):

1. What was the Arms Act?

Answer

The Arms Act was passed in 1878. The Act disallowed Indians from possessing arms.

2. Under what pretext did the British divide Bengal?

Answer

The British divided Bengal under the pretext of administrative convenience.

3. Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of the partition of Bengal.

Answer

At that time Lord Curzon was the Viceroy of India.

4. Name the three leading members of the Radical group.

Answer
Bepin Chandra Pal, Balgangadhar Tilak and Lala Lajpat Rai.

5. What role did AO Hume play in the history of India?

Answer

A.O. Hume played an important role in bringing Indians from the various regions together.

6. Name the lawyers who gave up their practices to support the Non-Cooperation Movement?

Answer

Motilal Nehru, C.R. Das, C. Rajagopalachari and Asaf Ali.

7. Who formed the All India Muslim League?

Answer

A group of Muslim landlords and nawabs formed the All India Muslim League at Decca in 1906.

8. What was the Ilbert Bill?

Answer
In 1833, the government introduced the Ilbert Bill, The bill provided for the trial of British or European
persons by Indians, and sought equality between British and Indian judges in the country.

9. What was the Swadeshi Movement known as in deltaic Andhra?

Answer

In deltaic Andhra the Swadeshi Movement was known as the Vandemataram Movement.

10. Why did Rabindranath Tagore renounce his knighthood?

Answer

Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood to express the pain and anger of the country following
the Jallianwala Bagh atrocities.

11. What does HSRA stand for?

Answer

HSRA stands for Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.

12. Who was Chitta Ranjan Das?

Answer
He was a lawyer from East Bengal and was active in the Non-Cooperation Movement.

13. Who were the leaders of the Khilafat agitation?

Answer

The leaders of the Khilafat agitation were Mohammad Ali and Shaukat Ali.

14. Why did Mahatma Gandhi along with other Indians establish the Natal Congress in South Africa?

Answer

To fight against racial discrimination in South Africa.

15. Why did Mahatma Gandhi decide to break the Salt Law?

Answer

Mahatma Gandhi decided to break the Salt Law because it established the monopoly of the state on the
manufacture and sale of salt.

16. What does ‘Punjab wrongs’ refer to?

Answer

It refers to Jallianwalla Bagh massarcre that occurred on 13 April, 1919 in Amritsar on Baishakhi day.
17. Why did the Muslim League announced 16 August 1946 as ‘Direct Action Day’?

Answer

It announced 16 August, 1946 as ‘Direct Action Day’ in support of its demand for Pakistan.

18. On what condition-were the Congress leaders ready to support the British war effort at the time of
the Second World War?

Answer

The Congress leaders were ready to support the British war effort on condition that they would declare
India’s independence after the war.

Chapter 7 Understanding Marginalisation Very Short Answer Questions (VSAQs):

1. Who are Adivasis?

Answer

Adivasis are the communities who lived, and often continue to live, in close association with forests.

2. How many different Adivasi groups are there in India?

Answer
There are over 500 different Adivasi groups in India.

3. How are Adivasi societies most distinctive? Give one point.

Answer

There is often very little hierarchy among them.

4. How is Niyamgiri viewed by Dongarria Konds?

Answer

Dongarria Konds, an Adivasi community, view Niyamgiri as the sacred mountain.

5. What do we usually think about Adivasis?

Answer

We usually think that Adivasis are exotic, primitive and backward.

6. Which factor leads to ghettoisation of the Muslim community?

Answer

Social marginalisation of Muslims leads to ghettoisation of this community.

7. Name any four states where Adivasis are in great numbers.

Answer

Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa.

8. How are Muslims usually identified?

Answer

Muslims are usually identified by their burqa, long beard and fez.

9. Why are Muslims considered as a marginalised community in India today?

Answer

It is because in comparison to other communities, they have always been deprived of the benefits of
socioeconomic development.

10. What is commonly believed about the Muslims?

Answer

It is commonly believed that the Muslims prefer to send their children to Madarsas.
11. Define the term 'minority'.

Answer

The term ‘minority’ is the most commonly used to refer to the communities that are numerically smaller
in relation to the rest of the population.

12. What reality is brought in light by the Sachar Committee?

Answer

Only 4% of Muslim children are in Madarsas, whereas 66% attend government school and 30% private
schools.

13. Name some metals that are important in present day India.

Answer

Iron, copper, gold, silver, aluminium , platinum , uranium and zinc.

14. How are Adivasis usually portrayed?

Answer

They are usually portrayed in Stereotypical ways in colourful clothes, headgear and through their
dancing.