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CBSE Class 10 History MCQs Chapter – 1The Rise of Nationalism in Europe

1. What major issue was criticised against by the liberal nationalists?

(a) Censorship laws to control the press

(b) Preservation of the Church

(c) A modern army

(d) Efficient bureaucracy

Ans.(a)

2. What type of conservative regimes set up in 1815 in Europe?

(a) Autocratic

(b) Aristocratic

(c) Democratic

(d) Dictatorial

Ans.(a)

3. Which of the following revolutions is called as the first expression of Nationalism’?

(a) French Revolution

(b) Russian Revolution

(c) Glorious Revolution

(d) The Revolution of the liberals

Ans.(a)

4. Who was proclaimed the ing of United Italy, in 1861?

(a) Giuseppe Garibaldi

(6) Victor Emmanuel II

(c) Giuseppe Mazzini

(d) Cavour
Ans.(b)

5. A large part of Balkan region was under the control of:

(a) Russian empire

(b) Ottoman empire

(c) German empire

(d) Habsburg empire

Ans.(b)

6. Which of the following did the European conservatives not believe in?

(a) Traditional institution of state policy

(b) Strengthened monarchy

(c) A return to a society of pre-revolutionary days

(d) None of the above

Ans.(c)

7. Which of the following was not a part of Napoleon’s defeat?

(a) Britain

(b) Austria

(c) Italy

(d) Germany

Ans.(c)

8. Treaty of Constantinople recognised_____as an independent nation.

(a) Greece

(b) Austria

(c) Italy

(d) Japan

Ans.(a)

9.Who hosted the ‘Treaty of Vienna’?

(a) Frédéric Sorrieu

(6) Victor Emmanuel

(c) Duke Metternich

(d) Giuseppe Garibaldi

Ans.(c)

10. Which one of the following was NOT the result of the Treaty of Vienna 1815 ?

(a) The Kingdom of the Netherlands was set up in the North.

(b) Austria was given control of Northern Italy.

(c) Prussia was given important new territories on its western frontiers.

(d) Russia was given German Confederation of 39 states.

Ans.(c)

11. The meaning of ‘Volksgeist:

(a) Common people

(b) Spirit of the nation

(c) Music

(d) None of the above

Ans.(b)

12. Name the customs union formed by Prussia to abolish tariff barriers.

(a) Elle

(b) Zollverein

(c) Zweibiicken

(d) La Patrie

Ans.(b)

13. Identify the French artist who prepared a series of four prints visualising his dreams of a world
from the following:

(a) Kitagewa Utamaro

(b) Richard M Hoe

(c) Voltaire

(d) Frederic Sorrieu

Ans.(d)

14.Which of the following artist painted the image of Germania?

(a) Philip Veit

(b) Frederic Sorrieu

(c) Ernst Renan

(d) Richard M Hoe

Ans.(a)

15. What happened to Poland at the end of the 18th century? Which of the following answers is
correct?

(a) Poland achieved independence at the end of the 18th century.

(b) Poland came totally under the control of Russia and became part of Russia.

(c) Poland became the part of East Germany

(d) Poland was partitioned at the end of the 18th century by three Great Powers: Russia, Prussia
and Austria

Ans.(d)

16. Who played the leading role in the unification of Germany?

(a) German Emperor (formerly King of Prussia) – Kaiser William I

(b) Otto Von Bismarck (Prussian Chief Minister)

(c) Johann Gottfried Herder — German philosopher

(d) Austrian Chancellor – Duke Metternich

Ans.(b)

17.Three wars over seven years with Austria, Denmark, Germany and France ended in –

(a) Danish victory

(b) Prussian victory

(c) French victory

(d) German victory

Ans.(b)

18. The political and constitutional changes brought about by the French Revolution were

(a) it ended the absolute monarchy

(b) it transferred power to a body of the French citizens

(c) it proclaimed that henceforth people would constitute the nation and shape its destiny

(d) all the above

Ans.(d)

19. What does blindfolded woman carrying a pair of weighing scales symboliser

(a) Peace

(b) Equality

(c) Justice

(d) Liberty

Ans.(c)

20. What was the main intention behind ‘Treaty of Vienna of 1815?

(a) Restore republics

(b) Restore democracies

(c) Restore monarchies

(d) None of these

Ans.(c)

21. What did Das Volk’ stand for?

(a) Democracy

(b) Factory workers

(c) Slum dwellers

(d) common people

Ans.(d)

22.Which of the following is true with reference to Romanticism?

(a) concept of government by consent

(b) freedom of markets

(c) cultural movements

(d) freedom of an individual

Ans.(d)

23. “Nationalism’, which emerged as a force in the late 19th century, means

(a) strong devotion for one’s own country and its history and culture,

(b) strong devotion for one’s own country without appreciation for other nations

(c) strong love for one’s own country and hatred for others.
(d) equally strong devotion for all the countries of the world.

Ans.(a)

24. Ernst Renan believed that the existence of nations is a necessity because

(a) it ensures protection to all inhabitants.

(b) it ensures liberty to all inhabitant citizens.

(c) it ensures Parliamentary form of government to its inhabitants.

(d) it ensures jobs and good health to all its inhabitants.

Ans.(b)

25. Which of the following countries did not attend the Congress of Vienna?

(a) Britain

(6) Russia

(c) Prussia

(d) Switzerland

Ans.(d)

26. The French revolutionaries declared that the mission and destiny of the French nation was

(a) to conquer the people of Europe,

(b) to liberate the people of Europe from despotism.

(c) to strengthen absolute monarchies in all the countries of Europe.

(d) to propagate the ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity in every part of the world.

Ans.(b)

27. The Napoleonic Code was exported to which of the following regions?

(a) England

(b) Spain

(c) Regions under French control

(d) Poland

Ans.(c)

28. The term ‘Universal Suffrage’ means:

(a) the right to vote and get elected, granted only to men.

(b) the right to vote for all adults.

(c) the right to vote and get elected, granted exclusively to property owning men.

(d) the right to vote and get elected, granted only to educated men and women.

Ans.(b)

29.Which of the following is not a feature or belief of ‘Conservatism’?

(a) Conservatives believe in established, traditional institutions of state and policy.

(b) Conservatives stressed the importance of tradition and preferred gradual development quick
change

(c) Conservatives proposed to return to the society of pre-revolutionary days and were again the
ideas of modernisation to strengthen monarchy.

(d) Conservatives believed in the monarchy, church, and other social hierarchies.

Ans.(c)

30.What helped in the formation of a nation-state in Britain?

(a ) The formation of a nation-state in Britain was the result of a sudden upheaval.

(b) In 1688, the monarchy in Britain had seized the power from English Parliament.

(c) The parliament through a bloodless revolution seized power from the monarchy which
gradually led to the emergence of a nation-state.

(d) The British nation was formed as a result of a war with Scotland and Wales.

Ans.(c)

31.Elle, the measuring unit in Germany was used to measure:

(a) cloth

(b) thread

(c) land

(d) height

Ans.(a)

32. Zollevrein started in 1834 in Prussia refers to a:

(a) Trade Union

(b) Customs Union

(c) Labour Union

(d) Farmer’s Union

Ans.(b)

33. Romanticism refers to a:

(a) cultural movement

(b) religious movement

(c) political movement

(d) literary movement

Ans.(a)

34.Which one of the following types of government was functioning in France before the revolution
of 1789?

(a) Dictatorship

(b) Military

(c) Body of French Citizen

(d) Monarchy

Ans.(d)

35.Which of the following countries is considered as the ‘cradle of European civilization’?

(a) England

(b) France

(c) Greece

(d) Russia

Ans.(c)

36.The first great revolution which gave the clear idea of nationalism with its core words: ‘Liberty,
Equality and Fraternity’ was:

(a) The Russian Revolution

(b) The French Revolution

(c) The American Revolution

(d) India’s First War of Independence

Ans.(b)

37 ‘Crown of oak leaves’ symbolises?

(a) heroism
(b) Being freed

(c) willingness to make peace

(d) Beginning of a new era

Ans.(b)

38. What did the ‘German Sword’ stand for?

(a) Heroism

(b) Readiness to fight

(c) Beginning of a new era

(d) Symbol of German empire-strength

Ans.(b)

39.Which one of the following types of government was functioning before the revolution of 1789?

(a) Dictatorship

(b) Military

(c) Monarchy

(d) Council of French citizen

Ans.(c)

40. Which one of the following was not a part of the concept of nation-state?

(a) Clearly defined boundary

(b) National identity based on culture and history

(c) Sovereignty

(d) Freedom from monarchy

Ans.(d)

41. What is an “allegory”?

(a) Idealistic state

(b) Abstract idea

(c) Art form

(d) Song

Ans.(b)

42. What were the contributions of the Grimm Brothers in nation-building?

(a) Fairy tales

(b) Folk dances

(C) Operas

(d) Music

Ans.(a)

43. Women were admitted in the Frankfurt parliament convened in the Church of St Paul, but only
as:

(a) Opposition

(b) Waitresses

(c) Guards

(d) Observers

Ans.(d)

44. What did weavers in Silesia, in 1845, revolt against?

(a) Bad quality raw material

(b) Insufficient supply of raw material

(c) Contractors who didn’t pay them enough

(d) None of these

Ans.(c)

45.What was the result of Polish being used as the medium of instruction for preaching in Church
gatherings, in late eighteenth century?

(a) Priests and bishops were jailed

(b) Followers were tortured

(c) Preachers were forced to preach in Russian

(d) Followers were sent to Siberia

Ans.(a)

46. How did Karol Kurpinski celebrate the national struggle?

(a) Operas

(b) Plays

(c) Books
(d) Poetry

Ans.(a)

47. Why was the kingdom of Netherlands, which included Belgium, set up in the North?

(a) To control censorship laws

(b) To curb government activities

(c) To prevent French expansion

(d) Both (a) and (b)

Ans.(c)

48.What led to the abolishing of the tariff barriers in the German-speaking regions of Europe and
the reduction of currencies?

(a) Formation of the Customs Union

(b) Formation of traditional institutions

(c) Abolition of feudalism

(d) State power

Ans.(a)

49. What was viewed as obstacle to economic change and growth by new commercial classes

(a) Absence of railways

(b) Limited suffrage

(c) Customs duties

(d) Reduced status of women

Ans.(c)

50. A merchant traveling from Hamburg to Nuremberg, in the first half of the nineteenth century
had to pass through how many customs barriers to sell his goods?

(a) 20

(b) 10

(c) 9

(d) 11

Ans.(a)

51. In revolutionary France, who were granted exclusive rights to vote?

(a) All women

(b) Property-owning men

(c) Property-owning women

(d) All men

Ans.(a)

52. Nationalism brought about in Europe the emergence of:

(a) The Nation State

(b) The modern state

(c) Multinational Dynastic state

(d) Alliances formed among many European states.

Ans.(a)

53. The term Plebiscite means:

(a) Adult Franchise

(b) A direct vote by which all the people of a region are asked to accept or reject a proposal

(c) When the rich and the aristocrats select their leaders

(d) A vote by the people to elect their leader.

Ans.(b)

54.The ideas of a United community enjoying equal rights under a constitution were express by the
French as:

(a) La Patrie

(b) Le Citoyen

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d) None of the above

Ans.(c)

55. Liberalism meant to the new middle classes

(a) political freedom

(b) Freedom of the individual and equality of all before law

(c) End of aristocracy

(d) New political rights

Ans.(b)

56.Which new spirit guided European nations after Napolean’s defeat?

(a) Fascism

(b) Conservatism

(c) Nazism

(d) Communism

Ans.(a)

57.When did the French Revolution start?

(a) 1789

(b) 1879

(c) 1780

(d) 1769

Ans.(a)

58.What emphasised the notion of a united community enjoying equal rights under a constitution?

(a) la patrie (the fatherland) and le citoyen (the citizen)

(b) French people in common

(c) French Flag

(d) idea of one nation state

Ans.(c)

59. Regional dialects were discouraged and became the common language of the nation.

(a) English

(b) Polish language

(c) French

(d) Italian

Ans.(a)

60. What mission did the revolutionaries declare as the destiny to the French people?

(a) to liberate the peoples of Europe from despotism – to help other peoples of Europe to become
nations.

(b) to make a one nation state

(c) to become a democracy

(d) to become sovereign

Ans.(c)

61. What happened when the news of the events in France reached the different cities of Europe?

(a) There was tumult

(b) The people did not know how to react

(c) Students and other members of educated middle classes began setting up Jacobin clubs

(d) There was confusion and dissatisfaction in the air

Ans.(b)

62. What idea did the French armies carry abroad through the revolutionary wars?

(a) Despotism

(b) Nationalism

(c) War Strategies

(d) Violence and bloodshed

Ans.(a)

63. What did Napoleon do in the territory that was under his control?

(a) set about introducing many reforms

(b) set about war strategies

(c) worked for peace

(d) worked towards democratic ideas

Ans.(b)

64. Napoleon had, no doubt, destroyed________in France,

(a) Monarchy

(b) Democracy

(c) Federal rule

(d) Sovereignty

Ans.(a)

65.What did Napoleon do to make the system efficient and rational in France?

(a) in the administrative field he had incorporated revolutionary principles

(b) brought about different reforms

(c) worked on military

(d) worked on the financial conditions

Ans.(a)

66. What did the Civil Code of 1804 bring about?

(a) Right by birth to all facilities of state

(b) did away with all privileges based on birth, established equality before the law and secured

the right to property.

(c) no right to property

(d) No right to equality

Ans.(b)

67.What did Napoleon do in the rural areas of these regions?

(a) simplified administrative divisions, abolished the feudal system and freed peasants from
serfdom and manorial due

(b) made administration strict

(c) encouraged the feudal system

(d) put taxes on the peasants

Ans.(a)

68.What changes did Napoleon bring about in the towns?

(a) guild restrictions were removed.

(b) Transport and communication systems were improved.

(c) Peasants, artisans, workers and new businessmen had to pay tax

(d) guild restrictions remained as they were

Ans.(a)

69. In mid-eighteenth-century Europe what was the status of Germany, Italy and Switzerland

(a) they were divided into kingdoms, duchies and cantons whose rulers had their autonomous
territories

(b) they were sovereign states

(c) they were democracies

(d) they were republics

Ans.(a)

70. When did Industrialisation take place in France and parts of the German states?

(a) 18th century

(b) later 18th century

(c) nineteenth century

(d) mid 18th century

Ans.(c)

71. What is Liberalism?

(a) liberalism’ derives from the Latin root liber, meaning free-freedom for the individual and
equality of all before the law.

(b) end of autocracy

(c) equal rules for all

(d) liberty to the upper classes

Ans.(a)

72. What is Suffrage?

(a) Right to property

(b) Right to Justice

(c) Right to vote

(d) Right to complain

Ans.(c)

73. In revolutionary France, the right to vote and to get elected was granted exclusively to

(a) property-owning men

(b) all

(c) Men and women

(d) upper class

Ans.(a)

74. What did the customs union or zollverein do?

(a) abolished tax

(b) abolished tariff barriers and reduced the number of currencies from over thirty to two

(c) abolished tariff charges and reduced the currencies to 5

(d) only abolished tariff barriers

Ans.(b)

75. What was conservatism?

(a) strict rules on the society

(b) social norms became conservative

(c) monarchy, the Church, social hierarchies, property and the family – should be preserved

(d) different norms for different classes

Ans.(c)

76. When did the Treaty of Vienna take place and who were the participants?

(a) 1816, Britain, Russia, Prussia

(b) 1815, Britain, Russia, Prussia, Austria

(C) 1820, Britain and Russia

(d) 1817, Russia, Prussia, Austria

Ans.(b)

77. In which year did Louis Philippe flee and the National Assembly was proclaimed a Republic?

(a) 1846

(b) 1848

(c) 1845

(d) 1847

Ans.(b)

78.Which area was the most serious source of nationalist tension in Europe after 1871?

(a) Southern Europe

(b) mid Europe

(c) Balkan States

(d) Eastern States

Ans.(c)

79.What do the saints, angels and Christ symbolise in the utopian vision?
(a) Equality among people

(b) Fraternity among nations

(c) Freedom of nations

(d) Resentment against nations

Ans.(b)

80.What territories did the Habsburg Empire rule over?

(a) Austria

(b) Romania

(c) Hungary

(d) Both (a) and (c)

Ans.(d)

81.Why was the Treaty of Vienna drawn up in 1815?

(a) To abolish tariff barriers

(b) To restore the monarchies

(c) To divide the German Confederation of 39 states

(d) None of these

Ans.(b)

82.Name the Italian revolutionary from Genoa.

(a) Metternich

(b) Johann Gottfried

(c) Giuseppe Mazzini

(d) None of these

Ans.(c)

83.When did Napoleon invade Italy?

(a) 1821

(b) 1905

(c) 1797

(d) 1795

Ans.(c)
84.What was ‘Young Italy’?

(a) Vision of Italy

(b) Secret society

(c) National anthem of Italy

(d) None of these

Ans.(b)

85. Which of the following did not play a role to develop nationalist sentiments?

(a) Art

(b) Music

(c) Climate

Ans.(c)

86. German philosopher, Johann Gottfried claimed that true German culture was to be discovered
among the:

(a) Common people

(b) Aristocratic

(c) Middle class elite

Ans.(a)

87.The place where the priests and bishops were punished.

(a) Siberia

(b) Tundra

(c) Mongolia

Ans.(a)

88. Name the act which resulted in the formation of the ‘United Kingdom of Great Britain’.

(a) The Act of Union 1707

(b) Tax Reform Act, 1784

(c) Commutation Act 1784

(d) None of the above

Ans.(a)

89. Who followed the policy of Golden Mean?

(a) Matternich

(b) Mazzini

(c) Louis Philippe

(d) Duke of Orleans

Ans.(c)

90.What was Helairia Philike?

(a) A Secret Society

(b) A Political Party

(c) Acustom Union

(d) An Allegori

Ans.(a)

91. Who founded the revolutionary militia ‘Red Shirt?

(a) Wilson

(b) Tsar Alexander II

(c) Garibaldi

(d) Matternich

Ans.(c)

92. Who was Frederick Sorrieu?

(a) A Revolutionary

(b) Chancellor of Austria

(c) King of Frame

(d) French Artist

Ans.(d)

93. Vienna Congress was convened in 1815 for what purpose?

(a) To declare completion of German Unification.

(6) To restore conservative regime in Europe.

(c) To declare war against France.

(d) To start the process of Italian unification.

Ans.(b)
94.Which year was known as the year of dear bread?

(a) 1830

(b) 1848

(c) 1789

(d) 1815

Ans.(b)

95. Name the state which led the process of Italian unification?

(a) Rome

(b) Prussia

(c) Sardinia Piedmont

(d) Vienna

Ans.(c)

96.Who said Cavour, Mazzini, and Garibaldi: three her brain, her soul, her sword

(a) Victor Emmannual

(b) George Meredith

(c) Louis XVIII

(d) Guizot

Ans.(b)

97.Who followed the policy of Blood and Iron for national unification?

(a) Garibaldi

(b) Otto von Bismark

(c) Mazzini

(d) Matternich

Ans.(b)

98.United Kingdom of Great Britain came into existence in the years

(a) 1789

(b) 1798

(c) 1707

(d) 1801
Ans.(c)

99.Who said that, Italy was merely a geographical expression?

(a) Cavour

(b) Napoleon

(c) Matternich

(d) Guizot

Ans.(c)

100. Which one was not included in the Balkan Region?

(a) Croatia

(b) Bosnia Harzegovina

(c) Serbia

(d) Spain

Ans.(d)

101.Who was the king of France at the time of French Revolution?

(a) Marie Antoniate

(b) Louis XVI

(c) Czar Nicolas

(d) Edward II

Ans.(b)

102. Which one of the following was not the feature of Napoleonic code?

(a) Equality before the law

(b) Universal adult franchise

(c) right to property

(d) privileges based on birth

Ans.(d)

103. After Napoleon’s defeat, who captured the power of Europe?

(a) Fascists

(6) Conservatives

(c) Communists
(d) None of the above

Ans.(b)

104. Who remarked “When France Sneezes, the rest of Europe catches cold?

(a) Giuseppe Mazzini

(b) Metternich

(C) Louis Philippe

(d) Johann Gottfried

Ans.(b)

105. Which country had been part of the ‘Ottoman Empire’ since the 15th century?

(a) Spain

(b) Greece

(c) France

(d) Germany

Ans.(c)

106. Which country became full-fledged territorial state in Europe in the year 1789?

(a) Germany

(b) France

(c) England

(d) Spain

Ans.(b)

107.When was the first clear expression of nationalism noticed in Europe?

(a) 1787

(b) 1759

(c) 1789

(d) 1769

Ans.(c)

108. Which language was spoken for purposes of diplomacy in the mid 18th century in Europe?

(a) German

(h) English
(c) French

(d) Spanish

Ans.(c)

109.Liberal-national mainly belong to which class?

(a) Elite class

(6) Educated middleclass elite

(c) Working class

(d) Artisans

Ans.(b)

110. Where was the first upheaval took place in July, 1803?

(a) Italy

(6) France

(c) Germany

(d) Greece

Ans.(b)

111. Which newly designed flag was chosen to replace the formal flag ‘Royal Standard’ in France?

(a) Union Jack

(b) Tricolour

(c) White Saltire

(d) Red Cross

Ans.(b)

112. Which of the following reforms made the whole system in France more rational and efficient

(a) Administrative reform

(b) Social reform

(c) Economic reform

(d) Political reform

Ans.(a)

113.What was the main occupation in the mid 18th century in Europe?

(a) Trade and commerce

(6) Peasantry

(c) Craftmanship

(d) All of the above

Ans.(b)

114.What was the main feature of the pattern of land holding prevailing in the Eastern and Central
Europe?

(a) Tenants

(b) Prussia

(c) Small owners

(d) Landlords

Ans.(b)

115. Which country began to use language as a weapon of national resistance?

(a) Poland

(b) Vast estates

(C) Hungary

(d) Austria

Ans.(a)
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1. Why did General Dyer order to open fire on a i peaceful demonstration at Jallianwala Bagh?
Choose from the given options.

( a ) He wanted to show his power.

( b ) Firing was ordered because it was an unruly crowd.

( c ) Because his object, as he declared later, was to ‘produce a moral effect’ to create fear in the
minds of ‘satyagrahis’.

( d ) He ordered to fire because he noticed a j sudden unrest in the crowd

Ans:- ( d )

2. ‘Hind Swaraj’ was written by:

( a ) Abul Kalam Azad

( b ) Mahatma Gandhi

( c ) Sardar Patel

( d ) Subhash Chandra Bose

Ans:- ( b )

3. Which of the following situations in India were the result of the First World War?

( a ) There was widespread anger in villages due to forced recruitment.

( b ) Custom duties were increased.

( c ) Income taxes were introduced.

( d ) All of the above-mentioned situations took place as a result of the First World War.

Ans:- ( d )

4. Who was the writer of the book ‘Hind Swaraj’?

( a ) Rabindranath Tagore

( b ) B.R. Ambedkar

( c ) Mahatma Gandhi

( d ) Jawahar Lai Nehru

Ans:- ( c )

5. In 1916, Gandhiji travelled to Champaran in Bihar to inspire the peasant to struggle against the:

( a ) Upper caste people

( b ) Landless agriculture labourers

( c ) Oppressive plantation system

( d ) None of them

Ans:- ( c )

6. As per the census of 1921, millions of people died due to ________.

( a ) Epidemic and Famines

( b ) War

( c ) Riots

( d ) None of the above

Ans:- ( a )

7. Where did the brutal ‘Jallianwala Massacre’ j take place?

( a ) Amritsar

( b ) Meerut

( c ) Lahore

( d ) Lucknow

Ans:- ( a )

8. In 1905, who painted the image of Bharat Mata shown as dispensing learning, food and
clothing?

( a ) Rabindranath Tagore

( b ) Abnindranath Tagore

( c ) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

( d ) None of these

Ans:- ( b )

9. Mahatma Gandhi returned to India in ________.

( a ) January, 1916

( b ) January, 1915

( c ) March, 1921

( d ) April, 1917

Ans:- ( b )

10. What was the purpose of imposing the j Rowlatt Act?

( a ) The Rowlatt Act forbade the Indians to : qualify for administrative services.

( b ) The Rowlatt Act had denied Indians the right to political participation.

( c ) The Rowlatt Act imposed additional taxes on Indians who were already groaning under the
burden of taxes.

( d ) The Rowlatt Act authorised the government to imprison any person i without trial and
conviction in a court of j law

Ans:- ( d )

11. Who amongst the following led the Civil Disobedience in Peshawar?

( a ) Abdul Gaffar Khan

( b ) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

( c ) Lala Lajpat Rai

( d ) Jawaharlal Nehru

Ans:- ( a )

12. Which of the following statements are true about Satyagraha?

( a ) Satyagraha is not a physical force.

( b ) It is the weapon of the weak.

( c ) A satyagrahi does not inflict pain on the adversary.

( d ) Option ( a ) and ( c )

Ans:- ( d )

13. Khilafat Committee was formed in 1919 in the city of

( a ) Bombay

( b ) Calcutta

( c ) Lucknow

( d ) Amritsar

Ans:- ( a )

14. The Simon Commission was boycotted in India because:

( a ) There was no Indian member in the Commission.

( b ) It supported the Muslim League

( c ) Congress felt that people deserved Swaraj

( d ) There were differences among the members

Ans:- ( a )

15. Which of the following statements are true about the Rowlatt Act?

( a ) It did not give the government powers to repress political activities.

( b ) It did not allow detention of political prisoners without trial for two years.

( c ) It allowed detention of political prisoners without trial for two years.

( d ) Gandhiji decided to launch nationwide Satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act in 1920.

Ans:- ( c )

16. What does satyagraha mean? Choose one from j the following options.

( a ) ‘Satyagraha’ means use of physical force to inflict pain while fighting.

( b ) ‘Satyagraha’ does not inflict pain, it is a : non-violent method of fighting against oppression.

( c ) ‘Satyagraha’ means passive resistance and is a weapon of the weak.

( d ) ‘Satyagraha’ was a racist method of mass agitation

Ans:- ( b )

17. The resolution of Poorna Swaraj was adopted at which session of the Congress?

( a ) Karachi
( b ) Haripur

( c ) Lahore

( d ) Lucknow

Ans:- ( c )

18. The infamous Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre took place when there was an annual _______ fair.

( a ) Teeyan

( b ) Gurupurab

( c ) Lohri

( d ) Baisakhi

Ans:- ( d )

19. The Non-cooperation Khilafat Movement began in

( a ) January 1921

( b ) February 1922

( c ) December 1929

( d ) April 1919

Ans:- ( a )

20.Which of the following was a cause for the withdrawal of the Non-Cooperation Movement?

( a ) Lack of coordination among the satyagrahi

( b ) Outbreak of violence at Chauri Chaura.

( c ) Gandhiji wanted to start Civil Disobedience

( d ) Other nationalists persuaded Gandhiji

Ans:- ( b )

21. What was one of the main reasons behind Mahatma Gandhi’s decision to take up the Khilafat
Issue?

( a ) To bring more unity among Hindus and Muslims.

( b ) To bring more unity among Hindus and Christians.

( c ) To bring more unity among Christians and Muslims.

( d ) None of the above.

Ans:- ( a )
22. A form of demonstration used in the Non-cooperation Movement in which people block the
entrance to a shop, factory or office is

( a ) Boycott

( b ) Begar

( c ) Picketing

( d ) Bandh

Ans:- ( c )

23. Who led the peasants movement in Oudh during the Non-Co-Operation Movement?

( a ) Motilal Nehru

( b ) Mahatma Gandhi

( c ) Baba Ramchandra

( d ) Sardar Patel

Ans:- ( c )

24. Who was the author of the book Hind Swaraj (1909)?

( a ) Bhagat Singh

( b ) Jawaharlal Nehru

( c ) Subash Chandra Bose

( d ) Mahatma Gandhi

Ans:- ( d )

25. Which of the following was the reason for calling off the Non-cooperation Movement by
Gandhiji?

( a ) Pressure from the British Government

( b ) Second Round Table Conference

( c ) Gandhiji’s arrest

( d ) Chauri-Chaura incident

Ans:- ( d )

26. Gandhiji in his work ‘Hind Swaraj’ said that:

( a ) The British must Quit India

( b ) Indians must not cooperate with the British

( c ) The Government must concede the right to make salt

( d ) Indians must be involved in the governance of India

Ans:- ( b )

27. At the Congress session at ________ in December 1920, a compromise was worked out and
the Non-Cooperation programme was adopted.

( a ) Allahabad

( b ) Bombay

( c ) Nagpur

( d ) Calcutta

Ans:- ( c )

28. Which of the following was Mahatma Gandhi’s novel method of fighting against the British?

( a ) He used violent method of stone pelting.

( b ) He used arson to bum down government offices.

( c ) He fought with the principle of ‘an eye for i an eye’.

( d ) He practised open defiance of law, ; peaceful demonstration, satyagraha and non-violence

Ans:- ( d )

29. Which of the following in not true about the Rowlatt Act?

( a ) It allowed the detention of prisoners for five years without trial.

( b ) Gave the government powers to repress political activity

( c ) It passed the Act despite opposition from the Indian members in the Imperial Legislative
Council.

( d ) Led to the launch of a movement under Gandhiji’s leadership

Ans:- ( a )

30. Which of the following statements about the effect of the Non-cooperation Movement are true?

( a ) The import of foreign cloth halved between 1921 and 1922.

( b ) In many places, merchants and traders refused to trade in foreign goods or finance foreign
trade.

( c ) Production of Indian textile mills and handlooms went up.

( d ) All the above statements are true.

Ans:- ( d )

31. The ‘Simon Commission’ was boycotted because

( a ) there was no British Member in the Commission.

( b ) it demanded separate electorates for Hindus and Muslims.

( c ) there was no Indian Member in the Commission.

( d ) it favoured the Muslims over the Hindus.

Ans:- ( c )

32. Which of the following best describes Satyagraha as an idea?

( a ) Practising civil disobedience

( b ) Resignation from official posts

( c ) Appealing to the conscience of the adversary without physical force

( d ) Boycott of schools and colleges

Ans:- ( a )

33. Which of the following statements about the Non-cooperation Movement in Awadh is false?

( a ) The Non-Cooperation movement here was against talukdars and landlords.

( b ) In Awadh, the peasants were led by Baba Ramchandra.

( c ) The tenants had no security of tenure.

( d ) The peasants did not demand abolition of begar.

Ans:- ( d )

34. Who visualised and depicted the image of ‘Bharat Mata’ through a painting?

( a ) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

( b ) Rabindranath Tagore

( c ) Natesa Sastri

( d ) Abanindranath Tagore

Ans:- ( d )

35. Who among the following was the author of the famous novel ‘Anandamath’?

( a ) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

( b ) Abanindranath Tagore

( c ) Natesa Sastri
( d ) Rabindranath Tagore

Ans:- ( a )

36. The tribal people revolted against the British due to which of the following reasons?

( a ) The tribal people were prevented from entering the forests to graze their cattle

( b ) The tribal people were prevented from collecting fuelwood and fruits.

( c ) The traditional rights of tribal people were denied.

( d ) All of the above options are correct.

Ans:- ( d )

37. Baba Ramchandra, a sanyasi, was the leader of which of the following movements?

( a ) Khilafat Movement

( b ) Militant Guerrilla Movement of Andhra Pradesh

( c ) Peasants’ Movement of Awadh

( d ) Plantation Workers’ Movement in Assam

Ans:- ( c )

38. Which one of the following is not true regarding the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of 1931?

( a ) Mahatma Gandhiji decided to call off the Civil Disobedience Movement

( b ) Gandhiji consented to participate in a Round Table Conference

( c ) The British government agreed to release the political prisoners

( d ) The British government agreed to grant independence

Ans:- ( d )

39. The plantation workers were not permitted to leave the tea gardens without permission as per
_________.

( a ) Inland Emigration Act of 1859

( b ) Inland Emigration Act of 1866

( c ) Inland Emigration Act of 1879

( d ) Inland Emigration Act of 1869

Ans:- ( a )

40. Which industrialist attacked colonial control over Indian economy and supported the Civil
Disobedience Movement?
( a ) Dinshaw Petit

( b ) Purshottamdas Thakurdas

( c ) Dwarkanath Tagore

( d ) Seth Hukumchand

Ans:- ( b )

41. Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in:

( a ) 1920

( b ) 1913

( c ) 1910

( d ) 1915

Ans:- ( d )

42. Gandhi decided to withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement in _________.

( a ) January 1922

( b ) February 1922

( c ) February 1919

( d ) January 1919

Ans:- ( b )

43. Who set up the ‘Oudh Kisan Sabha’?

( a ) Alluri Sitaram Raju

( b ) Jawahar Lai Nehru and Baba Ramchandra

( c ) Jawaharlal Nehru and Shaukat Ali

( d ) Mahatma Gandhi

Ans:- ( b )

44. Who formed the ‘Swaraj Party’ within the Congress?

( a ) Jawahar Lai Nehru and Motilal Nehru

( b ) Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Mahatma Gandhi

( c ) Jawahar Lai Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose

( d ) C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru

Ans:- ( d )
45. What was the effect of the Non-Cooperation Movement on the plantation workers in Assam?

( a ) They left the plantations and headed towards home

( b ) They went on strike

( c ) They destroyed the plantations

( d ) They started using violence

Ans:- ( a )

46. ______ and _____ formed the Swaraj Party.

( a ) C.R.Das and Motilal Nehru

( b ) Motilal Nehru and Jawaharlal Nehru.

( c ) Jawaharlal Nehru and C.R.Das

( d ) Jawaharlal Nehru and Gandhi

Ans:- ( a )

47. Where did Mahatma Gandhi start his famous ‘Salt March’ on 12th March 1930?

( a ) Dandi

( b ) Chauri-Chaura

( c ) Sabarmati

( d ) Surat

Ans:- ( c )

48. Who among the following were associated with ‘Swaraj Party’ formed during India’s freedom
struggle?

( a ) C.R. Das and Jawaharlal Nehru

( b ) Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das

( c ) Motilal Nehru and Subhash Chandra Bose

( d ) Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali

Ans:- ( b )

49. Simon Commission arrived in India in ______.

( a ) 1928

( b ) 1930

( c ) 1932
( d ) 1942

Ans:- ( a )

50. Who founded the ‘Depressed Classes Association’ in 1930?

( a ) Alluri Sitaram Raju

( b ) C.R. Das

( c ) M.R. Jayakar

( d ) Dr B.R. Ambedkar

Ans:- ( d )

51. Name the Sanyasi who was an indentured labourer in Fiji:

( a ) Baba Ramchandra

( b ) Baba Ramdev

( c ) Baba Sitaraman

( d ) Baba Jaidev

Ans:- ( a )

52. Under the presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Lahore Congress formalised the demand of
‘Purna Swaraj’ or full independence for India in ___________.

( a ) December 1929

( b ) January 1929

( c ) December 1930

( d ) December 1928

Ans:- ( a )

53. What do you mean by the term ‘Begar’l

( a ) An Act to prevent plantation workers to leave the tea gardens without permission.

( b ) The forced recruitment of soldiers in rural areas during World War I.

( c ) Labour that villagers were forced to contribute without any payment.

( d ) Refusal to deal and associate with people, or participate in activities as a form of protest

Ans:- ( c )

54.The concept of Non-Cooperation was turned into a movement through the:

( a ) surrender of government awarded titles

( b ) boycott of foreign goods and schools

( c ) boycott of civil services, army, police, courts and legislative councils

( d ) all of these

Ans:- ( d )

55. Mahatma Gandhi started his famous Salt March from his ashram in Sabarmati to Dandi,
covering a distance of _______.

( a ) 260 miles

( b ) 240 miles

( c ) 600 miles

( d ) 500 miles

Ans:- ( b )

56. Under the presidency of Jawahahar Lai Nehru, the Lahore Congress Session of 1929 formalised
the demand of

( a ) abolition of Salt Tax

( b ) ‘Puma Swaraj’ or complete independence

( c ) boycott of Simon Commission

( d ) separate electorate for the ‘dalits’

Ans:- ( b )

57. By whom was the song ‘Vande Mataram’ composed?

( a ) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

( b ) Rabindranath Tagore

( c ) Sarat Chandra Chatterjee

( d ) Natesa Sastri

Ans:- ( a )

58. Mahatma Gandhi reached Dandi on _______, 1930.

( a ) April 6

( b ) April 16

( c ) March 6

( d ) May 6
Ans:- ( a )

59. Which party did not boycott the Council elections held in the year 1921?

( a ) Swaraj Party

( b ) Justice Party

( c ) Muslim League

( d ) Congress Party

Ans:- ( b )

60. How did the Indian people belonging to different communities, regions or languages develop a
sense of collective belonging?

( a ) Through the experience of united struggles

( b ) Through cultural process

( c ) Through the several of Indian folklores.

( d ) All of these

Ans:- ( d )

61. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on _______.

( a ) 5 April 1932

( b ) 5 March 1931

( c ) 5 May 1931

( d ) 5 June 1932

Ans:- ( b )

62. The peasants of Kheda district could not pay the revenue because they were affected by:

( a ) extreme poverty

( b ) the crop failure

( c ) a plague epidemic

( d ) all the above

Ans:- ( d )
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1. The earliest kind of print technology was developed in _______, Japan and Korea, which was a
system of hand printing.

( a ) India

( b ) Britain

( c ) China

( d ) Germany

Ans:- ( c )

2. Which problem has been raised in Gulamgiri?

( a ) The injustices of caste system

( b ) Excessive drinking among the poor

( c ) The miserable lives of upper-caste Hindu women

( d ) Widow immolation

Ans:- ( a )

3. Which of the following statements implies that print culture was not the only basis for the
French Revolution?
( a ) Print culture encouraged questioning, critical reasoning and rule of reason rather than
tradition through the ideas that it helped spread easily.

( b ) It led to the birth of a new public culture of new ideas of social revolution.

( c ) It aroused hostility against monarchy and caused reformation.

( d ) Print opened up the possibility of thinking differently, but it did not shape their mentalities
directly. It only helped in making them consider other opinions.

Ans:- ( d )

4. Which of the following statements are true about printing?

( a ) Merchants used print in their everyday life, as they collected trade information.

( b ) The imperial state in China was, for a very long time, the major producer of printed material.

( c ) Both (( a ) and (( b ) are true.

( d ) None of the above are true.

Ans:- ( c )

5. The Bengal Gazette was edited by

( a ) Gangadhar Bhattacharya

( b ) Raja Rammohun Roy

( c ) James Augustus Hickey

( d ) Richard M. Hoe

Ans:- ( c )

6. Who among the following invented the first printing press in Europe in the 1430s?

( a ) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

( b ) Kitagawa Utamaro

( c ) Johann Gutenberg

( d ) Marco Polo

Ans:- ( c )

7. As Western powers established their outposts in China, _______ became the hub of the new
print culture.

( a ) Shanghai

( b ) Beijing
( c ) Guangzhou

( d ) Hong Kong

Ans:- ( a )

8. The earliest kind of print technology was developed in China, Japan and

( a ) Korea

( b ) France

( c ) India

( d ) England

Ans:- ( a )

9. Which of the following statements is not true about the printed copies by Gutenberg’s printing
press?

( a ) The printed books resembled the written manuscripts in appearance and layout.

( b ) Borders were illuminated by hand with foliage and other patterns, and illustrations were
painted

( c ) There was no space for decoration on the printed page.

( d ) The metal letters imitated the ornamental handwritten styles.

Ans:- ( c )

10. ________ from China introduced hand-printing technology into Japan around AD 768-770.

( a ) Buddhist Missionaries

( b ) Christian Missionaries

( c ) Scholars

( d ) Traders

Ans:- ( a )

11. Who said, “Printing is the ultimate gift of God and the greatest one.”?

( a ) Charles Dickens

( b ) Louise-Sebastien Mercier

( c ) Mahatma Gandhi

( d ) Martin Luther

Ans:- ( d )
12. The printing in Hindi began in which year? What kind of printed material was published?

( a ) Hindi printing began from the 1870s, a large segment was devoted to women’s education,
widow remarriage and the national movement.

( b ) Hindi printing began from the 1870s and their main concern was women-related issues.

( c ) Hindi printing began from 1900 and was devoted to education of women.

( d ) Printing in Hindi began in the early 20th century and its main concern was religious reform.

Ans:- ( a )

13. The oldest _________ book, printed in AD 868, is the Buddhist Diamond Sutra, containing
six sheets of text and woodcut illustrations.

( a ) Chinese

( b ) Indian

( c ) Japanese

( d ) Korean

Ans:- ( c )

14 .………….. were low priced small books printed on poor quality paper and bound in cheap blue
covers called in France.

( a ) Almanacs

( b ) Pennybooks

( c ) Bibliotheque Bleue

( d ) Epics

Ans:- ( c )

15. Diomond Sultra is the oldest printed book of

( a ) Korea

( b ) India

( c ) Japan

( d ) China

Ans:- ( c )

16. In the flourishing urban circles at Edo, illustrated collections of paintings depicted an elegant
urban culture, involving artists, courtesans, and teahouse gatherings. Edo was later known as
________.
( a ) Kyoto

( b ) Seoul

( c ) Beijing

( d ) Tokyo

Ans:- ( d )

17. Martin Luther was a/an

( a ) social reformer

( b ) religious reformer

( c ) environmentalist

( d ) educationist

Ans:- ( b )

18. The Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was modelled on

( a ) American Press Laws

( b ) Indian Press Laws

( c ) British Press Laws

( d ) Irish Press Laws

Ans:- ( d )

19. China already had the technology of woodblock printing. Marco Polo brought this knowledge
back with him to ________.

( a ) Italy

( b ) Germany

( c ) Great Britain

( d ) France

Ans:- ( a )

20. Penny magazines were especially meant for

( a ) children

( b ) factory workers

( c ) women

( d ) elite class
Ans:- ( c )

21. In which among the following countries was the earliest kind of print technology developed?

( a ) India

( b ) England

( c ) France

( d ) China

Ans:- ( d )

22. Vellum was a parchment made from the _____ of animals.

( a ) Bones

( b ) Skin

( c ) Legs

( d ) None of the above

Ans:- ( b )

23. What made Governor-General Warren Hastings persecute James Hickey who edited the Bengal
Gazette?

( a ) He published articles supporting Indian nationalist leaders.

( b ) He published advertisements related to import and sale of slaves.

( c ) He published anti-religious articles.

( d ) He published gossip about senior East India Company officials

Ans:- ( d )

24. Printing in which of the following languages had not begun until the 1870s?

( a ) Urdu

( b ) Hindi

( c ) Bengali

( d ) Maratha

Ans:- ( b )

25. Which of the following statements about Manuscripts are true?

( a ) It was easy to read from Manuscripts.

( b ) It was easy to carry around the Manuscripts.

( c ) Manuscripts were not fragile.

( d ) All the above statements are false.

Ans:- ( d )

26. The main theme of the book ‘Chhote aur Bade Ka Sawal’ written by Kashibaba, a Kanpur mill
worker, was:

( a ) The life of the elite upper castes.

( b ) The link between caste and class exploitation.

( c ) Restrictions on the Vernacular Press.

( d ) Injustices of the caste system

Ans:- ( b )

27. Who wrote Ninety Five theses?

( a ) Martin Luther

( b ) Johann Gutenberg

( c ) Charles Dickens

( d ) L. Mercier

Ans:- ( a )

28. By the early fifteenth century, woodblocks were being widely used in Europe to _____.

( a ) To print textiles

( b ) Playing cards

( c ) Make religious pictures with simple, brief texts

( d ) All of the above are true

Ans:- ( d )

29. Why was the Vernacular Press Act passed by the British Government in India?

( a ) The Vernacular Act was passed to promote vernacular languages.

( b ) The Vernacular Act was passed by the British government to put some check on vernacular
newspapers which had become assertively nationalist.

( c ) The Vernacular Act was passed to please the Indians who wanted to promote Indian
languages.

( d ) The Vernacular Act was passed to consolidate British rule in India

Ans:- ( b )

30. Why was reading of manuscripts not easy in India? Choose the appropriate reason from the
following options.

( a ) Manuscripts were highly cheap

( b ) Manuscripts were widely spread out.

( c ) Manuscripts were written in English and Hindi.

( d ) Manuscripts were fragile.

Ans:- ( d )

31. Johann Gutenberg developed the first-known printing press in the 1430s, in Strasbourg located
in ______.

( a ) Great Britain.

( b ) Germany

( c ) USA

( d ) France

Ans:- ( b )

32. What do you mean by the term ‘Galley’?

( a ) A metal frame in which types are laid and the text composed

( b ) A corridor

( c ) A scarecrow

( d ) None of these

Ans:- ( a )

33. Which of the following newspapers was started by Bal Gangadhar Tilak?

( a ) Kesari

( b ) Jansatta

( c ) Statesman

( d ) Amrita Bazar Patrika

Ans:- ( a )

34. ________ is a Metal frame in which types are laid and the text composed.

( a ) Compositor
( b ) Galley

( c ) Platen

( d ) None of the above

Ans:- ( b )

35. Who was the first to use wood-block printing?

( a ) Indian

( b ) French

( c ) Spaniards

( d ) None of these

Ans:- ( c )

36. Who brought in the first printing press to India?

( a ) Portuguese Missionaries

( b ) Catholic Priests

( c ) Dutch Protestants

( d ) East India Company

Ans:- ( a )

37. Which of the following were the result of the invention of the printing press?

( a ) The time and labour required to produce each book came down

( b ) Printing reduced the cost of books

( c ) None of the above

( d ) Both (( a ) and ( b )

Ans:- ( d )

38. Who was Kitagawa Utamaro?

( a ) A Japanese artist

( b ) An Indian artist

( c ) An Korean artist

( d ) None of these

Ans:- ( a )

39. In early nineteenth-century ‘Shamsul Akhbar’ as written in which one of the following
languages ?

( a ) Urdu

( b ) Persian

( c ) Arabic

( d ) Swahili

Ans:- ( b )

40. _____ are the places where people gathered to drink alcohol, to be served food, and to meet
friends and exchange news.

( a ) Ballad

( b ) Taverns

( c ) Galley

( d ) Compositor

Ans:- ( b )

41. What do you mean by the term ‘Calligraph’?

( a ) The art of beautiful printing

( b ) The art of beautiful hand printing

( c ) The art of beautiful and stylised writing

( d ) None of these

Ans:- ( c )

42. Which one of the following was published by Raja Ram Mohan Roy?

( a ) Sambad Kaumudi

( b ) Shamsul Akhbar

( c ) Punjab Kesari

( d ) Chandrika

Ans:- ( a )

43. In 1517, the religious reformer Martin Luther wrote Ninety Five Theses criticising many of the
practices and rituals of the _______.

( a ) Roman Catholic Church

( b ) Protestants
( c ) Orthodox Church

( d ) None of the above

Ans:- ( a )

44. Who was known for an art form called ukiyo?

( a ) Chinz ho

( b ) Kitagawa Utamaro

( c ) Gutenberg

( d ) None of these

Ans:- ( b )

45. Which one of the following was the oldest Japanese book printed in 868 AD?

( a ) Bible

( b ) Diamond Sutra

( c ) Kokoro

( d ) Kojiki

Ans:- ( b )

46. Protestant Reformation was a sixteenth-century movement to reform the Catholic Church
dominated by ______.

( a ) Paris

( b ) Rome

( c ) London

( d ) Marseilles

Ans:- ( b )

47. What was the first book printed by Gutenberg?

( a ) Bible

( b ) Ramayana

( c ) Chapbook

( d ) None of these

Ans:- ( a )

48. The Bengal Gazette was :

( a ) A weekly magazine, first to be edited by an Indian

( b ) A weekly English magazine edited by James Hickey from 1780, described as a commercial
paper open to all, influenced by none

( c ) First English magazine brought out by Raja Rammohun Roy

( d ) A weekly magazine, edited by James Hickey from 1780 in English

Ans:- ( b )

49. _______ was a former Roman Catholic court for identifying and punishing heretics.

( a ) Heretical

( b ) Seditious

( c ) Inquisition

( d ) Satiety

Ans:- ( c )

50. What was the ancient name of Tokyo?

( a ) Edo

( b ) Osaka

( c ) Gifu

( d ) None of these

Ans:- ( a )

51. Who wrote about the injustices of the caste system in ‘Gulamgiri’?

( a ) Raja Rammohan Roy

( b ) Jyotiba Phule

( c ) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

( d ) Bankim Chandra

Ans:- ( b )

52. _______ were the beliefs which do not follow the accepted teachings of the Church.

( a ) Inquisition

( b ) Satiety

( c ) Seditious

( d ) Heretical
Ans:- ( d )

53. What was the ‘Bengal Gazette’?

( a ) First English magazine

( b ) English Hindi mixed magazine

( c ) A weekly Hindi magazine

( d ) A weekly English magazine

Ans:- ( d )

54. The book, ‘Chote Aur Bade Ka Sawal’ talked about

( a ) the link between caste and class exploitation

( b ) the injustices of the caste system

( c ) restrictions on the vernacular press

( d ) ill treatment of widows

Ans:- ( a )

55. _______ began to maintain an Index of Prohibited Books from 1558.

( a ) Roman Church

( b ) Orthodox Church

( c ) Protestants

( d ) Monarchs

Ans:- ( a )

56. Which is not an innovation of the 20th century?

( a ) Cheap paperback editions

( b ) The dust cover

( c ) Important novels were serialised

( d ) None of these

Ans:- ( c )

57. The printing press was first introduced in India by which one of the following?

( a ) East India Company officials

( b ) Indian reformers

( c ) Protuguese missionaries
( d ) Arabic traders

Ans:- ( c )

58. _______ a term used to describe pocket sized books that are sold by travelling peddlers called
chapmen, which became popular from the time of the sixteenth-century print revolution.

( a ) Chapbook

( b ) Almanac

( c ) Denominations

( d ) None of the above

Ans:- ( a )

59. What was Protestant Reformation?

( a ) A challenge to the authority of Rome

( b ) Movement to reform the Catholic Church

( c ) A new religion

( d ) None of these

Ans:- ( b )

60. Who brought hand printing technology to Japan?

( a ) The Arab travelers in the 8th century

( b ) Chinese silk merchants in the 6th century

( c ) The Egyptians in the AD 800

( d ) Buddhist missionaries in AD 768-770

Ans:- ( d )

61. Who spoke these words “Printing is the ultimate gift of God and the greatest one.”?

( a ) Johann Gutenberg

( b ) Jawahar lal Nehru

( c ) martin Luther

( d ) None of these

Ans:- ( c )

62. The book, “Istri Dharam Vichar”’ talked about

( a ) the link between caste and class exploitation

( b ) instructions on how to act as ideal women and homemakers

( c ) restrictions on the vernacular press

( d ) ill-treatment of widows

Ans:- ( b )

63. The book, ‘Chote Aur Bade Ka Sawal’ talked about which social reforms?

( a ) The link between caste and class exploitation

( b ) The injustices of the caste system

( c ) Restrictions on the vernacular press

( d ) Ill treatment of widows

Ans:- ( a )

64. The term ‘calligraphy means :

( a ) The art of narrating a folk tale

( b ) The art of beautiful, stylized writing

( c ) The art of painting

( d ) The art of drawing and sketching

Ans:- ( b )

65. Which book was carried by petty pedlars and sold for a penny?

( a ) Novels

( b ) Magazines

( c ) Chapbook

( d ) None of these

Ans:- ( c )

66. Fill in the blank by choosing the most appropriate option:

Kitagawa Utamaro was a …….. and he was famous for

( a ) famous Chinese painter; paintings of the sky

( b ) well-known Japanese artist; his art form ‘Ukiyoe

( c ) well known Indian sitar player; his musical notes

( d ) famous sportsperson; for playing chess

Ans:- ( b )
67. When was the Paperback editions of books were introduced?

( a ) The onset of the Great Depression

( b ) The First World War

( c ) The Second World War

( d ) None of these

Ans:- ( a )

68. Which of the following nationalists were the first to use wood-block printing in Europe?

( a ) French

( b ) Italians

( c ) Portuguese

( d ) Spaniards

Ans:- ( b )

69. Who introduced the first printing press in India?

( a ) East India company

( b ) Arabic traders

( c ) Portuguese missionaries

( d ) None of these

Ans:- ( c )

70. The main function of a compositor is to:

( a ) compose poems

( b ) compose the text for printing

( c ) compose music

( d ) compose lyrics and songs for a play

Ans:- ( b )
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1. The Axis powers did not include

( a ) Japan

( b ) Italy

( c ) Nazi Germany

( d ) Britain

Ans – ( d )

2. Which of the following allowed the British Government to restrict the import of corn?

( a ) Food Act

( b ) Corn Act

( c ) Corn Laws

( d ) Import Act

Ans – ( c )

3. Which of the following was a European managing agency?

( a ) Tata Iron and Steel Company

( b ) Andrew Yule
( c ) Elgin Mill

( d ) Birla industries

Ans – ( b )

4. Hosay was a:

( a ) Riotous Hindu festival

( b ) Riotous carnival

( c ) Violent blood-shedding war

( d ) History and art festival

Ans – ( b )

5. Many of our common foods such as potatoes, soya, groundnuts, maize, etc. were only introduced
in Europe and Asia after ________ accidentally discovered the vast continent that would later
become known as the Americas.

( a ) Christopher Columbus

( b ) Vasco da Gama

( c ) Marco Polo

( d ) None of the above

Ans – ( a )

6. When Irish potato famine came?

( a ) 1845-49

( b ) 1849-54

( c ) 1854-59

( d ) 1865

Ans – ( a )

7. The assembly line method is associated with the name of

( a ) Henry Ford

( b ) Rosa Parker

( c ) Barry Parker

( d ) E.T. Paull

Ans – ( a )
8. In which one of the following cities did the European powers meet in 1885 to divide Africa
between themselves?

( a ) London

( b ) New York

( c ) Berlin

( d ) Amsterdam

Ans – ( c )

9. In the 17th century, merchants from towns in Europe moved to the countryside to:

( a ) supply money to peasants and artisans to persuade them to produce for international markets.

( b ) persuade them to settle in towns.

( c ) provide them with small workshops.

( d ) stop them from working for other companies.

Ans – ( a )

10. Which country had voluntarily cut off its economic relationship with the world economy in
1949?

( a ) India

( b ) England

( c ) America

( d ) China

Ans – ( d )

11. Precious metals, particularly _______, from mines located in present-day Peru and Mexico
enhanced Europe’s wealth and financed its trade with Asia.

( a ) Copper

( b ) Bauxite

( c ) Iron Ore

( d ) Silver

Ans – ( d )

12. Rinderpest was a

( a ) animal
( b ) cattle disease

( c ) famine

( d ) british colony

Ans – ( b )

13. The silk routes linked Asia with

( a ) Europe

( b ) Africa

( c ) both ( a) & ( b)

( d ) America

Ans – ( c )

14. Which one of the following countries has an effective right of veto over IMF and World Bank?

( a ) India

( b ) the USA

( c ) Srilanka

( d ) Japan

Ans – ( b )

15. Name the first industrial country in the world:

( a ) France

( b ) Japan

( c ) Britain

( d ) Germany

Ans – ( b )

16. Fill in the blank by choosing the appropriate option: Smallpox- America; Rinderpest-
…………………

( a ) Asia

( b ) Europe

( c ) Africa

( d ) Australia

Ans – ( c )
17. Give the correct reason for decline of household income in Europe after the First World War:

( a ) People’ stopped going to work, as they were scared of the war situation.

( b ) Death and injuries had reduced the number of able bodied work force.

( c ) Home governments had imposed heavier taxes.

( d ) People could not go to work because they got busy with reorganization of their households.

Ans – ( b )

18. Many of our common food were not known to our ancestors. These food were :

( a ) Potatoes

( b ) Chillies

( c ) Sweet potatoes

( d ) All of these

Ans – ( d )

19. America was discovered by

( a ) Marco Polo

( b ) Christopher Columbus

( c ) Henry Ford

( d ) Cecil Rhodes

Ans – ( b )

20. Which of the following was the most powerful weapon used by Spanish to conquer America?

( a ) Atom Bomb

( b ) Navy

( c ) Germs

( d ) Poisonous gas

Ans – ( c )

21. Why couldn’t the merchants expand production within towns?

( a ) The powerful guilds did not allow them to do so.

( b ) New merchants were not competent enough to carry on production work and trade.

( c ) New merchants had inadequate capital.

( d ) Competent weavers and artisans were not available in towns.

Ans – ( a )

22. Why did China become an attractive destination for multinational companies?

( a ) Economic policies were not established.

( b ) Raw material was cheap.

( c ) Labour wages were low.

( d ) Land was cheap.

Ans – ( c )

23. Many expeditions set off in search of El Dorado, the fabled city of

( a ) Silver

( b ) Emerald

( c ) Diamonds

( d ) Gold

Ans – ( d )

24. The Rinderpest disease spread in Africa in :

( a ) 1890s

( b ) 1880s

( c ) 1910s

( d ) 1900s

Ans – ( a )

25. During the First World War women in Europe stepped into jobs which earlier men were
expected to do. What was the reason?

( a ) because men went to battle.

( b ) because men went to other countries in search of jobs.

( c ) because of liberalisation of women in society.

( d ) because menfolk decided to take charge of the household work.

Ans – ( a )

26. When Corn Laws were abolished :

( a ) Food grains could be imported

( b ) Prices became cheaper

( c ) Large areas of land were left uncultured

( d ) All of the above.

Ans – ( d )

27. Tamil migrants went to

( a ) Ceylon and Malaya

( b ) Mauritius and Fiji

( c ) Trinidad and Guyana

( d ) Ceylon and Surinam

Ans – ( a )

28. Most Indian indentured workers came from present regions of

( a ) Uttar Pradesh

( b ) Bihar

( c ) Dry districts of Tamil Nadu

( d ) All the above

Ans – ( d )

29. Where was the first cotton mill established? ;

( a ) Bombay

( b ) Ahmedabad

( c ) Kanpur

( d ) Madras

Ans – ( a )

30. Fill in the blank by choosing the most appropriate option: ……….. and Germany became new
colonial powers by the 19th century.

( a ) Australia

( b ) Belgium

( c ) France

( d ) Italy

Ans – ( b )

31. America’s original inhabitants had no immunity against diseases that came from Europe.
_______ in particular proved a deadly killer.

( a ) Chickenpox

( b ) Measles

( c ) Smallpox

( d ) Filaria

Ans – ( c )

32. When was The Great Depression began?

( a ) 1926

( b ) 1929

( c ) 1934

( d ) 1939

Ans – ( b )

33. Which of the following did not take part in the First World War?

( a ) Portugal

( b ) Germany

( c ) France

( d ) England

Ans – ( a )

34. For more than a millenia, cowries or seashells were used as a form of :

( a ) Cloth

( b ) Spice

( c ) Currency

( d ) A toy

Ans – ( c )

35. The group of powers collectively known as the Axis power during the Second World War were:

( a ) Germany, Italy, Japan

( b ) Austria, Germany, Italy

( c ) France, Japan, Italy

( d ) Japan, Germany, Turkey

Ans – ( a )

36. Who among the following discovered the continent of America?

( a ) Vasco da Gama

( b ) Ferdinand Magellan

( c ) Christopher Columbus

( d ) Copernicus

Ans – ( c )

37. Which pre-colonial port connected India to the Gulf countries and the Red Sea ports?

( a ) Bombay

( b ) Hooghly

( c ) Surat

( d ) Machhalipatanam

Ans – ( c )

38. Which of the following countries has an effective right of veto over key IMF and World Bank
decisions?

( a ) USA

( b ) UK

( c ) France

( d ) India

Ans – ( a )

39. Reduced role of ________ and the rising importance of the Americas gradually moved the
centre of world trade westwards.

( a ) China

( b ) Japan

( c ) Korea

( d ) None of the above

Ans – ( a )

40. G-77 was a group of 77

( a ) developed countries
( b ) poor countries

( c ) developing countries

( d ) Landlords

Ans – ( c )

41. In which country did the Great Depression start?

( a ) Britain, 1929

( b ) France, 1930

( c ) USA, 1929

( d ) Germany, 1929

Ans – ( c )

42. Many indentured labourers stayed on even after their contract was over. The notable
descendants are :

( a ) V.S. Naipaul

( b ) Shivnarine Chanderpaul

( c ) Ramnaresh Sarwan

( d ) All of the above

Ans – ( d )

43. Who among the following is a Nobel Prize winner

( a ) V.S. Naipaul

( b ) J.M. Keynes

( c ) Shivnarine Chanderpaul

( d ) Ramnaresh Sarwan

Ans – ( a )

44. Why did the wheat price in India fall down by 50 percent between 1928 and 1934?

( a ) Due to less production

( b ) Due to floods

( c ) Due to Great Depression

( d ) Due to droughts

Ans – ( c )
45. Who produced music book that Dawn of the Century?

( a ) New Comen

( b ) James Watt

( c ) E. T. Paul

( d ) None of these

Ans – ( c )

46. Who amongst the following West-Indies cricketers trace their roots to indentured labour
migrants from India?

( a ) Vivian Richards and Gary Sobers

( b ) Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo

( c ) Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul

( d ) Brian Lara and Courtney Walsh

Ans – ( c )

47. Which country passed the ‘Corn Laws’ to restrict the import of corn?

( a ) France

( b ) Great Britain

( c ) Spain

( d ) USA

Ans – ( b )

48. When Columbus discovered America?

( a ) 1492

( b ) 1505

( c ) 1488

( d ) 1665

Ans – ( a )

49. Identify one aim of the post-war international economic system:

( a ) To ensure economic stability of underdeveloped countries.

( b ) To promote good health for the people of the world.

( c ) Promotion of education worldwide.

( d ) To preserve economic stability and full employment in the industrial world.

Ans – ( d )

50. The First World War was fought between two power blocks. The Allies and Central Powers
between :

( a ) 1914-1918

( b ) 1914-1917

( c ) 1914-1919

( d ) 1914-1916.

Ans – ( a )

51. Which of the following statements correctly identifies the com laws?

( a ) Restricted the import of corn to ; England

( b ) Allowed the import of com to England

( c ) Imposed tax on com

( d ) Abolished the sale of com

Ans – ( a )

52. From which century China is said to have restricted overseas contacts and retreated into
isolation?

( a ) 14 th

( b ) 15 th

( c ) 16 th

( d ) 17 th

Ans – ( b )

53. What were supply during the First World War from Indian factories?

( a ) Jute bags and cloth for army uniforms

( b ) Tents and leather boots

( c ) Horse and mule saddles

( d ) All of these

Ans – ( d )

54. Which of the following was NOT a destination of Indian indentured migrants?
( a ) China

( b ) Caribbean Islands

( c ) Fiji

( d ) Ceylon

Ans – ( a )

55. Demand for ______ led to the migration of people to America and Australia.

( a ) Capital

( b ) Raw materials

( c ) Labour

( d ) Both ( a) and ( b)

Ans – ( c )

56. In which year the system of indentured labour migration abolished?

( a ) 1909

( b ) 1915

( c ) 1919

( d ) 1921

Ans – ( d )

57. Who adopted the concept of assembly line to manufacture automobiles?

( a ) T. Cuppola

( b ) Henry Ford

( c ) Samuel Morse

( d ) Christopher Columbus

Ans – ( b )

58. Chutney music was created by the:

( a ) Indo-Caribbean people

( b ) Indian migrants

( c ) People in Mauritius

( d ) People in Fiji Islands.

Ans – ( a )
59. Who discovered the vast continent, later known as America?

( a ) Vasco da Gama

( b ) Christopher Columbus

( c ) V.S. Naipaul

( d ) None of these

Ans – ( b )

60. People’s livelihoods and local economy of which one of the following was badly affected by the
disease named Rinderpest?

( a ) Asia

( b ) Europe

( c ) Africa

( d ) South America

Ans – ( c )

61. When did the export of Indian yarn to China declined?

( a ) 1906

( b ) 1910

( c ) 1915

( d ) 1902

Ans – ( a )

62. In which one of the following years Great Depression occurred in the world?

( a ) 1929-30

( b ) 1935-36

( c ) 1939-40

( d ) 1941-42

Ans – ( a )

63. Between 1820 and 1914, world trade is estimated to have multiplied 25 to 40 times. Nearly
_______ percent of this trade comprised ‘primary products’.

( a ) 10

( b ) 20
( c ) 40

( d ) 60

Ans – ( d )

64. In which year the IMF and the World Bank started financial operations?

( a ) 1935

( b ) 1942

( c ) 1947

( d ) 1950

Ans – ( c )

65. Before the war, eastern Europe was a major supplier of:

( a ) Rice in the world market

( b ) Wheat in the world market

( c ) Tea in the world market

( d ) None of the above

Ans – ( b )

66. Indentured labourers were sent to work in the plantations on :

( a ) Caribbean Islands

( b ) Mauritius

( c ) Fiji Islands

( d ) All of these

Ans – ( d )

67. Why were the Europeans attracted to Africa?

( a ) By its natural beauty

( b ) By the opportunities for investment

( c ) For its vast land resources and mineral wealth

( d ) For recruitment of labour

Ans – ( c )

68. Which was the main destination of Indian indentured migrants?

( a ) Africa
( b ) Australia

( c ) Trinidad and Guyana

( d ) All the above places

Ans – ( c )