1. Find the incorrect statement.

a. In Awadh, the Peasant Movement was developed under Pt Jawaharlal Nehru.

b. Khilafat Movement was started in 1921.
c. Ambedkar organised the Dalit into the Depressed Classes Association in
1930.
d. In 1921, Gandhiji had designed a tricolour Swaraj Flag.
2. Which among the following countries were among the world’s richest
countries and the main centres of trade?
Choose the correct option:
a. India and China c. China and Britain
b. China and Japan d. India and Japan
3. Identify the method from the following information.
➢ This method was used in Chicago slaughterhouse
➢ This method forced the workers to respect a single task
➢ This method was faster and cheaper way of Producing goods.
a. Assembly line c. Line production
b. Mass production d. None of these
4. Choose the correctly matched pair from the given options.
a. 1845 – European powers meet in Berlin to divide-up Africa between
themselves.
b. 1921 – Indentured Labour abolished
c. 1939 – First World War
d. 1890 – Potato Famine in Ireland
5. Assertion (A): During the Great Depression of 1929, in general, agricultural
regions and communities were the worst affected.
Reason (R): The fall in agricultural prices was greater and more prolonged than
that in the prices of industrial goods
6. Find the incorrect statement.
a. The Great Depression began around 1939 and lasted till mid 1980
b. The system of indentured labour was abolished in 1921.
c. Rinderpest arrived in Africa in late 1880s
d. The First World War fought in 1914-18.
7. Which of the following is not a reason why industrialists in the 19th
century Europe preferred hand labour over machines?
a. There was abundance of labour so there were low wages.
b. Hand labour produced uniform and standardised goods for a mass market.
c. Machines required huge capital investment.
d. Industries where demand was seasonal, industrialists preferred hand labour.
8. Identify the person with the help of clues.
➢ He got people from the village
➢ He ensured people with jobs.
➢ He helped people to settle in cities.
a. Stapler c. Jobber
b. Fuller d. Gomasthas
9. Choose the correctly matched pair about the events and their year:
a. James Hargreaves invents the Spinning Jenny – 1764
b. James Watt patents the Steam Engine – 1771
c. Richard Arkwright creates the first cotton mill – 1781
d. Earliest factories started in England – 1790’s

10. Assertion (A: The period of industrialisation before the first factories came up
in Europe is termed as proto-industrialisation.
 Reason (R): This period was marked by merchants from towns getting products
made in villages.
11. Assertion (A): By the 1750s, with the arrival of the European companies the
Indians started losing their control over the trade.
Reason (R) There was a decline of the old ports like Surat and Hooghly and the
emergence of new ports like Bombay and Calcutta.
12. What kinds of production demanded seasonal labour? Identify the best
suitable option from the following.
a. Steel and iron c. Handmade goods
b. Cotton and textiles d. Bookbinders and printers
13. Who set up six joint-stock companies in Bengal in the 1830s and 1840s?
a. Dwarkanath Tagore c. Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy
b. JN Tata d. R D Tata
14. Which is the finest iron ore with a very high content of iron?
a. Magnetite c. Lignite
b. Haematite d. Siderite
15. Which type of sand in Kerala is rich in thorium?
a. Monazite sands c. Silica sands
b. Gypsum sands d. Black sands
16. The Badampahar mine in Mayurbhanj and Kendujhar district is situated in
which of the following Indian state?
a. Karnataka c. Chhattisgarh
b. Odisha d. Jharkhand
17. Which reserves are important for lignite in India?
a. Neyveli c. Salem
b. Bokaro d. Ranchi
18. Which one of the following agencies markets steel for the Public Sector
plants?
a. HAIL c. TATA Steel
b. SAIL d. MNCC
19. Assertion (A): India imports potash from other countries.
Reason (R): India does not have any of the commercially usable potash or
potassium compounds in any form.
20. In which of the following states is Kalpakkam nuclear power plant located?
a. Gujarat c. Kerala
b. Odisha d. Tamil Nadu
21. Which of the following is the Northernmost international airport in India?
a. Raja Sansi International Airport
b. Indira Gandhi International Airport
c. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
d. Meenam Bakkam International Airport
22. Identify the name of the National waterways with the help of given clues.
➢ The total distance of the waterways is 991 km.
➢ It covers distance between Sadiya to Dhubri.
➢ It is located on the Brahmaputra river
a. NW-1 c. NW-3
b. NW-2 d. NW-4
23. Choose the correctly matched pair about the National Waterways and their
length.
a. NW-1 – 1620 km c. NW-3 – 891 km
b. NW-2 – 205 km d. NW-4 – 588 km
24. Which of the following statements is not correct?
a. Roads can be built in uneven surface like hills and mountains.
b. The National Highway 1 is also known Sher-Shah Suri Marg.
c. The total distance of Atal Tunnel is 9.02 km.
d. The first train was started in 1954 in India.
25. Choose the correctly matched pair about the political parties and their
ideology:
a. Communist Party of India - Social Justice
b. Nationalist Congress Party - Gandhian Secularism
c. Indian National Congress – Modernity
d. Bahujan Samaj Party - Revolutionary Democracy
26. Assertion (A): Only those parties that are recognised as national parties can
contest elections for the Union level.
Reason (R): Recognition to a political party as a National party is accorded by
the Election Commission.
Assertion (A): Political Parties play a major role in making laws for the country.
Reason (R): No law can become a bill unless majority parties support it
27. Why were the Europeans attracted the most 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
28. In Trinidad what was referred as Hosay?
a. Annual Muharram procession marking a Carnival.
b. Christmas celebration
c. Easter festival
d. New year celebration
29. Match the column A with column B
Column A Column B
i. Indian a. Pottery
ii. Chinese b. Pasta
iii. Italian c. Cowries
iv. Arab Traders d. Spaghetti
a. (i)-(d), (ii)-(c), (iii)-(a), (iv)-(b) R
b. (i)-(c), (ii)-(d), (iii)-(b), (iv)-(a)
c. (i)-(c), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(d), (iv)-(b)
d. (i)-(b), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(d), (iv)-(c)
30. Patidars and Jats are rich Peasants of which State?
a. Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh c. Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan
b. Gujarat and Himachal d. Punjab and Haryana
Pradesh
31. Arrange the following in the correct sequence:
(i) Indentured Labour was abolished.
(ii) Rinderpest (Cattle Plague) had a terrifying impact on livelihoods of the
African people and the local economy.
(iii) The First World War was fought.
(iv) Potato Famine in Ireland.
 Options:
a. (iv) - (ii) - (iii) - (i) c. (i) - (iv) - (iii) - (ii)
b. (iii) - (i) - (ii) - (iv) d. (ii) - (iii) - (iv) - (i)
32. The person who got people from village, ensured them jobs, helped them
settle in cities and provided them money in times of need was known as:
a. Stapler c. Gomastha
b. Fuller d. Jobber
33. Congress was unwilling to support _______________campaigns in most places.
a. high rent c. low rent
b. no rent d. equal rent
34. Study the picture and answer the question

'Dawn of the Century' produced by E.T. Paull is what?

a. A Music card
b. A Music album
c. A Music book
d. A Music record