What type of education was given to the children in pathshalas?

Answer: Teaching was oral, and the guru decided what to teach, in
accordance with the needs of the students.

3. Why were classes not held during harvest time in pathshala system?

Answer: Classes were not held during harvest time in pathshala system
because rural children had to work in the fields during harvest time.

4. What task was assigned to the pandit by the Company?

Answer: The Company assigned the pandit to visit the pathshalas and try
to improve the standard of teaching.

5. How were Oriental institutions like the Calcutta Madrasa and

Benaras Sanskrit College viewed by the British?

Answer: These institutions were seen as “temples of darkness that were

falling of themselves into decay”.

6. What different languages did William Jones study?

Answer: Jones was a linguist. He had studied Greek and Latin at Oxford,
knew French and English, had picked up Arabic from a friend, and had also
learnt Persian.

7. Why was the Hindu College established in Benaras?

Answer: The Hindu College was established in Benaras in 1791 to

encourage the study of ancient Sanskrit texts that would be useful for the
administration of the country.

8. What did Thomas Macaulay urge the British government in India?

Answer: Thomas Macaulay urged that the British government in India stop
wasting public money in promoting Oriental learning, for it was of no
practical use.

9. How does Mahatma Gandhi view literacy?

Answer: According to Mahatma Gandhi literacy is not the end of education

nor even the beginning. It is only one of the means whereby man and
woman can be educated. Literacy in itself is not education.

10. Why was the East India Company opposed to missionary activities
in India?

Answer: Until 1813, the East India Company was opposed to missionary
activities in India. It feared that missionary activities would provoke reaction
amongst the local population and make them suspicious of British presence
in India.

11. What do you mean by wood’s despatch?

Answer: In 1854, the Court of Directors of the East India Company in

London sent an educational despatch to the Governor-General in India.
Issued by Charles Wood, the President of the Board of Control of the
Company, it has come to be known as Wood’s Despatch.

12. Why did William Jones felt the need to study Indian history,
philosophy and law?

Answer: William Jones felt the need to study Indian history, philosophy and
law because only those texts could reveal the real ideas and laws of the
Hindus and Muslims, and only a new study of these texts could form the
basis of future development in India.

13. Why did Mahatma Gandhi want to teach children handicrafts?

Answer: He argued that education ought to develop a person’s mind and

soul. Literacy – or simply learning to read and write – by itself did not count
as education. People had to work with their hands, learn a craft, and know
how different things operated. This would develop their mind and their
capacity to understand.

14. What does vernacular mean? Why did the British use this term in
colonial countries like India?

Answer: Vernacular is a term generally used to refer to a local language or

dialect as distinct from what is seen as the standard language. In colonial
countries like India, the British used the term to mark the difference
between the local languages of everyday use and English – the language of
the imperial masters.

15. What do you mean by Tagore’s abode of peace?

Or
How did Tagore view his school namely Santiniketan?

Answer: Tagore was of the view that creative learning could be encouraged
only within a natural environment. So he chose to set up his school 100
kilometres away from Calcutta, in a rural setting. He saw it as an abode of
peace (santiniketan), where living in harmony with nature, children could
cultivate their natural creativity.

1- Food processing is an example of ___ based industry.

A) marine
B) agro
C) mineral
D) forest
Q2- ____ is an example of forest based industry.
A) Banking
B) Baking cakes
C) Advertising
D) Pharmaceuticals

Q3- Seafood industry is an example of ___ based industries.

A) agro
B) mining
C) marine
D) forest

Q4- Industry owned by one individual is _______.

A) private sector industry
B) joint sector industry
C) co-operative industry
D) public sector industry
Q5- ___ is an example of a co-operative industry.
A) Steel Authority of India Ltd
B) Hindustan Aeronautical Ltd
C) Sudha Dairy
D) Indian Army

Q6- Market is one of the ____ factors for setting up of industries.

A) locational
B) Sizeable
C) natural
D) systematic

Q7- Setting up ____ leads to development of towns.

A) forests
B) buildings
C) industries
D) schools

Q8- Maruti Udyog Ltd is an example of ___ sector industry.

A) cooperative
B) private
C) joint
D) private

Q9- ___ has been called the backbone of industry.

A) diamond
B) iron
C) Steel
D) Petroleum

Q10- ____ is one of the major steel producing centres.

A) Bhilai
B) Jammu
C) Chandigarh
D) Delhi

Q11- Jamshedpur lies on the banks of _______ river

A) Subarnarekha
B) Ganga
C) Jhelum
D) Mahi

Q12- ____ is a steel city in the USA

A) New York City
B) Detroit
C) Pittsburg
D) Ohio

Q13- Bhadravati – an important steel centre is located in

A) Jharkhand
B) Karnataka
C) Bihar
D) Odisha

Q14- Sakchi is the old name of ______.

A) Jamshedpur
B) Salem
C) Bhadravati
D) Belgavi

Q15- _____ is a prominent coalfield in India.

A) Bokaro
B) Jharia
C) Chittranjan
D) Dimapur

Q16- India’s first successful mechanized textile mill was established in ____.
A) Surat
B) Kolkata
C) Madras
D) Mumbai

Q17- Kanpur is famous for ____ factories

A) sugar
B) textile
C) steel
D) marine

Q18- _____ is also famous as ‘Manchester of India.’

A) Surat
B) Delhi
C) Ahmedabad
D) Salem

Q19- In Ahmedabad, the first textile mill was established in which year?
A) 1856
B) 1859
C) 1861
D) 1855

Q20- _____ is known as the ‘Manchestor of Japan.’

A) Tokyo
B) Hiroshima
C) Osaka
D) Aichi

Q21- Manufacturing of fish oil is an example of _____ based industry.

A) agro
B) marine
C) forest
D) mineral

Q22- Basket weaving is identified under

A) cottage industry
B) marine based industry
C) mineral based industry
D) source industry

Q23- Silk manufacturing falls under

A) large scale industry
B) small scale industry
C) marine industry
D) mineral industry
Q24- Kharkai river flows through the steel city of ____.
A) Jamshedpur
B) Bhilai
C) Chittorgarh
D) Bokaro

Q25- The textile industry of Osaka imports _____ from other countries.
A) cotton
B) rice
C) metal
D) iron

Q26- ______ river flows through Osaka.

A) Shinano
B) Yodo
C) Thames
D) Colarado

Q27- The Great Lake waterway is located near

A) New York
B) Washington
C) Pittsburgh
D) Osaka

Q28- Dolomite mines are located in

A) Odisha
B) Tamilnadu
C) Punjab
D) Gujarat

Q29- Chintzes clothes can be found in

A) Dhaka
B) Masulipatnam
C) Burhanpur
D) Calicut

Q30- _____ industry is found in abdundant amount in Egypt.

A) cotton
B) jute
C) wheat
D) rubber

Question Answer Question Answer

1 B 11 A

2 D 12 C

3 C 13 B

4 A 14 A

5 C 15 B
 6 A 16 D

7 C 17 B

8 C 18 C

9 C 19 C

10 A 20 C

21 B 22 A

23 B 24 A

25 A 26 B

27 C 28 A

29 B 30 A

1. What is the output of iron and steel industry?

Answer: Steel

2. Where is Silicon Valley located?

Answer: Silicon Valley is located in California.

3. Which is the largest lake of the world?

Answer: Lake Superior is the largest of these five lakes.

4. What does AMUL stand for?

Answer: AMUL stands for Anand Milk Union Limited.

5. Name some natural fibres.

Answer: Natural fibres are wool, silk, cotton, linen and jute.
6. Where is Ahmedabad located in India?

Answer: It is located in Gujarat on the banks of the Sabarmati river.

7. Which Indian city is known as “The Manchester of India”?

Answer: Ahmedabad is often referred to as the ‘Manchester of India’.

8. Name some man-made fibres.

Answer: Man-made fibres include nylon, polyester, acrylic and rayon.

9. What is full form TISCO?

Answer: TISCO stands for Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited.

10. What are the effects of alloying elements on steel?

Answer: Alloys give steel unusual hardness, toughness, or ability to resist

rust.

11. What are the processes of cotton textile industries?

Answer: The processes include ginning, spinning, weaving, dyeing and

printing.

12. When and where was the first successful textile mill established in
India?

Answer: The first successful modern textile mill was established in Mumbai
in 1854.

13. Name the great lakes of the world.

Answer: The names of great lakes are Superior, Huron, Ontario, Michigan
and Erie.
14. Where did the word textile come from?

Answer: The term ‘textile’ is derived from Latin word texere which means to
weave.

15. What are the different ways in which the industries are classified?

Or

Name three common methods of classifying industries.

Answer: Industries can be classified on the basis of raw materials, size and
ownership.

Short Type Answer Questions

1. What is Smelting?

Answer: It is the process in which metals are extracted from their ores by
heating beyond the melting point.

2. Why Bangalore is called “Silicon Plateau”?

Or
Why Bangalore is known as Silicon Plateau?

Answer: Bangalore is located on the Deccan Plateau from where it gets the
name ‘Silicon Plateau’.

3. Why do industrial disasters occur?

Or
What are the main causes of industrial accidents?

Answer: In industries, accidents/disaster mainly occurs due to technical

failure or irresponsible handling of hazardous material.

4. Which place is known as ‘Manchester of Japan’?

Or
Which place is known as ‘Manchester of Japan’?
Answer: Osaka is an important textile centre of Japan, also known as the
‘Manchester of Japan’.

5. Where was the first textile mill in India established and when?

Answer: The first textile mill in the country was established at Fort Gloster
near Kolkata in 1818 but it closed down after some time.

6. Name the major hubs of Information technology industry in the

world.

Answer: The major hubs of Information technology industry are the Silicon
Valley of Central California and the Bangalore region of India.

7. Where are iron and steel industries in the world?

Answer: The countries in which iron and steel industry is located are
Germany, USA, China, Japan and Russia.

8. Where is textile industry concentrated in the world?

Answer: Textile industry is concentrated in India, Hong Kong, South Korea,

Japan and Taiwan.

9. What is the link between the mines and the industry in Pittsburgh?

Answer: Between mines and Pittsburgh is one of the world’s best routes for
shipping ore cheaply – the famous Great Lakes waterway.

10. When and where was TISCO started?

Answer: TISCO was started in 1907 at Sakchi, near the confluence of the
rivers Subarnarekha and Kharkai in Jharkhand.

11. What are common alloying elements for steel?

Answer: Special alloys of steel can be made by adding small amounts of
other metals such as aluminium, nickel, and copper.

12. From where does the iron ore come to Pittsburgh?

Answer: The iron ore come to Pittsburgh from the iron mines at Minnesota,
about 1500 km from Pittsburgh.

13. How are industries classified on the basis of raw materials?

Or
Classify industries on the basis of source of raw materials.

Answer: Industries may be agro based, mineral based, marine based and
forest based depending on the type of raw materials they use.

14. Where the major industrial regions of the world are tend to be
located?

Answer: Major industrial regions tend to be located in the temperate

areas, near sea ports and especially near coal fields.

15. What are sunrise industries? Give examples.

Answer: Emerging industries are also known as ‘Sunrise Industries’. These

include Information technology, Wellness, Hospitality and Knowledge.

16. Where do we find the major industrial regions of the world?

Answer: Major industrial regions of the world are eastern North America,
western and central Europe, eastern Europe and eastern Asia.

17. What is meant by the term ‘industry’?

Answer: Industry refers to an economic activity that is concerned with

production of goods, extraction of minerals or the provision of services.
18. What are the main factors which influence the location of an
industry?

Answer: The factors affecting the location of industries are the availability
of raw material, land, water, labour, power, capital, transport and market.

19. Which industry is often referred to as the backbone of modern

industry and why?

Answer: Steel is often called the backbone of modern industry because

almost everything we use is either made of iron or steel or has been made
with tools and machinery of these metals.

20. ‘Several textile mills have closed down in Ahmedabad recently.’

Give reason.
Or
Why in recent years several textile mills have closed down in
Ahmedabad?
Or
What was the major reason for several textile mills to close down in
Ahmedabad?

Answer: Several textile mills have closed down. This is primarily due to
emergence of new textile centres in the country as well as non upgradation
of machines and technology in the mills of Ahmedabad.

21. Why cotton textile industry rapidly expanded in Mumbai?

Answer: The warm, moist climate, port for importing machinery, availability
of raw material and skilled labour resulted in rapid expansion of the textile
industry in Mumbai.

22. What products do industrial plants in Jamshedpur produce?

Answer: In Jamshedpur, several other industrial plants were set up after

TISCO. They produce chemicals, locomotive parts, agricultural equipment,
machinery, tinplate, cable and wire.
23. What industries have started replacing the textile industry in
Osaka?
Or
What industries have replaced the cotton textile industry of Osaka?

Answer: The cotton textile industry of Osaka has been replaced by other
industries, such as iron and steel, machinery, shipbuilding, automobiles,
electrical equipment and cement.

24. What are the major industrial regions of India?

Answer: India has several industrial regions like Mumbai- Pune cluster,
Bangalore-Tamil Nadu region, Hugli region, Ahmedabad-Baroda region,
Chottanagpur industrial belt, Vishakhapatnam-Guntur belt, Gurgaon-Delhi-
Meerut region and the Kollam-Thiruvanathapuram industrial cluster.

25. Write a short note on Chinese gas well blowout.

Answer: On 23 December 2005, due to gas well blowout in Gao Qiao,

Chongging, China, 243 people died, 9,000 were injured and 64,000 were
evacuated. Many people died because they were unable to run after the
explosion. Those who could not escape in time suffered burns to their eyes,
skin and lungs from the gas.

26. Give a reason why did the cotton textile industry in India could not
compete with the industries in the west initially?

Answer: The production of hand woven cotton textile was expensive and
time consuming. Hence, traditional cotton textile industry could not face
the competition from the new textile mills of the West, which produced
cheap and good quality fabrics.

27. Name some important steel producing centres in India.

Answer: Important steel producing centres such as Bhilai, Durgapur,

Burnpur, Jamshedpur, Rourkela, Bokaro are situated in a region that
spreads over four states — West Bengal, Jharkhand, Orissa and
Chhattisgarh. Bhadravati and Vijay Nagar in Karnataka, Vishakhapatnam in
Andhra Pradesh, Salem in Tamil Nadu are other important steel centres
utilising local resources.

Marginalisation means :-
a. At the centre of thing
b. Forced to occupy the side
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. None of these
Ans : (b)
2. In social environment, Marginalisation is due to :-
a. Different Language
b. Different Religion
c. Minority
d. All of these
Ans : (d)
3. Explain the reason why groups may be marginalized.
a. Because of government profit
b. Less Majority
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. All of these
Ans : (c)
4. Who are Adivasi?
a. Original Inhabitants
b. tribals
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. None of these
Ans : (c)
5. How many percent of India's population is Adivasi?
a. Around 8%
b. about 10%
c. About 4%
d. about 6%
Ans : (a)
6. Scheduled Tribes is term used for :-
a. Rich people
b. Adivasis
c. People below poverty line
d. All of these
Ans : (b)
7. Adivasi are involved in the worship of :-
a. Ancestors
b. Hinduism
c. jesus Chirst d. temple
Ans : (a)
8. The village spirits are worshipped at :-
a. home
b. Town
c. Specific Scared Groves
d. All of these
Ans : (c)
9. Do Adivasi live close to the forest?
a. No
b. May be
c. Yes
d. Can't say
Ans : (c)
10. Adivasi languages have often deeply influenced by the formation of :-
a. Mainstream
b. Bengali
c. Sanskrit
d. Santhali
Ans : (a)
11. Adivasis are believed to be :-
a. Exotic
b. Primitive
c. Backward
d. All of these
Ans : (d)
12. Where all the important metals are present in India?
a. Forest
b. Village
c. Home
d. Jungle
Ans : (a)
13. 1835 onwards, Adivasis from Jharkhand & adjoining areas moved in India & the
world's like :-
a. Mauritius
b. Caribbean
c. Australia
d. All of these
Ans : (d)
14. Niyamgiri hill located in Kalahandi district of :-
a. Orissa
b. West Bengal
c. Punjab
d. kerela
Ans : (a)
15. Niyamgiri is a scared mountain of :-
a. Adivasis
b. Religious people
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. None of these
Ans : (a)
16. How many national parks are there in India?
a. 64
b. 54
c. 72
d. 82
Ans : (b)
17. How many wild life sanctuaries covering 1,09,652 square kilometer :-
a. 570
b. 458
c. 372
d. 190
Ans : (c)
18. The areas where tribal originally lived and continue to stay in these fields :-
a. Ancestors
b. Encroachers
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. All of these
Ans : (b)
19. Constitution provides safeguards to religious & _________ minorities as a part of
fundamental Rights.
a. Linguistic
b. Cultural
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. None of these
Ans : (c)
20. Minority means :-
a. Used for the communities that is numerically small in population
b. Used for the communities that is numerically small in population
c. More groups
d. All of these
Ans : (b)
21. Many tribal children are _______.
a. Balanced
b. Malnourished
c. Healthy
d. Efficient
Ans : (b)
22. Why do we need safeguards?
a. To protect the state
b. To protect the society
c. To protect the rich people
d. To protect minority community
Ans : (d)
23. Who plays a crucial role in upholding the law enforcing fundamental Rights?
a. Judiciary
b. Supreme Court
c. High Court
d. All of these
Ans : (b)
24. Every citizen of India can approach the courts if they believe that their fundamental
Rights have been :-
a. Increased
b. Decreased
c. Violating
d. None of these
Ans : (c)
25. How many percent of Muslims are in Indian population?
a.13.4%
b. 61%
c. 14.7%
d.20%
Ans : (a)
26. How many Muslims live in kutcha house according to amenties 1994
a. 63.6%
b. 43%
c. 67%
d. 87%
Ans : (a)
27. Do Muslims have equal access to basic amenities?
a. yes
b. may be
c. No
d. Can't not
Ans : (c)
28. According to literacy rate by religion, 2001 how many percent of population is literate?
a. 65%
b. 100%
c. 95%
d. 80%
Ans : (a)
29. Which religious group has the lowest literacy rate according to censes of India 2001?
a. Hindus
b. Muslims
c. Sikh
d. English
Ans : (b)
30. High level committee in 2005, was chaired by :-
a. Hakkim shekh
b. Ram Gopal
c. Rajinder Sanchar
d. None of these
Ans : (c)
31. Many Muslim women wear?
a. Burka
b. Skirt
c. Payjama
d. Cargo
Ans : (a)
32. Marginalisation is linked to :-
a. Experiencing disadvantages
b. Prejudices
c. Powerless
d. All of these
Ans : (d)
33. Marginalisation result in having :-
a. Low social status
b. Not equal education
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. None of these
Ans : (c)
34. Muslims prefer to send their children to :-
a. Madarsas
b. Schools
c. Colleges
d. All of these
Ans : (a)
35. Hierarchy means :-
a. A graded system or arrangement of person or thing
b. Minor group
c. Major group
d. None of these
Ans : (a)
36. Displaced means :-
a. To stick at one place
b. to live in forest
c. Refuse to forced or compelled to move from their homes
d. All of these
Ans : (c)
37. Militarised means :-
a. Presence of Minor Group
b. Presence of Major group
c. Presence of Adivasis
d. presence of armed force
Ans : (d)
38. Malnourishment means :-
a. Person gets a balance diet
b. Person gets the extra diet
c. Person does not get adequate food
d. None of these
Ans : (c)
39. Which one of the following is main cause of Marginalisation?
a. Different dress
b. Different films
c. Different Languages
d. All of these
Ans : (c)
40. Marginalised groups are viewed with hostility.
a. respect
b. truth
c. Fear
d. All of these
Ans : (c)
41. Give another name of Adivasis
a. Respective truth
b. Tribals
c. Educated person
d. None of these
Ans : (b)
42. Is Adivasis having their own language?
a. No
b. Can't say
c. May be
d. Yes
Ans : (d)
43. Which one of the following metal is found in forest?
a. Sugar
b. Sweet
c. Iron
d. Tea
Ans : (c)
44. Literacy rate among tribal are very__________
a. High
b. Low
c. In between
d. Supreme
Ans : (c)
45. _________ are needed to protect minor Communities.
a. Safeguards
b. Legal
c. Laws
d. None of these
Ans : (b)
46. How many percent of Muslims are in India's population?
a. 1.34%
b. 22.3%
c. 15.1%
d. 20.0%
Ans : (a)
47. __________ are the important part of the women's movement in India?
a. Religious Women
b. Common people
c. Muslim women
d. None of these
Ans : (c)
48. Marginalisation results in :-
a. Low social status
b. not equal access of Eduation
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. None of these
Ans : (c)
49. How many percent of Muslim children in the 6 - 14 year of age group have never been
enrolled in schools & dropped out?
a. 70%
b. 30%
c. 25%
d. 56%
Ans : (c)
50. In Muslim community, there is a link between economic & _________ marginalisation.
a. Political
b. western
c. Socio reform
d. Social
Ans : (d)