Question :- French women demanded the right:

1.to vote

2.to be elected to the assembly

3.to hold political office

4.all of the above

Question :- Who were not considered ?passive citizens??

1. Women

2.children

3.Non-propertied men

4.wealthy people

Question :- A bronze cross was given to the woman who produced

1.two children

2.four children

3.six children

4.eight children

Question :- A Labour Party in Britain was formed by socialist and

1.trade unionists

2.peasants

3.industrialists

4.young students

Question :- A triangular slave trade took place between Europe, the Americas and:

1.Africa

2. Asia

3.Australia

4.none of the above

Question :- According to the ?Wasteland Rules?

1.uncultivated lands were taken over and given to select individuals

2.these individuals were granted various concessions and encouraged to settle these lands

3.some of them were made headmen of villages in the newly cleared areas

4.all the above

Question :- Baigas are a forest community of

1.Central India

2.North India

3.South india

4.North-east india

Question :- Banjaras were not found in

1.Punjab

2.Rajasthan

3.Delhi

4.Maharashtra

Question :- Budeonovka was the name given to the Soviet

1.boots

2.coat

3.scarf

4.hat

Question :- Dhangars were an important pastoral community of

1.Gujarat

2.Maharashtra

3.U.P.

4.Assam

Question :- Hitler became the Chancellor or Germany in the year

1.1931

2.1932

3.1933

4.1934

Question :- How did the cricket boards become rich?

1.By organising large number of matches

2.Through patronage from rich industrialists

3.By selling television rights to television companies

4.None of the above

Question :- In reaction to which measure of the British did the Swadeshi Movement begin?

1.Partition of Bengal in 1905

2.Surat split in 1907

3.Starting of World War I in 1914

4.Montague-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919

Question :- In the 19th century, the two major commercial crops India came to produce for the world Market were

1.indigo

2.opium

3.maize

4.both (a) and (b)

Question :- In which of these countries was cricket established as a popular sport?

1.South Africa, Zimbabwe

2.Australia, New Zealand

3.West Indies, Kenya

4.All the above

Question :- In which year did Gandhi adopt dhoti?

1.1913

2.1915

3.1921

4.1928

Question :- In which year was the mechanical reaper invented?

1.1830

2.1831

3.1832

4.1833

Question :- Jadidists were ?. within the Russian empire.

1.Muslim reformers

2.Muslim educationists

3.Parsi reformers

4.German refugees

Question :- Name the US President who said ?Plant more wheat, wheat will win the war.?

1.President Roosevelt

2.President Clinton

3.President Bush

4.President Wilson

Question :- Tendu leaves are used in making

1.bidis

2.plates

3.baskets

4.umbrellas

Question :- The Central powers during the First World War included countries like Germany, Turkey and

1.France

2.Austria

3.Britain

4.Russia

Question :- The colonial power in Indonesia were the

1.English

2.Dutch

3.French

4.Portuguese

Question :- The continuous movement of the pastoral communities helps in

1.Recovery of the pastures

2.prevention of their overuse

3.Reduction in the demand of houses

4.both A and B

Question :- The country that dropped atom bomb on Hiroshima in Japan was

1.France

2.America

3.Germany

4.Britain

Question :- The existing dress codes in Europe were swept away by

1.American Revolution

2.French Revolution

3.Russian Revolution

4.The First World War

Question :- The first hockey club in India was started in

1.Bombay

2.Madras

3.Bangalore

4.Calcutta

Question :- The game Hitler glorified was

1.wresting

2.kabaddi

3.hockey

4.boxing

Question :- The Imperial Forest Research Institute was set up at

1.Allahabad

2.Darjeeling

3.Dehradun

4.Shimla

Question :- The Kalangs resisted the Dutch in

1.1700

2.1750

3.1770

4.1800

Question :- The leader of the Bolshevik party was

1.Stalin

2.Lenin

3.Karl Marx

4.Louis Blanc

Question :- The main occupation of the people of Russia in the beginning of the twentieth century was

1.manufacturing

2.poultry farming

3.fishing

4.agriculture

Question :- The Maru Raikas herded

1.camels

2.goats

3.sheep

4.all the three

Question :- The Massais are located in the

1.east Africa

2.west africa

3.north Africa

4.South Africa

Question :- The name associated with April Theses is

1.Karl Marx

2.Robert Owen

3.Lenin

4.Stalin

Question :- The National Assembly framed a Constitution in 1791 to limit the powers of the

1. monarch

2.wealthy man

3.businessmen

4.press

Question :- The Nazi Party had become the largest party by the

1.1920

2.1925

3.1926

4.1932

Question :- The poor who played cricket for a living were called

1.needy

2.entertainers

3.professionals

4.commons

Question :- The railway network expanded rapidly in India from the

1.1820s

2.1830s

3.1850s

4.1860s

Question :- The reason that cricket has originated from the villages is/are

1.Cricket matches had no time limit

2.Vagueness of the size of the cricket ground

3.Cricket?s most important tools are all made of pre-industrial materials

4.All the above

Question :- The simplicity of clothing of ?Sans-Culottes? was meant to express

1.the poverty among the common people

2.the prosperity of textile industries

3.the idea of equality

4.none of the above

Question :- The successor of Lenin was

1.Stalin

2.Kerenskii

3.Trotskii

4.Louis Blance

Question :- The Third Estate comprised

1.Poor servants and small peasants, landless labourers

2.Peasants and artisan

3. Big businessmen, merchants, lawyers etc.

4.All the above

Question :- The time span of the First World War was

1.1911-1914

2.1911-1914

3.1918-1921

4.1918-1921

Question :- The warriors consisted of

1.elder people

2.younger people

3.children

4.healthy people

Question :- The white settlers swept into the Great Plains across the River Mississippi after the

1.1830s

2.1840s

3.1850s

4.1860s

Question :- There was a quarrel between the Bombay Gymkhana (a Whites only club) and the ParsiClub, because :

1.The Parsis complained that the public park was left unfit for cricket because the polopolies of the Gymkhana Club dug up the surface

2.The colonial authorities were prejudiced in favour of their own White compatriots

3.The White cricket elite in India offered no help to the enthusiastic Parsis

4.All the above

Question :- There were revision of laws by MCC between 1770s and 1780s. They were:

1.The weight of the ball and the width of the bat were specified

2.The first leg-before law was published in 1774

3.The third stump became common, and the first six seam cricket ball was created

4.All the above

Question :- To some Indians western clothes were a sign of

1.Progress

2.modernity

3.Freedom from poverty

4.both (a) and (b)

Question :- Tsarina Alexandra was of the

1.German origin

2.French origin

3.Russian origin

4.Dutch origin

Question :- Tsarist power in Russia collapsed in the year

1.1905

2.1916

3.1917

4.1920

Question :- Upon becoming free, the slave wore:

1.blue cap

2.white cap

3.red cap

4. green cap

Question :- Wearing of which two things created misunderstanding and conflict between the British and the Indians?

1.the wearing of turban and shoes

2.the umbrella and gold ornaments

3.the wearing of saris and dhotis

4.The wearing of gowns and long skirts

Question :- What was the idea of national dress as suggested by Rabindranath Tagore?

1.Combination of Hindu and Muslim dress

2.Combination of Indian and European dress

3.Only Hindu dress

4.Combination Hindu and Parsi dress

Question :- What was the policy followed by the British in India towards forests during the First and the Second World Wars?

1.The forest department cut trees freely to meet British war needs

2.Cutting of trees was strictly prohibited for everyone, including the British

3.More and more trees were planted to give employment to Indians

4.None of the above

Question :- What was the system of ?blandongdiensten??

1.A system of education

2.Industrialisation

3.First imposition of rent on land and then exemption

4.None of the above

Question :- What was the term ?tournament? called initially?

1.Triangular

2.Quadrangular

3.Angular

4.Pentangular

Question :- When did women in England start agitating for democratic rights?

1.1820s

2.1830s

3.1840s

4.1850s

Question :- When was the first World Cup successfully staged?

1.1972

2.1973

3.1974

4.1975

Question :- When was the Marylebone Cricket Club founded?

1.1760

2.1787

3.1788

4.1788

Question :- Where did the Dutch start forest management in Indonesia?

1.Java

2.Sumatra

3.Bali

4.None of the above

Question :- Where is the Wall Street Exchange?

1.America

2.Britain

3.France

4.Germany

Question :- Where were the Banjaras found?

1.Uttar Pradesh

2.Punjab, Rajasthan

3.Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra

4.All the above

Question :- Which country became the bread basket of the world?

1.England

2.America

3.Japan

4.France

Question :- Which country was defeated after the First World War?

1.France

2.Germany

3.Russia

4.Britain

Question :- Which country was not involved in the triangular trade?

1.England

2.China

3.India

4.America

Question :- Which group of people did not join the Jacobin club?

1.Artisans

2.Shopkeepers

3.Daily-wage workers

4. Men with property

Question :- Which method of cultivation was adopted by the white settlers in the USA?

1.shifting cultivation

2.primitive cultivation

3.intensive agriculture

4.none of the above

Question :- Which of the following decisions was taken by the convention

1.Declared France a constitutional monarchy

2.Abolished the monarchy

3.All men and women above 21 years got the right to vote

4. Declared France a Republic

Question :- Which of the following events had an impact on the dressing style of women?

1.Women working in industries during the First and Second World Wars.

2.Gymnastics and games entered school curriculum for women.

3.The Battle of Waterloo

4.Both (a) and (b)

Question :- Which of the following statements best explains pastoralist nomads?

1.The villagers who move from one place to another

2.The people who do not have a permanent place to live in

3.The herdsmen who move from one place to another looking for pasture for their herd

4.The people who visit many places for enjoyment

Question :- Which of these are the pastoral communities of the mountains?

1.Gujjars

2.Gaddis

3.Bhotiyas and Sherpas

4.All the above

Question :- Which of these reasons led to a radical transformation of the landscape by the early 20th century?

1.White Americans had moved westward

2.Local tribes were displaced

3.Entire landscape was carved into different agricultural belts in the USA

4.All the above

Question :- Who could enter Jungvolk?

1.Ten-year-old boys

2.Twelve-year-old boys

3.Fourteen-year-old boys

4.Eighteen-year-old boys

Question :- Who said: The task of representing the people has been given to the rich?

1.Mirabeau

2.Jean-Paul Marat

3.Rousseau

4.Georges Denton

Question :- Who was the first American dress reformer to launch loose tunics?

1.Mrs Amelia Bloomer

2.Martha Somerville

3.Queen Victoria

4.None of the above

Question :- Who were the colonial power in Indonesia?

1.British

2.Dutch

3.French

4.Portuguese

Question :- Who were the worst sufferers in Nazi Germany?

1.Jews

2.Poles

3.Russians

4.Gypsies

Question :- Who wrote an influential pamphlet What is the third Estate??

1.Mirabeau

2. Abbe Sieyes

3.Jean-Paul Marat

4.Olympe de Gouges.

Question :- Why did the white settlers want to push away the Indian Americans from their lands?

1.The land possessed by the Indians could be turned into cultivated fields

2.Forest timber could be exported, animals hunted for skins, mountains mined for gold and Minerals

3.Both (a) and (b)

4.It was a committed policy of the US Government

Question :- Why were some forests classified as ?protected??

1.In these the customary grazing rights of pastorals were granted but their movements were severely restricted.

2.The colonial officials believed that grazing destroyed the saplings and young shoots of trees that germinated on the forest floor.

3.Both (a) and (b)

4.None of the above