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1. James Mill divided the Indian History into__________ periods.

a. Three b. six c. two d . four
2. He discovered the sea route to India
(a) Ferdinand Magellan (b) Christopher Columbus (c) Sin Francis Drake (d) Vasco da Gama.
3. Match the following:
(a) James Mill Indian painter.

(b) Raja Ravi Verma Famous novelist
(c) Premchand Scottish economist.
4. First trading company that established trade links with India
(a) The Dutch (b) The French (c) The Brutish (d) The Portuguese
5. The sea route to India was discovered in
(a) 1602 (b)1664 (c)1498 (d)1598
6. The monopoly of the company of Indian trade was abolished by the charter act of
(a) 1793 (b)1833 (c) 1813 (d)1853
7. _________________ became the Prime Minister of England in 1784.
8. A government school is a
(a)private resource (b) national resource (c) international resource. (d) none of these
9. Biotic resource are_________ resource.
10. One example of community owned land resource is
a. your house garden (b) a public park near by your house
(c) a government office (d) a public school
11. Soil can be formed in a very short period of time :
a. True b. false
12. Which one of these factors may not affect the natural vegetation
(a) Climate (b) Relief (c) Aspect (d) Family Ecosystem
13. Indiscriminate cutting and falling of trees in called__________________.
14. Om 12 th March 1930, Salt Satyagraha started from Sabarmati Ashram to
(a)Delhi (b) Dandi c) dehradun d. dubagunta
15. A ___________ state has no religion of its own.
16. The word 'secular' was added in the Preamble to the Indian Constitution in
(a) 1976 (b) 1968 (c)1949 (d) 1986
17. Untouchability (offences) Act was introduced in
(a) 1955 (b) 1947 (c)1976 (d)1956
18. He is the head of the state of India.
(a) Prime Minister (b) Cabinet (c) President (d)Council of Ministers
19. The present strength of Lok Sabha is__________
(a) 545 members (b) 515 members (c)550 members (d)555 members
20. Which of the following is not a state of water
(a) Solid (b) liquid (c) gas (d)moisture
21. Percentage of total available freshwater of the earth is
(a)3% (b)20.5% (c)22.5% (d)5%
22. Which of the following is not a land use?
(a)Soil erosion (b) planting trees (c)agriculture (d)fallow hand
23. About 60% of Indians are still dependent on land for their livelihood.
A. True b. False
24. Munro System was also called_____________ system of collecting revenue.
Section b
Very short answer type question
1. What in imperialism?
2. What are biotic and abiotic resources?
3. Why and when was the Indian Constitution enforced?
4. Define trade wars.
5. Name two different sources of water.
6. What are the organs of the Parliament?
7. What do you know about the Ijaradari System of Land revenue?
Section c
Short answer type question
1. What in the significance of coins and real in studing history?

2. Why did the production of the food crop begin to decline with the introduction of
commercial crops?
3. Name the categories of resources based on ownership.
Or
Write any two reasons of land degradation today.
4. How can people oppose a law? Explain with an example.
Or
Describe the power and functions of the Prime Minister and President of India.
Section d
Long answer type question
1. Describe the contribution of any three sailors in the discovery of new sea routes.
Or
What were the characteristics of the charter acts of 1793 1813 1833 and 1853?
2. What are known as renewable and non renewable resources? Give examples?
Or
What is soil erosion ? describe its various types?
3. Describe the procedure through which a Bill becomes a law?
Or
Describe any four features of the Indian constitution
Section E
Passage based question:
Read the source given below and answer the question that follows:
Land Revenue Policy Prior to 1793: After the grant of Diwani from the Mughal Emperor, Shah
Alam, the Company was required to send 40,000 annually to the London Treasury. The part of
revenue collected in Bengal was invested in purchasing Indian manufactured products for export
to other countries. Thus, the Company became rich by earning huge profits. The Company's
officials took measures to maximise their profits. To fulfil the objective,
Warren Hastings introduced a system to auction the rights to collect revenue. This gave the
highest bidder the right to collect land revenue pertaining to a fixed area and deposit the
amount to the Company's coffers. This system ruined both the peasant and the Company. The
Company did not get much of the bidders because they usually quoted higher bids than they
could actually pay. The bidders who failed to pay the fixed revenue became fugitives. They did
nothing to improve agricultural production as they were not sure about their rights to collect
the revenue next time. This system of collecting revenue came to be known as Ijaradari and the
bidder who collected revenue was ljaradar.
1. Who was the mughal emperor that granted the Diwani right ?(1)
2. How the Company become rich?(1)
3. What happen to those bidders who were not able to pay the revenue. Explain.(2)
4. What was Ijaradari system and who were the Ijaradar? (2)
The protest against the Liquor Laws can be considered as a dissent, on the grounds that it does not
protect the citizen's Fundamental Right to health. Besides, violating the Directive Principles, that
prohibit the consumption of liquor, people were severely affected by consuming alcohol, as it disturbed
domestic life and often women were subjected to physical abuse.
The agitation against liquor in Manipur was led by a women's association named Nupi Lan. They agitated
against the sale of cheap illegal liquor distilled from rice. Manipur went dry in 1991. The reason behind
the prohibition was the force of people's movement. Later on, in many states anti-liquor protest was led
by women's organisation. One such agitation was in Dubagunta (in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh)
by two adult literacy programme employees. These two were abused by a couple of drunkards. Women
who were attending the literacy classes, outraged strongly against this incident. Armed with bamboo
sticks and chilli-powder, attacked the shops and forced them to shut down. Motivated by this incidence,
women of the Nellore district formed an Anti-liquor movement. The success of these two Anti-liquor
movements was the result of mass participation of the local people.
1. By whom the agitation against liquor was led in Manipur.(1)

2. What incident happened in Dubangunta that outraged the women?(2)
3. Why the protest against the Liquor Laws can be considered as a dissent analyze?(2)
Munda Rebellion, is one of the most important tribal uprisings against the British in India. Munda is
prominent tribe of Singhbum and Ranchi districts of Chhotanagpur region of Jharkhand. The rebellion
occurred during 1899-1900. The main aim of the rebellion was to set up a Munda raj by chasing out
moneylenders, Hindu landlords and government.
Birsa Munda did not like the occupation of the people in their region. He was also not in favour of
Zamindars who ill-treated the Mundas and forcefully collected land revenue. Birsa advised the tribals
not to pay land revenue. He led the Munda tribe and rose up against the British. The entire community
backed Munda. He was accompanied by over 400 armed Mundas and attacked police stations in 1899.
Birsa was arrested on 3 February 1900 in Chakradharpur forest. He died in the Ranchi jail in June 1900.
1. Munda is prominent tribe of which region? (1)

2. What was advised by the Birsa Munda to the tribal’s ? (1)
3. Where and when did Birsa Munda died? (1)
4. Analyze why Munda was against the British Governmaent.(2)

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1. James Mill divided the Indian History into__________ periods.

(a) James Mill Indian painter.

Very short answer type question

Short answer type question

1. What in the significance of coins and real in studing history?

1. By whom the agitation against liquor was led in Manipur.(1)

1. Munda is prominent tribe of which region? (1)

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