Eco- Chapter-3 Money and Credit

1 marks Questions

1. The exchange of goods for goods is:

(i) banker of option (ii) bills of exchange (iii) barter

(iv) currency

Ans. (iii) barter

2. Currency is issued by:

(i) RBI on behalf of central government (ii) By president of India.

(iii) By finance minister
(iv) None of them

Ans. (i) RBI on behalf of central government

3. National Sample Survey Organization is a :

(i) Commercial bank organization

(ii) An organization of World Bank
(iii) An organization associated with Indian Standard. Institute
(iv) An institution responsible to collect data on formal sector credit.

Ans. (iv) An institution responsible to collect data on formal sector credit.

4. Gold mohar, a coin so named was brought in circulation by:

(i) Akba
(ii) Sher Shah Suri (iii) Ashok
(iv) Shivaji

Ans. (i) Akbar

5. Which agency is not included in informal loan sector or agency:

(i) Bank
(ii) Village money lender (iii) Trader
(iv) Relative of borrower

Ans. (i) Bank

6. In SHG most of the decisions regarding savings and loan activities are taken by:

(i) Bank
(ii) Members
(iii) Non-government organizations

(iv) LIC

Ans. (ii) Member

7. At what interest rate Shamlal borrow money from the village moneylender?
Ans. 5% per month or 60% per annum

8. What is NABARD?

Ans. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development.

9. Name the organization that conducted All India Debt and Investment Survay, 2003. Ans.
NSSO

10. Write a special feature of the Gupta coins.

Ans. Gupta coins were not fully circular in shape and a picture of a king or a person was

depicted on it.

11. Which is the main source of credit for rich urban households in India? Ans. Formal
Sources of credit are the main source.

12. Name the system by which exchange of goods is done without uses of money? Ans.
Barter System

13. How much percent of rural household in India is dependent upon money lenders for
credit during 2003?

Ans. 30 percent.
14. How many members a typical self help group should have?

Ans. 15-20 members

15. Who takes the decision in SHG regarding savings and loan activities?

Ans. Members of Self Help Group

16. How much percentage of total deposits banks hold as cash reserves?

Ans. 15% of total cash reserves

17. Give one special feature that distinguish formal sector from informal sector.

Ans. RBI supervises the functioning of the formal sources of credit while no organization is
there to supervises the lending activities if informal sources of credit.

18. Name the system in which double coincidence of wants is essential l feature. Ans. Barter
system.

19. Give one reason why the banks and cooperatives are popular lending agencies? Ans.
Because these agencies provide loan at very less interest rates.

20.What is ‘Debt Trap’?

Ans. Debt trap is situation in which a borrower is unable pay back the loan and he has to sell
is any asset to repay back the borrowed money. Credit in such case pushes the borrower in to
a situation from which the recovery is very painful.
21.Name the agency from whom Rama took loan to meet her expenses. Ans. Her employer, a
medium land lord

22.In which year Professor Muhammad Yunas received the Nobel Prize for Peace? Ans. In
2006

23.Which is the main source of credit for urban households?

Ans .Banks and Cooperatives

24.Name the agency from whom Arun took loan to meet her expenses

Ans .Bank

25.Give one reason to deposit money with the banks.

Ans.To save money and to earn interest

26.Give a special feature the Tughlaq Coins.

Ans .These are square in shape and words of a particular language are written on it.

27. Give the meaning and functions of money.

Ans. Meaning of money :Money may be anything chosen by common consent as a medium
of

exchange and measure of value.

Functions of money:
(A) Primary functions:
(a) Medium of exchange (b) Medium of value (B) Secondary functions:

(a) Store of value (b) Standard of deferred payments (c) Transfer of value (C) Contingent
functions:

(a) Basis of credit (b) Liquidity (c) Maximum utilization of resources(d) Guarantor of
solvency (e) Distribution of National Income

28. What monetary system does India follow?

Ans. (a) India has adopted a representative paper currency or the managed currency

standard.

(b) The monetary standard is synonymous with the standard money adopted. Paper currency
in India is the unlimited legal tender i.e. it is used to settle debts and make payments against
all transactions.

(c) RBI (The Reserve Bank of India) issues all currency notes and coins except one rupee
notes and coins which are issued by the ministry of finance.
(d) The system governing note issues the minimum reserve system viz. certain quantity of
gold is kept in reserve.

Economics Chapter-4 Globalisation and Indian Economy

1 marks Questions

1. MNC stands for

(i) Multinational Corporation

(ii) Multination Corporation

(iii) Multinational Cities

(iv) Multinational Council

Ans. (i) Multinational Corporation

2. Investment made by MNCs is called

(i) Investment
(ii) Foreign Trade
(iii) Foreign Investment (iv) Disinvestment

Ans. (iii) Foreign Investment

3. Process of integration of different countries is called

(i) Liberalisation
(ii) Privatisation
(iii) Globalisation
(iv) None of the above

Ans. (iii) Globalisation

4. MNCs do not increase

(i) Competition
(ii) Price war
(iii) Quality
(iv) None of the above

Ans. (iv) None of the above

5. This helps to create an opportunity for the producers to reach beyond the domestic

market

(i) Foreign trade (ii) Domestic trade (iii) Internal trade (iv)Trade barrier
Ans. (i) Foreign trade

6. Foreign Trade

(i) Increases choice of goods

(ii) Decreases prices of goods
(iii) Increases competition in the market (iv) Decreases earnings

Ans. (iv) Decreases earnings

7. Globalisation was stimulated by

(i) Money
(ii) Transportation (iii) Population (iv) Computers

Ans. (ii) Transportation

8. Production of services across countries has been facilitated by

(i) Money
(ii) Machine
(iii) Labour
(iv) Information and communication technology

Ans. (iv) Information and communication technology 9. Tax on imports is an example of

(i) Investment
(ii) Disinvestment (iii) Trade barrier (iv) Privatisation

Ans. (iii) Trade barrier

10. Liberalisation does not include

(i) Removing trade barriers (ii) Liberal policies

(iii) Introducing quota system (iv) Disinvestment

Ans. (iii) Introducing quota system

11. What will happen if the trade barriers are removed from the import of Chinese toys

to India?

Ans. The price of Chinese toys will decrease and the demand for Indian toys will also
decrease. The sale of Chinese toys in India wills also increased due to less price as
comparison to the price of Indian manufactured.

12. What is outsourcing?

Ans. Outsourcing implies obtaining goods and services from outside sources.
13. Name the process which helps in rapid integration or interconnection between

countries?
Ans. Globalisation
14. What do you mean by Trade Barriers?
Ans. Imposing import duties and quantitative restrictions on imports and exports are called

as trade barriers.

15. Name the agency that forces the developing countries to liberalize the trade? Ans. World
Trade Organisations.

16. What can be used to reduce foreign trade? Ans. Trade barriers

17. What is the per day capacity of the Cargill Foods to make Oil Pouches? Ans. Five million
pouches

18. Give any two factors which enabled globalisation. Ans. A. Advancement in technology
B. Liberalization of foreign investment and trade

19. What is the total share of agriculture in GDP in US? Ans. 1%

20. Name the institution that put pressure on the developing countries to liberalize

trade and investment?

Ans. World Trade Organization

21. When was the WTO established? Ans. January 1, 1995

22. Give a most common route for investments by MNCs in developing countries around the
world?

Ans. The common route is by forming partnership with local companies. 23. Where did the
ford motors set up their large plant in India?

Ans.Ford motors set their plant at Chennai

24. In which year the government of India decided to remove trade barriers on foreign
investment and foreign trade?

Ans. In 1991
25. Which institution laid emphasis on liberalization of foreign trade and foreign

investment in the developing countries?

Ans.World Trade Organisation

26. What is foreign investment? Ans. 5%

27. Name the institution that has tremendous power to determine price, quality and labour
conditions for distant producers.

Ans. Multinational Companies.

28. In how many countries the production process of Ford motors spread? Ans. 26 countries

29. In which year the demonstration against WTO held in Hong Kong? Ans. 2005

30. Write four functions of WTO.

Ans. Four functions of WTO are:
(i) Administering trade agreements between nations. (ii) Forum for trade negotiations.
(iii) Handling trade disputes.
(iv) Maintaining national trade policy.

31. What is the impact of WTO on Indian economy?

Ans. The impact of WTO on Indian economy is:

(i) An opportunity to India for trading with other member countries.

(ii) Availability of foreign technology to India at a reduced cost.

(iii) Many laws of WTO are unfavorable to the developing countries like India.

(iv) Certain clauses of WTO agreement on agriculture put restrictions on the provision of
subsidized food grains in India.

32. What is trade barrier? How governments can use trade barriers?

Ans. Any kind of restrictions imposed on trade is called a trade barrier. Governments can use
trade barriers to increase or decrease (regulate) foreign trade and to decide what kinds of
goods and how much of each, should come into the country.

33. What is privatization and liberalization?

Ans. Privatization means allowing the private sector to set up industries which were earlier
reserved for the public sector. Removing barriers or restrictions set by the government on
trade is called liberalization. Thus, privatization and liberalization results in freedom from
closed and regulated economy.

34. How MNCs can spread their production?

Ans. MNCs can spread their production by:-
1. Setting up joint production units with local companies.
2. To Buy up local companies and expanding its production base. 3. Placing orders with
small producers

35. Mention three factors responsible for globalization.

Ans. (i) Growth of MNCs.

(ii) Growth of technology.
(iii) Development in transport and communication technology.
 Geography Chapter-3 Water Resources

1 marks Questions

1. What is Palar Pni?

Ans. Rain water

2. How much percentage of global precipitation is received by India? Ans. 4%

3. Which was the largest artificial lake of ancient India built in the 11th century? Ans. Bhopal
Lake

4. Name the hydraulic structure constructed by Iltutmish in the 14th century for supplying
water to Siri Fort areas?

Ans. Tank in Hauz Khas, Delhi

5. Name the oldest water-harvesting system channeling the flood water of river Ganga.

Ans. Sringaverapura near Allahabad

6. Name the areas where farmers agitated when higher priority was given to water

supply in urban areas, particularly during drought? Ans. Koyna basin, Uttar Pradesh

7. The Governments of which states raised the Krishna Godavari dispute?

Ans. Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh

8. Name the river on which the Tilaiya, Panchet, Mithon, Konar and Bokaro dams

located?
Ans. River Damodar

9. Name the river on which the Koyna and Nagarjuna Sagar dams are located? Ans. Krishna
River

10. Name the river on which the Gandhi Sagar, Rana Partap Sagar and Kota Barage dams are
located?

Ans. Chambal River

11. When water stress occurs, according to Falken Mark?

Ans. According to Falken Mark, a Swedish expert, water stress occurs when water
availability is less than 1000 cubic meters per person per day.

12. In which sate the bamboo-drip irrigation system is prevalent? Ans. Meghalaya

13. Which are the two sources of fresh water in India? Ans. Rivers and ground water

14. Name the region of India which suffers from water scarcity? Ans. States like Rajasthan,
Punjab, Haryana and Western Maharashtra
15. Which river is known as “River of Sorrow” in Jharkhand and West Bengal?

Ans. Damodar River

16. Name the two types of dams based on structure and material used.

Ans. Timber Dams, embankment dams or masonry dams.

17. Name the tributary of river Krishna on which there is a multipurpose project.

Ans. Tungabhadra
18. What percent of the total volume of world’s water is estimated to exist as oceans?

Ans. 96.5%
19. What is river basin?

Ans. It is the area which is drained by a single river system. It is also called drainage basin.

20. What do you mean by water divide?

Ans. The uplands that separates two drainage basins is called the water divide.

Geography Chapter-4 Agriculture

1 marks Questions
1. What is the average size of agricultural holding in India in 1970?

Ans. 2.1 hectare

2. In which part of India is Jhumming practiced in India?

Ans. North eastern parts of India 3. Name any two fiber crops.

Ans. Jute, Cotton and natural silk

4. Name the country in which Jhumming agriculture is known as Milpa?

Ans. Mexico
5. Which type of farming is practiced in areas with high population pressure on land?

Ans. Intensive Subsistence Farming

6. Which type of agriculture is practiced on small patches of land with the help of primitive
tools?
Ans. Primitive Subsistence Farming

7. What is Bewar?
Ans. It is primitive form of cultivation is called Bewar or Dahiya in Madhya Pradesh.
8. What is Pama Dabi?
Ans. It is primitive form of cultivation is called Pama Dabi in Odisha.

9. Can you name the type of farming Rinjha’s family is engaged in? Ans. Shifting agriculture
locally known as Jhumming.

10. Can you enlist some crops which are grown on shifting agriculture? Ans. Cereals and
some food crops like wheat and maize.

11. What is Zaid season?

Ans. In between the rabi and kharif seasons, there s a short season during the summer months
known as the zaid season.

12. Name the season during which watermelon, muskmelon and cucumber are produced?
Ans. Zaid season

13. What are Aus, Aman and Boro?

Ans. . In states like Assam, West Bengal and Orissa three crops of paddy are grown in a year.

These are locally known as Aus, Aman and Boro.

14. Name two important wheat growing zones of India?

Ans. The Ganga-Sutlej plains in the north and black soil region in the Deccan.

15. Name the rain fed millet crop mostly grown in the moist areas which hardly needs
irrigation?
Ans. Jowar.

16. Which crop is used both as food and fodder? Ans. Maize

17. Who offered 80 acres of land to landless villagers? Ans. Shri Ram Chandra Reddy

18. Which is the kharif crop account for about half of the major oilseeds produced in the
country?
Ans. Groundnut

19. How many crops of paddy are grown in a year in the states like Assam, West Bengal and
Orissa and they are termed as by which names?
Ans. Three- Aus, Aman and Boro

20. Name the crops which are known as coarse grains.

Ans. Jowar, bajra and Ragi are the important millets grown in India. These are known as
coarse grains.

21. What part of Total population of India is engaged in agriculture activities: (a) 2/3
(b) 1/3
(c) 2/5

(d) 1/4 Ans. (a) 2/3

22. Which one of following is not Agro-based industry: (a) Cement Industry
(b) Jute Industry
(c) Cotton textile Industry

(d) Sugar Industry

Ans. (a) Cement Industry

23. It’s type of Agriculture where farmers clear a patch of and produce rereads and other food
crops to sustain that family that is:
(a) Commercial farming
(b) Extensive farming

(c) Modern farming

(d) Slash and burn farming

Ans. d) Slash and burn farming

24. Agriculture where a single crop is grown on large area: (a) Shifting Agriculture
(b) Plantation agriculture
(c) Horticulture

(d) Extensive Agriculture Ans. (c) Horticulture

25. Which one of the following is ‘Kharif’ crop: (a) Wheat

(b) Mustered
(c) Maize

(d) None of these Ans. (c) Maize

26. Maximum consumption of natural rubber is made of – (a) Auto tyres & tubes
(b) Footwear
(c) Beats and hoses

(d) Dipped goods

Ans. (a) Auto tyres & tubes

27. India is the larger producer as well as the consumer of the world? (a) Wheat
(b) Maize
(c) Pulses

(d) Millets Ans. c) Pulses

28. What are three cropping seasons of India? Explain any one in brief. Ans. India has three
cropping seasons:-

(1) Rabi
(2) Kharif and (3) Zaid
(1) Rabi crops: - Shown in winter from October to December. - Harvest in summer from
April to June.
- Main crop-wheat, barley, peas, gram, mustard

(2) Kharif crop:

- Grown with the onset of monsoon in different parts of the country. - Harnest in September-
October.
- Maize jawar , bajra ,cotton, Soya been

(3) Zaid crops:

-sown between rabbi and kharif seasons. Crops: watermelon, Muskmelon, cucumber, fodder
etc.

29. Discuss three main impacts of globalization on Indian agriculture.

Ans. 1.Indian agriculture products are not able to compete with the developed countries.
2.Bad condition of marginal and small farmers
3.Caused land degradation due to overuse of chemicals.

Civics. Chapter- Political parties

1 marks Questions
1. Which of the following is the most visible institutions in a democracy?

(a) Leaders
(b) Political parties (c) Govt.
(d) People

Ans. (b) Political parties

2. How many political parties are registered with the election commission of India?

(a) Less than 100

(b) Between 100 to 500 (c) Between 500 to 750 (d) More than 750

Ans. (d) More than 750

3. A Political party has to satisfy the following criteria to be recognized as a national

party—

(a) 6% votes of total votes in Lok sabha or assembly elections of four status (b) At least 6
Lok Sabha seats
(c) 12% votes of total votes in Lok sabha
(d) At least 12 Lok sabha seats

Ans. (a) 6% votes of total votes in Lok sabha or assembly elections of four status

4. How many political parties were recognized as National parties in India in 2006?

(a) 06 (b) 16 (c) 750 (d) 21

Ans. (a) 06
5. How many Lok sabha constituencies are there in India at present?

(a) 540 (b) 543 (c) 547 (d) 563

Ans. (a) 540

6. Area wise which is the largest Lok sabha constituency in India?

(a) Karol Bag (b) Ghaziabad (c) Mumbai Cart (d) Ladakh

Ans. (d) Ladakh

7. The Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) came to power in 1998 as the leader of

(a) United progressive Alliance (b) Left front

(c) National Democratic
(d) None of these

Ans. (c) National Democratic

8. Which party system does India follow—

(a) Single party system (b) Two party system (c) Multi party system (d) All of them

Ans. (c) Multi party system 9. What is Bye –election?

(a) Elections held to fill a vacancy caused by the death or any other house. (b) Election held
after a specific period.
(c) Election held to farm the new govt.
(d) Election held in between the fixed term of the house.

Ans. a) Elections held to fill a vacancy caused by the death or any other house. 10. Who is
the founder of the Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP)

(a) Jyotiba Phule (b) Kanshi Ram

(c) B. R. Ambudkar (d) Maya Vati

Ans. b) Kanshi Ram

11. Who exercise the real power in the Democracy?

Ans. Citizens of the country 12. What is Partisan?

Ans. A person who is strongly committed to a party, group or faction. Partisanship is marked
by a tendency to take a side and inability to take a balanced view on an issue.

13. What are bye elections?

Ans. Elections which are held to fill a vacancy caused by the death of any elected member or

of any other reason, for example defection.

14. Name the oldest recognized Political Party of India? Ans. Indian National Congress

15. Which Political party draws inspiration from the Ideas and teachings of Mahatma Gandhi,
J Phule and Sahu Maharaj?

Ans. Bahujan Samaj Party.

16. Name the National Political Party who is against the conversion of religion?

Ans. Bharatiya Janta Party

17. Name the political Party who wants full territorial and political integration of

Jammu and Kashmir with India? Ans. Bharatiya Janta Party

18. What are leftist Parties?

Ans. Left often refers to those who are in favor of the poor, downtrodden section and

support government policies for the benefit of these sections.

19. When was CPI-M founded?

Ans. . Communist party of India-Marxist was founded in 1964.

20. What is Multi- Party system?

Ans. If several parties compete for power, and more than two parties have reasonable

chances of coming to power either on their own strength or in alliance with others, we call it
a multi-party system.

21. Which type of party system exists in China? Ans. One party system

22. Name the regional political party predominant in Nagaland? Ans. Nagaland People’s
Front

23. United Kingdom is an example of which party system? Ans. Two party system

24. Which institution has passed an order making it necessary for political parties to hold
their organizational election and file their income tax return?

Ans. Supreme Court

25. What do you understand from ruling party?

Ans. Political party that runs government is a ruling party. 26. What is an alliance?

Ans. When several parties join hands to contest elections. 27. What is symbol of Samajwadi
Party?

Ans. Cycle.

28. Which is the oldest recognized political party of India? Ans. Indian National Congress
29. How many political parties are recognized with the Election Commission? Ans. 750
political parties

30. Which state has the maximum recognized regional parties? Ans. Tamil Nadu

31. Why do we need political parties?

Ans. 1. Political parties are easily one of the most visible institutions in a democracy. 2. Far
most ordinary citizens, political parties are equal to democracy.
3. Political parties helped in making public opinion and farming the govt.

32. Describe the merits of a multi party system in thru points.

Ans. 1. More than two parties have a reasonable chance of coming to power either on their

own strength or in alliance with others

2. This system allows a variety of interests and opinions to enjoy political representation.

3. In India we have multi party system and the coalition govt. for last 15 years which benefits
all sections of the population.

33. What are the characteristics of a political party?

Ans. 1. It is a group of people coming together to contest elections and share power.

2. It agrees on some policies and programmers for the society with a view to promote
collective good.

3. It lends to implement there policies by viewing popular support through elections.

4. It is known by which part it stands for, which policies it supports and whose interest it
upholds.

34 What is the role of opposition party in democracy

Ans. 1. Constructive criticism of govt.

2. Restriction of arbitrariness of ruling party
3. Safeguard, liberty and rights of the people

4. Well prepared to form govt. 5. Expression of public opinion

35. Give an account of the functions (any four) of political parties

Ans. 1. They educate the masses, through their meetings and propaganda about

Various problems facing the country

2. Helps in the formation of public opinion
3. They contest elections and try to get the maximum number of their candidates elected 4.
They serve as a link between the govt. and the people
5. The party which gets as absolute majority, forms the govt. others form opposition
36. “The rise of political parties is linked to the emergence of representative democracies.”
Comment on the statement.

Ans. 1. As a society become large and complex they also need some agenesis together with
different views on various issues and to present these to the govt.

2. They need some ways to bring various representatives together so that are responsible
govt. can by formed.

3. They need a mechanism to support and restrain the govt. make policies, justify or oppose
them.

Chapter-4 Gender, Religion and caste

1 marks Questions
1. Which one of the following social reformers fought against caste inequalities.

(a) Periyar Ramaswami Naiker (b) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Ans. (a) Periyar Ramaswami Naiker

2. Which one of the following was the view of Mahatma Gandhi about religion ?

(a) He was in favour of Hinduism.

(b) He was an ardent supporter of Muslim Religion.
(c) By religion, Gandhi meant for moral values that inform all religions. (d) He said that India
should adopt Christianity.

Ans. (c) By religion, Gandhi meant for moral values that inform all religions. 3. Name any
two political leaders who fought against caste inequalities.

(a) Dr. Manmohan Singh and Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil. (b) Mr. Nitesh Kumar and Mr.
Narendra Modi.
(c) Dr.S. Radhakrishnan and Shri Morarji Desai
(d) Mahatma Gandhi and B.R. Ambedkar

Ans. (d) Mahatma Gandhi and B.R. Ambedkar

4. What is the average child sex ratio in India ?

a) 923 b) 926 c) 935 d) 933

Ans. (d) 933

5. Which one of the following refers to gender division ?

(a) The hierarchical unequal roles assigned to man and woman by the society. (b) Biological
difference between man and woman.
(c) The ratio of male child and female child.
(d) The division between male labourers and female labourers.
Ans. (a) The hierarchical unequal roles assigned to man and woman by the society. 6. Which
one of the following is the basis of communal politics?

(a) People of different religions may have the same interests.

(b) People of different religions have different interests that involve conflicts. (c) People of
different religions live in mutual co-operation.
(d) People who follow different religions belong to the same social community.

Ans. (b) People of different religions have different interests that involve conflicts.
7. Name any two countries where women’s participation in public life is very high.

(a) Sri Lanka and Nepal

(b) Pakistan and Bhutan
(c) Sweden and Finland
(d) South Africa and Maldives

Ans. (c) Sweden and Finland

8. What is the literacy rate among women and men respectively in India?

(a) 54% and 76% (b) 46% and 51% (c) 76% and 85% (d) 37% and 54%

Ans. (a) 54% and 76%

9. Which one of the following is a form of communalism?

(a) Communal Unity and integrity.

(b) Communal fraternity.
(c) Communal violence, riots and massacre. (d) Communal harmony.

Ans. (c) Communal violence, riots and massacre

10. Which one of the following refers to a feminist?

(a) The female labourers

(b) The employer who employs female workers
(c) A woman who does not believe in equal rights for women.
(d) A woman or a man who believes in equal rights and opportunities for woman and man

Ans. (d) A woman or a man who believes in equal rights and opportunities for woman and
man

11. State the definition of Feminist.

Ans. A women or a man who believe in equal rights and opportunities for women and men.

12. What is child sex ratio?

Ans. The member of girl children per 1000 boys.

13. What is sex ratio?

Ans. It is the number of females per thousand males in a country.

14. What is the percentage of women in Lok Sabha as recommended by women’s

Reservation Bill?
Ans. 33 percent.
15. What is caste Hierarchy?

Ans. It is a ladder like formation in which all the caste groups are placed from the highest to
the lowest caste.

16. What does the concept of majoritarian dominance refers to?

Ans. It refers to the community belonging to a majority category takes the status of

majoritarian dominance.

17. What equal wages act signifies?

Ans. The law provides that equal wages should be paid for equal job for both men and

women.

18. Name any two laws that enacted by the Indian parliament for the welfare of women. Ans.
Special Marriage Act of 1955 and Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961.

19. Name the leaders who worked for the elimination of caste system? Ans. Jyotiba Phule,
Mahatma Gandhi and Dr B. R. Ambedkar.

20. In which countries women are given high profile?

Ans. Scandinavian Countries- Sweden, Norway and Denmark.

21. What is the exact ratio of scheduled castes and schedules tribes in 2001? Ans. Scheduled
castes constitutes 16.2% and scheduled tribes 8.2%

22. What were Gandhi Ji’s opinion regarding religion and politics? Ans. According to Gandhi
Ji religion can never be separated from politics.

23. Name the social evil that was opposed by Jyotibha Phule, Mahatma Gandhi, Periyar
Ramaswamy and Dr B. R. Ambedkar.

Ans. Caste System

24. Name any three kinds of social differences.

Ans. Gender, religion and caste are three kinds of social differences. 25. When is
International Women’s day celebrated?

Ans. It is celebrated on 8th march every year.

26. According to the census of India 2001, what is the literacy rate in India?

Ans. 65.38%
27. According to the census of India 2001, what is the literacy rate for men in India?

Ans. 75.85%
28. According to the census of India 2001, what is the literacy rate for women in India?

Ans. 54.16%
29. What is major religion of Nepal? Ans. Hinduism

30. What are family laws?

Ans. Those laws that deal with family related matters such as marriage, divorce, adoption,
inheritance etc. In our Country different families law apply to followers of different religions.

31. Explain the factors responsible for low female literacy rate.

Ans. (1) Indian society is basically a patriarchal society where boys are given preference over
the girls.
(2) The parents do not expense equally for both boys and girls. Boys are given more
attention.

(3) It is a prevailing stereotype for women that even after getting well education, they have to
do household jobs.

32. What do you mean by secular state ? Give any two provisions that make India a secular
state ?

Ans. A nation or state which keeps itself equidistant from different religious issues, and does
not give protection to a particular religion.
(1) India is a country of diverse religions. It was the religions on the basis of which India was
divided. Unlike Pakistan Buddhism in Sri Lanka. Christianity in England.

(2) The constitution provides to all individuals and communities freedom to profess practice
and propagate any religion.

33. In which country was the “Civil Rights Movement” Started? Name any leaders related to
this movement? Why did he start this movement?

Ans. America, Martin Luther King.

The purpose of this movement was to give end to the racial discrimination being practiced
against the Afro-Americans.

History Chapter-
Print Culture and Modern World

1 marks Questions

1. What is calligraphy? (a) Poetry

(b) Textbooks
(c) Flowers arrangement (d) Stylized

Ans (d) Stylized

2. What was Gutenberg’s first printed book? (a) Ballads
(b) Dictionary
(c) Bible

(d) None of these

Ans (c) Bible

3. What were ‘Penny Chapbooks’?

(a) Pocket – sized books

(b) Journals
(c) Ritual Calendars

(d) Newspaper

Ans a) Pocket – sized books

4. Who introduced the printing press in India- (a) French

(b) Italian
(c) Portuguese

(d) None of these

Ans (c) Portuguese

5. Who wrote ‘My childhood My university’. (a) Thomas wood

(b) Maxim Gorky
(c) George Eliot

(d) Jane Austen

Ans (b) Maxim Gorky

6. When was the Vernacular press act passed? (a) 1878

(b) 1887
(c) 1867

(d) 1898

Ans (a) 1878

7. Who said, “Printing is the ultimate gift of god and the greatest one.” (a) Charles Dickens
(b) J. V. Schley
(c) Mahatma Gandhi

(d) Martin Luther

Ans (d) Martin Luther

8. Which is the oldest printed book of Japan (a) Bible
(b) Diamond Sutra
(c) Mahabharta

(d) Ukiyo

Ans (b) Diamond Sutra

9. Who wrote 95 theses? (a) Martin Luther

(b) Johann Gutenberg (c) J. V. Schley

(d) Charles Dickens

Ans a) Martin Luther

10. Who authored ‘Gitagovinda’? (a) Jayadeva

(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (c) J. A. Hickey

(d) Chandu Menon
Ans (a) Jayadeva

11. What do you understand from the Word ‘Edo’? Ans. Tokyo

12. What is meant by calligraphy? Ans. The art of beautiful handwriting.

13. When was the oldest Japanese book the Diamond Sutra printed? Ans. AD 868

14. Name the country where Civil Services Exam was conducted by the Imperial court. Ans.
China

15. Name the countries that developed earliest print technology? Ans. Japan, China and
Korea

16. What was woodblock printing?

Ans. Paper was rubbed against the inked surface of woodblocks

17. When and where were children Press set up? Ans. Children Press was set up in France in
1857.

18. Who brought the first printing press to India?

Ans. The first printing press came to Goa with Portuguese missionaries in the mid 16th

century.

19. On which material was manuscripts written in India?

Ans. Manuscripts were written on palm leaves or on handmade paper.

20. Who perfected the power driven Cylindrical Press? Ans. Richard M Hoe of New York
21. Who was Mercier?
Ans. Mercier was a novelist in 18th century France.

22. Who was Menocchio?

Ans. Menocchio was a miller in Italy. He reinterpreted the message of Bible, which enraged

the Catholic Church.

23. Who were peddlers?

Ans. Paddlers who roamed around the village carrying little books for sale.

24. Who developed the first known printing press? Ans. John Guttenberg of Germany,

25. Which was the first book printed by first printing press? Ans. Holy Book Bible

26. Who were Grimm Brothers?

Ans. Grimm Brothers were from German. They spent years in compiling traditional folk tales
gathered from peasants.

27. Who produced the visual images for the manuscripts? Ans. Painters like Raja Ravi Verma

28. What was the vernacular press act?

Ans. The Vernacular Press Act was passed in 1878 in India by colonial government. It
provided the government with extensive rights to censor reports and editorials in the
vernacular press.

29. Name the writer of the book ‘Low Caste’. Ans. Jyotiba Phule

30. Name two Persian newspapers published in India. Ans. Jam-i-Jahanama and Shamsul
Akber

31. Explain any three features of handwritten manuscripts before the age of print in India?

Ans. 1. They were copied on palm leaves or on handmade papers.

2. Pages were beautifully illustrated.
3. They were pressed between wooden covers or sewn together to ensure preservation. 4.
Manuscripts were available in vernacular languages.
5. Highly expensive & fragile.
6. They could not be read easily as script was written in different styles.
7. They were not widely used in everyday life.

32. Why did the woodblock method become popular in Europe?

Ans. 1. Production of handwritten manuscripts could not meet the ever increasing demand

for books.
2. Copying was an expensive, laborious and time consuming business.
3. The manuscripts were fragile, awkward to handle and could not be carried around or read
easily.

4. By the early 15th century, woodblocks started being widely used in Europe to print textiles
,playing cards and religious pictures with simple, brief texts.

33. What was the role of new ‘visual image’ culture in printing in India? Ans. 1. In the end of
19th century a new visual culture had started.

2. With the increasing number of printing presses visual images could be easily reproduced in
multiple copies.

3. Painters like ‘Raja Ravi Verma’ produced images for mass circulation.

4. Cheap prints and calendars were brought even by the poor to decorate the walls of their
houses.