Question

1. Who, among the following, hosted the Congress at Vienna in 1815.

(a) King of the Netherlands

(b) Giuseppe Mazzini

(c) Duke Metternich

(d) Otto von Bismarck

2. Who was responsible *for the Unification of Germany?

(a) Bismarck

(b) Cavour

(c) Mazzini

(d) Garibaldi

3. The Jallianwalla Bagh incident took place in the city of

(a) Amritsar

(b) Agra

(c) Meerut

(d) Lahore

4. At which of the following places did Gandhiji make salt out of sea water to defy the salt law ?

(a) Sabarmati

(b) Wardha

(c) Dandi

(d) Ahmedabad

5. Why did Gandhiji withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement ?

(a) Gandhiji realised that people were losing interest in the movement.

(b) Gandhiji felt the movement was turning violent in many places.

(c) Some Congress leaders wanted to participate in elections to Provincial Councils.

(d) Some Congress leaders wanted more radical mass agitations.

6. ‘Slash and burn’ agriculture is a-

(a) Shifting agriculture

(b) Intensive agriculture

(c) Commercial agriculture

(d) None of these

7. India is the leading producer and exporter of ………….. in the world.

(a) Rubber

(b) Sugarcane

(c) Tea

(d) Rice

8. Which one of the following cities has emerged as the ‘electronic capital’ of India?

(a) Delhi

(b) Kolkata

(c) Bengaluru

(d) Hyderabad

9. Which one of the following industries uses bauxite as a raw material?

(a) Aluminum

(b) Cement

(c) Jute

(d) Steel

10. Which one of the following does not belong to land transport ?

(a) Roads

(b) Railways

(c) Airways

(d) Pipelines​

Answer 1

Answer:

10. pipelines

7. sugarcane

3. Amritsar

Answer 2

Answer:

ans. 1) c. duke Metternich

ans. 2) d. bismark

ans. 3) a. Amritsar

ans. 4) On March 12, 1930, Gandhi set out from his ashram, or religious retreat, at Sabarmati near Ahmedabad with several dozen followers on a trek of some 240 miles to the coastal town of Dandi on the Arabian Sea. There, Gandhi and his supporters defied British policy by making salt from seawater.

ans. 5) Gandhiji decided to withdraw the Non-Cooperation movement because the main objective of ahimsa i.e. non-violence was not being followed by the satyagrahis. He felt the need of training the satyagrahis before launching any mass struggle against the British. The movement often turned violent in many places

ans. 6) a. shifting cultivation

ans. 7) Explanation: India is ranked under the world's five largest producers of over 80% of agricultural produce items, including many cash crops such as coffee and cotton, in 2010. India is one of the world's five largest producers of livestock and poultry meat, with one of the fastest growth rates, as of 2011.

ans. 8) c. Bengaluru

ans. 9) a. aluminum

ans. 10) c. airways