MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:

CLASS 8 HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE CHAPTER 1. HOW , WHEN AND WHERE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS : (MCQ’s)

1. Who was the last Governor General of India ?

(a) Lord Mountbatten

(b) Warren Hastings

(d) Wellesley

2. Who was the first Governor General of India ?

(a) Warren Hastings

(b) Hastings

(d) Bentick

3. Who was James Mill ?

(a) British economist

(b) French economist

(d) Tsarina of Russia

4. Which three volume work was published by James Mill ?

(a) The Discovery of India

(b) A History of British India

(d) Abolition of slavery

5. Before British came to India which despots ruled the country ?

(a) Hindu and Muslim

(b) Sikhs and Jain

(d) Parsis

6. What did British rule lack ?

(a) Equality,freedom or liberty

(b) progress and economic growth

(d) Only Economy

7. What are the special institutions established to preserve important records ?

(a) Libraries

(b) Law courts

(d) Record rooms

8. Which rooms were created attached to all administrative institutions ?

(a) Law courts

(b) Record rooms

(d) Clubs.

9. Who was the last Viceroy of India?
(a) Lord Canning
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Dupont
(d) Lord Wellesley

10. Medieval period was _____
(a) the old period of history
(b) the period associated with the growth of all the forces of modernity
(c) none of the above
(d) none of these

11. The British thought surveys were important for _____
(a) writing history
(b) effective judgement
(c) effective administration
(d) none of these

12. _______ was a prominent Viceroy of India.
(a) Curzon
(b) Lawerence
(c) James Mill
(d) Bentick

13. _______ was a Governor General of India.
(a) Curzon
(b) Lawerence
(c) James Mill
(d) Bentick

14. _______ deals with changes that occur over time.
(a) Geography
(b) Science
(c) Civics
(d) History

15. Which is not the source of describing history.?
(a) Diaries of people
(b) Conversation between two people
(c) Accounts of pilgrims and travellers
(d) Autobiographies of important personalities

16. The National Archives of India came up in the ____
(a) 1910’s
(b) 1920’s
(c) 1930’s
(d) 1940’s

17. The British preserved official documents because _____

(a) the preserved documents reveal the progress made by country in the past
(b) one can study the notes and reports which were prepared in the past
(c) their copies may be made and used in modern times
(d) all of these

18. Which of the following is not the period of division of Indian History by James Mill?
(a) Hindu
(b) Muslim
(c) Christians
(d) Sikhs
19. Those scholars who study different sources related to the past are called_____

(a) Researchers
(b) Historians
(c) Publishers
(d) All of the above

20. The first train in India ran between ______ and______

(a) Thane, Pune
(b) Delhi ,Mumbai
(c) Mumbai, Thane
(d) Pune , Mumbai
21. A public announcement or legal notice in a newspaper is called a/an _____

(a) Warning
(b) Notice
(c) Slogan
(d) Advertisement
22. The first governor general of British India was _____

(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Lawerence
(c) James Mill
(d) Bentick

23. The science or method of computing dates is called____

(a) Pathology
(b) Chronology
(c) Astrology
(d) Psychology

24. The detailed description on a map of the features of a town district, etc is a _____

(a) Graph
(b) Record
(c) Atlas
(d) Topography

25. The British preserved the official documents because they wanted _____records

(a) Permanent
(b) Temperory
(c) Old
(d) New

Answers:
1 (a) Lord Mountbatten
2 (a) Warren Hastings
3 (c) Scottish economist
4 (b) A History of British India
5 (a) Hindu and Muslim
6 (a) Equality,freedom or liberty
7 (c) Archives and museums
8 (b) Record rooms
9.(b) Lord Mountbatten
10.(d) None of these
11.(c) Effective administration
12.(b) Lawerence
13.(a) Curzon
14.(d) History
15.(b) Conversation between two people
16.(b) 1920s
17.(d) All of these
18.(d) Sikhs
19.(b) Historians
20.(c) Mumbai, Thane
21.(d) Advertisement
22.(a) Warren Hastings
23.(b) Chronology
24.(d) Topography
25.(a) Permanent

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