Q 1 – History is about finding out how things were in the past and how things have ________
(a) Changed
(b) Started
(c) Ended/completed
(d) Evolved
(a) Changed
Q 2 – Historians believed that Time does not have _________ dates in terms of a particular year or month
(a) Abstruse
(b) Precise
(c) Ambiguous
(d) Imprecise
(b) Precise
Q 3 – Historians often compared Past with the Present and always referred to _________. i.e. Before and After.
(a) Event
(b) Time
(c) Period
(d) Phase
(b) Time
Q 4 – On the basis of origin, Natural resources can be classified as____________ and ________.
(a) Biotic and Abiotic resources
(b) Renewable and Non Renewable
(c) Actual and Potential resources
(d) Ubiquitous and Localised resource
(a) Biotic and Abiotic resources
Q 5 – High speed winds, solar energy, bio waste etc were all considered as potential sources of energy in the past, but today they are all examples of ___________
(a) Non-Renewable Resources
(b) Actual Resources
(c) Ubiquitous Resources
(d) Localised Resources
(b) Actual Resources
Q 6 – Water, Electricity, Rickshaw etc have all something in common, they have been used by people and hence they are all examples of
(b) Patent
(b) Skill
(c) Utility
(d) Potential
(c) Utility
Q 7 – Right against exploitation does not include which prohibition?
(a) Prohibition of trafficking
(b) Prohibition of forced labor
(c) Prohibition of employment of children below 14 years of age
(d) Prohibition of untouchability
(d) Prohibition of untouchability
Q 8 – Define Preamble?
(a) Idol of lion
(b) Format of rules
(c) Introduction to our constitution
(d) None of these
(c) Introduction to our constitution
Q 9 – What do you mean by republican form of government?
(a) No king in republic
(b) No British in republic
(c) No female in republic
(d) None of these
(a) No king in republic
Q 10 – What do you mean by secular state?
(a) Don’t have any official religion
(b) Don’t have any king
(c) Don’t have any preamble
(d) None of these
(a) Don’t have any official religion
Q 11 – Write a brief note on the making of the Indian Constitution.
The Indian Constitutional Assembly was convened in December 1946. The members of this Assembly were only Indians. This Assembly started drafting the Constitution for Independent India. Dr. Ambedkar was the Chairman of the Constitution drafting committee.
The constitution declares India to be a sovereign, democratic republic and establishes the structure, procedures, powers and duties, of the government and duties of citizens.
?The 308 members of the Assembly signed two hand-written copies of the document (one each in Hindi and English) on the January 24, 1950. Two days later, on January 26, 1950, the Constitution of India became the law of all the Indian lands.
Q 12 – Write a brief note on the struggle for freedom in Nepal.
In Nepal, there was a people’s struggle for freedom in 1990. Democracy was established and it lasted for 12 years until 2002.
In October 2002, King Gyanendra began taking over the government with the assistance of the army. In 2005 King Gyanendra took over as the head of the government.
In 2006 people’s movement for democracy began gaining immense force. In April 2006 the King restored the Third Parliament and asked the political parties to form a government. In 2007, Nepal adopted an Interim Constitution and Nepal gained political freedom.
Q 13 – What are the factors the drafting committee had to take into consideration while drafting the constitution?
The committee had to keep in mind that India was a land of many communities, languages and many religions. India was a land of diverse cultures and the Princely states in India had to be considered. The partition of the country into India and Pakistan was about to happen and the drafting committee had to bear this in mind. Finally the biggest consideration was the socio-economic condition of a majority of Indians which was in a bad state.
Q 14 – How does the Constitution define the nature of a country’s political system?
Question The Constitution defines the nature of a country’s political system. As in countries that have adopted a democratic form of government or polity, the Constitution plays a crucial role in laying out certain important guidelines that govern decision making within societies. Nepal’s earliest Constitution stated that the country was to be ruled by the king and his Council of Minister. This shows how the Constitution defines the political nature of a country.
Q 15 – Why are resources distributed unequally over the earth?
. The distribution of natural resources depends upon number of physical factors like terrain, climate and altitude. The distribution of resources is unequal because these factors differ so much over the earth.
Q 16 – Mention our duty to maintain and preserve the life support system that nature provides us.
. The future of our planet and its people is linked with our ability to maintain and preserve the life support system that nature provides. Therefore, it is our duty to ensure that.
- all uses of renewable resources are sustainable
- the diversity of life on the earth is conserved
- the damage to natural environmental system is minimised.
Q 17 – What is the significance of time and technology in making a substance a resource?
Time and technology are two important factors that can change substances into resources. Each discovery or invention leads to many others. The discovery of fire led to the practice of cooking and other processes while the invention of the wheel ultimately resulted in development of newer modes of transport. The technology to create hydroelectricity has turned energy in fast flowing water into an important resource.
Q 18 – Write the basic principles of sustainable development.
Some Principles of Sustainable Development
- Respect and care for all forms of life.
- Improve the quality of human life.
- Conserve the earth’s vitality and diversity.
- Minimise the depletion of natural resources.
- Change personal attitude and practices toward the environment.
- Enable communities to care for their own environment.
Q 19 – Why do many historians refer to modern period as colonial?
Under British rule people did not have equality, freedom or liberty. Nor was the period one of economic growth and progress. Many historians therefore refer to this period as ‘colonial’.
Q 20 – Who are calligraphists? How were they important in the early nineteenth century?
Calligraphists are those who are specialized in the art of beautiful handwriting. In the early years of the nineteenth century documents were carefully copied out and beautifully written by calligraphists.
Q 21 – Why did the British preserve official documents?’
The British believed that the act of writing was important. Every instruction, plan, policy decision, agreement, investigation had to be clearly written up. Once this was done, things could be properly studied and debated. This conviction produced an administrative culture of memos, notices and reports.
Q 22 – Why do we try and divide history into different periods?
We do so in an attempt to capture the characteristics of a time, its central features as they appear to us. So the terms through which we periodise – that is, demarcate the difference between periods – become important. They reflect our ideas about the past. They show how we see the significance of the change from one period to the next.