WORK LIFE AND LEISURE (IMPORTANT NTSE MCQ QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTION)

WORK LIFE AND LEISURE

Q-1 Bombay became the capital of Bombay Presidency in-

a) 1817

b) 1818

c) 1819

d) 1820

Ans. (c)   1819

Q-2 what is the meaning of urbanization?

a) Development of a city or town

b) People migrating from rural to urban

c) Expansion of city

d) All these

Ans. (d) All these

Q-3 the film industry employed …………… people by 1987.

a) 5,00000

b) 5,20,000

c) 5,40,000

d) 5,60,000

Ans. (b) 5, 20,000

Q-4 Bombay was built a ………. Between 1914-18.

a) Harbour

b) Capital

c) Seaport

d) Dry dock

Ans. (d) Dry dock

Q-5 ………………… become the first city to get smoke nuisance legislation in 1863.

(a) Delhi

(b) Bombay

(c) Jaipur

(d) Calcutta

Ans. (d) Calcutta

Q-6 the city of Bombay improvement trust was established in-

(a) 1996

(b) 1897

(c) 1898

(d) 1900

Ans. (c) 1898

Q- 7.  The Compulsory Elementary Education Act was passes in-

(a) 1860

(b) 1870

(c) 1880

(d) 1890

Ans. (b) 1870

Q-8.  What was not a reason for providing mass housing schemes for the workers?

(a) Concern for the poor

(b) Fear of social disorder

(c) Threat to public health

(d) All the above

Ans. (a) Concern for the poor

Q- 9. Which movie did Dada Sahab Phalk make?

(a) CID

(b) Guest house

(c) Raja Harish Chandra

(d) Tezab

Ans. (c) Raja Harish Chandra

Q-10. Bombay was first under whose control?

(a) Portuguese

(b) English

(c) French

(d) Dutch

Ans. (a) Portuguese

Q-11. Name the industrial city of England in 19th century-

(a) London

(b) Leeds

(c) Washington

(d) None of these

Ans. (b) Leeds

Q-12. Who developed the concept of a Garden city?

(a) Ebenezer Howard

(b) Clive

(c) Pluto

(d) John Mill

Ans. (a) Ebenezer Howard

Q-13. When was the Rent Act passed in Bombay?

(a) 1910

(b) 1918

(c) 1020

(d) 1922

Ans. (b) 1918

Q-14. When was the first movie made in India?

(a) 1886

(b) 1887

(c) 1888

(d) 1889

Ans. (a) 1886

Q-15. Which of the following cities has developed in a planned manner?

(a) Delhi

(b) Madras

(c) Singapore

(d) Lucknow

Ans. (c) Singapore

Q-16. Which of the following is not a presidency city?

(a) Madras

(b) Bombay

(c) Calcutta 

(d) Lucknow

Ans. (d) Lucknow

Q- 17. Bombay was a group of how many islands in 17th Century?

(a) Nine 

(b) Seven

(c) Eleven

(d) Five 

Ans. (b) Seven

Q-18. In which city of India the first cotton mill was established?

(a) Bombay (Mumbai)

(b) Surat  

(c) Ahmadabad

(d) Kanpur

Ans. (a) Bombay (Mumbai)

Q-19. Two planning in Bombay was a result of fear of:

(a) Social revolution

(b) Plague Epidemic

(c) Fire

(d) Over Crowding

Ans. (b) Plague Epidemic

Q-20 In which film the heros buddy sung the song “Ai dill hai mushkil jeena yahan, zara hat ke zara baachke, ye Bombay merijaan.

(a) CID

(b) Guest House

(c) Raja Harish Chand

(d) Pyasa

Ans. (a) CID

Q-21. The film ‘Raja Harish Chandra’ (1913) was made by 

(a) Gulzar

(b) Basu Bhattacharya

(c) Dada Saheb Phalke

(d) C.Ramchandran

Ans. (c) Dada Saheb Phalke

Q-22. Where was the first underground railway built?

(a) Hyderabad

(b) London

(c) Leeds

(d) Manchester

Ans. (b) London

Q-23. Who was the Father of India Renaissance?

(a) Dayanand Sarswati

(b) Raja Ram Mohan Ray

(c) Keshav Chandra Sen

(d) Ram Krishnan Pramhansa

Ans. (b) Raja Ram Mohan Ray

Q-24. Consider the following statement and identify the correct response from the options given thereafter:

Statement-1: The population of London expanded due to industrialization.

Statement-1: well off Londoners supported the need to build house for poor.

(a) Statement-1: is false and Statement-2 is true.

(b) Statement-1: is true and Statement-2 is False.

(c) Both Statement-1: and ststement-2 are true and statement-2 is the correct explanation of statement 1.

(d) Both Statement-1: and statement-2 are true and but statement-2 is not the correct explanation of statement 1.

Ans. (c) Both Statement-1: and ststement-2 are true and statement-2 is the correct explanation of statement 1.

 

Q-25. Why were some forests classified as ‘protected’?

a) In these the customary grazing rights of pastorals were granted but their movements were severely restricted.

b) The colonial officials believed that grazing destroyed the saplings and young shoots of trees that germinated on the forest floor.

c) Both (a) and (b).

d) None of the above

Ans. (c) Both (a) and (b).

Q-26. Life of the pastoral groups were sustained by:

a) Correct judgment of how long the herds could stay in one area, know where to find water and pasture

b) Correct calculation of timing, their movements and ensuring they could move through territories

c) Setting up relationship with farmers on the way, so that the herds could graze

d) All of the above

Ans. (d) All of the above

Q-27. In what way lives of Gujjar Bakarwals of Jammu and Kashmir similar to that of Gaddi shepherds of Himachal Pradesh?

a) They both have a similar cycle of seasonal movement

b) They both spend their winters on low hills of Siwalik range, grazing their herds in dry scrub forests

c) In April, they being their upward journey again for their summer grazing grounds

d) All the above

Ans. (d) All the above

Q-28. The title Maasai derives from ……… and two special features of this tribe are:

a) The word in Maa ‘Maasai’ means ‘My people’

b) They are nomadic and pastoral, and depend on milk and meat for subsistence

c) High temperature and low rainfall have made their land dry, dusty, and extremely hot with droughts being a common feature.

d) All the above

Ans. (d) All the above

Q-29. Which of these are the pastoral communities of the mountains?

a) Gujjars

b) Gsddis 

c) Bhotiyas and Sherpa’s 

d) All the above

Ans. (d) All the above

Q-30. The continuous movement of the pastoral communities helps in:

a) Recovery of the pastures

b) Prevention pf their overuse

c) Reduction in the demand of houses

d) Both (a) and (b)

Ans. (d) Both (a) and (b)

Q-31. The social change in Maasai society are that:

a) The traditional difference based on age, between the elders and warriors, has been disturbed, but it has not broken down

b) A new distinction between the wealthy and the poor pastoralists has developed

c) Both (a) and (b)

d) None of the above

Ans. (c) Both (a) and (b)

Q-32. Pastoralists were found in the:

a) Plateaus

b) Plains

c) Deserts

d) All the above

Ans. (d) All the above

 Q-33. Dhangars were an important pastoral community of:

a) Gujarat

b) Maharashtra

c) U.P.

d) Assam

Ans. (b) Maharashtra

Q-34. Which crop was sown by the Dhangars in the central plateau of Maharashtra?

a) Bajra

b) Jowar

c) Rice 

d) Wheat

Ans. (a) Bajra

Q-35. By October, the Dhangars harvested their bajra and started on their move to the west. Why were they welcomed by the Konkani peasants? 

a) They married off their children in each other’s communities

b) The Dhangars brought bajra for them 

c) Dhangar flocks manure their fields and fed on the stubble

d) None of the above

Ans. (c) Dhangar flocks manure their fields and fed on the stubble

 Q-36. What was the reason of the seasonal rhythms of the movement of Gollas, Kurumas and Kurubas?

a) Cold and the snow

b) Monsoon and dry season

c) Both (a) and (b) 

d) None of the above

Ans. (b) Monsoon and dry season

Q-37. Where were the Banjaras found?

a) Uttar Pradesh 

b) Punjab, Rajasthan

c) Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra

d) All the above

Ans. (d) All the above

Q-38. Where did the community of Raikas live?

a) In the deserts of Rajasthan

b) Along the western coastal areas

c) In the Rann of Kachchh

d) In Maharashtra

Ans. (a) in the deserts of Rajasthan

Q-39. Why did the colonial state want to transform all grazing lands into cultivated farms?

a) Land revenue was one of the main sources of its finance

b) It could produce more jute, cotton, wheat and other agricultural produce that were required in England

c) Both (a) and (b)

d) None of the above

Ans. (c) Both (a) and (b)

Q-40. Since when were the ‘Wasteland Rules’ implemented in various parts of the country?

a) 17th century

b) Early 18th century

c) Mid-19th century 

d) Late 19th century

Ans. (c) Mid-19th century 

Q-41. According to the ‘Wasteland Rules’:

a) Uncultivated lands were taken over and given to select individuals

b) These individuals were granted various concessions and encouraged to settle these lands

c) Some of them were made headmen of villages in the newly cleared areas

d) All the above

Ans. (d) All the above

 Q-42. Through the Forest Acts, some forests which produced timber like deodar or sal were declared ‘Reserved’. What did that mean?

a) They were reserved for the pastoralists

b) No pastoralist was allowed access to these forests 

c) Some particular pastoral communities only were allowed access to them

d) None of the above

Ans. (b) No pastoralist was allowed access to these forests 

Q-43. In which way did the Forest Acts change the lives of the pastoralists?

a) In the areas of forest where the pastoralists were allowed, their movement were regulated

b) They needed a permit for  entry

c) The timing of their entry and departure was specified

d) All the above

Ans. (d) All the above

Q-43.Gujjar Bakarwals are pastoralists belonging to which region?

a) Himachal Pradesh

b) Jammu and Kashmir

c) Bihar

d) Madhya Pradesh

Ans. (b) Jammu and Kashmir

Q-45. The pastoralists had to pay tax on:

a) Every animal they grazed on the pastures

b) The houses they were living in

c) Number of animals they had

d) None of the above

Ans. (b) the houses they were living in

Q-46. When was the right to collect the tax auctioned out to contractors? 

a) In 1800

b) Between the 1850 and 1880

c) In 1900

d) In the 1920

Ans. (b) Between the 1850 and 1880

Q-47.  What was the percentage of land lost by Maasais as a result of the division of Maasailand?

a) 10%

b) 25%

c) 35%

d) 60%

Ans. (d) 60%

Q-48. In 1885, Massailand was cut into half with an international boundary between:

a) Kenya and Tanganyika

b) Kenya and Ethiopia

c) Congo and Angola

d) Angola and Botswana

Ans. (a) Kenya and Tanganyika

Q-49. Where do the Maasai cattle-herders live?

a) East-Africa

b) Namibia

c) Zambia

d) Libya

Ans. (a) East-Africa

Q-50. Which of these are the pastoral communities of Africa?

a) Bedouins, Berbers

b) Maasai, Somali

c) Boran, Turkana  

d) All the above

Ans. (a) Bedouins, Berbers

Q-51. Half of the world’s pastoral population lives in: 

a) South America

b) South Asia

c) Africa

d) North America

Ans. (d) North America

Q-52. In which year could the Raikes no longer move into Sindh?

a) After 1871

b) In the 1880

c) In 1928

d) After 1947

Ans. (d) After 1947

Q-53. Which of the following statements is /are correct?

a) Some rich pastoralists started buying land and setting down giving up their nomadic life

b) Some become settled peasants cultivating land, other took to more extensive trading

c) The poor pastoralists become labourer, working on fields or in small town

d) All the above 

Ans. (c) The poor pastoralists become labourer, working on fields or in small town

Q-54. The passage of time, what was the position of the Maasai chiefs?

a) They had regular income with which they could buy animals, goods and land

b) In times of war and famine, they lost nearly everything

c) They did not have resources to tide over bed times

d) Some eked out a living as charcoal burners, others did odd jobs

Ans. (a) They had regular income with which they could buy animals, goods and land

Q-55. Which one of the following communities is a pastoral community of Jammu and Kashmir?

a) Cold and snow

b) Climatic disturbance

c) Drought and flood

d) Alternate monsoon and dry seasons

Ans. (d) Alternate monsoon and dry seasons

Q-56. Which one of the following communities is a pastoral community?

a) Gaddi

b) Bhotiyas

c) Dhangars

d) Gujjar bakarwals

Ans. (d) Gujjar bakarwals

Q-57. What are Bugyals?

a) They are wastelands

b) Pastures in the mountain’s foot area

c) Pastures above 12000 feet high mountains

d) They are deserts

Ans. (c) pastures above 12000 feet high mountains

Q-58.The nomadic cattle herders of kaokoland belonged to:

a) Namibia

b) Zambia

c) Zimbabwe

d) South Africa

Ans. (a) Namibia

Q-59. When did a severe drought take place, killing over half the cattle in the Maasai Reserve?

a) 1900

b) 1933 and 1934 more

c) 1945

d) 1946 and 1947

Ans. (b) 1933 and 1934 more 

Q-60. In pre-colonial period, the African society was divided into:

a) Elders and warriors

b) Priests and warriors

c) Agriculturists and industrialists

d) None of the above

Ans. (a) Elders and warriors