List of practice Questions

Arrange the location of the following dams of India from North to South and choose the correct option:

I. Pravara    II. Salal
III. Koyna     IV. Gandhi Sagar

Match Column I with Column II and choose the correct option:

Column I (Type of Soil)	Column II (Characteristic)
a. Alluvial soil	i. Sandy in texture and saline in nature
b. Black soil	ii. Very fertile, containing potash, phosphorus and lime
c. Laterite soil	iii. Made from lava parent rocks, suitable for cotton cultivation
d. Arid soil	iv. Decrease in humus content in semi-arid environment

Differentiate between ferrous and non-ferrous minerals.

Differentiate between conventional and non-conventional sources of energy.

“There is high population pressure on the land in intensive subsistence farming.” Support the statement with appropriate arguments.

“The economic strength of a country is measured by the development of manufacturing industries.” Support the statement with appropriate arguments.

Where did Gandhiji deliver the famous ‘Do or Die’ speech?

Explain the forms of protest observed during the ‘Quit India Movement’.

Two places ‘A’ and ‘B’ have been marked on the given political outline map of India. Identify them with the help of the following information and write their correct names on the lines drawn near them:

A. The place where the session of Indian National Congress was held in 1927.
B. The place where Gandhiji broke the Salt Law.

Name the place where the Indian National Congress session was held in 1927.

Name the place where Gandhiji broke the Salt Law.

Choose the correct option related to main crops of Kharif cropping season:

Analyse the contribution of Gutenberg to printing in Europe.

“Printing is the ultimate gift of God and the greatest one.” Analyse the statement.

Why is the French Revolution of 1789 considered the first clear expression of nationalism? Explain with examples.

How did nationalism, aligned with imperialism, lead Europe to disaster in 1914? Explain with examples.

Mention the main aim of the Quit India Movement.

Match Column I with Column II and choose the correct option:

Column I (Role)	Column II (Scholar)
a. The song Vande Mataram	i. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
b. Picture of Bharat Mata with spiritual qualities	ii. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
c. Bardoli Satyagraha	iii. Abanindranath Tagore
d. Poona Pact in 1932	iv. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.

The Indus Valley Civilization was linked to the __________ region through coastal trade as early as 3000 BCE.

Two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are given below. Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct option:

Assertion (A): The Portuguese and Spanish conquest and colonisation of America was decisively under way by the mid-sixteenth century.
Reason (R): The Spanish conquerors had the most powerful conventional weapons.

Identify the place where the secret underground society named ‘Young Europe’ was founded by Mazzini.

Arrange the following events of ‘print culture’ in chronological order and choose the correct option:

I. Publication of ‘Sambad Kaumudi’
II. Publication of weekly magazine ‘Bengal Gazette’
III. ‘Vernacular Press Act’ was implemented
IV. The first printed edition of the ‘Ramcharitmanas’

Identify the given picture and choose the correct option:

Which one of the following is the oldest printed book in Japan?

PQ and PR are two tangents to a circle with centre O and radius 5 cm. AB is another tangent to the circle at C which lies on OP. If \(OP = 13\) cm, then find the length AB and PA.