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NTSE SAT History - Foundation of Global World and Industrialization Sample Questions with Answer

NTSE SAT History - Foundation of Global World and Industrialization

Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30

1 )

Which of the following is not a product of cottage industries?

(a)
baskets
(b)
textiles
(c)
automobiles
(d)
pottery

2 )

Which of the following rocks is a raw material required for steel production?

(a)
granite
(b)
limestone
(c)
slate
(d)
sandstone

3 )

Murshidabad in West Bengal is famous for:

(a)
silk textiles
(b)
cotton textiles
(c)
woollen goods
(d)
jute goods

4 )

Which out of the following is a mineral based industry?

(a)
Sugar
(b)
Tea
(c)
Coffee
(d)
Petrochemicals

5 )

Which is the only industry in India which is self-reliant?

(a)
Textile industry
(b)
Iron and Steel
(c)
Electrical
(d)
Sugar

6 )

Where was the first textile mill established?

(a)
Kolkata
(b)
Mumbai
(c)
Gujarat
(d)
Lucknow

7 )

Which industry provides employment to weavers at home as a cottage industry?

(a)
Silk
(b)
Handspun Khadi
(c)
Jute
(d)
None of these

8 )

Which country has the largest installed capacity of spindles in the world?

(a)
Japan
(b)
Philippines
(c)
China
(d)
India

9 )

Why is there a need to always import cotton?

(a)
Obsolete machinery
(b)
Increasing demand
(c)
Shortage in the home market
(d)
Poor quality in the domestic market

10 )

Why is there a tendency of the sugar mills to shift and concentrate in Maharashtra?

(a)
More water resources
(b)
Soil is more fertile
(c)
More land for cultivation
(d)
Higher sucrose content of cane

11 )

Which out of the following industries helps in the manufacture of telephones, computers, radars, etc.?

(a)
Aluminium
(b)
Information Technology
(c)
Steel
(d)
Electronics

12 )

Which country is the largest producer and consumer of steel in the world?

(a)
China
(b)
Japan
(c)
India
(d)
United States

13 )

Which one of the following industries uses Bauxite as a raw material?

(a)
Aluminium Smelting
(b)
Steel
(c)
Jute
(d)
Cement

14 )

Which one of the following industries uses silica as a raw material?

(a)
Steel
(b)
Cement
(c)
Coal
(d)
Aluminium

15 )

Where was the first cement plant set up?

(a)
Mumbai
(b)
Chennai
(c)
Kolkata
(d)
Pondicherry

16 )

What is the major contribution of the Electronics industry to the country?

(a)
Maximised wealth formation
(b)
Reduced poverty
(c)
Improved standard of living
(d)
Encouraged employment

17 )

Air pollution is caused because of the high proportion of undesirable gases such as:

(a)
methane
(b)
hydrogen
(c)
sulphur dioxide
(d)
carbon

18 )

When does thermal pollution take place?

(a)
Sun heats up the lakes and ponds
(b)
Hot water from factories drains into rivers and ponds
(c)
When hot oil drains into rivers and lakes
(d)
None of these

19 )

Public sector plants market their steel through:

(a)
TISCO
(b)
Tata Steel
(c)
SAIL
(d)
GAIL

20 )

A mechanical means of treating industrial effluents:

(a)
sedimentation
(b)
rainwater harvesting
(c)
recycling of waste water
(d)
biologically

21 )

Smoke emitted by chemical and paper factories, refineries, etc. can be reduced by using:

(a)
coal
(b)
oil
(c)
gas
(d)
either (b) or (c)

22 )

Which condition is most necessary to the process of industrialization in a society?

(a)
dependence on subsistence agriculture
(b)
creation of a one-crop economy
(c)
availability of investment capital
(d)
capture of foreign lands

23 )

According to Karl Marx, history is the record of the:

(a)
granting of more political liberties to all people
(b)
struggle between classes in society
(c)
wars and conflicts between national leaders
(d)
increasing prosperity brought about by industrialization

24 )

A main idea of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engles' Communist Manifesto is that the proletariat:

(a)
would need foreign help to achieve its revolutionary ends
(b)
had to cooperate with the capitalists to gain economic rewards
(c)
should allow the capitalists to control the means of production
(d)
must unite to overthrow the capitalist class

25 )

"Revolution will occur more and more frequently in the industrialized nations as the proletariat struggles to overcome the abuses of the capitalist system."This quotation reflects the ideas of:

(a)
Charles Darwin
(b)
Karl Marx
(c)
Niccolo Machiavelli
(d)
John Locke

26 )

"The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains ...Workers of the world, unite! "This statement was made in response to conditions resulting from the: