SAT History - Livelihoods, Economics and Societies
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
The Indian Forest Act was passed in the year
- (a)
1825
- (b)
1835
- (c)
1865
- (d)
1875
Which one of the following does not belong to the forest categories?
- (a)
Village forests
- (b)
Reserved forests
- (c)
Protected forests
- (d)
Urban forests
The best forests are called
- (a)
Village forests
- (b)
Protected forests
- (c)
Reserved forests
- (d)
All of the above
A movement developed under Surontiko Samin in Java in
- (a)
1890
- (b)
1870
- (c)
1880
- (d)
1800
Bhabar are
- (a)
Green forests
- (b)
Dry forests
- (c)
Pastoral meadows
- (d)
Reserved forests
Bugyal refers to
- (a)
Hill Station
- (b)
Dry forests
- (c)
Vast meadows
- (d)
Farm lands
The Banjaral were an important group of graziers found in
- (a)
Uttar Pradesh
- (b)
Rajasthan
- (c)
Madhya Pradesh
- (d)
All of the above
The Maru Raikas of Rajasthan herded
- (a)
Camel
- (b)
Sheep
- (c)
Goats
- (d)
Cows
The Grazing Tax was introduced by the British
- (a)
To stop grazing
- (b)
To restrict the movement of the pastoralists
- (c)
To increase its income
- (d)
To supress grazing
The Massai community lost about __________of their land
- (a)
40%
- (b)
70%
- (c)
60%
- (d)
20%
The Great Agrarian Depression of 1930's ruined
- (a)
The agriculturists
- (b)
Traders
- (c)
Wheat farmers
- (d)
Land owners
Silk routes are known to have existed since before the Christian era and thrived almost till the
- (a)
18thcentury
- (b)
15th century
- (c)
17thcentury
- (d)
16th century
Britain had a trade surplus with India because
- (a)
Over the 19th century, British manufacturers flooded the Indian Market
- (b)
Food grains and raw materials export from India to Britain increased
- (c)
The British government introduced high tariffs on cotton cloth
- (d)
The value of British exports to India was much higher than the value of the British imports from India
| List-1 | List-II |
| a. Banjaras | 1. Chhattisgarh |
| b. Karava | 2. Madras Presidency |
| c. Santhals | 3. Rajasthan |
| d. Gonds | 4. Jharkhand |
- (a)
a b c d 3 2 4 1 - (b)
a b c d 4 2 1 3 - (c)
a b c d 1 3 2 4 - (d)
a b c d 3 1 2 4
"Central Power" referred to
- (a)
Russia, Germany, England
- (b)
Germany, Russia, France
- (c)
Germany, Austria. Hungary, Turkey
- (d)
Russia, Germany, Turkey
The author of 'Dombey and Son'
- (a)
Leo Tolstoy
- (b)
Willaim Wordsworth
- (c)
Charles Dickens
- (d)
Sheakespeare
| List-I | List-II |
| a, Steam Engine | 1. Wright Brothers |
| b. Spinning Jenny | 2. Graham Bell |
| c. Aeroplane | 3. James Hargreaves |
| d, Telephone | 4. James Watt |
- (a)
a b c d 4 3 1 2 - (b)
a b c d 1 3 2 4 - (c)
a b c d 3 1 2 4 - (d)
a b c d 2 1 4 3
After the first world war the British government had to impose heavy taxes on its people. Because
- (a)
most of the cities, factories, fields and trades of Britain were ruined
- (b)
there was lack of financial resources
- (c)
production contracted
- (d)
unemployment increased
The communities who live in Bastare are
- (a)
Maria and Muria
- (b)
Gonds and Dhurvas
- (c)
Bhatras and Halbas
- (d)
All of the above
By the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871, the British government classified which of the following as criminal tribes?
- (a)
Craftsman
- (b)
Traders
- (c)
Pastoralists
- (d)
All of the above
During the first world war, the USA had to feed Europe because
- (a)
there was excess of food materials
- (b)
the spread of railways made it easy to transport the food grain
- (c)
export market became bigger
- (d)
Russian supplies of wheat were cutoff
Which country came to be known as the Bread Basket of the World?
- (a)
USA
- (b)
India
- (c)
Russia
- (d)
France
MNCs proved a great help mainly to
- (a)
job opportunities
- (b)
introduction of new varieties of things
- (c)
stimulate wolrd trade
- (d)
the true beginning of globalisation
Dhars are
- (a)
High Meadows
- (b)
Desert land
- (c)
Deep valleys
- (d)
Volcanic eruptions
James Hargreaves invented Spinning Jenny in
- (a)
1760
- (b)
1764
- (c)
1762
- (d)
1768
This port connected India to the Gulf and Red Sea Ports
- (a)
Chennai
- (b)
Mangalore
- (c)
Surat
- (d)
Calcutta
The East India Company appointed paid servants called Gomastha to
- (a)
Supervise weavers
- (b)
Collect supplies
- (c)
Examine the quality of cloth
- (d)
All of the above
Gareth Stedman Jones was a/ an
- (a)
Economist
- (b)
Politician
- (c)
Historian
- (d)
Writer
Underground Railway system got opened on 10th January in
- (a)
1763
- (b)
1736
- (c)
1863
- (d)
1836
Large number of people from the near by district of Ratnagiri came to work in the mills of
- (a)
Madras
- (b)
Calcutta
- (c)
Bombay
- (d)
Delhi
