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Q31. Which of the following is enforceable in a court of law?
(a) Fundamental Right
(b) Fundamental Duties
(c) Directive Principles
(d) Preamble
Q32. The division of the period of Indian History into ‘Ancient’, ‘Medieval’, and ‘Modern’ also has problems. Which of the following is one of the problems in it?
(a) Tripartite division reflects the gradual growth of the Indian State
(b) Three periods are insufficient to describe Indian History
(c) The concept has been borrowed from the West where the Modern period was associated with science reason, democracy, liberty, and equality
(d) Indian History seems to have clear lines of distinction between ‘Ancient’ and ‘Medieval’ and ‘Medieval’ and ‘Modern’ period
Q33. The Reform Movement among the Muslims started by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan is known as
(a) Sufi
(b) Khilafat
(c) Wahabi
(d) Aligarh
Q34. Indian National Congress found wide acceptance initially among
(a) peasants and working class
(b) Landlords
(c) Educated middle class
(d) Businessmen
Q35. Who among the following was called as ‘Father of Indian Renaissance?
(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Swami Vivekananda
Q36. Which of the following personalities fought for and got widow remarriage legalized?
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(c) Swami Vivekananda
(d) Dayanand Saraswati
Q37. Who started the movement for a separate Andhra State to protect the interests of the Telegu Speakers?
(a) Ramanujam
(b) C Chandrasekhar Rao
(c) Potti Sriramlu
(d) None of these
Q38. The East India Company used the Diwani revenue from Bengal primarily in
(a) constructing bridges and roads
(b) building schools, colleges, and universities
(c) purchasing cotton and silk textiles in India
(d) amassing stocks of gold and silver to replenish the dwindling stocks in Britain
Q39. Which of the first Sub-Saharan African countries to gain independence?
(a) Liberia
(b) Ghana
(c) Senegal
(d) Sierra Leone
Q40. District Judges in a state are appointed by the
(a) Governor
(b) Chief Justice of the High Court
(c) Council of Ministers of the State
(d) Advocate General of the State
Q41. Bidri was
(a) a type of cotton textile produced in Bidar
(b) a type of copperware produced in Bidar
(c) inlay work in copper and silver done by the artisans of Bidar
(d) a type of silk textile produced in Bidar
Q42. Population density is the number of people living in a unit area of Earth’s surface. It is normally expressed as
(a) per square km
(b) per thousand
(c) per square metre
(d) None of the above
Q43. Which of the following industries uses bauxite as a raw material?
(a) Aluminium
(b) Cement
(c) Jute
(d) Steel
Q44. Which of the following ports are the deepest land-locked and well-protected ports along the East Coast?
(a) Chennai
(b) Tuticorin
(c) Paradeep
(d) Visakhapatnam
Q45. Which of the following is not a constitutional body?
(a) Election Commission
(b) Union Public Service Commission
(c) National Advisory Council
(d) Inter-State Council
Q46. While discussing gender roles in the classroom, you would assert that
(a) there are different professions for men and women
(b) boys need to attend school as they are the future earning members of the family
(c) gender stereotypes in society need to be addressed meaningfully
(d) household work should not be seen as productive
Q47. Most people during the 19th century felt education would have a ‘corrupting influence’ on women. Which of the following brings out the contextual meaning of ‘corrupting’ in the above sentence?
(a) Women were more corrupt than men
(b) It would bring them more money
(c) The power they gain through education would take them away from their traditional roles
(d) They would become impure
Q48. Which of the following questions would help build the critical thinking skills of students?
(a) ‘All communicable diseases are water-borne’ state whether true or false
(b) Comment on the ‘double burden of women’s work’
(c) Write two measures the government has adopted to control pollution
(d) What is the government’s role in Indian health and Indian education?
Q49. You are teaching ‘Unity in Diversity’ to the students of class VIII. Which of the following activities would you do to make the students understand the concept effectively?
(a) Write an essay on the river disputes between the states of India
(b) Prepare a model of the Hydro-electric project
(c) Conduct a test after the lesson is thoroughly taught
(d) Present a feature on the different dance forms of our country appreciating their underlying similarities and differences
Q50. Choose the most inappropriate statement regarding teaching Social Science in middle school.
(a) It should be taught as it helps to acquire an understanding of human relationships
(b) It should be taught because it helps students debate and reflect a social issues
(c) It should be taught as it helps sensitize children regarding the social reality
(d) It should be part of the curriculum so that the learners know about the lives of kings and the battles they fought
Q51. Which of the following is not a product of learning?
(a) Skill
(b) Knowledge
(c) Maturation
(d) Physical Structure
Q52. History textbooks have a box ‘Elsewhere’ at the end of each chapter
(a) to attract the attention of students
(b) to make the chapter interesting to students
(c) to increase the general knowledge of the students
(d) to relate contemporary developments around the world with each other
Q53. In History textbooks, many sources have been given in each chapter
(a) to prove the Creative talent of the authors
(b) to prove that more than one source is always better
(c) to justify the selection of the topic
(d) to encourage students to work on sources and derive interpretations
Q54. Child-centred pedagogy is
(a) to teach children in small care centers to ensure individual
(b) the teacher explains the concept by standing
(c) the teacher explains the concept by standing in the center with children encircling her
(d) giving primacy to children’s experiences, their voices, and their active participation
Q55. Which quality of the teacher is liked the most by the students?
(a) Punctuality
(b) Impartiality
(c) Love for discipline
(d) Dominance
Q56. Poetry increases a student’s ……… to beauty.
(a) Interest
(b) Behaviour
(c) Awareness
(d) Sensitiveness
Q57. The teaching of English in India is facing the main problem of
(a) use of the traditional and old method
(b) Ignorance of parents
(c) Lack of good books
(d) All of the above
Q58. Language of the word is not necessary for
(a) Imaginative thinking
(b) Conceptual thinking
(c) Associative thinking
(d) Perceptual thinking
Q59. Learner-centered social studies teaching does not focus on
(a) Enquiry
(b) Questioning
(c) Discussion
(d) Memorising
Q60. A classroom in which children participate in a wide range of challenging activities with teachers and peers, with whom they jointly construct understanding is known as
(a) Constructive classroom
(b) Advanced classroom
(c) Social constructive classroom
(d) Traditional classroom