Chapter 1
Identity of Indian Society
3. Choose the correct answer from the following:
Question 1: The period of British colonial rule in India was-
(a) 170 years
(b) 200 years
(c) 150 years
(d) 100 years
Answer: (d) 200 years
Question 2: The British directly or indirectly took over the rule of modern India-
(a) From the 18th century
(b) From the middle of the 19th century
(c) Since the 19th century
(D) From the middle of the 19th century.
Question 3: What is the dominant family in rural society?
(a) Single family
(b) Joint family
(c) None of the above.
Question 4: India covers the land of the Earth
(a) 2.1 percent
(b) 2.3 per cent
(c) 2.4 per cent
(d) 2.5 per cent.
Question 5: France occupied Tunis in
(a) 1881
(b) 1845
(c) 1908
(d) 1815
Question 6: England did not support the policy of colonial expansion during the time of the Prime Minister.
(a) Disraeli
(b) Clement Attlee
(c) Bismarck
(d) Winston Churchill.
Question 7: The tea industry started in India in
(a) 1853
(b) 1837
(c) 1851
(d) 1863
Question 8: Who is the father of Indian nationalism ?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(c) Lala Lajpat Roy
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
Question 9: MN Srinivas was a celebrity.
(a) Economists
(b) Sociologists
(c) Anthropologist
(d) Geographers.
Question 10: The man named also invented the flying mother.
(a) John Key
(c) George Brailey
(b) James Butt
(d) Winston Churchill.
1. Very short questions and answers
(a) Fill in the blanks:
Question 1: The basis of rural economy is .
Question 2: In 1890, the first modern census was introduced in the world.
Question 3: The first modern census in the world began in
Question 4: Census work was first started in India in
Question 5: The first colonial era in India began in
Question 6: Who established the first trading center in India?
Question 7: The arrival of Dutch merchants in India took place in the 19th century.
Question 8: French merchants came to India in the 19th century.
Question 9: The parties of the Tinari group are class people.
Question 10: Robert Bruce discovered the tea tree in Assam in AD.
2. Judging right and wrong:
(a) India is a predominantly rural country.
(b) India is the fifth largest country in the world.
(c) Germany did not support the policy of colonial expansion during the reign of Bismarck.
(d) In 1845, France occupied Algeria.
(e) The Bank of India was established in 1770 AD.
(f) The tea industry started in India in
(g) The term secular was first introduced in Africa.
(h) According to the World Bank data of 2021, the total population of India is 140.76 crore.
(i) In 1815, England occupied Cap Colony.
(j) In 1855, the Assam Company bought the Jaipur tea estate.
4. The Short Q&A:
Q1: What is the basis of rural economy?
Question 2: What is nationalism?
Q.3 What is the basis of British industrial policy or colonial policy?
Q4: What is one of the characteristics of entrepreneurship?
Question 5: What is the main tool of mechanical labour?
Q.6 What is the goal of entrepreneurship?
Q.7 Who was Bismarck?
Question 8: Who is considered the father of secularism?
Question 9: When did George Jacob Holyoke first use the term secular?
Who was Karl Marx?
Q.11 Who are the Indo-Aryans?
Q.12 What is the dictionary meaning of the word secular?
Where did the word secular first appear?
In which year did England capture the Cape Colony?
Q.15 What is urbanization?
5. Long Q&A:
Who and when discovered the tea tree in Assam?
Question 2: What are the meanings of the term secular used in the Constitution?
Q.3 What are the two main characteristics of a secular society?
Question 4: How many social strata or classes does Marx divide based on economics and what are they?
Question 5: What is national unity?
Q6: What is regionalism?
Q.7 What is meant by colonialism?
Question 8: What is secularism?
Q9: What is meant by a class system?
Q10: What is meant by community?
6. Essay-like Q&A:
Question 1: Briefly describe the changes in social life in India as a result of colonial rule.
Question 2: Briefly discuss the class system in the case of India?
Question 3: Describe the various reasons for the introduction of class system in India?
Question 4: Discuss the main causes of nationalism in India.
Question 5: What kind of social classes were created in rural and urban areas of India during the British rule?
Question 6: Describe the characteristics of the community.
Question 7: Briefly discuss the characteristics of social classes.
Question 8: Briefly discuss the differences between caste and class.
Question 9: Discuss the relationship between the main characteristics of rural society.
Question 10: State the various main characteristics of urban society in India.
Question 11: Discuss the differences between rural society and urban society in India.
Question 12: Write a brief:
(1) Rural Society:
(2) Economic life of rural communities:
